During the Republic of China period, it was an era full of turmoil and unrest. At this time, the late Qing Dynasty had just collapsed, And China was finally liberated from feudalism, and with the downfall of Puyi, the last emperor in Chinese history, the whole country was full of joy.
But in fact, at this time, the whole society still had a lot of feudal relics from various classes, and in essence it was still ruled by the big landlord class and other vested interests in the old era.
Kong Song and Jiang Chen, the "four major families" of the Republic of China, are the most famous people in charge of the bull's ear in this era.
History is like a well-set stage, constantly staging the drama of the princes of all generations singing to you and Singing me, and now, it is their turn to appear.
The story of the Song family is a household name even now. Speaking of the Song family, the first thing that people probably think of is the story of Song Qingling and Song Meiling, their three sisters.
However, in fact, the Song family has a total of six children, three boys and three women, the eldest sister Song Hailing, the second sister Song Qingling, the younger sister Song Meiling, as well as the eldest brother Song Ziwen, the second brother Song Ziliang, and the younger brother Song Zi'an.
Among the three sisters, Song Xialing was Kong Xiangxi's wife, Soong Qingling married Sun Yat-sen, and the younger sister Song Meiling later looked at Chiang Kai-shek.
The relationship between the various children of the Song family is actually very complicated, because of some unavoidable political reasons, there are also some contradictions between several sisters of the Song family, although they will not turn against each other, but there is often some friction and not very harmonious.
Perhaps for this reason, Song Qingling's feelings for his two younger brothers are particularly deep.
Especially the youngest Song Zi'an.
Song Zi'an is 14 years younger than Song Qingling, has a gentle and obedient personality, and he himself has no interest in politics, but only hopes for a harmonious relationship between brothers and sisters, so he feels quite helpless about the situation that everyone has to drift apart from each other due to some political factors.
When Song Zi'an was very young, his mother died, and after that, it was the sisters who took him and took care of him until he grew up. And he is also known for his good temper, what contradictions have occurred between his brothers and sisters, he is a peacemaker, it can be said that from a young age, Song Zi'an for this family, can be described as a broken heart.
Among the brothers and sisters, Song Zi'an and the second sister have the best relationship, because compared with other brothers and sisters, the second sister has always been more tolerant of him.
When he was young, even if Song Zi'an made a mistake, the second sister often did not scold him angrily like other older brothers and sisters, but softly comforted him, saying, "It's all right, there is a sister."
Song Zi'an originally did not like to read, but he always clinged to his second sister, and because his second sister liked to read, he often sat next to her with a book and pretended to read.
A few times, when Song Qingling closed the book and was ready to get up, he found that Song Zi'an on the side had actually fallen asleep on his stomach.
I couldn't help but smile.
In the mind of the young Song Zi'an, his second sister is like an angel, always so gentle, so kind, giving him tolerance and love.
In 1915, despite his family's opposition, Soong Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, who was 27 years older than himself, and everyone was opposed, but the young Soong Zi'an became the only supporter of the family. Perhaps in the small head of the young Song Zi'an at that time, he was probably thinking: My sister just wants to marry someone she likes, is there anything wrong with this?
Later, Song Zi'an gradually became an adult, he was very smart, so he had excellent grades, and before he graduated from middle school, he was admitted to St. John's University in Shanghai.
In Song Zi'an's last year at St. John's University, a big thing happened, and his dearest sister suffered the biggest blow in her life.
Her husband, Sun Yat-sen, died of illness.
Therefore, on April 21 of that year, Song Zi'an gave up his studies and went to visit his second sister, who was shrouded in pain.
Song Zi'an accompanied Song Qingling to Nanjing to investigate the tomb of Sun Yat-sen, he did not know how to open his mouth to comfort the second sister who was in great pain, the power of words seemed so pale and powerless to Soong Qingling at this moment, he had to accompany Song Qingling all the time, giving her the strength to support her, inseparable.
In 1926, Song Zi'an was admitted to Harvard University with excellent academics, and he was still worried about the problem of his second sister, but Song Qingling, who learned that his brother was admitted to the highest university in the United States, was happier than anyone.
And personally sent Song Zian abroad, when bidding farewell, he told Song Zian that he would soon go to the United States, and then the two sisters and brothers would be reunited.
