On April 5, 1975, Chiang Kai-shek of Taiwan Province passed away, and his eldest son, Chiang Ching-kuo, held a grand funeral for him.
The relationship between Chiang Ching-kuo and Soong Meiling has always been delicate, and there is an open and secret struggle between them. Before reading his father's last words, Chiang Ching-kuo announced a decision that surprised everyone present: he wanted his father to be buried with his biological mother.
This made Soong Meiling feel very embarrassed, because Chiang Kai-shek had already married her. Chiang Ching-kuo's words undoubtedly made one thing clear to Song Meiling, that is, the relationship between them is not so simple.
Soon after, the battered Soong Meiling left Taiwan Province and moved to the United States by plane, where she decided to settle down. Who is Chiang Ching-kuo's mother? Why did he insist on letting his mother be buried with Chiang Kai-shek, and even showed no mercy to Soong Meiling?
What are the gaps between them? All the intricate grievances originated from Chiang Kai-shek's deep infatuation with Soong Meiling.
At a private banquet in 1922, Chiang Kai-shek was fascinated by Soong Meiling's beauty. Regardless of the status quo of his existing family, he launched a fanatical pursuit of Song Meiling.
Soong Meiling was born into a famous family and received the best women's college education in the United States, which made Chiang Kai-shek even more fond of her.
In the celebrity world at that time, she was eye-catching with her unique background and had many suitors. However, at that time, although Chiang Kai-shek was highly regarded by Mr. Sun Yat-sen, he was only the chief of staff of the battalion.
Not to mention, the amorous Chiang Kai-shek already has two wives and a concubine, and by Song Meiling's side, he is only a small character. In fact, in 1901, at the age of 14, Chiang Kai-shek ushered in his first marriage, that is, his wife Mao Fumei.
Mao Fumei was five years older than Chiang Kai-shek, but their marriage was not based on a deep relationship. After Chiang Ching-kuo was born, Chiang Kai-shek often ran away from home, indulged in the world of flowers in Shanghai, and lived an uninhibited life.
It was in such an environment that Chiang Kai-shek met Yao Yecheng, a woman in the dust, and developed deep feelings for her. Yao Yecheng was smart and beautiful and knew how to please Chiang Kai-shek, so Chiang Kai-shek soon married her as a concubine.
Yao Yecheng was not Chiang Kai-shek's ideal wife, and her hobby was only mahjong, which greatly reduced Chiang Kai-shek's interest in her. However, Chiang Kai-shek, who was unwilling to be lonely, met Chen Jieru, a talented and beautiful young woman in literature and art, and he fell in love with Chen Jieru at first sight and began to pursue her.
Soon after the two fell in love, Chiang Kai-shek married Chen Jieru without consulting Mao Fumei.
Chen Jieru's emotional experience is full of twists and turns, which makes many women choose to avoid it, not to mention Song Meiling, who is from a famous family. Therefore, Soong Meiling did not hesitate to reject Chiang Kai-shek.
However, Chiang Kai-shek would never give up easily on the object of his pursuit. He found Mr. Sun Yat-sen to help with the matchmaker, but Sun Yat-sen was embarrassed to refuse, so he asked his wife Song Qingling to discuss the matter.
Song Qingling felt very angry after hearing the news. She is Chen Jieru's fellow countryman, so she naturally knows about the marriage between Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru.
Song Qingling resolutely opposed Song Meiling marrying that person, she said that she would rather see her sister die than marry such a person. Despite the rejection, Chiang Kai-shek did not give up, but he understood that if he wanted to become the son-in-law of the Song family, he must have the strength to match.
Under the guidance of Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek won many military merits with the Northern Expedition, and after the death of Mr. Sun Yat-sen on March 12, 1925, the Song family lost its main support and urgently needed a new one.
And Chiang Kai-shek relied on his business talent to become the central figure of both military and political affairs in the national **. Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek found the eldest sister of the three sisters of the Song family, Song Ailing.
Soong was known as a "money junkie" who valued Chiang Kai-shek's political potential rather than his past. Therefore, Soong Ailing actively promoted Chiang Kai-shek's date with Soong Meiling, even though Soong Meiling already had a boyfriend, Liu Jiwen.
