In September 1927, the Republic of China Daily published an article that caused a lot of discussion: "Comrades have many questioners about the family affairs of Zhongzheng. Because it has not been repeated, I hereby advise the following: In the tenth year of the Republic of China, the original Mao clan and Zhongzheng officially divorced. The other two clans, who originally had no marriage contract, are now disassociated from Zhongzheng. ”
This is a family letter, but it is different, because the author of this family letter is Chiang Kai-shek, a man with great power, why should he make family affairs public? Among them, there are inextricable links with Song Meiling.
In June 1926, as Sun Yat-sen's partner, Chiang Kai-shek participated in a party at which he met Soong Mei-ling, a woman who made him lament that she was "a love that had never been seen in his life."
The first time Chiang Kai-shek saw Soong Mei-ling's inner thoughts, we have no way of knowing, perhaps it was love at first sight, or perhaps the temptation of political power, for various reasons, let him ask Sun Yat-sen at the end of the month of the first meeting to ask Sun Yat-sen to introduce Soong Mei-ling to himself. However, his marriage proposal did not go well.
Sun Yat-sen went home and relayed the idea to his wife, but Soong Ching Ling's answer was disappointing, she would rather let her sister die than let her marry Chiang Kai-shek. After the incident, although Chiang Kai-shek repeatedly urged him to ask questions, the answer he received was always "wait a minute." The first marriage proposal, it just failed.
By 1927, Chiang Kai-shek was already quite powerful, the number one person in the Kuomintang at that time, and he held military power, but at the same time, there was a competitive person who competed with him- Wang Jingwei, who was a man with old qualifications and a wide network of contacts in the party. In this competition, Soong Ching Ling played an extremely important role, she was not only the widow of Sun Yat-sen, but also a member of the Kuomintang Central Executive Committee and a minister of women, and she had always been not optimistic about Chiang Kai-shek, and she sided with Wang Jingwei and accused Chiang Kai-shek of betraying the revolution.
Turning the tide was song misty, the eldest lady of the Song family. As the eldest daughter of the Song family, she has more factors to consider, the future development of the Song family needs the support of power, under various trade-offs, Song Xialing finally chose Chiang Kai-shek, agreed to the younger sister to interact with Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek's marriage proposal has renewed hope.
After Jiang Song reached a consensus, Song Xiaoling began to work for his family, first of all, his mother, Mrs. Ni, in that era, educated people looked down on the military origin, thought that the social status of soldiers was low, and Chiang Kai-shek was not a Christian, so in the eyes of the old lady, this was a marriage that was not right.
Chiang Kai-shek still did not give up, he changed out of his military uniform, and took gifts to visit Mrs. Ni, who had moved to Japan. It is worth mentioning that Soong Mei-ling herself also has a good feeling for Chiang Kai-shek, she does not want to become an ordinary housewife, hoping to have social influence like her sister, and Chiang Kai-shek's identity can also meet her requirements. At that time, the press had already made a lot of noise about the two preparing to get married, and finally, the old lady had to agree to the affair.
In Chiang Kai-shek's body, there is another practical problem, he is still married, although he and the second wife Yao Yecheng have long broken up, but the other two have not gone through divorce procedures, and the original Partner Mao Fumei is very stiff because of the divorce problem, but in the end the two still reached an agreement, "divorce does not leave home."
The third wife, Chen Jieru, is a little different for Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Pursued Chen Jieru when he was 13 years old, and two years later the two married, Chiang Kai-shek at that time did not have power, but Chen Jieru married him without hesitation, and the ups and downs were with him all the way, perhaps if Soong Meiling did not appear, the two of them would not divorce. Although Chen Jieru was angry, the matter could not be recovered at this point, and finally agreed to study abroad. At this point, all kinds of obstacles between Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling were removed.
On December 1, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek finally married The Third Miss of the Famous Shanghai Song Family. He was immersed in a spring breeze and triumphal ceremony, and an era began.