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▲ There are 3 people on Chiang Kai-shek’s assassination list! Song Meiling was furious. (Picture / Retrieved from Baidu Encyclopedia)
At the beginning of 1949, Chiang Kai-shek’s situation was very unfavorable. Seeing that the defeat was set, he made up his mind to eliminate dissidents, consolidate his position in the Kuomintang, and began to deploy to flee the mainland to Taiwan. He made an assassination list and emphasized that all three of them must be removed, but after seeing the names on the list, Song Meiling was so angry that she went to Chiang Kai-shek’s theory, and finally managed to save the lives of two of them.
It is understood that three names were written on Chiang Kai-shek’s assassination list. The most surprising thing is that in addition to Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, the two generals who have been grumbling for a long time, there is actually Song Qingling, the second sister of his wife Song Meiling, but why Chiang Kai-shek Want to get rid of Soong Ching Ling?
It turned out that Soong Ching Ling was Sun Yat-sen’s widow. She chose to marry Sun Yat-sen without hesitation. She went through all kinds of difficulties and dangers with Sun Yat-sen, engaged in revolutionary work, and made great sacrifices. After Sun Yat-sen’s death, Soong Ching Ling engaged in fund-raising activities, anti-Japanese During the war of liberation, she also stood on the side of the people and rescued many communists, and Chiang Kai-shek has always called himself “Sun Yat-sen’s successor”, but Soong Ching Ling stood on the opposite side of him, you can imagine how dissatisfied Chiang Kai-shek was , Especially in 1949, there were rumors that Soong Ching Ling would go north to cooperate with the Communist Party, which made Chiang Kai-shek decide to get rid of her.
Among the three, Yang Hucheng was the first to be secretly executed by secret agents in Chongqing, but Mao Renfeng, who received the task, dared not move Song Qingling and Zhang Xueliang. It is to reveal the news to Song Meiling.
Sure enough, Soong Meiling was furious when she learned about it, and immediately asked Chiang Kai-shek to reason, and even scolded Chiang Kai-shek fiercely, and even said, “If you dare to touch my second sister, my family will definitely not let you go!” Chiang Kai-shek was forced to Helpless, had to give up.
After all, Zhang Xueliang was a man of merit, such as the Northeast Change Flag and the Xi’an Incident, which were enough for him to be recorded in the annals of history. Although he was under house arrest at that time, his influence was still very large. For example, an important condition for the negotiation between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang was that Zhang Xueliang was to be released, so if Zhang Xueliang was killed, it would inevitably cause a huge storm of public opinion. Mao Renfeng knew the serious consequences, and in desperation, he told Song Meiling about the matter.
Therefore, when Mao Renfeng disclosed the news to Song Meiling, Song Meiling went to Chiang Kai-shek again, and said harshly that if Zhang Xueliang was killed, he would definitely leave Chiang Kai-shek. Communicate with the US government to win US support, so Chiang Kai-shek had to withdraw the order and bring Zhang Xueliang to Taiwan.
