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In 1949, as the Kuomintang's millions of troops were gradually defeated by the People's Liberation Army on the mainland, a large number of Kuomintang senior officers and politicians who were extremely disappointed with the Kuomintang regime left Chiang Kai-shek and the precarious Kuomintang regime and chose to stay on the mainland to participate in the establishment of New China and truly serve the people. The majority of the reactionaries headed by Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan.

Li Zongren, the last president of the Republic of China, also went to Taiwan. However, compared with Chiang Kai-shek, Li Zongren went to Taiwan out of helplessness.

As the last president of the Republic of China, Li Zongren held a very high position in the Kuomintang. However, compared with Chiang Kai-shek's ideas and attitudes that were extremely opposed to China's proletarian revolution, Li Zongren was not so averse to the Communists.

Therefore, Li Zongren actually had a lot of objections to Chiang Kai-shek's decision to forcibly take away most of China's elites and flee to Taiwan. This led to Li Zongren being strongly rejected by Chiang Kai-shek after he arrived in Taiwan.

Li Zongren was originally the leader of the Guangxi warlord lineage. He and Bai Chongxi were both leaders of the Guangxi Army. The Guangxi warlords had many conflicts with Chiang Kai-shek in the history of the Republic of China. Especially after the end of the three major battles in 1949, Chiang Kai-shek had to give up the position of president to Li Zongren because of continuous failures, which caused a very sharp conflict between Li Zongren and Chiang Kai-shek. So Li Zongren, who arrived in Taiwan, was constantly suppressed by Chiang Kai-shek in various ways and means.

At the same time, after the founding of New China, New China embarked on a path of rapid development, and the unification of the country was just around the corner. Against this background, Li Zongren finally decided to find a way to return to the mainland and live in the society of New China, away from Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang.

Starting in 1956, Li Zongren sent his fellow countryman Cheng Siyuan back to Beijing many times to talk with Premier Zhou. Li Zongren showed Premier Zhou and Chairman Mao a very clear idea, that is, he hoped to return to the mainland to live. Li Zongren, Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou, and a number of national leaders were very welcome.

It was not until 1965 that Li Zongren and his wife Guo Dejie returned to Beijing. A scene that made Li Zongren burst into tears appeared at the Beijing airport. A group of national leaders headed by Premier Zhou were waiting for Li Zongren's plane here.

When Li Zongren got off the plane, he shook hands with Premier Zhou and went to Zhongnanhai to meet Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao also showed a very welcoming attitude towards Li Zongren, because Li Zongren had created many victories during the Anti-Japanese War and made great contributions to the anti-Japanese struggle.

After Li Zongren returned to Beijing, the first thing he proposed to Chairman Mao was that he hoped that the two sides of the Taiwan Strait could be unified quickly, and that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party could put aside their past prejudices and let the new China move towards great unification. Chairman Mao highly recognized Li Zongren's idea.

In response, Chairman Mao asked Li Zongren to convey to Chiang Kai-shek that as long as Chiang Kai-shek was willing to put aside his prejudices and allow Taiwan to return to the embrace of New China, the people of New China would still be willing to let Chiang Kai-shek be the supreme leader of Taiwan and retain Taiwan's own system.

Since then, Li Zongren has become an important bridge of communication between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. Chairman Mao and Premier Zhou have both told Li Zongren to take good care of him, and Li Zongren's life in New China has been valued and paid attention to by many people.

After returning to the mainland, Li Zongren felt greatly relieved both physically and mentally. However, Li Zongren's wife felt something was wrong shortly after his return. Li Zongren and Guo Dejie had a very good relationship. They had been husband and wife for many years and supported each other.

Therefore, Li Zongren was very worried about his wife's condition. Unfortunately, Guo Dejie could not escape her fate in the end. Not long after returning to China, Guo Dejie left Li Zongren. Li Zongren suffered a huge psychological blow. After Premier Zhou learned about this, he also showed great concern for Li Zongren and often visited him.

Chairman Mao also expressed great concern for Li Zongren, hoping that Li Zongren could face life squarely. Premier Zhou told Li Zongren that the new China was already a new society, and Li Zongren was not young anymore, so he still needed someone to take care of him. Premier Zhou hoped that Li Zongren could open his mind and accept a new partner.

Li Zongren also chose to accept Premier Zhou's suggestion. As a result, Li Zongren's old friends and comrades introduced suitable partners to him. After many introductions, Li Zongren still did not find a partner who could get along with him.

Because Li Zongren was already quite old, but many of the ladies introduced by his old comrades and friends were much younger than him, which led to a huge gap in communication between them. There was no problem being friends, but if they lived together, it would not be appropriate. Li Zongren felt hopeless about this and wanted to give up.

But Cheng Siyuan brought good news to Li Zongren at this time. Cheng Siyuan had an old subordinate named Zhang Chengren. Zhang Chengren had a wide range of interpersonal relationships. Among the people Zhang Chengren knew, there was a friend who just matched Li Zongren's personality. This friend was a nurse in a hospital at the time and had a very gentle personality. More importantly, this friend's mother was an old acquaintance of Li Zongren. So Zhang Chengren introduced Hu Yousong to Li Zongren.

Hu Yousong was the daughter of the famous actress Hu Die in the Republic of China. She was 27 years old at the time, but she was not married. Hu Yousong's life was not satisfactory in her early years because Hu Die left her side. Moreover, Hu Yousong lacked the love of her elders. Li Zongren, who was older than her, cared about her and made up for it. Gradually, the two of them had more contacts.

Because Hu Yousong worked as a nurse, she was very careful in doing things and interacting with Li Zongren. More importantly, Li Zongren had some minor health problems at the time, and Hu Yousong could also provide Li Zongren with some considerable help in life. Gradually, Li Zongren felt that Hu Yousong was his most suitable partner, but he had no idea how to get along with Hu Yousong.

After much thought, Li Zongren proposed to Hu Yousong that he wanted Hu Yousong to become his secretary, and asked Hu Yousong to quit his job and live in Li Zongren's home. Hu Yousong was surprised by Li Zongren's idea. He knew that he and Li Zongren had developed feelings for each other, but the health secretary was just a job, which did not seem to be a clear distinction, so Li Zongren's request did not make Hu Yousong respond immediately.

When Premier Zhou knew about this, he was in tears and laughed at Li Zongren. He knew that Li Zongren actually wanted to propose to Hu Yousong. But the problem was that Li Zongren was nearly 50 years older than Hu Yousong, and Hu Yousong was still young. Li Zongren was worried that Hu Yousong would be criticized after he married her, so Li Zongren thought about letting Hu Yousong be his secretary.

In order to let Li Zongren have a clear understanding of the social changes in New China, Premier Zhou personally visited Li Zongren and said to him: "If you want to marry Comrade Hu Yousong, just marry him openly. Now is New China, not the old society of the past. No one will criticize your love life."

After hearing what Premier Zhou said, Li Zongren suddenly realized something. After careful consideration, he couldn't help but shake his head and laugh at himself. When he was young, he was a famous general who fought in all directions, but when he got old, he became hesitant and indecisive.

So, Li Zongren found Hu Yousong again and proposed the idea of ​​getting married to him. After hearing what Li Zongren meant, Hu Yousong smiled and immediately agreed to it. In this way, Li Zongren and Hu Yousong formed a new family, and Li Zongren also gained incomparable pleasure in this new family life and enjoyed one of the happiest times of his life.