Between 1933 and 1944, the northwestern warlord Sheng Shicai began his 11-year rule over Xinjiang, and during his presidency of Xinjiang, he single-handedly controlled the military and political power in Xinjiang, using iron-blooded means to exclude dissidents, and was known as the "King of Xinjiang". However, the former "King of Xinjiang" gradually rebelled after 1944 and fled to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek after 1949. Today, we will talk about the story of sheng shicai, the "king of Xinjiang", what is his final ending?
Born in 1892, Sheng Shicai is a native of Kaiyuan, Liaoning Province, with a modest family and many brothers and sisters. Although the Sheng family had general conditions, they attached great importance to education, and Sheng Shicai successfully completed his studies and went to Japan to study in 1917.
During his study in Japan, he gained insight from Sheng Shicai, who realized that reading could not change China, so he abandoned his pen and entered the Yunnan Army Martial Arts School. After graduating from the Yunnan Army Martial Arts School, Sheng Shi returned to his hometown in the northeast and entered Zhang Zuolin's Fengjun post. Because Sheng Shicai received cultural education, Zhang Zuolin attached great importance to him and even sent him to the Japanese Army University to study.
In 1927, When Sheng Shicai returned from Japan, he thought that his status as an international student would be valued by various warlords, but he did not expect to be greeted by a basin of cold water. After returning to China, Sheng Shi became He Yaozu's subordinate, but he was not taken very seriously, which made Sheng Shicai depressed all day, and eventually he decided to leave He Yaozu.
1929 was a crucial year for Sheng Shicai, who defected to Lu Xiaozu, the secretary general of the Xinjiang government. After that, he followed Lu Xiaozu into Xinjiang and was appointed by jin shuren, the chairman of Xinjiang at the time, as the chief instructor of the Xinjiang Army Officer School, to cultivate militarized talents for Jin Shuren.
Sheng Shicai was the chief instructor of the Army School, and he received a systematic military education, so he gradually established his prestige in the process of excluding dissidents for Jin Shuren. After Xinjiang chairman Jin Shuren went to the field, Sheng Shicai became the actual controller of Xinjiang because of his military power, and in 1933 he achieved the highest ruling position in Xinjiang. From 1933 until 1944, Sheng Shi held the military and political power in Xinjiang for 11 years, and he was also known as the "King of Xinjiang".
Xinjiang's geographical location is relatively close to the Soviet Union, and Sheng Shicai's foundation after taking power in Xinjiang is not solid, and he urgently needs to find a backer. In this way, Sheng Shi surrendered to the Soviet Union. However, after really waiting for the prosperous world to gain a firm foothold, he turned against the Soviet Union and turned to the Kuomintang. In this process, Sheng Shicai excluded a large number of dissidents, creating a tragic case in Xinjiang in which many people were indignant, and Sheng Shicai eventually swallowed the bitter fruit because of too many enemies.
In 1944, Sheng Shicai rebelled, and the Soviet Union at that time also demanded that the Kuomintang government depose Sheng Shicai through diplomatic means. The Soviet Union gave the voice that only by deposing Sheng Shi could Sino-Soviet relations be improved. Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to transfer Sheng Shicai out of Xinjiang and make him minister of agriculture and forestry.
It is said that when Sheng Shicai left Xinjiang, he loaded more than 50 large cars with his looted wealth, but because he was too ostentatious, he eventually robbed all of his wealth. Although Sheng Shicai was helpless, he had no military power at that time, and he could only sigh with joy.
In 1949, Sheng Shicai fled to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek, and after Sheng Shicai arrived in Taiwan, he was appointed by Chiang Kai-shek as a "national policy adviser to the Presidential Palace" and other false positions. However, because he made too many enemies during his time on the mainland, he was always attacked by others after he arrived in Taiwan. Although Chiang Kai-shek deliberately favored Sheng Shicai, he could not go too far in the end, and Sheng Shicai was therefore depressed in Taiwan.
Although Sheng Shicai has too many enemies, Chiang Kai-shek has always remembered the good of Sheng Shicai. Because Chiang Kai-shek believed that Sheng Shicai's ability to run Xinjiang well during that special period was a great achievement, Chiang Kai-shek always protected Sheng Shicai, and even specially arranged a platoon of soldiers for Sheng Shicai in Taiwan to protect his safety.
Because of his political inaction, Sheng Shicai could only turn to business, but he was always depressed and missed his hometown in his later years. In 1970, Sheng Shicai died of illness in Taipei at the age of 78.