Ren Chao, I divide China into two halves, I manage half, you manage half!
The person who said the above was Chiang Kai-shek. Old Chiang kai-shek wanted to give half of China to Li Renchao to manage. Who is Li Renchao?
It was Li Jishen, a Kuomintang elder and army general!
Li Jishen, also spelled Ren chao, was born in 1885 in Cangwu County, Guangxi, and graduated from the Army University in his early years.
After joining the army, Li Jishen followed Mr. Zhongshan in making a revolution. He served as commander and chief of staff of the First Division of the First Army of the Guangdong Army, and trained a large number of young officers. Marshal Ye, Chen Mingshu, Ye Ting, Zhang Fakui, Chen Jitang, Deng Yanda, Jiang Guangnai, Chen Cheng, Xue Yue, and others were his students and subordinates.
In January 1924, Zhongshan founded the Whampoa Military Academy, and Li Jishen served as the vice president of the military academy.
In 1925, Li Jishen was promoted to general of the army and served as the commander of the Fourth Army of the "Iron Army" of the National Revolutionary Army.
After that, Li Jishen served as the head of Guangdong Province and became a real power figure in South China.
Li Jishen followed Mr. Zhongshan. After Nakayama's death, he followed Chiang Kai-shek.
On April 2, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek summoned Li Jishen, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, He Yingqin, Huang Shaohu, Wu Zhihui, Chen Guofu, Chen Lifu and others to hold a "Qing Party Congress." Decide on the national "April 12 Qing Party".
On April 12, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek mutinied and wantonly murdered revolutionaries and patriotic people.
On April 14, Li Jishen summoned Fang Dingying, Zhu Jiahua, and Qian Dajun to study how to "clean up the party."
Li Ji had a deep desire to clean up the party, but opposed the massacre. Unexpectedly, after the incident, he couldn't help himself, and his subordinates killed more than 2,000 people, including Liu Ersong, Li Qi khan, Xiao Chunu, Deng Pei, and Xiong Xiong. Li Jishen became an accomplice of Chiang Kai-shek.
Later, Li Jishen blamed himself and said: "Every time I think about this, I feel deeply guilty and sorry for the people. At that time, I had the heart to clean up the party, but I had no intention of killing people! ”
After the Nanchang Uprising, Chiang Kai-shek appointed Li Jishen as the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and asked him to command the troops of the two Guangdong regions to fight against the rebel army.
Li Jishen followed Chiang Kai-shek, but later, after he came into contact with Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei, he finally recognized the true face of the two and parted ways with them.
When Li Jishen mediated jiang gui's contradictions, Chiang Kai-shek believed that Li Jishen was in league with Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, so he put Li Jishen under house arrest at the Tangshan Guest House in Nanjing, deprived him of his military and political powers, and expelled him from the party. After Li Jishen was detained, Chen Jitang took over as commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army.
After the September 18 Incident, Li Jishen was freed and restored to the Party. At this time, he had thoroughly seen the true face of Lao Jiang, refused Lao Jiang's bribes and began to organize anti-Chiang Kai-shek anti-Japanese resistance.
In November 1933, Li Jishen, together with Jiang Guangnai, Cai Tingkai and others, sent a telegram against Chiang Kai-shek.
Li Jishen sent people to the Soviet zone to discuss cooperation with the Red Army and to oppose Chiang Kai-shek and resist Japan together.
Chiang Kai-shek was very annoyed by this and called a meeting to announce that Li Jishen would be "expelled from the party" for the second time.
After the Xi'an Incident, in order to unite against Japan, Li Jishen approached Chiang Kai-shek and said, "If you do not immediately resist Japan, then I will continue to confront you; if you resist the War, then I will obey your drive as a soldier." ”
Chiang Kai-shek was stunned and quickly said that he was willing to stop the civil war and unite with the outside world. Later, the Kuomintang announced the reinstatement of Li Jishen's party membership.
After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Li Jishen advocated cooperation in the anti-Japanese resistance, and he organized the anti-Japanese army.
After Chiang Kai-shek established the Kuomintang Field Party and Government Committee, he became the chairman of the committee and Li Jishen became the deputy director. Jiang said to Li: "Ren Chao, I divide China into two halves, you manage half, I manage half." There is a share of your tide in the world! All party and government work in the occupied areas is under your control. ”
This is actually a trick played by Chiang Kai-shek. Old Jiang wanted to control Li Jishen, but he was afraid that Li Jishen, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and others would secretly oppose him in one piece. Li Jishen said: "The occupied areas are ruled by the Japanese army and puppet armies, so what can the Kuomintang army and government do against them?" ”
During the Anhui Incident, Ye Ting was detained. Li Jishen was indignant. He immediately called Chen Cheng, asking him to ensure Ye Ting's safety, and called Gu Zhutong, asking him to send a doctor to treat Ye Ting's injuries.
After the victory of the War of Resistance, Chiang Kai-shek launched a civil war. Li Jishen resolutely opposed this, and he repeatedly and openly criticized Chiang Kai-shek's policy as contrary to Mr. Zhongshan's ideas, and he called for the cessation of the civil war for the sake of the country and the nation. But Chiang Kai-shek insisted on going his own way.
One day, Bai Chongxi invited Li Jishen to dinner. Bai Chongxi said: "I am advocating war. ”
Li Jishen said: "Should the civil war be fought?" As far as the actual situation is concerned, once the fight starts, you will definitely fail. The fighting power of the first division can reach your three divisions. Once the civil war broke out, chiang was doomed to failure. ”
When Chiang Kai-shek learned of this, he became angry and "permanently expelled Li Jishen from the party" for the third time.
Later, Li Jishen, He Xiangning, and others set up the Kuomintang Revolutionary Committee, openly displayed the banner of opposing Chiang Kai-shek, and completely broke with Chiang Kai-shek. We call on the people to resolutely rise up and struggle against Chiang Kai-shek.
In August 1948, the supreme commander (chairman) sent a telegram inviting Li Jishen and others to the Liberated Areas to discuss the great cause of building the country.
Li Jishen and others broke through the heavy resistance and reached the liberated area.
In June 1949, Li Jishen arrived in Beiping to participate in the preparatory meeting and prepare for the construction of a new China.
When the supreme head (chairman) met with Li Jishen, he was asked to serve as the vice chairman of the upcoming new China.
In this regard, Li Jishen was very surprised, he said: "When Chiang Kai-shek launched the April 12 Incident in Songhu. At that time, I was confused and blinded by Old Jiang, and I ordered the killing of many people! This..."
The supreme chief said: "At this time and another time, personal grievances are small things, and the affairs of the country are big things." ”
In September 1949, the consultative meeting entered the personnel agenda according to the procedure, and the supreme chief (chairman) nominated Li Jishen as the vice chairman of the new China.
When it was learned that Li Jishen was going to serve as vice chairman, many people expressed their opposition, and many comrades had objections, and everyone said: "Li Jishen was originally a warlord and killed many people in our party. Why? ”
Chief Zhou did ideological work for everyone, saying: "Mr. Li Jishen once made mistakes, but now he is on the right path. He was patriotic, opposed Chiang Kai-shek many times, and took the initiative to contact the Soviet zone..."
On September 30, 1949, Li Jishen was elected vice chairman and was one of the six vice presidents of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
On October 9, 1959, Li Jishen died of illness. He died on December 31, 2012 at the age of 7
On the occasion of his death, he left a poem: I am with the people's ambition, and I want to see Kyushu.