In 1949, the Kuomintang regime collapsed, and some Kuomintang ** led by Chiang Kai-shek chose to flee to Taiwan. Before fleeing, Chiang Kai-shek had invited Sun Ke to go to Taiwan with him.
However, Sun Ke knew this, and he refused Chiang Kai-shek's invitation and decided to stay on the mainland.
Why did Sun Ke refuse to go to Taiwan with Chiang Kai-shek? Why did Chiang Kai-shek invite him? What was his final fate? **Explore the legendary life of Sun Yat-sen's son Sun Ke.
Sun Keyin refused Chiang Kai-shek's invitation and avoided going to Taiwan with him. Although Sun Ke was the only son of Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek was the supreme leader of the Kuomintang, there was a certain kinship between the two.
Although Sun Ke was not related to Chiang Kai-shek's stepmother, Soong Ching-ling, he still needed to call her mother, and Chiang Kai-shek's wife, Soong Mei-ling, was a biological sister to Soong Ching-ling, which meant that Sun Ke also needed to call Chiang Kai-shek his uncle-in-law.
So why is their relationship so strained?
Sun Ke's life and growth process are full of turbulence and bitterness. Born in the late Qing Dynasty, Sun Ke was Sun Yat-sen's only son. At that time, the society was in turmoil, and many people with lofty ideals chose to go overseas in order to make a living.
One of them was Sun Yat-sen's elder brother, Sun Mei, who ran a horse farm in Honolulu and had relatively good economic conditions. At this time, Sun Yat-sen was busy with national affairs, running around, and had no time to take care of his son.
Sun Yat-sen's plot to overthrow the Qing ** will undoubtedly violate the interests of the Qing **. Although Sun Yat-sen was relatively safe under the protection of revolutionaries, this was not necessarily the case for his family.
Therefore, Sun Ke could only follow the elders in the family to hide and live a life of exile. In order to give Sun Ke a safe environment to grow up, his grandmother took him to the United States to join Sun Mei.
Sun Mei was very kind to this nephew and gave him a rich life. Even in the intervals of the revolution, he would find time to visit his son, Sun Yat-sen. This experience allowed Sun Ke to learn independence and tenacity from an early age, and also made him cherish peace and freedom even more.
Mr. Sun Yat-sen, a revolutionary pioneer, also had strict requirements for his son Sun Ke. In order to make his son Mingli enlightened, Sun Yat-sen gave Sun Ke many classic books at home and abroad, so that the young Sun Ke was very knowledgeable.
It is with this background that Sun Ke was successfully admitted to the University of California, specializing in literature. After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, Sun Ke finally realized the importance of his father's career and sincerely admired his father's courage.
The Xinhai Revolution was the work of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, but unfortunately Yuan Shikai stole the fruits of the victory of the revolution, which made Sun Yat-sen fall into a low period. During this time, Sun Yat-sen often visited his son and sighed alone.
Under the influence of his father, Sun Ke set up the ambition of revolution to save the country, and he exuded a strong scholarly atmosphere, compared with other revolutionaries, he looked more like an ordinary scholar.
During his studies in the United States, Sun Ke got acquainted with many aspiring young people and was responsible for editing some newspapers and periodicals with new ideas.
In order to support his father's revolutionary cause, Sun Ke studied not only literature, but also engineering and economics in the United States. Mr. Sun Yat-sen was naturally very happy to see his son so good, but he understood that Sun Ke lacked experience and could not directly appoint important positions, otherwise it would be difficult to win everyone's trust, so he first arranged Sun Ke to be a secretary in the Generalissimo's Mansion in Guangzhou.
During this time, Sun Ke was loyal to his duties and performed well, and also served as the editor of the Guangzhou Times. In 1919, it was proposed that Sun Ke be the mayor of Guangzhou, but Sun Yat-sen felt that Sun Ke was not experienced enough to be suitable for these positions.
It was not until 1921 that Sun Ke was appreciated by Sun Yat-sen for his influence in political circles and excellent articles, and was promoted to mayor of Guangzhou. During the revolution with his father, Sun Ke's performance was also commendable.
