Chapter 54 Chapter Eleven: Father and Son on the Isolated Island

Section 1 Desperation and Subjugation Chiang Kai-shek's resignation was out of necessity. At home, Xu Bang suffered a disastrous defeat, losing all his elite, and his power base was severely impacted; abroad, American President Truman was indifferent, and Song Meiling visited abroad without any achievements.The situation at home and abroad has been greatly unfavorable, and calls for peace talks are rampant. However, how can Chiang Kai-shek have the audacity to talk with the Communist Party again?So I had to ask Li Zongren to stand up.However, this commoner who stepped down from the field was able to evade the power of the "acting president" and still exercise the real power of the "president" with the title of president. As soon as the peace talks broke down, the Communist army crossed the Yangtze River on April 21, 1949. Within two days, Nanjing was liberated.American Ambassador Stuart, who was pro-Chiang, deliberately refused to leave, intending to have a dialogue with the CCP. As expected, he met Huang Hua of Yenching, and learned that Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai welcomed him to visit Ping An in a private capacity. Failed due to objections from the U.S. State Department.But Situ insisted not to go to Guangzhou, and flew directly from Nanjing to Washington to report on his duties, ending his ambassadorial career (see Rea & Brewer ed., the Forgotten Ambassador, pp. 316-317, 325, 333, 341). Obviously unwilling to carry the sedan chair for Chiang Kai-shek anymore.When Chiang Kai-shek learned that Nanjing had changed hands, he decided to leave Xikou the next afternoon.

The farewell on April 25 was actually the hometown of Jiang and his son.In Jiang Jingguo's diary on this day, he clearly had a premonition: "Xikou is where the tomb of the ancestors is. Once we leave today, I will feel so sad that I can't describe it in words." Jiang's father and son arrived in the afternoon Tuanhou Village in the northeast corner of Ninghai County entered the sea, first by bamboo raft, then by motorboat, and boarded the long-awaited Taikang ship. (See Wang Shunqi's "The Story of Chiang Kai-shek's Retirement from Xikou", contained in "Debunking Chiang Kai-shek", pages 545-547)

The Taikang ship sent Chiang Kai-shek to Shanghai, summoned officers below Tang Enbo to give lectures, and said that he would personally command the Great Shanghai Defense War, and once again talked about living and dying with the city. After escaping, he flew to Taiwan from Magong, Penghu, and landed in Kaohsiung on June 1.At that time, Jiang had already become a frightened bird, but he dared not get off the plane after landing.General Sun Liren told Wang Rongzu himself in his later years that he had personally boarded the plane and reported to Jiang, "Here are all our own people", and Jiang got off the plane.After a few days of rest, I moved to Taipei Caoshan No. 1 Hotel to live.According to the recollections of Zhao Bingyu, head of the guard’s special security group, Lieutenant Colonel, Jiang heard that it was Caoshan, and lost his temper. Not reconciled to “falling into grass and turning into bandits”, Jiang ordered the name to be changed to “Yangmingshan”. (See "Reminiscences of Following Chiang Kai-shek's Fleeing to Taiwan", contained in "Debunking Chiang Kai-shek", p. 562) At that time, the important towns in Fujian and Guangdong were successively occupied by the Communist army, and the February 28th Incident in Taiwan took place only two years ago. A sense of precarity.

In order to stabilize the interior, Chiang Kai-shek, in the name of the president of the Kuomintang, set up a different office for command, dispatch and security.Externally, President Verino, who visited the Philippines in July, and President Syngman Rhee, who visited South Korea in August, wanted to form an international anti-communist alliance.But because US Secretary of State Acheson was not interested, it ended without a problem. (See Crozier? Xun The Man Who Lost China, p. 340) However, he has at least temporarily gained a firm foothold in Taipei. The Nationalist Government in Guangzhou had no way to "get involved".

