Chiang Kai-shek's desire to return to his homeland Chiang Kai-shek said to his son on his deathbed: "After I die, please 'float' my body in Cihu, which is similar to my hometown Fenghua, and I must send my coffin back when I have the opportunity, and the fallen leaves will eventually return to the roots."
In 1996, Jiang Xiaoyong held a press conference during his illness, saying: "My grandfather and father made a special statement that their souls should return to their homeland and that fallen leaves should return to their roots, which is human nature and their only last wish. As a descendant of the Jiang family, I will definitely do my best to realize this last wish. Jiang Xiaoyong's true feelings are moving.
Before his death, Chiang Kai-shek instructed his son to bury himself in his hometown "Fenghua", and this legendary generation of heroes quietly ended his magnificent life on April 5, 1975. Although he regarded the Communist Party as a lifelong enemy and made unforgivable mistakes, it is undeniable that Lao Chiang always considered himself a Chinese and adhered to the one-China principle.
Even after retreating to Taiwan, he still longed to return to his hometown of "Fenghua". At the beginning of being driven out of the mainland, he kept trying to ** the mainland, but encountered many setbacks, and his final wish was to let the fallen leaves return to their roots and their souls to their hometowns. After Chiang Kai-shek's death, the family decided not to bury him in Taiwan, as he wished, but to wait for an opportunity to return to his homeland.
Chiang Kai-shek's son, Chiang Ching-kuo, realized that his long-cherished wish of "recovering the mainland" was difficult to realize, so he changed his previous position and took the initiative to contact the mainland, hoping to return his father's body to his homeland. However, just as major progress was being made in cross-strait peace talks, Chiang Ching-kuo died of illness. It turned out that with the joint efforts of him and the mainland, the reunification of the motherland was only one step away, and the mainland and Taiwan were ready to greet reunification.
Taiwanese veterans are looking forward to the day when they will return home as soon as possible. In 1987, through the joint efforts of both sides, the two sides of the strait jointly issued a statement agreeing to allow people on both sides of the strait to visit relatives back and forth. However, just as he was about to take the next step, the unexpected happened. Chiang Ching-kuo, who had always longed to go home, fell ill, and his plan to return was once again put on hold. The reunification of the motherland seems to be just around the corner, but it is far away.
When his life was dying, he entrusted his wish to return to his son Jiang Xiaoyong, and said to him: "When the motherland is reunified, we will send the coffins of both of us back to our hometown Fenghua Xikou, which is where our roots lie." "It's an agreement between grandparents and grandchildren. Jiang Xiaoyong is a Chinese Canadian, born in Shanghai in 1948. Since childhood, he has been deeply favored by Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling.
He was born at a time when the Chiang dynasty was already showing signs of decline on the mainland, so he moved to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek and his family soon after. Perhaps because they were born in a period when the Jiang family was in decline, the Jiang Song couple felt indebted to him in their hearts, so they doted on him among their brothers and sisters.
Sometimes when they are depressed and irritable, they immediately smile when they hear this sweet grandson call grandparents. Jiang Xiaoyong was naughty and naughty when he was a child, thanks to the pampering of his grandparents, he often played tricks, and even often played with other children, making a mess of the family. Therefore, he was often "taught" by his father, Chiang Ching-kuo.
But in Chiang Kai-shek's view, this was nothing more than a sign of the courage and audacity of a boy, so he often taught him personally. When he was thirteen years old, Chiang Kai-shek took him to the church for worship, and it rained lightly on the road, and he subconsciously used his hands to block the rain, and Chiang Kai-shek said to him solemnly: "A man, a little rain is nothing!".Hearing this, he immediately lowered his hand and let the rain fall on him without care.
Chiang Kai-shek had high hopes for Chiang Xiaoyong, and although he favored him, he was not sloppy in education. He asked Jiang Xiaoyong to familiarize himself with the Four Books and Five Classics, Yangming Philosophy and other classics, and then interpret the deep meaning for him in detail after he could memorize them proficiently. After graduating from high school, Chiang Kai-shek sent him to the Fengshan Military Academy, hoping that he would inherit his mantle, but unfortunately it backfired.
