Was Chiang Kai-shek an official genius or a lucky and cruel man who only knew how to be opportunistic? Why did it take one year and eight days to successfully reach the top? Succeed sun Yat-sen as the supreme leader of the Kuomintang?
How did Chiang Kai-shek "struggle" from an inconspicuous little man to "chairman of the committee" and leave the two big men Hu Hanmin and Wang Jingwei behind in the dispute over the conquest of the concubine?
Today we will reveal Chiang Kai-shek's extremely amazing "entrepreneurial history"!
Chiang Kai-shek's "little man" career!
Chiang Kai-shek's father was a well-known wealthy merchant in the town, but he fell ill and died when Chiang Kai-shek was only eight years old. What remains is Chiang Kai-shek's half-brother, the young Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Kai-shek's widowed mother. Therefore, in Chiang Kai-shek's impression, his impression of his father was only severe. However, he missed his mother very much, and his feelings for his mother also ran through his life.
In the face of orphans and widows, the brother and the Jiang family together bully the orphans and widows, thinking about the family property left by their father. Old Jiang, who survived in this environment, must be tough, must protect himself and protect his mother, after all, if he wants not to be bullied by others, he must be more ruthless than others!
But at that time, Chiang Kai-shek did not have any ability, so he was often humiliated, and Chiang Kai-shek secretly swore in his heart that he must get ahead!
When Chiang Kai-shek was 17 years old, he went to Fenghua County to study, and he felt a little novel in the face of various things in the city, and his teacher told him to study in Japan. And Chiang Kai-shek's darkness of China at that time made him feel that his future was very bleak, so he resolutely went to Japan.
In Japan. Chiang Kai-shek met his best eldest brother Chen Qimei, and this eldest brother also changed the trajectory of Chiang Kai-shek's life afterwards! In fact, Chiang Kai-shek had many brothers in his life, and it is said that as many as twenty. But each is his stepping stone, even if the surface is commensurate with brotherhood, but how much sincerity does Chiang Kai-shek have in his heart?
And Chen Qimei, Chiang Kai-shek may be serious!
Chen Qimei was nine years older than Chiang Kai-shek and had more knowledge than Chiang Kai-shek at that time. When Chiang Kai-shek was only very serious about folding quilts at the Japanese military academy, there was no way out. His eldest brother Chen Qimei told him to return to China, that is, to participate in the uprising. Under the leadership of Chen Qimei, Chiang Kai-shek also gradually "stepped onto the right track" from a young man with a confused future, became a revolutionary fighter who overthrew the Manchu Qing, and also met Sun Yat-sen!
And the time that made Chen Qimei and Sun Yat-sen deeper was that Tao Chengzhang was assassinated in the hospital, and it was Chiang Kai-shek who carried out this task! However, the fruits of the revolution were soon stolen by Yuan Shikai, who firmly supported Sun Yat-sen and overthrew the Beiyang government, so he planned to assassinate Yuan Shikai!
However, Chiang Kai-shek is also very interesting, he often resigns, in five years, he resigned 13 times, and passive and short-tempered, which made Sun Yat-sen very difficult. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek behaved in this way because he often did things for the sake of profit, and if he was not profitable, he would resign.
At that time, it was also the trough of Sun Yat-sen's career, and Chiang Kai-shek felt that he not only did not have the full trust of Sun Yat-sen, but also was ostracized by the generals of the Cantonese Army, so he directly left his post. Chiang Kai-shek once lamented in his diary that the future was confused, afraid that his mother would not be able to raise her head in front of the villagers.
How did Chiang Kai-shek come to power?
However, Chiang Kai-shek returned to the throne and rose to the top because he seized the opportunity to save Sun Yat-sen when Chen Juming was angry and sent troops to surround him.
However, Chiang Kai-shek was certainly not a good person to do stupid things, he consulted his "revolutionary teacher" Zhang Jingjiang, and when he learned that it was profitable and could pave the way for the future, he arrived in Guangzhou, hired a leaf boat, broke through the tight seal, and saved Sun Yat-sen from danger.
Sun Yat-sen was very moved, excitedly shook Chiang Kai-shek's hand, and sighed, "Jiang Jun came here, enough to reach 20,000 reinforcements." Chiang Kai-shek spent 42 days with Sun Yat-sen, telling him that he was the one who unswervingly supported him. And he also publicized his photo with Sun Yat-sen and wrote a book to make himself angry!
