Gui Yongqing, a major general in Chiang Kai-shek's hands, and those who came into contact with him, had the same evaluation of him: arrogant and domineering, poisonous and cruel. From the fact that he helped Chiang Kai-shek in the Qijiang massacre and brutally killed hundreds of Communists, it can be seen that the evaluation is quite in place.
Originally, under Chiang Kai-shek's hands, he could sing all the way, but because of an incident by Tang Enbo, his fate changed. In 1948, Gui Yongqing was doing defense work in Shanghai, and he discovered a big secret related to Tang Enbo - Tang Enbo coveted a large amount of military funds and secretly sent them to the United States.
Before this, Gui Yongqing only knew about Tang Enbo's hundreds of thousands of troops, and the military discipline was very poor, but he had never heard of Tang Enbo's corruption. After learning about this, he was also shocked that the war in Shanghai was so tight, and Tang Enbo had done such a dirty thing.
In view of Tang Enbo's high authority and the fact that he was a red man around Chiang Kai-shek, Gui Yongqing did not dare to report the matter to Chiang Kai-shek even if he had opinions in his heart. He knew in his heart that Tang Enbo did not have confidence in the Kuomintang regime, and that he was looking for a way back for himself.
However, this matter has created ripples in Gui Yongqing's heart, Tang Enbo dares to do this, why can't I? Moreover, the navy he controls is also very good at collecting money, seeing the timing and taking advantage of the opportunity to salvage a sum.
In March 1950, Chiang Kai-shek was reinstated in Taiwan and began to manipulate political trends from the front.
The main reason why the millions of troops were rapidly routing on the mainland was that the control of the army was not strong, and the combat effectiveness was too poor, especially the officers and men were greedy for life and afraid of death, and they did not know why they fought.
If we want to change this situation, we must set up political and war organs within the troops at all levels.
In the past, the Kuomintang troops generally had the final say with the "long", and since there were political and combat personnel in the troops, some things with the "long" did not work, and the political and combat personnel were also required to nod. The military commanders of the troops always felt that the political and war personnel were getting in the way, so they fortified them everywhere, deeply afraid that they would make small reports upwards.
In particular, the petty officers, who usually have greedy behavior, deeply resent political and war personnel.
Back, we continue to say that Gui Yongqing, after he came to Taiwan, he made the navy an independent kingdom, it is difficult for outsiders to intervene in it, even some executives of the Ministry of National Defense, he did not buy it, offended a large number of people.
From 1949 onwards, he learned from Theon Bo's experience, began to withhold a part of the military expenditure, set up a small treasury within the navy, and was also nepotistic in the military.
When Chiang Ching-kuo, who sent political and war personnel, came to the navy, Gui Yongqing thought that he was spying on him and had been lukewarm toward them. After the politicians came to the Navy, they found many problems, from management to military training, and quickly came up with a formal and standardized correction plan.
What surprised the political and war personnel even more was that the Navy's system of paying salaries and issuing goods was very imperfect, and problems of size did not occur in time, and many major accidents occurred, which were not known at all.
Moreover, the "secrecy" system of the Navy's temporal department is not good, and many officers and men often complain and are very pessimistic about Taiwan's future, and even some soldiers have even publicly criticized the corruption and incompetence of the four major families. Such rhetoric, in other forces, is unthinkable.
Political and war personnel reported many things to the Navy, and soon the punishment came down, leaving everyone in the Navy's officers and men to endanger themselves. And most of those who were punished were Gui Yongqing's cronies, who went to him one after another to cry out for his grievances and let him not tire of it. In order to cope with the conflicts between the various fleets and the political and war personnel, Gui Yongqing took great pains.
To this end, he often publicly complained and spread dissatisfaction with political fighters.
In January 1952, a political fighter made another small report, and clashed with Gui Yongqing's cronies, the two wrestled together, the political fighter was beaten to the nose and blue face, if it were not for someone to persuade him, almost a gun battle.
The political and war personnel who were beaten were naturally dissatisfied, and while reporting to their superiors, they complained to Gui Yongqing.
Because Gui Yongqing's troops did not cooperate with the political and war personnel, they could only report to Chiang Ching-kuo in the end. At that time, Chiang Ching-kuo thought that with his status as a "prince", Gui Yongqing would definitely buy it. When the two men met, although Gui Yongqing was outwardly enthusiastic, when it came to political and combat personnel, he did not want to let them go at all, and even suggested that Chiang Ching-kuo report to Chiang Kai-shek and cancel the setup of political and combat personnel.
Soon, Gui Yongqing was reprimanded by Chiang Kai-shek.
However, Chiang Ching-kuo has already made a decision to replace Gui Yongqing in order to make the political and war personnel show their hands and feet. On April 2, 1952, Chiang Kai-shek asked Gui Yongqing to resign as commander-in-chief of the Navy. Gui Yongqing had no choice but to submit his resignation.
In this way, gui Yongqing was hung out by Chiang Kai-shek for a year, and in 1954, Gui Yongqing was promoted to admiral of the first class of the navy.
It was this promotion that caused panic among a large number of people in the Navy!
Therefore, this gang risked their lives to report to Chiang Kai-shek's father and son through special channels, and during his tenure as commander of the navy, Gui Yongqing used the purchase of warships and parts to skillfully seize and plunder, and embezzled a large amount of military funds.
Chiang Kai-shek immediately sent someone to the navy to investigate, and when Gui Yongqing learned of this, he was very panicked, and once the problem of corruption was exposed, Chiang Kai-shek's father and son would certainly not spare him. After some investigation, Gui Yongqing did indeed embezzle a lot of money during his tenure.
It turned out that Gui Yongqing found that Tang Enbo was greedy for a large amount of military expenses, and after remitting it to the United States, he did not receive punishment, so he was greedy and felt that he could also take advantage of the opportunity to fish, so unconsciously, he remitted money to the United States again and again as his pension money.
On April 12, 1954, Gui Yongqing finally felt desperate because of excessive nervousness and committed suicide at home.