He Yingqin was one of chiang's most important subordinates, and within the Kuomintang, he was also in a position of second-in-command after Chiang Kai-shek for a long time. On the surface, he and Old Jiang seemed to be close friends, and Old Jiang was a respectful brother who was also very affectionate, but he had long had their own thoughts, and the gap between the two was getting bigger and bigger. He Yingqin was superficially obedient to Old Jiang, but in fact, as long as Old Jiang was at a disadvantage, he would be eager to take his place.
In 1927, Li Bai of the Gui clan forced Lao Jiang to go to the wilderness, and Lao Jiang thought why such a humeral minister as Ying Qin would stand up to help him speak, but he only pretended to be deaf and dumb, and after he left the field, he and Li Bai formed a military standing committee. Old Chiang enlisted the support of Japan and married Song Meiling, and after a year he killed him again and regained the power of He Yingqin.
In the Xi'an Incident in 1936, Chiang Kai-shek was trapped in Xi'an. He Yingqin ignored the safety of the old Chiang Kai-shek and made the main aircraft bomb Xi'an and took a military crusade against Zhang Xueliang. This decision was deliberate, and if it were not for Song Meiling coming to the rescue in time, I am afraid that Old Jiang would have died. After this incident, Old Jiang's trust in He Yingqin was obviously shaken, and he no longer delegated power to him.
After the victory of the War of Resistance, He Yingqin became the minister of national defense without a single soldier. After the Kuomintang lost taiwan, Chiang Squeezed him out of the decision-making hierarchy and gave him a fictitious position as chairman of an advisory committee. After so much friction, He Yingqin probably expected this attitude of lao Jiang, xu is that he is really willing to give up the struggle for power, but let lao Jiang finally reassure him, let him live to the age of 98 in Taiwan.
He Yingqin's later life is really looking at the mountains and seeing the water as water, returning to the basics. Having experienced great storms and waves on the battlefield and vanity fair, he did not treat things passively after finally being powerless, he served flowers and plants at home, occasionally went out to cut ribbons and give a speech, and sometimes participated in some cultural activities. He was very healthy at home and basically did not suffer any diseases.
He Yingqin was broad-minded and did not complain at all about Old Jiang in front of outsiders, and he even told people many times that Old Jiang let him slowly withdraw from the stage with the idea of Old Jiang, because he was already old and decayed, and he needed young talents to take over, and he would sincerely support it.
The saddest thing about He Yingqin's old age was the death of his wife Wang Wenxiang. Wang Wenxiang had been married to He Yingqin since she was nineteen years old, she could not have children, and had repeatedly hoped that He Yingqin would marry another woman, but he strictly refused. Wang Wenxiang later suffered from breast cancer, and He Yingqin not only took good care of her, but also accompanied her to Japan for treatment every year.
When He Yingqin was 88 years old, Wang Wenxiang died of a serious illness, and He Yingqin was very sad. Because of his relationship with Wang Wenxiang, he has always been called China's first best husband by the Taiwan media, and from the perspective of the loyalty between husband and wife, He Yingqin is very affectionate and righteous.