In the early years of China's Fourteen-Year War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chiang Kai-shek worked to eliminate the major warlords in various parts of the country, and finally made them nominally recognize the dominance of the central government in Nanjing through different means such as economy, military and politics. The Sichuan warlord Liu Xiang became the king of Sichuan with the support of Chiang Kai-shek from years of warlord melee.
However, Liu Xiang had the great righteousness of his homeland in mind, and after the outbreak of the All-out War of Resistance, he was determined to oppose the Japanese. Liu Xiang, who was unfavorable to the division, suddenly died after only one battle, and his widow who was far away in his hometown attacked Chiang Kai-shek after hearing the news, and several demands made it very difficult for Chiang Kai-shek to handle, and it was rare to show embarrassment.
Why did Liu Xiang suddenly die violently, and who was his widow, and what difficulties did he create for Chiang Kai-shek? After watching this article, you can leave your wonderful statement in the comment area, or you can press and hold for 2 seconds to like it to indicate high recommendation
Liu Xiang and His Wife
After the outbreak of the Central Plains War in April 1930, Liu Xiang telegraphed his support for Chiang Kai-shek, and then received chiang kai-shek's support during a battle with his uncle Liu Wenhui for Sichuan. The fiercest and most brutal warlord struggle in Sichuan's history ended with the Sichuan generals jointly electing Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui to Xikang after the Sichuan generals jointly elected Liu Xiang and Liu Wenhui to accept Chiang Kai-shek's orders to go to Xikang.
Liu Xiang finally became a veritable "King of Sichuan" in 1933, and was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan "Suppression of Bandits" and besieged the Red Fourth Front.
Chiang Kai-shek assisted Liu Xiang in unifying Sichuan in order to keep it under his wing and expand the influence of the Nanjing government in the southwest. Liu Xiang was well aware of each other's mutual use, often releasing water during the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army, and even reached a secret agreement with Li Zongren and Yan'an in 1936, donating 300,000 oceans to Yan'an through underground party members.
Liu Xiang
After the Xi'an Incident, Liu Xiang exchanged telegrams with Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng many times, and after Chiang Kai-shek returned to Nanjing, he sent a telegram advocating a peaceful solution to the Xi'an problem, which led to widespread rumors in Sichuan that Liu Xiang intended to oppose Chiang Kai-shek.
In order to show his loyalty, Liu Xiang agreed to He Yingqin's request to go to Chongqing on July 5, 1937 to hold a meeting on the Sichuan Kang Army. After the July 7 Incident, the Chuankang Army Reorganization Conference ended in a hurry, and Liu Xiang quickly sent a telegram to the Nanjing government requesting resistance to Japan, and after that, he sent a continuous telegram to the whole country, asking the united Communists to unite with the outside world at gunpoint and fight a decisive battle with Japan.
At that time, Liu Xiang had been suffering from many years of stomach disease and newly diagnosed diabetes, and his secretary-general Deng Hanxiang and others advised him not to personally go out to Sichuan to fight the war. Liu Xiang said: "After fighting a civil war for many years, his face is not very glorious, and now that he is serving the country, how dare he go to the rear?" ”
Liu Xiang, King of Sichuan
Liu Xiang took the initiative to ask Miao to lead the Sichuan army out of Sichuan to resist Japan, which was a happy event for Chiang Kai-shek. That is, it can prevent him from continuing to create public opinion in the united communists throughout the country, and it can also reduce the strength of the Sichuan army without bloodshed. He appointed Liu Xiang as the commander of the Seventh Theater of Operations, and sent Liu Xiang to quickly repel the Japanese troops landing in Zhejiang under the conditions that Liu Xiang promised to send 300,000 troops, supply 5 million zhuang ding, and do not want grain from the Nationalist government.
The Sichuan Army's exit from Sichuan to resist the War of Resistance was a very tragic scene in history. They wore straw shoes, carried home-made weapons and had modern and advanced equipment against the Japanese army, and the Battle of Nanjing Yuhuatai alone almost depleted 100,000 Sichuan troops, which made Liu Xiang heartbroken.
Realizing that Chiang Kai-shek wanted to kill people with a knife, Liu Xiang left Nanjing in anger and planned to return to Sichuan from Wuhan. A secret report was shown in the archives of Taiwan's "National History Museum" that was a telegram from Dai Kasa asking Chiang Kai-shek to prevent Liu Xiang from returning to Sichuan.
Chiang Kai-shek and Dai Kasa
Whether Chiang Kai-shek really planned the murder of Liu Xiang remains an unsolved mystery. Liu Xiang, who was historically hungry, accepted the invitation of his colleague Zhang Qun in Nanjing and gladly participated in a crab feast. He ate eight crabs in a row and drank a bowl of sweet soup with silver ear fungus in high spirits before returning to the march satisfied.
