On August 15, 1945, when Japan announced its unconditional surrender, and when the people of the whole country were happy, Chairman Mao received a letter from Chongqing, in which Chiang Kai-shek invited Chairman Mao to Chongqing for negotiations, and the two sides discussed the situation in China next.
Chairman Mao was well aware that Chiang Kai-shek did not have good intentions in this negotiation, but he still wanted to create a good atmosphere for China, so he resolutely decided to be invited.
After Chairman Mao arrived in Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek specially set up a banquet to entertain him, and at the banquet, The Kuomintang member Dai Jitao openly ridiculed Chairman Mao, who thought that this would make Chairman Mao ugly.
Unexpectedly, after listening to his words, Chairman Mao directly and skillfully replied, directly blocking his words back, and also attracting a lot of applause.
What was going on at the time? How did Dai Jitao ridicule Chairman Mao? How did Chairman Mao respond?
As we all know, Dai Jitao is a very serious "anti-communist element", he often denigrates the Communist Party in public and criticizes Marxism, but in fact, Dai Jitao was very faithful to Marxism when he was young.
Dai Jitao's family conditions were very good, he once went to Japan to study, at that time he was still a hot-blooded young man with great ambitions, he followed the footsteps of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and participated in the War of Protection of France.
Mr. Sun was accompanied by Dai Jitao in many of his next actions, and he also called himself a "disciple of Dr. Sun Yat-sen". Because Dai Jitao's writing is sharp and dares to criticize current affairs, Sun Yat-sen is also very important to him.
Later, many Western ideas were introduced to China, and the most admired by young people at that time was Marxism, and Dai Jitao also conformed to current events, regarded Marxism as a "savior", and published many articles to publicize Marxist thought.
At this time, Dai Jitao was personable, running around to save the country, deeply loved by everyone, and even Chen Duxiu openly praised him, which can be said to be the highlight moment in Dai Jitao's life.
At this time, some people proposed to establish a Communist Party organization in China, And Dai Jitao was originally very favorable and thought about joining the Communist Party, but when he learned that he had to draw a clear line with the bourgeoisie, he immediately withdrew, saying that he could not break off relations with Dr. Sun Yat-sen, in fact, in the final analysis, he did not want to give up a superior life.
It's just that at that time, Dai Jitao never thought that his withdrawal was a lifelong thing, and he also parted ways with those friends, and even directly blocked his own retreat.
Throughout his life, Mr. Sun Yat-sen served the country and the people, put forward the "Three People's Principles", and wanted to gather the strength of the whole country to jointly resist foreign enemies, and Dai Jitao also received an order from Mr. Sun to persuade the generals to unite.
However, Dai Jitao's actions were hindered at every turn, no one listened to him at all, even if he moved out of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, it did not work, he was very distressed.
When Dai Jitao was troubled by how to persuade the generals to unite as one, he received a message that various warlords were preparing to go to war for power and profit.
Dai Jitao was even more depressed, his life had always been smooth sailing, he had hardly suffered any setbacks, but at this time he had suffered such a big failure, he felt very confused and did not know where to go.
It was night, he wandered back and forth by the river, looking at the turbulent water, one could not think straight into it, he rose and fell in the cold river water, and finally was rescued.
After experiencing the shadow of imminent death, Dai Jitao suddenly wanted to open up, and since Marxism did not work, he would abandon it, so he decided to bid farewell to Marxism and the Communist Party once and for all.
After the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Dai Jitao acted even more as he pleased, and he joined forces with Chiang Kai-shek to openly tamper with the "Three People's Principles," propagate "anti-communist theory" everywhere, and persecute Communists, and many people hated him.
From being sought after to being notorious, Dai Jitao has experienced a lot, but he never felt that he had done anything wrong and chose the most wrong path.
In the following time, Dai Jitao continued to smear the Communists, but in the face of Japanese aggression, the Kuomintang had to put aside the civil war and first jointly defend against foreign enemies.
After such a long and arduous struggle of the people on the mainland, Japan finally surrendered unconditionally, there were no external troubles, and internal worries surfaced, and Chiang Kai-shek wanted to launch a civil war and seize power, but he did not want to bear the infamy of himself.
