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Chiang Kai-shek had three hobbies in his life, but these three hobbies also pushed the Chiang group into the abyss.
Chiang Kai-shek used his three hobbies, and he propelled himself to the top of power. But it was these three hobbies that buried his Jiang dynasty.
What did Chiang Kai-shek pursue all his life?
Chiang Kai-shek's first hobby was to make friends. After he returned from studying in Japan, he immediately got acquainted with Chen Qimei, the boss of the Green Gang.
As Sun Yat-sen's right-hand man, Chen Qimei won Sun Yat-sen's trust. In addition, he often plays assassination, so any dirty work in the alliance is basically done by Chen Qimei. Because of this, Sun Yat-sen relied more on Chen Qimei.
In 1908, Chen Qimei began to bring Chiang Kai-shek into the League. After a series of introductions and introductions, Chiang Kai-shek met Sun Yat-sen for the first time. It can be said that Chiang Kai-shek was able to become Sun Yat-sen's right-hand man in the later period, with half of Chen Qimei's credit.
After Chiang Kai-shek entered the League, he did not have direct contact with the army, but went to get acquainted with Zhang Jingjiang.
Taking advantage of Zhang Jingjiang's connections, he started a securities transaction in Shanghai. Thanks to the prosperity of Shanghai's commerce and trade at that time, he earned the first pot of gold in his life.
When you have money, you naturally start to indulge in enjoyment. Soon, he bought himself a foreign car and a western-style building, and dressed himself up as a "small open".
During this period, he not only indulged in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, but also wanted to catch up with Chen Jieru, who was 18 years younger than him. Chiang Kai-shek at that time, the life was called a moisturizer.
However, the good times did not last long before the global financial crisis came. Shanghai, as the largest city in the Far East, has naturally been affected.
With the bursting of the bubble in the Shanghai stock market, Chiang Kai-shek once had a debt of more than 600,000 silver dollars. This money is worth hundreds of millions of dollars now. When the creditor saw that he had not paid the money, he planned to cut off his hands and feet.
Chiang Kai-shek was in a panic and hurriedly found Yu Qiaqing through the Zhejiang Fellow Association. As the president of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, Yu Qiaqing is naturally well-connected. Soon, he introduced Chiang Kai-shek to Huang Jinrong.
When he came to Huang Jinrong's mansion, Chiang Kai-shek quickly recognized Huang Jinrong as his eldest brother and changed his name to Jiang Zhiqing.
Since Chiang Kai-shek worshiped his eldest brother, the creditors naturally did not dare to come to the door. After all, whoever dared to provoke Huang Jinrong at that time would be a dead end in minutes. In this way, under the protection of the underworld, Chiang Kai-shek successfully escaped.
After the catastrophe, he soon ushered in a turning point in his life. In 1922, Chen Jiongming, commander-in-chief of the Cantonese army, suddenly rebelled and began to bombard the presidential palace. After Chen Jiongming made such a fuss, Song Qingling was scared and miscarried.
In order to escape Chen Jiongming's pursuit, Sun Yat-sen was escorted to the Yongfeng ship by a group of people. Among these escorts was Chiang Kai-shek.
During this period, Chiang Kai-shek served Sun Yat-sen on the Yongfeng ship for more than 40 days, and completely won Sun Yat-sen's trust. From then on, Chiang Kai-shek's life was about to take off.
Next, we will talk about Chiang Kai-shek's second hobby, which likes to play with power. After winning Sun Yat-sen's trust, he soon became acquainted with Xu Chongzhi again.
As an early veteran of the Alliance, Xu Chongzhi has a significant influence within the organization. In the 1915 war against Yuan Shikai, Xu Chongzhi served as one of the main generals of the army. It can be seen that his ability to lead troops should not be underestimated.
In 1923, the Soviet Union made a promise to help Sun Yat-sen establish the Whampoa Military Academy. After Sun Yat-sen got this list, he immediately thought of Xu Chongzhi. In view of Xu Chongzhi's super ability to lead troops, Sun Yat-sen planned to make him the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy.
However, for Sun Yat-sen's invitation, Xu Chongzhi refused. Because Xu Chongzhi at that time was already the leader of the entire Guangdong army. At that time, he was busy training and was anxious to stabilize his base, so he could only refuse this position.
When Chiang Kai-shek saw this opportunity, he was immediately interested. Soon, he wrote a letter of recommendation to Sun Yat-sen, expressing his intention to participate in the construction of the Whampoa Military Academy.
Sun Yat-sen felt that Chiang Kai-shek was quite reliable, so he gave him the position of chairman of the preparatory committee of the Whampoa Military Academy. This position is now equivalent to an admissions director.
Chiang Kai-shek was very ambitious at that time, and naturally refused to accept such a petty official. So, in a fit of anger, he went to Shanghai to relax.
finally walked to Sun Yat-sen's side, was Chiang Kai-shek really willing to give up like this?