Liu Jiwen worked under Chiang Kai-shek, and he couldn't resist his boss's pursuit of his girlfriend. In the end, for the sake of his future, Liu Jiwen chose to break up with Song Meiling.
Liu Jiwen: Chiang Kai-shek's pursuit of Soong Meiling was as hot as fire, and even described his pursuit as "full firepower". Song Meiling was depressed after breaking up with her ex-boyfriend, and Chiang Kai-shek's pursuit slowly eliminated her rejection of him, and the two began to date frequently.
However, Mrs. Ni, the mother of the three sisters of the Song family, has not yet been convinced. She demanded that Chiang Kai-shek must dissolve all marriages, otherwise she would not agree to the marriage.
Chiang Kai-shek was forced to leave the center of power due to the defeat of the political struggle. At this time, he realized how important the support of the Song family was to him. In order to get the support of the Song family, he met the request of Mrs. Ni, and in order to please her, he studied the Bible diligently and became a devout ** believer.
After returning to his hometown, he decided to dissolve his marriage with Mao Fumei, who gave birth to Jiang Jingguo, but was resolutely opposed by Mao Fumei, and even Jiang's mother stood by Mao Fumei's side and resolutely opposed this matter.
In the end, the matter had to be settled.
Wang Caiyu regretted that although Mao Fumei has "Fu" in her name, her blessing is not deep. Soon after, Chiang's mother died, allowing Chiang Kai-shek to file for divorce again.
Although Mao Fumei felt extremely painful about the loss of her husband, she understood that it was irreparable, and finally signed a divorce agreement and lived separately in the way of divorce without leaving home.
As for the concubine Yao Yecheng, after Chiang Kai-shek provided generous conditions, she readily agreed to the divorce.
In dealing with Chen Jieru's problem, Chiang Kai-shek used the technique of "fake divorce", asking her to study abroad for five years and then return to resume the marriage. In this way, Chiang Kai-shek successfully broke away from his previous marriage relationship, and finally proposed to Soong Meiling, and held a grand wedding.
The marriage between the two allowed Chiang Kai-shek to return to his position as commander of the National Revolutionary Army, and he also succeeded in taking control of the Kuomintang with the help of Soong Meiling. As a result, Song Meiling was also active in the field of politics and diplomacy, and was known as the "Lady of Diplomacy".
Although Chiang Kai-shek's marriage to Soong Meiling brought a harmonious and happy married life and earned him the reputation of "infatuation", this marriage was based on the abandonment of his original wife, Mao Fumei.
This behavior led to his son, Chiang Ching-kuo, becoming deeply hostile to his stepmother. Even after Chiang Kai-shek married Soong Meiling, Mao Fumei's life did not change substantially.
After many years, she has kept the Jiang family in good order and taken great care of her neighbors. Therefore, in the hearts of Chiang Kai-shek's hometown Chiang clan, she still maintained the status of the main mother.
However, Mao Fumei suffered a lot of pain in her heart and was never able to accept the fact that she was suspended. As a traditional woman, she believed she had done her duty, but Chiang Kai-shek still ruthlessly abandoned her.
This is Mao Fumei's misfortune and a portrayal of the tragedy of countless traditional arranged marriages.
Although Jiang Jingguo is Mao Fumei's son, due to various reasons, the mother and son get together less and leave more. Chiang Ching-kuo followed Chiang Kai-shek to Shanghai from an early age, and then studied in the Soviet Union.
As a result of Chiang Kai-shek's counter-revolutionary actions, Chiang Ching-kuo was actually under surveillance in the Soviet Union and was unable to communicate with his mother. Mao Fumei can only bear the pain of missing her distant son and being abandoned by her husband alone.
In 1937, Chiang Ching-kuo, after years of waiting, was finally allowed to return to his hometown of Fenghua to visit his beloved mother, Mao Fumei. After not seeing each other for many years, the grievances and thoughts in Mao Fumei's heart were released at this moment, she hugged her son tightly and cried.
Jiang Jingguo was also deeply moved by his mother's love, and took his wife and children to kneel in front of his mother and kowtow, this was their first reunion after many years of separation, and Mao Fumei's smile also returned to her face.
