Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Kai-shek's beloved son, had a changeable life. At the age of 25, he went to study in the Soviet Union and joined the Communist Party. In the "April 12" incident, in the face of his father's brutal suppression of left-wingers and the criminal act of deviating from Mr. Sun Yat-sen's will, Chiang Ching-kuo publicly declared that he would sever the father-son relationship with Chiang Kai-shek.
However, fate made people, Chiang Ching-kuo returned to his father's side, and under his father's careful training, he gradually ascended to the throne of the supreme leader of Taiwan.
On April 5, 1975, Chiang Kai-shek died, which also marked the end of an era. The Kuomintang "Central Standing Committee" urgently convened a meeting and immediately made a decision: to appoint Yan Jiagan, who was then the "deputy **," to replace Chiang Kai-shek from his post and become the ostensible leader of the Taiwan region in accordance with the provisions of the law.
Yan Jiagan is very aware of his "** identity", which is just a symbol on the surface, but in fact, it is to stage a drama of "Zhou Gong assists him to become the king".
According to the Kuomintang ** Qian Fu's recollection, whenever someone reported to Yan Jiagan, Yan Jiagan always emphasized that he was only responsible for listening to the report and did not make any decisions, and that specific matters needed to be handled by Mr. Chiang Ching-kuo.
However, what Yan Jiagan did not expect was that Chiang Ching-kuo's physical condition gradually deteriorated during his thirteen years as the leader of the Taiwan region, and he died of illness soon after.
Chiang Ching-kuo became increasingly ill with diabetes and was hospitalized several times**. Sadly, his son Jiang Xiaowen also fell into a coma due to low blood sugar, causing serious intellectual impairment.
This secret has always been known to the outside world.
After Lao Jiang learned of his son's condition, he was very worried, and he was deeply afraid of the tragedy of losing his son in old age. Therefore, he deliberately sent additional doctors to protect Chiang Ching-kuo's health day and night.
In addition, he arranged for two doctors from Veterans General Hospital to be on standby shifts, ready to check Chiang Ching-kuo's blood sugar status at any time. As soon as it is found that the blood sugar level is beyond the normal range, ** will be ordered to inject insulin into Chiang Ching-kuo.
Despite the panacea, they are also powerless for a patient who does not follow his doctor's instructions. Even if someone takes care of it, it will not stop the progression of the disease.
Chiang Ching-kuo's physical condition showed no signs of improving, for two reasons. First of all, he never took the doctor's advice seriously, and still went his own way. Chiang Kai-shek always regarded the doctor's advice as a wise saying, and his life Xi and sleep time strictly followed the doctor's advice.
Sometimes, the doctor would advise him to eat less greasy seafood, but he always replied, "It's okay, just can't die for a while." ”
After Chiang Ching-kuo took over power, in order to stabilize the political situation, he personally handled government affairs, and was an out-and-out workaholic. After moving to Taiwan, he attended or presided over an average of ten meetings a day, often paying for banquets out of his own pocket.
At banquets, he was full of energy, drank and ate freely, and impressed people.
According to the recollections of his bodyguards, Chiang Ching-kuo sometimes attended the Peking Opera Gala at Zhongshan Hall and the "Battle Evening" on the Three Armed Forces Stadium at night. Generally speaking, he does not spend more than five hours a day sleeping.
Although Chiang Ching-kuo served in the army when he was young, and his physical fitness was sharpened by the army, under such high-intensity work, even a tough guy with iron will have times of exhaustion.
Regarding Chiang Ching-kuo's way of working, his younger brother Jiang Weiguo once commented: "I work for the sake of living, while my brother lives for the sake of working." ”
Chiang Ching-kuo's over-hands-on approach reflects the over-reliance on individuals in Taiwanese politics. There are very few people he trusts, and this distrust stems from the fear of power, fearing that power will disappear in an instant, and the family's rise and fall will be irreparable.
Chiang Ching-kuo has become a political "loner". Taiwanese scholar Li Ao once used the example of Chen Ping, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, in "A Study of Chiang Ching-kuo" to imply that Chiang Ching-kuo's attendance at various gatherings and activities was only superficial and his helpless choice.
In August 1985, due to the effects of diabetes, Chiang Ching-kuo had to undergo cataract removal surgery in his right eye and have a lens installed. On April 18, 1986, he fell ill again and was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat, and an artificial heart rhythm regulator was installed at Taipei Veterans General Hospital.
These signs all indicate that Chiang Ching-kuo's life is coming to an end, like an oil lamp coming to an end. Therefore, he called his sons Jiang Xiaowen and Jiang Xiaoyong back from out of town in advance to prepare for their future.
The following is a brief introduction to the lives of Chiang Ching-kuo's sons.
