Chapter 13 Sun Yat-sen's "Remembrance Week", Chiang Kai-shek asked Li Mingrui to come to Nanjing as soon as possible

The autumn of 1929 was also a period when Chiang Kai-shek was complacent.Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, and Huang Shaohong, the leaders of the Guangxi faction, had fled to Hong Kong, and Guangdong and Guangxi returned to the central government; Feng Yuxiang and Yan Xishan competed to flatter Chiang, and the Northwest Army was split;Chiang Kai-shek believed that under such a favorable situation, it was a great opportunity for him to thoroughly implement the "policy of reducing vassal vassals". In the autumn scenery, Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Soong Meiling flew to Nanjing from the summer resort of Lushan Mountain to participate in the first grand commemorative week of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang for Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum to be admired by the world after the completion of it. A day of great honor.

On March 12, 1925, Sun Yat-sen died in Beijing.At that time, the revolution was in the stage of hard struggle, and the Kuomintang had not yet won the national power.Due to limited conditions, Sun Yat-sen's body was temporarily placed in the Vajra Pagoda of Biyun Temple in Xiangshan, Beijing, and was not buried.In order to commemorate Sun Yat-sen with practical actions, realize the three major policies set by him, and complete the great cause of the Northern Expedition, the Central Committee of the Kuomintang made a decision that every Monday morning, party departments at all levels will do the Prime Minister's Memorial Week, respectfully read the will, check the work, and Seeking improvement has played a certain role.After Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the revolution, he trampled on Sun Yat-sen's three major policies, but he inherited the form of the commemorative week, but the content was completely tampered with.In addition to saluting the statue of Sun Yat-sen and reciting the will as usual, the review of shortcomings has been turned into a lecture to "rebellious officials and sons".Anyone and anything that Chiang Kai-shek thinks hinders his dictatorship will be reprimanded at the commemorative week.Then, he extended the form of commemorative week to all meetings.No matter what kind of meeting is held, you must first salute the statue of Sun Yat-sen and recite the will: "The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still have to work hard" before the meeting.Anyone who doesn't do this will be considered disloyal to Sun Yat-sen.As a result, in the capital Nanjing, the "three excesses" flooded, namely: too many commemorations, too many speeches, and too many meetings.No matter how big or small, as long as it can link Chiang Kai-shek and Sun Yat-sen, everything should be commemorated.

Before the Kuomintang held its third National Congress, it had decided to transport Sun Yat-sen's body back to Nanjing for burial.This makes perfect sense.In order to establish himself as the supreme leader of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek most needed Sun Yat-sen's prestige at this time, and of course he would not let go of this great opportunity. The Nanjing government allocated a special fund of 500,000 yuan for the construction of Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum, but the actual cost was a huge 10 million yuan.For the construction of Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, the Kuomintang authorities really took great pains, from the selection of the mausoleum site to the engineering design, they made careful arrangements.The mausoleum is located in the sun of Zijin Mountain, surrounded by mountains and lakes, with a majestic momentum and a huge project.The design of the Feng'an Hall is even more majestic, majestic and majestic.There are three gates in the main hall: the word "people's livelihood" is engraved on the front of the main gate; "National" is engraved on the left gate;The area around the mausoleum used to be a beautiful and beautiful scenic spot, but when the mausoleum was built, efforts were made to repair and beautify it, which made it even more extraordinary.

The burial date of Sun Yat-sen's body was first decided on January 1, 1929, but it was delayed because Chiang Kai-shek insisted on holding the "Three All" Congress of the Kuomintang. The war in Guizhou was delayed again and again; in May, Chiang Kai-shek defeated the Guangxi faction, so he decided that June 1 would be the burial day. On May 10, a special train was dispatched from Nanjing to welcome them, and it arrived in Peiping on the 21st.The spirit transfer ceremony in Peiping was grand and extensive for four days, and not only the army, cavalry, and air force were mobilized, but almost all the people in the city of Peiping participated in the ceremony of worshiping and seeing off the spirit. At midnight on the 25th, the coffin was carried from Xiangshan to Qianmen Station under the escort of more than 300,000 people. It took nearly 15 hours to walk, and 101 gun salutes were fired twice.It was not until 3:15 pm on May 26 that the coffin was transported to the special train, and at 4:35 the special train started slowly amid the sound of whistles and salutes from the factories in the city.From Beiping to Nanjing, grand pick-up and drop-off ceremonies will be held at all stations along the way.When the car arrived in Bengbu, Anhui, Chiang Kai-shek and his wife took a special car to welcome them here.Then, Chiang Kai-shek's special car took the lead and drove to Pukou. At 10 a.m. on May 28th, the hearse arrived at Pukou. The Kuomintang Central Committee dispatched the army, navy and air force, as well as officials and citizens of the Nanjing government. hall.Then, there was another three-day public sacrifice, and Chiang Kai-shek personally guarded the spirit.

