In 1940, in the official documents exchanged by the Kuomintang Sichuan provincial government, strange words like this appeared:
Chairman Chiang Kai-shek of Sichuan Province presented to Chiang Kai-shek, Chairman of the Central Military Commission;
Chairman Chiang Kai-shek of the Central Military Commission approved the approval of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek of Sichuan Province;
Chief Executive Chiang Kai-shek to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek of Sichuan Province...
This is not funny, nor is it playing some "word game", this is a real anecdote that happened in Sichuan during the War of Resistance.
Chiang Kai-shek
In the general situation of the very tense war against Japan, China's supreme military commander Chiang Kai-shek was extremely busy, but he also held the post of chairman of Sichuan Province, and he also served as the "chief executive" for a period of time.
It is said that the old Jiang worked part-time qiduo, and at the peak of his time, Jiang Alone held dozens of large and small positions at the same time.
From the party chairman and chairman of the committee to the commander of the Boy Scout Army, Chiang Kai-shek alone has more than twenty concurrent posts as the principal of the military academy.
In any case, Chiang Kai-shek has a special fondness for this, and the more the merrier, he will not tire of it.
However, the supreme commander of a country personally concurrently heading a province is the first in China, and even in the whole world, it is probably extremely rare.
However, among the many part-time jobs, Chiang Kai-shek and the chairman of Sichuan Province are not out of his "preferences", and there are still some helplessness.
In November 1934, Liu Xiang, the king of Sichuan, went to Nanjing to meet Chiang Kai-shek.
The two have their own thoughts and needs for each other.
Chiang Kai-shek wanted Liu Xiang to encircle and suppress the Red Army and further control and annex Sichuan;
Liu Xiang, on the other hand, wanted to gain Chiang Kai-shek's support and maintain his hegemony in Sichuan.
The two sides use each other and reach cooperation at once.
On December 20, 1934, Chiang Kai-shek declared Liu Xiang the chairman of Sichuan Province and director of the Sichuan Kang Appeasement Office, and Liu Xiang unified the command of the Sichuan Army.
Liu Xiang allowed the Central Army to enter Sichuan, and Chiang Kai-shek finally settled Sichuan.
On January 20, 1938, Liu Xiang suddenly died of illness in Hankou, and Sichuan suddenly fell into a state of leaderlessness and scattered sand.
At this time, Lao Jiang believed that the time was ripe to take over Sichuan in an all-round way and control Sichuan, so he issued a government decree appointing his confidant Zhang Qun as the chairman of Sichuan Province.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the news was announced, Sichuan exploded.
Warlords in various parts of Sichuan have always been in constant contradictions and do not buy each other's accounts, but because of this incident, the warlords belonging to Sichuan have actually united, and seventeen brigade commanders of the Sichuan Army have jointly sent a telegram to the Nanjing government to strongly oppose Zhang Qun's entry into Sichuan.
Schematic diagram of the division of the Sichuan warlords
In order to put pressure on the Nanjing government and also on Chiang Kai-shek, the Sichuan army took action, and for a time, the streets and alleys of Chengdu, Chongqing, and other places in Sichuan were plastered with slogans opposing Zhang Qun's entry into Sichuan.
Such a situation was completely unexpected by Lao Jiang, so many Sichuan generals reacted fiercely, rarely united together, if they did not make a good fuss, all their previous efforts would be in vain.
The Japanese were eyeing the tiger and the enemy was at present, and Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to use force to solve the problem at this time, so he had to seek perfection and compromise temporarily.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek transferred Zhang Qun to Chongqing and took over gu Zhutong's post as director of the Chongqing camp.
In the contest between Lao Jiang and the local forces in Sichuan, the Sichuan side won the first set.
Old Jiang transferred Gu Zhutong to Chengdu and prepared to let Gu Zhutong preside over the overall situation in Sichuan.
However, the leaders of the Sichuan military circles still did not buy it, and Wang Lingji, commander of the Sichuan Security Army, even openly said:
"If he Gu Zhutong dares to come to Chengdu, our Sichuan army will certainly set up cannons at the airport and solemnly welcome him!"
Old photos
In this way, Gu Zhutong could not do it, although the official position of the chairman of Sichuan Province was tempting, but his life was more important, and he made clear to Chiang Kai-shek what he meant: I don't want to go to Sichuan.
Old Jiang was embarrassed at this time, and it seemed that the Sichuan people could not tolerate outsiders interfering in Sichuan.
Old Chiang again chose to compromise, so in the contest between Old Chiang and the local forces in Sichuan, the Sichuan side won the second set.
In the end, he could only choose people from a large number of Sichuan generals, so he selected Wang Zhanxu, who was relatively "obedient", and appointed him as the chairman of Sichuan Province.
As soon as Wang Zhanxu arrived at his post, he was quickly pulled down by the big secret agent Kang Ze, and the two men hooked up, and Kang Ze took a large amount of black materials from the generals of the Sichuan Army against Chiang Kai-shek, and continuously reported them to Chiang Kai-shek.
The Sichuan side soon sensed Wang Zhanxu's "betrayal" move, and the enraged generals of the Sichuan army once again united to join forces to "overthrow the king".
They gathered armies from all over Sichuan around Chengdu, clashing with the central army and fighting each other.
Chiang Kai-shek was distraught by the Sichuan incident, and in order to stabilize the rear area, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to make concessions again and replace Wang Zhangxu.
Next, Chiang Kai-shek was looking for the next suitable candidate for the chairman of Sichuan Province.
However, he could no longer find a person he trusted and that the Sichuan side could accept, so Old Jiang himself concurrently served as the chairman of Sichuan Province, and appointed He Guoguang as the secretary general of the provincial government, who took charge of daily affairs.
The sichuan generals won three games in a row, tickling Chiang Kai-shek's teeth and itching his teeth, but he was helpless for a while.
It can be said that Chiang Kai-shek used his power to conquer many local warlords, but Sichuan made him feel most troublesome.
He has nowhere to scatter his anger, nowhere to go, and again and again he gives in and compromises, loses face, and is swept away.
In this way, Chiang Kai-shek concurrently served as the chairman of Sichuan Province for 14 months, and on November 13, 1940, he resigned as chairman of Sichuan Province.
As we all know, Chiang Kai-shek works part-time - the more the merrier, but the position of "Chairman of Sichuan Province" was taken upon himself by helplessly, which is really "a last resort".
In the spring of 1948, Wang Lingji, then chairman of Jiangxi Province, was transferred back to Sichuan and took over the post of chairman of Sichuan Province.
More than a year later, the People's Liberation Army attacked Sichuan, and Wang Lingji became a prisoner of the People's Liberation Army.
Wang Lingji was not the last Kuomintang chairman of Sichuan Province, and after Wang Lingji was captured by the People's Liberation Army, Tang Shizun took the opportunity to ascend to the throne and sat on the throne of the chairman of Sichuan Province.
Ironically, tang Shizun, the chairman of Sichuan Province, reigned for less than a month before Chengdu was occupied by the People's Liberation Army.
In this way, Tang Shizun, the newly appointed chairman of Sichuan Province, had no yards to manage and could only flee in a frenzy.
He first fled to Xichang, and then planned to smuggle across the Dadu River to southern Sichuan, encountering the armed forces of Yi slave owners on the way, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides, and Tang Shizun was shot and killed.
Among the Kuomintang generals killed during the Liberation War, the "last" Chairman of Sichuan Province and Army General Tang Shizun had the highest rank.
Since then, the position of "Chairman of Sichuan Province" in the Kuomintang government has become history.