In mid-July, Yan Xishan followed He Yingqin to "form a cabinet" in Guangzhou, planning to stick to southern Hunan and northern Guangdong to keep Guangdong.At this time, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly led a large number of entourages from Taipei to Guangzhou, and approved the establishment of the "Central Extraordinary Committee" in the name of the Kuomintang Central Standing Committee.This organization obviously became the Supreme Government, holding the highest power and directly controlling the party, government, military, and economic power.Although Jiang has not been reinstated, the "Extraordinary Committee" is presided over by him, and everything has been returned to his personal dictatorship. In terms of finance, he controlled the deposit of Taiwan money, so that the Guangzhou government couldn't get what it wanted, and it was hard to cope with it. It still inevitably caused food shortages and inflation for the army.What is even more obvious is that he can be a "civilian" and order Tang Enbo to dismiss Zhu Shaoliang, the chairman of Fujian Province, with a warrant, and immediately escort him to Taiwan, which is tantamount to kidnapping. Going alone doesn't even care about the legal system.

Chiang Kai-shek transferred the soldiers away, withheld the money in Taipei, and destroyed the deployment of the defense of Guangdong and Guangxi, which made the Cantonese generals very angry. After all, Li Zongren, who is loyal and loyal, is unwilling to "treat him in the same way". (Refer to "Memoirs of Li Zongren", pages 654-655) In fact, "the way of his people" is to disrupt the government and destroy military deployment. How can a fair trial be "merely getting a bad name"? At this critical juncture, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to separate Li (Zongren) and Bai (Chongxi).The Bai family was eager to oppose the Communist Party, and even more eager to defend Guangdong and Guangxi. After some encouragement from Jiang, he was moved with emotion, and Bai completely let go of his previous suspicions.In the end, Bai Chongxi obviously mistrusted Chiang Kai-shek's "sincerity" in his late arrival, and after failing, he went to Taiwan to share hardships with Chiang.

Before the Guangzhou retreat, Li Zongren couldn't bear it anymore, invited Chiang Kai-shek, gave him a severe lesson, and counted his past mistakes and sins.Jiang seemed "nervous and embarrassed" at first, then "no no no no", and then "complexion turned relaxed", which surprised Li Da. It's "apologizing with a smile". (See "Li Zongren's Memoirs", p. 660) This abnormality and the performance that is categorically opposite to his character may not be as Li Zongren said, because he used the name of the head of state to subdue the domineering Jiang all his life, and it is likely because no one has been there for many years. Dare to criticize in front of him, and the sudden "severe lesson" surprised him at first, and then felt fresh.Mrs. Lee came prepared, and the evidence presented was unquestionable, which made the sixty-two-year-old Chiang Kai-shek feel ashamed and feel relieved after being reprimanded.Of course, this is far from changing his past mistakes. After all, Chiang Kai-shek was still domineering to death.

On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong announced the establishment of the People's Republic of China. On the 12th of the same month, the Communist Army approached the suburbs of Guangzhou, and the "National Government" moved to Chongqing.Chiang Kai-shek's direct troops took over the defense of Sichuan. Li Zongren was afraid of being forced to enter or even losing his freedom, so he decided to go abroad for medical treatment and left Chongqing on November 13.The next day, Jiang Feiyu wanted to deploy the Southwest Defense War, but the morale of the army and the people had already been weakened. On the 29th of the same month, the sound of gunfire was heard in Chongqing.Chiang Kai-shek and his son were in the dangerous city, although there was a special plane "Meiling" waiting for them, they still had an unusual experience of fleeing.Chiang Ching-kuo said in the article "An Ordinary Great Man" that Chiang Kai-shek "got up and rushed to the airport" and there was no obstacle along the way. He said that when "the car walked halfway, the street was already crowded with fleeing people, and the water was blocked. Unable to pass, my father had to get out of the car and walk back to the apartment."Obviously the destination of the walk back is "apartment" rather than "airport".Dong Xianguang said the same in "The Biography of President Jiang".However, Chiang Ching-kuo said in his article "The Autumn of Critical Survival" that "at ten o'clock in the afternoon, gunshots erupted behind the forest garden, so I had no choice but to tell my father the truth, hoping to leave this dangerous area soon. At the same time, Luo Guangwen came back from the front to report, It is known that its army has been dispersed by the bandits. And the sound of explosions from various arsenals around it is continuous. At this time, in front of the cave and forest garden, cars are crowded, roads are impassable, and the chaos is unprecedented. Therefore, we can no longer procrastinate, but Decided to go camping at the airport. On the way, there were traffic jams three times and he couldn’t move forward. My father had no choice but to get out of the car and walk. Hindered.