During a military conference with his staff officers and officers, Liu Xiang suddenly vomited blood and then fell unconscious and was sent to Wuhu Hospital for treatment. Five days later, he was transferred to the Wanguo Hospital in Hankou and woke up after the doctor's full rescue.
In this regard, the official explanation is that Liu Xiang's stomach disease recurred to lead to vomiting blood coma, and whether Zhang Qun had the intention to use crabs and sweets such as white fungus and red dates to take at the same time We have no way of knowing.
Zhang Qun, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the National Government
On January 20, 1938, Liu Xiang died in the Wanguo Hospital, and before his death, he still vomited blood due to stomach disease, but he left his last sentence in awe, "The enemy army will not withdraw from the border for a day, and the Sichuan army will not return to the hometown for a day", which made all the sichuan army generals and the front-line Sichuan army mourn.
Less than two months from Liu Xiang vomiting blood and being hospitalized until his death, people speculated about the cause of his death, suspecting that Chiang Kai-shek was the one who obstructed him, but he could only summarize Liu Xiang's death with violent death.
After Liu Xiang's death, the Nationalist government, especially the officials of the Seventh Theater of Operations, began to work on his aftermath, but informing Liu Xiang's family became a difficult problem. The subordinates of the Sichuan Army, who were familiar with Liu Xiang, refused one after another and did not dare to take this hot potato, because Liu Xiang's wife Zhou Yushu was an unusual warlord lady.
Zhou Yushu
Unlike the wives of many warlords, Zhou Yushu is a strong and heroic woman. Her square and atmospheric face often maintains a righteous and awe-inspiring expression, speaks and acts vigorously, and often provides Liu Xiang with a lot of reference opinions in her career.
Contrary to her good looks, Zhou Yushu had not actually read books, she only knew that her husband was an anti-Japanese hero and a warlord who dominated the side, and spent more time on maintaining her small family.
Zhou Yushu has been combing the hair bun common to middle-aged women at the bottom for many years, wearing his own clothes to handle housework, and there is no half of the warlord's wife's style on his body, and he can even find a few patches from his clothes.
In the middle is Liu Xiang
Liu Xiang greatly respected his wife, who had a straight personality and a virtuous family, and in the era when his mind was not yet completely liberated, Liu Xiang, who was in a high position, did not move the mind of a concubine, and his relationship with Zhou Yushu had always been very good.
It is rumored that not long after Zhou Yushu and Liu Xiang were married, Liu Xiang's subordinates joked in person that Liu Xiang had taken a concubine. Zhou Yushu immediately took the case, pointed at the subordinate and dropped it for ten minutes, so ashamed that everyone present was ashamed of themselves, and did not dare to say such a thing again.
After going back, Zhou Yushu smashed many things in Liu Xiang's room, and his fiery temper was evident. Therefore, Liu Xiang's subordinates did not dare to be the one who informed her of Liu Xiang's death, and everyone blamed each other several times, and finally found Qin Dejun, the only female senator in Liu Xiang's army.
Qin Dejun, who dressed as a man
Qin Dejun knew Zhou Yushu's personality, and speculated that she might do something beyond expectations after learning of Liu Xiang's death, and was very embarrassed by the task of conveying the news of Liu Xiang's death.
After several senior officers under Liu Xiang's command consulted, Qin Dejun decided not to tell her the truth until he arrived in Wuhan. Zhou Yushu had a conflict with her neighbors over the drying of wheat and millet in those days, and when Qin Dejun came over, she was still arguing with people over the grain yard problem.
Qin Dejun tried his best to use a calm and calm tone to say that the general's stomach disease had worsened, and hoped that the lady would personally go to take care of it. The woman, who often complained that her husband could not wholeheartedly take care of her small family, immediately stopped her work and went back to the house to pack her things.
Zhou Yushu knew that Liu Xiang had been diagnosed with diabetes by doctors two years ago, and she called it a "rich and noble disease" with a low level of education, only knowing that this disease would not kill people, and the most worrying thing was Liu Xiang's stomach disease, asking Liu Xiang if he had vomited blood again.
According to the information qin Dejun learned from the army, Liu Xiang left the crab feast and directly returned to the combat department to deploy the mission, but suddenly fell to the ground and passed out. His personal doctor and the doctors sent by Zhang Qun quickly organized rescue for him, barely hanging Liu Xiang's breath.
But Liu Xiang did not last long, before he died, a large amount of blood spewed from his mouth, his expression was indignant, and he seemed to be unwilling to do so, so he died like that.
Qin Dejun did not dare to say a word about these situations, and only vaguely stated that he did not know the specific situation and needed his wife to go quickly. Zhou Yushu was well aware of Liu Xiang's love of eating and stomach problems, and when he heard Qin Dejun's words, he complained that Liu Xiang had not taken good care of his body after leaving him, while packing his luggage and planning to leave with Qin Dejun.
