As we all know, Chiang Kai-shek has eight great Kongs around him, and these eight great Kongs have followed Chiang Kai-shek since the Huangpu period and followed Chiang Kai-shek all the way, and have won Chiang Kai-shek's trust. And Chiang Kai-shek's eight king kong ranking first is He Yingqin, today we will talk about the story of He Yingqin.
He Yingqin was born in 1890, he is a native of Xingyi, Guizhou Province, and his family conditions are average, neither rich nor poor. He Yingqin attended a private school when he was a child, and after he finished reading the private school, he decided to abandon his pen and join the Rong, first enrolled in the Guiyang Army Primary School, and then enrolled in the Wuchang Army No. 3 Middle School, and became a publicly-funded international student with the first place, studying in Japan and entering the Zhenwu School.
Because Chiang Kai-shek also studied at the Zhenwu School in Japan, He Yingqin met Chiang Kai-shek when he studied at the Zhenwu School, and gradually accepted the revolutionary ideas and followed Sun Yat-sen to join the League. After the Xinhai Revolution, He Yingqin returned to China and gradually gained a foothold in Guizhou. However, in 1921, He Yingqin lost in the infighting in Guizhou, was almost assassinated, and only returned to the mountains after half a year of idleness at home.
In 1924, Chiang Kai-shek was ordered by Sun Yat-sen to establish the Whampoa Military Academy. The establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy can be said to be a turning point in He Yingqin's life, because he and Chiang Kai-shek are old acquaintances, and He Yingqin is also engaged in military education, so Chiang Kai-shek took the initiative to invite He Yingqin and asked him to help him organize the Whampoa Military Academy.
In 1924, the Whampoa Military Academy was officially established, and He Yingqin served as the deputy chief instructor of the Whampoa Military Academy, with the rank of major general, and then began a military career. Because He Yingqin has known Chiang Kai-shek since he studied in Japan, and still belongs to Chiang Kai-shek's Huangpu department, he has won the trust of Chiang Kai-shek, and many important occasions in China's modern history have witnessed He Yingqin, and he has thus become Chiang Kai-shek's eight king kongs and ranked first, it can be said that He Yingqin is Chiang Kai-shek's most trusted Huangpu general.
The most famous thing about Ho Ying chin is that the historical event should be the acceptance of the Japanese government's instrument of surrender by the Nationalist government. In August 1945, Japan officially surrendered, and China's War of Resistance Against Japan was victorious. At that time, the demotion officer sent by the Kuomintang government was He Yingqin, who accepted the surrender letter from the Japanese army on behalf of Chinese people, and this glorious historical moment was also recorded in the annals of history.
However, He Yingqin took the wrong side in the subsequent liberation war, and he went against the trend of history, so he could only swallow the bitter fruit. In 1949, the Kuomintang was defeated and retreated, and He Yingqin chose to resign at this time, first fleeing to Hong Kong, and then following Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan.
After fleeing to Taiwan, He Yingqin was snubbed by Chiang Kai-shek, and after he fled to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek, He Yingqin only held ordinary idle posts, such as "strategic adviser to the presidential office", and had no real power in his hands. But even so, He Yingqin remained loyal to Chiang Kai-shek.
Unable to help Chiang Kai-shek in the official arena, He Yingqin began to help Chiang Kai-shek in the non-governmental circles: He Yingqin organized various associations in Taiwan to publicize Chiang Kai-shek among the people and help Chiang Kai-shek, but because there was nothing to do in the official arena, He Yingqin could only play cards and spend all kinds of flowers in peacetime, and his life was also leisurely.
In his later years, He Yingqin was mainly devoted to Taiwan's economic and cultural construction, and he put forward many useful suggestions for Taiwan's economic and cultural construction. He Yingqin died in 1987 at the age of 97, and he was one of the few long-lived generals in the Kuomintang.
Resources:
"What Should Qin Biography" Li Zhongming? , "He Yingqin's Later Years" Xiong Zongren