Chiang Kai-shek had three hobbies in his life, each of which helped him succeed, but ultimately ruined his life's work.
In addition to his hobby of making friends and playing with power, what is his third hobby?
After sulking in Shanghai for a few days, Chiang Kai-shek found Zhang Jingjiang again, intending to ask him to help him and intercede with Sun Yat-sen.
Zhang Jingjiang, as Sun Yat-sen's God of Wealth, is naturally convincing when he speaks. Soon, Zhang Jingjiang asked Chiang Kai-shek for the position of principal of the Whampoa Military Academy through his incorruptible tongue.
In 1924, the Whampoa Military Academy officially opened. The first batch of students recruited in it include Hu Zongnan, Du Yuming, Chen Geng, Xu Xiangqian and others, which can be called the dragon and tiger generation.
It is no exaggeration to say that the reason why Chiang Kai-shek was able to dominate the storm behind him was to a large extent because he relied on the power of the gun of the Whampoa Military Academy.
In the second year of the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, Sun Yat-sen died. At this time, the Kuomintang began to enter the era of the Big Four. They are Wang Jingwei, Xu Chongzhi, Liao Zhongkai and Hu Hanmin.
As for Chiang Kai-shek's words, he was busy teaching and training troops at that time, so he did not participate in the power struggle for the time being.
On August 20, 1925, Liao Zhongkai was just about to go to the Central Party Headquarters for a meeting, when he was immediately ambushed by killers. With a few gunshots, Liao Zhongkai fell to the ground and was killed directly.
After the incident, everyone's first object of suspicion was Hu Hanmin. Because before that, Hu Hanmin's cousin had a very bad relationship with Liao Zhongkai. So it is not difficult to speculate that Hu Hanmin may use a knife to kill people to get rid of Liao Zhongkai, a competitor.
Since Hu Hanmin is suspected, he can only be placed under surveillance and cannot participate in the investigation of the assassination. Regarding the entire investigation process of Liao Zhongkai's assassination case, Wang Jingwei and Xu Chongzhi are solely responsible.
Of course, Chiang Kai-shek did not know what means to join the investigation. In this way, a power struggle officially began.
After a bunch of people spared no effort to investigate and deal with it, they found that Liao Zhongkai's death was not only related to Hu Hanmin, but also related to Xu Chongzhi. In this way, Hu Hanmin and Xu Chongzhi both have to enter the game.
For a time, only two bigwigs remained in the entire Kuomintang Party, Wang Jingwei and Chiang Kai-shek. The two looked at each other and smiled, and slowly looked forward to their bright future.
Judging from the pattern of the national government at that time, the two of them happened to be one and the other. The text is Wang Jingwei, and Wu is naturally Chiang Kai-shek. After all, he has his back to the Whampoa Military Academy, and there are many guns.
In the coming days, Chiang Kai-shek will use the gun in his hand to plan a great cause.
Of course, at this time, we will start to introduce Chiang Kai-shek's third hobby, that is, he likes to cling to the consortium.
As mentioned earlier, Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Ching-wei gradually had a part of their own power within the government after a power struggle. Wang Jingwei controlled the civilian system, and Chiang Kai-shek took over the military generals.
After having soldiers, Chiang Kai-shek began the Northern Expedition. In September 1926, the Northern Expeditionary Army invaded Wuhan. At this time, the army was tired and exhausted all the way. In addition, there is a shortage of food and money, and the combat effectiveness has been greatly reduced.
In order to maintain the combat effectiveness of the army, Chiang Kai-shek directly approached Qian Yongming of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium and asked him to raise 400,000 oceans for himself to prepare for military supplies.
By October, the Northern Expeditionary Army entered Nanchang City, and at this time the army was facing the dilemma of urgent military salaries. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek found Chen Guangfu of the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium and asked him to take 500,000 oceans out.
Through the patchwork of these consortiums, Chiang Kai-shek's army was like a bamboo, and almost hammered the warlords, large and small. By 1927, Chiang Kai-shek had basically pacified the warlords in the southeast and became the leader of the Kuomintang.
On March 22, 1927, Yu Qiaqing began to take the lead in electing Chiang Kai-shek as the new leader of the Republic of China.
Chiang Kai-shek gladly accepted this yellow-robed behavior. Soon, he made a proclamation to the world, making the Nanjing Nationalist Government the only legitimate government at that time.
However, it was also at this time that Chiang Kai-shek's fangs began to show themselves.
In April 1927, the tycoons in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, fearing the revolution, pushed Chiang Kai-shek to the throne one after another, hoping that he would suppress those revolutionaries. In particular, the Communist Party, which claims to build a new world, should not allow it to grow.
Chiang Kai-shek had already relied on the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium to start, and now that the major consortiums let him do it, he naturally couldn't refuse. Soon, Chiang Kai-shek tore up the Kuomintang-Communist cooperation agreement and launched the April 12 coup.
