Chapter 44 Chapter 10 Li Zongren's return to the country caused all kinds of waves, "The Communist Party will never forget you"

(July 1965-July 1966, Beijing) Li Zongren, the acting president of the Kuomintang in exile, has returned to mainland China-such news has indeed caused a worldwide sensation.All major newspapers and news agencies in the world regard it as major news.All newspapers published in Hong Kong report with eye-catching headlines on the first page; all radio stations and TV stations in Hong Kong use news programs as headlines and repeatedly broadcast them.In the overseas Chinese world, it is almost a household name, and the descendants of Yan and Huang are all talking about it. Some praise Li Zongren's move in line with the historical trend, which is a patriotic action that understands current affairs; However, this caused the overseas Chinese to think deeply: Why did Li Zongren, who was anti-communist in the past, return to the People's China of the Communist Party of China? ...

All New York newspapers and televisions reported the news of Li Zongren's flight to Beijing with headlines; after that, they introduced the feasting scenes of Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai.The US FBI was shocked because they did not get accurate information beforehand and they lacked correct estimates; afterwards, they mobilized a large number of troops to closely track down the "middleman" (middleman) between Li and Beijing.In addition, various newspapers were speculating on rumors, and it was widely rumored that there were several Communist Party members who often came and went in and out of Li's residence.At this time, the aftermath of the white terror created by McCarthyism is still unfinished, and the United States is still in the most serious period of communism.The agents of the Bureau of Investigation sifted through a sieve of those who often come and go in Li's residence, interrogated them, and tapped their phones.Li Zongren's eldest son, Youlin, and second son, Zhisheng, were "invited" to interrogate.Dr. Tang Degang, who wrote the memoirs, and Professor Gan Jiehou, Li's former confidant, were all targeted and investigated.Even the "card friends" who went to play mahjong with the Li couple, such as housewife Huang Renqiu and Li's neighbors in Guangdong, were checked one by one.As a result of the investigation, it is said that only one suspected major Chinese was slipped through the net, and they have not been found yet.The Chinese name is "Wei Muting".When the news came out, Dr. Tang Degang and others burst into laughter; because Wei Muting was an American professor who presided over oral history at Columbia University. Arty himself chose the Chinese name.

After the news of Li Zongren's return to China was announced, it caused an intriguing reaction in China.From Li Zongren's arrival in Beijing in July 1965 to the fall of 1966, when the red rush of the "Cultural Revolution" suddenly came, Li Zongren received a total of more than 2,500 letters and telegrams at home and abroad. , about seven pieces per day on average.These letters are basically handled by Mr. Yin Bingyan.Mr. Yin from the National Revolutionary Center was originally Li Zongren's old subordinate in the Fifth War Zone. He wrote well. After Mr. Li arrived in Beijing, he was assigned to be the receptionist.Some of the people who wrote the letter were old friends of Li, such as Ye Yuhu, Zhang Yichun, Liu Luyin, etc., and some were Li's old subordinates, such as Zhang Shouling, He Bolin, Liu Shangzhi, etc.In addition, there are a large number of people who have indirect historical relations with them and were classified as rightists in the anti-rightist movement, or were devolved to rural labor when problems occurred in previous political movements.Some complained about their grievances, some asked for closure, and some asked for material assistance.As for the letters to congratulate Li on his return to the motherland, the leaves to return to his roots, and the festival to be windy; or to accuse him of "harming the country and the people" and "harming the people", there are many people.A few people sent letters from the Kuomintang to report, sent passbooks from the Central Bank, savings associations, and other private banks, asking for repayment of deposits, and some people sent letters to recognize relatives, sons, etc., which is really ridiculous.Only a fraction of these letters were answered.Two of these letters involved Li Zongren's private life in the past; in order to avoid conflicts within the family, Li privately asked Yin Bingyan to handle it properly, and resolutely asked Yin Bingyan not to come to meet Li.Yin replied as well as he could.Later, the woman was sent to Yunnan, and the matter was over.

