Jiang Weiguo died, Song Meiling looked at the bill, and was silent and committed her own crimes
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On the night of September 22, 1997, in a ward of Veterans General Hospital in Taipei, Jiang Weiguo, who had been seriously ill for many years, finally closed his eyes and died at the age of 81.
After his death, Soong Meiling, who had just celebrated his 100th birthday, flew back to Taiwan from the United States to hold a funeral for him.
In the process of cleaning up Jiang Weiguo's inheritance, the second son of the Jiang family, who was once in the limelight, not only did not leave any property to the descendants of the Jiang family, but owed debts to major banks, which made Song Meiling, who saw the huge bills, silent for a long time and couldn't believe it, leaving only one sentence: "You can't live if you do your own evil."
Although Song Meiling has no children under her knees, among the two stepsons of Jiang Jingguo and Jiang Weiguo, she has always preferred Jiang Weiguo and regarded him as her own. As the second son of Chiang Kai-shek, Jiang Weiguo has served in the top echelons of the Kuomintang for a long time, why did he not leave much assets after his death, but owed so many foreign debts?
In the later years of his life, what happened to him that led to his end up like this? If you want to solve the mystery of Jiang Weiguo's later years, you have to mention the mystery of his life experience.
It can be said that it was what happened to Jiang Weiguo in his early years that ultimately determined his ending.
Chiang Weiguo's life history has been the focus of historians' research, and it is rumored that he was the son of Chiang Kai-shek's friend Dai Jitao when he was studying in Japan and Japan's ** Shigematsu Kaneko, but Dai Jitao denied this claim at a high-level meeting of the Kuomintang, claiming that Chiang Weiguo was not his own illegitimate son, but that Chiang Kai-shek was born to another Japanese woman.
And Jiang Weiguo himself mentioned in his autobiography in his later years that his biological mother was called Michiko Tsubuchi.
Dai Jitao mentioned Michiko Tsubuchi, whose background is not ordinary, and she is actually a member of the Black Dragon Society, a Japanese militarist organization. In that year, the Manchu Qing ** lost to Japan in the Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, and the foreign affairs movement also failed, which had a far-reaching impact on the Chinese people.
As a close neighbor of East Asia, Japan has always followed the example of China, and has sent envoys to pay tribute many times in history, although it is not a formal vassal state of China like Korea, but in the eyes of the feudal ruling class, Japan has always been regarded as a vassal state.
After the Meiji Restoration, militarism became more and more prevalent in Japan, and finally in 1894, in the year of Jiazi, Japan decided to attack the Beiyang Naval Division, which ended in the destruction of the Beiyang Naval Division.
The defeat of the First Sino-Japanese Naval War became the catalyst for the demise of the Manchu Dynasty, and also made countless aspiring revolutionary young people in China shift their goal of studying abroad from Europe and the United States to Japan.
The Japanese military saw this opportunity and tried to use the students to overthrow the Manchus and prop up their own. Among them, Michiko Tsubuchi of the Black Dragon Society is a special being who breaks into the life of Chiang Kai-shek, who is studying at the Zhenwu School in Tokyo.
Chiang Kai-shek soon became acquainted with Michiko Tsubuchi and took her to his own private residence with Dai Jitao, who became acquainted with Michiko Tsubuchi. As time goes by, the relationship between the three of them becomes more and more complicated, and I am afraid that even they themselves can't tell this past.
Soon after Dai Jitao returned to China, the situation in China changed, and he and Michiko Tsubuchi devoted themselves to the revolutionary cause. The relationship between them gradually faded, and unexpectedly, Michiko Tsubuchi became pregnant during their stay in Japan and gave birth to a son.
Five years later, when the child was five years old, Michiko Tsubuchi took him across the ocean to Shanghai and found Dai Jitao.
Dai Jitao's family life was stable, but his wife was very strong, and he did not dare to reveal the truth to Michiko Tsubuchi, so he could only beg Chiang Kai-shek to adopt him as an adopted son, named Jiang Weiguo, and raised by his concubine Yao Zhicheng.
