All along, the love story of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling has always been the object of people's talk, they are not only the best partners in the political arena, but also the gods and immortals in emotional life.
When Soong Mei Ling lived alone in the United States in her later years, she would also show the visiting guests a photo of Chiang Kai-shek, and at the same time introduce it with a smile in her eyes: How, is he very handsome? He's still so handsome.
In fact, Chiang Kai-shek married a total of 4 wives in his lifetime: mao Fumei, a traditional woman in the countryside; the second wife, named Yao Yicheng, who was born in the Qinglou, was also Chiang Kai-shek's savior; the third wife, named Chen Jieru, was a woman whom Chiang Kai-shek had worked hard to marry; and when Chiang Kai-shek was at his worst, he met Song Meiling, who was both beautiful and blessed with political background, and the two of them immediately hit it off and became an enviable couple.
If a man will always pay pure and fiery true feelings in his life to pursue a woman who is extremely favorite, then Chen Jieru is the woman that Chiang Kai-shek has really pursued with true feelings.
But many beloved people often come and go quickly, Chen Jieru and Chiang Kai-shek were tragically abandoned after 7 years of marriage, and for the rest of their lives, Chen Jieru never remarried, and finally died alone and nameless.
Chen Jieru, daughter of a middle-class businessman with a simple state of mind
Born in 1905 as Chiang Kai-shek's third wife, Chen Jieru was born in Shanghai, her ancestral home in Ningbo, her father a middle-class businessman in the paper industry, and her mother a Suzhou native.
Chen Jieru's family was very well-off since childhood, and her father was enlightened and happy to send her daughter to school to receive advanced cultural education. In school, Chen Jieru and her female classmate Zhu Yimin were very good, and later, Zhu Yimin married Zhang Jingjiang, one of the "four elders of the Kuomintang", as a continuation, and Chen Jieru became acquainted with Chiang Kai-shek, who had no meritorious reputation at that time, because he often went to the Zhang family to visit his girlfriends.
Chen Jieru grew up in an extremely simple environment, and when she was 12 years old, she entered the Shanghai Patriotic Girls' High School founded by Cai Yuanpei and was a female student with a simple and kind personality. Later, Chen Jieru's classmate and girlfriend Zhu Yimin decided to get married and became the second wife of Zhang Jingjiang, a standing committee member of the Kuomintang.
Chen Jieru's relationship with her girlfriend Zhu Yimin has always been very good, and every summer vacation, Chen Jieru will often run to the Zhang family to visit Zhu Yimin. One day in the summer of 1919, Chen Jieru went to visit Zhu Yimin and happened to meet Chiang Kai-shek at Zhang Mansion.
When Chiang Kai-shek first met Chen Jieru, he developed an inexplicable liking for him. At that time, Chen Jieru was 14 years old, just like a white magnolia with buds waiting to be released, gentle and elegant, Chuchu moving. After the visit, Chiang Kai-shek waited outside the Zhang Mansion gate, waiting left and right, and finally waited for Chen Jieru, who was about to return home by car.
Chen Jieru was walking in the stone alley, but she didn't want to be stopped by the man behind her, Chen Jieru looked back, it turned out that it was a person who had just arrived at Zhang Mansion as a guest. At this time, Chiang Kai-shek walked quickly to Chen Jieru, introduced himself with a gentle attitude, and then asked Chen Jieru for his specific home address.
Chen Jieru was both nervous and afraid, and in order to quickly get rid of this embarrassing situation, she casually told Chiang Kai-shek a random address, and then she hurried away with a red face and her head bowed.
Chiang Kai-shek was touched by Chen Jieru's simple and clumsy performance, and the man's intuition told him: This girl is beautiful and simple, a rare good girl.
Breaking through layers of obstacles, Chiang Kai-shek tried his best to finally succeed in embracing the beauty
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was just an unemployed man living in Shanghai, and not only did he not achieve anything, but he still had a marriage contract with his two-room wife. The power of love is so amazing, although Chen Jieru did not say his real address, but Chiang Kai-shek, who has always been obsessed with beauty, still managed to find Chen Jieru's residence.
At that time, Chen Jieru was sitting in the foyer sewing clothes, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately recognized Chen Jieru when he arrived at the door of Chen's house. He shouted the name of the girl he liked in surprise, but was stopped by a middle-aged woman.