After the plane arrived in Hankou, most of the people who came to greet the airport wore a small white flower on their chests. Zhou Yushu, who was in the tradition of thought, did not realize the meaning represented by the white flower, and only then did he slowly realize that something was wrong with the people who greeted him to Liu Xiangzhi's funeral home set up in the concession.
Funeral rites of the Republic of China
When Zhou Yushu walked to the door, he saw wreaths hanging from the tie, and standing next to them were Liu Xiang's former cronies. When he heard the mournful music constantly blowing and beating inside, Zhou Yushu's momentarily confused brain did not dare to believe what was happening, but just dragged Qin Dejun's hand inside.
When she saw the coffin placed in the spirit hall and the quilt of Liu Xiang that she was familiar with, Zhou Yushu finally realized that her husband was no longer alive. She asked Qin Dejun next to her if she already knew about this matter at the moment when the tears fell, and Qin Dejun said that she was afraid that she would jump off the plane in a mood.
Zhou Yushu vigorously asked Qin Dejun and the aide-de-camp in the spirit hall to be Liu Xiang's younger siblings to wear Ma Dai Xiao with him, and when he was still a mile away from the coffin, he pounced on it and began to cry loudly, making everyone behind him feel related.
Funerals of the Republic of China
When he was supported by Qin Dejun and others to comfort and mourn, Zhou Yushu shouted that they should go to Chiang Kai-shek together and expose the fact that he had poisoned Liu Xiang.
In the days that followed, Zhou Yushu came from the middle of the grief and often smashed things in the room, causing many people who came to mourn did not dare to come near her. Rumors of Liu Xiang and Chiang Kai-shek's discord have been around for a long time, and Qin Dejun also believed that Chiang Kai-shek had participated in Liu Xiang's "violent death", but could only persuade Zhou Yushu to cheer up and receive guests.
Zhou Yushu, reminded by Qin Dejun, first met nurse Tao, who had been taking care of Liu Xiang, and learned that Liu Xiang could not eat due to illness for several days before his death, and he had to constantly respond to the requests of senior Kuomintang officials to discuss military and political affairs, and finally vomited blood and died.
Sichuan Army
Therefore, on the day that Chiang Kai-shek came to mourn, as soon as Zhou Yushu arrived in front of Chiang Kai-shek, he fell to his knees with a loud cry, crying loudly and crying about Liu Xiang's tragic death, and constantly cursing Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek prides himself on being a person from the upper echelons, and most of the people who have been well-mannered and educated have never seen such a battle, and can only keep calling on the people around him to pull his wife up.
In the end, it was Zhou Yushu himself who cried enough and scolded tiredly, so he borrowed a donkey down the slope to stand up with Qin Dejun's support, and got Chiang Kai-shek's promise that he would handle Liu Xiang's affairs well and take care of the whole family. Zhou Yushu nodded satisfactorily and returned to Sichuan from Hankou with Liu Xiang's coffin the day after Liu Xiang's memorial service.
On February 4, 1938, Chiang Kai-shek allocated 100,000 yuan to hold Liu Xiang's public ceremony at the Wuhou Ancestral Hall in Chengdu. Zhou Yushu took three men, one woman, and four children to scold Chiang Kai-shek while crying at the public festival meeting, leaving the officials whose sacrifices had been interrupted at a loss and rushing to send a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek for instructions.
Tomb of Liu Xiang
Zhou Yushu's crying this time was actually to win the interests of his children and force Chiang Kai-shek to fulfill his promise of "settling down well and his family." She demanded from the officials sent by Chiang Kai-shek to contact him: First, to build a cemetery for Liu Xiang in comparison with the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum; second, to commemorate the construction of a "Liu Xiang University" in Sichuan; third, to hand over the position of chairman of Sichuan Province to Liu Xiang's eldest son, Liu Shiying, and the fourth and second sons must be awarded the rank of major general.
Chiang Kai-shek was in the presidential palace in Chongqing, leaving the embarrassing environment of being cried and scolded by Zhou Yushu kneeling in front of him, and his self-confidence was re-established. He only agreed to one of these requests, conferring the title of major general on Liu Xiang's eldest son and second son, respectively.
Chiang Kai-shek
Unfortunately, Zhou Yushu used the death of her husband to buy for the future of her children did not last long, and the two young "major generals" of the Nationalist army died in the war. Zhou Yushu took the remaining son and daughter away from politics and war, the son graduated from Sichuan University and went to the United States to study, opening up his own business territory, and Zhou Yushu lived with his daughter who graduated from college until his death in 1971.
Liu Xiang's death is still an unsolved mystery, and his wife Zhou Yushu is also a rare strong woman in the era when women were not yet liberated, and used her only ability to fight for the greatest interests of her children.