June 1st is the day of burial, and the funeral ceremony will begin at 2:00 midnight.The coffin raising ceremony was first held at the Party Headquarters of the Central Committee, and then the coffin was sent to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum via the Central Avenue, with more than 20 archways built along the way, covered with pine and cypress branches and green and white cloth.At 10:15 in the morning, Chiang Kai-shek officiated and held a funeral ceremony. Thousands of people in the city attended the funeral. Newspapers and radio stations report the grand occasion of Feng'an every day, and a large number of commemorative books and periodicals are distributed all over the country.In this series of propaganda, Chiang Kai-shek became the main character.

Chiang Kai-shek also specially invited Soong Ching Ling, wife of Sun Yat-sen who lived in Europe, to return to China to participate in Feng'an.But before returning to China, Soong Ching Ling specially issued a "statement on not participating in any work of the Kuomintang".After Feng'an, she lived in Shanghai and kept separate from Chiang Kai-shek's group. Today, in addition to the key members of the Kuomintang Central Committee Hu Hanmin, Wu Zhihui, Kong Xiangxi, He Yingqin, Song Ziwen, and civil and military officials from various ministries, departments, and departments, the most eye-catching people are from the Northeast Army, Northwest Army, There were more than 300 representatives of the Jin army and other factions (they came to participate in the second dispatch meeting)—this was Chiang Kai-shek's intentional arrangement.

Chiang Kai-shek led everyone to salute the statue of Sun Yat-sen, recite the will, and make an oath of loyalty.The oath says: "With respect and sincerity, I swear before the Prime Minister's spirit: abide by the teachings of the Prime Minister, implement disarmament and save the country. For all the resolutions of the party, we will wholeheartedly implement them, and dare not have the slightest favoritism, pretense, deceit, or dropouts. If there is any If you violate it, you are willing to receive the most severe punishment from our party. I swear." Then, Chiang Kai-shek resorted to a dark strategy, instructing He Yingqin to announce the names of several newly appointed personnel in the Military and Political Department and the Dispatch Department, and then Song Ziwen announced the military pay for each army, so as to win over and appease the various ministries present at the meeting. Will.In the end, Chiang Kai-shek talked about the significance of the deployment of the military, and shouted: "Only the deployment can save ourselves and the country, otherwise the support of the soldiers will kill each other, and it will be nothing but shame!" Compile the resolution as the standard of "revolution and counter-revolution".In this way, there is only one way out for the local powerful faction, that is: accept the dispatch and return to the central government, so that they will have food, clothing and money to spend; otherwise, they will rebel against the party and the army and resolutely attack.

It has long been common for these representatives from all walks of life to sneer at Chiang Kai-shek, and they are like a group of Christians looking at Judas' money bag, only paying special attention to the military pay allocated by the Minister of Finance Song Ziwen.When they received this kind of favor and appeasement, they were overjoyed, and they were full of praises: "Rejuvenation and great prosperity, everyone entrusted their seats to the gods, and they were familiar with the grand strategy. From then on, the work of sweeping the holes in the plowing courtyard was accomplished, and the light of the sky reappeared." The leader has made great achievements, I am deeply grateful, the party and the country are as safe as a rock, and the people of Dengsi are on the mat."

These superficial words of flattery and flattery made Chiang Kai-shek a little dizzy.After the commemorative week meeting, he returned to his not-so-luxury but spacious office to sit down.Gudong Gudong drank half a glass of boiled water, closed his eyes and rested for a moment, then suddenly stood up from the easy chair, and paced slowly on the thick scarlet carpet. He turned his attention to the portrait of Sun Yat-sen hanging high on the front wall.Prime Minister Xian, dressed in the military uniform of the generalissimo, stared forward solemnly and majestically. His gaze moved to the banner written by Sun Yat-sen again: safety and danger must be fought at the end of the day, and we must share the joys and sorrows when they come. ——Sun Wen, my younger brother Jieshi's instruction letter

This is a major political capital of Chiang Kai-shek. Besides him, among the Kuomintang, who has won such trust from the president?Who has ever enjoyed such an honor? The era when he and Sun Yat-sen "had to fight in safety and danger" and "shared joys and sorrows" has long passed.At this moment, facing the portraits and banners, he has no nostalgia, and his chest is filled with a kind of rebellious emotion: I have done what the prime minister couldn't do before, and China has been unified in the hands of Chiang Kai-shek! Thinking like this, Chiang Kai-shek couldn't figure out whether he was loyal or betrayal to Mr. Sun, and he didn't care about it.Uh!What is loyalty?What is betrayal?This is all those bookish idiots trying to restrain themselves. Cao Mengde is great. He dared to publicly say the most reasonable saying "I would rather let the world down than let the world down on me".

