In 1973, Chiang Ching-kuo's old classmate Comrade Deng Xiaoping made a comeback, and Chiang Kai-shek transferred his authority to his son Chiang Ching-kuo due to a serious illness. Deng Xiaoping wanted to resolve the cross-strait problem in a peaceful manner, and asked people to shout. However, Chiang Ching-kuo openly expressed his refusal to communicate with a New York Times reporter: "Negotiating with them is tantamount to suicide, and we are not so stupid." ”
Deng Xiaoping and other comrades did not give up, and in 1982, Liao Chengzhi wrote an open letter calling on Chiang Ching-kuo, calling for a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan Strait issue and the liberalization of communication and exchanges. The reason why Liao Chengzhi was chosen is because the Liao Chengzhi family has a deep relationship with Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek, and has a deep friendship with Chiang Ching-kuo, but there are also debts for human life, and they do not share the sky.
The relationship between the Liao family and the Jiang family is intricate and intertwined, but they are a weighty spokesman. So what was Chiang Ching-kuo's reaction after seeing the letter?
It is said that people close to Chiang Ching-kuo once said to the outside world that after reading the letter, his eyes were "tearful and extremely moved," but some people also said that the words of the people around Chiang Ching-kuo were just a kind of "blindfold method." So who exactly is telling the truth? How exactly did Chiang Ching-kuo respond to Liao Chengzhi and the people of the mainland?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > an open letter from Liao Chengzhi to Chiang Ching-kuo</h1>
Liao Chengzhi's father, Liao Zhongkai, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen were close friends, and Chiang Kai-shek and Liao Zhongkai had met many times, and before Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the revolution, the relationship between the Chiang family and the Liao family was very good, at least on the surface.
Born in Japan, Liao Chengzhi was deeply influenced by his father and Dr. Sun Yat-sen from an early age, determined to grow up to save his life with revolution. When he was studying, he was exposed to communist ideas and was greatly shocked. At the age of 17, he joined the revolutionary movement and joined the Kuomintang.
Liao Chengzhi
Liao Chengzhi and Chiang Ching-kuo have known each other since childhood, and both of them were passionate patriotic youths in their teens, and they also studied together at Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, and Deng Xiaoping was also their classmate, and the three of them had a great relationship.
But Chiang Kai-shek's intervention brought the friendship between Liao Chengzhi and Chiang Ching-kuo abruptly to an abrupt end, and even a little turned against each other. The first reason was the "April 12" counter-revolutionary coup, and the second reason was related to the death of Liao Chengzhi's father, Liao Zhongkai.
Liao Zhongkai was an early patriot who supported Dr. Sun Yat-sen and followed the revolution, and he went into exile in Japan with sun yat-sen after the failure of the second revolution led by Sun Yat-sen, and he was a life-and-death friend with Sun Yat-sen, and he could also be regarded as a kuomintang elder. Chiang Kai-shek, as the younger generation favored by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, always showed respect and respect for Liao Zhongkai in front of people.
When the Kuomintang and the Communist Party first cooperated, Liao Zhongkai was sincerely cooperating with the Communist Party in order to save the country and the people, and he did not have any prejudices or small calculations, and was single-minded in his efforts to serve the public. However, there were a group of people within the Kuomintang who were originally opportunists, whose original intention was not to save the country and the people, and were wary and somewhat hostile to the Communist Party.
At that time, Comrade Mao Zedong, who was unknown in nationality, was harassed and ostracized by the right wing of the Kuomintang because he conscientiously carried out his tasks, and even did not pay his salary. Within the Kuomintang, even those who sincerely work for the country and do a good job in the revolution regard them as a thorn in their side, so it is conceivable what their own background is.
Chiang Ching-kuo
Liao Zhongkai could not understand the careful machine of the Kuomintang rightists, so he was hostile to them, not only that, but the warlords and imperialist forces also regarded Liao Zhongkai as a thorn in the eye. When the ambitions of the right wing of the Kuomintang grew larger and heavier, and their selfishness became heavier and heavier, they began to fight in the later stages of cooperation, which not only deviated from the policies formulated by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, but also began to fight with the party.
The right wing of the Kuomintang began to spread rumors and slander Liao Zhongkai, but Liao Zhongkai was not ashamed or cared. However, on August 20, 1925, Liao Zhongkai and his wife He Xiangning drove to attend the party meeting, and the moment they pushed the car door, the gunshots rang out, and the killer fired several shots at Liao Zhongkai and quickly fled.