In the small building in Xizongbu Hutong, Li Zongren read the "Selected Collection of Literature and History Materials" published by the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, chatting for entertainment and reviewing the past.One day, I turned to the 32nd series and read the article "The Inside Story of Chiang Kai-shek's Conspiracy to Assassinate Li Zongren" written by Shen Zui, the leader of the military command.The article uses a lot of secret internal materials of the Military Command Bureau to describe the process before and after he was ordered to assassinate Li Zongren.Li saw it and couldn't help being surprised.Because he had never heard of it.It is said that his complexion changed upon seeing him, and he leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes in meditation for a long time.After thinking for a while, he opened his eyes, pointed to this article in the book and asked Yin Bingyan: "Have you read this article?" Yin Bingyan looked at him and said: "I have read it a long time ago, so as not to disturb you." I was mentally fluctuating, so I didn’t mention it to you.” He said: “The man is not surprised when things happen, and he is not angry afterwards. I would like to invite Mr. Shen to come here for a meal, so I will ask him to talk about the details of the arrangement to assassinate me. " Yin Bingyan said: "This matter must first be contacted with the United Front Work Department or the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference."

After Yin Bingyan contacted and obtained the consent of the relevant leaders, he conveyed Li Zongren's invitation to dinner to Shen Zui by phone.Shen Ruyue came to Li Mansion in Xizongbu Hutong.As soon as Shen Zui walked into the living room downstairs, he bowed deeply to Li Zongren and said: "I'm here to apologize to Mr. Li, your life was almost lost in my hands." Li Zongren quickly shook hands with Shen and offered to sit down, and said: "You are welcome, the matter is in the past, and this matter has nothing to do with you. It is very difficult for us to meet in Beijing and become a family. I heard that In 2010, you made rapid progress and studied well!"

Shen Zui said, "This is all the result of the Communist Party's education." After some pleasantries, Li Zongren asked Shen Zui to talk about the assassination of him back then.Shen has a good memory, so he recounted the incident again. After Li Zongren became the vice president in Nanjing in 1948, his mansion was moved from Fangjia Lane to Fu Hougang. This house is still a 90-degree sidewalk away from the main road. Shen opened it next to the "D" intersection. A small grocery store selling tobacco, alcohol and candy.Cars leaving Li's mansion have to turn here and slow down to drive onto the road.This creates favorable conditions for the execution of assassinations and shooting and bombing.In the shop there are secretly hidden weapons such as bombs and carbines.There is an insider buried beside Li, and that is Li Yuqing, who was the deputy chief during the Beipingyuan period.Li Zongren's daily activities and the guests he received were secretly reported to the military command by the inside line at any time.Therefore, the military command is well aware of Li Zongren's actions, and everything is ready for the assassination of Li Zongren.However, factors such as Bai Chongxi's armed forces related to the Guangxi faction, the attitude of the United States, and the public opinion of the legislative and supervisory committees, unexpectedly saved Li Zongren's life.

After Shen Zui talked about the situation, Li Zongren said: "At that time, I only felt that someone was paying attention to my actions in Nanjing. I never thought that Lao Jiang would assassinate me. You must know that Mr. Jiang and I are brothers who have worshiped and exchanged posts. Very affectionate when we met." Guo Dejie, who was present at the time, also added a special situation.She said that after Li Zongren became vice president, Chiang Kai-shek and his wife invited them to dinner, and Chiang Kai-shek specifically asked Li's aircraft equipment if it was good.Li replied that it was a dedicated ordinary airliner.Soong Meiling sang with Chiang Kai-shek, and Song deliberately asked Chiang if he could give the "Meiling" special plane to the Li couple?Jiang smiled and said, if you don't mention it, I will forget it.We have "China America" ​​enough.Song then told Guo Dejie how comfortable the equipment in the "Meiling" was, and he wanted to give this plane to them for use.At that time, Guo was very interested in the "Meiling" aircraft, and asked Li Zongren to take this plane to Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places for fun several times, but Li did not go because he was busy.Guo Dejie also said, we really didn't expect that they were going to kill us, they sat on it, bombed it or shot it down, we still don't know what happened!

Guo Dejie has suffered from breast cancer for several years. She had undergone surgery in the United States, but the cancer cells were not eradicated after the surgery. In the spring of 1965, when he was still in the United States, the tumor in his breast recurred, and it developed to a lump on his right arm.American doctors informed Li Zongren that she only had six to eight months to live.After returning to China, she has been receiving radiation therapy in Beijing Hospital. After the New Year in 1966, Li Zongren wanted to visit Guangdong and Guangxi, including returning to his hometown. Before the trip, he wanted to stay with Guo Dejie in Beijing to continue his treatment. At that time, Guo was very excited and went back to his hometown in Guangxi, insisting on going.The hospital had no choice but to agree to her taking medication along the way. On March 8, while visiting the Xijin Hydropower Station in Nanning, her illness suddenly changed and she fell into a coma. On March 19, he was sent back to Beijing by a special plane, and continued rescue at the Beijing Hospital failed. Died on March 21 at the age of 60.

