We know that Soong Mei Ling was an outstanding woman in China's modern and modern history, a politician, a diplomat, and a powerful diplomatic assistant to Chiang Kai-shek. Born in Shanghai in 1897 to a wealthy family, her two older sisters, Song Yiling and Song Qingling, were both well-known, and his older brothers were outstanding, and Song Ziwen was once the finance minister during the Republic of China. And Song Meiling also received a good education from an early age, playing chess, calligraphy and painting, proficient in many Chinese words, especially English is particularly outstanding. Moreover, she also went to the United States to study with her second sister Song Qingling, and her life was somewhat Westernized.
▲Song Meiling
Song Meiling's love life is also enjoyable, she has had several relationships. For example, during his study in the United States, he had a beautiful relationship with Liu Jiwen, a good friend of his brother Song Ziwen. Lang Cai female appearance, flower before the moon. But because the two are not together, and then the fate is exhausted, the feelings are weak, and the interaction will end abruptly. Song Meiling once met an architect in the Netherlands at the age of 19, and the two fell in love at first sight. However, in the eyes of the Song family, such feelings are the most unreliable, so they vigorously oppose it. In the end, Song Meiling gambled and said goodbye to the architect, but threatened her family that since she didn't get what she liked, she would never marry, and if she wanted to marry, she could only marry politics. Of course, Song Meiling and Zhang Xueliang also had a beautiful relationship, and when she learned that Zhang Xueliang's beautiful women around her were continuous, Song Meiling's interaction with them was also shallow. However, the two have been best friends all their lives, and when Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned, Song Meiling did her best to help Zhang Xueliang. Even Zhang Xueliang himself said that he could come out alive thanks to Madame Jiang's help.
▲ Stills of Soong Mei Ling and Chiang Kai-shek
And the person we mentioned today, who does not love beauty, does not love Jiangshan, refuses to marry Soong Meiling, is not the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, and gives up all the beauties and Jiangshan to Chiang Kai-shek, whose name is Tan Yanmin.
First, Tan Yanmin and his people
Tan Yanmin was a veteran figure of the Kuomintang and a staunch supporter and helper of Sun Yat-sen. Tan Yanmin was born into a family of eunuchs, and his father Tan Zhonglin served as the official Shangshu, the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and the Governor of Liangguang. His father attached great importance to the education of his children, so Tan Yanmin received a good education. Tan Yanmin (25 January 1880 – 22 September 1930), courtesy name BaoLu (宝璐), courtesy name Baolu (宝璐), courtesy name Zulu (宝璐), was a politician and calligrapher of the Republic of China. Tan Yanmin was a politician in the early years of the Republic of China, who served as the governor of Hunan, the chairman of the National Government, the first president of the Executive Yuan, and also grew up in poetry, calligraphy, and marksmanship, nicknamed "Tan Sanfa". He died in Nanjing on September 22, 1930.
▲ Tan Yanmin
Tan Yanmin, known as the "Three Laws of Tan", was once the chairman of the National Government and was born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. He participated in the Patriotic Movement and was the first of the four major calligraphers of the Republic of China. His father's friend Weng Tonggong saw and loved him, and said to Father Tan: "Three Ling Lang Wei instruments, the pen power can be carried." Sure enough, he said it.
Born to his father Tan Zhonglin's concubine Lady Lee, Tan Yanmin was gifted and honorable, and knew that the only way to improve his mother's status was through his own efforts. When he passed the entrance examination, his father announced that Mrs. Li could sit down to eat together, but it was not possible to eat together, but to eat standing.
When Tan Yanmin's mother, Lady Li, died, in order to allow his mother's coffin to walk through the main door instead of the side door, he simply lay on the coffin and said that he would carry it out of the main gate when he died. Subsequently, Tan Yanmin won face for his mother. Tan Yanmin was taught editing at the Hanlin Academy at the age of 28. He supported constitutionalism, favored revolution, followed Sun Yat-sen, and later formed an alliance with Chiang Kai-shek.
