Before Chiang Kai-shek fled to the island, he ordered Mao Renfeng to assassinate three people, but Mao Renfeng did not dare to do anything, so who were these three people who were on Chiang Kai-shek's assassination list? Why didn't Mao Renfeng dare to do it?
In early 1949, before Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan with the remnants of the Kuomintang, in order to deal with those who tried to betray him, he specially ordered Mao Renfeng to make a list of assassinations.
Mao Renfeng did not hesitate, and after receiving the order, he quickly made a list of 86 people, but Chiang Kai-shek added three more people to it after reading it. When Mao Renfeng saw the names of the three people of Chiang Kai-shek Tian, he was frightened and did not know what to do.
So who are these three people? Let Mao Renfeng, one of the four major agents of the military command, dare not kill?
First place: Yang Hucheng
Yang Hucheng was born in Shaanxi Province in 1893 to ordinary farmers.
In 1908, Yang Hucheng's father was brutally murdered by the Qing government.
In 1911, Yang Hucheng participated in the Wuchang Uprising and fought against the Qing government. After the defeat of the Xinhai Revolution, Yang Hucheng returned to his hometown, killed a bully who collected debts, fell into the grass, and became a famous local knifeman. But Yang Hucheng they will not bully the local people, he still maintains his revolutionary ideas and will.
Later, Yang Hucheng went down to join the defense army against Yuan Shikai, and followed Sun Yat-sen's revolution in 1917 and joined the Kuomintang in 1924.
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the April 12 coup d'état, and Yang Hucheng was quite dissatisfied. Because what Yang Hucheng values most is "righteousness," in Yang Hucheng's view, Chiang Kai-shek's doing such a thing is not in line with the "righteousness" in his own mind.
In 1931, when the Japanese army invaded China, Chiang Kai-shek was not in a hurry to resist the foreign enemy first and drive the aggressors out of China, but first put forward the so-called policy of "outside the country must first be at home" to eliminate the communist army.
At this time, the Japanese army wantonly committed evil on the mainland territory and occupied the territory of the mainland, and the country had reached a critical period of life and death, and Chiang Kai-shek did not devote all his energy to resisting the invasion of foreign enemies, but was now thinking of dealing with "his own family", which was opposed and dissatisfied by many people.
Yang Hucheng was very sad and indignant when he saw this scene, and repeatedly applied to Chiang Kai-shek for battle, but he did not get any reply.
On September 18, 1934, Yang Hucheng called for opposition to the civil war and the establishment of an anti-Japanese national united front. Later, Yang Hucheng and Zhang Xueliang discussed and launched a military advisory to Chiang Kai-shek.
On December 12, 1936, Yang Hucheng and Zhang Xueliang launched the Xi'an Incident, forcing Chiang Kai-shek to agree to cooperate with the Communists to unite against Japan, and then the anti-Japanese national united front was formally formed.
Then, Chiang Kai-shek, who was freed, dismissed Yang Hucheng and exiled him abroad. During this period, the Lugou Bridge Incident occurred, and Yang Hucheng abroad of course saw it, so he applied to Chiang Kai-shek to return to China and repulse the enemy, but no matter how many times Yang Hucheng applied, he was rejected by Chiang Kai-shek. There was no way, Yang Hucheng had to prepare to secretly return to China, but was discovered by Chiang Kai-shek, after which Yang Hucheng was imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek.
It was not until 12 years later, on the eve of the founding of New China in September 1949, that Mao Renfeng was ordered to kill Yang Hucheng and his family, who were still in captivity.
This was the only person Mao Renfeng dared to kill, and the remaining two Mao Renfeng did not dare to do anything at all.
Second place: Zhang Xueliang
Born in Liaoning in 1901, Zhang Xueliang was the son of Zhang Zuolin, the leader of the Feng clan warlords, and served in the army at the age of 16, known as the "Young Marshal".
In 1928, Zhang Zuolin was killed by the Japanese army, and Zhang Xueliang took over as the commander of the Eastern Three Provinces Military District.
Zhang Xueliang understood that the Japanese army was still staring at the northeast at this time, and Zhang Xueliang believed that domestic unification was necessary to work together to eliminate Japan, and the Nationalist government in Nanjing at that time was internationally recognized.
In addition, Zhang Xueliang, who had just taken over his father's seat, was not very stable, so choosing Chiang Kai-shek could not only help the country's reunification, but also stabilize his position.
Therefore, Zhang Xueliang followed Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek was naturally very happy, after all, he took the northeast without a single soldier, and then appointed Zhang Xueliang as the commander-in-chief of the northeast border defense, that is to say, the northeast was still Zhang Xueliang's calculation.
Later, Zhang Xueliang personally led an army to defeat the anti-Chiang Kai-shek alliance, and Chiang Kai-shek won a great victory in the Battle of the Central Plains. The relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang was even closer.
In addition, Zhang Xueliang and Song Meiling met as early as 1925, Zhang Xueliang had great respect for Sun Yat-sen, and when he learned of the relationship between Song Meiling and Mr. Sun, he was even more pleased, and Song Meiling himself had excellent temperament, and the two people also had common topics, so they danced and chatted.
