Welcome to The History Column No. 1065. In 1949, the Kuomintang army suffered a complete defeat on the mainland, and a large number of high-ranking officials fled. At that time, the senior generals of the Nationalist army were divided into three levels: admiral, lieutenant general, and major general, and those who could obtain the rank of lieutenant general quanxu in the army were basically independent figures. For example, Du Yuming, Wang Yaowu, Liao Yaoxiang and other famous generals, the ranks are all lieutenant generals. Among the hundreds of lieutenant generals of the Nationalist army who fled From Taiwan, one was named Liu Yongyao, an important general of the Central Army. His own granddaughter was born in Taiwan 20 years later, and later entered the entertainment industry, becoming a superstar in the singing world that almost everyone in the three places knows about at the beginning of this century. What's going on? Let's take a look.
General Liu Yongyao was born in Hunan, and like Hu Zongnan, Du Yuming and others, he was a first-term student of Huangpu. The difference is that Liu Yongyao was only 15 years old when he entered the school in 1924, and he was able to be admitted out of the box, which shows his military talent. Moreover, at the age of less than 36, Liu Yongyao was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in the army, which was also rare in the Nationalist army at that time (1945). Unlike the one-vote front-line generals, Liu Yongyao had a good theoretical foundation, a strong view of the overall situation, and was good at center dispatch, and he served in the Headquarters of the Kuomintang Army in Nanjing for many years, and when he held the highest official position, he was the vice minister of national defense, second only to the minister. Bai Chongxi, He Yingqin, and other top tycoons were also defense ministers during the Kuomintang mainland administration. It can be seen that Liu Yongyao's career was extremely successful. In 1949, the Nationalist army was defeated, and Liu Yongyao, as a lieutenant general and senior official, naturally retreated to Taiwan as a family. He had a granddaughter born in 1969, and later entered the show business circle, and his fame was even bigger than this "lieutenant general grandfather"! This granddaughter of Liu Yongyao is the famous Rene Liu.
In the 90s, there were many people who sang well in Taiwan, and there were many female artists with high looks, but it was very difficult to become a real star, and it was necessary to have good social resources and luck. Logically speaking, Rene Liu has the resources and famous background of her grandfather Liu Yongyao, and can become famous faster than other singers. However, when she was young, Rene Liu did not publicly reveal the identity of her grandfather, but with her own solid singing skills and day-to-day efforts, polished for many years and gradually emerged, with a large number of excellent musical works such as "Love You Very Much" and "Later", becoming a Chinese singing star at the level of Tianhou. During this period of more than 10 years, Rene Liu is basically not red, so persistent and forbearing, let people lament that Rene Liu's success is genuine and admirable. Rene Liu's character reputation is very good, and his relationship with Liu Yongyao's grandchildren was dug up long after Rene Liu became famous.
Coincidentally, the situation with Liu Yongyao and Liu Reuying is quite similar, it is Sun Yuanliang and Qin Han father and son. Sun Yuanliang was the commander of the elite 88th Division (the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division fought in the Battle of Shanghai Sihang Warehouse in 37 years). In 1948, the Kuomintang army suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Huaihai in the Liberation War, and Sun Yuanliang was then the commander of the 16th Corps. He fled to Taiwan the following year and continued his military career. But Sun Yuanliang did not disappear because his son Qin Han (stage name) was definitely no less famous than him, he was a top Taiwanese movie star in the 70s and 80s, and Qin Han's ex-girlfriend Lin Qingxia was worshipped as a goddess by many people. Stars with strong backgrounds like Rene Liu and Qin Han are really surprising if they are the first time they understand.