In 1949, under the unstoppable offensive of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Chiang Kai-shek had no choice but to lead the remnants to defeat Taiwan.
26 years later, Chiang Kai-shek, who had been talking about the flowers and plants in his hometown and the tombs of his parents, stayed in a foreign country due to illness at the age of 87. What he left to his family was a verbal will on his deathbed, and a diary that spanned more than half a century spanning 57 years.
After Chiang Kai-shek's death, the diary went into the hands of Chiang Kai-shek's eldest son, Chiang Ching-kuo.
For his wife, who has been with him for 48 years, Chiang Kai-shek's diary is naturally indispensable to the description of Soong Mei-ling, in which Chiang Kai-shek also left a sentence for his two sons. It is precisely because of seeing this sentence that Song Meiling, who has always been strong and arrogant, is unable to help herself for a while. Subsequently, he immediately left for the United States, lived abroad for a long time, and rarely returned for the rest of his life.
What exactly did Chiang Kai-shek write that would make soong Mei Ling, a legendary woman, lose her attitude? What kind of content can make Song Meiling refuse to come back again?
The origin of Chiang Kai-shek's diary
Chiang Kai-shek began writing diaries in 1915, when he was 28 years old, coinciding with social chaos and warlords.
Chiang Kai-shek
He joined the Chinese Revolutionary Party that Dr. Sun Yat-sen was preparing to build, and fled to Japan in order to prepare for the army and avoid capture. During this period of exile, the writings of Mr. Zeng Guofan had a profound impact on Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek admired Zeng Guofan all his life, and the days of exile in Japan gave him more time to read Zeng Guofan's works, because Zeng Guofan liked to write diaries, and Chiang Kai-shek also began to write diaries.
Chiang Kai-shek's early diaries are very authentic, not only writing about the stains of his early years, but also describing a large amount of privacy in various periods.
Because Chiang Kai-shek lived in a very special era, his life was full of legends and controversies. And in his diary, he will also wantonly criticize and insult him for things that he is not satisfied with, and from some of Chiang Kai-shek's behaviors, we can see that he is a person with strong emotional fluctuations, and these characteristics are undoubtedly revealed in Chiang Kai-shek's diary.
He made no secret of his personal feelings in his diary, and in his diary he scolded many people who made him dissatisfied,
For example, his friend Dai Jitao, his colleagues Hu Hanmin and Sun Ke, and Song Meiling's brother Song Ziwen.
In Chiang Kai-shek's original marriages, his evaluations and impressions of his wife were also written in his diary.
For example, Chiang Kai-shek's original match, Mao Fumei, mentioned this original match a few times in his diary, and the tone was also cold and pitiful, which can be seen that he had no other feelings for the original match except pity and boredom. For the second wife, Yao Yecheng, he also criticized her for being "fierce and willful".
And Chen Jieru, who had let Chiang Kai-shek pursue it bitterly for a long time, finally made him quite dissatisfied.
When Chiang Kai-shek first met Chen Jieru, he repeatedly expressed his love for her in his diary.
For the relationship between the two people, he also did not skimp on writing and ink, which shows that at this time, Chen Jieru was the most liked by him among the three women in Chiang Kai-shek's time. In the years together, Chiang Kai-shek seemed to have forgotten about the other women, and all his energy was on Chen Jieru.
After all, Chen Jieru let Chiang Kai-shek, who has always respected his mother, insist on marrying a woman who returned home despite his mother's strong opposition, but later Chiang Kai-shek's description of Chen Jieru in his diary was gradually decreasing, and even some of the descriptions were mostly complaining that Chen Jieru had no way to run the family and would not educate his children.
By this time, another woman had replaced Chen Jieru as a regular visitor to Chiang Kai-shek's diary.
Chiang Kai-shek's affectionate nickname for her was also unprecedented.
The love story of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling
This woman is Song Meiling, a legendary woman of great special significance in China's modern and contemporary history.
In 1922, at a banquet in Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek met for the first time the youthful and energetic Soong Mei-ling, who at that time had an outstanding temperament, outstanding appearance, and extraordinary family, and as soon as she appeared, she attracted everyone's attention.
Chiang Kai-shek was naturally also attracted to this excellent woman, but at that time he was in deep love with Chen Jieru, and coupled with the fact that Song Meiling did not pay much attention to him, Chiang Kai-shek could only hide his amazement at Song Meiling in his heart.
However, in 1926, Chiang Kai-shek saw Soong Mei-ling again in Guangzhou.