However, Chiang Kai-shek still had two brushes, and under his command, he evaded the pursuit of the enemy, and Sun Yat-sen also praised Chiang Kai-shek for this! At this time, Chiang Kai-shek of course won the trust of Sun Yat-sen, and was he afraid that there would be no way to live in the future?
Soon Chiang Kai-shek emerged in the Kuomintang and really rose to prominence, and the chief of staff and the boss was only Sun Yat-sen. Perhaps in Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, Sun Yat-sen was just a ladder to his own position.
However, because of Chen Jiongming's rebellion, Sun Yat-sen also realized that his organization was in ruins and he must have his own army, so he decided to establish an officer school.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek volunteered to go to the Soviet Union to learn from his experience. So Sun Yat-sen sent Chiang Kai-shek to lead a delegation to the Soviet Union for an inspection visit, when Sun Yat-sen accepted the help of the Soviet Union and our Party and reorganized the Kuomintang.
Everyone knows that the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy was Chiang Kai-shek, but the original candidate was not him, but Xu Chongzhi, one of Chiang Kai-shek's brothers.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was not even qualified to participate in the First Plenary Session of the First Central Committee of the Kuomintang, after all, his qualifications were shallow. However, this Xu Chongzhi did not know the Soviet Union, and Chiang Kai-shek seized the opportunity to go to the Soviet Union to investigate the possibility of emerging.
I have to say that Chiang Kai-shek is really very good at speculation, and perhaps this is the reason why he can beat many competitors! Sun Yat-sen intended to make Chiang Kai-shek chairman of the preparatory committee for the military academy, but Chiang Kai-shek's ambitions were not only that. So he began to resign again and ran to his hometown of Fenghua to close the door.
Even when the Kuomintang bosses sent telegrams urging him, he did not go back, and bargained to become the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy. Chiang Kai-shek asked his brothers Xu Chongzhi and Zhang Jingjiang to intercede with Sun Yat-sen. Unexpectedly, Chiang Kai-shek really succeeded and ushered in a big turn in his political career!
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek attached great importance to his personal image, always wearing a military uniform, wearing white gloves, walking with a straight waist, and a military demeanor. However, chiang kai-shek had a decadent period and owed a bunch of debts. Even he himself said in his diary that he was hopeless.
It seems that Chiang Kai-shek really pays attention to façade kung fu, and in speculation, he is even more self-taught and mixed.
In 1925, Sun Yat-sen died, the Kuomintang was leaderless, and it was very important to elect an heir. At that time, Wang Jingwei, Hu Hanmin, Liao Zhongkai and Xu Chongzhi were the most suitable and qualified candidates, but Chiang Kai-shek was no longer the confused young man who had nothing at that time.
Chiang Kai-shek had a clear goal at that time, he wanted to be a big man himself! So it only took him a short time to monopolize power and climb to a high position!
How Chiang Kai-shek monopolized power!
After Sun Yat-sen's death, the elders began to compete for the position of chairman. In fact, when it comes to Sun Yat-sen's closest people, there is no one who is Wang Jingwei. Before Sun Yat-sen died, in addition to calling his wife Song Qingling, he only called Wang Jingwei. It can be seen how important he is to Wang Jingwei, and Wang Jingwei also ghostwrote a will.
At that time, the Nationalist government had two military forces, and to become chairman, he had to have the support of the military. When Chiang Kai-shek saw Wang Jingwei at that time, he said that he would support him at all costs. However, Wang Jingwei did, with the support of Chiang Kai-shek, unanimously elected as chairman of the National Government and chairman of the Military Commission.
Wang Jingwei will also do it, and since Chiang Kai-shek is his own person, he also brought Chiang Kai-shek to become a military commissar. It's just that even if Wang Jingwei became the chairman of the National Government, he was opposed by many people, and Chiang Kai-shek was also suppressed everywhere! Unexpectedly, at such a sensitive time, a strange murder occurred.
At that time, Liao Zhongkai, the leader of the Left Wing of the Kuomintang, was stabbed to death, and the murderer was not found, and many people felt that it must be the Right Party, and it must be people who opposed Liao Zhongkai. The person identified as the mastermind was Hu Hanmin's younger brother Hu Shengsheng.
