During the Republic of China period, in addition to the "three sisters of the Song family" worthy of people's praise, Song Ziwen, the son of the Song family, was also a powerful role. With his super high wrists, coupled with the power of his sisters and the Jiang family and the Kong family, he mixed well in the political and business circles. Not only did he get involved in business and politics, but he also became a man chiang kai-shek trusted, after all, they were still related.
However, when Chiang Kai-shek lost Taiwan, Soong Ziwen had already smelled the crisis, so he did not go to Taiwan but flew to the United States to settle down. Later, Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram from Taiwan to ask Song Ziwen to return to Taiwan to continue to assist him, but Song Ziwen ignored the telegram and continued his idle life in the United States. Why was Soong Tzu-wen unwilling to go back to Taiwan to help Chiang Kai-shek at this time? There's a lot of article in that.
Refused Chiang Kai-shek's invitation
In early 1950, Chiang Kai-shek sent a telegram to Soong Zi-wen, who was still in New York, asking him to hurry back to Taiwan.
But Soong Tzu-wen hesitated, knowing Chiang Kai-shek's personality and temper, he had suffered defeat in the civil war, and Chiang Kai-shek would definitely use him as a back burner at this time. But who is Song Ziwen, this kind of thankless thing, he is not willing to do. So he resolutely refused. When Chiang Kai-shek saw that he could not move him, he sent another telegram threatening Soong Ziwen to expel him from the Kuomintang.
And this could not scare Soong Ziwen at all, because Chiang Kai-shek needed Soong Ziwen's support even more at this time. Because Song Ziwen and the US government also have a very good relationship, and he is also a money expert, or his wife and brother, no matter how to say that he is also the best helper, there is no need to worry about him turning his face to the point of absolute righteousness.
Chiang Kai-shek's mind was not only civilized by the Song Dynasty, but even the outside media could penetrate it thoroughly. Therefore, Song Ziwen resolutely refused to return to Taiwan, causing Chiang Kai-shek to have nowhere to spread fire, and causing the high-ranking Kuomintang people who followed him to Taiwan to suffer.
Chiang Kai-shek made up his mind and fired many elder-level figures, such as Chen Lifu and Chen Guofu brothers, and also learned more about some of the dirty deeds that Song Ziwen did behind his back.
At this time, although he was expelled by Chiang Kai-shek and Song Ziwen's enemies also lost power, he had no worries, continued to live happily in the United States, and used his ability and personal connections to gallop in the American business and financial industries, still mixed very well.
He also purchased ultra-luxurious villas on Long Island, a wealthy district in New York, USA, set up a strict prevention and control system, and packed many rare treasures into the villa, becoming an enviable absolute rich man.
Delicate relationship with Chiang Kai-shek
The greater Chiang Kai-shek's anger in Taiwan became, the more Song Ziwen felt that the Kuomintang had reached the end of the crossbow, but after all, he had once been a comrade-in-arms who had "fought side by side" and had a family relationship.
It was only at the juncture when Chiang Kai-shek was angry that he could not say anything more, but had to let this matter pass slowly, and after forgetting it, the relationship between him and Chiang Kai-shek became delicate.
And Song Ziwen's life in the United States is so dashing, naturally it has also entered Chiang Kai-shek's eyes, he is angry and hates why this wife and brother are unwilling to help him in his difficult moments, and blame Song Ziwen for being too snobbish, if it can really be used for him, how good it should be.
Without Soong Tzu-wen, Chiang Kai-shek still had to spend a lot of energy to consolidate his power in Taiwan, and the matter of Soong's rejection of him was diluted.
But in 1958, Song Ziwen went to Hong Kong on Christmas Eve to meet friends and was also interviewed by the media. Song Ziwen revealed in the conversation that he mainly wanted to meet old friends when he came back this time, but if invited, he was also willing to go back to Taiwan to have a look.
This obvious intention of asking the media to deliver words to Chiang Kai-shek shows that Soong Ziwen still has a love for Chiang Kai-shek, not a partner but still a relative, and he will still feel guilty when he sees that you are not having a good life.
However, when Chiang Kai-shek learned of this, he was already a little excited and uninterested, and he still had a bit of a sense of revenge for this kind of initiative. He did not take the stubble to give Song Ziwen a step down, did not send an invitation. But four years later, he sent a formal invitation to Song Ziwen, hoping that he would return to Taiwan to see.
The return to Taiwan is still snubbed, and the United States has passed away
Soong Zi-wen was invited by his brother-in-law, and of course he wanted to go back soon to see what the situation was in Taiwan, what the internal forces of the Kuomintang were, and what Chiang Kai-shek's current situation was. However, he received high-standard treatment and was arranged to stay at the Shilin official residence, but he did not get a good face from Chiang Kai-shek.
Probably Chiang Kai-shek still holds a grudge, but he can't pull down his face to reconcile with Soong Ziwen, and the delicate relationship and stalemate between the two people have dropped to a freezing point during this visit, which has disappointed Soong Ziwen and made it difficult for Chiang Kai-shek to take the initiative to speak.
Song Ziwen, who had been left out of the cold in Taiwan, only stayed for a week or so, and then decided to fly back to New York, the United States, because it was really embarrassing to stay here, and it was better to return to the familiar environment of the United States to get away with it. It was also because of this return to Taiwan that he was snubbed, so that Song Ziwen completely lost his mind about politics, and he never entered the political field again.
In 1971, Song Ziwen was 77 years old, and one day accompanied by his wife and had dinner with his friends, unfortunately he was stuck in the trachea by food, and died on the spot. Subsequent examination results also showed that this was not an assassination, but an accidental death.
When Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in Taiwan, learned of this incident, he did not show much sadness, but only personally wrote a plaque and sent it to the United States, and sent several telegrams to express his condolences.
At this time, did Chiang Kai-shek still have feelings for Soong Tzu-wen? It may be lighter, because Song Ziwen did not stand by his side when he needed help the most, and the subsequent relationship was only maintained by relatives, even if Song Ziwen had a secret hint of goodness and wanted to come back to help him, but he had already passed the opportunity and could no longer raise interest.
brief summary:
Song Ziwen is indeed clever, he can surround Chiang Kai-shek around during the Republic of China, and become his right and left arm, in fact, both of them are just using each other, and when it comes to feelings and feelings, it is really impossible to resist the temptation of interests.
Therefore, when Chiang Kai-shek invited Soong Tzu-wen to return to Taiwan, he wisely refused, making the relationship between him and Chiang Kai-shek completely broken and difficult to make up.
It can also be seen from this that although Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Ziwen are powerful figures, they are actually not broad-minded, and they are considering from the perspective of their own interests when doing many things, so it is bound to be difficult to establish absolute trust and deep affection between them.