Xiong Shihui is a general of the national army. Why was his life miserable in his later years and his experiences were so sad?

In the spring of 1948, the news from Nanjing made Xiong Shihui's heart beat. He believed that his chance to come back had arrived. It turned out that in order to ascend to the throne of the President of the Republic of China, Chiang Kai-shek planned to convene a legislative meeting of the Communist Party of China to revise the constitution. Chiang Kai-shek also informally appointed Zhang Qun as the executive president after the first "constitutional implementation", but his decision was met with controversy. There was opposition from legislators from the CC Department and the Fuxing Department. As a result, Chiang Kai-shek had to propose Weng Wenhao as a candidate for the Executive Yuan.

"The key to my father-in-law's frustration is that we lack our own organization." After hearing the news, Xiong Shihui went from Shanghai to Zhang Qun's residence in Nanjing to advise him and said: "In the beginning, He Lian (Department of Political Science) The key elements) once proposed a plan to organize quickly, but my father-in-law disagreed. Now we should learn from the lesson, catch up, organize quickly, and compete with Chen Guofu and Chen Lifu’s CC faction.”

Xiong Shihui is the old man. Again. Four years ago, the Communist Party of China held the Eleventh Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee and passed all resolutions preparing to implement the Communist Party of China. He Lian, who served as deputy secretary-general of the Central Design Bureau under Xiong Shihui at the time, suggested to Zhang Qun and Xiong Shihui that the Department of Political Science should establish a formal organization as soon as possible, otherwise it would suffer big losses in the future "parliamentary politics." Xiong Shihui strongly agreed, but Zhang Qun was timid. He knew that Chiang Kai-shek always hated others to set up separate mountains and set up small organizations. He was afraid that this would arouse Chiang Kai-shek's suspicion, so he did not accept He Lian's suggestion. This time, Zhang Qun saw that the post of Executive Dean was being thrown into disarray by the CC Department and the Fuxing Department. Zhang Qun was annoyed and believed that it was really necessary to organize the Department of Political Science. The scheming Zhang Qun deliberately pretended to be embarrassed and said to Xiong Shihui: "With my current status, it is not convenient for me to come forward to intervene."

Xiong Shihui patted his chest and said, "As long as my father-in-law nods, the rest Leave all the next matters to me."

After Zhang Qun discussed it with Xiong Shihui, he immediately appointed two legislators from the Department of Political Science, Wen Qun and Wang Youlian, to study it. specific plan. Xiong Shihui then returned to Shanghai to attend the preparatory meeting.

After some hard work by Xiong Shihui, the stragglers from the Department of Political Science were finally brought together. A political group called "Duli Society" was established in November 1948. On the day after the establishment of the society was announced, Xiong Shihui held a grand banquet to entertain Wu Dingchang, He Lian and Wei Daoming, the core members of the Department of Political Science from all over the country. , Shen Honglie et al.

However, just when Xiong Shihui was fully hoping to make a comeback with the help of "Duli Society", news of the disastrous defeat of the Japanese army in the Huaihai battlefield came on the third day. For a time, Nanjing was in a trembling state, and everything was covered with soldiers. Members of the Political Science Department looked for escape routes one after another, and no one had the intention to participate in the activities of the "Duli Society" again. Xiong Shihui fell into the dust. Seeing that the situation was not good, he did not want to stay in the mainland to be buried with Chiang Kai-shek, so he hurriedly moved his family to Hong Kong in 1949.

After *** fled to Taiwan from the mainland, Hong Kong became a safe haven for ***'s troubled powerful. Xiong Shihui had no confidence in how long Chiang Kai-shek could support Taiwan, and he knew that he would never get ahead again. The frustrated Xiong Shihui decided not to get involved in politics. However, Xiong Shihui, who had been an official for his whole life, could not bear the desertion and loneliness of doing nothing all day long, so he recruited a group of friends to set up a poetry club called "Cape Bells".

"Haijiao" refers to Hong Kong, and "Zhong" in "Zhongsheng" refers to the poetry clock. It is a pair of pairs in the old-style poem. It specifies two words and is embedded in two sentences of the seven-character poem. Making two sentences into a pair is a skill and game in ancient poetry. Xiong Shihui had some old school skills and also liked poetry, so he suggested the establishment of such a poetry club. Most of the people who joined this small circle were former Communist Party dignitaries and members of the political science department. Among them were Wu Dingchang, the former Secretary-General of the Presidential Office, Liang Hancao, the former Minister of Propaganda of the Communist Party of China, and the former Comptroller General of the Executive Yuan. Chen Qicai, Chief of Administration Chen Fang, Deputy Minister of the Interior Zhang Weihan, Youth Party leader Zuo Shunsheng, Zhejiang Provincial Civil Affairs Department Director Ruan Yicheng, etc.