When Guo Dejie was in the United States, he became an American citizen for reasons of life.At that time, he returned to the motherland secretly, and within a few months after returning to the motherland, he did not bother to solve the nationality issue.By the time she died, she was supposed to be a citizen of the United States.At that time, China and the United States had not yet established diplomatic relations, so we could not hold a memorial ceremony for a person with American nationality, and it was difficult for Premier Zhou Enlai and Mayor Peng Zhen to attend her memorial service as national leaders.In terms of legal procedures, she must go through the formalities of returning to her clan in the nationality law—a person who has acquired a foreign nationality must go through certain legal procedures to restore her original nationality.With Li Zongren's consent, they searched for Guo Dejie's American ID card, and finally found it together with 5,000 U.S. dollars in a suitcase she used. On the morning of March 23, a farewell ceremony to Guo Dejie's body was held at Beijing Hospital with the participation of Zhou Enlai, Peng Zhen and others.With tears in his eyes, Li Zongren hugged Guo Dejie's body and gave a final farewell kiss.

When the catastrophe of the "Cultural Revolution" came, Guo Dejie, who had died, would not be easily let go.Some people racked their brains to try to make a hole in Guo Dejie, so as to frame Zhou Enlai and others and undermine the party's united front policy.A big-character poster appeared on Wangfujing Street, saying that "Guo Dejie is the head of the Plum Blossom Party of the US spy organization" and that he came to China to do spy work with a special mission from the US Central Intelligence Agency.Said the organization communicated using a plum blossom brooch as a logo.He also linked Wang Guangmei, who was framed as "a long-term latent senior strategic agent of the CIA" with Guo.Rumors flew like snowflakes across the country in the rebel tabloids.

In terms of the acquaintance relationship between Li Zongren, Guo Dejie and Wang Guangmei, it is like this: after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Li Zongren went to Chongqing to accompany the capital to meet Chiang Kai-shek and contacted various parties before he was about to take the post of the director of the Beiping Camp.Mrs. Hu and her son-in-law Wang Guangqi accompanied Mrs. Hu to dinner.During the meeting, Hu told Li that Wang Guangqi was a graduate of Yanda University and had studied in the United States, and that Wang's family lived in Peiping, and asked Li to take Guangqi to Peiping and take care of the camera.Li Yikou promised that when he took the special plane to take office, he would let Wang Guangqi take the same plane to Peiping.Li Zongren's six-year-old son Zhisheng and his nanny also flew to Peiping on the same plane.At that time, Guo Dejie was still in Guilin, and Li Zongren also set up a mansion and lived in the Qinzheng Hall in Zhongnanhai. Zhisheng and his nanny were temporarily fostered at Wang Guangqi's home in Xidan Old Xingbu Street.Wang's father had served as the Minister of Finance in the Beiyang government, and his family was relatively spacious. Li Zongren often went to Wang's house to see his children, so he got to know some members of the Wang family, including Wang Guangmei.Later, after Guo Dejie came to the north, he built a mansion at No. 81, East Beichangjie Road, and took Zhisheng back.Because Wang Guangqi later helped Li and Guo deal with some economic undertakings, they still kept correspondence. A few days after Li Zongren returned to the motherland and arrived in Beijing this time, he received an invitation from Chairman Liu Shaoqi to hold a banquet on the evening of July 31.When Li Zongren learned that Liu Shaoqi's wife, Wang Guangmei, was Wang Guangqi's younger sister, Wang Guangmei, he said to Guo Dejie: ​​"Chairman Liu Shaoqi will invite you to dinner tomorrow, and when we meet his wife, Wang Guangmei, if she doesn't say that she knew us in the past, she won't talk about the past. If you think you don’t know each other, don’t talk about the past.” We met in the East Hall of the Great Hall of the People that night. Vice Chairman Dong Biwu and General Secretary Deng Xiaoping and his wife were present. After the conversation, when we were about to sit down for dinner, Wang Guangmei came out from behind and Liu Shaoqi introduced him. Wang Guangmei extended his hand to Li Zongren and Guo Dejie. While shaking hands, they said: "Acquaintances, acquaintances." Li and Guo smiled respectfully and said nothing. The matter is as simple as that. It is unexpected that those people with ulterior motives in the Cultural Revolution would use this to create something out of nothing and spread rumors and slander.Its evil intentions are self-evident. Liu Zhongrong's wife, Ms. Zhang Minhua, works in Beijing Hospital. Because she had dealt with Wang Guangmei and met Guo Dejie with Liu Zhongrong, she was also insisted by the rebels that she had joined the "Plum Blossom Party" organized by Guo Dejie and Wang Guangmei, and was quarantined. review. Since the news of Guo Dejie's death was published in the newspapers, Li Zongren has received letters from many women from all over the country one after another. Some of them recommended themselves for a lifetime commitment;Among them are middle-aged women, young students, female cadres, female teachers, female engineers...  