In modern history, there is such a pivotal figure, he is known as the King of Yunnan, made great contributions to the construction of the Yunnan region, was originally an important general of the national army, but he always had the great national righteousness in his heart, so he was inextricably linked with our party along the way.
In 1935, several cars filled with Xuanwei ham and other materials were intercepted by the Red Army, and only afterwards did it turn out that all this was carefully arranged by him, and after the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan in 1937, he gathered the manpower and material resources of all Yunnan and built the Burma Highway in only 8 months.
Become the most trusted person under Tang Jiyao
Long Yun was born in 1884, is a Yunnan En'an person, he was born in a local rich and powerful family, and is also the eldest son of the family, before him, the parents have given birth to several daughters, Long Yun's arrival, for this big family, is nothing less than an exciting news.
It is precisely because he is the eldest son in the family, so the elders of the family can be described as a collection of thousands of pampering in one, and the family has taken good care of him since he was a child, not only providing him with favorable living conditions, but also trying to make him receive a better education. Because longyun's location was closed to traffic and his education was relatively backward, the elders took him out of the village and fostered him to his uncle's house in Zhaotong in order to let him receive a better education.
After Long Yun's uncle received the heavy responsibility of taking care of Long Yun, he immediately began to act, and he did not live up to his sister's instructions and spent a lot of time and energy on Long Yun. The uncle let Long Yun enter the latest local primary school, and at the same time invited Ma Desheng, a well-known local martial artist, to teach Long Yun martial arts in order to achieve the purpose of making Long Yun both literary and martial arts.
During his studies, Long Yun was actually not very interested in learning, so his academic performance was average, but he seemed to have an innate talent for martial arts, so in terms of martial arts, Long Yun grew up very quickly, and in a few years, he practiced a martial art, and after the death of his father, his mother planned to let Long Yun go home to inherit the family business, but unfortunately Long Yun had his own ideas.
Long Yun in the study period, although the results are average, but he was deeply affected by the new ideas, bent on serving the motherland, when his mother proposed to let him go home to inherit the family business, Long Yun said his own ideas, he wanted to sign up to join the army, after careful consideration, his mother finally agreed to Long Yun's request, let him sign up for the army, join the ranks of Xie Ruyi of the Dian Army.
Long Yun worked seriously in The team of Xie Ruyi, especially able to bear hardships, won the admiration of everyone, relying on a good reputation, he finally won the admiration of Xie Ruyi, once Xie Ruyi specifically talked to Long Yun, from Long Yun's conversation, Xie Ruyi saw that this person was by no means an idle person, so Xie Ruyi recommended Long Yun to enter the Yunnan Lecture Martial Hall for further study, so that the future would become a pillar of material.
Long Yun was extremely serious and hardworking during his study in the Martial Arts Hall, and Long Yun, who originally had average grades when he entered the school, relied on his continuous efforts to finally take the first place, which was amazing. After graduating from the Daowu Hall, Long Yun continued to return to the Dian Army as a lieutenant and met another nobleman in his life, this person was his fellow countryman Zou Ruoheng.
Zou Ruoheng was tang jiyao's aide-de-camp at that time, which was also a high-ranking authority, and after he and Long Yun became acquainted, he was deeply impressed by Long Yun's talent, so when he was transferred to other places to work, he recommended Long Yun to Tang Jiyao to replace him as an aide-de-camp.
After becoming an aide-de-camp, Long Yun performed outstandingly, won the trust of Tang Jiyao, and became Tang Jiyao's most trusted subordinate, allowing him to lead the most elite Guards 11 Regiment to protect Tang Jiyao.
From such a simple move, it is enough to see how much Tang Jiyao trusts Long Yun, that is, relying on Tang Jiyao's trust, after he successfully seized power and controlled Yunnan, the first thing he did was to promote Long Yun to the commander of the Fifth Army, and from the perspective of Long Yun's development, Tang Jiyao could be regarded as the third nobleman in his life.
At the beginning, Long Yun was also very supportive of Tang Jiyao, but later Tang Jiyao, driven by ambition, began to do some selfish things, causing the people in Yunnan to complain, under such circumstances, Long Yun began to have some dissatisfaction with Tang Jiyao, and finally followed the will of the people to overthrow Tang Jiyao, ousted him, and became the new leader of Yunnan.
Contributions made by "Yunnan King"
After Long Yun ousted Tang Jiyao from power, Chiang Kai-shek was shocked by Long Yun's actions, in order to be able to win over Long Yun, Chiang Kai-shek also issued a special letter of appointment, appointing Long Yun as the chairman of Yunnan Province, with the official certification of identity, Long Yun became the real "King of Yunnan" in the Yunnan region, but there is still an essential difference between this Yunnan king and Tang Jiyao.