For example, when Sun Yat-sen encountered difficulties in cash flow, Sun Ke used his knowledge and skills in economics to help his father raise funds in a short period of time.
His outstanding performance aroused the envy of some Kuomintang **.
Although Sun Yat-sen loved his son deeply, he was well aware of the importance of the revolutionary cause and could not deviate from his principles because of personal feelings. In 1923, Sun Ke clashed with Hu Hanmin over the issue of military salary, and even used force against Hu Hanmin, Sun Yat-sen was very angry about this, and even pulled out a gun to kill him.
Fortunately, it was prevented in time that a tragedy between father and son was avoided. At first, Sun Ke didn't know that someone was sowing discord, but he felt that his father didn't trust him enough.
However, it was the time of Chiang Kai-shek's rise, and he needed to gather forces from all sides to elevate his position. As the son of Sun Yat-sen, Sun Ke had a great influence in the Kuomintang, and naturally became the object of Chiang Kai-shek's struggle.
Although Sun Ke was inferior to Chiang Kai-shek in his ability to communicate, they quickly became friends thanks to his efforts.
1.After Chiang Kai-shek became friendly with Sun Ke, Sun Ke naturally did everything in his power to help his friends, and Chiang Kai-shek's power in the Kuomintang was growing day by day. Although Sun Ke had excellent abilities, because he had always been protected by his father and carried out the revolutionary cause under his father's protection after returning to China, he lacked an in-depth understanding of the political struggle, especially the elusive true intentions of Chiang Kai-shek.
Until Sun Yat-sen's death in 1925, he left his last words: "The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard." This made Sun Ke begin to understand his father's lofty ambitions, and at the same time realize the importance of the revolutionary cause to his father.
2.After making friends with Chiang Kai-shek, Sun Ke naturally helped his friends, so Chiang Kai-shek's power in the Kuomintang gradually expanded. Although Sun Ke had good abilities, because he was protected from a young age, and after returning to China to carry out the revolutionary cause under the protection of his father, he was relatively unfamiliar with political struggle, especially Chiang Kai-shek's true intentions.
Until Sun Yat-sen's death in 1925, he left his last words: "The revolution has not yet succeeded, comrades still need to work hard." This made Sun Ke begin to understand his father's lofty ambitions and the importance of the revolutionary cause to his father.
After Sun Yat-sen's death, there was a fierce struggle for power within the KMT. However, Chiang Kai-shek, with his own skills, gradually seized power. Witnessing his former friend turn hideous, Sun Ke realized that Chiang Kai-shek was an out-and-out power careerist.
In Sun's view, Chiang Kai-shek would turn the Kuomintang into a battlefield for power rather than a revolutionary front, so he changed his attitude towards Chiang Kai-shek. In fact, it was not only Sun Ke who was dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek, but also many ** within the Kuomintang who were dissatisfied with him.
Song Qingling is one of them. Soong Ching-ling adhered to Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary ideals all his life, and was deeply dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek's repeated acts of deviating from Sun Yat-sen's original intention and killing the country's revolutionary cause.
She publicly attacked Chiang Kai-shek in the newspapers several times. Sun Yat-sen put forward many revolutionary theories during his lifetime, and continued to explore for China's revolutionary cause, and even came into contact with communism in his later years, and recognized some of its ideas.
Regrettably, his premature death caused many upheavals in China's revolutionary cause.
After the victory of the Northern Expedition, Chiang Kai-shek succeeded in centralizing power within the Kuomintang. However, Sun Ke believed that he could not be alone, so he proposed party reform and the implementation of party governance.
Sun Ke tried to limit Chiang Kai-shek's power, but this was undoubtedly in vain. Chiang Kai-shek had already waged a political struggle within the party and cleaned up a large number of Kuomintang**, including some of Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary predecessors.
Sun Ke's support within the party gradually diminished, and Chiang Kai-shek's defense of him never stopped. Although Sun Ke was the son of Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek could not target him publicly, but he would not really give Sun Ke enough power to threaten himself.
As a result, Chiang Kai-shek gave Sun Ke the post of president of the Legislative Yuan, which was not a substantive power.
