Song Meiling is a well-known figure, her life spanned three centuries, through 106 spring and autumn.
Soong Mei-ling's husband was Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek was a prominent figure in the Republic of China period, who dominated the political arena for decades and held many important positions, such as: president of the Kuomintang; chairman of the Military Commission (chairman of the Military Commission); chairman of the National Government; and president of the Republic of China.
Since marrying Chiang Kai-shek, Soong Mei-ling has been active in the political and diplomatic fields and is a diplomatic assistant to her husband Chiang Kai-shek. Because of his special performance, Chiang Kai-shek praised many times: "Madame's ability is worth 20 army divisions." ”
Song Meiling has a noble temperament, elegant demeanor, dignified and generous, and her every move is always elegant and decent. However, what is less known is that beyond the public eye, there is a real Song Meiling. This Song Meiling lives in luxury and spends money like dirt.
Song Meiling was born into a rich family and lived a good life since childhood. Everyone around her knows that she is a person who likes to enjoy, and she lives a life of greed and luxury.
Aaron Sofield, the housekeeper of the White House during Song Meiling's visit to the United States, once said: "The noble and elegant Mrs. Meiling lives a luxurious life. During my visit to the United States, I had to change my sheets five times a day, and I was asked to use the silk sheets I brought with me. ”
Weng Yuan, who had served Jiang and Song and his wife, once recalled: "Song Meiling lived in luxury. The number of cheongsam pieces in her wardrobe is unparalleled in the world today. After Chiang Kai-shek's death, of the ninety-nine suitcases of luggage that Soong Mei-ling carried when she moved to the United States, fifty-five boxes were cheongsams and other clothes. ”
The writer Sigrave said in the book "Song Family Dynasty": "Song Meiling lived a luxurious life, and the pair of shoes set with diamonds on her feet was worth 800,000 yuan, and a coat was worth 500,000 yuan. During her visit to the United States, she enjoyed cigarettes specially ordered from England and transported by plane. While in Chicago, Song meiling asked to stay in a luxurious Drake hotel, which cost thousands of dollars more a day. She was lavishly dressed, with brooches being priceless jewels and shoes studded with pearls from the royal family. ”
Song Meiling is pampered and pampered, extravagant and corrupt, and even bathes with milk that ordinary people can't even drink when bathing.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Song Meiling moved to Chongqing with Chiang Kai-shek. Because of Song Meiling's habit of bathing with milk, she could not find enough milk in Chongqing at that time, so she ordered a batch of cows to be transported back from the United States by plane to meet her personal needs. After being airlifted from the United States to Chongqing, the cows were fed on potatoes and sweet potatoes. There are also veterinarian examinations.
Song Meiling lived a lavish and extravagant life, spending money like dirt, which caused dissatisfaction among many people and caused public anger. Once, she did something that made the American creep very angry, and simply threw all her boxes on the ground and stomped on them with her feet.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, in order to publicize the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and gain more aid, Soong Mei-ling, as Chiang Kai-shek's special envoy, secretly visited the United States.
In July 1943, Song Meiling returned to Chongqing. On the way, before flying over the dangerous "hump", in order to reduce the weight of the aircraft, Song Meiling's luggage was unloaded at Assam Airport and another US military transport aircraft was loaded.
At that time, several U.S. military creeps carrying luggage accidentally dropped a box, and after the box cracked, the contents rolled out.
Inside the box were a large number of luxuries: expensive jewelry, cosmetics, underwear, etc., as well as all kinds of curiosities brought back from the United States.
"Is Madame Jiang planning to use these things to accompany her through the war years?" The American creeps carrying their luggage were so annoyed that they threw all the boxes on the ground and broke them, kicked up the dust with their feet, rolled them into a pile with fur coats, valuable jewelry, and other things, and then stomped on them with their feet.
Why did the US soldiers make such a big fire? Because it was the period of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, transportation was very difficult due to the blockade of the Japanese Kou, and many pilots sacrificed their lives in order to transport anti-Japanese materials. However, Song Meiling actually used this precious transportation opportunity to transport her own luxurious and useless things!
Song Meiling used the military aircraft of the "Hump Route" to transport a large number of luxurious and valuable cosmetics, jewelry, high-end clothing, etc. for her own enjoyment. What he did provoked outrage. Once, when the US military pilot saw that Song Meiling had a grand piano in her luggage, the pilot was very angry and simply lied that the plane had thrown the piano out of the cabin due to overloaded engine failure!
Song Meiling was profligate and lived a luxurious life. But for others is very "thrifty" and very "stingy". How stingy is Song Meiling? Give the fast-growing chocolate to servants and subordinates to eat.
Song Meiling's mansion has a king-size refrigerator filled with chocolates of all kinds.
Because there are too many chocolates, it is too late to eat, so that many chocolates have not been moved in the refrigerator for several years, and when they are finally found, many of them have been glued together and can no longer be eaten. Therefore, Song Meiling gave the chocolate that was about to be moldy to her subordinates, and said to the subordinates as if they were gracious: "You can take these sugars and eat them!" ”
After the subordinate took the chocolate that was glued together, he felt very unhappy.