<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="18" > the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan and the outbreak of the War of Liberation</h1>
In September 1945, under the strong pressure of the anti-fascist countries of the world, the Japanese representative finally signed the instrument of surrender, and the war of aggression against China finally ended in the national war of resistance. When the claws of fascism withdrew from the central plains, the two parties, which had originally cooperated and won-win results, had a gap from this moment, and the selfish intentions of the Kuomintang were gradually exposed, and the people of Li once again endured the pain of war.
On the surface, Chiang Kai-shek actively invited representatives of our party to Chongqing to discuss the relations and development between the two parties in the future. The consultation lasted for more than ten days, and the representatives of the two parties conducted very comprehensive and specific consultations on various aspects of the two sides, and finally on October 10 of the same year, the representatives of the two parties signed an agreement, which is known as the Double Tenth Agreement.
But how could the ambitious and hypocritical Kuomintang be willing to live peacefully with the Communist Party in the Central Plains; from the very beginning, the Kuomintang hid the despicable idea of eliminating and weakening the Chinese Communist Party, and wanted to use sugar-coated shells to seize the leadership of the Chinese nation and satisfy Chiang Kai-shek's own selfish desires.
After signing the agreement in a hypocritical manner, the Kuomintang privately and actively made military preparations for a civil war, waiting for the support of foreign forces. Finally, with the support of US imperialism, the Kuomintang reactionaries headed by Chiang Kai-shek tore up all the peace agreements they had signed with our Party, changed their original harmony and good looks, and aimed their guns at the Communist Party. The Communist Party did not sit still, on the contrary, we had long anticipated the shameless face of the Kuomintang, so we actively launched a counterattack. Thus began the War of Liberation.
Among them, the most famous were the provincial chairmen of the five national names party, who heroically revolted, chose to follow the Chinese Communist Party at a crucial time, and made indelible and great contributions in promoting the victory of the War of Liberation. So what is the end of these five Kuomintang provincial chairmen, let us go into the second half of their lives to find the answer.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="63" > Chengqian: Chairman of Hunan Province</h1>
First of all, the first provincial chairman of the Guoming Party we talked about was Cheng Qian, who served as chairman of Hunan Province. In 1882, Cheng Qian was born in Liling, Hunan. Cheng Qian was brilliant since childhood, and at the age of sixteen, he won xiucai, and then entered a private school. However, when he learned about the precarious situation at home and abroad, Cheng Qian resolutely gave up the imperial examination and wanted to participate in the revolution to save China.
Cheng Dive
Cheng Qian closely followed Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary path and became one of the early members of the League, and Sun Yat-sen also assigned him direct assignments on many occasions. However, during his tenure in the Nationalist government, Cheng Qian was always suppressed by Chiang Kai-shek and others, for no other reason than cheng qian, who was too good and would always block the way for some people to climb up. In the face of the crazy suppression from others, Cheng Qian had no choice but to leave the dispute in the center of the Kuomintang and return to Hunan Province as the chairman.
In 1949, the Kuomintang tore up the peace pact, and the two parties officially turned against each other. Cheng Qian, who was in Hunan, thought twice and decided to negotiate peace with the Communist Party of China, and after more than ten days of rigorous consultation, he signed an agreement with the Communist party representatives on August 3 to peacefully liberate Hunan. The second time, he led his troops to a peaceful uprising in Changsha, and most of Hunan was peacefully liberated from the spread of war.
After the Liberation War, Chairman Mao, who was from Hunan with Cheng Qian, attached great importance to him. At that time, New China had just been established, and it was still difficult to build. Chairman Mao took into account that Cheng Qian still had some old departments in the Kuomintang before, and in order to allow him to solve the problem of negotiations between him and his old department with peace of mind, he also specially approved cheng qian's additional expenses every month, and did not make any restrictions on his use, so that Cheng Qian could not be needed from time to time.
In addition, when Cheng Qian got up from Hunan and came to Beijing, Chairman Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai were particularly welcome to receive him. After learning that Cheng Qian was holding many important positions in our party, Chairman Mao also asked the staff to prepare two houses for Cheng Qian. One is in Beijing, where Cheng can live while working; the other is in Changsha, where he can often go back and live if he is homesick. And also instructed the staff not to let the other party do specific laborious and laborious work, you can participate in the management of major events.
