As mentioned above, Chiang Kai-shek received Chen Geng in an attempt to use the position of lieutenant general and chief of staff to lure Chen Geng into submission to him.
However, Chen Geng was such a clear-minded person that he categorically rejected Chiang Kai-shek's coercion and inducement.
Helplessly, Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to let go, nor could he fight, so he had no choice but to decide to continue to detain Chen Geng and wait for arrangements.
So what happened next?
Why would Chiang Kai-shek say this to Chen Geng?
Chen Geng
Today's Brief History Archive will talk to you about the story of Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Geng.
Song Qingling brought reporters to rescue Chen Geng
After Chen Geng was released by Chiang Kai-shek, he had a pretty good mentality, and he couldn't see that Chen Geng had any mood swings at all.
Not only that, on the way to prison, Chen Geng kept clamoring that Chiang Kai-shek would give him a lieutenant general and chief of staff, but he hated the official and did not do it.
On the small windows in the prison, faces popped out, some clapping, some laughing...
The news of Chen Geng's detention by Chiang Kai-shek soon became known to everyone, and it was heard that he had also been tortured and humiliated.
After hearing this, Song Qingling was extremely angry and decided to take Professor Yang Quan, an executive member of the China Civil Rights Protection League, and many journalists to the West Prison to visit Chen Geng.
Song Qingling
In fact, as early as the second day of Chen Geng's escort to Nanjing, the Chinese Civil Rights Protection League knew about it.
Therefore, at that time, the Chinese Civil Rights Protection League sent Song Qingling, Yang Quan, Shen Junru, and Yi Luo as representatives to Nanjing to try to save people.
Subsequently, on April 5, 1933, Song Qingling and others set off from Shanghai and came to Nanjing for activities.
As soon as he arrived in Nanjing, Soong Ching Ling went to chiang kai-shek himself to intercede for Chen Geng.
First, it is introduced by Chen Geng's original life-saving grace in the Battle of the Eastern Crusade, then chen Geng is a student of the Whampoa Military Academy as the middle section, and finally Song Qingling ends with courtesy, righteousness, and shame.
Chiang Kai-shek, who said a few words, could not come to Taiwan, but Chiang Kai-shek also understood that what Soong Ching Ling said was actually not wrong at all.
Seeing that Chiang Kai-shek did not react, Soong Ching Ling decided to give Chiang Kai-shek some color to see.
Subsequently, Song Qingling, together with a delegation from the China Civil Rights Protection League and journalists, made a special trip to the prison to visit Chen Geng.
The warden and jailer of the prison knew what a big man Song Qingling was, so none of them rushed to stop them, and could only let Song Qingling move.
As Song Qingling walked toward the cell, he said:
"Come and see my old friend, Chen Geng, which cell do you live in?" I'll come and see you. ”
Most of the people who followed Song Qingling were journalists, including the reporter of China Forum, who described the prison scene in detail, as follows:
"At the entrance to every courtyard, dozens of soldiers, guns flashed with bayonets, lined up on both sides, the screen behind each door painted with the blue sky and white sun of the Kuomintang, guns, bayonets and box cannons everywhere — symbols of Kuomintang rule ..."
Nanjing Gendarmerie Headquarters Prison
"The firm wooden doors closed each cell, and each door had a seven-inch square opening, and there was no lock, and we saw a square hole, five feet wide, seven feet long, maybe eight feet high, no windows, just an iron lattice ceiling, and some light shot in from under the porch..."
"Chen Geng was alone in a cell, his face grew a beard, the guard's face peeked over our shoulders, but Chen Geng didn't care about anything, he was in front of the delegation, loudly accusing and ruthlessly exposing..."
Such descriptions directly show the scene at that time.
Chen Geng read Li Bai's verses aloud
Song Qingling opened his head first, and Chen Geng's old classmates and good friends who were at the Whampoa Military Academy also decided to come to see Chen Geng one after another.
When Zhang Zhi's middle-aged car crouched at the prison door, the guards all began to talk.
Zhang Zhizhong
Gradually, everyone knew that Chen Geng was a very special prisoner, and the guards in the prison did not dare to provoke Chen Geng anymore.
When Chen Geng wanted to go out and walk around, the prison guards would immediately run over and open the door.
Others let the wind out for half an hour, Chen Geng could let the wind out for an hour, and every time the jailer urged Chen Geng to enter the room, Chen Geng directly and impatiently refused.
The jailer had no choice but to nod his head and wait for Chen Geng to go back to the cell leisurely.
One day, when Chen Geng was letting go of the wind, he suddenly heard an exciting piece of good news:
The Central Soviet Region smashed the Kuomintang's fourth "encirclement and suppression."
Because the transmission of the message was slow, Chen Geng only got the news months later, but this did not affect Chen Geng's excitement in the slightest.
Then Chen Geng hurriedly ran to the prison compound, let go of his voice and shouted:
According to the late news of Jinggangshan, the Kuomintang attacked the 500,000 troops in our Central Soviet Region, and was crushed by our Red Army, completely annihilating three divisions of the enemy army!