Although his background is a mystery, Chiang Kai-shek loved him very much, and even had the idea of making him **. Because of Chiang Kai-shek's favor, Chiang Weiguo developed an arrogant and arrogant personality and greed for power and money, which laid the foundation for the difficulties of his later years.
After graduating from Soochow University, Jiang Weiguo devoted himself to military education, followed his father Jiang Baili to visit Germany, and entered the Military Academy in Munich, Germany, the following year.
During his studies in Germany, he actively participated in the German blitzkrieg against Poland and accumulated a wealth of practical combat experience. In 1940, Germany, Japan and Italy formed the Axis Alliance, and Chiang Weiguo returned to China, where he assumed important positions under Hu Zongnan under Chiang Kai-shek's arrangement.
With his educational background abroad and his father's care, as well as Hu Zongnan's care, Jiang Weiguo rose to prominence in the army and showed a strong sense of leadership and authority.
However, his domineering behavior also caused dissatisfaction among many Kuomintang non-commissioned officers. In the army, Jiang Weiguo made no secret of his identity, and once an ordinary soldier angered him, he would order his entourage to punish him severely, and even snatch his military cap and ask him to return it in person, so as to humiliate the other party.
During the period when Chiang Kai-shek's family stayed in the Northwest Army, Chiang Weiguo was not worried that the country was in the midst of war, but focused on winning over and cultivating cronies, and lived a life of drunkenness and gold all day long.
This may be why he felt so depressed under the suppression of Chiang Ching-kuo in the future, and this mentality can be seen. With Jiang Wei's rise in office, he gradually lost respect for his immediate boss Hu Zongnan, and often left military affairs to participate in various social banquets, lingering in the song and dance of Yingyan.
Because of his generous spending, many courtesans also flocked to him, trying to cling to the powerful. However, at that time, China was in the midst of war, and there was a peaceful time for Jiang Weiguo to enjoy so much?
It can be said that his luxurious life was built on the blood and tears of the Kuomintang and the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians across the country.
Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Wei-kuo had big differences over the handling of military supplies. Chiang Kai-shek paid attention to ensuring the safety of the front-line soldiers, and was dissatisfied with Chiang Weiguo's deductive behavior, believing that he did not know how to win people's hearts and minds, and it was difficult to be of great use.
Chiang Ching-kuo, on the other hand, started from the grassroots level in Jiangxi Province and accumulated rich administrative experience and qualifications.
Chiang Ching-kuo achieved remarkable results in the "New Deal in Southern Jiangnan", recruiting a large number of talents for the establishment of the Reserve Cadre Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense and the "Iron-blooded Salvation Association" in the future, and also laying the groundwork for the different fates of the two brothers.
In 1949, with the defeat of the Kuomintang, Chiang Kai-shek ordered a retreat to Taiwan to hold on. However, the KMT's retreat from Taiwan brought with it a serious problem, namely overpopulation.
Taiwan is only the size of Hainan Province, and in addition to the residents who have been living on the island, about 3 million Kuomintang military and political personnel and their families are accompanying them. These people were in high positions during the mainland period and managed the affairs of a place for a long time.
As Chiang Kai-shek led a large number of troops into Taiwan, Taiwan's population increased dramatically, and the problem of "more troops and fewer soldiers" also arose within the Kuomintang. In order to stabilize his rule, Chiang Kai-shek began to purge the party of dissidents, and those who were not from the "** army" and the subordinates of warlords in various places were subjected to **, including Bai Chongxi, Yan Xishan and others.
Although Chiang Weiguo was the son of Chiang Kai-shek, he did not have to worry about being purged. But after the defeat and retreat to Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek still gave him a heavy responsibility. In 1946, Jiang Weiguo entered the most elite armored unit of the Kuomintang and served as a major general division commander.
After arriving in Taiwan, he was promoted step by step and became the commander of the armored corps, responsible for commanding the "Royal Forest Army". However, Chiang Weiguo still retained his old bad habits in Taiwan, and as the commander of the armored forces, he frequented social situations.