After Chiang Kai-shek's death, the Kuomintang "Central Daily" published the book "The Spirit of Leadership Is Ever New", and included Qin Xiaoyi's article "President Chiang's Thoughts, Life, and Management", which said: The leader's actions are usually for the sake of safety. Although he is escorted by a car, he is mobile and simple.Except for the etiquette necessary for the military parade, motorcycles, sirens, and military police have never been used to clear the way. When Chongqing was in a critical situation, the vehicles were congested and it was difficult to move. But after knowing that it was the leader's car, everyone automatically moved in the difficult time. Get out of the way.He really carried out what he thought since he was a child that "the president should be the same as the common people".

According to Qin Xiaoyi, it is true to admit that there were obstacles along the way, but it was not Jiang Jingguo who said that "father had no choice but to get out of the car and walk", but did not get out of the car at all.Why didn't you get out of the car?Because "after knowing that it is the leader's car, everyone will automatically give way in difficult situations."The fact that the flood of refugees who are blocking the way will "get out of the way automatically" is by no means in line with the principles and common sense of fleeing.In any case, Jiang and his son finally got away.They set off at "ten o'clock in the afternoon" and "arrived at the airport, it was already midnight".During these two hours, "the road was blocked by vehicles three times and could not move forward. My father had no choice but to get out of the car and walk. After passing, he changed to a jeep to move forward."Is it true?Or what Qin Xiaoyi said, Chiang Kai-shek has been sitting in the car, did not get out of the car to walk?

