Before the outbreak of the War of Liberation, the Kuomintang had an absolute superiority in both troop strength and weapons and equipment, and there was still the support of the United States behind it, so the old Chiang Kai-shek was full of confidence and boldly said that the war could be ended in only one year. In the first year of the Liberation War, the Nationalist army did occupy a certain advantage on the battlefield, but after entering the second year, it began to decline, and in the third year, it was even more defeated. After the end of the three major battles, the old Chiang Kai-shek knew that he could no longer gain a foothold on the mainland, so he began to consider the issue of retreat, and finally he chose Taiwan as his target.
At that time, Taiwan's economy was not yet developed, and the infrastructure was also very backward, in order to change this situation, the old Chiang Kai-shek began to frantically rush to Taiwan to transport everything of value. Gold alone has shipped three batches, the first batch is 2,004,459 taels; the second batch is 572,899 taels, and there are also 1,000 boxes of silver dollars (4,000 pieces per box); the third batch is 198,000 taels, and the total of these three batches of gold is more than 2,775,000 taels. In addition to gold and silver, Lao Jiang also snatched a large number of precious cultural relics, including 1424 boxes of bronze, porcelain, jade and miscellaneous items, 1324 boxes of picture albums, and 204 boxes of historical documents, which added up to a total of 231910 pieces.
In addition, more than 600,000 remnants of the defeated army followed the old Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan, including some cultural celebrities and scholars, such as Zhang Daqian, Hu Shi, Liang Shiqiu and Lin Yutang. In addition, there are three people who are repeatedly explained by Old Jiang and must be brought to Taiwan, and in the eyes of Old Jiang, these three people are more important than the golden calligraphy and painting, so who are they? The first person was Kong Decheng, the 77th grandson of Confucius. As we all know, Confucian culture has a profound influence in China, Confucius is also known as Kong Sage, as his 77th generation of grandsons, Kong Decheng naturally became a representative of Confucian culture. So the old Chiang Kai-shek will take him to Taiwan no matter what, where Kong Decheng once served as the president of the "Examination Institute" and died of illness in 2008 at the age of 88.
The second person old Jiang insisted on taking away was Zhang Enbo. He is the 63rd generation of Tianshi Dao, also known as Zhengyi, founded in the Eastern Han Dynasty and has a history of nearly 2,000 years. Zhang Enpu was in charge of the Jade Seal and The Sword of Tianshi Dao at the age of 20, and has been practicing in Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi, ever since, enjoying a very high reputation in Taoism, so Lao Jiang also brought him to Taiwan when he was defeated. After coming to Taiwan, Zhang Enbo served as the chairman of the Taoist Association of Taiwan Province.
The third person that Old Jiang fancied was Zhangjia Living Buddha VII Lobsang Bandi Da Dan Bi Rong Mei. Zhangjia Living Buddha was the largest reincarnated living Buddha who ruled Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia during the Qing Dynasty, and was loved by believers and had a high reputation among his followers. Lobsang Bandi Da Dan Bi Rong Mei is the seventh Living Buddha of Zhangjia, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, he has repeatedly propagated the anti-Japanese struggle to save the country, patriotic enthusiasm is very high, contribution is also great, deeply respected by Buddhists around the world. These three people were representatives of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, and Lao Jiang thought that taking them away would take away the people's hearts, and it turned out that his idea was really naïve.
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