He Xiangning watched her husband get shot and rushed to the hospital for rescue but was not saved. Liao Chengzhi heard the bad news that his father had been killed and asked to investigate the real culprit.
In liao zhongkai's capacity, the Kuomintang must give an account of his sudden death. After the investigation, the list of murderers given was: Liang Hongkai and Zhu Zhuowen. For this explanation, Liao Chengzhi's mother He Xiangning and Liao Chengzhi did not believe it, they believed that the real culprit behind the scenes must not have appeared yet, and the few people who pushed out were just "scapegoats".
Liao Chengzhi's family decided that the real mastermind behind the scenes should be Chiang Kai-shek. Because it was after Liao Zhong's assassination that Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei began to monopolize power and hold internal meetings. This point in time is too sensitive, "even the fox tail is not hidden" can't wait to start the next action.
Therefore, the Liao Chengzhi family regarded Chiang Kai-shek as an enemy, and Chiang Kai-shek's behavior was definitely implicated in his son Chiang Ching-kuo. Since then, Liao Chengzhi and Chiang Ching-kuo have gradually drifted apart.
What really drew a clear line between Liao Chengzhi and the Kuomintang and the Chiang family and even turned against each other was the "April 12 Counter-Revolution", and after Chiang Kai-shek cleared out the other cronies left by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, he monopolized power and revealed his true face.
Chiang Kai-shek slaughtered not only the Communists, but also the leftists of the Kuomintang, that is, those who followed Dr. Sun Yat-sen's legacy. Since then, Liao Chengzhi has clearly seen the true face of Chiang Kai-shek's reaction, anti-people, and counter-revolution, and he has broken away from the Kuomintang and returned to the bridge road.
Liao Chengzhi was extremely sad, but he did not give up the revolution, he went to Japan, did the revolution in Japan and was arrested and expelled by the Japanese government. A year later, he joined the Communist Party and was valued by the party organization. Because Liao Chengzhi was more familiar with foreign countries, the organization sent him to foreign countries on missions many times.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Liao Chengzhi accepted the organization and dispatched to prepare military supplies for the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army in the Kuomintang area, but was arrested by the Kuomintang for no reason and eventually rescued by the party organization.
After liberation, Liao Chengzhi performed prominently in foreign affairs, serving as an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and vice president of the Sino-Soviet Friendship Association. After Deng Xiaoping returned to his leadership work, he took a fancy to Liao Chengzhi and Chiang Ching-kuo and the origins of the Kuomintang, and thought that he was suitable to help chiang ching-kuo to send a message calling for peaceful reunification of the two sides of the strait.
In 1973, Deng Xiaoping called out to his old classmate Chiang Ching-kuo for "negotiations" and called for "peaceful reunification." However, his old classmate Chiang Ching-kuo was very faceless, refused to negotiate, and replied with deep malice. However, Deng Xiaoping and others will never be discouraged, and the great national cause that the sons and daughters of china want to accomplish will certainly be completed, and they will never give up.
Deng Xiaoping put Liao Chengzhi on the front line of overseas Chinese affairs in Taiwan and made him deputy group leader. After Liao Chengzhi took office, he proposed to repair the tomb of the Jiang family. Although the Liao family and the Jiang family may have a feud with each other, Liao Chengzhi put aside his personal grudge. His mother He Xiangning and other relatives could not forget Liao Zhongkai's death and tried their best to stop Liao Chengzhi's proposal.
Can Liao Chengzhi really let go of his father's assassination? Of course not. However, Liao Chengzhi is particularly clear at the level of home and country, he is dedicated to the country, even if he is separated by a deep hatred in the blood sea, he must also focus on the overall situation of the country.
He enlightened his mother He Xiangning, "The reunification of the country is imminent, personal grievances can only be put aside, we must look forward, and put the major affairs of the country first"...
Liao Chengzhi's words were awe-inspiring, and even though his family still could not let go, they all put the overall situation of the country first and no longer obstructed. After the tomb of the Jiang family ancestors was repaired, Liao Chengzhi also asked people to entrust people with photos to bring to Chiang Ching-kuo, and said: "Welcome to come back to Jingguo at any time." ”
The central authorities also asked Liao Chengzhi to write an open letter to Chiang Ching-kuo in his personal name, and Chiang Ching-kuo must have known that it was the intention of the central authorities after seeing it. Liao Chengzhi pondered and remembered the days of his dealings with Chiang Ching-kuo in the past, and wrote a letter with a lot of light.
