In late 1934, Chiang Kai-shek was required to attend a parade of the Guards of the Military Commission of the Nationalist Government at the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum.
On that day, "Chiang Kai-shek" was dressed in the uniform of a special general, with medals hanging from his chest, and sitting on the rostrum wearing a large black trunk.
When the inspected team passed by "Chiang Kai-shek" with a neat stride with a gun, they shouted loudly: "Hello Chairman! ”
"Chiang Kai-shek," who was sitting on the review table, waved his hand at him very calmly and replied: "Hello brothers! ”
In addition, "Chiang Kai-shek" can not speak without speaking during the whole activity.
He also did not make any remarks after the review.
With one exception, however, "Chiang Kai-shek" did not leave immediately, as was customary, but went to shake hands with the other people on the rostrum one by one.
After the handshake, "Chiang Kai-shek" took Soong Mei-ling and prepared to leave.
Just as she was descending the steps, Song Meiling suddenly stepped on the air and almost fell, but fortunately , "Chiang Kai-shek" supported her in time.
In order to express her gratitude, Song Meiling printed a kiss on the cheek of "Chiang Kai-shek".
Unexpectedly, "Chiang Kai-shek" immediately threw away Song Meiling's hand, and his face turned red, and he took several steps away at the same time.
When Song Meiling was treated like this by "Chiang Kai-shek" in public, her heart was on fire.
But for the sake of face, Soong Meiling put on a smile again, and as usual, she took one of the arms of "Chiang Kai-shek" and provoked a new topic.
Song Meiling: "Darling, I think the equipment and spirit of this escort are good, but there is still a little thing missing." ”
The blushing "Chiang Kai-shek" looked a little confused, and it took half a day to reply to Song Meiling: "What is Madame's opinion?" ”
Song Meiling's heart was even more surprised, but her face was not obvious, and she asked, "Darling, don't you see it?" ”
After seeing "Chiang Kai-shek" shake his head, Song Meiling could only laugh and say, "You, noble people forget things." Forget it, I'll go back and talk to you again! ”
Seeing that Song Meiling was going to pull "Chiang Kai-shek" away alone, Chen Lifu, who had been following "Chiang Kai-shek", panicked.
Chen Lifu frantically made eyes at "Chiang Kai-shek," and after "Chiang Kai-shek" reacted, he also said to Song Meiling in a slight panic: "Madam, wait for me to go to the toilet." ”
After leaving Song Meiling's side, both "Chiang Kai-shek" and Chen Lifu breathed a sigh of relief.
The reason why the two of them were so nervous was because the "Chiang Kai-shek" who came to review was not really Chiang Kai-shek, but a stand-in he Yun!
In order to make himself live longer and to confuse the enemy, Chiang Kai-shek made a move to get rid of the golden cicada and found a stand-in.
Chiang Kai-shek, who was disguised by him, even concealed the first lady, Soong Mei-ling, in a false way, which can be said to be a rare thing.
For a long time, He Yun was one of the closest people around Chiang Kai-shek.
However, later, He Yun issued a military order without authorization, mistakenly hit and bumped into the Red Army, thus completely losing Chiang Kai-shek's trust.
So, how did He Yun convince Soong Mei-ling that he was Chiang Kai-shek with false truth? What happened to the military order he had wrongly placed?
After losing Chiang Kai-shek's trust, what will happen to him in the end?
How He Yun became Chiang Kai-shek
The Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Parade Guard is He Yun's debut as a stand-in for Chiang Kai-shek.
After the successful appearance, at lunchtime, He Yun came to Chiang Kai-shek to report on the situation.
In order to treat He Yun, Chiang Kai-shek also specially instructed the cook to make a table of food from He Yun's hometown of Yanzhou.
During the meal, Chiang Kai-shek also joked to He Yun: You almost abducted my wife.
This sentence frightened He Yun to immediately stand up and bow to Chiang Kai-shek and said: "Principal, I have made reparations to you."
Chiang Kai-shek just laughed indifferently: "It really must have this effect!"
Indeed, along with Song Meiling, who shared the bed, could mistake He Yun for Chiang Kai-shek, which shows how successful Chiang Kai-shek was to let He Yun be his stand-in.