▲ Tan Yanmin calligraphy
Second, Tan Yanmin does not love beauty, does not love Jiangshan
In the process of following Sun Yat-sen, Tan Yanmin became more and more aware of Sun Yat-sen, and everyone said: "The leader of the revolution is none other than Sun Gong." Moreover, in order to support Sun Yat-sen, Tan Yanmin also sold his own land. All the 50,000 yuan thus obtained was given to Sun Yat-sen as a military salary.
Tan Yanmin had a good relationship with Sun Yat-sen, who reused Tan Yanmin and made him minister of the interior and commander-in-chief of the Northern Expedition. The creation of the Whampoa Military Academy, Sun Yat-sen also let Tan Yanmin do it at the beginning. Because he had run education in Hunan and had experience in this area, Sun Yat-sen intended to make him the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, but he resigned, feeling that there was still a difference between military schools and ordinary education, so he recommended Chiang Kai-shek. This is Tan Yanmin's surrender of the position of principal of the Whampoa Military Academy to Chiang Kai-shek, a typical dislike of Jiangshan.
The following mentions that Tan Yanmin did not love beauty because Sun Yat-sen wanted to introduce Song Meiling to him, but at that time he already had a wife, and he could only make him a concubine. But Tan Yanmin refused, he felt that it was very unfair to let women be concubines, perhaps from his mother's body. He felt that he was 17 years older than Song Meiling, and when he died, Song Meiling was orphaned and widowed, and it was obviously a lot harder to carry a child alone, which was an unfair thing.
Although Tan Yanmin did not marry Song Meiling as a concubine, he recognized Song Meiling's mother as a dry mother, so that Song Meiling became his dry sister, not a family, more like a family, and because of this he was respected and loved by the Song family.
▲Chiang Kai-shek
Third, Tan Yanmin promoted "Sino-US cooperation" and helped the combination of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling
Later, after Chiang Kai-shek met Soong Mei-ling, he launched a crazy pursuit. The form of the beginning was not good, in addition to the support of Song Yiling, Song Ziwen, Song Qingling, and their mother were very opposed.
The reasons for their opposition are as follows: Chiang Kai-shek had wives and concubines before, and his life style was not good. Chiang Kai-shek was a soldier who did something that Song Qingling thought was very offensive and unpopular, and he did not believe in Christianity.
▲ Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling
In particular, on April 12, 1927, the Kuomintang New Right led by Chiang Kai-shek launched an armed coup against the Kuomintang Left and the Communist Party in Shanghai, massacring Communists, Kuomintang Leftists and revolutionary masses. Soong Ching Ling saw the true face of Chiang Kai-shek, who was trying her best to oppose her little sister marrying such a man.
Song Xialing could not convince his family at first glance, so he found a Kuomintang elder who was trusted by his mother and his family, and his brother Tan Yanmin intervened to mediate. The veteran came out of the horse, a top two. Or that Ginger is still old spicy, as soon as Tan Yanmin came forward, Mother Jiang immediately agreed. And Soong Mei-ling's secretary once said that as soon as Soong Mei-ling saw Chiang Kai-shek, she actually liked Chiang Kai-shek. Besides, even if this is not the case, it is still relatively easy for the eldest sister to do the work of the younger sister.
On December 1, 1927, when Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling got married, a newspaper published a wedding photo of the two with the four words "Sino-US cooperation" at the bottom, implying that the combination of Chiang and Song had an inevitable political purpose.
The Shanghai Times also reported on this: "This is Chinese a prominent wedding ceremony. The marriage united the family of the former most powerful leader of the Nanjing army and the bride's older brother——— Soong Ziwen, as well as the family of the founder of the Kuomintang, ——— the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen. ”
In this way, after the combination of Soong Mei-ling and Chiang Kai-shek, she has since had a greater political stage and performed her wonderful life. And Soong Meiling's brother Tan Yanmin can be said to have recreated Chiang Kai-shek, not only giving him Jiangshan, but also giving him beauty, I don't know if Chiang Kai-shek also thinks so?