Therefore, Hu Hanmin could only be forced to surrender power and was forced to send an envoy to the Soviet Union, and Chiang Kai-shek completely cleared the obstacle to seizing power. Chiang Kai-shek, of course, was not on his own, and he was supported by Borodin, the Soviet military adviser.
Borodin became the most important political figure within a few months of Sun Yat-sen's death. His words were so important that they seemed to have become the brains of the Kuomintang. At that time, Borodin believed that the Chinese revolution needed to be led by a master of power. And Chiang Kai-shek is the most suitable person he looks up to. So he began to vigorously cultivate Chiang Kai-shek.
It was just that Chiang Kai-shek's ability was underestimated by the master of power, Borodin, and Chiang Kai-shek, seeing his sudden power, actually sent heavy troops to surround Xu Chongzhi's residence and accused him of murder. Xu Chongzhi panicked for a moment and fled to Shanghai in a hurry.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek replaced Xu Chongzhi and held the supreme military power, and there was no power in the Kuomintang to compete with Huangpu. And after Old Jiang tasted the sweetness, he would definitely not let go. His gun began to be aimed at Wang Jingwei on the table, Borodin behind the scenes, and the young party!
In June 1925, Chen Jiongming led 30,000 troops to launch a rebellion. Chiang Kai-shek served as the commander-in-chief of the Second Crusade. This time, Chiang Kai-shek completely swept away the warlord forces in Guangzhou and unified the entire territory of Guangzhou. For a time, Chiang Kai-shek's voice was very high.
And Chiang Kai-shek is also very good at using the people's love for himself to strictly govern the army under his command and secretly observe. When the time comes, get started!
When Chiang Kai-shek used the "Zhongshan Ship Incident" to deal with our party, he also ignored Wang Jingwei's position and beheaded first and played later, embarrassing Wang Jingwei. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek transferred the Zhongshan warship out of Guangzhou, and then pretended to be stupid, plotted a riot on the busbar, arrested the captain, Li Zhilong of our party, and also released rumors and arrested many people of our party.
However, the Soviet Union was influenced by Borodin and felt that it should win Chiang Kai-shek over. Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek also used Chen Duxiu. At that time, everyone did not see chiang kai-shek's true face clearly. He also sent a telegram saying that Chiang Kai-shek was blinded to make a wrong decision, and that what we had to do was to pull Chiang Kai-shek out of the abyss of error, rather than simply punishing him.
Except for Wang Jingwei, who soberly knew that this was a power grab campaign by Chiang Kai-shek, everyone was kept in the dark. At that time, Wang Jingwei reprimanded Chiang Kai-shek for rebellion, but he was weak and helpless.
Chiang Kai-shek took the opportunity to accuse Wang Jingwei of conspiring with Su to design the Zhongshan incident. At this point, there are no stumbling blocks on Chiang Kai-shek's road to seizing power!
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched a counter-revolutionary coup in Shanghai, and Wang Jingwei was completely defeated. Chiang Kai-shek began to co-opt the chaebols, who were the most powerful in Jiangsu and Zhejiang at that time, and Chiang Kai-shek had inextricable relations with them. At this meeting, Chiang Kai-shek told Cai Valve that he was going to deal with our Party. Shanghai's cai valve also said how much money to give him.
At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek began to pursue Soong Mei-ling fiercely. He had long admired this young and beautiful woman, as well as the influence of the Song family and the Kong family.
For Chiang Kai-shek, both were pawns to consolidate their position. It's just that Sun Yat-sen's wife, Soong Ching-ling, and Soong Mei-ling's older brother, Song Ziwen, are very opposed to his little sister marrying such a person.
In their view, Chiang Kai-shek is looking at his own family business, and Chiang Kai-shek is not a good person, his little sister has such good conditions, there is no need to be with him. But Song Ziwen was in danger, and if he continued to oppose it on the beach, he would not be able to continue.
No way, Song Ziwen still gave in, and he became the finance minister of Shanghai. The next step is to persuade his mother to marry Chiang Kai-shek with his sister Song Yiling.
At that time, I did not know whether Song Meiling really fell in love with this superficial hero or whether she married Chiang Kai-shek entirely because of her family. In the outside world, the marriage of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling was predestined and very romantic. However, Chiang Kai-shek, who was born from a warlord, and Song Meiling, a miss of Qianjin who returned from studying abroad, how many common topics there seem to be relatively hanging!
Chiang Kai-shek's "entrepreneurial history" seems to be mixed with many "bubbles"!
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