Chiang Kai-shek was born in troubled times, like a fish in water, even though he was in danger and setbacks, he was able to save himself from danger.After the victory of the Northern Expedition, he counted the veterans and rookies of the Kuomintang with his fingers, and no one could compete with him!No one can have his kind of great talent for governing the country! The president stared forward with deep and stern eyes, and ignored this anti-communist "hero" who claimed to be a follower of the Three People's Principles.Chiang Kai-shek stared at him for a long time, and suddenly felt a sense of distance, as if staring at a stranger. "Alliance with Russia, alliance with the Communist Party, and support for farmers and workers." Every time he thought of Mr. Sun's three major policies, he felt a bitter and sour sense of blasphemy.He must run away immediately, just like he does not want to see the hidden disease of shame, just like a rotten eye is afraid of being exposed to strong light, he does not want to peek at the mutation of his own psychology, he must ensure emotional stability, peace of mind, temperament The sense of elegance and full moral confidence! He walked to the table, and slowly lay down on the easy chair, allowing his sinking emotions to return to the tranquility of peace of mind. Chen Bulei, the thin and thin director of the attendant's office and the deputy director of the Kuomintang Propaganda Department, walked in lightly and said to him in a soft voice: "Chairman, just now Zheng Jiemin called from Nanning and said that Wang Jingwei sent Xue Yue with a lot of US dollars and money." The Hong Kong dollar has arrived in Nanning. I think Yu Zuobai and Li Mingrui are afraid that something will happen because of this." "Mother Xipi! Wang Zhaoming (alias Wang Jingwei, style name Jixin) has always been specialized in dirty and despicable deeds!" Chiang Kai-shek sat up from the easy chair angrily. "Wouldn't they be taking the bottom out of the pot if they did this?" Chen Bulei's thin face showed sadness, the two gray spots of light behind the tortoiseshell glasses froze, and his two eyeballs stared blankly at Chiang Kai-shek. This "literary courage" favored by Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Bulei, who is nearly 40 years old, served as the editor-in-chief of Shanghai's "Tianfeng Daily", "Business Daily", and "Current Affairs News". In 1927, he joined Chiang Kai-shek.Although he was loyal to Chiang, he was not flattering and had to be flattered, and he dared to express his views, so he was dubbed "literary gall" by his staff.Chen Bulei knew that Chiang Kai-shek was not good at nothing except being domineering, tyrannical, hysterically cursing a few "Niang Xipi" and playing his temper, nor was he scared to get out of bed when he heard a gunshot Such a coward, if he is so shallow, how can he convince the public?People always ridiculed him that he was almost captured during the Eastern Expedition to Chen Jiongming, and indeed he was almost captured and almost committed suicide (it was Chen Geng, a warrior beside him, who grabbed his pistol and carried him to escape from desperation).At that time, he was the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy and the commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition. In such a position, if he was afraid of death, there was absolutely no need to go to the front line to take risks like a commando commander. Although Li Zongren and Chiang Kai-shek had paid homage to Jinlan, they were not close friends. They fought to the death in the Jianggui War.Later, when Li Zongren and Chen Bulei looked back on the past, he talked about an experience he had with Chiang Kai-shek on the way to the Northern Expedition: It was during the attack on Wuchang City. I have never been a junior officer, and I have never had the opportunity to go to the front line to experience artillery bombardment. I am afraid that he will feel timid and timid under the hail of bullets.The two of us walked to the edge of the city, the battle was raging, and stray bullets were flying around us. I silently observed that Mrs. Jiang was extremely calm, with a calm attitude and a commander-in-chief demeanor. Chiang Kai-shek took a sip of boiled water, as if swallowing his anger. At the same time, he had already thought up a contingency strategy, and said to Chen Bulei in a soothing tone, "You should inform Zheng Jiemin immediately and ask him to come see me soon." "Yes." Chen Bulei responded and wanted to leave. "Well, put Li Mingrui on the phone again, I have something to say to him." "Okay, I'll go now." There is no direct communication line from Nanjing to Nanning, and it needs to go through Changsha and Guilin to get through.But a quarter of an hour later, the call from Nanjing to Nanning was connected. ——Chen Bulei, who is well versed in his master's mind, knows best what time means to Chiang Kai-shek at this time. Chiang Kai-shek grabbed the microphone and asked first, "Is it Yusheng?" After hearing that the other party was indeed Li Mingrui, and he didn't allow him to speak, he yelled at Wang Jingwei's reorganization faction: "Mother Xipi! A traitor to the prime minister, a scum of the party-state, Chen Jiongming's remnant, a running dog of the Communist Party!" He held the microphone in one hand, like holding a heavy cannon. The resentment and hatred raging in his chest poured into the land of Bagui thousands of miles away like shells; With the momentum of speaking, he clenched his fists and beat the phone body, just like beating Wang Jingwei, and also like beating Li Mingrui's head. That violent and ruthless posture seemed to smash the other party to pieces! "Wang's rebels form cliques for private gain, buy short and sell short, and are accustomed to sacrificing others! It can be said that 'Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone'. Brother Yusheng and others must not be instigated by the rebels, and the great cause of the party and the country are the most important!" He said on the phone Zhong persuaded Li Mingrui to go to Nanjing in person, "to put an end to rumors".He also threatened that if Li Mingrui did not follow suit, "I am for the sake of the party and the country, so I have to forget my personal interests and fulfill my duty of revolution." Of course he knew that as long as Li Mingrui was stabilized, things in Guangxi would be easy. "Pa—" He put down the microphone, never allowing the other party to argue.After a gust of hurricane swept across the sea, it suddenly returned to calm.He glanced at the telephone, which looked like a little sea turtle crawling up to the beach to dry in the wind, sitting peacefully on the table, nodded, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, then wiped his clear face, and a deep smile emerged...