There are also several widows of Li Jiubu.There are about 70 people.Among them, Rongmei, a young student of Li Jiubu's daughter, had a letter from her father wishing to support her for life, and Rongmei herself also sent a letter to Li expressing her willingness to serve Li and live together.Li Zongren was moved, and remitted 200 yuan for travel expenses, and asked Rong Mei to come to Beijing for an interview.After Mei Rong arrived in Beijing, she met Li twice. They had a light meal and got along very well.Finally, after investigation and research by relevant parties, according to the woman's situation, the woman's father was classified as a rightist and sent to supervise labor in the countryside. At that time, considering Li Zongren's social influence, he thought this combination was not very suitable.After Li Jing discussed and considered, he also decided to give up his plan to marry Rongmei. During the brewing process, Cheng Siyuan met Mr. Zhang Chengren, a famous Shanghai journalist and translator in the 1930s, and talked about it.Zhang Chengren recommended Hu Yousong, who worked as a nurse in Fuwai Hospital, and Hu Yousong was less than 30 years old.When Zhang Chengren asked Hu Yousong for a photo, he didn't mention Li Zongren's name, but said that he wanted to transfer her work.Hu Yousong, born in Nanjing on May 24, 1939, was 27 years old at the time; although she was young, she had a rough life experience.It is said that both parents were intellectuals, and both died under the butcher knife of the Japanese army. When she was born ignorant, she was taken in by the orphanage of the Red Cross Society.Later, he was adopted by a woman and moved to Beijing.She has a bad family relationship with her adoptive mother, who urged her to make a living and earn money very early on.She started her career as a nurse after finishing nursing school with difficulty.She was born weak and felt that the work in the hospital was heavy, so she was eager to change jobs. She and Li Zongren met for the first time and agreed to do home care with a monthly salary of 100 yuan.Li Zongren was quite fond of her natural beauty, and wanted to marry her as a continuation.For this reason, he asked the United Front Work Department for advice.The matter was reported to Premier Zhou Enlai.Zhou Enlai said, "Our country is different from capitalist countries, and it is not acceptable to hire a private female secretary; if Mr. Li likes this Ms. Hu, he can perform formal marriage procedures on the basis of mutual consent! Our country's marriage law does not have the age of both men and women. There are restrictions on differences, as long as they comply with the marriage law, they can marry." Li Zongren himself was prepared to get married in thought, and he felt that it was exactly what he wanted.So he hurriedly sent a car to pick up Hu, and proposed marriage to Hu face to face.After meeting Li Zongren for the first time, Hu Yousong was not completely unprepared for this marriage.After Li Zongren passed away, according to Hu Yousong, she believed that Li Zongren returned from abroad, was warmly welcomed by the motherland and the people, and was taken care of by Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou. Although she personally sacrificed in some aspects, she should Treat it as a political task.She said: "Mr. Li is such a big man. He can return to the motherland and contribute to the United Front. His wife is gone and sick. He proposed to marry me. If I don't agree, he will be even more sad. I just beat around the bush. agreed." On July 25, 1966, Li Zongren and Hu Yousong performed the official marriage procedures. On the 26th, the wedding ceremony was held at Li Mansion.A group of old friends of Li Zongren came to congratulate him. After the marriage, Premier Zhou Enlai arranged a "special train" for Mr. Li Zongren to spend his honeymoon in Beidaihe, and told him to ensure safety.At this time, the turbulent storm of the "Cultural Revolution" was about to come. (October-December 1966, Beijing-Taipei) This year's National Day, the sea of ​​people crowded on Tiananmen Square is different from previous years in that it is also a sea of ​​red with a red plastic cover "Quotations from Chairman Mao" and everyone is dressed in grass green like Red Guards. The green ocean of military uniforms; this