in the same room, why bother? Just when the two parties were fighting for their respective ideas, one person tried to prevent Chiang Kai-shek from waging a civil war, not only did not participate in any war against the Communist Party, but also repeatedly went back and forth between the two parties to mediate between the two parties.
He is Zhang Zhizhong, who is not only Chiang Kai-shek's "Eight Great Kongs" but also a revolutionary hero of our Party.
Seemingly contradictory results, there is always a reasonable explanation, in Zhang Zhizhong's body, this explanation is to implement his life's revolutionary ideas.
Zhang Zhizhong's revolutionary concept is not limited to one party and one faction, but proceeds from the general interests of the country and the interests of the nation, and the reason why he has such a pattern is closely related to his tortuous revolutionary road.
Revolutionary vanguard
In 1890, Zhang Zhizhong was born in Chaohu, Anhui Province, a landless peasant family, and the whole family depended on his father for his livelihood, but even so, the whole family still saved money and used it for Zhang Zhizhong to study private school for 10 years.
However, since the abolition of the imperial examination system in the Qing Dynasty in 1905, the Four Books and Five Classics learned in private schools seem to be useless. In order to make a living in the future, Zhang Zhizhong had to leave his hometown and apprentice in a shop, and soon became a patrol in Yangzhou City.
In 1911, the Xinhai Revolution broke out, and the revolutionaries in Yangzhou also took the opportunity to attack, and Zhang Zhizhong finally chose to join the anti-Qing revolution.
After the founding of the Republic of China, Zhang Zhizhong received a complete military education at the Baoding Army Officer School, and then ran around for the revolutionary ideals in his heart, and under the premise that Yuan Shikai blatantly violated the "Provisional Covenant Law of the Republic of China", he still participated in the Dharma Protection Movement and continued to grow in the army.
In 1924, after a detailed understanding of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary ideals, Zhang Zhizhong joined the Kuomintang and held a series of important military and political positions, responsible for the training of officers at the Whampoa Military Academy and the garrison work in guangzhou, and participated in the subsequent Northern Expedition War and the Central Plains War.
Although Zhang Zhizhong was Chiang Kai-shek's confidant and favorite general, he always followed Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary ideas, and during the first Kuomintang-Communist cooperation and his tenure at the Whampoa Military Academy, he had close contact with the Communists and formed deep friendships with many important members of our party.
Zhang Zhizhong's concept of revolution is vague and clear, and from the time he joined the revolution, he chose to fight for his ideals all his life, but this has nothing to do with his identity, whether it is the Kuomintang or the Communist Party, as long as it is beneficial to national architecture and national development, he is willing to serve it.
General of Peace
With the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zhang Zhizhong was sent to the front line of the War of Resistance.
After the September 18 Incident, the Japanese Kwantung Army quickly occupied the northeast region of China, and another well-equipped naval fleet also roared from the sea to rush directly to Shanghai, and on January 28, 1932, the Songhu War of Resistance officially began.
As the first all-round confrontation between the Chinese army and the Japanese army, the Songhu War of Resistance was of extraordinary significance, and with the efforts of Zhang Zhizhong and others, the Chinese army smashed the Japanese side's wild words of "occupying Shanghai in twelve hours", which greatly encouraged the enthusiasm of the whole people for the War of Resistance.
Although the Songhu War of Resistance eventually ended in humiliation and compromise on the Part of the Kuomintang, Zhang Zhizhong became an anti-Japanese hero in the hearts of the people at that time.
After the September 18 Incident, Zhang Zhizhong served as the chairman of Hunan Province, and during his term of office, he vigorously promoted the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in the province and actively united forces from all sides to carry out the anti-Japanese salvation movement.
After the Kuomintang launched the Anhui Incident, Zhang Zhizhong once again affirmed his interests to Chiang Kai-shek and stressed the importance of joint resistance against Japan, but once again he was greeted with Chiang Kai-shek's outspoken scolding, but Zhang Zhizhong's blunt words also made Chiang Kai-shek look at him with admiration, and did not punish him in any way, but continued to use him heavily.
Whether during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression or the War of Liberation, due to Zhang Zhizhong's resolute opposition, he became the only senior Kuomintang general who had not fought with the Communists, and at the same time, under the entrustment of Zhou Enlai and others, he also rescued batch after batch of Communists from the guns of the Kuomintang.
It is precisely because of this courage to resist Japan and shame on Zhang Zhizhong, who was ashamed of the civil war, that he was known as the "General of Peace".
The last choice
In 1949, the Kuomintang was bound to lose, but Zhang Zhizhong still pinned his hopes on Chiang Kai-shek and could change his mind.
To this end, Zhang Zhizhong, on behalf of the National Government in Nanjing, went to Beiping to conduct peace talks, and as expected, the Nanjing side refused to recognize the "Internal Peace Agreement" and chose to continue the war.
Zhang Zhizhong, who was distraught, prepared to return to Xinjiang and wait for the trial of fate, but under the struggle of Zhou Enlai, he finally chose to stay in Beiping and made outstanding contributions to the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang.
After the founding of New China, Zhang Zhizhong was also entrusted with a heavy responsibility, serving as vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and not only that, Zhang Zhizhong was also deeply trusted by Chairman Mao.
In the process of conferring the title in 1955, the central government considered conferring a military rank commensurate with his position, and as a state leader at the deputy state level, he was one of the candidates for the title of marshal, but he politely refused on the grounds that he had been a Kuomintang general.
In his later years, Zhang Zhizhong witnessed the beginning of a decade of catastrophe, and he still did not change his habit of speaking out in righteousness, and when the whole country criticized Peng Dehuai, it was he who stepped forward to defend Peng Dehuai to Chairman Mao.
In 1969, under the protection of Zhou Enlai, Zhang Zhizhong completed his turbulent life at the age of 79.
Zhang Zhizhong seems to be wavering, but in fact he is firm, from beginning to end he did not choose to go with the flow, but insisted on his own views and contributed to the revolutionary cause in his own way.
Zhang Zhizhong's Geng Zhizhong is his most prominent feature, whether under Chiang Kai-shek or after the new China, he is willing to speak out for fairness and justice in his heart recklessly.
epilogue
The title is not my intention, but I hope that Hai Boping. Zhang Zhizhong used his life to expound Qi Jiguang's bold words when he was young, if as a general, Zhang Zhizhong lacked outstanding military achievements; then as a patriot, Zhang Zhizhong could be described as outstanding, but he spared his life in the affairs of his family and country.
Throughout Zhang Zhizhong's life, he always seems to have wandered between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, but what supported him in doing so was a consistent revolutionary conviction.
As a patrol of the Qing court, he saw the cowardice and incompetence of the feudal dynasty; as a witness to the warlord melee, he saw the military government's foreign strength and middle cadres; as the Kuomintang feudal official, he saw the comprador class sucking the people's bones.
Sometimes only by experiencing the worst can you know what is best. Zhang Zhizhong finally made the right choice for himself and for the people.