These people gather at Xiong Shihui's house once a week, play a few rounds of cards, compose a few poems, and entertain themselves.

Sometimes they talk in general terms about current events, but never get involved in politics.

Xiong Shihui originally wanted to live a leisurely life in Hong Kong with his huge wealth, writing poems, drinking, and relaxing, but he encountered some unlucky things one after another. First, his old subordinates who were in poverty in Hong Kong kept coming to him to borrow money or ask for help. Due to the large number of people, Xiong Shihui was overwhelmed and later simply disappeared with some excuse. Many of these old subordinates had collected a large sum of money for Xiong Shihui back then. They believed that they should have a share of Xiong Shihui's property, so they started to make trouble in front of Xiong Shihui's house in groups. Xiong Shihui had no choice but to ask the Hong Kong Police Department for help.

Although the Hong Kong Police Department helped Xiong Shihui drive away the troublemaking old subordinates. However, a summons was issued to him. The police suspected that the passport held by Xiong Shihui was a forgery. After Xiong Shihui fled to Hong Kong, he first lived in seclusion and watched the situation. Later, when I saw that the mainland was completely liberated, Taiwan was still in panic, and Hong Kong was not a safe place to live, I wanted to lead my family to flee to South America. Around May 1950, I don’t know what route he took, but he spent US$500 to buy several passports, and then went to the Hong Kong Immigration Bureau to apply for a visa. The British assistant at the Immigration Bureau determined that the passports were fake and wanted to take advantage of the senior official, so he asked him to stay in the temporary detention room. At the same time, I told him that the "crime of forging documents" is very serious under Hong Kong's *** laws. Xiong Shihui's family was extremely worried. In order to save Xiong Shihui from jail, they spent a lot of money to hire Luo Wenjin, a famous barrister in Hong Kong, to defend him. When Luo Wenjin searched for relevant files, he discovered that when Xiong Shihui led a Chinese military delegation to go abroad and passed through Hong Kong during the Anti-Japanese War, he was greeted by a salute from Hong Kong. Later, during his visit to London, he also received a medal from the King of the United Kingdom, that is, Xiong Shihui was regarded as the honored guest of Hong Kong. Therefore, he requested to be exempted from prosecution, which was finally approved by the Hong Kong government.

After Xiong Shihui was released from prison, he lamented to Yuan Dewang, a fellow countryman who came to pick him up: "I was bullied by a dog when a tiger fell in Pingyang, and a dignified general of the national army was actually captured and sent to the prison cell. It's simply His face was lost and his politeness was ruined."

After being humiliated, Xiong Shihui no longer wanted to live in Hong Kong. Soon after he was released from prison, he boarded a plane to Thailand.

In Bangkok, Thailand, Xiong Shihui founded a textile factory. It's a pity that the army general didn't understand business management at all. In less than two years, the textile factory went bankrupt.

Xiong Shihui suffered heavy economic losses and saw that food and clothing were no longer a problem. When he was depressed, news came from Taiwan that his old friend Zhang Qun and "Prince" Chiang Ching-kuo wanted him to return to the team. Xiong Shihui had the idea of ??seeking refuge in Taiwan. Chiang Ching-kuo’s thoughts. He believed that with his special relationship with Chiang Ching-kuo, he would be well taken care of, and maybe there would be a chance for him to make a comeback.

Xiong Shihui and Chiang Ching-kuo had a special relationship when they were in Jiangxi. Chiang Kai-shek was worrying about how to arrange for Chiang Ching-kuo. Xiong Shihui showed his courtesy to Chiang Kai-shek and said, "If the commission is at ease, I would like to work with Brother Jingguo."

Chiang Kai-shek followed suit and said, "Let's do it." It’s okay to go to Jiangxi, but you have to ask for your wife’s opinion.”

With Song Meiling’s approval, Chiang Kai-shek decided to send Chiang Ching-kuo to Jiangxi for training. After Xiong Shihui returned to Nanchang, he immediately held a provincial meeting to study how to arrange Chiang Ching-kuo. In order to curry favor with the current prince, Jiangxi Provincial Security Director Liao Shiqiao offered to give up his position as director, and Construction Director Gong Xuesui rushed to give his position to Jiang Jingguo. After consideration, Xiong Shihui sent a telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, formally inviting Chiang Ching-kuo to come to Jiangxi and arranging for him to serve as the provincial security director. Chiang Kai-shek replied in the telegram: "Young and inexperienced, it is not suitable to be alone. He can be a deputy."