Cheng Qian in his later years
Cheng Qian worked and lived healthily under the care of Chairman Mao until January 1968. Later, Cheng Qian was admitted to the hospital because of a fracture caused by a accidental fall. Unfortunately, Cheng Xiang was hospitalized and he eventually died in Beijing due to massive bleeding from pneumonia.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="33" > Liu Wenhui: Chairman of Xikang Province</h1>
In 1895, Liu Wenhui was born in Dayi, Sichuan. Liu Wenhui was brilliant when he was young, and when he was thirteen years old, Liu Wenhui admitted himself with an out-of-topic but inspiring conversation that made the then Chengdu Army Principal admit him. After that, he was sent all the way to the military academies in Xi'an, Beijing and Baoding for his excellent results.
Liu Wenhui
For the next 10 or 20 years, Liu Wenhui was in charge of Sichuan Province and Xikang Province until he opposed Chiang Kai-shek. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek's strength was too large, and in order to survive, Liu Wenhui began to "pro-communist." During the Liberation War, Liu Wenhui no longer concealed it, directly joined hands with the Communist Party to resist Chiang Kai-shek, and made indelible contributions to the liberation of Sichuan Province in Xikang Province and even to the liberation of all of China.
In 1959, Liu Wenhui was appointed minister of forestry by the central government. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, China's self-environment was seriously damaged, so at present, the restoration of the natural ecological environment is extremely important and cannot be delayed any longer. After taking office, Liu Wenhui went to Jiangxi and other places to investigate forestry observations many times, and made many contributions to China's forestry restoration and construction.
Liu Wenhui in his later years
At that time, the central responsible persons represented by Premier Zhou were very concerned about these soldiers like Liu Wenhui who had previously served the Kuomintang and eventually returned to the Communist Party, and often comforted them. In early 1976, after Liu Wenhui, who was suffering from cancer, learned of the death of Premier Zhou Enlai, he did not care about his own situation, but was directly carried on a stretcher to see Premier Zhou for the last time and bid farewell to the other party. On June 24 of the same year, Liu Wenhui, whose condition deteriorated, finally failed to defeat cancer and eventually died in Beijing at the age of 82.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="39" > Dong Qiwu: Chairman of Suiyuan Province</h1>
In 1899, Dong Qiwu was born in Hejin, Shanxi. At the age of twenty, Dong Qiwu went to Taiyuan to study in the Cadet Corps. In 1924, Dong Qiwu began his military career in the Kuomintang army, and it was not until four years later that he officially joined the Kuomintang, and then fought for the Kuomintang in the agrarian revolution and the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Dong Qiwu
During the Liberation War, Dong Qiwu was serving as chairman of the Suiyuan Provincial Government of the Kuomintang. Unlike Cheng Qian, who was tripped up everywhere in his career, Dong Qiwu followed Fu Zuoyi very early, so the road was smooth and the future was very good, and in the end he did become the chairman of Suiyuan Province. However, in the face of the increasingly corrupt and dictatorial rule and increasingly cruel methods of the entire National Name Party, Dong Qiwu was not affected by the future of his personal career. After Tianjin and Beiping were liberated by the Communists, Dong Qiwu decided to accept the Proposal of the Communist Party of China for the peaceful liberation of the Suiyuan region and began to prepare for a peaceful uprising.
On September 19, 1949, Dong Qiwu led more than 40,000 Kuomintang people in Suiyuan Province to revolt and achieved the peaceful liberation of Suiyuan Province.
After the founding of New China, Dong Qiwu was highly valued by his superiors and held a series of important positions. In all positions, Dong Qiwu has won very outstanding achievements. In 1951, Dong Qiwu was appointed commander of the 23rd Corps of the Chinese Volunteer Army, and together with Peng Dehuai, led the army to the Korean battlefield to support the operation.
At that time, his main task was to be responsible for the construction of three airports in Taichuan, Yuanli and Nanshi, and at the same time, he was also responsible for the vigilance of the rear. Although the ROK army at that time, with the support of US imperialism, was well armed and fierce, Dong Qiwu resisted the pressure of the war situation and built three airfields in just three months, and the quality was not short of two pounds and two pounds because of time and war, but on the contrary, the quality and quantity were guaranteed, and the construction was very good.
After the victory of the Korean War, Dong Qiwu was awarded the Order of Freedom and Independence of the Second Class by the Chairman of the Permanent Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of founding general at the ceremony and awarded the Order of Liberation first class. In 1980, at the age of 81, Dong Qiwu officially joined the Communist Party of China.
