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As the president of the Republic of China, most people know the first half of his life.
So, after he once called the wind and rain to the island, what kind of situation was it? What about his later years in particular?
Perhaps the memories of Chiang Ching-kuo, chiang kai-shek's son, will let everyone see a different Chiang Kai-shek.
The first half of Chiang Kai-shek's life can be said to have the wind and the wind and the rain.
Born into a wealthy merchant, he lost his father at a young age, and most of his property was taken by his brother, but he quickly gained connections with the League by going to Japan to study. Through this level of personal connections, he achieved a leap in identity, from a local rich man who was a powerful and blessed man in a small place to a well-known political figure.
However, at this time, he was still far from the powerful factions in those places. It is even more difficult for him to imagine that at this time he will develop into the president of the Republic of China in the future.
But he also brought a leap in 'financing' to himself - that is, to find a way to marry Song Meiling and achieve marriage with the Song family, a super big family at that time.
At this time, there were still many warlords against him, so he once again carried out 'financing' - pulling Zhang Xueliang's Northeast Army into his camp. Since then, he has basically embarked on the peak of his career, becoming the president of the Republic of China, the most powerful president in China at that time, and in the whole of China and even the world, he has the ability to call the wind and rain.
However, Chiang Kai-shek, who has a unique vision in terms of "financing", is obviously relatively poor in the military aspect.
So I was beaten up to the island.
So, on the island, how did Chiang Kai-shek live in his later years?
In the eyes of outsiders, although Chiang Kai-shek lost control of the mainland in his later years, he was also a well-known emperor on the island. Especially at that time, for political purposes, the United States tried to support him in every way, so he still lived like a local emperor on the island. This is not the case.
Although he still crossed the island internally, because of such a small place, there were too many people involved, and Old Jiang lived more and more like a pawn in the back.
When he was physically strong, he was still able to balance with other forces. But in his later years, he became more and more unable to influence the situation—and even gradually became a tool for others to influence the situation.
We can see some traces of this from Chiang Ching-kuo's diary.
Old Chiang's physical problems were in 1967.
In July of that year, he and Song Meiling moved out of the Shilin official residence to the Yangmingshan official residence to escape the summer. Old Chiang's itinerary should have been kept secret at that time, because Old Jiang experienced assassination after going to the island, and behind the assassination was the outbreak of contradictions, and many people had contradictions with Old Jiang at that time.
First of all, the local faction of the small island is bound to be dissatisfied with Old Jiang, after all, suddenly a group of people have come to their heads to make a blessing, and there will be dissatisfaction with who they put on. Then there are also Japanese forces above, and they alone, or intersect with the local forces above, naturally have some interests in Old Chiang Kai-shek.
However, these demands cannot be completely agreed to by Lao Jiang, so there are also contradictions between them and Lao Jiang.
In theory, the United States should support the old Chiang Kai-shek, but this should also be said in detail, because the old Chiang himself actually has nothing to do with the United States, at best, it is only related to interests. The person who really made the United States have to bind old Chiang was actually Mrs. Jiang, but Mrs. Jiang also had her own demands on the island.
Moreover, Madame Jiang's influence in the national army is not small, so there is also a contradiction between her and the old Jiang, and it is not as deeply affectionate as we ordinary people see.
It is precisely because Old Jiang has various contradictions on it that various assassins will appear from time to time.
Of course, history does not indicate that this time Old Chiang met the Assassins—only this time he and his wife encountered an accident.
As Chiang's motorcade passed near Lingshan On Yangde Avenue, there was a sudden turn in the road, and a shuttle bus was parked in front of the turn. Because the shuttle was parked and did not move, the drivers of the convoy did not pay much attention.
But when Chiang Kai-shek's car passed near the shuttle, suddenly a jeep rushed from the back of the shuttle and then crashed head-on into Chiang Kai-shek's convoy. Both Old Jiang and Song Meiling were injured, but the injuries were not very serious.
After a little examination of Song Meiling's injury, no major problems were found. Old Jiang didn't have any serious problems at first, but he didn't know why the illness behind him was always repeated.
But it also made sense — because Chiang Kai-shek was 80 years old that year.
Generally, the 80-year-old man can't walk a lot of roads, not to mention that old Jiang was hit by this car.
After three years of intermittent illness, Old Jiang's health became even worse.
Of course, as a politician, perhaps the worst thing is not a health problem – but a power problem because he has to lie ill because of his physical condition.