Long Yun is not like Tang Jiyao, who only works for his own selfish interests and hurts the people's wealth, he is a person with foresight, he not only did not do things that hurt nature and reason for his own selfish interests, but also vigorously developed Yunnan's economy, built water conservancy, promoted the development of Yunnan agriculture, and brought a better living environment to the people in Yunnan.
Watching Yunnan get better day by day, Longyun's position in Yunnan became more and more stable, and Chiang Kai-shek began to panic, after all, Yunnan's geographical location is relatively far from Nanjing, and Longyun's foundation in Yunnan is too stable, Chiang Kai-shek plans to follow the example of Wang Jialie in Guizhou and clean up Longyun.
After having an idea, Chiang Kai-shek privately sent troops into Longyun's jurisdiction, intending to seize Longyun's territory. Long Yun quickly saw Chiang Kai-shek's thoughts, and although he did not take direct action, Long Yun began to react passively to this matter after receiving Chiang Kai-shek's order to "suppress" the Red Army.
Long Yun understood that if he went all out to fight the Red Army, he would eventually end up with both defeats and injuries, and Wang Jialie of Guizhou was a clear example, in order to prevent a direct conflict with the Red Army, after every encounter with the Red Army, Long Yun would arrange for his men to shoot in the sky, and the Red Army soon understood Long Yun's meaning, and everyone lived in peace and acted together to confuse Chiang Kai-shek.
In April 1935, Xue Yue sent people to Longyun to ask for military maps and some material support, Longyun originally did not want to help him, but Chiang Kai-shek had been looking at the tiger from behind, so Longyun could only prepare a few truckloads of Xuanwei ham, Pu'er tea, Yunnan Baiyao and other materials, and arrange for someone to send them to Xue Yue.
What was surprising was that this originally airtight thing finally encountered the Red Army when the car passed through Qujing, Yunnan, resulting in all the materials easily becoming the trophy of the Red Army, helping the Red Army a big favor, and the Red Army was very confused at that time, why did Long Yun do this?
It was not until many years later that Long Yun told the truth, and it turned out that when he ordered his subordinates to transport supplies, he secretly told the Red Army the news, which ensured that the Red Army could intercept the supplies halfway. Chiang Kai-shek understood that Long Yun must be catty behind these things, but forced to be the "King of Yunnan", in the land of Yunnan, Chiang Kai-shek still did not dare to do anything to Long Yun.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Burma Road was built
In 1937, after the July 7 Incident, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out in an all-round way, and the two parties, which had been fighting for many years, finally put aside their hatred and began to unite to resist Japan in unison, as the "King of Yunnan", Long Yun, actively responded to the national unified anti-Japanese line, and within a few years, more than 300,000 Dian troops were sent to the anti-Japanese front, and the 60th Army, which made great contributions in Taierzhuang, was the best representative.
In addition, because of the impact of the War of Resistance Against Japan, at that time all the country's roads to foreign countries were destroyed by the Japanese army, wanting to get material support from other countries, almost became a fantasy, in this case, Long Yun combined the geographical advantages of Yunnan, gathered all the Yunnan manpower and material resources to start building the Burma Road, at that time in order to deal with the bandits along the way, Long Yun's son Long Sheng also played an important role.
No one could have imagined that this road, which was almost impossible to complete in the eyes of foreigners, was actually completed in only 8 months with the efforts of Longyun and all yunnan people, and from then on, this highway became the only lifeline in China that could receive foreign aid during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and its importance was naturally self-evident.
Relying on the efforts of the whole nation and the sacrifices of countless martyrs, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression was finally won in 1945, but only a year later, Chiang Kai-shek disregarded the people's call for peace throughout the country and single-mindedly launched a civil war.
After rejecting Chiang Kai-shek, Long Yun knew that he might be retaliated against, so with the help of his friend General Chennault, he went to Hong Kong to live temporarily, and it was not until after the founding of New China that Long Yun returned to the embrace of the motherland again and stood with the people, and later his son Long Sheng was shot by Chen Geng's order because he wanted to support the army and stand on his own, Long Yun was sad after learning of this, Mao Zedong in order to let him know the whole thing, and also specially approved him to return to Yunnan to personally deal with this matter, which was enough to see our party's trust in Long Yun.
epilogue
In 1954, after the establishment of the National Defense Commission, Long Yun was elected as vice chairman together with the Ten Marshals, which was enough to see the high status of Long Yun at that time, and at that time, Long Yun's status was comparable to that of the Ten Marshals. In 1962, Long Yun died in Beijing at the age of 78. The reason why his life is full of legends, in addition to his own ability, is inseparable from his correct choice at each critical stage!
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