year, the shouts of "Long live Chairman Mao! Long live!" The slogan is more shocking than usual.Even the representatives of the young Red Guards were invited to the top of Tiananmen Gate, just like foreign heads of state, to stand beside the Supreme Commander, Chairman Mao Zedong.This is October 1, 1966, a grand celebration of the 17th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China was held in Tiananmen Square. Tiananmen is the main gate of the Imperial City of the Forbidden City built during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty more than 500 years ago.The emperor boasted that he was "inherited from the sky", so he called this gate "Chengtianmen".When it was rebuilt during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, it took the meaning of "ordered by the sky, Anbang governs the people", and it was renamed Tiananmen, and it was built to the current scale.The biggest use of Tiananmen Square in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was to hold the "Issuing Edict" ceremony here during major celebrations such as the new emperor's ascension to the throne and the selection of the queen.On this day, a Proclamation Platform was set up in the middle of the battlements of Tiananmen. After accepting the imperial edict from the Emperor in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Minister of Rites held it up to the stage, and the Proclamation Officer stepped on the stage to read it out. Go south outside the bridge to listen carefully; then send it to the Ministry of Rites, write it on yellow paper, distribute it to various places, and announce it to the world.The emperor did not come out in the Hall of Supreme Harmony. On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong stood in the middle of the gate of Tiananmen Square where the edict officer read out the edict. Facing the microphone, he announced to the world with a very excited and proud voice: "The People's Republic of China has been established!" Since then, Mao Zedong Take the Tiananmen Gate Tower as a place to meet the masses of the people every year on National Day or May 1st International Labor Day. During the "Cultural Revolution", it also became the place where he received millions of young Red Guard generals. Li Zongren was also invited to participate in the celebration of the 17th anniversary of the National Day and climbed the Tiananmen Rostrum.Li was taken directly to Tiananmen Square from the shelter of the General Building of Trinity Hospital in the western suburbs.Before the conference started, almost all the people who were about to take the rostrum rested in the foyer at the back.Li Zongren was sitting on the sofa, on both sides of him, Cheng Qian sat on the left, and Fu Zuoyi sat on the right.While they were having tea and talking, suddenly a woman in black clothes, a black cloak, a hat and a black veil walked in at the door, she looked like a nun from a church.She entered the room and lifted the veil, and many people stood up abruptly.After she walked up to Cheng Qian and shook hands with Cheng, because Li Zongren didn't stand up, she passed Li Zongren and shook hands with Fu Zuoyi to greet him.After she walked by, Li Zongren asked Fu Zuoyi in a low voice: "Who is she?" Fu Zuoyi said, "She is Chairman Mao's wife, why don't you know her?" I met once. Now that she has changed her clothes, I can’t even recognize her!" Li Po felt rude and regretted it too late. Li Zongren had already participated in a National Day event the year before, and understood the order of arrangement of positions on the rostrum of the Tiananmen Gate Tower. They are arranged on the left and right sides; however, he was surprised to find that the arrangement order of the leaders of the central government had changed. The members of the "Central Cultural Revolution Group" he did not know were standing in the main position close to the center with high spirits, while State President Liu Shaoqi, Chairman of the National People's Congress Zhu De, and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Deng Xiaoping fell far behind in this ranking; Mayor Peng Zhen, who he is very familiar with, did not show up.He saw it in his eyes and thought it was strange in his heart.Li Zongren was arranged to stand on the right, two people away from Mao Zedong.He knew that this was already a very important position, so he felt a little comforted in his heart.Standing behind him were representatives of the Red Guards wearing red armbands. They were both male and female, very emotional and very active. The meeting begins.Lin Biao delivered a speech standing beside Mao Zedong.Lin Biao's voice was not loud, his voice was too high-pitched, but he could still understand what he said.Lin Biao said: "During the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, the struggle between the proletarian revolutionary line represented by Chairman Mao and the