Gui Yongqing
In April 1949, Gui Yongqing, on the orders of Chiang Kai-shek, led some naval officers and men and warships to flee to Taiwan and continued to serve as the commander-in-chief of the navy.
In the spring of 1949, Gui Yongqing was ordered to do auxiliary defense work in Shanghai. During this period, he discovered a shocking secret - Tang Enbo, commander-in-chief of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Garrison, embezzled a large amount of military funds and sent it to the United States. Because of Tang's high authority and the big red man in front of Chiang Kai-shek, Gui did not dare to report it upwards.
At that time, Gu Zhenggang, a political commissar of the Kuomintang government, and Lei Zhen, a former political councilor, were supervising the battle in Shanghai, and Gu Zhenggang was also serving as the chairman of the political affairs committee of the Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Garrison Headquarters at this time. Gui Yongqing decided to confide this matter to Gu Zhenggang first to see what Gu would do.
Gu was very surprised after hearing this, and repeatedly asked Gui if there was any evidence, and Gui said that it was indeed well-founded. Gu Zhenggang said that since this is the case, he will reflect the matter upwards.
Later, the upper echelons of the Kuomintang were busy with the war and fleeing south, and the case was not pursued. Gui Yongqing no longer talked about this matter to people. His calculation was: Tombaugh took advantage of the chaos and corruption, there was no chase above, and he had the opportunity to be greedy.
March 1950. Chiang Kai-shek was reinstated in Taiwan and manipulated from behind the scenes to the forefront. Chiang's father and son were in pain in Taiwan, feeling that the main reason for the rout was poor control over the army.
Chiang Kai-shek's father and son decided to retrain political and combat personnel, then dispatch various units and exercise vertical leadership, with Chiang Ching-kuo in charge of this work.
From the summer of 1949, Gui Yongqing began to intercept military expenses to set up a small treasury, and his means were all strange. In addition, he was nepotistic in the military. Whoever gives gifts on horseback and follows suit, he trusts and reuses them. Over time, he formed a large Gui gang in the naval system.
The first batch of political and war officials sent by Chiang Kai-shek's father and son to the Navy, Gui Yongqing thought it was to monitor and interfere with him, gui Yongqing was lukewarm and did not welcome him.
After these political and combatants descended to the troops, they found that the naval system, whether it was various management or military training, had many problems, and made some corrections and standardizations on the spot.
Many of the officers who were punished and warned were Gui Yongqing's cronies and confidants, and they went to Gui Yongqing one after another to cry out for injustice and grievances. In order to cope with the conflicts between political and military personnel and the captains of various fleets, Gui Yongqing took great pains and consumed a lot of time and energy. To this end, Gui often publicly complained and spread dissatisfaction with political and war officials.
Because Gui Yongqing's naval system generally did not cooperate with the work of political and combat personnel, political and combat personnel could only report their grievances to Chiang Ching-kuo, so Chiang Ching-kuo specially went to the naval headquarters to find Gui Yongqing for "exchanges." Chiang Ching-kuo thought that he was the "prince" and that Gui Yongqing wanted to buy his account. Who knows, when Gui Yongqing saw Chiang Ching-kuo, although he was enthusiastic on the surface, when he talked about the dispute between the political and war personnel and the officers and men of the naval system, Gui did not let go at all.
Chiang Ching-kuo was very displeased, and considering Gui Yongqing's deep seniority, Chiang Ching-kuo did not bear it. After Chiang Ching-kuo returned, he reported the contents of Gui Yongqing's conversation to Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek immediately ordered his attendants to summon Gui Yongqing to the "Presidential Palace" to listen to the training.
Since Chiang Kai-shek trained Gui Yongqing, the political and combatants of the naval system have felt that their work is better than in the past, but the resistance of some officers and men to them is still revealed from time to time. Chiang Ching-kuo also often received such secret reports and was very disappointed in Gui Yongqing. Therefore, he took advantage of the opportunity to meet his father and repeatedly talked about Gui Yongqing not cooperating with him and making the navy an independent kingdom. The son said too much, and Old Jiang gradually lost his good feelings for Gui Yongqing.
On April 2, 1952, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly asked Gui Yongqing to resign as commander-in-chief of the Navy, but Gui Yongqing was unable to do so, so he had to hand Over his resignation to Chiang. On April 9, Jiang gave Gui the post of "Chief of Staff in the Presidential Office" with no authority.
Chiang Kai-shek hung Gui Yongqing for more than a year, and Gui Yongqing lived like a year. In order to make a comeback, Gui Yongqing went around asking Huangpu alumni to intercede with Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling. Jiang and Song thought twice and decided to choose an opportunity to use him again.
In March 1954, Chiang Kai-shek was re-elected "President". After Chiang took office, he made adjustments to the personnel of the army, and Gui Yongqing was appointed chief of staff of the three services, and was promoted from a second-class admiral in the army to a first-class admiral in the navy.
Gui Yongqing was promoted to chief of staff, and those who had conflicts with Gui in the past in the navy felt that Mount Tai was at the top, and the end was coming. In order to prevent further retaliation from Gui, they reported to The Chiang kai-shek father and son through special channels that during Gui Yongqing's tenure as commander-in-chief of the Navy, they took advantage of the opportunity of purchasing warships and purchasing spare parts to take advantage of the plunder and embezzle a large amount of military expenses.
After receiving the report, the Jiang father and son were very shocked and secretly sent people to the Navy to investigate. However, people close to Gui Yongqing still secretly reported the matter to Gui. Gui Yongqing was very panicked. According to later official information, when Gui Yongqing was the commander-in-chief of the Navy, he did embezzle a lot of money and secretly remit the money to the United States.
On August 12, 1954, Gui Yongqing committed suicide at home at the age of 54. At this time, he had only 44 days before he became the chief of staff of the three services, becoming the shortest-lived chief of staff in the Kuomintang army. Since Gui had passed away, Chiang Kai-shek ordered that the investigation of Gui's case be stopped on August 13 and that investigators should not be allowed to speak out. The Jiang father and son collectively called Gui Yongqing a sudden illness.
Gui Yongqing secretly remitted money to the United States before his death, but for various reasons his relatives did not receive it. The result of Gui Yongqing's corruption can be described as two people's wealth.
(Excerpt from Military Shilin, No. 4, 2010)
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