This made Chiang Ching-kuo very dissatisfied, and many attempts to persuade him were ineffective, and the contradictions between the brothers deepened day by day.
Jiang Weiguo's extravagant life made Jiang Jingguo feel ridiculous, and his half-brother was even more dissatisfied with him for robbing him of the position of "crown prince". Under Chiang Ching-kuo's persuasion, Chiang Wei-kuo did not change his lifestyle.
However, the Hukou Mutiny of 1964 changed everything. Chiang Ching-kuo ordered a thorough investigation of the matter and arrested many of the officers promoted by Chiang Wei-kuo. This incident undone all of Chiang Weiguo's years of efforts in the Kuomintang army.
Chiang Weiguo was not directly involved in the coup and was on a business trip to the United States at the time of the incident. However, Chiang Ching-kuo still used this to accuse Chiang Weiguo and left the matter to himself.
After this incident, Chiang Kai-shek's attitude towards Chiang Weiguo plummeted, criticizing him for having problems in employing people. In his later years, Chiang Weiguo tried to regain lost power, often entertaining high-ranking Kuomintang officers.
The Chiang brothers are unpredictable, and at this time, the top leaders know that Defense Minister Chiang Ching-kuo is the best target, and Chiang Weiguo is difficult to set off a storm because he was deprived of military power by Chiang Ching-kuo.
Therefore, although for the sake of the face of Chiang's second son, the Kuomintang officers who were invited to the banquet did not pay attention to Chiang Weiguo's request, and only regarded it as a utopian dream. Chiang Kai-shek was very disappointed by these actions, he knew that corruption within the Kuomintang had reached its limit, and Chiang Weiguo even tried to bribe the top echelons of the party to gain high positions, which made Chiang Kai-shek deeply angry.
Although Chiang Kai-shek did not say anything on the surface, he had already cut off Chiang Weiguo's promotion path in his heart. Chiang Weiguo's military rank has not changed for more than a decade after Chiang Kai-shek's death, which is enough to prove that Chiang Kai-shek has been completely disappointed in his profligate son, who does not know how to advance or retreat.
In 1975, Chiang Kai-shek died and his son Chiang Ching-kuo succeeded him and took power in Taiwan. For his second son, Jiang Weiguo, the death of his father made his situation even more difficult.
Although he was no longer able to ** when Chiang Kai-shek was alive, because he was Chiang Kai-shek's second son, the Kuomintang high-ranking and Taiwanese celebrities still took care of him. However, Chiang Kai-shek's death deprived Chiang Wei-kuo of these cares, because the contradictions with Chiang Ching-kuo had become public, and no one within the Kuomintang wanted to touch this mold.
Although Jiang Weiguo was close to half a hundred, his habit of extravagance and frequent attendance at banquets had not changed. After Chiang Kai-shek's death, Chiang Ching-kuo completely blocked his career, and if it were not for Soong Meiling's intercession, Chiang Weiguo might even lose his military rank.
Although Song Meiling and Jiang Weiguo obtained military ranks through intercession, Jiang Weiguo did not have real power and wealth because of this. This led to frequent financial hardship for him, which was the main reason why he was left with a large amount of debt after his death.
His later life was very unsatisfactory, and the huge psychological gap further worsened his condition. He suffers from a variety of ailments, including severe illnesses such as high blood pressure, chronic nephrococcitis, and diabetes.
Due to the long period of high consumption, he could not afford the high medical bills. And his younger brother Chiang Ching-kuo stood by and watched him, leaving him in debt and not lending a helping hand at all.
In 1997, Jiang Weiguo died at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and as the last second-generation member of the Chiang family, Soong Meiling, who was over 100 years old, flew back to Taiwan from the United States to hold a funeral for him.
After dealing with the funeral, Song Meiling was surprised to find that Jiang Weiguo only left high debts, but did not leave any assets to the descendants of the Jiang family. In this case, Song Meiling couldn't bear it either, so she could only helplessly say the words "self-inflicted evil can't live" and left Taiwan.