"King of Ningxia" Ma Hongkui
By 1933, Tohoku had fallen, and the most powerful region of tohoku was called Japan's resource bank. At the same time, ma Hongkui, the "king of Ningxia", was deeply valued by Chiang Kai-shek and appointed him chairman of Ningxia Province. After that, he was more focused on developing his own power, and after gaining greater independence, the tyranny of the Ningxia region became more and more serious, and even affected the entire northwest region.
Ma Hongkui was also a "rich second generation, second generation official" origin, his father was once loyal to the Qing Dynasty government, and his father was a northwestern, so their family has always had roots in the northwest. During the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China in 26 years, he also led troops to resist the Eight-Nation Alliance. At that time, Emperor Cixi fled from Beijing in a hurry, and his father was among the escorts, and his family also made great contributions. Later, Yuan Shikai ascended to the throne, and his father was deeply valued by Yuan Shikai. He wanted to appoint Ma Father as an official in Qinghai Province, but Ma Father wanted to serve in Ningxia. In the end, the chief soldier of Ningxia was Ma Father, which also laid the foundation for Ma Hongkui to become the "King of Ningxia" in Ningxia. Not long after that, the world was in chaos and turmoil. Yuan Shikai abdicated, and the warlords divided the territory. The whole of China was occupied by several major warlords, and Ma Father also seized this opportunity to accumulate wealth in Ningxia through various means, constantly consolidating the strength of the Ma family, and ruling Ningxia for more than ten years. After the death of Ma's father, Ma Hongkui became the ruler of the family and became the "King of Ningxia" in the northwest region. Compared with Ma Father, Ma Hongkui is more blue than blue, and more politically minded than his father. He used various means to monopolize the power of provincial chairman, provincial director, and army commander. And began tyranny in the Ningxia region. At one time, it called the wind and rain in the northwest region, oppressed the local people, and was even called "Northwest Ningma".
Curry favor with Chiang Kai-shek
However, such a stubborn and feudal man as he was deliberately ostracized and suppressed by the Nanjing government, and even wanted to replace his position. In order to protect his glory and wealth, Ma Hongkui began to try his best to curry favor with Chiang Kai-shek. On the occasion of Chiang Kai-shek's sixtieth birthday, a prosperous and comfortable place for Chiang Kai-shek on West Avenue was built a "Jieshou Library" for Chiang Kai-shek to win Chiang Kai-shek's favor. Later, Chiang Kai-shek went to Ningxia to inspect the work, and Ma Hongkui was even more personal, always accompanying him. All aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation are very intimate, and a Huaiyuan Building has been built at great expense in Zhongshan Park. Treating Chiang Kai-shek so attentively, Chiang Kai-shek did not treat Ma Hongkui badly. Later, under the cover of Chiang Kai-shek, legal tender was issued on a large scale, causing prices to soar and market inflation to be very serious. Let the people's prices fly wildly, it can be said that the people are not happy. But he was still insatiable, and he continued to abuse and accumulate wealth without hesitation. During this period, Ma Hongkui accumulated a lot of wealth, laying the foundation for him to run away and live a leisurely life abroad in the future.
Fled with 7.5 tons of gold
After the end of the War of Liberation, Chiang Kai-shek was defeated and flew to Taiwan. Ma Hongkui was not Chiang Kai-shek's concubine and failed to qualify for Taiwan. At that time, our army also tried hard to win over Ma Hongkui, but he was stubborn and feudal, and he definitely did not follow. On the eve of the founding of New China, he still took a large number of wives and concubines and a large amount of money and even 7.5 tons of gold to fly to Taiwan to join Chiang Kai-shek. But what he did not expect was that he had already taken the initiative to find Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek still could not tolerate him. Soon after arriving in Taiwan, various charges were made against Ma Hongkui.
Seeing such a situation, Ma Hongkui was also disheartened, and he also knew that Chiang Kai-shek could not tolerate him, and there would be no good result if he continued to stay, and even the 7.5 tons of gold might not be saved. So he came up with a feigned illness and took thirty days off. During this period, he was not idle, preparing to plot to fly to the United States. He got a special plane, took all the 7.5 tons of gold he had brought from the northwest, and flew to the United States. This 7.5 tons of gold contributed significantly to the economic prosperity of the United States. He also turned away from Chiang Kai-shek's right and wrong and began a new life of affluence in the United States.
I want to return to the embrace of my motherland
In the face of his departure, Chiang Kai-shek's political influence was far inferior to that of Li Zongren, so after learning that he had escaped, he did not pursue him too much. Our Party has not attached great importance to him, so his exodus has been exceptionally smooth. But Ma Hongkui is, after all, Chinese, and his ancestors have lived in China for generations. Moreover, he is also an old-school stubborn person, and the more he gets older, the more he misses his homeland, and even asks to return to the motherland to work.
Like Li Zongren, he wants to return to the motherland. Maybe Chinese have a complex of falling leaves and roots, but no one like Ma Hongkui wants to stay by his side. It is said that in Ma Hongkui's later years, he often murmured in the direction of the motherland. But he never returned to his homeland from 1949, when he left the mainland and Taiwan in 1949, until his death in Los Angeles in 1970. This should also be the biggest regret of this great warlord.