(Song Meiling)
For He Yun, his efforts to get up early and greedy and forget himself were not in vain.
After all, He Yunlai's journey from coming to Chiang Kai-shek's side to successfully transforming into Chiang Kai-shek was not easy.
He went to the Shanghai Jiangnan Manufacturing General Bureau under his father's opposition and became a green battalion soldier.
(Green Battalion Soldier)
One day, He Yun followed Li Mazi, the chief of the wu, to the street, and Li Mazi saw a vendor selling cigarettes, picked up a cigarette and smoked it.
The vendor asked Li Mazi for money, but what he got was a slap from Li Mazi.
He Yun couldn't look past it, and stepped forward to block Li Mazi's continued attempt to beat people, and this scene happened to be seen by Chiang Kai-shek who was passing by.
Chiang Kai-shek looked at He Yun, thinking that he was looking in the mirror, and seeing that He Yun had a sense of justice, he went forward and invited He Yun to the tea house.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was a member of the League of The Shanghai Anti-Qing Patriotic Movement Organization, and after meeting He Yun, he felt that He Yun was a reliable person, so he also pulled him into the League.
However, as a Qing soldier, He Yun was not allowed to make friends with the revolutionaries.
When He Yun and Chiang Kai-shek met and were seen by Li Mazi, Li Mazi immediately stepped forward to arrest Chiang Kai-shek and did not let go.
In order to protect Chiang Kai-shek, He Yun beat Li Mazi with his hands, and Chiang Kai-shek was able to break free.
After this incident, Chiang Kai-shek regarded He Yun even more as a brother.
The Whampoa Military Academy, with Chiang Kai-shek as its president, officially opened in 1924.
He Yun, who could not read a few big characters, was specially approved by Chiang Kai-shek to become the first batch of students.
He Yun's performance also did not live up to Chiang Kai-shek's expectations.
He Yun, who had studied at the Whampoa Military Academy, fought bravely and fiercely in the subsequent struggle to quell the armed rebellion of the Guangzhou Merchants And Chen Jiongming's rebels, and protected Chiang Kai-shek's safety at every turn.
Later, under Chiang Kai-shek's deliberate promotion, He Yun sat in the position of director of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau.
Chen Lifu, a close confidant of Chiang Kai-shek, firmly disagreed with him going deep into the southwest region himself, unless there was a substitute for Chiang Kai-shek to attract fire and distract the enemy's attention.
(Chiang Kai-shek)
Chen Lifu selected many candidates, and Chiang Kai-shek was not very satisfied after reading them, feeling that these people did not look very much like him.
Finally, Chiang Kai-shek thought of He Yun, and when Chen Yun and Chiang Kai-shek stood in front of Chen Lifu together, just by looking at his face, Chen Lifu couldn't tell who was the real Chiang Kai-shek at first glance.
He Yun not only looked most like Chiang Kai-shek, but also came from a military academy and was familiar with secret service work. Regarding the matter of pretending to be Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Yun also expressed his great willingness to repay the principal's kindness.
In every way, Chen Yun was the most suitable candidate.
In order to let He Yun perfectly pretend to be Chiang Kai-shek in the fastest time, Chiang Kai-shek transferred him to become his personal bodyguard.
He Yun followed Chiang Kai-shek during the day to observe his every move, remember his expression, and at night he would enter a secret room and record the information about Chiang Kai-shek in his mind.
Chen Lifu also found two teachers for He Yun, one to teach Fenghua dialect and the other to teach classical Chinese.
When He Yun dressed up as Chiang Kai-shek's hairstyle, beard and clothes, if he did not speak, he was like Chiang Kai-shek's twin brothers.
(Left Chiang Kai-shek Right He Yun)
But the difficulty lies in the accent and conversation, Chiang Kai-shek is full of poetry and books, a Fenghua dialect, and He Yun's cultural class is not commemorated at all, and he speaks in a strong Yanzhou dialect.
In order to solve these two major problems, He Yun couldn't sleep all night and studied like crazy.
