Speaking of Bai Chongxi, we are all familiar with him, he is the first general of the Republic of China Army, known as "Little Zhuge Ge", and even more known as "Li Bai" with Li Zongren, not to mention that Bai Chongxi is the first person in the Kuomintang army, it is definitely one of the best.
At the end of the War of Liberation, the general situation in the world had been determined, and the victory of the Communist Party over the Kuomintang was an inevitable choice of history; under such circumstances, many senior Kuomintang generals who were aware of current affairs chose to revolt and surrender, and made outstanding contributions to the end of the war of liberation and the peaceful liberation of the region.
Even at that time, for the sake of many generals in the Kuomintang who had made great contributions to the Neutrality of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Premier Zhou had already offered to treat them kindly, and even pardoned the middle and senior generals of the Kuomintang, but there were still many Kuomintang generals who voluntarily or were tricked by Chiang Kai-shek into going to Taiwan.
Among them, Bai Chongxi is one, in 1966 Bai Chongxi suddenly died at home, Chiang Kai-shek held a solemn funeral ceremony for him, and came early to mourn, but it seems that at the funeral Chiang Kai-shek and Bai Chongxi's family did not have a good time, after returning home Chiang Kai-shek wrote in his diary: He was lucky to be able to die well.
Attending a funeral was intimidated
Even though the Bai family claimed that Bai Chongxi's sudden violent death was due to coronary artery infarction, it was obvious that this statement was not convincing enough, and the cause of Bai Chongxi's death has been questioned.
A year before Bai Chongxi's death, Li Zongren, another senior Kuomintang general who was alongside Bai Chongxi, returned to the mainland of the motherland and was warmly welcomed by the Party Central Committee and the people of the mainland.
At Li Zongren's reception banquet, when Premier Zhou mentioned Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren said that Bai Chongxi was conceited, but he did not have much foresight in politics, and Li Zongren also expressed great concern about Bai Chongxi's life being deceived by Chiang Kai-shek to go to Taiwan.
Unexpectedly, only a year after this remark, the news of Bai Chongxi's violent death came back, how could this make people not suspicious?
At Bai Chongxi's funeral, Chiang Kai-shek looked sad, but when Chiang Kai-shek told Bai Chongxi's family that if there were any difficulties he could say, he would help with such words, Bai Chongxi's younger son, Bai Xianjing, directly said, "The Bai family has no difficulties." ”
Although as Bai Chongxi's youngest son, Bai Xianjing was young and vigorous, even a little rebellious, often provoking wrongdoing, saying this was somewhat impolite, and even making people feel that he was biting Lü Dongbin in a dog, but on the other hand, Bai Xianjing was already in his twenties at the time, why did he have such an attitude towards Chiang Kai-shek.
On the night of Chiang Kai-shek's return from Bai Chongxi's funeral, he wrote such a strange sentence in his diary: He was lucky to have a good death.
Li Zongren's concerns, Bai Xianjing's attitude, and the words in Chiang Kai-shek's diary made Bai Chongxi's death even more confusing, in fact, the relationship between Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek was most suspicious of Bai Chongxi's death.
Was tricked into going to Taiwan
In 1893, Bai Chongxi was born in Guilin, Guangxi, he was a Hui, his ancestors were Scholars, his father was a businessman, engaged in grain and oil sales, so when he was a child, Bai Chongxi's family was very well-off, and Bai Chongxi entered a private school at a young age, and when he was a child, Bai Chongxi showed the potential of "Little Zhuge Ge".
In 1903, Bai Chongxi's father died, the Bai family began to fall, Bai Chongxi was sent out by his uncle to go to primary school, in 1907 When Bai Chongxi applied for the Guangxi Army Primary School, Bai Chongxi was admitted with the sixth place, and also began his military enlightenment here.
After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Bai Chongxi joined the death squad of the students of the Guangxi Northern Expedition, and since then he has also started his military career, fighting all his life and gradually moving towards the power center of the Kuomintang.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren and others called the Nationalist government to support Chiang Kai-shek in fighting against Japan, and on the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War, Bai Chongxi was awarded the Order of the Blue Sky and White Sun by the Republic of China government for his outstanding military achievements.
The overall situation of the War of Liberation has been decided, Chiang Kai-shek deceived Bai Chongxi to Taiwan, at that time Li Zongren was recuperating in the United States, compared with Bai Chongxi, Li Zongren chose not to go to Taiwan, nor did he resign, and Bai Chongxi, who was already in Taiwan, was facing a different situation, and even Bai Chongxi himself said, "Old Chiang hates us more than Zhu Mao." ”
Chiang Kai-shek held his breath against Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, who had overthrown Chiang Kai-shek several times, and bai Chongxi was dismissed from his main post just after arriving in Taiwan, leaving only a fictitious post, and even found a secret agent to put Bai Chongxi on the key surveillance list, even if they were all harmonious on the surface, but behind the scenes, they had already reached the situation of life and death.
Fight in the dark
Bai Chongxi named the wooden house he lived in "Retreat Garden" to show that he wanted to retire to the rivers and lakes, reflect on the past, and his family lived a simple life, and even many children's clothes were patched, and Bai Chongxi's life in Taiwan was indeed difficult.
Even so, Chiang Kai-shek still more and more obviously put small shoes on Bai Chongxi, and at the "Seventh National Congress" of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek embarrassed Bai Chongxi in public, and even instructed the NPC deputies to impeach Bai Chongxi. The content of his impeachment was refuted, and the matter was reported by the media, and public opinion was more biased towards Bai Chongxi.
Although the matter was not resolved, Chiang Kai-shek intensified his surveillance of Bai Chongxi, and in 1952 he also let Chiang Ching-kuo break into Bai Chongxi's home, rummaging through boxes and cabinets, and taking away documents, letters and even photos.
Bai Chongxi called and questioned Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek only said that all the officials had searched, in fact, this was only Chiang Kai-shek's statement, and only two were actually searched, and Bai Chongxi was one of them.
Bai Chongxi's grudge with Chiang Kai-shek was actually seen by Bai Chongxi's family, and later Bai Xianjing's recoil of Chiang Kai-shek was not related to Chiang Kai-shek, but he also hated Chiang Kai-shek very much and wanted to export evil for his father.
There are also many theories that came out of the mouths of the so-called "insiders" in Taiwan at that time, such as that Chiang Kai-shek sent Mao Renfeng to assassinate Bai Chongxi, and finally succeeded after three assassinations, and there are also claims that Bai Chongxi died because of a nurse, of course, this is just speculation.
Of course, Bai Chongxi's children admitted that Bai Chongxi and Chiang Kai-shek were at odds, even to the point of confrontation, but they still did not believe that Bai Chongxi was assassinated by Chiang Kai-shek, and if it was really related to Chiang Kai-shek, he probably would not have written the sentence "He is lucky to be able to die well" in his diary.
brief summary:
There is no way to verify the merits, but regardless of whether Bai Chongxi's death has anything to do with Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek's selfishness has created a depression in his later years and even said to live in the panic of being monitored and assassinated.
Bai Chongxi was once an anti-Japanese hero, and the honors he won were not in the minority, but it was a pity that he was obsessed, one step wrong, one step wrong, and his old age was desolate, presumably he regretted it when he was trapped in Taiwan.