bourgeoisie's opposition to the revolutionary line continued." "The bourgeoisie against the revolutionary line"?The overthrown capitalists could not oppose the "Cultural Revolution" at all.It is also said that this line exists within the party.He couldn't figure it out. The Kuomintang regime has been taken over by the Communist Party for 17 years. It has undergone earth-shattering changes and its international prestige has also been greatly improved. How can it be said that it has been dictatorship by the bourgeoisie for 17 years?Back at the hospital that night, the People's Daily published the full text of Lin Biao's speech, and changed the "bourgeois opposition to the revolutionary line" to "the bourgeois reactionary line".He really couldn't figure it out. Li Zongren stood on the Tiananmen Gate and listened to Lin Biao's speech. One thing he understood very well, that is, he realized that this "Cultural Revolution" was started because of the existence of "bourgeois opposition to the revolutionary line".However, he couldn't understand whether it was the way to govern the country or the source of chaos. When reviewing the Red Guards, Li Zongren saw Mao Zedong and Lin Biao meet the representatives of the male and female Red Guards behind him.When he saw these Red Guards surrounding Mao Zedong and Lin Biao, he was moved to tears. After meeting the representatives of the Red Guards, Mao Zedong suddenly walked towards Li Zongren.Li Zongren also felt excited.Mao Zedong stretched out his hand to him, and he quickly stretched out his hands to hold Mao Zedong's right hand.The two shook hands while shaking. Meng Zhaorui, a photojournalist of People's Liberation Army Pictorial, captured and recorded the scene at that moment.Meng Zhaorui also made the following description in words—— On National Day in 1966, Chairman Mao invited Mr. Li Zongren to Tiananmen Square, and deliberately stood in the middle of the tower and shook his hand enthusiastically, as if to let everyone see this historic meeting.This fully demonstrates that the party's united front policy is unwavering.At that time, I just kept taking pictures, but I could still clearly hear Chairman Mao saying to Li Zongren with a strong Hunan accent: "Please take care of yourself, the Communist Party will not forget you." The meeting between the two old people was like that Harmonious, cordial and sincere, it will remain in people's memory forever. While shaking hands, Mao Zedong also invited Li Zongren to the lounge to have tea.When passing by Lin Biao, Mao Zedong introduced to Li: "This is Comrade Lin Biao." Li Zongren hurriedly shook hands with Lin Biao and said, "Long-awaited, long-awaited!" Lin Biao raised his hand to Li Zongren as a military salute, and said: "Mr. Li is a school committee member of the Whampoa Military Academy. When I was in Whampoa, I heard Mr. Li's lectures." After exchanging a few pleasantries, Mao Zedong walked to the lounge with Li Zongren on his arm.At that time, Chairman Zhu De and Vice Chairman Dong Biwu were sitting on the sofa drinking tea and resting. When they saw Mao Zedong coming in, they immediately stood up, greeted Li Zongren, and then retreated.Mao Zedong pressed Li Zongren's shoulders and asked him to sit on the sofa. Li Zongren said: "The chairman is here, how can I sit on the top seat!" Mao Zedong said: "You are older than me, you are a big brother, you should sit here." Li Zongren later told Mr. Yin Bingyan the details of Mao Zedong's conversation in the lounge of the Tiananmen Gate Tower.Yin Bingyan made a record, which is quoted as follows—— After sitting down, Mao lit a cigarette, smoked and said that the masses had mobilized, and when the masses came together, they could not rely entirely on their own ideas.Chairman Mao said that he started the fire himself, and it was easy to ignite a fire but difficult to put it out.It seems that the fire will continue to burn for a period of time.Then Mao asked Li Zongren what he thought of the Cultural Revolution and what opinions he had. He hoped that Li Zongren would talk frankly. Li Zongren said modestly: "Chairman Mao is far-sighted, wise and great. No country leader in ancient or modern China or abroad has such courage to launch this revolution. Although it is a little chaotic at present, it is very important to think about future generations. costly." Li Zongren recounted a conversation he had with Soviet advisor Borodin in Wuhan during the Northern Expedition. At that time, the revolutionary army reached the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and captured the important towns of Wuhan and Nanjing. Arrived in Wuhan for mediation.When he met Borodin, in addition to analyzing the revolutionary situation, Borodin said that revolution is the same as women giving birth. In order to have children, it is inevitable that this temporary suffering will be exchanged for this pain. The happiness