Chiang Kai-shek was once the ruler of China, and although he was at the pinnacle of power, he also faced many assassinations and crises in his life. And the reason why Chiang Kai-shek was able to repeatedly turn evil into good fortune was due to the loyal guards around him.
Wang Shihe was Chiang Kai-shek's first chief of guard, and he protected Chiang Kai-shek for 21 years. However, because he offended Chiang Ching-kuo in his later years, he did not see Chiang Kai-shek until his death.
What's going on with all this?
Wang Shihe was born in 1899 in Xikou, ZhejiangWhen it comes to family lineage, Wang Shihe is Chiang Kai-shek's cousin.
Wang Shihe's grandfather and Chiang Kai-shek's mother, Wang Caiyun, were cousins and brothers. Wang Shihe never found anything to do when he grew up, so Wang Caiyu asked Wang Shihe to come to the Jiang family's salt shop as an apprentice, and at the same time did a dozen chores in the Jiang family. Wang Shihe is loyal, quick to respond, and always does things just right, which is very liked and valued by the Jiang family.
Later, Chiang Kai-shek was worried that he had a bad relationship with the Cantonese generals, and was afraid that they would be unfavorable to him. So he chose strong and loyal young men in his hometown to be his guards.
Wang Shihe was not surprised to be recruited by Chiang Kai-shek, when Chiang Kai-shek selected four young men to be his personal guards, and Wang Shihe was the oldest, so Chiang Kai-shek appointed Wang Shihe as his chief of guard to manage this small guard.
From then on, Wang Shihe began a 21-year career of protecting Chiang Kai-shek.
Wang Shihe followed Chiang Kai-shek to fight in the south and the north, was born and died, was loyal, protected Chiang Kai-shek many times, and won Chiang Kai-shek's trust. In addition, Wang Shihe's cooking skills are good, and he cooks good dishes, especially hometown dishes. made Chiang Kai-shek rely on him even more.
In 1924, Wang Shihe became a first-term student of Whampoa because of Chiang Kai-shek's recommendationAmong his classmates were Hu Zongnan and other members of the Kuomintang in the future.
On August 12, 1929, some personnel serving as "foreign guards" tried to take the opportunity to assassinate Chiang Kai-shek, but fortunately Wang Shihe and the internal guards saw through it and captured the assassin on the spot, and Chiang Kai-shek escaped.
After returning from the military academy, Wang Shihe transplanted the set of the military academy to the guards. For example, he stipulated that the guards should wear uniform uniforms and rigid spiked leather shoes. In the evening, be sure to walk for a shift salute.
When the guards walked, they would make a "click, click, click" sound, which would be noisy to others, but Chiang Kai-shek liked to listen to this sound, which has not changed for decades.
In 1942, Yu Jishi succeeded Wang Shihe, he did not know that Chiang Kai-shek had this Xi, and ordered that the guards wear cloth shoes when on duty, so as not to wake Chiang Kai-shek, and as a result, Chiang Kai-shek scolded Yu Jishi the next day, asking why there were no guards on duty.
Only then did Yu Jishi know that Lao Jiang had the Xi of listening to footsteps to identify whether there was anyone on duty.
Wang Shihe followed Chiang Kai-shek day and night, won Chiang Kai-shek's trust, and had relatives, so he was inevitably involved in the whirlpool of Chiang Kai-shek's family grievances.
Wang Shihe was the first to offend Song Meiling.
Wang Shihe was an old-fashioned man, and Chiang Kai-shek's mother was very good to him, so he was very good and loyal to Mao Fumei, the daughter-in-law chosen by Chiang Kai-shek's mother. Even after Chiang Kai-shek remarried Soong Meiling, he was still very respectful to Mao and often thought about repaying his kindness.
Wang Shihe has a very good attitude towards Mao and Chen Jieru behind, which is also the source of Song Meiling's misunderstanding of him.
After Chiang Ching-kuo returned to China, he held a Chinese wedding in Fenghua's hometown. The wedding was officiated by the Mao family, and Chiang Kai-shek, in order not to irritate Song Meiling, only asked Wang Shihe to go back on his behalf and help manage everything.
Although Chiang Kai-shek was very careful, Song Meiling still knew that the main mother of this wedding was not herself, and she always made Song Meiling feel like a fish in her throat.
Wang Shihe also became the target of Song Meiling's dissatisfaction.
In 1943, Soong Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek quarreled and went to the United States in a fit of anger. Later, after staying in the United States for a few days, Song Meiling lost her anger and informed Chiang Kai-shek when she would return to Chongqing, meaning that Chiang Kai-shek was coming to pick me up.
Wang Shihe, as the chief of the guard, naturally arranged the itinerary long ago and reminded Chiang Kai-shek whether he wanted to spare time to pick up the plane. But Chiang Kai-shek was still angryOn the day Soong Meiling returned to China, Chiang Kai-shek still did not pick it up.
After Song Meiling came back, she naturally asked Chiang Kai-shek why he didn't come to pick up the plane, and Chiang Kai-shek put the responsibility on Wang Shihe, and beat Wang Shihe with a cane on the spot and scolded him"Why don't you tell my wife to be back today
Wang Shihe could only carry this pot for Chiang Kai-shek, and Song Meiling's misunderstanding of Wang Shihe was even deeper.
In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek was defeated and retreated to Taiwan, and Wang Shihe and his family drifted to an isolated island with him, and took root on the island.
Chiang Kai-shek also made arrangements for Wang Shihe, giving him a paid idle position, and he didn't have to go to work to get money. But there are more than ten people in the Wang family, and this salary is not enough.
Later, after several setbacks, Wang Shihe found an idle position under Jiang Jingguo. It was at this stage that Wang Shihe offended Xiao Jiang.
Chiang Ching-kuo, like his father, has a lot of romantic history. Wang Shihe also heard that he believed that he was Chiang Ching-kuo's elder and had the obligation to advise, so he often reminded Chiang Ching-kuo to restrain himself.
After talking too much, Jiang Jingguo was unhappy, and at the same time worried that Wang Shihe would go to his father to say something that should not be saidSo Chiang Ching-kuo secretly ordered that Wang Shihe would not be allowed to see Chiang Kai-shek from now on.
After going to Taiwan for a long time, the livelihood of Wang Shihe's family has always been a problem, and Wang Shihe had no choice but to go to Chiang Kai-shek. But each time he was stopped by the guards.
Wang Shihe didn't expect that he had been loyal for more than 20 years, but it was so difficult to see the old chief.
Wang Shihe didn't expect the real reason until his deathIt turned out to be because he said that to Chiang Ching-kuo
In July 1960, Wang Shihe was seriously ill and died soon after.
Song Meiling specially sent her secretary You Jianwen to visit and saidMadame wants me to tell the chief of the guard, please rest assured, Madame does not care about the past grievances and grievances, she has completely relieved, forgive you everything, please rest assured
Two days later, Wang Shihe died, and he never saw Chiang Kai-shek again until his death.