August 2, 1996
, at this time
Zhejiang Taiwan Affairs Office
Received an urgent telegram from the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council: There will be soon
Five Taiwan compatriots
To visit Chiang's former residence, please be sure to do a good job of reception.
The person who came to let the central government make an emergency notice to entertain him must be an extraordinary person, and the Zhejiang Taiwan Affairs Office quickly became busy.
Soon after, in front of Xikou Town in Fenghua City, a black car stopped, and a family slowly walked out of it, looking no different from the usual rich passengers.
Soon after, the staff began to find that the family was different from the average tourist, led by a middle-aged man, and they arrived after a few minutes
Chiang's Former Residence
The expression of the group became solemn.
The accompanying Staff of the Taiwan Affairs Office stepped forward and prepared to lead them through the free passage, but the leading man refused, giving himself children who did not need tickets, and no one left behind to buy tickets.
Soon after, however, the doubts of the staff of the Taiwan Affairs Office seemed to have found an answer. When he walked to Chiang's former residence, the leading man shouted excitedly:
"We're finally back!"
Subsequently, the middle-aged man visited more than a dozen landscapes in Xikou and talked with local attraction staff and fellow villagers, but the whole process of using the local dialect to talk, a Taiwanese tourist turned out to be a local dialect, which surprised everyone for a while.
Who is this leading middle-aged man? Why were you so excited after arriving at Chiang's former residence? Let's talk about this issue
Jiang Xiaoyong
story.
Erjiang had high hopes but had no intention of taking the position of crown prince
In the hearts of Chiang Kai-shek's father and son,
"It is better to ask others than to seek oneself"
Only by firmly holding the power in the hands of the Chiang family can we preserve the power and position of the Chiang family in Taiwan.
Therefore, since Chiang Kai-shek's defeat in Taiwan, he has spent a lot of energy on cultivating the successors of the Chiang family's power, and among Chiang Ching-kuo's three sons, Chiang Hsiao-yong is undoubtedly the most favored by Chiang Kai-shek.
When Jiang Xiaoyong was born on October 27, 1948, when the Huaihai Campaign was about to break out, the situation in the Kuomintang was already in danger, and Chiang Kai-shek sent Jiang Xiaoyong to Taiwan for the safety of his family.
Chiang Ching-kuo had three sons, namely Jiang Xiaowen, Jiang Xiaowu, and Jiang Xiaoyong, because Jiang Xiaoyong was born during the period of the Kuomintang's national rout, and Chiang Kai-shek was very guilty of his young grandson
Chiang Kai-shek
The couple poured a lot of love into him.
Of Chiang Ching-kuo's three sons,
His personality is most similar to that of his father Chiang Ching-kuo.
Jiang Xiaoyong was born into the Jiang family, and he has a sense of pride on his body, but when he comes into contact with his elders, he has always shown great humility, and the old man who has had contact with Jiang Xiaoyong has a good evaluation of Jiang Xiaoyong.
Although Jiang Xiaoyong also had some small temper when he was a teenager, he was much better than his two older brothers.
Among the three Brothers of Jiang Xiaowu, Jiang Xiaoyong was the best at understanding Chiang Ching-kuo's intentions, so at that time, Jiang Xiaoyong was Chiang Ching-kuo's most obedient, obedient, and most favored son.
After graduating from middle school, Jiang Xiaoyong entered the Army Officer School under the ardent expectations of his grandfather. Jiang Xiaoyong, who was in the military academy, guarded himself in peace and was extremely attentive to military knowledge and military training, and Jiang Xiaoyong's hard work in the military academy finally made his achievements rank among the best.
When he heard the news, Chiang Kai-shek could not help but be overjoyed, because he had always hoped in his heart that the Chiang family would produce a general, and his young grandson's excellent performance in the military academy made him full of hope for the future of the Chiang family.
Therefore, when Chiang Kai-shek met with guests, he always praised Chiang Hyo-yong's good performance and expanded his popularity in Taiwan.
However, the object of the inheritance training in Chiang Kai-shek's mind earlier was not Chiang Xiaoyong. Because of Chiang Hsiao-wen's age, in the early days of Chiang Kai-shek's entry into Taiwan, the heir trained was Chiang Hsiao-wen, but the young Chiang Hsiao-wen suffered from diabetes.
When attending a friend's banquet, Due to low blood sugar, Jiang Xiaowen fell into a coma and was not cared for in time, his brain nerves were damaged, leaving serious sequelae, and it has been difficult to take care of himself since then. Chiang Kai-shek's high hopes for Chiang Xiaowen had to come to an end.
At that time, Jiang Xiaowu, in the eyes of Jiang's father and son, did things absurdly, and after that, Jiang Xiaoyong became the ideal heir. However, an accident soon after led to the complete shattering of the hopes of the Chiang family and sons.