In addition, in terms of eating habits, Chiang Kai-shek and He Yun are also very different. Chiang Kai-shek had a light taste, did not drink tea, and only drank boiled water.
But He Yun loves to drink tea, and meat is not taboo.
Therefore, He Yun must quit his preferences in diet, and also weigh and measure his body every day to make it infinitely suitable for Chiang Kai-shek himself.
It was precisely because He Yun withstood extremely harsh special training that he had the effect of misidentifying Chiang Kai-shek by the aforementioned Soong Mei-ling.
exposure! Liu Xiang recognized He Yun
The successful test of the Zhongshan Mausoleum made Chiang Kai-shek very happy, and he decided to let He Yun formally disguise himself and go to Sichuan together.
One day in late December 1934, Liu Xiang, chairman of Sichuan Province, led a crowd of people waiting at Chongqing Guangyangba Airport.
Chiang Kai-shek, disguised by He Yun, waved his hand and stepped off the plane amid the sound of foreign drums and trumpets played by the honor guard.
Liu Xiang and the reporters immediately surrounded Chiang Kai-shek, and the magnesium lamp kept flashing against Chiang Kai-shek's face.
But they did not know that the real Chiang Kai-shek was quietly leaving in a small black car.
During this trip to Sichuan, He Yun's main job was to stay quietly at Chiang Kai-shek's official residence after dark to prevent assassination.
But he did not want to, He Yun's first official appearance revealed flaws, and he was still discovered by Liu Xiang.
(Liu Xiang, King of Sichuan)
During the day, it was the real Chiang Kai-shek who negotiated with Liu Xiang about his work.
Once, Chiang Kai-shek demanded that Liu Xiang send a report on the plan to "encircle and suppress" the Red Army to the government during the day.
Unexpectedly, Liu Xiang thought that the material in his hand was not perfect enough, and after the adjustment of excellence, Liu Xiang raised his eyes, and the sky was already dark.
By the time the materials were printed, it was already eight o'clock in the evening.
In order not to postpone today's work until tomorrow, Liu Xiang decided to drive to Chiang Kai-shek's official residence with materials.
However, when Liu Xiang pushed open The door of Chiang Kai-shek's room, he saw that Chiang Kai-shek was actually helping He Guoguang, director of the Sichuan Staff Committee, to copy documents.
He Yun, a person, was prone to blushing when he was nervous, and he did not expect that Liu Xiang would come to the official residence at night to report on his work.
The real Chiang Kai-shek went to secretly meet with a deceased person, but he was not in the mansion at this time, and He Yun could not exchange with Chiang Kai-shek halfway, so he had to pretend to be calm.
However, He Yun did not know anything about Liu Xiang's plan to "encircle and suppress" the Red Army, and could only be perfunctory.
At the end of Liu Xiang's speech, he also reacted slowly. He had long heard that Chiang Kai-shek had prepared a stand-in for himself.
At this moment, he seriously doubted that the Chiang Kai-shek in front of him was fake! So Liu Xiang asked again: What instructions do you have?
Where can He Yun say one, two or three, see this, Liu Xiang changed from doubt to affirmation.
The lord of Liu Xiangtang's province was so deceived, how could he endure! In a huff, he turned and left.
(Middle Liu Xiang)
However, Liu Xiang missed the best opportunity to "encircle and suppress" the Red Army because he did not report the plan to Chiang Kai-shek in a timely manner and could not issue the order for a long time.
The "encirclement and suppression" of the Red Army failed, and Chiang Kai-shek had no great significance in staying in Sichuan any longer, so he left in a few days.
On the day of Chiang Kai-shek's departure, Liu Xiang, who had come to the airport to deliver him, wanted to confront Chiang Kai-shek face to face, but he was worried that it was a fake Chiang Kai-shek.
Therefore, Liu Xiang said half-truthfully when shaking hands with He Guoguang:
General He is really remarkable, and he can ask the chairman of the committee to copy the report for you.
You see me, said to be a king of Chuan, and the use of me to copy documents is only a nameless boy.
I have always respected the chairman of the committee, and I don't know when I will be able to wait until the chairman of the committee can copy a battle plan for me.