of having children in the future.Li said to Bao: "Pain is inevitable for a mother, but as a midwife, she must minimize her pain." Li Zongren used this passage as a metaphor for the Cultural Revolution, meaning that the current chaos is for the sake of In future governance, leaders should minimize the scope and extent of this chaos as much as possible. Chairman Mao thought Li Zongren's words were correct, and said that he was also doing the work of suppressing chaos.He also explained that there are many problems at present, which need to be solved one by one.For example, the young Red Guards issued a "sorrowful medden letter" to the democratic parties, ordering the cancellation of the organization within a time limit.Next, Chairman Mao explained to Li the role and contribution of the united front in the democratic revolution and the necessity of the united front in the socialist period.In the end, Chairman Mao made it clear that the democratic parties cannot be abolished. This must be made clear to the Red Guards. Some people may not listen to it, but this must be done hard to persuade and educate them. After Chairman Mao finished speaking, he asked Li Zongren: "Mr. Li, what do you think?" Li Zongren hurriedly said: "Chairman Mao is wise and insightful. I didn't know these truths at all before. Today I can see my ignorance." Chairman Mao and Li Zongren walked out of the lounge, returned to their original positions, and continued to review the parade.After the inspection, several journalists immediately surrounded Li Zongren and asked Chairman Mao about the conversation with him.Li said: "Just talk about daily life, nothing else." Later Li Zongren said to me: "Without permission, Chairman Mao's speech cannot be disclosed casually. I understand this truth very well." After Mao Zedong met him, he also recalled to Cheng Siyuan, and said: "Lin Biao and Jiang Qing colluded together and can do anything. This is definitely not a blessing for the country!" In the year Mao Zedong met Li Zongren on the Tiananmen Gate Tower for the last time, on the morning of December 2, someone found Bai Chongxi dead on the floor of his apartment on Songshan Road in Taipei.The body was green all over, and the pajamas and sheets were torn, indicating that he was in pain before he died.There is still half a glass of wine on his bedside table, and some people say he hasn't finished his wine yet.He was 73 years old when he died. After Li Zongren flew to the United States at the end of 1949, Bai Chongxi was persuaded by Chiang Kai-shek to go to Taiwan. On the surface, he was highly respected. Chiang Kai-shek personally hosted a banquet in Caoshan to welcome Bai Chongxi, and bought him a very luxurious apartment on Songshan Road, Taipei. They are full of spies.Chiang Kai-shek only appointed Bai as the deputy chairman of the "Presidential Palace Strategic Advisory Committee" with an empty name, and never mentioned that he had promised Bai to be the Minister of Defense. In 1952, the National Security Bureau, headed by Chiang Ching-kuo, sent people to search the homes of Bai Chongxi and Xue Yue, even the floor was dug up and searched.Bai was very angry, and immediately called Jiang Jingguo to question Jiang Jingguo. Jiang Jingguo replied: "Mr. Jian, this is not what I meant. If you don't believe me, just call and ask the president." Bai called Chiang Kai-shek again.Jiang replied: "I know this matter, not only for the two of you, everyone should do this once." Afterwards, I found out that it was only for the Bai and Xue families.Once, Bai’s wife, Ma Peizhang, went to Hong Kong. As soon as she arrived at the airport, the inspector said to Ma: “If there are letters in your purse, you should hand it over and we will post it on your behalf. You should not take it with you.” He took out a letter from his pocket and tore it up casually, saying that there was nothing important and there was no need to hand it over for mailing. From 1955 to 1956, people could often find Bai Chongxi chasing wild animals with guns in the high mountains around Ruifang.He was accompanied by two brothers Li Jianxing and Li Jianhe, the early coal industry tycoons in Taiwan.At that time, Bai Chongxi was ordered to come to Taiwan to "preach comfort" to Taiwan compatriots and suppress the "February 28 Incident"; Li Jianxing was related to Bai Chongxi because his mother's surname was Bai, and since then Bai and Li have become like family friends.Bai Chongxi likes hunting, and Li Jianxing specially opened up a leisure villa for Bai, and often comes here for hunting gatherings and killing time. After Li Zongren arrived in the United States, whenever there was any disturbance, Bai Chongxi was ordered to come out to speak, or send a telegram or write a letter to criticize Li Zongren.Li Zongren can also understand that he is in Taipei and has to be ordered to say these insincere words. According to Cheng