Therefore, Xiong Shihui arranged for Jiang Jingguo to serve as deputy director of the Provincial Security Department. Chiang Ching-kuo arrived in Jiangxi for only half a year. On his 30th birthday, Xiong Shihui appointed him as the administrative commissioner of the Fourth District of Jiangxi.

Someone sarcastically said: "Xiong Shihui chose this good day to promote the 'Prince'. The high political art of the Department of Political Science is indeed extraordinary."

The fourth area is located in southern Gansu. It covers 11 counties including Gan County, Nankang, and Xinfeng, and its area is equivalent to 2/3 of Taiwan. At that time, the situation in southern Jiangxi was relatively chaotic. Someone described it this way: "If you simply sketch it, the ugly picture of southern Gansu is probably like this: officials are corrupt, not only are they not the builders of social order, but they are the vanguard of destruction, and they pay taxes arbitrarily." Expropriation and military service became an act of open business. Opium dens and gambling dens were opened under the cover of officials. Fighting could be carried out separately. Most of the people were illiterate, and their understanding of politics still stayed at the stage of gentry and theocracy. ”

Gannan was carefully selected by Xiong Shihui as a place for Chiang Ching-kuo to display his political ambitions. After Chiang Ching-kuo took office, with the great assistance of Xiong Shihui, he made great efforts to govern southern Jiangxi.

Southern Jiangxi became the beginning of Chiang Ching-kuo’s political life and his first step into the political arena. The experience of southern Jiangxi became the most boastful and nostalgic history for Chiang Ching-kuo in his life. To a certain extent, Xiong Shihui can be regarded as the mentor who guided Chiang Ching-kuo into the political arena. Chiang Ching-kuo was naturally extremely grateful to him. Seeing that Chiang Ching-kuo was now emerging in Taiwan's political arena, Xiong Shihui aroused a glimmer of hope in him and fantasized about relying on his special relationship with Chiang Ching-kuo. relationship, and went to Taiwan to find another way out.

After making up his mind, Xiong Shihui took a flight from Thailand to Hong Kong to Taiwan in July 1954. During Xiong Shihui's stay in Hong Kong, the poetry friends of "Cape Bell" had their last gathering with him at Yunhua Restaurant. At the same time, they used the word "Yunhua" as a counterpoint to the poetry clock. They drank a few more glasses of old wine and became drunk. The hazy Xiong Shihui was moved by the scene and recited this sentence: "Yunmeng has swallowed the mustard, Huayan has first realized Bodhi." His depressed and gloomy mood should be said to be beyond words.

Xiong Shihui’s trip to Taiwan achieved nothing. Chiang Kai-shek was still extremely indifferent to him and would not even meet him.

Old friends Zhang Qun and Prince Chiang Ching-kuo still hosted a banquet to entertain him warmly, but they were unable to help him with his life and political demands, because Xiong Shihui's old political rival Chen Cheng was favored by Chiang Kai-shek at this time. The power was at its peak, covering the entire island. Even Chiang Ching-kuo temporarily gave in to him and did not dare to openly compete with him. The Department of New Political Science has been completely defeated by Chen Cheng. Even Wang Shijie has become a guilty person and is imprisoned in his home, awaiting investigation. Zhang Qun is even more frightened and dare not speak, so he only obeys. Xiong Shihui was greatly disappointed and had to leave Taiwan in a hurry and live in Macau.

Xiong Shihui's life in Macau was not easy either. Because he had nothing to do, his life was in a difficult situation. Sometimes he had to sell paintings and calligraphy to supplement his family income. During this period, Shanghai Mayor Chen Yi sent a message to Xiong Shihui through Peng Yuying, the former head of Dayu County in Jiangxi Province who had helped the New Fourth Army during the Anti-Japanese War, hoping that he could return to the mainland. However, Xiong Shihui hesitated again and again and ultimately failed to accept Chen Yi's warm invitation. He could only look back at the mainland, feeling lost.

Xiong Shihui's life in Macau was relatively difficult. Later, he followed the advice of his friends and returned to live in Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong, he spent his time planting flowers and composing poems every day. Looking back on his wandering life for more than ten years, Xiong Shihui said more than once to his fellow poets in "Cape Bells" with self-deprecation: "I am a wandering poet with no fixed abode and no home."

On January 12, 1974, Xiong Shihui, who had lived in seclusion for twenty years, died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 81.