This was Chiang Kai-shek's only long-cherished wish before his death, and it was also Chiang Ching-kuo's only last wish before his death; the coffins of the two men are still hanging in the coffin, that is, they will be buried in their hometown after the reunification of the two sides of the strait.
Chiang Ching-kuo and Chiang Kai-shek
Why did the Father and Son of the Jiang family fail to relocate to the mainland without success? What kind of story happened between the two Jiangs' burials? Why did the Kuomintang authorities in Taiwan refuse to relocate chiang kai-shek to the mainland? Today we will reveal the story behind the failure of the two Chiang Kai-shek to bury the mainland.
The last wish of the Father and Son of the Jiang family
In 1973, when Chiang Kai-shek was seriously ill and bedridden, he repeatedly called his son Chiang Ching-kuo to the bedside and instructed his son: "After I die, the coffin should not be buried, and after the reunification of the two sides of the strait, the coffin will be buried in fenghua's hometown." ”
This was Chiang Kai-shek's only long-cherished wish when he was seriously ill in his old age, that people would die, and at the last moment, Chiang Kai-shek only wanted to be buried on the mainland and buried next to his mother.
After Chiang Kai-shek's death in 1975, according to his request, his coffin was temporarily located in the form of a floating house in Cihu Lake, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, because Chiang Kai-shek said before his death that the scenery of Cihu Lake was most like his hometown Fenghua.
Regrettably, until Chiang Ching-kuo's death, he was unable to usher in the reunification of the motherland, so Chiang Ching-kuo also left a verbal will before his death, so that the descendants of the Jiang family would not bury themselves, and he hoped that the father and son of the Jiang family could be buried together in Fenghua's hometown.
Therefore, the coffins of the father and son of the Jiang family have been placed in the form of floating houses in Cihu and Daxi in Taoyuan County, respectively, and the symbolic tombs of the two are only one kilometer apart.
After Chiang Ching-kuo's death, the then-succeeding leader of Taiwan was also very grateful for Chiang Ching-kuo's promotion in his later years, and after his death, he paid tribute to the coffin almost every day.
What's more, in order to express respect and remembrance for Chiang Ching-kuo, he also followed Chiang Ching-kuo's practice of retaining Chiang Kai-shek's office in those years, and also retained Chiang Ching-kuo's office.
This symbolizes the eternal spirit of Chiang Ching-kuo and is grateful for his promotion to himself, although this practice was rejected by the Chiang family, but he still insisted on keeping Chiang Ching-kuo's office.
In 1996, taiwan's political situation changed when the leaders of Taiwan removed the guards guarding the tombs of the Chiang family and fathers at Cihu lake and Daxi, and the statue of Chiang Ching-kuo was vandalized.
Chiang Ching-kuo
After Song Meiling learned of this from Jiang Weiguo, she knew that the status of the Jiang family in Taiwan was much worse than before, and she said: "We should consider the matter of moving the soul."
After this, Song Meiling told his grandson Jiang Xiaoyong about the funeral, and explained that he must handle this matter together with your second uncle Jiang Weiguo, and from his grandmother's mouth, Jiang Xiaoyong also felt that this matter was extraordinary at this time.
Song Meiling said: "Since Taiwan cannot tolerate the coffins of the two, it has to be buried in the hometown of Fenghua. "Buried in Fenghua's hometown?" Jiang Xiaoyong thought that he had heard wrongly, but when he saw his grandmother's serious expression, he knew that her grandmother was explaining a big thing.
Song Meiling already felt that she didn't have much time at this time, according to the current situation of the Jiang family in Taiwan, once she died, it would be difficult to handle this matter again, and she told Jiang Xiaoyong: "If it is not possible in Fenghua, then go to Nanjing, this matter is now time to do." ”
Two Jiang father and son relocation case
In 1996, Jiang Weiguo proposed in Taiwan the decision to relocate his father and brother to the mainland, and this proposal immediately caused a great shock in Taiwan.
Chiang Kai-shek
In 1996, at an important meeting of the Kuomintang, Jiang Weiguo took the lead in proposing the decision to relocate the father and son of the Chiang family back to the mainland.
In fact, at that time, Taiwanese folklore was also popular, because the two Chiang's bodies were not buried, which led to the third generation of the Chiang family mostly died in their youth, Jiang Xiaoyong also suffered from cancer, and two sons and daughters also suffered a car accident in the United States and almost died.
Therefore, when the Chiang family proposed to relocate the burial, the majority of the people in Taiwan supported it, and the Taiwan leader at that time also agreed, but he said that in view of the tension in cross-strait relations, he agreed to be buried in Taiwan in the form of a state funeral first, and then moved back to the mainland later.
This idea was rejected by Jiang Xiaoyong, who said: "In this way, will the future burial not be digging the ancestral graves of Chiang Kai-shek's ancestors?" After the Uncle and Nephew of the Jiang Family proposed to move the funeral, they began to actively run.
Immediately after that, Jiang Xiaoyong secretly left Taiwan and began to visit the mainland through Hong Kong, on the one hand, to go to Beijing to treat his illness, on the other hand, to see the views and attitudes of the mainland side on the matter of relocation, while Jiang Weiguo actively promoted the relocation of the funeral within the Kuomintang in Taiwan.
At that time, the leaders of Taiwan could not ignore the matter of relocating the burial, so a special group for the relocation of the funeral was set up within the Kuomintang to take charge of the matter.
Jiang Xiaoyong
On the one hand, he explained to Jiang Yanshi and other former members of the Chiang family and their families to discuss and study the way to bury Taiwan; on the other hand, they began to mobilize all those who could talk to the Chiang family, hoping to persuade the Chiang family to see clearly the predicament at the present stage and suspend the matter of relocating and burying the mainland.