However, Chiang Ching-kuo did not stay long in his hometown, and he soon received a letter from Chiang Kai-shek, asking him to come to his side to help.
Jiang Jingguo and his wife and children Jiang Jingguo originally wanted to accompany their mother together, but Mao Fumei chose to stay alone in the Jiang family compound, and although Jiang Jingguo was reluctant, he had to be separated from his mother.
After returning to his father, Chiang Ching-kuo was surprised to find that there was another young and beautiful woman beside his father, and in the face of this stepmother, who was almost the same age as himself, Chiang Ching-kuo could not call her "mother", and his heart was full of disgust for her.
Chiang Kai-shek had high hopes for Chiang Ching-kuo, but Soong Meiling did not have a good impression of it, and the contradiction between the two was buried. However, Chiang Kai-shek did not know about this, or pretended not to know.
He has only one biological son and has high hopes for him. And Song Meiling is his lover, which is far from his age, and he has to think about the problem after a hundred years.
He has been mediating when the two are in trouble, causing Jiang Jingguo and Song Meiling to maintain an awkward relationship between mother and son on the surface. However, Mao Fumei's unexpected death intensified the conflict between the two, and Chiang Ching-kuo's hostility towards Soong Meiling reached its peak.
On December 12, 1939, in retaliation for Chiang Kai-shek, the Japanese bombed his hometown.
When Mao Fumei was about to leave the Jiang family's compound, she suddenly realized that the door of her home was unlocked. Despite the dissuasion of those around her, she resolutely returned home and locked the door with her own hands.
At this moment, an enemy plane flew through the air, and the bomb exploded around her with unerring accuracy. After the bombing, people found Mao Fumei's body in the rubble of the Jiang family's backyard, and she had left forever.
When Chiang Ching-kuo, who was fighting on the front line, learned of this unfortunate news, he immediately rushed back to his hometown day and night to hold a funeral for his mother.
Mao Fumei died of Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Ching-kuo's hatred of Soong Meiling reached its peak, believing that Soong Meiling had prevented Chiang Kai-shek from attending his mother's funeral. But in reality, Chiang Kai-shek's ruthlessness towards Mao Fumei may have been due to other reasons.
Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Fumei had a good relationship in the early days of their marriage, but as Chiang Kai-shek gained an in-depth understanding of the revolutionary cause, the ideological gap between the two gradually widened. Chiang Kai-shek pursued innovative ideas, while Mao Fumei adhered to traditional ideas.
In Chiang Kai-shek's view, she seemed boring. The union of two soulless souls is like a ship swept up by the great waves of reality, which may capsize at any time.
Mao Fumei once tried to close the gap with Chiang Kai-shek, go to the academy to study together, and integrate into her husband's world. However, Chiang Kai-shek was expelled from the school because of her stubborn personality, and she resolutely gave up her studies.
But she didn't realize that her dedication did not impress Chiang Kai-shek, but accelerated the end of the marriage. After being expelled, Chiang Kai-shek decisively left Mao Fumei and went out to seek more knowledge.
Jiang's mother, Wang Caiyu, was very dissatisfied with her son's failure to hold a grandson after many years of marriage, and often urged her son to give birth as soon as possible. Under her persecution, Chiang Kai-shek and his wife Mao Fumei finally **, Mao Fumei successfully became pregnant.
Although Chiang Kai-shek was busy with his own career, his widowed marriage made Mao Fumei feel very aggrieved. On one occasion when Chiang Kai-shek was home to visit relatives, the two had an argument over this issue.
Chiang Kai-shek was furious, ignoring the fact that Mao Fumei was eight months pregnant, and punched and kicked her, causing Mao Fumei to have an accidental miscarriage.
Jiang Zhongzheng's emotional entanglement with Mao Fumei is due to guilt for his wife and his pursuit of the outside world. After taking his wife and children to Shanghai, his heart was no longer in this home, and he began to find solace in the fireworks and willow lanes, and even accepted Yao Yecheng as a concubine without Mao Fumei's consent.
In Jiang Zhongzheng's heart, Mao Fumei was more like a servant who accompanied his mother to relieve her boredom, he did not respect this wife, and even openly took Yao Yecheng home. This series of behaviors made the relationship between Jiang Zhongzheng and Mao Fumei more and more estranged.