Siyuan's account: In mid-July 1965, Li Zongren returned to the motherland from overseas. On the morning of July 19, when Premier Zhou Enlai met Li Zongren at the Shanghai Cultural Club, he said that Bai Chongxi was quite conceited, but in fact he had no political foresight. He actually believed in Chiang Kai-shek and was tricked into going to Taiwan.I'm worried for his safety. Zhou Enlai really had the foresight.The cause of Bai Chongxi's death is said to still be a mystery. (January-February 1969, Beijing) In August 1968, Li Zongren was diagnosed with rectal cancer when he went to Beijing Hospital for an examination due to a lot of bleeding in his stool.Afterwards, a medical team was formed by well-known oncologists to draw up a treatment plan, which was approved by Zhou Enlai.Although the operation was successful and the cancer did not spread, he suffered from emphysema for many years, his heart was showing signs of failure, and his health was already in poor condition. On September 30, he was invited to attend the state banquet at the Great Hall of the People celebrating the 19th anniversary of the National Day. He stayed in the banquet hall for two hours. After returning home, he was exhausted and fell ill and was hospitalized the next day.Regarding this matter, Zhou Enlai once said to Cheng Siyuan: "At that time, Mr. Li was sent two invitations, one was to attend the banquet, and the other was to go to Tiananmen Square. What I meant was to ask him not to attend the state banquet but to go to the Tiananmen Gate to show his face, and then go home to rest. . But this decision was not implemented, resulting in accidents.” Later, he asked Chinese experts for diagnosis and treatment, but his deficiency was not supplemented, and the effect was minimal.On January 25 of the following year, he got another pneumonia. Due to the drug resistance of penicillin, the rescue failed. On January 26, when he was critically ill, he said to Yin Bingyan and Hu Yousong who were beside his bed: "My days will not last long. I can come back and die in my own country. This is the greatest thing I have ever done. wish.” He was out of breath, and it was difficult to speak, and he paused for a while and then said, “After I came back, I wanted to do some work on the Taiwan issue——I have told you about my thoughts, but I haven’t had time to share them with Zhou. The Prime Minister pointed out that it is too late for anything now. Taiwan will always be unified, but unfortunately I can’t see it. "Four Histories", "Four Minutes" and so on), give it to the Guangxi Library. Send the calligraphy and paintings to the government. I want to send those bottles of wine to Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou!" When he was talking, old tears fell on the pillow, and he took a last look at Hu Yousong, and said: "She is too young, married, and although her life is short, she can be regarded as Li Zongren's wife. You have to take care of her." Hu Yousong was on the sidelines, crying like a tearful person. The few bottles of wine that he never forgot in his last words have a lot of background.Much of it is French brandy and English whiskey, both more than two centuries old.It has been kept in his hands for decades, and he has been reluctant to drink it.There are signatures identified by experts of past dynasties on the bottle and a seal with the signature of the collector.Two bottles were given by Yang Shucheng, a great entrepreneur in East China who had a deep relationship with the British when Li was in Xuzhou in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War.The rest were given by Zhou Zuomin, chairman of Jincheng Bank, a Chinese financier known for his collection of famous wines.These wines entered China from foreign countries, were brought to the United States by Li Zongren, and then brought back to China, and they were never opened for tasting.He said that this kind of wine can be used as medicine and is very expensive. When Li Zongren was dying on the sick bed, he dictated a letter to Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai to express his gratitude.According to Cheng Siyuan's account, Li said in a short letter: "The road I took resolutely back to the motherland from overseas in 1965 was the right one." "In this great era, I deeply feel that I can become a It is an incomparable honor to be a part of the Chinese people." "At the last moment of my death, I was deeply concerned about the future of the Kuomintang members and all patriotic intellectuals who remained in Taiwan and overseas. They have only one way to go. , is to return to the embrace of the motherland like me,..." He returned to his roots on the land of his motherland at midnight on January 30, 1969, at the age of 78. Premier Zhou Enlai attended the farewell ceremony held on February 1 in the auditorium of Beijing Babaoshan Cemetery.周恩来在仪式上说，李宗仁先生临终前写的这封信，是一个“历史文件”。