Immediately afterward, there were cheering voices from all over the cell, and everyone sang and danced to celebrate this great moment.
A new jailer rushed over to stop Chen Geng and told him not to publicize the Communist victory.
Chen Geng didn't pay any attention to the jailer at all, and at the moment, All Chen Geng wanted was to drink a few glasses of fine wine to celebrate this moment of victory.
But this is a Kuomintang prison, where to find wine?
So Chen Geng came up with a brilliant plan!
Since the victory is not allowed to be publicized, and the wine cannot be drunk, it is better to recite a poem to celebrate.
Chen Geng then decided to read Li Bai's "Will Enter the Wine" to the inmates.
The jailer was an uncultured person, and he didn't know who Li Bai was, so Chen Geng just seized on this loophole and asked if the jailer could read two verses of Li Bai's poems.
The jailer asked who Li Bai was puzzled? Is it the Communist Party or the Kuomintang?
Chen Gengqiang suppressed the feeling of wanting to laugh, explaining that Li Bai was a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, neither the Communist Party nor the Kuomintang.
The jailer looked at Chen Geng impatiently and agreed to Chen Geng reading Li Bai's poems.
Chen Geng cleared his throat and began to read Li Bai's "Will Enter the Wine":
You don't see the water of the Yellow River rising from the sky, rushing to the sea and never returning.
Jun did not see Gao Tang Mingjing's sad white hair, and it turned into snow in the twilight of green silk.
Life must be full of joy, do not make the golden bottle empty to the moon.
I am born to be useful, and I will come back when all the money is gone.
......
Five flowers and horses, thousands of gold qiu, Hu'er will be exchanged for fine wine, and Er will sell all the ancient sorrows.
The jailer became impatient, and after waiting for Chen Geng to finish reading, he hurriedly called out to Chen Geng to hurry back to the cell.
Chen Geng lost his temper and began to stir up the jailer, and bluntly said that he could enter whenever he wanted, and when he wanted to come out, he would come out whenever he wanted.
The jailer began to scold and grin, and said that he had the final say, Chen Geng wanted to be the master, there was no way.
After the jailer said this, before waiting for the next sentence, Chen Geng approached step by step, and as he walked, he said that even Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to provoke me, do you still want to take care of me?
Chen Geng said a step forward, the jailer listened to a step back, and soon the jailer was forced into a corner, but Chen Geng still had no intention of stopping.
Zhang Liangcheng's squad leader defused the storm between Chen Geng and the jailers
Chen Geng and the jailer formed a stalemate.
Just then, a man hurried from the women's cell, a man of medium stature, a little mustache, who looked to be about 20 years old.
This person's name is Zhang Liangcheng, and he is the head of the detention center.
Looking at the stalemate in front of him, Zhang Liangcheng hurried forward to persuade and said to Chen Geng:
"Mr. Chen, don't look at him in general, he just came here, and he doesn't know your special status in this prison."
Subsequently, Zhang Liangcheng turned his head and criticized the jailer fiercely.
The jailer muttered that he felt that Chen Geng was too arrogant, and the Nanjing Gendarmerie Headquarters Prison was not his home.
Chen Geng smiled and said:
"I know that this is the Nanjing Gendarmerie Headquarters Prison!"
When the jailer heard this, he quarreled with Chen Geng again, and shouted at Zhang Liangcheng to clean up Chen Geng together.
Zhang Liangcheng shouted and told the jailer to shut up.
Du Yuming
Immediately after that, Zhang Liangcheng explained to the jailer the identity of Chen Geng, in addition to being the savior of Commander Jiang, but also a friend of Song Qingling and Lu Xun, Zhang Zhizhong and Du Yuming and others also came to visit him one after another...
Only then did the jailer know that Chen Geng in front of him was originally such a well-known figure, and hurried forward to apologize.
Chen Geng was not angry, and he smiled and patted the jailer's shoulder.
Zhang Liangcheng also smiled, and at this time Chen Geng noticed that Zhang Liangcheng was still holding a small child who was more than 4 months old in his hand.
Zhang Liangcheng explained to Chen Geng that it was the child of a man named Huang Haiming in the women's cell, and Chen Geng nodded and smiled at the child.
The moment Chen Geng picked up the child, the child burst out laughing.
Chen Geng also thought of his children and his wife in an instant, not knowing that they were doing well!
Chen Geng family portrait
Zhang Liangcheng was also happy to watch Chen Geng play happily with the child, although he was the head of the detention center and not an underground party member, but he was a sympathizer.
The Communist Party is reasonable, warm to others, and all of them are awe-inspiring and indomitable good people;
However, some people in the Kuomintang are doing evil to the tiger, are corrupt and corrupt, and have problems at the root.
Therefore, Zhang Liangcheng is also doing his best to be nicer to the Communists and help them more.
After a while, Chen Geng also felt that it was time to go back to the house, so he returned the child to Zhang Liangcheng.
Just as Chen Geng was about to return to his cell, an old guard leader hurried over and shouted as he ran:
"Mr. Chen, Mr. Chen, you are free, and your superiors have ordered you to be released from prison."
Chen Geng looked puzzled.