Dong Qiwu in his later years
Eight years later, Dong Qiwu, who was ninety years old, died in Beijing.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="46" > Tao Zhiyue: Chairman of Xinjiang Province</h1>
The fourth protagonist is Tao Zhiyue, born in 1892 in Ningxiang, Hunan. He began his studies at the Military Academy in 1907. The trajectory of his life after that also mainly revolved around the military. During the agrarian revolution in 1927, Tao Zhiyue officially joined the Kuomintang and began to serve the Kuomintang, leading the army to fight during the agrarian revolution and the War of Resistance Against Japan.
Tao ZhiYue
During the Liberation War, Tao Zhiyue accepted the invitation of Zhang Zhizhong, director of the Kuomintang's northwestern camp, to go to Xinjiang and serve as chairman of the Xinjiang provincial government. Soon after taking office, Chiang Kai-shek proposed to Tao Zhiyue that he lead Xinjiang into the civil war, but Tao Zhiyue did not want Xinjiang to fall into war. So he found an excuse to successfully conceal Chiang Kai-shek, while at the same time secretly plotting how to liberate Xinjiang peacefully.
In September 1949, Tao Zhiyue led 100,000 Kuomintang soldiers stationed in Xinjiang to surrender to the Chinese Communist Party, and after the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang, devoted himself to Xinjiang's agricultural construction.
They planted 20,000 mu in that year, and produced more than 400 catties of seed cotton per mu, which was a full harvest year.
It can be said that Tao Zhiyue dedicated his life to Xinjiang. Finally, he returned to his hometown of Hunan and served as deputy director of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress Committee. In 1983, Tao Zhiyue became the vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Until 1988, Tao Zhiyue, who had worked hard for the country all his life, died of illness in Changsha, Hunan.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="52" > Luhan: Chairman of Yunnan Province</h1>
Unlike the previous four Kuomintang provincial chairmen, Lu Han was born in 1895 in a family of slave owners of the Yi ethnic group.
Luján
In 1912, the Republic of China was founded, and Lu Han and others, who had originally found a way out in Sichuan, followed the Dian Army back to Yunnan and entered the Yunnan Army Lecture Hall to study. After that, Lu Han naturally entered the Dian Army and began his military career.
At that time, the "King of Yunnan" was still Lu Han's cousin Long Yun, although Chiang Kai-shek attached great importance to Lu Han, dragged his cousin from the position of "King of Yunnan", and personally sent Lu Han to the "King of Yunnan". However, Lu Han did not fully trust Chiang Kai-shek, but always maintained an attitude of estrangement. Eventually, Luhan set his sights on the Communist Party.
In 1949, Lu Han, then chairman of the Yunnan provincial government, decided to lead an uprising. At 10:00 p.m. on December 9, Lu Han sent a telegram to Mao Zedong, Zhu De, and Zhou Enlai, announcing the peaceful liberation of Yunnan. In March 1950, yunnan province set up a military and political committee, with Lu Han as its director.
In fact, after joining the communist camp, Luhan also made a more serious mistake. At that time, the Communists were making every effort to arrest a Kuomintang man named Zhang Qun, who was officially a red man under Chiang Kai-shek and had a lot of important information. Lu Han and Zhang Qun happen to be friends for many years, in the face of both public and private sides, Lu Han finally softened his heart, did not report Zhang Qun's whereabouts, but sent the other party out of the country to hide.
When the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party learned of this, they were very angry at Luhan's actions. But at that time, Mao Zedong thought that Lu Han was still a rare talent, and he should not punish the other party too much for this matter. So the central government could only pick up high and gently put it down, and did not embarrass Lu Han anymore. LuHan also realized his mistake, became more and more grateful to Mao Zedong, and worked harder and harder in his future work.
After the founding of New China, Lu Han was awarded the First Class Liberation Medal and served as the chairman of the Yunnan Military and Political Committee. In May 1974, LuHan died of cancer in Beijing at the age of 79.
In general, the experiences of these five KMT chairmen in the first half of their lives were different, but after the KMT took up important positions, they woke up in time and chose to follow the Chinese Communist Party. They walked through tortuous detours, finally returned to the right path, and worked together to build a new China.
The Chinese Communist Party did not treat them strictly, but gave them as much freedom as possible, and did not reuse them because of their initial wrong decisions. Looking back on the second half of their lives now, they are also living very easily.
So it is not surprising why the Chinese Communist Party won the final victory, and they were able to reuse soldiers who had been in the hostile camp without hesitation, regardless of their previous suspicions and after clarifying the advantages of the other side. In the face of such an infinitely inclusive political party, everyone will fight together for a bright future.