Because he spent a lot of time in his hospital bed, this naturally caused a power vacuum in his team at that time. Naturally, the other forces are also fighting against this.
Since Old Jiang was still alive at this time--this 'big banner' still had to be held firmly. This also makes him in addition to health problems, power problems, but also a big problem - he has become an important tool for other people's game.
On May 29, 1970, he wanted to attend the regular meeting, but his physical condition was so bad that he had to cancel the event. And the next day he fainted more severely.
Old Jiang was equivalent to 'Optimus Prime' on the island at that time, so people rushed him to The Veterans General Hospital. However, after entering the hospital, Chiang Kai-shek, whether it is his physical condition or other aspects, gradually became more 'involuntary'. Because all the problems must be considered from his condition.
So he had to stay out of the public eye for a long time, and because of that, he had a lot less opportunity to call the shots. As a result, his control over the situation was weakened.
At the same time, many people began to speculate about his health, and even some people were privately rumoring that Chiang Kai-shek might be dead.
It's no wonder that the people below are thinking wildly, because it is not without such things in Chinese history.
After all, Qin Shi Huang was secretly mourned after his death.
Not to mention the large-scale development of modern technology, there is no need for stinky fish to cover up the smell of decaying corpses.
In order to make Chiang Kai-shek's banner still work, and in order to break the rumors of the time, Soong Mei-ling and Chiang Ching-kuo decided to let Chiang Kai-shek show his face.
So at the wedding of Chiang Kai-shek's grandson Jiang Xiaoyong, when his granddaughter-in-law was serving tea to the elders, Song Meiling asked the photographer to send a close-up photo - the photo showed the old Chiang with a smile like a spring breeze.
The appearance of this photo stabilized the trend of public opinion for a short time.
After that, Chiang Kai-shek, who was already terminally ill, had to cooperate with Soong Mei-ling and Chiang Ching-kuo many times to engage in this kind of performance.
Taking a photo is relatively simple, and sometimes it is very difficult to have a real person present.
For example, in November 1973, the Kuomintang held a key meeting, and as the number one person in the Kuomintang, chiang kai-shek could not not be present. Moreover, he did not show how Jiang Chingguo and Song Meiling treated themselves, so this time old Jiang had to perform with illness.
At this time, Old Jiang had lost all his strength, and even his neck and hands could not be lifted up forcefully. So in order to make Chiang Kai-shek look a little healthier in his 'performance', he actually tied his hand to the armrest like a prop.
From a distance, it looks like Chiang Kai-shek is sitting there calmly.
After that, Lao Jiang's health deteriorated even worse, and he could not even lift his hand at all.
But Soong Mei-ling, Chiang Ching-kuo, and even some others need Chiang Kai-shek to remain 'healthy' alive. So they took pains to get photographers to capture them many times, and finally in one snapshot, they took a picture that looked healthy, but in fact it was just a photo of Old Jiang with his hands on his great-granddaughter.
From the photo, Chiang Kai-shek looks at his great-granddaughter with a smile on his face, and his hands seem to hold his great-granddaughter. But in fact, this is just a capture of the 'moment'.
Old Jiang, who was once surprised by the storm, has now become a 'prop' for taking pictures.
But he had to live this life for some time, until 1975, when Chiang Kai-shek had been bedridden for many years.
However, around April of that year, Lao Jiang's condition suddenly 'improved'.
At that time, Chiang Ching-kuo's diary recorded this:
When Yi Chen asked his father for peace, his father had already gotten up and sat in a wheelchair. Seeing the child, the father smiled. Peace of mind'
Not only that, old Jiang also chatted with Chiang Ching-kuo for a long time this time.
Chiang Ching-kuo wrote in his diary:
Father also asked about the Qingming Festival and the centenary of Mr. Zhang Boling's birthday. When the child was dismissed, the father told him, 'You should rest a lot.'"
The long illness suddenly sat up and nagged, which made Chiang Ching-kuo very happy at that time, but he did not want this to be the return of the old Chiang.
At the same time, we can also see from the return of old Chiang Kai-shek that I am afraid that old Chiang kai-shek has already seen that his influence on the situation of the Kuomintang at that time has weakened somewhat. Therefore, in the last sober time of his life, he just chatted with Chiang Ching-kuo about some common words.
After all, after being sick in bed for such a long time, in fact, he has become a 'prop' for many powerful people, which is only a sadness that no one can tell for Chiang Kai-shek, who has been running amok all his life!
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