The newspaper published "Liao Chengzhi's Letter to Mr. Chiang Ching-kuo":
Just a stone's throw away, it's a sea and a sky away. Nanjing hurriedly met, instantaneously more than thirty-six years. When he was a child, he was in the same robe, su Jing met, and the past was vividly remembered. However, I have not been able to ask for many years, which is a pity. Recently, I heard that the political affairs were violated, and I was deeply suspenseful. When people are over seventy years old, they are sick and painful, and they are eager to cherish themselves.
Over the past three years, our party has repeatedly advocated that the two parties hold negotiations with guizhou and ourselves to jointly realize the great cause of the reunification of the motherland by making the same donations. However, the brother repeatedly declared that "no contact, no negotiation, no compromise", the rest of the period of time thought that it was impossible. The world is affectionate, in public and private, it is reasonable to speak, and respect Xi and interpret.
The peaceful reunification of the motherland is a meritorious deed of a thousand years. Taiwan will eventually return to the motherland, and an early settlement will be beneficial to all parties. Taiwan compatriots can live and work in peace and contentment, the people of all ethnic groups on both sides of the strait can relieve the pain of separation of flesh and bones, and the predecessors in Taiwan and the mainland's personnel who have gone to Taiwan can also get what they want, and this is conducive to the stability of the situation in the Asia-Pacific region and world peace. My brother tried to encourage himself with "calculating profits when calculating the interests of the world, and seeking fame should seek the name of all the worlds", if he can achieve this great cause in the hands of my brother, he will be respected by the whole country, respected by the world, meritorious to the country, and his name will remain in history. The so-called "sinner" theory is a paradox, a cramped corner, and it is not a long-term plan. Ming ruo my brother, take it for granted. If the delay is not resolved, or if it is entrusted to another day, it will not only be troubled in vain, but my brother will also be blamed. Moreover, peaceful reunification is purely an internal affair. Outsiders' clever words are intended to figure out Taiwan, which is well known to the world. When the break continues, it will be disturbed. May the brother think carefully.
Mr. Sun created the Chinese Kuomintang by hand, and after many hardships, countless martyrs followed in, and finally overthrew the imperial system and established the Republic of China. Brilliant performance is a foregone conclusion. The Kuomintang and the Communist Party have cooperated twice, and both have made great contributions to the country and the nation. The first cooperation, Led by Mr. Sun, although my generation is young, I also know one or two. Cooperate again, the old man is in charge of his business, my generation is in it, and I should know the outline. Although the longitude and latitude of the matter are thousands of times, looking at the overall situation, unity is beneficial to the country, and division will hurt the vitality of the nation. Today, my brother is in charge of the government in Taiwan, and he has cooperated three times, and he has greatly blamed him. The leaders of the two sides, the best friends of the same window, know each other, and it is easier to talk. The so-called "surrender," "yield," "suffer losses," and "be deceived" are really difficult to agree with. To evaluate history and look forward to the future, we should serve the public interests of the whole world, take the interests of the country and the nation as the highest criterion, and we should not issue the theory of the party's selfishness! As for "unifying China with the Three People's Principles," everyone who knows it thinks that it is too unrealistic and that they are deceiving themselves. The true meaning of the Three People's Principles is well known to my generation and there is no need to argue. The so-called "economic prosperity, social democracy, and people's livelihood and happiness" in Taiwan, and so on, the princes in Taiwan have a good idea in their hearts, and there is no need to say more. If you can follow the trend of the times, shoulder historical responsibilities, resolutely negotiate peace, and achieve national reunification, then the two parties will coexist for a long time, supervise each other, and jointly strive to revitalize the great cause of china. Otherwise, in a partial situation, you can protect yourself. People of insight have already thought about this. It is a matter of the rise and fall of the Kuomintang, and I hope that my brother will think again.
Reading the masterpiece recently, there is a saying that "I hope that the father's spirit can return to the homeland and be with the ancestors", and I can't help but sigh. Now the old man is still in Cihu Lake, and after reunification, he should move to his homeland, or Fenghua, or Nanjing, or Lushan, and take my brother's filial piety. My brother once said recently: "We must expand the heart of filial piety into national feelings, to love the nation, and to dedicate ourselves to the country." "The will of the people is not to practice in the great cause of reunification!" As far as the country and the nation are concerned, the two generations of chiang kai-shek have explained history; as far as my brother is concerned, it can be said that loyalty and filial piety are both complete. Otherwise, what happened to my brother after his death? Think twice.