After that, Zhang Xueliang did the mediation work of the May Thirtieth Massacre, and Song Meiling was invited by Zhang Xueliang to do translation work, and the two would go out to play together in their spare time.
Later, Zhang Xueliang's wife Yu Fengzhi was recognized by Song Meiling's mother as a dry girl.
Therefore, after Zhang Xueliang submitted to Chiang Kai-shek, the two even became brothers. The relationship between Zhang Xueliang and Song Meiling has maintained a good relationship since they met.
However, after the September 18 Incident, Zhang Xueliang obeyed the command of Chiang Kai-shek and did not resist in the northeast, allowing the Japanese army to capture the northeast. Afterwards, Zhang Xueliang was criticized, and Zhang Xueliang himself felt sorry for his father, sorry for the people in the three eastern provinces, and even more sorry for his motherland, so he changed his past wrongs.
In the face of Chiang Kai-shek's later policy of "foreign countries must first be at home", Zhang Xueliang always opposed it, hoping that Chiang Kai-shek would cooperate with the Communists to resist Japan, but Chiang Kai-shek only wanted to deal with the Communists at that time and was not concerned about the aggression of the Japanese army.
Therefore, on December 12, 1936, Zhang Xueliang cooperated with Yang Hucheng to detain Chiang Kai-shek and launch the Xi'an Incident, causing an uproar.
Then, under the mediation of Soong Mei-ling, Chiang Kai-shek finally agreed to negotiate with the Communist Party to discuss the anti-Japanese plan, after which the anti-Japanese national united front was formally formed.
Zhang Xueliang also promised Song Meiling to personally escort Chiang Kai-shek back to Nanjing safely, but Chiang Kai-shek, who returned to Nanjing, immediately locked zhang Xueliang up.
Feeling ashamed, Song Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek had many quarrels, but they were unable to return to heaven, and Zhang Xueliang was eventually imprisoned by Chiang Kai-shek.
In 1949, Mao Renfeng, who received Chiang Kai-shek's orders, hesitated, and Song Meiling, also learning of this incident, forced Chiang Kai-shek to let him go, saying that everything Zhang Xueliang did was for the sake of the country. Under the strong persecution of Soong Mei-ling, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to let Zhang Xueliang go.
Zhang Xueliang also lived in captivity until 1990, when he regained his freedom and left Taiwan for the United States, where he died in 2001.
When Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng made that decision, they must have anticipated the worst plan, when the country was in the midst of survival, Chiang Kai-shek was still engaged in infighting, and it was not good to deal with outsiders and protect the safety of the people. They were heroes, and it was because of them that they led to the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communists.
Third place: Song Qingling
In 1983, Soong Ching Ling was born in Shanghai, his father was good friends with Sun Yat-sen, and Soong Ching Ling knew Sun Yat-sen when he was young.
In 1913, Soong Ching Ling became Sun Yat-sen's secretary, giving encouragement to Sun Yat-sen during the low period at that time.
In 1915, Soong Ching Ling and Sun Yat-sen became lifelong partners. After that, Soong Ching Ling followed Sun Yat-sen to begin a revolutionary career.
In 1925, Sun Yat-sen died of illness, and Soong Ching Ling bore Sun Yat-sen's last wish and was committed to the beautiful future of the Chinese nation. Lead the broad masses of women compatriots to devote themselves to the revolutionary cause.
In the April 12 Incident of 1927, Soong Ching Ling united with the leftists of the Kuomintang to severely condemn Chiang Kai-shek's actions.
In 1931, after the September 18 Incident, Soong Ching Ling denounced Chiang Kai-shek's policy of non-resistance, and when Faced with Chiang Kai-shek's secret arrest of revolutionary volunteers and Communists, he used his social position to launch rescues and issued anti-Chiang statements on many occasions.
This made Chiang Kai-shek murderous, but Soong Ching Ling had a very high reputation and prestige in the hearts of the people, and Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to do anything. And even if Chiang Kai-shek moved his sneaky mind, there was Song Meiling watching next to him, and if he did this, he would be an enemy of the Song family.
Later, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, Song Meiling used her international influence to raise a large amount of war materials and sent most of them to Yan'an, making great contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek prepared to flee to Taiwan, and before leaving, he gave Mao Renfeng the order to assassinate Soong Ching-ling. Mao Renfeng understood Song Meiling's position at home and abroad, coupled with the relationship between Song Meiling and Song Qingling, and even more did not dare, so he had to delay it for a day.
In the end, under the intervention of Soong Mei-ling, Chiang Kai-shek gave up his plan to kill Soong Ching-ling.
Yang Hucheng, Zhang Xueliang, and Soong Qingling all sincerely loved the country and made their own efforts for the country, but Chiang Kai-shek directly issued an assassination order because of his own incomprehension and disregard for the contributions of the three people, which was really hateful.
Each of them is working for the future of the country, wants his country to be better, and therefore risks his life to do what he thinks is right.