At this moment, his feelings were like flooded rivers, which could no longer be hidden, and soon began a fervent pursuit of Song Meiling. At the same time, the description of Song Meiling in his diary is also increasing day by day, and Chiang Kai-shek does not hide his love for Soong Meiling in his diary, and the title of Soong Meiling is also an affectionate name such as "Third Sister".
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was naturally not a good person for Song Meiling, he already had a wife and two concubines, and a son, how could he be worthy of Miss Song, who was unmarried by Yunying and grew up in love?
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek's pursuit of Soong Meiling was naturally opposed by the majority of the Song family, and Song Ziwen, the ruler of the Song family, and Ni Guizhen, Soong Meiling's mother, did not approve of this relationship.
Soong Mei-ling's second sister, Soong Ching-ling, because of some of Chiang Kai-shek's actions after the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, believed that he betrayed Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary ideals, and was even more strongly opposed.
Although opposed by the three main figures of the Soong family, Chiang Kai-shek was not discouraged, and he did his best to pursue Soong Mei-ling, and for this reason he also dismissed the three women in his family, and in order to avoid Chen Jieru's trouble, he also coaxed her to the United States.
Although Chiang Kai-shek was very dedicated to pursuing Soong Mei-ling, Soong Mei-ling himself was not interested in him.
Not to mention she still has a boyfriend. Although there was so much resistance, Chiang Kai-shek did not give up, not to mention that not everyone in the Song family was opposed.
The eldest sister of the Song family, Song Qiling, was extremely in favor of this marriage
。 She was extremely discerning, believing that Chiang Kai-shek was by no means a thing in the pool, and that if Song Meiling married him, it would be of great benefit to both the Song family and the Kong family.
That's it
Under chiang kai-shek's indomitable pursuit and the strong persuasion of his eldest sister Soong Ailing, Soong Mei-ling's attitude softened.
For this little sister's thoughts, Song Qiling knew very well, knowing that she admired vanity, power, and heroic complex, so she cut from Song Meiling's psychology and successfully made Song Meiling agree to Chiang Kai-shek's marriage proposal.
On December 1, 1927, the grand wedding of Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling was held in Shanghai
The witness was Cai Yuanpei, who was then chairman of the Central Supervision Commission. The weddings of Jiang and Song were held twice, and Chiang Kai-shek even joined Christianity because of Soong Meiling's sake, and became a Christian like the Song family, which shows that his attention and love for Soong Meiling is not a forgery.
In his diary on the day of the wedding, Chiang Kai-shek wrote: "I have never had love in my life, and I appeared at this time, and I don't know where I was in the rest of my body." ”
The sentence "There is no love in his life" shows that Chiang Kai-shek directly denied that his feelings with his three previous wives believed that he had no love for them, until he met Soong Meiling, he really had love. As for the situation on the wedding day, Chiang Kai-shek also wrote everything in his diary, and the degree of care was enough to see Chiang Kai-shek's concern and love for Soong Mei-ling.
As for what the world believes, the marriage between Chiang Kai-shek and The Song Dynasty was only a political marriage, and perhaps the combination of this marriage at the beginning was mixed with many political factors, but the relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling for so many years has allowed us to see the tenderness of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek who has been fighting all his life, and the feelings between them are also commendable.
Song Meiling in the diary
After Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling got married, the two had an extremely harmonious relationship, and they supported each other in life, and in their careers, they also supported each other
。 Chiang Kai-shek's political ambitions have been silently supported by Soong Mei Ling. And In Soong Mei Ling's cause, Chiang Kai-shek also gave great help. In Chiang Kai-shek's diary, he wrote many painful feelings for Soong Mei-ling. For example, the central government has insufficient funds, so Faring asked her brother Song Ziwen for help on the one hand, and on the other hand, she went to the United States many times to raise funds through speeches, and she also fell ill from fatigue many times, which made Chiang Kai-shek very distressed.
For the previous women, Chiang Kai-shek buried them in his diary
Although he was with those people, Chiang Kai-shek seemed to think that he was a victim of an unfortunate marriage, and his attitude towards Yao Yecheng and Chen Jieru, the two women of his own choice, was also intertwined and extremely complicated.
However, after marrying Soong Mei Ling, Chiang Kai-shek's attitude toward marriage underwent a huge change.
In his diary, Chiang Kai-shek devotes a lot of space to describing Soong Mei-ling, who is gentle and beautiful, empathetic, and very knowledgeable and considerate of the overall situation, not only taking care of herself carefully in life, but also helping her career, she not only knows the way of running a family, but also knows the way of governing the country.
What's more, Song Meiling also treated Chiang Kai-shek's son with great dedication.