As a result, Song Zi'an left China with confidence.
What he didn't expect, however, was that just a year after he left China, a series of days-size-old things had happened in the country.
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the infamous April 12 counter-revolutionary incident, which wantonly arrested Communists.
On April 22, Soong Ching Ling and Mao Zedong jointly issued a telegram to chiang kai-shek, drawing a clear line with Chiang Kai-shek.
This also means that Soong Ching Ling and the Soong family, which supported Chiang Kai-shek, have also gone against each other.
At this time, Soong Ching Ling could be said to be struggling to the extreme in China, and the consequence of being an enemy of Chiang Kai-shek was that everyone avoided her.
But fortunately, at that time when Song Qingling's relationship with other family members began to become increasingly indifferent, only Song Zi'an missed his sister as always, and insisted on writing letters to her sister to report, which was the only bit of warmth that Song Qingling felt during that time.
Worried about his sister's difficulties in life, Song Zi'an also had a headache, he wanted to help his sister, but at that time, Song Zi'an, who was still a student, had the ability to fund his sister, and the only way he could think of was... Borrow money from your other older siblings.
But later, the brothers and sisters still did not promise any practical help to Song Qingling, after all, if you think about it carefully, they are actually in an opposite relationship at the moment.
Moreover, if the strong Soong Ching Ling knew the source of this money, he would certainly not accept help from Chiang Kai-shek's side.
Things continued to develop until one day, when Japan's all-out war of aggression against China broke out and the two factions of the Kuomintang and the Communists cooperated again, and the relationship between Soong Ching Ling and Song Mei Ling and Song YiLing gradually eased and was repaired.
When Song Zi'an learned that the relationship between the second sister and the other two sisters had eased, he even laughed happily, and he thought that things would probably develop in a good direction as he wished.
However, the sky did not go according to people's wishes, and within a few months, the "Anhui Southern Incident" broke out in China, and the relationship between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party also returned to the freezing point, and even the relationship between Song Qingling and Song Meiling, whose family was about to reconcile, also collapsed.
After the end of the war, in 1949, Song Ziwen left the mainland and settled in San Francisco, the United States, and Song Zian, who had always regarded his brother as an example, also stayed in San Francisco.
But unfortunately, since settling in the United States, Song Zi'an has never seen his dear second sister again, and even the exact news of the second sister can no longer be received.
This regret remained until February 24, 1969.
On this day, Song Zi'an died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage.
Soon after, an airmail sent from the United States flew across the lofty mountains and into the hands of Song Qingling, who was far away on the mainland.
The letter came from a strange American lawyer, but before she could feel strange, she fell into a deep silence after reading the contents of the letter.
The letter was the news of the death of his brother, Song Zi'an.
And along with her, there was also a legacy that her brother had been helping her keep.
This inheritance is about 600,000 US dollars, which is not a huge amount, you know, the so-called US dollars, at that time, can be called and gold equivalent value.
In fact, this inheritance was given to her by the Song family when Song Qingling's mother died, but out of political stance, Song Qingling did not accept the money, so it was her brother Song Zi'an who kept it for her.
Now, his younger brother Song Zi'an has passed away, and according to the will he made before his death, the lawyer finally found Song Qingling and wanted to finally return the inheritance to her.
But after getting this bad news, Song Qingling was devastated, and she locked herself in her room and cried for a long time.
She probably never thought that her brother, who had not been in contact for twenty years, had finally heard from him, but it was such a scene.
Although the Song family is big, it gradually falls apart because of all kinds of helplessness and regrets, and her younger brother Song Zi'an is already his only warmth, but he finally left earlier than her.
So, in the afternoon of the same day, she personally drew up a telegram to reply to the lawyer.
In the letter, Song Qingling gave up all his inheritance and hoped that he would leave it to Song Zi'an's two children.
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Urgent
To: Peter S. Sommer
625 Market St., San Francisco, USA
Just received your airmail. Please convey to Mrs. Song Zi'an the great shock and deep sorrow of my bereavement. I would like to give up any of my inheritances and leave them to Zi'an's children.
Song Qingling
Mrs. Sun Yat-sen
April 5, 1969