The eldest daughter of the Kong family ignored her parents' objections and married the poor boy Chen Ji'en, and the ending was very tragic
Since ancient times, the marriage of men and women has paid attention to the door to the door, although this idea has been criticized by modern people, but many times the door to the door is not a narrow view of the door, but hidden behind the ideological gap, the Republic of China Confucius family miss Kong Lingyi suffered this loss.
Kong Lingyi came from a rich family, and she came out quietly and generously, so naturally someone had long been a mediator for her. But Kong Xiangxi and his wife were very strict about Kong Lingyi's marriage. Their first consideration is "door-to-door pairing", hoping to marry other giants to strengthen the family's power, or to marry the powerful faction that holds military power to fill the gap in the military field of the Kong family. But this docile Miss Kong does not obey the "orders of her parents and the words of the mediator", but wants to "find her own in-laws". In this way, her marital problems made waves in the family.
Initially, Song Meiling had approached Song Xialing, saying that among the senior generals of the Kuomintang, Hu Zongnan was young and single, and that his marriage with Hu was still a talented woman. After Song Xialing said what Mei Ling meant, Kong Lingyi was unwilling. She had met Hu Zongnan and felt that he was a warrior, lacking warmth and romance, and she was not willing to sacrifice her youth for the sake of fame.
Later, someone introduced her to Wei Lihuang, and Wei Lihuang's wife died of illness and was also alone. Although he was a little older, he was a general in the army and a favorite of Chiang Kai-shek. Kong Lingyi is still unwilling, she always feels that marrying someone like that is like being a little wife, how can there be a common language with an age difference of one or two decades?
The two refusals to marry made Kong Xiangxi and Song Xialing understand their daughter's heart, and it turned out that she did not want to find an old man, but wanted to find a young handsome young student.
It just so happened that at this time, a "hero" appeared in the newly built air force of the Kuomintang, which suddenly aroused the dream of kong Xiangxi and his wife's son-in-law. The great warlord Han Fuqu had a division commander named Sun Tongxuan, and Sun Tongxuan had a fourth brother, Sun Tonggang, who learned to fly in Germany. After completing his studies, Sun Tonggang had a sudden idea and wanted to fly back to China from Germany alone and create a flight record. After receiving approval, Sun Tonggang single-handedly flew a German trainer plane from Berlin, flew over the Mediterranean Sea, the Indian Ocean, and finally landed safely in Nanjing, which became a sensation at the time. Sun Tonggang was only in his thirties at the time, and he was a teenager.
Kong Xiangxi had just returned from a visit to Germany and had the heart to become a minister of aviation, so he was extremely appreciative of Sun Tonggang and touted him when he ate at home. At that time, Li Yuwan, counselor of the Ministry of Finance, was working under Kong Xiangxi, and happened to be a brother with Sun Tonggang's brother Sun Tongxuan, and after hearing about this matter, he wanted to connect with it and wanted to match Sun Tonggang and Kong Lingyi. Kong Xiangxi originally had a good feeling for Sun Tonggang and agreed to let Li Hangwan cooperate with him. However, he was rejected by Kong Lingyi. Although Kong Xiangxi felt annoyed, he was helpless.
The most inexplicable thing in the world is probably love. To others, it seems to be a natural couple, but they do not feel it when they are together; and two people who seem impossible to others can often miraculously produce love. The same is true of Kong Lingyi.
From an army general to a doctoral student at a prestigious university, from a son of a large family to a rich industrialist, she did not take a fancy to a single one, but met a young college student at a bar dance party and fell in love at first sight.
The young man's name is Chen Ji'en, a student of St. John's University in Shanghai, and his father is the conductor of a dance hall band in Shanghai. Kong Xiangxi and his wife firmly opposed it after learning about it, believing that the door was not right. But Kong Lingyi insisted on her decision and wanted to study in the United States with Chen Ji'en. Kong Xiangxi and his wife knew that they could not stop Kong Lingyi's love affair with Chen Ji'en, and they could only acquiesce.
Soon after, Chen Ji'en was appointed by Kong Xiangxi as the deputy director of the Kuomintang Central Bank Operations Bureau. Subsequently, he was sent to the United States and became a business agent of the central bank in the United States office. Kong Xiangxi and Song Deling made such an arrangement. People who did not know the details thought that Kong Lingyi had found a high official who was right at the door. It is comfortable in public opinion. But the average person can't see this son-in-law, because the Kong family has announced that Kong Lingyi and Chen Ji'en's wedding will be held in the United States. Kong Lingyi got her wish and went to the United States with her beloved lover. Song Xialing asked the wife of Gao Bingfang, director of the Direct Taxation Administration of the Ministry of Finance, to lead a women's task force of the Ministry of Finance to make a dowry for Kong Lingyi overnight. A week later, the dowries of eight large camphor boxes were sent to The Coral Dam Airport in Chongqing, and Kong Xiangxi chartered a special plane to send the eight boxes of dowries to the United States. Unexpectedly, the plane crashed shortly after takeoff, and the eight large boxes of dowry and the plane were reduced to ashes in the raging fire. Kong Xiangxi and his wife asked someone to make six boxes and send them to the United States, but they made a wish.
It was 1943, and the War of Resistance had entered its most difficult period. Prices are soaring, the people are not happy, and the news media continue to disclose the corrupt and ugly deeds of the upper echelons of the Kuomintang. Shortly after the crash of the plane carrying the dowry, changsha's "Ta Kung Pao" made a comment on the title of "Talking about Miss Kong's Feimei Marriage", which pointed out:
The cost of Kong Lingyi's flight to the United States can make 2,000 disaster victims have food and clothing a year, and they can also maintain simple reproduction. If the total cost of Kong Lingyi is added up, more than 10,000 refugees can be relieved. If the manpower of the Ministry of Finance who made the dowry for Kong Lingyi twice was used to make the clothing of the front-line generals, it would not be a problem to supply the quilts of the two divisions. If you use this money to build a university, then after deciding on the president, it is enough to hire a professor and show the admissions advertisement. ”
The Ta Kung Pao's attack on Kong Xiangxi's marriage to a daughter caused strong dissatisfaction among people from all walks of life. Imagine that in a situation where most people are hungry and cold, and the soldiers in the front have no food and clothing, Kong Xiangxi and his wife rush to make a dowry for their daughter, which not only consumes a lot of manpower and material resources of the Ministry of Finance, but also calculates all the expenses in the accounts of the Ministry of Finance. How can such blatant bribery and pervert the law not be indignant! Social people have made accusations against Kong Xiangxi, which has become a disgraceful thing for the Kong family.
Such a grand wedding did not have a happy ending, after the two people got married, different ideas and concepts led to a lot of quarrels, Chen Ji'en had a lover outside, which made Kong Lingyi heartbroken, in a quarrel, Kong Lingyi miscarried, and the marriage also came to an end.
Door-to-door pairing is not only prejudice, this is the experience of the elders in the lessons of generations, or there is some truth.