During a military training, Jiang Xiaoyong's ankle was sprained. When the Chiangs learned of the news, they immediately went to New York to get a doctor to operate on their young grandson. After two surgeries, Jiang Xiaoyong still did not get completely better, leaving sequelae since then.
As a last resort, Jiang Xiaoyong could only leave the military academy and go to national Taiwan University to study.
After graduating from National Taiwan University, Jiang Xiaoyong was disgusted by the deceit of the officialdom, so he chose a path of abandoning politics and engaging in business.
Chiang Ching-kuo
After learning this news, although he was very disappointed in Jiang Xiaoyong, who had been cultivated for many years, he still respected his son's wishes, and finally at chiang ching-kuo's request, he was named a member of the Kuomintang Central Finance Committee.
Chiang Ching-kuo and Chiang Kai-shek
After that, Jiang Xiaoyong began to show his fists and feet in the mall. After Jiang Xiaoyong became the chairman of Honglin Company, through his heavy character and flexible means, he quickly managed the enterprises with serious losses and on the verge of bankruptcy in an orderly manner, and the enterprises successfully reversed the loss situation. Jiang Xiaoyong, with his outstanding ability and family status in the business world, soon formed a good relationship in Taiwan's political and business circles.
After Chiang Ching-kuo's death, Jiang Xiaoyong, who had no intention of politics, gradually faded out of the political circle, and since then, the Jiang family has faded its aura and entered the ranks of ordinary people.
On his deathbed, the second Chiang Kai-shek wished to return to China in a coffin, and the opportunity for the situation between the two sides of the strait to ease appeared
On their deathbed, The Jiang father and son hope to move their coffin back to their hometown, which stems from their longing for their hometown. In the political career of Chiang Kai-shek's father and son in Taiwan, although they constantly had plans to counterattack the mainland, they still maintained a China (the Republic of China) and had a strong sense of belonging to the Chinese nation.
Chinese has always had the tradition of returning to the roots of the fall of the leaves, not to mention Chiang Kai-shek, who was in the mainland in the first half of his life. After Chiang Kai-shek entered Taiwan, he did not stop thinking about his hometown on the other side for a moment.
Therefore, during Chiang Kai-shek's lifetime from 1955 to 1975, three negotiations were held between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party for the peaceful reunification of Taiwan, but in the end they were all lost due to historical reasons.
In the Chiang Ching-kuo period, the CPC Central Committee's Taiwan policy was readjusted.
In 1978,
The Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee was held
At the meeting, the policy of peaceful reunification of Taiwan was established. Since then, with the relaxation of cross-strait relations, the principle of "peaceful reunification and one country, two systems" has gradually taken shape.
The Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee
Against the background of that time, Chiang Kai-shek's hometown xikou also ushered in unprecedented development and prosperity, became an important area for the central government to carry out work on Taiwan, and was a national key scenic spot that was properly protected at that time.
In 1979, as the Spring Festival approached, the central government allocated 300,000 yuan to Fenghua and ordered the repair of Chiang's ancestral tomb and old residence. Restoration work continued until October 1981, when 4 tombs and 3 houses were restored. At the same time, in order to develop the Fenghua economy, the central government has issued many support policies in the local area, and the whole of Fenghua has a new look.
The efforts made by the central authorities in Taiwan soon received a response from Chiang Ching-kuo.
In 1987, The patriot and Chiang Ching-kuo's classmate Feng Hongzhi came to Fenghua, where he took pictures of the mansion where Chiang Ching-kuo's grandfather lived and the tomb of Chiang Ching-kuo's ancestors, and even held three pieces of loess in front of the tomb of Chiang Ching-kuo's biological mother and gave it to a friend to bring to Taiwan.
When Chiang Ching-kuo in Taiwan saw these items, he couldn't help but think of his hometown and birth mother, and he couldn't help but shed tears.
On May 3, 1986, a Boeing 747 large transport plane landed at Baiyun Airport in Guangdong Province, and at a glance it had the eye-catching "China Airlines" written on it. After the plane stopped on the runway, the captain of the plane, Wang Xijue, stepped down the gangway, and when he saw the airport staff, he couldn't help shouting: "I want to be reunited with my family, I want to settle in the motherland!" ”
After the incident broke out, the mainland adopted a proper policy for the first time, and Chiang Ching-kuo launched negotiations with the mainland in this incident, and the incident was finally resolved peacefully.
The "China Airlines Incident" can become a far-reaching event in Chinese history, not limited to a story of flesh and blood reunion
The significance behind it has attracted even more attention, the KMT's "three noes policy" has been broken, and cross-strait communication has entered a new historical period.
In Chiang Ching-kuo's political career in his later years, he constantly promoted the restoration of cross-strait relations, but he was suffering from diabetes, and his body was weak day by day, and finally in 1988, when the oil was running out, he called Jiang Xiaoyong to his side:
"I am worthy of Taiwan in this life, and when I leave, I hope to send my coffin back to my hometown and bury it next to my mother to fulfill my filial piety!"