My brother's life was bumpy, it was not arranged by fate, and everything was up to him. The sin of a thousand autumn deeds is tied to one thought. Today's international situation is unpredictable, there are many opinions from top to bottom in Taiwan, the years are not living, the days are short, the nights are long and dreamy, and the time is not with me. I hope that my brother will make a good choice and plan ahead. "What is the point of not returning?"
When people reach high age, they become more and more nostalgic, such as brother convenience, Yu Dang dressed up, went to Taipei to visit, and listened to the teachings of the elders. "The brothers are here, and they meet each other and smile and take revenge." Looking at the southern sky from afar, I can't help but be nervous, the book is not exhausted, Zhu Xi cherishes, and waits for the polyphony.
The old lady asked for a greeting in front of her. Fang Liang, Wei Guo and his nephews are different.
Congratulations
July 24, 1982
Although Liao Chengzhi's letter is small in words, it is quite level and profound, first recounting the past and asking the other party about his health. Secondly, he pointed out the trend of the times, if Chiang Ching-kuo conforms to the trend of the times and promotes the completion of the national righteousness, it will be "meritorious service in the country, and the name will remain in history." Moreover, do not be provoked and interfered by outsiders to delay the process of the great cause of the nation.
Then he talked about the original intention of the founding of the Kuomintang and Chiang Ching-kuo's determination as a teenager to seek a worldly name for the world. He also pointed out that the two generations of the Chiang family wanted to have an account for the country, which was also the heart of the Chiang family. Finally, he said that he hoped to have the opportunity to meet chiang ching-kuo in Taipei and promote the third cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party.
Liao Chengzhi is worthy of being an old revolutionary, and this letter takes care of chiang ching-kuo's face as well as Lizi, gives enough face, and arranges the steps.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="70" > so what was Chiang Ching-kuo's reaction? </h1>
Chiang Ching-kuo finally saw the open letter, and according to the words of those around him, Chiang Ching-kuo had tears in his eyes and was very moved.
If you are really moved by it, you may think of the green years of the early dry revolution, think of his life, and think of the years of Liao Chengzhi. I am even more reminded of the situation on both sides of the Taiwan Strait over the past few decades. It could also be self-touching. And no one but his cronies saw it, and no one knew what the real situation was. In addition, the Jiang family is good at making dramas, and no one knows whether this message is unintentional or instructed.
But Chiang Ching-kuo's behavior cannot deceive people. Chiang Ching-kuo sent a message to resolutely refuse Liao Chengzhi's proposal to come to Taipei to reminisce and meet with him; it was Liao Chengzhi who he explicitly refused, and who actually refused, everyone knew it.
Not only that, Song Meiling also wrote a letter to Liao Chengzhi publicly. The letter was resolute and harbored a trace of unconcealed malice, clearly saying "no contact, no negotiation, no compromise", stating some of the past events of Liao Chengzhi's father, Liao Zhongkai, but there was no warmth in the cold text. She also blatantly accused Liao Chengzhi of "pretending to be a believer in the Three People's Principles and the Prime Minister, but in fact for those who lurked in the Kuomintang" and "losing loyalty and filial piety.", and at the end there were many words slandering the mainland, and she said the wishful thinking of the vested interests represented by her.
Song Meiling's reply and Liao Chengzhi's open letter are not a heavyweight at all, and the pattern, vision, and ambition are completely one day and one place. Liao Chengzhi's intention is all about the great cause of the nation, and he has never accused him word by word; even if he bears a deep vengeance in the sea of blood, even if before liberation, the Kuomintang headed by Chiang Kai-shek owed a lot of debts to the people for their lives, but the CPC and the people of the mainland can just let go of all their personal grievances and take the rejuvenation and rise of the Chinese nation as the first.
In his letter, Liao Chengzhi talked about "loyalty and filial piety", and his implication was that we are all descendants of Yanhuang, we are all sons and daughters of China, and China is the parent of each of us. Therefore, it is hoped that Chiang Ching-kuo will put the overall situation of the country first and be responsible for the mother of the motherland, which can be described as "loyalty and filial piety."
However, Song Meiling had to pull the great cause of the family and the country to the level of the small family, and the consciousness of the two people was high. She accused Liao Chengzhi of being a lurker within the Kuomintang and accused Liao Chengzhi of being unfaithful, but may I ask you, was not Dr. Sun Yat-sen's original intention in founding the Kuomintang to save the country and save the people?