Sun Ke tried to confront Chiang Kai-shek and cooperate with anti-Chiang forces to overthrow his rule, but Chiang's political skills made him difficult to match. The main reason why Chiang took control of the Kuomintang was that he had a large number of military powers, which made him stand out in the contest with other competitors such as the Kuomintang in terms of seniority and political achievements.
Sun Ke's actions eventually led to his marginalization by Chiang Kai-shek, but he still maintained a certain dignity on the surface.
In 1948, when the Kuomintang was losing and retreating, Chiang Kai-shek was questioned by many parties in the party, and the situation was grim. Sun Ke realized that this was a great time for him to show himself and regain his prestige, so he decided to run for the deputy ** election.
However, Sun Ke's political wisdom is mediocre, and this is well understood. Therefore, in that election, he failed to win. Of course, there are also those who suspect that Sun Ke's defeat was deliberately planned, because after he advised Chiang Kai-shek to recognize the legitimacy of the Communist Party, he once said: "China borders the Soviet Union thousands of miles, and the ultimate goal of the Soviet Union is to make China communist."
If we blindly take a ** position, other countries will certainly remain vigilant against us and think that we are ** anti-Soviet. ”
Sun Ke strongly advocated peaceful statehood in order to establish friendly relations with the Soviet Union, while seeking cooperation on issues of northeastern China and its borders. He stressed that peace was the only way to resolve internal problems and opposed the use of force.
For Chiang Kai-shek, however, these views were interpreted as opposition to his rule and were seen as collaborating with the CCP and with the Soviet Union as the backing to try to seize the post of chairman of the state.
It is no secret that Sun Ke was dissatisfied with Chiang Kai-shek, but his political skills were far inferior to those of Chiang Kai-shek. With the defeat of the Kuomintang army in 1949, Sun Ke cooperated with Li Zongren and others to force Chiang Kai-shek**.
However, Chiang Kai-shek was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he easily isolated the "peacemakers" with a few moves. In fact, both Li Zongren and Sun Ke tried to hold peace talks with our party, but this idea did not seem to me necessary, because our PLA was about to achieve victory.
However, Chiang Kai-shek was staunchly opposed to peace talks and overthrew the Kuomintang in a political struggle, and soon returned to power. The result of the battle was a defeat for both sides, with the peacemakers isolated and Chiang Kai-shek forced to flee to Taiwan.
I am short of money. Although there was usually no shortage of money within the KMT, Sun Ke's incorruptibility set him apart within the KMT. He was generous and hospitable to every visitor.
After Sun Ke was once a celebrity, many Kuomintang figures who had emigrated to Hong Kong came to visit. He received them with a warm attitude, and he always extended a helping hand, especially when he heard that there were Kuomintang people living in difficulty.
Although he was originally incorruptible, he was not rich in his life in Hong Kong, and even faced the pressure of life. In order not to drag down other KMT colleagues, Sun Ke decided to leave Hong Kong temporarily.
His next stop was France, but due to financial constraints, he even sold his house in Hong Kong to raise a sum of money to make it to France and settle down.
Life in France was not easy, Sun Ke's poor health and the cost of living were too much, which made him choose to travel to New York again. New York was a better place for Mr. Sun than anywhere else, living with his children and possibly with other party members, and living a difficult but barely able to make ends meet.
In 1965, Chiang Kai-shek took the initiative to oversee and invited Sun Ke to return to Taiwan. As he grew older, Sun Ke was relieved of the past, and he still had many of his friends in Taiwan, and after discussing with his family, he flew back to Taiwan with his family.
Chiang Kai-shek attached great importance to the return of Sun Yat-sen's descendants and specially organized a grand welcome ceremony. Upon his return to Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek offered Sun Ke the position of dean of the Examination Academy, which, although not a core position, was enough for Sun Ke to live a quiet life for the rest of his life.
Although Sun Ke's talent cannot be compared with his father's, he is not a gentleman who has no achievements, but he lacks political wisdom. If in peacetime, it is possible that he will achieve something in the field of economics or education.
However, because his father's light was too dazzling, and he was bent on fulfilling his father's legacy, but he lacked the determination and means to realize these wishes, so his life seemed somewhat uneventful.