At that time, the relationship between the leader of Taiwan and the Chiang family was already difficult to connect, because of the opening of the Shilin official residence, the removal of the soldiers guarding the tomb, the destruction of the statue of Chiang Kai-shek, and a series of other things, the relationship between the Leader of Taiwan and Chiang Hsiao-yong at that time was on the same page.
After Chiang Ching-kuo's death, the jiang family's big and small affairs were decided by Jiang Xiaoyong, but because of the relationship between the two, the Taiwan leader at that time could only let the old department of the Chiang family go to the Chiang family for consultation.
Jiang Xiaoyong said that at that time, the Taiwan leader knew that he was suffering from cancer, and that time was running out, and as long as it dragged on for a few more months, as soon as he died, the matter of relocating the funeral would be over.
Jiang Xiaoyong avoided seeing him, and Jiang Yanshi, who was ordered to complete the matter, could only consult with Jiang Weiguo and agree on the matter of "two-stage relocation and burial," that is, to first let the remains of the two Chiangs be buried as soon as possible in the form of a "state burial," and then relocate and bury them back to the mainland after the reunification of the two sides of the strait in the future.
Jiang Yanshi discussed with Jiang Weiguo the matter of "second-stage relocation and burial," which made Jiang Xiaoyong extremely unhappy, and at this time Jiang Weiguo published another memoir, in which he not only recounted his life, but also detailed the fact that he was suppressed by Chiang Ching-kuo in Chiang's family and could not get Chiang Kai-shek's trust.
Jiang Weiguo
The publication of this memoir has completely broken the relationship between the uncle and nephew, publicly scolding his uncle for being confused, and for the "second-stage relocation and burial", Jiang Xiaoyong also said that only his grandmother Song Meiling and his mother Jiang Fangliang have the right to decide on this issue, and Jiang Weiguo has no rights and no representation.
The relocation case was shelved, and finally Settled taiwan
This was the final decline of the Jiang family dynasty, and after the two Jiang family burial cases were proposed, the Jiang family's uncles and nephews did not succeed in this matter after many efforts, and the two also broke off at the last moment.
In fact, on the mainland side, Chiang Kai-shek's burial has always been very tolerant, and in 1982, after reunification, it was moved to the homeland.
After coming to the mainland, Jiang Xiaoyong's family was warmly received by the mainland and arranged for him to be admitted to the Beijing Hospital, where he was diagnosed by a famous doctor.
Regarding the relocation of the funeral proposed by Jiang Xiaoyong, the mainland side also put forward its own views, saying: "If this relocation is as the late leader of the Kuomintang, then the mainland will explicitly welcome it."
Jiang Xiaoyong was also prepared for his illness, and after recuperating in Beijing Hospital for a while, he took his family to his hometown of Fenghua, and the first thing he did when he arrived in Fenghua was to visit Chiang Kai-shek's mother's mausoleum and pay homage.
Originally, Jiang Xiaoyong also wanted to go to Huangshan to fulfill his father's wish that he had never been to Huangshan, but at that time, his cancer cells had begun to spread to the brain, and he could only give up and rush back to Taiwan for surgery.
After Jiang Xiaoyong returned to Taiwan and was hospitalized, he lay down on his hospital bed and frankly said: "My father looked at the wrong person in his old age, and it was the biggest mistake to let him succeed him. ”
The Taiwan leader who took over Chiang Ching-kuo at that time was indeed a white-eyed wolf, and not long after taking over Chiang Ching-kuo's position, he completely exposed his nature, stopped paying homage to Chiang Ching-kuo's coffin, and even withdrew the soldiers stationed at the tomb of Chiang Ching-kuo's father and son.
Immediately after that, a "de-Chiang Kai-shek" was launched in Taiwan, and a large number of statues of Chiang Kai-shek were demolished and destroyed, and most of the rest were moved to the location of Chiang Kai-shek's coffin.
At that time, it was not difficult to understand why the Taiwan leader opposed the relocation of the two Chiang Kai-shek's burials; during his term of office, he completely deviated from chiang ching-kuo's policy toward Taiwan and made cross-strait relations extremely tense, and if the relocation of the two Chiang kai-sheks was successfully implemented, it would be completely contrary to the policy he advocated.
Chiang Ching-kuo himself was very recognized and adhered to the "one-China" principle, and during his lifetime, cross-strait relations began to slowly ease.
Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping also said that if Chiang Ching-kuo had not died so early, it would have been much easier to resolve the Taiwan issue.
In July 1996, a "Feng'an Research Group" was set up within the Kuomintang to discuss the relocation of the two Chiang Kai-sheks to the funeral, and most people said that there was no urgency in this matter and that it could be carried out after the reunification of the two sides of the strait in the future.
At that time, the leader of Taiwan also conveyed to the Chiang family the views reached from the discussion within the party, and after Song Meiling, who was far away in the United States, learned of this matter, she could only sigh unceasingly, knowing that the jiang family's position in Taiwan had completely declined.
On December 23, 1996, Jiang Xiaoyong died in Taipei due to the spread of cancer cells to the brain and liver, and after ineffective treatment, jiang Xiaoyong refused any positive treatment in the last days of his life.
His biggest regret is that he was unable to fulfill his father's wish, moved his grandfather and father's coffin to the mainland, and often lamented that his father had seen the wrong person.
Before his death, he explained to his family that the Jiang family must adhere to the one-China position and principles and cannot be changed, and at the same time, they must keep in mind the last wishes of their ancestors and have the opportunity to move the coffin back to the mainland for burial in the future.