From the "Records of Mourning for Mr. Renfeng, the Former Admiral of Mao", we saw that Wang Puchen had an article "Mourning for Mr. Mao", saying that "special technology was used" to get Chiang Kai-shek to the airport. The article clearly stated that "it is the leader's car I can't pass through", but if it is really what Chiang Ching-kuo said, "get off the car and walk", walking is walking, can walking be called "special technology"?It can be seen from this that this "special technology" is probably invisible to people, right?I'm afraid it's not appropriate to spread the history, right? During the "Battle of Xu Bang", Hu Lian, a general of the Kuomintang, fled. His "special technology" was to "break through" with chariot company commander Gan Yisan, deputy company commander Zhou Mingqin and others. What a majestic thing a chariot is , Nothing can stop it, it will crush anyone it sees, it deserves it, and finally the "breakthrough" is successful.I don't know if Mao Renfeng's "special technology" is a chariot at all.If not a chariot, what would it be?The "Jiang Jingguo Biography" in Jiangnan said: "When the Sino-American special plane driven by Yi Fuen was in the air, the People's Liberation Army crossing the river from the mouth of the river was only ten kilometers away from the Baishiyi Airport in Chongqing, and the wartime capital fell half an hour later." With "special technology", any hero can calmly escape half an hour ago. ——“Special technology” is too big? Take the old saying “one general will succeed and ten thousand bones will perish”, but how many souls will Jiang get rid of? After Chiang Kai-shek was released, he flew to Chengdu and moved the "national government" to Taipei on December 7. Three days later, he fled back to Taipei and bid farewell to the mainland forever.Since then, Taipei has become a safe area for the small imperial court. The KMT wants to say it, but it is embarrassed to call Taipei the "capital" after losing Nanjing. However, in order to maintain the illusion of the small imperial court, it calls Taipei the "capital". extremely necessary.What to do about this?In desperation, they had no choice but to fabricate foreign news, saying that overseas Chinese returned from all over the world, and regarded Taipei as the "capital".Looking back at Chinese history, in the 640 years before and after the Shang Dynasty, the capital was only moved twelve times; in the 289 years of the Tang Dynasty, the capital was only moved five times.The Shang Dynasty moved the capital once every fifty-three years on average, and the Tang Dynasty was relatively dense, but Tang Xuanzong and Tang Dezong returned within a year after leaving the capital; Tang Daizong returned within half a year after leaving the capital; Tang Zhaozong returned within two years after leaving the capital; Tang Xizong, who was the longest, left the capital and returned within five years.And they are shared by the five emperors, unlike the Jiang regime that has moved the "capital", "travel capital" and "accompanying capital" continuously for more than 20 years, forming an unprecedented scene. In addition to his desperation, Chiang Kai-shek declared himself subjugated.On March 13, 1950, he talked about "The Mission and Purpose of Reinstatement" at "Yangming Mountain Villa". There is this passage: Since I resigned in January last year, by the end of the year, it had been less than a year, and all the provinces on the mainland had fallen.Today we have really reached the point of subjugation? However, the people who come to Taiwan today, regardless of whether they are civil or military officials, do not seem to feel the pain of subjugation. In terms of psychology and attitude, they are still the same as in the past on the mainland. Knowing the rights of individuals, disregarding the future of the party and the country.If things go on like this, even the last base—Taiwan—will not be guaranteed? So I would like to remind everyone today that our Republic of China has perished with the fall of the mainland by the end of last year? We are all accomplished today. Wouldn't it be painful to kill the subjugated people without realizing it?If we ordinary comrades still have integrity and blood today, then we should make "restoring the Republic of China" our common goal in the future. (Complete Works of the Former President Chiang Kai-shek, page 1956) Chiang Kai-shek made it very clear: "The Republic of China" was "destroyed" as early as "the end of last year (1949). If this is not "destruction of the country", what is it?It is a pity that it may be necessary to flee to a remote island to subjugate the country.At that time, Chen Bulei once looked around the magnificence of Zhongshan, longing to go back to seclusion or to be buried in Jiming Temple or Linggu Temple (see Tao Yongbiao's "Corpse Remonstrance-Chiang Kai-shek Secretary Chen Bulei's Suicide History", April 1983 "70s 》) Sure enough, on the eve of the loss of Nanjing, he tragically committed suicide.Linggu Temple and Jiming Temple are famous temples of the Six Dynasties.Linggu Temple was built by Zen Master Baozhi during the Yuanjia period (fifth century) of Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty. It was originally called Daolin Temple.In the thirteenth year of Tianjian (514) of Emperor Wu of Liang, he asked Yu Zhigong about the survival of the country. The public's prophecy came true, and he hurriedly replaced the wooden pagoda with a stone pagoda to prevent the pagoda from breaking down.The place where Emperor Wu of Liang starved to death was near Jiming Temple. Jiming Temple was the former site of Tongtai Temple at that time. To the east of the temple, there is a slope leading to the city, commonly known as Taicheng, where the 86-year-old Emperor Wu of Liang died for his country.Chen Bulei chose these two ancient temples to express his love, linger, and die in Nanjing. He really chose by coincidence? He chose Linggu Temple in Song Dynasty and said: "The six emperors' gardens fell into ashes, and Cui Wei was buried in Linggu alone. Pedestrians pointed to the cranes in the clouds, calling Qi and Liang back in a dream.” In fact, the Jiang regime in Nanjing was not as good as the Six Dynasties that had “fallen into ashes”, because at least the Six Dynasties were still “subjugated” in place, and the Jiang regime would even “subjugate” died on the island. "Republic of China" was originally the name of the country, a name given by the "learned revolutionist" Zhang Taiyan.In 1928, Chiang Kai-shek made Nanjing his capital, moved the capital, changed the national anthem, changed the national flag, changed the political system, and became a one-party dictatorship.Zhang Taiyan publicly stated that the Republic of China had perished, and called himself a "survivor of the Republic of China".Therefore, the "Republic of China" of the Kuomintang is actually the second republic.In 1949, Mao Zedong established the capital in Beijing and established the "People's Republic of China", which is the rise of the Third Republic to replace the dead Second Republic.Chiang Kai-shek also claimed to have subjugated the country more than five months after the founding of the country by Mao Zedong, and Professor Xiao Gongquan, who had been missing for thousands of miles, also called himself a "doctor of the subjugated country" overseas.The most incredible thing is that after Chiang Kai-shek was in exile and after the country was subjugated, he not only refused to punish himself, but actually promoted himself to a five-star general and married Mai Shuai.It should be unprecedented in history to lose the country and become a commander-in-chief, right?