Zhu Shaoliang
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Chu Shao-liang was a general
in the National Revolutionary Army
of the Republic of China
.
In 1935, he was hand picked by Chiang Kai-shek
as the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army for exterminating the (communist) bandits. It was during this time that Zhu Shaoliang was the first to receive the prices offered to anyone helping the capture of the communist leaders during Long March
: On September 7, 1935, Chiang Kai-shek
sent a Zhu Shaoliang a most wanted list for their communist enemy via telegraph, including the rewards for assisting their capture:
Zhu Shaoliang faithfully passed this information to every soldier and civilian under his reign but failed to capture any communists on Chiang's list, despite the attractive reward: the monthly living expense for an adult in 1935 in western China was only a single dollar in silver and reward for capturing Mao Zedong and Zhu De was equal to the monthly expense that would last 8,333 years and 4 months. Mao and other communists were rather happy when they learned the reward because it proved that they were still a formidable enemy to Chiang and as an insult to Chiang and Kuomintang
, Zhang Wentian
suggested that the communists would put out a reward for the capture of Chiang: ten cents.
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
in the National Revolutionary Army
National Revolutionary Army
The National Revolutionary Army , pre-1928 sometimes shortened to 革命軍 or Revolutionary Army and between 1928-1947 as 國軍 or National Army was the Military Arm of the Kuomintang from 1925 until 1947, as well as the national army of the Republic of China during the KMT's period of party rule...
of the Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
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In 1935, he was hand picked by Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....
as the commander-in-chief of the Third Route Army for exterminating the (communist) bandits. It was during this time that Zhu Shaoliang was the first to receive the prices offered to anyone helping the capture of the communist leaders during Long March
Long March
The Long March was a massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang army. There was not one Long March, but a series of marches, as various Communist armies in the south...
: On September 7, 1935, Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....
sent a Zhu Shaoliang a most wanted list for their communist enemy via telegraph, including the rewards for assisting their capture:
- Mao ZedongMao ZedongMao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...
: 100,000 dollars in silver for anyone capturing him alive, 80,000 dollars in silver dead - Zhu DeZhu DeZhu De was a Chinese militarist, politician, revolutionary, and one of the pioneers of the Chinese Communist Party. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1955 Zhu became one of the Ten Marshals of the People's Liberation Army, of which he is regarded as the founder.-Early...
: 100,000 dollars in silver for anyone capturing him alive, 80,000 dollars in silver dead - Peng DehuaiPeng DehuaiPeng Dehuai was a prominent military leader of the Communist Party of China, and China's Defence Minister from 1954 to 1959. Peng was an important commander during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Chinese civil war and was also the commander-in-chief of People's Volunteer Army in the Korean War...
: 60,000 dollars in silver for anyone capturing him alive, 40,000 dollars in silver dead - Lin BiaoLin BiaoLin Biao was a major Chinese Communist military leader who was pivotal in the communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, especially in Northeastern China...
: 60,000 dollars in silver for anyone capturing him alive, 40,000 dollars in silver dead - Zhou EnlaiZhou EnlaiZhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...
: 50,000 dollars in silver for anyone capturing him alive, 30,000 dollars in silver dead - Bo Gu: 50,000 dollars in silver for anyone capturing him alive, 30,000 dollars in silver dead
- Any communist commanders and cadres with divisionalDivision (military)A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades, and in turn several divisions typically make up a corps...
rank or higher: 30,000 dollars in silver for anyone capturing him alive, 20,000 dollars in silver dead
Zhu Shaoliang faithfully passed this information to every soldier and civilian under his reign but failed to capture any communists on Chiang's list, despite the attractive reward: the monthly living expense for an adult in 1935 in western China was only a single dollar in silver and reward for capturing Mao Zedong and Zhu De was equal to the monthly expense that would last 8,333 years and 4 months. Mao and other communists were rather happy when they learned the reward because it proved that they were still a formidable enemy to Chiang and as an insult to Chiang and Kuomintang
Kuomintang
The Kuomintang of China , sometimes romanized as Guomindang via the Pinyin transcription system or GMD for short, and translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party is a founding and ruling political party of the Republic of China . Its guiding ideology is the Three Principles of the People, espoused...
, Zhang Wentian
Zhang Wentian
Zhang Wentian . He is also known as Luo Fu . His names in Wade-Giles are Chang Wen-t'ien and Lo Fu.Born in Jiangsu, he attended engineering school in Nanjing and also spent a year at the University of California. He later joined the Communist Party and was sent to study at Sun Yat-sen University...
suggested that the communists would put out a reward for the capture of Chiang: ten cents.