A few years after Chiang Ching-kuo was sent to the Soviet Union, Chiang Kai-shek never heard from him, and the only thing that could be known was Chiang Ching-kuo's accusations against him in the Soviet Union. As for the eldest son's rebellion against himself, Chiang Kai-shek even wrote in his diary that if Chiang Ching-kuo died, then Chiang Wei-kuo would be his only son.
However, blood kinship cannot be separated, and the longer the time, the more intense his thoughts about Chiang Ching-kuo become.
In the process of retrieving Chiang Ching-kuo, Song Meiling showed great support and was very concerned about Chiang Ching-kuo's affairs. Soong Mei-ling's generosity touched Chiang Kai-shek endlessly, and he also felt the difference between Soong Mei-ling and others even more.
Later, chiang kai-shek was imprisoned in the Xi'an incident, and it was also Song Meiling who went to Xi'an to mediate in spite of the danger, and only then did he successfully rescue Chiang Kai-shek.
In December 1949, Chiang Kai-shek was cornered and defeated in Taiwan, during which Time Soong Mei-ling never abandoned and accompanied Chiang Kai-shek.
In 1969, Chiang Kai-shek suffered a strong physical blow due to a car accident, and his body, which was already weak in old age, was not as good as before, and in the following years, there were many changes in succession, and his muscles began to stiffen, and it was difficult to even hold a pen.
August 1972, the end of Chiang Kai-shek's last diary,
From writing in 1915 to 1972 when he stopped writing due to serious illness, his diary wrote about 57 years of historical events, daily trivia, and 48 years of life with Song Meiling.
Three years after the diary was stopped, Chiang Kai-shek's heart stopped beating and he closed his eyes forever.
The dictation of the will had been left a few days earlier, and the diary that carried most of Chiang Kai-shek's life history was also inherited by his eldest son Chiang Ching-kuo after his funeral.
All that is written here is the bits and pieces of Chiang Kai-shek's life, and the ardent expectations for future generations, and the care for Soong Mei-ling.
He wrote in it: After I die, you will serve Song Meiling well, she is your eternal mother.
Although Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling had a very good relationship, they had no children in their lives, the eldest son Chiang Ching-kuo was born to Chiang Kai-shek's original match Mao Fumei, and the second son, Chiang Wei-kuo, was a child adopted and raised by Yao Yecheng. Obviously, this sentence was written by Chiang Kai-shek to his two sons.
He was worried that Song Meiling would be wronged after he left, but he was also worried that her position in the Jiang family would be threatened
。 In his later years, Chiang Kai-shek suffered from illness, but he was still worried about the situation of Soong Mei Ling.
He has repeatedly emphasized the status of Song Meiling in the Jiang family, which shows that he attaches importance to and likes Song Meiling.
Chiang Ching-kuo saw this passage in his diary and quickly gave it to Song Meiling.
Looking at the familiar handwriting on the diary, Song Meiling was sad
When he thought of Chiang Kai-shek's death and the idea of consolidating her position in front of his two sons, the thought of the dead instantly flooded his mind. At the same time, she also knew what Chiang Ching-kuo meant.
As soon as Chiang Kai-shek died, Taiwan's political situation was affected, and although Chiang Kai-shek had paved the way for Chiang Ching-kuo long ago, there were still people who were eyeing these rights, and the Kong and Song families were among them. There are also many people who have tried to use the name of Soong Mei-ling to make a big profit in Taiwan's political situation.
Chiang Ching-kuo's meaning is to tell Soong Mei-ling not to interfere in the Taiwan regime again, hoping that she can look at Chiang Kai-shek's face and stop becoming the patron of the Kong and Song families in seizing power.
The words left by Chiang Kai-shek aroused the sadness in Soong Mei-ling's heart, and Chiang Ching-kuo's intentions made Soong Mei-ling very cold, so she simply packed up her things and embarked on the road to the United States in the name of recuperation.
No more meddling in Taiwan's politics. In 1975, not long after Chiang Kai-shek's death, Soong Mei-ling lived in a house in the United States, far away from political turmoil, leaving half a lifelong plot behind, and living a quiet life in the United States.
In 2003, a centenarian spanning three centuries, Song Meiling, died in the United States in search of Chiang Kai-shek, who had been dead for 28 years
。 Their lives, through the storms of the chaotic world, joined hands under the gossip of the world, and spent a life that was not ordinary in the name of husband and wife. Although the marriage contained certain political factors, the feelings of the two of them were also unquestionable. As Chiang Kai-shek wrote in his diary
"I have never had love in my life, and you are my only love"
。