After thinking about it, Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to Chairman Mao inviting the Communist Party to Chongqing for negotiations, and Dai Jitao was very anxious after hearing about this incident, and he went to Chiang Kai-shek and said: "Don't let the Communist Party come to Chongqing, the strength of the Communist Party is very high, and there may be an accident when the time comes." ”
But Chiang Kai-shek did not care, because he felt that Chairman Mao would definitely not come, and then he could say that the Communist Party did not want to negotiate, and then naturally launch a civil war and put the responsibility on the Communist Party.
After Chiang Kai-shek sent the telegram, he also hyped it in the newspapers, saying that he would invite the Communist Party to negotiate for the sake of peaceful nation-building, and for a time the people of the whole country were discussing this matter.
After receiving the telegram, many people in our party advised Chairman Mao not to go to Chongqing, after all, Chongqing was full of Chiang Kai-shek's soldiers, and if Chiang Kai-shek did not keep his promises and imprisoned Chairman Mao, it would be a great loss to China.
Chairman Mao thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to go to the appointment, he said that he wanted China to calm down, no longer fight, let the people live a good life, although the trip is difficult, but as long as there is a slight opportunity, he must try.
Seeing that Chairman Mao had already made up his mind, the crowd stopped persuading him, wrote back to Chiang Kai-shek saying that he would go to the appointment, and then prepared Chairman Mao's luggage for Chongqing.
After receiving Chairman Mao's telegram saying that he was going to Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek was dumbfounded; he did not think that Mao Zedong could come at all, and he did not expect that things would surprise him, but this was already the case, and he could only prepare first.
On August 28, Chairman Mao and his party arrived in Chongqing, and thanks to Chiang Kai-shek's propaganda, the negotiations were well known, and many reporters were waiting here.
Previously, under the intentional propaganda of Chiang Kai-shek and others, many people who did not know the truth felt that the Communist Party was a "communist bandit" and was very hostile to our Party, and in order to change their minds, Chairman Mao specially wore a Zhongshan suit and a cork hat that Sun Yat-sen once wore.
When Chairman Mao appeared in this outfit, the people who came to pick him up were stunned, and the reporter seized the opportunity, and for a time, the flash flashed non-stop.
In order to show his hospitality, that night, Chiang Kai-shek set up a banquet in Guiyuan Garden to entertain Chairman Mao and others, and this time the banquet was very grand, and the more famous people in Chongqing received an invitation to attend the banquet.
As soon as Chairman Mao appeared, he received everyone's attention, and everyone applauded chairman Mao's attendance, and Chairman Mao also warmly shook hands with them.
When Chairman Mao's gaze swept over the portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, his expression became serious, and he walked quickly to the portrait of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and bowed three times to show his respect, and Zhou Enlai and Wang Ruofei, who were accompanying him, also bowed to Mr. Sun like Chairman Mao.
Most of the people at the scene were touched by Chairman Mao and them, and when they finished bowing, they involuntarily applauded them, but suddenly a discordant voice said: "Not a family, how can you still worship an ancestor?" ”
Everyone looked at him with astonishment, it turned out that it was Dai Jitao who said it, only to see that he had a sarcastic look on his face, but Chairman Mao did not return the words: "Mr. Sun Yat-sen overthrew China's feudal monarchy for more than two thousand years, Chinese should miss him, and moreover, when the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperated before, I had the privilege of hearing Mr. Sun Yat-sen's teachings, so I should respect him." ”
Chairman Mao paused, turned to him and said: "Mr. Sun Yat-sen once proposed the 'three major policies' in which the CPC was nominated, so why can't we worship Mr. Sun Yat-sen?" ”
After Chairman Mao finished speaking, Dai Jitao's face turned red and he looked very embarrassed, but Mao Zedong did not expect Mao Zedong to continue: "Before, Mr. Sun Yat-sen had hoped that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party would cooperate and jointly build a new China. ”
After saying that, Chairman Mao did not look at Dai Jitao's face, but immediately walked to his seat, and Dai Jitao did not know what to say at all, and could only laugh with him.