In this betrayal of the revolution, Chiang Kai-shek directly pushed himself against the people. Of course, in Chiang Kai-shek's view, as long as he has the money bag and the gun in hand, he can always sit firmly in the dragon chair and not be afraid of the threat of any force.
Will Chiang Kai-shek really be able to sit firmly at the peak of power next?
Chiang Kai-shek had three hobbies in his life, and with the help of these hobbies, he hollowed out his mind and climbed to the pinnacle of power.
The course of events in the next few years was just as Chiang Kai-shek had predicted. With guns and money, he can indeed fight invincible opponents all over the world. For example, the Central Plains War in 1930 is a typical example.
At that time, a total of four major warlords were involved in the dispute: Li Zongren, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan, and Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to subdue several other warlord leaders in one fell swoop.
During this period, Chiang Kai-shek's backing Jiangsu and Zhejiang consortiums directly launched the Jinyuan Offensive against the other three major warlords. They first found Feng Yuxiang's subordinate general Shi Yousan and sent him 1 million oceans.
After Shi Yousan got the money, he immediately took refuge in Chiang Kai-shek. Due to Shi Yousan's defection, Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army was defeated. In this way, one of the players in the four-way tournament has been eliminated.
Immediately afterwards, the Zhejiang consortium found Zhang Xueliang again and sent him 10 million oceans. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek also promised Zhang Xueliang that he would be responsible for the military salary of 300,000 Northeast Army in the future.
When Zhang Xueliang heard this condition, he felt that it was very tempting, so he led his troops into the customs. With Zhang Xueliang's intervention, other military leaders naturally did not dare to take risks. Soon, they withdrew from the tournament.
Since then, Chiang Kai-shek has regained the pinnacle of power and become the nominal leader of the state.
Judging from Chiang Kai-shek's ruling career, he did have the peak of prestige. And this pinnacle is reflected in the War of Resistance.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek once made a speech: "As soon as the war begins, there is no distinction between north and south, and people are not divided into old and young, and they all have the responsibility of defending the land and resisting the war."
It was this sentence that ignited the raging fire of the all-people war of resistance. For a time, the corps stationed all over the country mobilized one after another, and it was bound to drive the Japanese out of China.
For example, during the Battle of Songhu, the Central Army, the Yunnan Army, the Gui Army, the Sichuan Army, etc., almost took out all their wealth and went to the Songhu front line to fight with the devils.
At the same time, the Red Army also crossed the Yellow River and reached Shanxi to resist the war. There is also the Ma Jiajun, which has been vacillating for a long time, and at this time also sent a cavalry division to participate in the battle. Everyone responded to the call of the Anti-Japanese War, which frightened countless Japanese criminals.
During this period, Wang Jingwei also came to the Huangshan villa in Chongqing for a time, intending to persuade Chiang Kai-shek to surrender. In the face of Wang Jingwei's "kind words and persuasion", Chiang Kai-shek categorically refused and threatened to continue to fight against the Japanese invaders to the end.
It can be said that in terms of the feelings of the family and the country, Chiang Kai-shek did an impeccable job this time. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek's prestige reached its peak. At this time, he already has some long-awaited public opinion peaks.
However, as the old saying goes, after the peak is the decline, and Chiang Kai-shek is no exception. Especially during the War of Liberation, the prestige of the government under Chiang Kai-shek fell rapidly.
At that time, the major officials of the national government tended to be inflammatory, intrigued, and interpreted corruption to the extreme.
As for on the battlefield, the officers of the major national armies were greedy for pleasure and let the soldiers go to the front to die. After several battles, the morale of the national army was completely lost, and it was defeated repeatedly.
In the later period, in order to save the precarious economy, the government even came up with gold yuan coupons. With the issuance of the Golden Yuan Bills, East China once fell into a situation of inflation and high prices. What followed was the collapse of the financial system.
The Americans saw that Chiang Kai-shek couldn't support the wall so much, so they didn't plan to support him, even if Song Meiling went to the United States to intercede later, it was useless.
In 1949, with the People's Liberation Army's million-strong army crossing the river, the national government had no possibility of turning the tables. When Chiang Kai-shek was angry, he could only take gold and silver and retreat to Taiwan, and since then he has become the owner of the island with peace of mind.
In general, Chiang Kai-shek was an extremely complex person. Although he likes to make friends, each of them ends well under his hands, either poisoned or placed under house arrest.
Although he liked to manipulate finance and wealth, the inflation of the later period brought him to a disrepute. In the end, the only thing Chiang Kai-shek was good at was playing tricks.
But something like conspiracy is a double-edged sword. If it is used well, it will be able to stabilize the rule, and once it is not used well, it will only be able to bury its own Jiang dynasty with his own hands.
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