Let’s go back to the incident of Chiang Kai-shek publishing a book. Why didn’t any scholars around him stop him?
It's very simple, because Chiang Kai-shek was a "lonely man".
Let’s take a look at Stilwell’s diary written in 1943. The “peanut” in the diary represents Chang Kaishen. This is the unique nickname given by Stilwell to Chiang Kai-shek. In the United States, it generally refers to those who are ambitious but lacking in ability.
people.
"A very simple meal, no ceremony, but God! The atmosphere. In front of this supreme person, no one dares to say a word or express an opinion... There are no arguments, no questions, only expressionless faces and
Cold decorum."
"Hua Mi was late for an hour and a half, and he was a little restless during the ceremony... Everyone around Hua Mi turned to stone again, and He (Ying Qin) sat there like a sculpture, without opening his mouth at all."
"The Destiny of China" was ghostwritten by Tao Xisheng, and Chen Bulei also wrote part of it.
Both of these two people are penmen, how could they not know the clumsiness of this book? Even if they write brilliantly, all the ideas and views in it belong to Chiang Kai-shek. They can only make various decisions within the ideological framework proposed by Chiang Kai-shek.
Telling lies, those specious and inconsistent arguments and arguments are already the limit of what Tao Xisheng and Chen Buile can do, and they can at least confuse some radical nationalist readers.
The sad thing about Lao Jiang was not that no one dared to speak to him, but that no one told him the truth.
Let’s continue to look at Stilwell’s diary: “He confirmed all my most pessimistic views. Peanut is not actually a dictator. He issues orders and everyone bows and says yes, but no one does anything. He understands China
All corruption and corruption were cleared away, but he did not have the power to cure this problem... He also understood all the bad conditions, but he could not do anything... He wanted to be a moral monarch, a religious leader, a philosopher. But
He is uneducated... He doesn't like to hear unpleasant things, so everyone only tells what he likes to hear, and it is impossible to reason with him... If anyone contradicts him, he will fly into a rage... He issues a large number of orders, as if
Like snowflakes, everyone is submissive, and he never knows what he actually did. He is afraid of the people and what they will say, so he tries his best to stop them from talking. This is stupid... He has no reason to be afraid of anything, let them talk.
.He didn’t have to be afraid of the Communists, he could have used them.”
Stilwell was just a passing visitor to China. He had not lived in China for long, but he had already seen the situation clearly: "After the war, China will be in great trouble. Peanut only understands what is happening around him."
, and this country is so big that he cannot completely control it. He is stubborn, stupid, ignorant, arbitrary, intolerant of others, unreasonable, unable to explain, ungrateful and extremely greedy."
The Battle of Shipai we mentioned in the previous chapter, although Chiang Kai-shek declared to the outside world that it was the "Battle of Stalingrad in China" and quite vowed to live and die with the country, and was a generous and determined king who would die for the country. But in fact, Chiang Kai-shek was scared to death.
, he thought that the Japanese invaders were about to break through the Three Gorges and enter Chongqing. He was so nervous that he lost his temper with the personnel reporting military intelligence in front of the Americans.
Stilwell recorded this in his diary: "There was panic during the Yichang incident (that is, the Japanese attack on Shipai). He was so nervous that he even threw teapots and vases on visitors."
What made Stilwell most speechless and angry was that Chang Kaishen did not discuss such a major matter as the expeditionary force's second entry into Myanmar with any important officials of the Military and Political Department. Stilwell met with the Minister of Military and Political Affairs He Yingqin to discuss the battle plan, and He Yingqin
Expressing ignorance, Stilwell was so angry that he wrote in his diary: "Obviously, if He (Ying Qin) doesn't know, no one in the Military and Administrative Department knows. So, who does Peanut negotiate with? With the chef,
Maybe, or his partner, God! Above all else, this arrogant little guy (referring to Chiang Kai-shek) will decide the fate of several countries... This great dictator, he let his troops starve
, is the biggest fool in the world... He thinks he is the incarnation of the Lord, but in fact he is a stubborn little donkey."
Chang Kaishen is difficult to be convinced. He jumps to conclusions easily without any evidence and cannot change them. When faced with good news and bad news, he must firmly believe in the good news, even if all the clues prove that the bad news is
It's true, and he still believes in the good news.
Stilwell also felt deeply about this.
On the issue of the expeditionary force, many of Chang Kaishen's actions made Stilwell unbelievable. He could only ask Soong Ailing and Soong Meiling to help persuade: "Peanuts are becoming less and less like a dictator and more like a political fence-sitter."
Pai. He has no power except to build his personal reputation, and his family knows this better... Peanut is more capricious and eccentric than I thought. Mei (Song Meiling) always said that he is difficult to grasp,
He did not consider the evidence when he came to the conclusion... They (the Song sisters responsible for persuasion) were almost mentally broken and could not sleep. Mei (Song Meiling) said that she prayed for him last night. Mei told me that she made every effort
, just about to kill him. Ella (Song Ailing) said that when he is annoyed, he pretends to be noble."
Therefore, any suggestions from Zhou Hexuan were invalid to Chiang Kai-shek.
Even Soong Meiling and Soong Ailing couldn't be persuaded, let alone Zhou Hexuan. Don't look at trivial matters, Lao Jiang followed Soong Meiling in everything, and he would not give in at all when big things happened.
Before Stilwell left Chongqing for the nth time, he made a special trip to Zhou's mansion. He complained bitterly in front of Zhou Hexuan, "Zhou, I have been driven crazy by your leader. All his military orders,
He did not discuss it with the Chinese Ministry of Military Affairs, but discussed it in his own office. God, do his office assistants know more about war than the generals and staff officers of the Ministry of Military Affairs? It is completely ridiculous. The fate of the United States and Britain has actually changed.
It might be in the hands of this fool!"
Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "That is not his office, but the attendant's room. Our Mr. Jiang is very retro. In ancient China, if the emperor did not trust his generals and ministers, he would set up another private institution, such as the Qing Dynasty
Military Aircraft Department."
"Damn the attendant room, the Chinese generals and I are worse than peanut attendants!" Stilwell shouted wildly to vent.
Zhou Hexuan said: "This is one of China's traditional political methods. The monarch plans in the secret room, and other officials can handle it according to the rules."
Stilwell said: "But the attendants around Peanut only flatter each other and conceal the truth. It's hard for you to imagine that Peanut's series of commands on the Burmese battlefield were all made without any understanding of the front line!
He was murdering soldiers’ lives! I was probably the only person in Chongqing who would tell the truth to Hua Mi. Many of the truths I told shocked him because he had never heard of them. I was offended by this.
Many people have offended those who concealed the truth. They said bad things about me in front of peanuts. They also spread rumors that I conspired to seize military power and that I wanted to be the Supreme Emperor of China. It is really ridiculous. I am an American with no roots in China. How can I
It is possible to seize military power, but how can it be possible to become the emperor of China? The Chinese people are not fools!"
"You are not the only one who tells the truth," Zhou Hexuan smiled bitterly. "A few months ago, I also told the truth in front of Mr. Jiang, so now I can't step out of the house. The front door of my house is open 24 hours a day.
There are soldiers guarding it."
Stilwell shrugged and spread his hands: "I came to you this time because you are an expert on international issues and a great scholar in China. I wanted to ask you to persuade Hua Mi, but it seems that I was wrong. There is no one in this world.