This middle-aged woman was Chen Jieru's mother, and when she asked Chiang Kai-shek's intentions, she could not help but rise up in her heart with three points of anger, and she responded: The little girl is only 14 years old, still studying in school, don't look at her tall, in fact, she is still just a child, and I hope that Mr. Chiang will not be disturbed too much.
Chiang Kai-shek earnestly replied: I have admired Gui Qianjin for many days, and I hope to be friends with her. Mother Chen refused: The little girl has not yet grown up, how can she make friends with a strange man, sir or please come back, my husband and I will never agree to such a request!
It has to be said that Chiang Kai-shek is an extremely persistent person, and he is not discouraged by Mother Chen's obstruction, but on the contrary, he has a greater interest and possessiveness in a girl like Chen Jieru who is pure and affectionate. He visited Zhang Jingjiang Mansion several times for a long time, just so that he could meet Chen Jieru again.
Kung Fu paid off, and Chiang Kai-shek finally waited for Chen Jieru, who visited Zhang Mansion, and he seized the opportunity to express his fiery feelings to his beloved girl in blunt language. After some true feelings were revealed, Chen Jieru's heart was still touched, and she shyly agreed to go out on a date with Chiang Kai-shek next time.
Later, Zhang Jingjiang also sensed Chiang Kai-shek's admiration for Chen Jieru, and he came forward to vouch for it, hoping that Mother Chen could consider marrying her daughter to Chiang Kai-shek.
Mother Chen was cautious, believing that a 34-year-old man with two wives was really not suitable for marriage to his daughter, but Chiang Kai-shek finally succeeded in impressing Chen Jieru's heart with a true confession. On December 5, 1921, Chiang Kai-shek held a grand wedding ceremony in Shanghai and officially married Chen Jieru.
After 7 years of marriage, Chen Jieru was tragically abandoned, never remarried, and eventually grew old and foreign
When Chen Jieru married Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek was still an uncivilized person, but they were very affectionate and sympathetic, and their little life was still extremely loving. When Chiang Kai-shek was middle-aged, he encountered several political setbacks, but fortunately, Chen Jieru helped him behind him and helped her husband through several difficulties without danger.
Chen Jieru spent nearly 7 years with Chiang Kai-shek in peace and security, and she only had one careful wish in her peace of mind - she only wanted her husband Chiang Kai-shek to love her forever.
But in fact, her small request, which was not excessive, was eventually destroyed by the appearance of Song Meiling. In order to realize his political ambitions, Zhang Jingjiang also constantly lobbied Chiang Kai-shek to abandon Chen Jieru and marry Soong Meiling instead.
Song Meiling is one of the famous Song sisters in the Republic of China, she comes from a noble background and has a political background. In order to achieve marriage with Soong Mei-ling at an early date and win political support from the West, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to show Chen Jieru a showdown and show his intention to marry Soong Mei-ling.
Chen Jieru was overwhelmed for a while, and Chiang Kai-shek coaxed Chen Jieru to send Chen Jieru to the ship of study abroad, and drew up a 5-year contract with him, agreeing to resume marriage with Chen Jieru after 5 years.
Chen Jieru, who was still at a loss for a while, stepped on the giant ship bound for the United States, and before the giant ship reached the coast of the United States, Chiang Kai-shek announced through radio that his previous marriage contract had been completely invalidated--extremely refreshingly, leaving his relationship with Chen Jieru completely clean.
Chen Jieru had no choice but to take a huge sum of money to study in the United States for 5 years. In 1933, Chen Jieru returned to Shanghai and lived a reclusive and low-key life. After the liberation of Shanghai, Chen Jieru served as a member of the CppcC Luwan District Committee. In 1961, Chan moved to Hong Kong and died of a stroke in her apartment 10 years later at the age of 65.
Chen Jieru has become a lonely lonely person since she separated from Chiang Kai-shek, does Chiang Kai-shek really have love for her? The answer is yes!
When Chiang Kai-shek was 75 years old, he wrote a letter to Chen Jieru, who settled in Hong Kong, in which Chiang Kai-shek sincerely poured out: In the past days when the wind and rain were in the same boat, the light of the king did not have to be cherished!
I don't know if Chen Jieru feels that this life can be regarded as happiness, but she fulfilled Chiang Kai-shek's political dream with a broad mind, but left loneliness and grievances to herself alone, which is really sad and regrettable.