After hearing this, He Guoguang could only laugh and explained that everything was for Chiang Kai-shek's safety considerations, and asked Liu Xiang to keep secrets.
When Chiang Kai-shek heard this conversation, his heart was furious, and he was sure: He Yun must have made a mistake in front of Liu Xiang!
After returning to Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek, who learned the whole picture, reprimanded the two and said that he would not use a stand-in after that.
This made Chen Lifu anxious, in his opinion, He Yun's performance has always been good, this time is just an accident, Chiang Kai-shek must continue to use He Yun in the future.
Chen Lifu hurriedly stood up and exonerated Chiang Kai-shek on Behalf of He Yun.
(Chen Lifu)
Chen Lifu's words, Chiang Kai-shek can always listen to one or two, but Chiang Kai-shek no longer dares to easily appoint He Yun.
In this way, He Yun served as a "salted fish" in the attendant room for a short time.
It was not until the spring of the following year that Chen Lifu was reactivated by Chiang Kai-shek, but he once again did a "smashing pot" thing, which completely made him lose trust in Chiang Kai-shek's heart.
Mistakenly helped the Red Army and went up to Chiang Kai-shek's blacklist
The Red Army captured Zunyi in early 1935, crossed the Chishui River in four directions, pretended to attack Guiyang, and the movement of the east and the west caused Chiang Kai-shek a great headache.
At the end of March of the same year, Chiang Kai-shek came to Guiyang to supervise the battle.
It was very likely that the trip would be directly confronted with the Red Army, and for safety, Chiang Kai-shek still brought He Yun with him.
He Yun also felt an unprecedented tension, and he knew that if he made another mistake, what awaited him was no longer just Chiang Kai-shek's anger.
He Yun tensed his nerves, and chiang kai-shek did whatever he wanted. Unfortunately, the more nervous you are, the more prone to error.
On the evening of the 6th of the following month, Chiang Kai-shek waited for the support troops from Yunnan, but before Chiang Kai-shek could finish, news of the Red Army actually came from Kunming.
It turned out that the Red Army's attack on Guiyang across the Wujiang River in the south was just a pretext, and the real purpose was to take advantage of Chiang Kai-shek's transfer of troops from Yunnan, and then wave his division south and go straight to Kunming.
(Wujiang)
At that time, the Yunnan army was not completely controlled by the Nanjing government, and Chiang Kai-shek could only personally rush to Kunming to appease the rest of the yunnan commanders.
He Yun naturally wanted to stay in Guiyang and pretend to be Chiang Kai-shek.
But on the night that Chiang Kai-shek left Guiyang, He Yun was in trouble.
Just as He Yun was busy with the things in his hands and took a short rest from drinking water, there was a rapid knock at the door.
The person outside the door was Wang Jialie, commander of the Wujiang River Defense. He Yun knew that this person was highly valued by Chiang Kai-shek, and listening to the sound and frequency of his knocking on the door, something important must have happened.
Sure enough, as soon as he entered the door, Wang Jialie said to "Chiang Kai-shek": The large troops of the Red Army have reached the front line of the Wujiang River and have eaten up the strength of one of my regiments.
There is also a reliable piece of information that Mao Zedong's Central Red Army also appeared next to the Wu River, and it must have come to cross the river.
I could not hold the Wujiang River any longer, so I asked the chairman of the committee to order reinforcements. Otherwise, once the Red Army successfully crossed the river, it would be worse to meet Zhang Guotao and Xu Xiangqian.
When He Yun heard this, he was surprised that the situation was so serious, and asked busily: Do you want Director Xue to ask?
Wang Jialie: I asked, but he was reluctant to send troops.
(Wang Jialie)
The stakes were so high that He Yun couldn't make up his mind for a moment, he thought about sending Wang Jialie away first, and then thinking about giving orders.
He Yun: I asked him to send troops to reinforce you, you go.
But Wang Jialie did not wish to leave immediately, but made a death oath to his trusted "Chiang Kai-shek":
Chairman, I have been derelict in my duties in the past. This time, I was trusted by the chairman of the committee, and if I did not die fighting again, I would not have been raised by my mother. I only waited for the chairman of the committee to give an order, and I immediately returned to the front line of the Wujiang River!