In one sentence, Soong Mei-ling turned the Kuomintang, originally founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen to save the country and the people, into a private organization of the Chiang family dynasty. All Chinese can only be loyal to the country and the people, why does Song Meiling feel that entering the Kuomintang organization is loyal to the Chiang family dynasty? Think it's still a feudal imperial dynasty? Man died early in the morning!
No one or any organization can be compared with the state and the nation, and no one or any organization can put the power of the individual above the survival and continuation of the state and the nation. Those who harm the fundamental interests of the country are the enemies of the whole nation!
Song Meiling's reply completely revealed her personal ambitions and "small family temperament" for the major affairs of her family and country, and also showed the true nature of the group of vested interests standing behind her. Song Meiling openly accused Liao Chengzhi in the letter, this kind of behavior can not damage Liao Chengzhi's reputation at all, but Song Meiling's handling of major state affairs is like a quarrel between little girls, and the pattern is lost.
Before his father Chiang Kai-shek died, he came forward to support Chiang Ching-kuo; after Chiang Kai-shek's death, his father's widow, Soong Mei-ling, came forward to support him. Regardless of whether Song Meiling's reply was Chiang Ching-kuo's intention, but they were a family, and since Chiang Ching-kuo had asked Song Meiling to come forward, it must represent his meaning.
People's hearts are very complex, especially politicians, who are best at playing on both sides. A trick of singing a red face and a singing white face, more than that, not to mention that the people of the Jiang family are originally a strong hand? Song Meiling and Chiang Ching-kuo are not related by blood, does she really have so much influence to influence or decide Chiang Ching-kuo's opinions? I am afraid that only Deng Xiaoping and Liao Chengzhi, who know them very well, can clearly see the hook.
Chiang Ching-kuo's reply, Deng Xiaoping and Liao Chengzhi saw clearly. So next, US President Carter bypassed Chiang Ching-kuo and secretly negotiated with Deng Xiaoping to establish diplomatic relations, so that Chiang Ching-kuo had a little sober view of the current world situation.
Then the mainland proposed to liberalize cross-strait exchanges, and Chiang Ching-kuo, through his intermediary Lee Kuan Yew, saw clearly that the world trend was unstoppable, so he agreed. Chiang Ching-kuo's promise to liberalize the foothold of cross-strait exchanges is that he feels that Taiwan's development is very good, and that there is a kind of small island-style small fortune, that he thinks that the "western bourgeois dictatorship's cruel oppression of the proletariat and the successful brainwashing of democracy" that he emulates is very successful, and that people in the Taiwan Strait will feel envious, so he has confidently strengthened cross-strait economic exchanges and cultural exchanges.
As for a person like Chiang Ching-kuo, he does not necessarily want to follow the wishes of the entire Chinese people to promote peaceful reunification of the two sides of the strait, but he has a deeper plan. Either the west wind overwhelmed the east wind, or the east wind overwhelmed the west wind, and Jiang Jing's heart may feel that he is the wind that prevails, so he is willing to cooperate with the next step. People's hearts are unpredictable and cannot be guessed. Chiang Ching-kuo's speculative psychology also affected the people who spoke later.
The responses of Chiang Ching-kuo and Soong Mei-ling, Deng Xiaoping, were clear and clear. What they were thinking, Deng Xiaoping and Liao Chengzhi and others were also clear. But as Liao Chengzhi said, everything is based on the overall situation of the country, personal grievances and small calculations of some people's speculation can be ignored.
Political games have always been like this, grasping the big and letting go of the small, each with careful thoughts to play their own plays. Deng Xiaoping and Liao Chengzhi and others were able to rub sand in their eyes for the sake of national unity and prosperity, and the prime minister could hold a boat in his belly, not to mention Deng Xiaoping, a person with great ambitions and taking the world as his own responsibility? The country lives and dies, "I will live up to the people without myself"!
Chiang Ching-kuo's death in 1988 delayed the third cooperation plan proposed by Comrade Deng Xiaoping and the great cause of the motherland. After Chiang Ching-kuo's death, there was really not much time left for Xiao Qingxing. The east is red, and the sun is rising, so that the world can see all the charms. Whether it is Ye Lang's arrogance and blindness, or "confessing to the thief as a father" to attract foreign ghosts, it is a senseless little trick. Those who go against the tide will be photographed dead on the beach. The trend of history is unstoppable, the world is one, and the four seas are returned to the heart!
The Chinese nation will surely usher in rejuvenation!