Wen | Ke Nian
Chen Qimei's position in the revolutionary party has risen rapidly, and in addition to his own excellent ability, the help of Kundi's friends should not be underestimated. Without the full support of his brother Chen Qicai, he would not have been able to study in Japan and thus create a career situation; without the sacrificial assistance of his brothers Huang Hao and Chiang Kai-shek, he would not have been able to be a stable governor and then deeply rooted in the foundation of his career. And there are a number of friends on the rivers and lakes, and their loyalty and support for him are also very strong, such as Ying Guixin, the leader of the salt merchants who met in the late Qing Dynasty, such as Zhang Zongchang, a vagabond captain who came to serve during the Xinhai period.
Chen Qimei rong dressed up photo
However, unlike comrades, although the revolutionary party relied on Hongmen, the Brotherhood of Elders, and the Youth Gang when it started a trouble, it did not regard the brothers of the community as its own. Ying Guixin once complained that "since the alliance merged with the Kuomintang, it has left the Qinghong Gang of the former elements behind" and "in the former Qing Dynasty, the Kuomintang only cared about being an official and opposed the Qing and Red Gang." He blamed Chen Qimei. In fact, it was good to only "oppose" the Qinghong (Hong) gang, but hu Hanmin and Chen Jiongming, the two governors of Guangdong, were much more fierce, killing the Hongmen leaders who helped the revolutionary party capture Guangzhou, and executing Xu Xueqiu, a member of the Guangfu Society, although he had a deep relationship with Sun Yat-sen before.
The revolutionary party's "night pot" disposition of gang members naturally alienated the latter. In addition, Yuan Shikai's government in the north continued to recruit and bribe, and the leaders of secret societies loyal to Chen Qimei almost all defected, and reflexively dealt with the revolutionary party.
Ying Guixin is an obvious example. After becoming estranged from Chen, he was gradually bribed by the Yuan regime and eventually became one of the main murderers of Song Jiaoren's assassination on March 20, 1913. After the "Song case" occurred, in order to confuse the public opinion, the Yuan regime immediately spread rumors that this was a cannibalism by the party members, and the spearhead was directed at Chen Qimei. To this day, a very small number of historians agree with this view. Chen Qimei did have a lot of opinions about Song Jiaoren, believing that Sun Yat-sen's industrial salvation was the right way, and that The Song clan "sometimes had the attitude of interfering in the government's employment of personnel and administration, and the ice and charcoal of the government and the public, the water and fire of the political party, not only provoked the taboo of the Yuan clan, but also aroused the suspicion of the world." He even believed that the Kuomintang did not even need to participate in politics, let alone compete for the prime minister or the leader of the majority party in the National Assembly.
It was precisely because the Kuomintang did not have to compete for power, so he suggested that the "Song case" be resolved by law, and opposed Sun Yat-sen's proposed armed crusade, so he lost the best opportunity to reorganize the armament war. When yuan's army pressed the border, the Kuomintang army just resisted it randomly, and then completely collapsed.
Zhang Zongchang
The aura on Chen Qimei's body also disappeared, and the good luck was gone. He rebelled and deserted, and two years earlier the Shanghai merchant class, which he had so strongly supported, had severely rejected his anti-Yuan demands. He personally recruited and appointed Zhang Zongchang, who was the commander of the regiment, and at this time also surrendered to Feng Guozhang's troops of the Beiyang Army on the front line.
The Kuomintang has become a trapped beast. Although the uprising is completely impossible, comrades are being killed by the Yuan regime one after another. Chen Qimei's train of thought went back to 10 years ago, when he remembered Cai Yuanpei and his assassination team—pistols and bombs were the best weapons for the weak in desperate situations. Therefore, he organized one of the most successful huntings of high-ranking officials in the history of the Republic of China, targeting the Shanghai town guard envoy of the Yuan regime, Vice Admiral Zheng Rucheng.
On November 10, 1915, two killers sent by Chen Qimei first threw bombs and then fired pistols, killing Zheng Rucheng in broad daylight at the Waibaidu Bridge in Shanghai. When Yuan Shikai heard the news, he was first shocked and then angry. He originally wanted to buy Chen Qimei, but now he was determined to kill him, and the task was given to Feng Guozhang, the highest official of the Yuan regime in Jiangsu.
Feng's men happened to have a person who knew Chen Qimei's personality and behavior very well--Zhang Zongchang. Since the surrender, Zhang has not been trusted, and has served as a supervisor in the officer education regiment, which is essentially idle. After receiving this assassination mission, he not only had a large amount of money, but also had a channel to gain Feng Guozhang's trust. Zhang Zongchang was determined to complete this matter cleanly. He did it. The people he mobilized were nothing more than gang members who had followed Chen Qimei before, but then gradually became estranged. They bought the revolutionaries around Chen to do the inside line, and lied to Chen Qimei that there was a business to talk about, and as long as they signed the contract, there would be a large commission. Chen Shi, who had long suffered from insufficient funds against Yuan, was overjoyed when he heard about it, and the news came from internal comrades, and there was no doubt that he had him. On the afternoon of May 18, 1916, at No. 14 Saposai Road, Chen Qimei, who was waiting for the customer to sign the contract, had just sat down when he saw several mermaids rushing in and suddenly pulled out a pistol and shot. Chen Qimei was shot in the head and martyred on the spot at the age of 39.
The murderer who shot and killed Chen Qimei was not caught except for one person who was killed by Chen's comrades while fleeing. Later, through the efforts of the patrol room, the arrest of the mastermind behind the scenes and the door of the wind one, sentenced to life imprisonment and 15 years of imprisonment respectively, the case was closed.