Churchill once said to Roosevelt: "There is a Chinese woman who is not a weak person!", this woman can let lao Jiang plant a French sycamore in Nanjing for her, and she is also the first Chinese to give a speech in the US Congress, she is the first lady of the Republic of China, Song Meiling.
Song Meiling
One evening in October 2003, the 106-year-old Song Meiling died in the United States, she had played a pivotal role in the political arena of China and even the world, but such a strong political woman said before her death, in addition to Chiang Kai-shek, I was ashamed of two other men in my life.
First of all, she is ashamed of where Chiang Kai-shek is, in the face of love she gave Chiang Kai-shek all, but only failed to leave a man and a half woman for the Chiang family, which is also the biggest regret of her life, when Chiang And Song first met, Chiang Kai-shek was only an officer next to Sun Yat-sen, at the cocktail party held by her brother Song Ziwen, the two formally met such a girl who was educated in the West, beautiful and wise, and a girl from a famous family attracted Chiang Kai-shek's attention at once, and Chiang Immediately launched a warm pursuit of Song Meiling, but because of the age gap, And Chiang Kai-shek's previous marriage life, Chiang Kai-shek's initial courtship and overtures, was not accepted by Song Meiling and his family, and only the eldest sister in the Song family, Song Xialing, especially admired Chiang Kai-shek, and repeatedly pulled the line for the two.
Chiang Kai-shek Soong Mei Ling
From 1922 to 1927, Chiang Kai-shek chased After Soong Mei Ling for 5 years, the Song family agreed to this marriage, although the combination of the two must have political factors, but after the marriage Chiang Kai-shek did have a special love for Soong Mei Ling, it is said that Chiang Kai-shek was extremely excited after the success of his first date with Soong Mei Ling, just the date location was hard to meditate for a long time, when Chiang Kai-shek was in Nanjing Soong Mei Ling in Shanghai, he finally chose Zhenjiang as a dating place Zhenjiang between the two places and the environment is beautiful, even the dating place is so cautious and repeated, Chiang Kai-shek's intention for Soong Mei-ling can be seen from this. Chiang Kai-shek once said that his wife's ability is worth 20 army divisions.
Soong Mei Ling Chiang Kai-shek
In 1936, the Xi'an Incident broke out, the old Chiang was arrested by Zhang Xueliang in Xi'an, after Song Meiling stabilized the situation in Nanjing, she personally went to negotiate, she once told the guards around her, if the rebels did not listen to the greetings and chaos, you beat me to death at the first time, she was holding the determination to live and die together, went to Xi'an to negotiate, it is the two of them who support each other, Chiang Kai-shek is very fond of and trusting of Song Meiling, but Song Meiling has not been able to give birth to a man and a half woman to Chiang Kai-shek, which also makes her feel ashamed of her husband's love for herself. In fact, Song Meiling was once pregnant, shortly after the two were married, Song Meiling was pregnant, but because the couple was attacked by assassins continuously, song Meiling miscarried under many frights, and then after Song Meiling became pregnant again, because of the experience of the first miscarriage, she caused a habitual miscarriage, and then she failed to conceive children for Chiang Kai-shek for life, which also became the first regret in her life.
Song Ziwen Song Meiling
And the other two men that Song Meiling is ashamed of, one of which is her brother Song Ziwen, the relationship between Song Meiling and Song Ziwen, has been very good since childhood, and the real thing to say when there is a contradiction is probably from the beginning of Song Meiling's determination to marry Chiang Kai-shek, Song Ziwen was extremely opposed to the marriage between the two at the beginning, thinking that Chiang Kai-shek's wife and two concubines were not a good match, but under the strong mediation of the eldest sister Song Yiling, Song Meiling was still resolute and married to Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Ziwen actually knew each other for a long time, and the two had served under Mr. Sun Yat-sen. Later, Song Ziwen was also the minister of finance in Chiang Kai-shek's National Government, and there were many discords between the two in his political career, and this also aggravated the contradiction between the brothers and sisters, in simple terms, that is, Song Ziwen Chiang Kai-shek, who was not accustomed to some of each other's practices, but Song Meiling favored her husband in the dispute between her husband and her brother, and naturally drifted away from her brother, and even later, Song Meiling would threaten her brother to obtain property for Chiang Kai-shek, even in the later Xi'an Incident, Song Ziwen accompanied Song Meiling and went to Xi'an to rescue Chiang Kai-shek. However, Chiang Kai-shek did not shake hands with Song Ziwen and make peace, and Song Meiling and his brother have always been estranged.
Later, the Kuomintang was defeated in Taiwan, Song Ziwen was expelled from the military, under various circumstances, the relationship between Song Ziwen and Song Meiling and his wife also became worse and worse, until finally Song Ziwen died, Song Meiling had planned to mourn her brother, when she got on the plane, she received a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek, showing the many dangers she would cause by going this time.
Zhang Xueliang
His last regret is to be ashamed of his confidant Zhang Xueliang, Song Meiling and Zhang Xueliang knew each other as teenagers, Zhang Xueliang was the son of Zhang Zuolin, the king of the northeast, known as a young marshal, when the two first met, Zhang Xueliang was attracted by Song Meiling's elegant demeanor, he once said that if it were not for the fact that I had a wife, he might pursue Song Meiling, he once commented that Song Meiling was extremely smart, and he was the second person in modern China, after the Xi'an Incident, the reason why he was not killed was because Lady Jiang protected me, and Song Meiling was ashamed of Zhang Xueliang from the heart In fact, after the Xi'an Incident, Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned for 50 years, when the Xi'an Incident, Song Meiling went to Xi'an to negotiate, and later in order to fear that the night would be long and dreamy, Zhang Xueliang decided to personally send Chiang Kai-shek and others back to Nanjing, and many people under his command did not want it at that time, Zhang Xueliang personally promised to send Zhang Xueliang back to Xi'an safely, but when Chiang Kai-shek returned to Nanjing, he temporarily repented, sent people to imprison Zhang Xueliang, and even wanted to assassinate Zhang Xueliang, because Song Meiling had many arguments with Chiang Kai-shek because of this matter. Later, although Zhang Xueliang's life was saved, but let him be imprisoned, Song Meiling has always felt that it was her husband who harmed him, Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned for more than 50 years, so he has always been sorry for Zhang Xueliang, after Zhang Xueliang was imprisoned, the two have also maintained correspondence, and also sent some things to Zhang Xueliang many times, sending some things such as relief, Zhang Xueliang restored his freedom in his later years, and the two often exchanged gifts during the festival. Zhang Xueliang once said that Song Meiling lives one day and I live one day, which shows the deep friendship between the two, after learning the news of Zhang Xueliang's death, Song Meiling can not calm her heart for a long time.
In his later years, Zhang Xueliang
At Zhang Xueliang's memorial service, the wreath sent by Song Meiling was written on the side with six big characters, General Han Qing, Song Meiling, who was half a life in the political field, when he was close to his death, he only thought of these three people, in fact, carefully looked at, these three people represented Song Meiling's love, family and friendship, which shows that even if you are a person with an iron fist, you can't help but sink into emotional matters in your later years. However, with the death of Song Meiling, her entanglement with these three men also dissipated in the world.