Wang Jialie's words made He Yun feel very embarrassed, he was not really Chiang Kai-shek, where was he qualified to give orders.
He Yun walked around the room with a frown, his thoughts turned, and he remembered that Chiang Kai-shek had put down harsh words before leaving:
No one can let a soldier of the Red Army cross the Wujiang River, otherwise he will have his head!
He Yun did not want to lose his head, so he dialed Xue Yue and ordered Xue Yue to immediately send a division to Wujiang for reinforcements.
And the vanguard must depart by seven o'clock tomorrow morning!
After Wang Jialie left, He Yun did not dare to pause in the slightest, and immediately contacted Chiang Kai-shek with a secret telegram to tell him everything that had just happened.
Chiang Kai-shek was furious at He Yun's unauthorized order, and could not inform Xue Yue to change the order now.
Early the next morning, Chiang Kai-shek hurried back to Guiyang.
But it was still too late, xue Yue had already set off with the vanguard troops.
(Xue Yue)
Chiang Kai-shek turned his head and locked He Yun in the confinement room, but fortunately, He Yun did not make a big mistake in this move.
Because Guiyang was not the real target of the red army's large troops, the real destination was Shaanxi,Gansu, and Ningxia.
When most of Chiang Kai-shek's troops were transferred to Guizhou, the large forces of the Red Army crossed the Jinsha River by chance, successfully leaving hundreds of thousands of Kuomintang troops behind.
And Xue Yue also picked up a leak because of this. Xue Yue also told Chiang Kai-shek in his report that this was a "great victory in Zunyi."
Chiang Kai-shek was coaxed by Xue Yue to be happy, so he released He Yun from the confinement room, and also specially set up a banquet for He Yun to suppress the shock.
However, He Yun was actually blacklisted in Chiang Kai-shek's mind, and he no longer dared to let He Yun participate in major actions.
Only when he needed to attend some irrelevant occasions would he let He Yun come out to deal with it.
But after all, He Yun had been Chiang Kai-shek's brother in law, and Chiang Kai-shek was still willing to give Him a high-paying job as a major general in the Central Military Commission after transferring him out of the attendant room.
However, He Yun eventually left Chiang Kai-shek's men, first, because Song Meiling often mistook him, and second, the accent problem was difficult to change.
After leaving Chiang Kai-shek, He Yun actually did not have a comfortable life.
He Yun's ending
After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, He Yun, who returned to Hangzhou to live in seclusion, wrote letters to Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Lifu many times, hoping to return to his post and continue to work.
Every time he sent a letter, He Yun did not receive a reply.
The work is not smooth, and life is not satisfactory.
He Yun's daughter He Linling fell in love with her teacher, and the teacher-student love in that era was not blessed, but He Linling insisted on marrying.
He Yun's wife tried her best to stop it, and did not think that He Linling would hang herself when there was no one in the family.
The death of his daughter devastated He Yun and his wife, and both had physical problems.
During his illness, He Yun again tried to write to Chiang Kai-shek for help, but there was no news.
It was not until June 1947, when Chiang Kai-shek awarded him the rank of General ai, that he remembered He Yun, who had shed blood and fought for him.
At Chiang Kai-shek's special instructions, he Yun of the Military Commission once again awarded him the rank of major general.
But He Yun was already terminally ill, and he once lamented: I was the 'chairman of the committee', but the chairman of the committee did not recognize me.
When He Yun learned that Chiang Kai-shek still remembered himself and awarded himself the rank of major general, he only moved the corners of his mouth slightly.
Three months later, He Yun died of illness.
Conclusion
Most of He Yun's life was not living for himself, he pretended to be Chiang Kai-shek, deceived Song Meiling, deceived Liu Xiang, deceived Wang Jialie...
Did you lie to yourself for a moment?
In his miserable old age, did He Yun ever regret using Chiang Kai-shek as a stand-in? If there is another life that can be restarted, will he be willing to be himself for the rest of his life?
These questions, except for He Yun himself, no one knows.
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