On January 13, 1988, Chiang Ching-kuo passed away in Taipei. In 1996, Taiwan launched a "de-Chiang Kai-shek movement," and many statues of Chiang Kai-shek in Taiwan were demolished, and some were even maliciously destroyed.
At the time of Chiang Kai-shek's death, a movement for the construction of a statue of Chiang Kai-shek arose in Taiwan, and with the strong support of the Taiwan provincial government, as many as 45,000 statues of Chiang Kai-shek were built in Taiwan over several years. However, after 1996, a large number of people were maliciously destroyed, which made Jiang Xiaoyong very dissatisfied.
Soon after, Jiang Xiaoyong went to the hospital to check his body and found that he had esophageal cancer, but he did not cooperate with the doctor to treat his body at the first time, but went to the United States to visit Song Meiling.
At the time
Song Meiling
He was already 99 years old, but after seeing Jiang Xiaoyong, he immediately indignantly said: "Now that Cihu Lake and Daxi have no soldiers to protect, why not move the coffin back to the mainland?" ”
After listening to Song Meiling's reprimand, Jiang Xiaoyong, who was very agreeable, began to plan to set foot in his hometown, first going to his hometown to explore the old mansion and the ancestral tomb of the Jiang family, and then began to plan to move the coffins of his grandfather and grandfather back to his hometown.
In order to express his sincerity in returning home, Jiang Xiaoyong informed the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council in advance before coming to the mainland. When the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council learned the news, it was very happy and immediately sent someone to the airport to greet them, and at the same time ordered comrades from the Zhejiang Taiwan Affairs Office to properly entertain them all the way.
Jiang Xiaowu returned to his hometown, and the relocation of the coffin was rejected by the Taiwan authorities
At that time, the Chiang family left the political circle, so why did the Taiwan authorities still not allow the coffin of Chiang's father and son to return to their hometown? In the face of the taiwan authorities' refusal, how did Jiang Xiaoyong respond?
After returning to Xikou, Jiang Xiaoyong went to Chiang's ancestral tomb and Chiang's former residence.
However, at that time, the road to Jiang's ancestral tomb had a 600-meter-long step, and at this time, Jiang Xiaoyong was already suffering from cancer, and he had to make great efforts with every step he took.
At that time, Jiang Xiaoyong's eldest son Jiang Youbaixiang
It is recommended to take the proud son, but Jiang Xiaoyong said very firmly: This is the first time in my life to walk home, and it is also the last time I will go, even if it is difficult and difficult, I will go step by step.
When Jiang Xiaoyong walked to the tomb of jiang jiazu, he could not help but feel surprised, thinking that the ancestral tomb had not been used for many years, and it was estimated that it had been abandoned, but when he walked to the grave, he found that there was no weed around, and it was very clean.
Jiang Xiaoyong, who was very confused, asked the Taiwan Affairs Office personnel to learn that in 1979, the central government allocated funds to repair the tomb of the Jiang family's ancestors, and every year a special person would come to clean it up.
Jiang Xiaoyong led the family to the grave to worship, because he had set foot on this homeland for decades, plus it was the first time to worship the ancestral grave, this time, the family knelt for a long time. After the worship, Jiang Xiaoyong, accompanied by the personnel of the Taiwan Affairs Office, went to visit Chiang's former residence.
When Jiang Xiaoyong and his party walked to the old street of Wuling Road, looking at the scenery here, although he had not come, he felt very kind in his heart.
Soon after, a group of people came to the front of Jiang's former residence, and just as the staff of the Taiwan Affairs Office was preparing to take him through the free passage, Jiang Xiaoyong insisted on buying 5 tickets at his own expense. After walking in, Jiang Xiaoyong looked at the place where Chiang Kai-shek was studying and studying, and couldn't help but think of the days when he lived with his grandfather when he was a child, and the corners of his eyes slowly became moist. Subsequently, Jiang Xiaoyong used the local dialect to talk with the scenic staff and fellow villagers, listening to the familiar rural sounds in his ears, Jiang Xiaoyong couldn't help but feel more cordial.
After returning from the mainland, Jiang Xiaoyong deeply felt the mainland's goodwill, so he began to apply to the Taiwan authorities to move the coffin back to the mainland. Although Jiang Xiaoyong earnestly expected it, he did not succeed in the end.
On December 22, 1996, Jiang Xiaoyong passed away, and the matter of the second Jiang coffin returning to China was shelved.
When Jiang Xiaoyong visited Chiang's former residence, he once said: "Although the two sides of the strait are facing each other across the river, they are all descendants of Yan huang, and the people of Taiwan will always be Chinese." "Cross-strait reunification is the trend of the times, and I believe that in the near future, the great cause of the reunification of the motherland will be able to draw a satisfactory end!"