On May 3, 1998, Xue Yue, known as the "God of War", died of illness at the age of 103. As a famous general of the Nationalist army, Xue Yue is supposed to say that even if he is not buried in a grand manner after his death, the Taiwan authorities should help the Xue family to take care of the aftermath according to a higher standard of treatment, but the Taiwan authorities' approach has made Xue Yue's family and his old department feel cold.
The Taiwan authorities basically did not prepare any form of funeral for Xue Yue, and even the candidates who covered the flag for Xue Yue's body had to be invited by the Xue family themselves. This made Xue Yue's old department at that time very angry: "How can you treat famous anti-Japanese generals like this!" ”
It is really regrettable that a generation of famous generals have fallen to such a point.
In 1950, after Xue Yue retreated from Hainan Island to Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek gave Xue Yue several big titles, such as "strategic adviser" and "political councilor", which looked very beautiful, but in fact took the opportunity to deprive Xue Yue of his command of the army. Xue Yue was known for his "Heavenly Furnace Tactics" in the Battle of Changsha, known as the "God of War" for defeating the Japanese army several times, and after World War II, the then US President Truman awarded xue Yue a "Freedom Medal" in recognition of his performance in World War II.
However, it was such a generation of famous generals, Chiang Kai-shek made him a light rod commander who did not listen to orders, Xue Yue knew that this was Chiang Kai-shek's old trick of "cutting the domain", before on the mainland, he did not dare to attack these generals with warlord backgrounds, but after arriving in Taiwan, the warlords had no place to support them.
In 1952, the secret service department of the Taiwan authorities searched Xue Yue's office and residence on the grounds of "colluding with third-party forces"; in 1953, the secret service department once again investigated Xue Yue and exerted pressure on public opinion on the grounds that "the masses reported that Xue Yue had embezzled public funds during his tenure in Guangdong".
Xue Yue understood that Chiang Kai-shek was forcing him to leave, and originally Xue Yue was tired of such a struggle, so he simply resigned and moved to Zhuqi Township, Chiayi County, at the foot of Alishan Mountain. Chiang Kai-shek did not kill them all, and paid monthly subsidies, so Xue Yue lived a life of seclusion. The days are not rich, but they are still quite comfortable, coupled with Xue Yue's reputation, there are many visiting guests.
It is worth mentioning that once the local mayor heard that Xue Yue had never climbed the mountain after moving to Alishan, so he came to invite Xue Yue to climb the mountain, but he did not expect that Xue Yue directly refused, and said:
"The mountains and rivers of the mainland have seen a lot, and what are the small mountains and rivers in Taiwan to see?"
Although he no longer holds an official post, Xue Yue is very concerned about cross-strait development, and he once told Chiang Ching-kuo that "restoring the mainland" is no longer possible, and suggested that the "Guangfu Mainland Design and Research Committee" be renamed the "National Reunification Committee, hoping that the motherland will be reunified at an early date."
However, when the father and son of the Chiang family passed away, the new rulers in Taiwan intended to amend the law in order to achieve their own selfish desires, and in order to create momentum, the "representatives of the National Assembly" also had to sign to show their support for themselves. Although Xue Yue did not have any real power, he still had the identity of a "congress representative", and originally the other representatives had signed a formality, but Xue Yue directly refused to sign.
It was precisely for this reason that the relationship between Xue Yue and the Taiwan authorities was completely broken.
Soon, Xue Yue was retaliated against by the Taiwan authorities for this incident. Xue Yue's house was assigned to him by Chiang Kai-shek before, and the house belonged to a committee at that time, and Xue Yue himself did not have to pay rent, but the Taiwan authorities directly dismissed this committee in retaliation, and Xue Yue could only bear the rent himself.
However, at this time, the Bank of Taiwan asked Xue Yue for a high rent, and Xue Yue naturally did not agree, so he sued Xue Yue in court.
In 1993, 98-year-old Xue Yue stood in court and angrily said:
"I once wiped out 100,000 Japanese troops, but now I am going to be judged by my own people, and my heart is painful!"
In his later years, Xue Yue's longing for his hometown became more and more intense, and he once entrusted the World Guest Association to donate a "bronze mirror" to his hometown of Lechang in Guangdong; once, Xue Yue heard that his son Xue Zhaoxin was going to shenzhen, so he wrote down the address of his hometown on a piece of paper and asked his son to go to see it, and when the son returned, he told Xue Yue that the house in his hometown was well protected (in 1986, Xue Yue's former residence was included in the cultural relics protection unit), and also brought local specialties to Xue Yue, xue Yue took the special products, and murmured: "I don't know if I can go back." ”
Before Xue Yue died of illness, life was already more difficult, and sometimes he had to rely on social people and old subordinates to help, and his room only had a bed, a table, and a wardrobe.
Before xue yue died, he angrily used 8 words to evaluate the Taiwan authorities: "It is better to use slaves than talents!" ”
Although Xue Yue lived to be 103 years old, he left with regrets, first, dissatisfaction with the Taiwan authorities, second, he did not witness national reunification, and third, he never returned to his hometown in Guangdong.