Chiang Kai-shek
Out?
What kind of medicine is being sold in Chiang Kai-shek's gourd?
The cellmates celebrated Chen Geng's release
Chiang Kai-shek wants to release Chen Geng from prison?
Chen Geng was a little confused, and looked at the old warden who delivered the message and asked:
"So, in the end, does chiang kai-shek still dare not kill me?"
As soon as the old warden heard this, he knew that Chen Geng was unwilling, and hurriedly persuaded Chen Geng not to call out, and quickly packed up his things and got out of prison.
The more you push, the slower you get!
Chen Geng did not think so, not only was he not in a hurry, but he also went out to stand in the prison compound and loudly said that Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to kill himself and wanted to release people from prison!
The prison was boiling in an instant!
I have just learned the news of the victory of the Red Army, and now Chen Geng is also about to be released, which is undoubtedly wave after wave of good news!
In an instant, there was a warm applause in the prison, and in the small black windows of each cell, a familiar smiling face of Chen Geng was also detected:
Shuai Mengqi, Xia Zhixu, Huang Haiming, He Baozhen, Qian Ying, Xiao Min...
At this time, the prisonmates were not only sending off Chen Geng, but also celebrating the victory of the Red Army in Jinggangshan!
One of the wardens was dumbfounded when he looked at the scene in front of him, and hurriedly shouted Chen Geng and shouted loudly to lock you up.
Chen Geng can not eat this set, directly anger the warden, do you have this right?
The warden was dumbfounded in an instant, so he had to wave his hand to tell Chen Geng to hurry up and leave, and not to stay here any longer.
Chen Geng smiled and waved goodbye again in the direction of the cell:
Comrades and friends, Chen Geng has bid farewell to you, you must persevere, the struggle continues, do not be in a hurry, I Chen Geng will come back, I will lead a hundred thousand Red Army to pick you up.
The warden was really annoyed at this time:
Chen Geng, do you still want to leave?
Chen Geng accepted it when he saw it was good, and he also felt that it was almost over, so he said to the warden very humorously:
"Why don't I want to go?" The August 1st Red Flag on Jinggang Mountain and the green pines and cypresses on Jinggang Mountain are all waving to me! ”
Immediately after, the women's cell was also opened, and a woman came out of it.
Chen Geng fixed his eyes on li lijun, who had saved himself in Shantou.
Chen Geng was very happy, the two of them were arrested together at the beginning, and now they are leaving together, which is also a beautiful thing!
After looking around, Chen Geng and Li Lijun raised their legs and were about to leave.
Just as the two were about to leave, Chiang Kai-shek arrived with his retinue.
It seems that Chiang Kai-shek still has something to say to Chen Geng!
Chiang Kai-shek did not believe that Chen Geng would become Liu Bang
Chiang Kai-shek rushed in, and Deng Wenyi behind him took the lead in speaking:
"Chen Geng, the old principal has come to personally send you off."
Chen Geng glanced at Deng Wenyi, and then at Chiang Kai-shek.
Deng Wenyi, Deng Xiaoping
Indeed, Chen Geng did not expect Chiang Kai-shek to have such a hand.
So Chen Geng was not humble and bowed to Chiang Kai-shek politely:
"Straw shoes small people, Mr. He Lao's big driver?"
Chiang Kai-shek was full of smiles, completely devoid of the entanglement and anger he had when he first imprisoned Chen Geng.
After Chen Geng finished speaking, Chiang Kai-shek also spoke bluntly:
"I jiang mou line of soldiers, has always talked about the righteousness of the jianghu, when the Huangpu Eastern Crusade, you once saved my life, at this time for a long time, do not dare to forget ... I had to obey the arrangement of fate, send you out of prison, and give you a life. ”
Chen Geng asked incredulously whether Chiang Kai-shek really wanted to let him go?
Chiang Kai-shek nodded.
Chen Geng said bluntly that Chiang Kai-shek should not regret it.
Chiang Kai-shek laughed loudly and suddenly said with a relieved face:
"I won't regret it, when King Chu bawang let Liu Bang go at the Hongmen banquet, there were indeed endless troubles, forcing him to have to kill himself, but he was still a hero, today, I released you Chen Geng what? I don't believe you can become Liu Bang and let me repeat "Overlord Farewell"! ”
Chen Geng smiled and finally spoke from the bottom of his heart.
No matter whether Chiang Kai-shek raises his noble hand high today, whether he is aware of the reward or whether he is photographed by social pressure, Chen Geng will not forget it.
But as the saying goes, mountains are easy to move, and ambitions are difficult to move.
Chen Geng will definitely not be robbed of his ambition, the big husband, should be at will, not preoccupied with temporary gains and losses, not related to personal grievances.
Immediately afterward, Chen Geng said that today is also a life for a life, so in the future, neither Chiang Kai-shek nor Chiang Kai-shek owes anyone anything, so see you on the battlefield in Japan!
After saying these words, Chen Geng respectfully stepped forward and shook hands with Chiang Kai-shek to say goodbye.
The first on the left is Chen Geng
It seems that in the future, the story of the two will continue...
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