On September 21, 1949, the first session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was held in Beiping, at which Chairman Mao was elected chairman of the central government, with Zhu De, Soong Ching-ling, Li Jishen, and others as vice chairmen.
Among these people, Li Jishen's name is undoubtedly the most eye-catching, so after the results came out, there was an uproar in the field.
It turned out that Li Jishen was originally a senior Kuomintang official, once a great warlord, who killed many revolutionaries for Chiang Kai-shek.
When Premier Zhou learned of the controversy, he made a special explanation for the delegates, saying: "If you had listened to him, you might not have used the Long March." ”
What did Li Jishen say before the Long March? Why could he, with the blood of Communists and revolutionaries on his hands, become the leader of new China?
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In 1885, Li Jishen was born into a poor family in Cangwu, Guangxi, but due to Li Jishen's diligence and studiousness in his childhood, he was successfully admitted to the Baoding Army Military Academy when he grew up, and stayed in the school as an instructor after graduation.
On the night of the Outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, Li Jishen, in order to prevent the Qing army from going south to suppress the revolution, and a group of classmates destroyed the Caohe Iron Bridge in Baoding, successfully stopping the Qing army from going south and winning precious time for the rebel army.
During the Xinhai Revolution, Li Jishen went south to Guangdong and defected to Mr. Sun's Northern Expeditionary Army, where his outstanding military command ability was demonstrated, and in order to formulate an accurate marching route, Li Jishen also personally ventured to the field to investigate, and took the initiative to ask for command at the front line during the battle.
After many great victories against the Qing army, the Qing army had no combat effectiveness, and the Xuantong Emperor was forced to abdicate, because of Li Jishen's outstanding performance in the Northern Expedition, he was promoted to chief of staff of the 22nd Division, and Li Jishen's prestige has since been widely spread in military circles.
During his tenure as an instructor at the Baoding Military Academy, Li Jishen cultivated a large number of command talents who were active in the military circles in the future, and many well-known generals were once disciples of Li Jishen, which also laid the foundation for Li Jishen's high prestige in the military and political circles in the future.
Since then, Li Jishen has been running for Mr. Sun, and he has held important positions in the military government established by Mr. Sun, making many contributions to the revolutionary cause.
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After Mr. Sun's death, Chiang Kai-shek became the leader of the Kuomintang, and Li Jishen was initially unaware of Chiang Kai-shek's disposition, so he accepted Chiang Kai-shek's offer to hold various important positions in the Kuomintang.
In April 1927, Li Jishen went to Shanghai to attend Chiang Kai-shek's anti-communist conference, and was ordered to return to Guangzhou to launch the "April 15" coup, sending troops to surround the Guangzhou office of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and other revolutionary organizations, disarming workers and shutting down revolutionary groups, resulting in the tragic killing of more than 2,000 Communists and revolutionary volunteers.
Although these more than 2,000 soldiers were killed by Li Jishen's subordinates in his name, their deaths still had a lot to do with Li Jishen, which also became a matter of li jishen's regret in the future.
As Chiang Kai-shek's ambitions continued to swell, he began to purge the Kuomintang and constantly eliminate figures with relatively high influence, And Li Jishen was not spared.
During the Chiang-Gui War, Li Jishen, then chief of the general staff of the National Revolutionary Army, devoted himself to mediating the contradictions between Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren and others, but due to the constant intensification of the contradictions between Chiang and Li, Chiang Kai-shek believed that Li Jishen was secretly joining forces with Li Zongren to attack him, so he deprived Li Jishen of his military and political powers, expelled him from the party, and put Li Jishen under house arrest in Tangshan, and did not release him until after the "918" incident.
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Li Jishen, who had regained his party membership and official position, was not bought off by Chiang Kai-shek, who reinstated him as an official, hoping that he could use his influence in the party to help Chiang Kai-shek implement a policy of appeasement.
Li Jishen was very opposed to such a policy, and he gradually saw in his heart the true face of Chiang Kai-shek's vain attempt to implement dictatorial rule, and soon after left the Kuomintang Nanjing government and began to plan anti-Chiang Kai-shek activities.