Chiang Ching-kuo admitted a total of four children, whose names were Jiang Xiaowen, Jiang Xiaozhang (female), Jiang Xiaowu and Jiang Xiaoyong. When Chiang Ching-kuo was young, when he was training in southern Gansu, he had a pair of twins with Zhang Yaruo, and their names were Jiang Xiaoyan and Jiang Xiaoci, but Chiang Ching-kuo never recognized them.
Jiang Xiaowen is the eldest son of the Jiang family, he is handsome and dashing, and he is very smart. Both Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo had high hopes for him, but Chiang Xiaowen's natural mischievousness, coupled with Chiang Kai-shek's doting, turned him into a veritable loser.
He once made a splash by being a guard for being playful.
After the incident, the government and the opposition were shaken, and Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to send his grandson to the United States to avoid the limelight. However, Jiang Xiaowen's behavior became more and more indulgent without parental control.
In 1964, he was sued in Oakland District Court for a driving violation in the United States, where he was sentenced to three days in prison.
Chiang Hsiao-wu's actions were equally shocking, as he privately planned in 1984 to have Taiwan's intelligence agencies join forces with *** to ** the writer Jiangnan who wrote "The Biography of Chiang Ching-kuo", which caused huge political turmoil in Taiwan.
In order to calm the situation, Chiang Ching-kuo was forced to let Chiang Xiaowu flee to Singapore in 1986.
Chiang Hsiao-yong was the only one of Chiang Ching-kuo's three sons to Chiang Ching-kuo's satisfaction. After graduating from the military academy, Chiang Ching-kuo arranged for him to work in the economic field. Under the protection of Chiang Ching-kuo, Chiang Hsiao-yong held important positions in the Kuomintang's "party-run" production institutions and occupied an important position in Taiwan's industrial and commercial circles.
Later, he was fully responsible for Chiang Ching-kuo's funeral.
Back to the topic, on January 13, 1988, Chiang Ching-kuo felt unwell when he woke up in the morning, and he asked his adjutant: "Xiaowen is in **?."The adjutant replied, "Mr. Hyo-moon is eating."
Chiang Ching-kuo asked again: "What about Xiaowu?"The adjutant said, "Xiaowu is still in Singapore, and you are not in a hurry to call him back." At this moment, Chiang Ching-kuo was so ill that he was already unconscious, and he completely forgot his previous arrangement.
At 1:55 p.m., Chiang Ching-kuo began a large number of **, and the medical team has been urgently treating, but to no avail. By 3:55, Chiang Ching-kuo had passed away.
The death of a person is like the extinguishing of a lamp. In Chiang Ching-kuo's will, he divided it into two parts. The first part is a political testament, which contains some of his views and suggestions on the current situation.
The second part is a private will, which he mainly left to the heir of the family, Jiang Xiaoyong, hoping that he could take on the responsibility of the family, and left a bank account and password.
After Jiang Xiaoyong went to the bank to withdraw money, he found that it was only about one million Taiwan dollars. In fact, Jiang Xiaoyong knew in his heart that most of these were Jiang Jingguo's wages during his lifetime. In fact, the Jiang family's wealth is much more than that.
As early as 1949, when Chiang Kai-shek retreated to Taiwan, he had already left a rich legacy.
On the eve of the liberation of the mainland, the defeat of the Chiang Kai-shek clique was decided. In order to survive in Taiwan for a long time, he ordered his soldiers to ship a large amount of gold and silver from ** banks to Taiwan. From December 2, 1948 to January 20, 1949, Chiang Kai-shek transported 2577358 to Taiwan by sea99 taels of pure gold and 34 million silver coins.
In 1949, he ordered Tang Enbo to ship the last shipment of gold and silver from ** Bank to Taiwan, including 171141953 taels** and 352690,000 silver dollars.
However, not all of this gold and silver was owned by the Chiang family, some of it was distributed to his cronies, some of it was used to develop Taiwan's economy, and some of it was used by him to enrich himself.
With strong financial support, Jiang Xiaoyong joined the business world after graduating from university and became the chairman of Honglin Company. With its unique identity advantages, Honglin's annual profits have grown rapidly, and **also**.
Soon after, he became the chairman of ZTE Electric, and as soon as he took office, he implemented a monopoly operation, handing over the installation of all large-scale air-conditioning equipment in Taiwan to ZTE Electric.
According to economists' estimates, the Chiang family has at least billions of dollars in assets in Taiwan, covering finance, industry, medical and other fields.
Before Chiang Ching-kuo's death, Jiang Xiaoyong had fully controlled the power of the family and became the core figure of the family. This makes it possible to say that the "Chiang dynasty" is a dynasty, and it also makes the mainland avoid exposing the shortcomings of the Chiang family as much as possible when dealing with related matters.
Regarding Chiang Ching-kuo's death, the mainland gave an expression of admiration for his adherence to the "one China" policy.