When talking about Ho Chi Minh, everyone knows that he was the founding father of Vietnam, but when talking about Emperor Bao Dai, many people may not know that Emperor Bao Dai was the last emperor of Vietnam. It was Ho Chi Minh who launched the August Revolution and forced Bao Dai to abdicate. However, after Bao Dai abdicated, Ho Chi Minh During the founding of the People's Republic of China, Bao Dai was appointed as the top adviser of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The picture shows Ho Chi Minh and Bao Dai taking a group photo in Hanoi in 1945.
At that time, the Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh launched the slogan of anti-French pursuit of Vietnam's national independence. Ho Chi Minh united those who served the French colonists in the old era and officials of the Nguyen Dynasty to create an independent new Vietnam. For Bao Dai, the late emperor, Ho Chi Minh even made him serve as his top adviser, saying that her abdication was a wise move and she was the first citizen of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The picture shows Ho Chi Minh and Emperor Bao Dai attending a meeting in Hanoi. Facing Ho Chi Minh in the picture, Bao Dai is in the middle right.
Bao Dai recalled this time over the years and said that Ho Chi Minh was a person with strong national sentiments at that time. He stated that he had abdicated at that time because only by abdicating could he get rid of the French. Bao Dai also said that abdicating could bring a new situation for the Vietnamese, and finally agreed to abdicate. After abdicating the throne, he worked with his compatriots to build a new Vietnam. Bao Dai said that at that time, the Vietnamese hoped to get rid of the French and establish a Vietnam that belonged to the Vietnamese, so Bao Dai stood with Ho Chi Minh.
Baoda expressed that he wanted to become the people of an independent country, not the emperor of a slave country. And every Vietnamese wants to support Vietnam in achieving true independence. Bao Dai eventually served as the top adviser, and Ho Chi Minh took him on inspections and also asked him to participate in the establishment of the regime.
Emperor Bao Dai said that Ho Chi Minh respected him at that time and Ho Chi Minh treated him like an emperor. He forbade people around him to call Bao Da a comrade by proletarian names, and always called Bao Da his majesty.
Ho Chi Minh even once expressed that he wanted Bao Dai to replace him. Bao Dai recalled that Ho Chi Minh told him: "I hope you return to power." Bao Dai asked: "Why?". Ho Chi Minh said specifically: "I realized that I was too popular and felt that the Allies did not trust me." At that time, Bao Dai thought Ho Chi Minh was joking. In the end, Ho Chi Minh said it many times, and Bao Dai thought it was really possible, but in the end he refused. Ho Chi Minh gave Bao Dai a certain position in the government that resisted France. The picture shows that on March 2, 1946, the Resistance Alliance government held an inauguration ceremony and was sworn in at the Hanoi Opera House, with Ho Chi Minh and Bao Dai standing in the center.
Bao Dai and Ho Chi Minh worked together for more than a year and a half. In the end, many changes occurred in Vietnam in 1946. It became increasingly difficult for the Viet Minh to control the situation. The French returned, and a full-scale war against the French broke out. In the end, Bao Dai did not retreat to the mountains with Ho Chi Minh to fight guerrillas, but went to Hong Kong to wander. Bao Dai was impoverished in Hong Kong. In the end, he compromised with the French. The French supported him in establishing the State of Vietnam. He served as minister to fight against the Viet Minh anti-French government led by Ho Chi Minh. The picture shows Bao Dai and Ho Chi Minh last in Hanoi in 1946, when they seemed increasingly distant.