Mao Fumei is a woman who understands the general situation, and she knows that it is normal for her husband to have three wives and four concubines as a man. For the sake of love and family harmony, she chose tolerance and acceptance.
However, her tolerance and acceptance did not receive Chiang Kai-shek's understanding and gratitude, and instead she was asked for a divorce. Despite this, Mao Fumei chose to endure twice, once by her mother and once by the family elders.
Her tolerance and forbearance reflect her deep love and persistent pursuit of love and family.
Mao Fumei was deeply in love with Chiang Kai-shek, but Chiang Kai-shek was in love with Chen Jieru and was anxious to get rid of her. The matter of being divorced made Mao Fumei a joke in front of Chiang Kai-shek's lover.
Although Mao Fumei is hardworking and capable, she is bound by feudal thinking and is afraid of the criticism of others and the shame of divorce, so she has been dutifully working for the Jiang family, looking forward to her husband changing his mind.
Mao Fumei didn't wait for him"The prodigal son turned back", but another request for divorce by Chiang Kai-shek. In order to marry Song Meiling, Chiang Kai-shek persuaded many relatives to let Mao Fumei"Look at the big picture"。
Despite her reluctance, Mao Fumei finally chose to give up. At the beginning of 1928, the newlywed Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Meiling returned to their hometown, and it was Mao Fumei who went out to greet them.
Chiang Kai-shek introduced with some embarrassment"This is my sister-in-law and my mother's goddaughter. "
Mao Fumei, Chiang Kai-shek's wife, although after her unexpected death, Chiang Kai-shek did not give her the title of wife, but entered the Chiang family tree in the name of "Chiang's mother Wang's daughter", but she still warmly entertained her former husband and his new love as the hostess.
After Song Meiling guessed Mao Fumei's identity, she deeply felt that Jiang Jingguo's mother had devoted her life to the Jiang family, but she did not get the recognition she deserved, which became an indelible estrangement between their mother and son.
Chiang Ching-kuo, although he was the son of Chiang Kai-shek, had no real power at that time and no one paid attention to it. He tearfully wrote the words "wash blood with blood" and stood at the place where Mao Fumei was killed to remember.
After that, Chiang Ching-kuo began to take the initiative to move into the political field, and the long-term political struggle with Soong Meiling also began.
Chiang Ching-kuo gradually emerged in government affairs, so that Chiang Kai-shek saw the maturity and potential of his son, and was very pleased to gradually transfer power to Chiang Ching-kuo. In order to improve the relationship between Chiang Ching-kuo and Soong Mei-ling, Chiang Kai-shek even wrote a letter in Soong Meiling's tone to give Chiang Ching-kuo care and care when Soong Mei-ling went to the United States to seek assistance.
However, Chiang Ching-kuo understood that this woman, who was not related to him by blood and devoted herself to politics, could suddenly care so sincerely about him?
Chiang Ching-kuo did not expose this behavior, but pretended to reply with a letter of condolence"Mother and son"The relationship between the two seems more intimate. This made Chiang Kai-shek very satisfied, and handed over more affairs to his son, and Soong Meiling, who was far away in the United States, could only watch Chiang Ching-kuo's power in the country continue to grow.
In 1948, the signs of the collapse of the Kuomintang became more and more obvious, and the economy was almost on the verge of collapse, especially in Shanghai, the economic center of the time. In order to save the economy from collapse, Chiang Kai-shek sent Chiang Ching-kuo to Shanghai to rectify the economic market.
Chiang Ching-kuo conducted an in-depth investigation into the ** smuggling case, but unexpectedly dug up a big predator: Kong Lingkan, Song Ailing's only son. Kong Lingkan took advantage of his aunt Song Meiling's special status to smuggle goods from abroad on a large scale, and also pretended to be Song Meiling's personal luggage in an attempt to evade customs inspection.
Although the customs knew that this was a smuggling act, because Soong Meiling was Chiang Kai-shek's lover, they had no choice but to acquiesce to her impunity. This gave Chiang Ching-kuo an opportunity to suppress Soong Meiling, and he decisively seized Kong Lingkan's company and arrested him in prison.