After going south to Guangzhou, Li Jishen was elected as the military leader of the anti-Chiang Kai-shek, sitting in Bengbu, during a certain operation, he sent three progressive students out to inspect, but was assassinated by Chiang Kai-shek's agents, which made Li Jishen very angry, he wrote a letter condemning Chiang Kai-shek, broke off friendship with him, and openly opposed Chiang Kai-shek from then on.
During the Songhu War of Resistance, Li Jishen vigorously supported the actions of the 19th Route Army, causing the 19th Route Army to annihilate a large number of enemies, and the anti-Japanese sentiment in the army was also very high.
However, Chiang Kai-shek still regarded the Central Soviet Region of Jiangxi as the target of struggle, and at this time, the strength of the Red Army was constantly expanding, so Chiang Kai-shek mobilized the 19th Route Army to go south to encircle and suppress the Red Army, which made most of the officers and men in the army very dissatisfied.
They were immersed in the anti-Japanese atmosphere and resisted the infighting in the Chinese, and the leaders in the army gradually felt that it was imperative to oppose Chiang Kai-shek and resist Japan.
At the same time, Li Jishen and others rushed to Fujian to discuss specific matters against Chiang Kai-shek with the 19th Route Army, and at the same time sent people to the Central Soviet Region to inform Chairman Mao and others of their intention to oppose Chiang Kai-shek, and signed relevant anti-Japanese and anti-Chiang Kai-shek agreements, which is the famous "Fujian Incident."
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In 1933, the People's Revolutionary Government of the Republic of China was established in Fuzhou, chaired by Li Jishen, whose purpose was to oppose Chiang Kai-shek and resist Japan.
After the establishment of the government, supported by people from all walks of life, during this period, the 19th Route Army helped to lift the blockade of the Soviet area by the Kuomintang, so that a large number of materials could enter the Soviet area.
On the second day of the Fujian Incident, the Kuomintang mobilized more than 100,000 troops into Fujian to encircle and suppress the 19th Route Army, Chiang Kai-shek went to the front line to supervise the battle, and under the pressure of the large troops, the 19th Route Army lost one after another, and Li Jishen got in touch with the Red Army in the hope of getting assistance.
At that time, the Soviet zone was undergoing the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign, and Chairman Mao suggested that the Red Army and the 19th Route Army cooperate with each other to march east to aid the 19th Route Army and force Chiang Kai-shek to retreat in the encirclement and suppression of the Soviet zone, so that it could not only crush the enemy's "encirclement and suppression", but also effectively support the Republic of China.
However, because the central power at that time was in the hands of others, Chairman Mao's proposal was rejected, and they believed that they could not cooperate with intermediaries like Li Jishen, otherwise they might attract the other side's defection.
The 19th Route Army was suddenly isolated and helpless, and was gradually disintegrated by Chiang Kai-shek, until the eve of the defeat of the Republic of China, under the continuous struggle of Premier Zhou, Bogu and others agreed to send the Red Army into Fujian, but it was too late.
After the failure of the Fujian Incident, Li Jishen was wanted by Chiang Kai-shek and forced to flee to Hong Kong.
At the end of 1948, most of the main forces of the Kuomintang were eliminated, Chiang Kai-shek was forced into the opposition, and Li Jishen became the object of the US government's struggle, because Li Jishen had a great influence within the Kuomintang and there were many old departments, and the United States hoped that Li Jishen would come forward to establish a new government to replace Chiang Kai-shek and rule the river with the Communist Party.
But such a request was rejected by Li Jishen, who did not want to see a split in China, so he finally chose the Communist Party.
Under Chairman Mao's arrangement, Li Jishen evaded the enemy's eyeline, came from Hong Kong to the Liberated Areas, and served as vice chairman of New China at the first session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
His past experience has made Li Jishen's appointment as vice chairman highly criticized by everyone, but Premier Zhou has made it clear that he should not always think about the mistakes of the democrats in the past, and that Li Jishen took the initiative to contact the Central Soviet Region in those years, and if there had been no changes, the Red Army might not have marched.
Li Jishen also lived up to the expectations of Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou, and he made great contributions to the founding of New China, and the criticism of his appointment as vice chairman at that time gradually disappeared.