Who is the man known as the king of the South?

The great man of guangdong and guangxi--the king of the south, chen.

Chen (1890–1954) was born in Bonan. A native of Fangcheng, Guangdong (now Fangchenggang, Guangxi), a first-class general of China Kuomintang, has been in charge of Guangdong for a long time. Politically, he was an opponent of Nanjing Central Government, but he did a lot of economic, cultural and municipal construction. Known as the king of the south.

1907, Chen was admitted to Huangpu army primary school in Guangzhou and secretly joined the league. After the Revolution of 1911, he entered the Guangdong Army crash school. Later, he served as an officer of the Guangdong Army, rising from platoon leader to head. Chen followed Sun Yat-sen and served as the brigade commander of the Second Brigade of the Guangdong Army in Danielle during the Franco-Prussian War and the Anti-Chen Jiongming War. The National Government was founded in 1925, and Chen was appointed as the subordinate of Li, the 11th division commander of the Fourth Army of the National Revolutionary Army.

During the Northern Expedition from 65438 to 0928, the * * * Party defected in Nanchang, and Ye Ting and He Long went south to Chaozhou and Meizhou in Guangdong. Chen led the army to intercept. 1929, the Chiang Kai-shek War started, Li was detained by Chiang Kai-shek in Tangshan, and Chen supported Chiang Kai-shek. Later, Chen was promoted to be the commander of the Fourth Army and a member of the Guangdong appeasement Committee, stationed in Guangzhou, and later served as the commander-in-chief of the Eighth Army. 193 1 year, he was placed under house arrest in Hu by Chiang Kai-shek, electrified against Chiang Kai-shek and drove away Chen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. In May of the same year, Wang Jingwei established the National Government in Guangzhou, and Chen was the commander of the First Army. After the September 18th Incident in the same year, Guangzhou National Government cancelled it. In the following years, Chen Jian established the power of the party, government and army in Guangdong, and was called the "Southern King".

During the period of Chen Zhuzheng (1929-1936), he made great achievements in the development of Guangdong. Various factories, port roads, universities, primary and secondary schools have been built one after another. Guangzhou has developed industries and made remarkable achievements in municipal construction, such as Haizhu Bridge, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Wushan New School Building, Sun Yat-sen University and Aiqun Building. There are more than 30 roads, all of which were built by Chen Zhuyue. Known as the golden age of old Guangzhou.

1June, 936, Chen joined forces with Guangxi to fight against Chiang Kai-shek in the name of "resisting Japan and saving the country". However, Chen's air force brigade was heavily bought by Chiang Kai-shek. In July, Commander Rui Huang led 48 planes to Nanchang for Nanjing. Other generals of Chen, such as Yu Hanmou, also electrified to show their obedience to the Central Committee. After the defeat, Chen was forced to leave Hong Kong.

During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Chen became a member of the Supreme National Defense Council and the Strategic Committee. From 65438 to 0949, he served as chief executive and garrison commander of Hainan. From 65438 to 0950, he went to Taiwan Province province, where he was asked about the strategy of the presidential palace. 1954 165438+ died in Taiwan Province province on13, and was buried in Taipei. When Chen went to the funeral, there were grand funeral ceremonies in Taipei and Hong Kong.

6? 1 There are many rumors about Chen 1936 "Guangdong-Guangxi Incident Against Chiang Kai-shek". Among them, Chen himself is said to be superstitious. His brother Chen Weizhou is the spokesman of Chiang Kai-shek and predicted that Chiang Kai-shek would be robbed at 1936. Before the incident, he also divined for Chen, and it was "now or never". Unexpectedly, Chiang Kai-shek's robbery at 1936 was the Xi incident. The "opportunity" of "now or never" refers to "plane" rather than "opportunity".

6? 1 Zhuhai College in Hong Kong was also built in Guangzhou after the Chen War.