As the old saying goes, "scholars, farmers, industrialists and merchants", shang is the least valued by ancient people, but in modern times, under the premise of all democracy, many people find that industry and commerce can live a better life, especially in business, as long as they seize the opportunity, they can soar to the sky.
There is such a person,
He was once a second-class army general in the Kuomintang government
Later, he became tired of the officialdom and finally chose to get out of business.
And it was this decision that made him extremely happy for the rest of his life, when the Kuomintang government retired to Taiwan, he was already the richest man in Taiwan, and later before his death, his words teased his family, but he was angry with Chiang Ching-kuo, who was in power at the time.
This man was Chiang Dingwen, one of Chiang Kai-shek's Five Tiger Generals------.
The legendary deeds of Jiang Dingwen
In 1895, Jiang Dingwen was born in Zhuji, Zhejiang, and he and Tang Enbo, Chen Yi and others were chiang kai-shek's fellow countrymen, perhaps for this reason, jiang Dingwen and Tang Enbo, although they had no ability, were both reused by Chiang Kai-shek.
Jiang Dingwen was a farmer, and when he was 10 years old, his father supported his studies, so he sent him to a private school to study, which also allowed him to break away from his original class and embark on the road of climbing up in life.
Later, he entered the county middle school to study, in 1911, during the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Jiang Dingwen, who was only 16 years old, decided to join the Hangzhou Student Army, because he was very brave in the army, he was recommended to enter the Army Middle School in the early years of the Republic of China, and later transferred to the Zhejiang Army Lecture Hall.
After studying in the TangwuTang for two years, he entered the local garrison in Zhejiang, and because of his culture, he was soon promoted to platoon commander and company commander. At that time, Sun Yat-sen was mainly engaged in revolution in Guangdong, so he decided to go to Guangdong to continue his revolutionary career.
In 1917, during the War of The Protector of France, Jiang Dingwen went to Guangzhou to join the revolutionary ranks led by Sun Yat-sen, and then served as an aide-de-camp in the staff of Sun Yat-sen's Grand Marshal's Office, and then promoted to colonel's staff, this year Jiang Dingwen was only 27 years old.
Later, he traced Sun Yat-sen's Northern Expedition, Sun Yat-sen's establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, and Jiang Dingwen
Resolutely demote the fourth level
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From a colonel staff officer to a student team district captain, he served in the Whampoa Military Academy.
It was also this experience that he had a deep exchange with Chiang Kai-shek, and President Chiang Kai-shek had a deep impression on him, and once the Soviet adviser General Gallen came to the Whampoa Military Academy to observe the exercise, and then asked them questions.
This person can be reused. ”
Later, he successively held important posts in the Northern Expeditionary Army, and when Chiang Kai-shek took over the kuomintang power and considered himself the commander of the First Army, Jiang Dingwen was the deputy commander of the First Army and the commander of the First Division, and later, Chen Cheng, Gu Zhutong, Liu Zhi, Wei Lihuang and others successively held this position, and they were the generals whom Chiang Kai-shek relied on the most, and it was also this experience.
These five people were known as Chiang Kai-shek's "Five Tiger Generals"
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However, although Chiang Dingwen looked inspirational, since Sun Yat-sen's death, he seemed to be no longer intelligent, especially in terms of military command, completely without the appearance of the "Five Tiger Generals", of course, few of Chiang Kai-shek's "Five Tiger Generals" were very good militarily.
Smart battles and confused battles
Jiang Dingwen's brightest moment was during the Great War in the Central Plains.
At that time, he was promoted to the commander of the Second Army of the Nationalist Army, leading the army to attack the combined forces of Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan, and in the battle, he switched between the Longhai Railway and the Jinpu Railway, and the team moved quickly and erratically, so that the combined forces of Feng and Yan could not grasp the exact location, which made a great contribution to Chiang Kai-shek's victory in the Central Plains War.
And his name of "Flying General" was thus obtained, and he thought that this was the beginning of his military command career, but he did not expect it to be the peak.
In July 1931, he was ordered to lead his army to participate in the "encirclement and suppression" of the Red Army, and at that time he was the commander-in-chief of the Fourth Army, which was larger than his previous position. But this time he faced the Red Army, the Red Army fighters under the command of the Central Military Commission, and although he had the advantage in strength, Jiang Dingwen suffered a big defeat.
In less than two months, the troops lost most of the money, and if it were not for the timely rescue of the Nineteenth Route Army, Jiang Dingwen would only be afraid that he would have been captured by our party.
Despite this great defeat, Chiang Kai-shek did not remove him from his post, perhaps because Chiang Kai-shek remembered Chiang Dingwen's status as a fellow countryman, or perhaps Chiang Dingwen's former glory made Chiang Kai-shek still trust him.
Chiang Kai-shek sent him to Shanghai to fight against Japan, but Chiang was again defeated.
After this time, Jiang Dingwen felt that military command had nothing to do with him, and he was not suitable to be a general at all, and he could not help but launch the dream of "making two million, and going to Shanghai for twenty years, this life will be almost the same".
But Chiang Kai-shek never let him leave.
Become the richest man in Taiwan
In 1933, Chiang Kai-shek asked him to lead an army to Fujian to quell the rebellion, and in order to keep Chiang Dingwen from his former "benefactor", Chiang Kai-shek hinted that as long as he completed the rebellion, he would make him the chairman of Fujian Province.
At Chiang Kai-shek's hint, Chiang Ding-wen turned out to be
It took only two months to quell the rebellion
But Chiang Kai-shek made Chen Yi the chairman of Fujian Province, which made Jiang Dingwen helpless.
In 1937, Jiang Dingwen's opportunity finally came.
At the end of the year, he was sent to Shaanxi Province as the chairman of the government and the commander of the security, and at that time, the "northwest king" Hu Zongnan was in charge of the military power, and Jiang Dingwen was nominally the commander but could not control Hu Zongnan, not only that, but also gave Hu Zongnan an empty space.
Ordinary people may resist, but Jiang Dingwen feels that this is his own opportunity, he has amassed wealth in Shaanxi Province, made a fortune in just a few years, became the richest man in the northwest, and later, he always wanted to step down from the military, but Chiang Kai-shek has not approved, and he has no choice.
It was not until the eve of the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression that Chiang Kai-shek finally agreed to his resignation, and Jiang Dingwen ran to Shanghai with the money he had looted over the years to start a business. It is said that Zhejiang people will do business, and soon Jiang Dingwen will make a fortune by selling raw materials and ship freight.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Jiang Dingwen knew that he could not stay in the mainland, so he went to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek, and at that time he already had assets in the United States, Hong Kong and other places, and at that time, he was the richest in Taiwan.
He also became Taiwan's richest man
In his later years, Jiang Dingwen enjoyed his life extremely well, and Chiang Kai-shek did not punish him too much as a fellow countryman.
In 1973, at the age of 78, Jiang Dingwen's condition deteriorated, and he instructed his family to say:
"We Zhejiang people are still doing business well. Be an official, hey hey, even our most powerful Mr. Chiang Kai-shek..." His words amused his family, but he was angry with Chiang Ching-kuo,
However, at that time, the older generation had basically left office, and Chiang Ching-kuo did not pursue this matter any further.
brief summary:
In 1974, Jiang Dingwen died of illness. He instructed his children to target their graves in zhuji county, Zhejiang.
It can be seen that Jiang Dingwen misses his hometown very much, and his legendary experience has also made him repeatedly warn his family: don't step into politics and do business well. Jiang Dingwen was able to achieve this good ending, and I think it is exactly the four words of "Mingzhe to protect himself".