History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
I believe that everyone knows very well that China's modern history has been tempered by war, and at such a special moment, there are many intellectuals and social figures who have contributed to national rejuvenation, and what I want to talk about today is one of them - Li Jishen. Most of them may be unfamiliar with this name, he served as a senior official of the Kuomintang, followed sun Yat-sen's footsteps all his life, struggled on the revolutionary front, although he also joined Chiang Kai-shek in betraying the revolution and killing many Communists, but he finally kept the bottom line, and after recognizing Chiang Kai-shek's hypocrisy, established the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang, which is a well-known supporter of people's democracy in modern China.
To put it simply, although Li Jishen has done some wrong things, he still helps the people and the country to make many useful contributions. Li Jishen has always struggled on the front line of various revolutionary undertakings, and during the period when the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in full swing in 1937, he and Feng Yuxiang resolutely decided that after Chiang Kai-shek's escape from the "Xi'an Incident," they would personally find Chiang Kai-shek to consult with him, and if Chiang Kai-shek did not agree to the outside world, they would confront Chiang Kai-shek to the end; but if Chiang Kai-shek was also fighting on the front line, they would be Chiang Kai-shek's most loyal partners.
Speaking of this, in fact, it can also be seen that Li Jishen is not bad in the Kuomintang, and there is still appeal. During the Northern Expedition, because of the struggle for power, Chiang Kai-shek and Li Jishen were full of contradictions, and Li Jishen was even locked up by Chiang Kai-shek's seizure of power many times; before long, Li Jishen, who was already tired of this, threw himself wholeheartedly into the cause of saving the motherland from peril.
During the Battle of Shanghai, the Nineteenth Route Army and the Japanese Army fought inseparably, and after consulting with chen Mingshu, Cai Tingbi, and other officials of the Nineteenth Route Army, Li Jishen decided to form a federation to tell the public the slogan of the anti-Japanese resistance and encourage the masses to persist. After that, Li Jishen served as the deputy commander of the Eyu-Anhui region, and selected Liu Guang, Zeng Zhizu, and others as military divisions to plot an anti-Chiang movement. Chiang Kai-shek attached great importance to this, and even sent people to hang him, and in the end, after Li Ji deeply scolded Chiang Kai-shek, he went all the way to the end on the road against Chiang Kai-shek. At this time, Li Jishen agreed with the Red Army on the details of the anti-Chiang Kai-shek movement, but under the influence of the left-leaning ideology, cooperation eventually failed, which can be said to be a great pity.
After the founding of New China, when choosing vice chairman, Li Jishen's name was included, and some people retorted that Li Jishen was not qualified and did bad things. At that time, Li Jishen knew best that after Zhou Enlai learned about this matter, he only felt sad, Li Jishen still contributed to China, and if it were not for the interference of the left-leaning ideology at that time, it would not have been necessary to say that the Red Army would not have had to march.