At the next banquet, Dai Jitao did not dare to say anything more, the atmosphere was a little awkward, He Yingqin, who had seen the scene in full view, was secretly angry, and in order to embarrass Chairman Mao, he handed Zhang Qun a look.
Zhang Qun quickly understood, he stood up, said let's guess the riddle, he wanted to make Chairman Mao ugly, so he said a lot of more difficult riddles, but did not expect that Chairman Mao not only did a good job of riddles, but also used this to publicize the Communist Party, which made Dai Jitao secretly angry in their hearts.
After the banquet, Chairman Mao and his men returned to their residence, and the people accompanying them said: "Looking at this situation, the Kuomintang is not sincere in proposing cooperation, Chairman, what do you think?" ”
Chairman Mao thought for a moment and said, "This is indeed the case, but as long as we work hard, we will certainly be able to fight no more wars, and we must let the common people live a good life." ”
After deliberating, they decided to show their greatest sincerity in the next few days, visit the Kuomintang generals and people with lofty ideals in Chongqing one by one, and win their support.
On the third day of arriving in Chongqing, Chairman Mao took people to visit Dai Jitao, and at that time Chairman Mao did not hide his actions, and Dai Jitao thought about his performance at the banquet, thinking that Chairman Mao could not visit him at all, so he was not prepared.
Therefore, when he caught off guard when he saw Chairman Mao and the others coming, he seemed panicked, and Chairman Mao did not care at all about his previous rude behavior, which made him even more ashamed, and proposed to set up a banquet to invite Chairman Mao to dinner.
But Chairman Mao already had an appointment, and they made an appointment with Dai Jitao for the next time, and then when the two of them ate, Chairman Mao talked about all private matters and did not mention a word about the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, which also made Dai Jitao admire Chairman Mao even more.
After a few days of visits, Chairman Mao was ready to talk to Chiang Kai-shek about cooperation; Chiang Kai-shek had no intention of cooperating with the Communist Party, so how could he get a contract now? I could only prepare a copy in a hurry.
There were many unreasonable clauses in this contract, and Chairman Mao knew at a glance that they were written on an ad hoc basis, and did not directly point them out, but only re-discussed with them.
In the initial negotiations, Chiang Kai-shek was very uncooperative, and he also wanted to provoke Chairman Mao in the open and secret, and he felt that as long as Chairman Mao was angry, he could say that Chairman Mao did not cooperate with the negotiations and directly detained Chairman Mao.
In the face of Chiang Kai-shek's provocation, Chairman Mao paid no attention to it and guided Chiang Kai-shek to revise the treaty.
Chairman Mao stayed in Chongqing for a total of 43 days, and with his efforts, the two sides signed the "Double Tenth Agreement" and reached a preliminary agreement.
It was just that Chiang Kai-shek did not want to reach an agreement with the Communists at all, so even after signing the contract, Chiang Kai-shek was still planning a civil war, and when he was ready, he sent troops to our party.
During the Chongqing negotiations, Dai Jitao was already completely impressed by Chairman Mao's personality and charm, so he had been advising Chiang Kai-shek not to send troops and try to maintain the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists, but Chiang Kai-shek was completely crazy and ignored Dai Jitao's advice.
After Chiang Kai-shek completely sent troops to the Communists, Dai Jitao had been depressed and lying in the hospital every day, but he was still paying attention to the war, and when he heard that the Kuomintang had failed many times, his mood was getting worse and worse, and his health was getting thinner and thinner.
In 1949, the Kuomintang had no hope at all, and Chiang Kai-shek finally gave up the struggle and fled to Taiwan in a hurry, and many senior Kuomintang generals followed Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek had a good relationship with Dai Jitao, so he also invited Dai Jitao to go with him and said that he would take good care of him after he arrived in Taiwan.
But Dai Jitao directly rejected Chiang Kai-shek, his illness was already very serious, he knew that he would not live long, he was unwilling to leave his hometown, and Chiang Kai-shek could only give up.
Later, Dai Jitao was already ill and could not afford to go to bed, and in desperation, he chose to commit suicide.