Chiang Xiaoyong seriously sprained his foot during a military exercise, and after ** and recuperation, the injury was still not **, and he could not return to the army for training, which completely frustrated Chiang Kai-shek's plan to let his grandson gain military power, which led to the decline of the Chiang family. With the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek and the retreat to Taiwan, the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party came to an end, and although the Kuomintang was able to recuperate, the news that came one after another was alarming.
Canada was the first to recognize the international status of the People's Republic of China and cut off diplomatic relations with Taiwan. Subsequently, the United Nations overwhelmingly passed a resolution "to restore all the affairs and rights and interests of the People's Republic of China in the international arena" and expelled the Kuomintang regime from the United Nations. Even the United States, which has always supported Taiwan, began to establish diplomatic relations with Chinese mainland after Nixon took office in the United States**.
Since then, a number of small, unknown countries have followed suit, and within a few months, more than 20 countries have recognized the international status of the People's Republic of China and established diplomatic relations with it. These news constantly undermined the Chiang regime's solid position in Taiwan, and Chiang Kai-shek suffered greatly from one blow after another.
In order to appease the people and stabilize his political position, Chiang Kai-shek issued an official document saying: "The major affairs of the world depend on the efforts of people, as long as we work together, deal with them calmly, plan far-reaching, and stand the test, we will definitely be able to wait until the day of national independence." With this announcement, Chiang Ching-kuo was successfully elected as the premier of the Executive Yuan in the Taiwan Legislative Yuan with the support of 381 votes.
Subsequently, Chiang Kai-shek died, and Chiang Ching-kuo realized that there was little hope for the mainland's recovery, so he gladly began to engage in the establishment of diplomatic relations and reunification with the mainland. Although Taiwan is still ostensibly dominated by the Chiang regime, in reality it has long since changed. After Chiang Ching-kuo took over the Taiwan authorities, he always cherished his father's legacy and looked forward to the "opportunity to return".
However, some people in the Taiwan authorities believe that the relations between the two sides are not friendly and have been antagonistic to each other for decades, and he feels at a loss what to do, so he has no choice but to take it step by step. In the end, with the joint efforts of both sides of the strait, reunification was only one step away, but Chiang Ching-kuo died young. After Chiang Ching-kuo's death, the Chiang family completely declined, the two sides of the strait failed to reunify, and Chiang Ching-kuo's last wish was not realized.
Chiang Kai-shek married four wives in his lifetime, but Chiang Ching-kuo was the only son of him. However, two of Chiang Ching-kuo's five sons were not the sisters-in-law recognized by Chiang Kai-shek, and the health of the eldest and second sons was not optimistic, and they died within two years of Chiang Ching-kuo's death. Therefore, the last wish of the "two Chiangs" was ultimately pinned only on Jiang Xiaoyong.
Unfortunately, in early 1996, Jiang Xiaoyong was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and his health deteriorated. He realized that without immediate action, his father and grandfather's last wish might not be fulfilled. Therefore, he immediately rushed to Taiwan from Xikou and applied to the Taiwan authorities to move the remains of the "two Chiangs" back to the mainland.
However, the proposal was rejected, with some arguing that the relocation of the remains of the "two Chiangs" to the mainland, since they had served as leaders in Taiwan, would have an unpredictable political impact on the situation in Taiwan. At the same time, there are those who argue that the wishes of the deceased should be observed. Afterwards, Jiang Xiaoyong said angrily: "My father misjudged people's hearts and made *** his ** person, which was a major mistake in his life.
He also expressed sadly and indignantly at a press conference: "My grandfather and father made a special statement before their deaths that it is human nature to return to their hometown and return to their roots, and it is also their only last wish." As a descendant of the Jiang family, I will do my best to fulfill this last wish. However, even before Jiang Xiaoyong's death, he failed to do so.
If Jiang Jinguo had not been elected to power that year, or if Jiang Xiaoyong had inherited Chiang Kai-shek's position, perhaps the last wish of the "two Chiangs" would have been realized. In short, there is no doubt that Taiwan has been part of China since ancient times. China's determination to recover Taiwan and reunify the whole country will never change. A cause must have an effect.
Although Chiang Kai-shek always adhered to the one-China position, the current situation is not as he wanted, and this is precisely what he wanted.