As a proud protégé of Chiang Kai-shek, Zheng Dongguo was a cadet of the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy and a general of the Nationalist Army, who later surrendered to the Communist Party and participated in socialist construction. His horse career is wonderful, and at the same time, his marriage to his wife, Chen Bilian, is also lamentable. She had filed for divorce because it was too cold in Beijing. In his later years, he was rejected again.
In fact, Chen Bilian is zheng Dongguo's second wife. Chen Bilian's family was well-off, her father was once a kuomintang elder, and she was very prestigious in the legal and political circles, and opened many large law firms. Male talent and female appearance, should be a match made in heaven, ah, why did they divorce later? Divorced, why do you want to get back together? Why is compounding still rejected?
First, the encounter of fate
After zheng dongguo graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy, he has been serving in the Kuomintang army, and because of his brave spirit of daring to think and dare to act and not afraid of sacrifice, his development in the Kuomintang army is very smooth. Zheng Dongguo was not only heroic and fearless, but also had rich military leadership skills.
Unlike many uneducated military generals of the older generation, Zheng Dongguo received orthodox military education. As mentioned earlier, he entered the First Phase of Huangpu for his studies. Moreover, when he was young, he was also sent to a private school to study, although he was the fifth oldest in the family, he could still give a good education, which showed that his family's background conditions were also good.
During the Central Plains War, Zheng Dongguo was still directing the battle on the front line, but a family letter made him bitter. Because his first wife died of illness. Although it is an arranged marriage at home, it is not a big girl, but Zheng Dongguo and the first wife are two people, and they have raised two sons and a daughter together.
Three years after losing his wife, Zheng Dongguo met Chen Bilian by chance. At that time, he returned from the Battle of Gubeikou to visit his fellow countrymen and met 17-year-old Chen Bilian in the hospital. From the appearance point of view, Chen Bilian has a graceful style and is a rare type of everyone's boudoir, and is very popular with Zheng Dongguo.
Later, in the presence of his family, the two of them were soon married. Although they gathered less and left more, many times, Zheng Dongguo was fighting on the front line and could not take care of Chen Bilian, but as long as there was an opportunity, Chen Bilian would rush to the front line to visit Zheng Dongguo.
Once, on the battlefield in Yunnan, Zheng Dongguo, as the commander of the Eighth Army, also took Chen Bilian to his side and went to the front line. Chen Bilian also wanted to contribute her own strength, so she organized a military charity fundraising ball. As the host, Chen Bilian successfully held this event and won the reputation of the Flower of the Nu River.
Later, on the Indian battlefield, Chen Bilian also followed the figure of Zheng Dongguo, took a plane, and crossed the border to Zheng Dongguo's side. At the time, flying across the Hump route was life-threatening. However, in the face of love, these dangers are nothing.
Unfortunately, Chen Bilian could not have children and did not leave heirs to Zheng Dongguo. However, this could not shake Chen Bilian's position in Zheng Dongguo's heart. Later, Chen Bilian adopted her brother's daughter as her own child and took care of herself.
Second, the change of middle age
It was not until 1946, the Changchun battlefield, that a sense of alienation gradually developed between Chen Bilian and Zheng Dongguo. Because the Kuomintang government was already in the western mountains at that time, Changchun needed a senior general to guard the town, so zheng Dongguo was sent to garrison. And this dilemma is two years.
Later, Zheng Dongguo was persuaded to surrender and threw himself into the embrace of the Communist Party. Chen Bilian, who was in the south at the time, did not know that Zheng Dongguo had been persuaded to surrender, but received a telegram from the Kuomintang, saying that Zheng Dongguo had been killed in battle. Fortunately, the People's Daily article clarified this misunderstanding, saying that Zheng Dongguo led his troops to surrender and Changchun was completely liberated.
In 1948, the two were reunited in Harbin, so they had a rare leisure time. Later, after the founding of New China, the Communist Party invited Zheng Dongguo to work in Beijing, and Zheng Dongguo readily agreed. However, at this time, Chen Bilian hesitated.
Think of her family background, her father was the head of the Kuomintang, later opened a law firm, the family's property is in the south, has been living a rich life. Now he wants to follow her husband who has been persuaded to surrender, join the Communist Party, leave home, and go to Beijing to live a life under the fence. Will her departure have an impact on the family? Will it be unsatisfactory? It was all something she needed to consider.
Thinking about it again, this once highly respected Kuomintang general is now a demotion, going to Beijing, defecting to the Communist Party, and his future is uncertain. Moreover, he has been separated for two years, and whether he can get along with each other for a long time in terms of personality and disposition is indeed a problem. Can the daughter of a big capitalist without family support adapt to the hard days of Beijing?
As a result, there is a family letter of "Beijing is too cold, I am not used to it". From the perspective of human nature, Chen Bilian's decision is understandable. A high-ranking intellectual, the family of a former high-ranking Kuomintang official, will not simply and hastily make a hasty decision, but will certainly be a decision made after weighing the left and right, and this is also a decision that makes people sigh endlessly.
Sometimes, a person's fate is often not completely controlled by the individual, and it is also the best choice after being bound by multiple interests. It doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, in the moment, as long as it is in the interests of most people, it is a reasonable choice.
Third, after the divorce
After the divorce, Chen Bilian married a capitalist as his wife. However, the times are not good, although there are rich families, they cannot withstand the torrent of the times. At that time, it was the period of socialist transformation, and the capitalists were the targets of criticism and overthrow. So her husband went to jail and died soon after. After that, life deteriorated and fell.
In contrast, Zheng Dongguo's life is much happier. After that, he found a young wife who was 17 years younger than him, and also had a daughter with him, who worked in the country, and his ability was recognized, and his life was very comfortable.
Later, after learning the news that Chen Bilian was in difficulty in life, Zheng Dongguo also reached out to help her find a job in the Museum of Literature and History, and finally had financial resources in her life, and she would not be so tight. Although Chen Bilian also mentioned the reunion many times later, Zheng Dongguo never had anything to say except that he took his younger daughter and met her once.
4. Summary
A person's life is only a few decades, and there will be no good opportunities several times. Some people caught it, so they soared, and some people missed it, so they lost everyone. It can be said that Zheng Dongguo's several major life transitions have been extremely successful.
In contrast, Chen Bilian's life, born in a golden spoon family, made the most beneficial life choices in the context of the big times. However, there is no harvest of a long-term happy marriage, but under the heavens, how many people can have the luck to obtain this happiness? It's just the result of a trade-off of interests.
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