Someone once said: "The Song family, half of modern history." "The Song family here refers to the prestigious Song family of the Republic of China, because there are four children in one door, each of whom are the heroes of the Republic of China period, which is the family of the mother of the country, Song Qingling.
In that war-torn era, the lifeblood of the Song clan was closely related to the revolutionary process, whether it was the beginning and growth of the Kuomintang, or the strength of the Communist Party, there was a shadow of the Song clan, half of the modern history is a pertinent evaluation, from this generation of the Song family, we see the epitome of the era of the Republic of China, the most admirable of which is the mother of the country, Song Qingling, and it is for this reason that Song Qingling's situation is also shocking.
The Song family
The Song clan was originally a famous and prestigious family, and in the generation of Song Qingling's father, they had more contact with the upper class, mostly powerful celebrities, of which Sun Yat-sen was one of the close friends of Song Qingling's father, and it was also from this beginning that the three Song sisters plus their younger brother Song Ziwen were all in the Republic of China period.
The eldest sister, Song Qiling, was a long-sleeved dancer, originally the secretary of Sun Yat-sen, and later met the rich businessman Kong Xiangxi at a family banquet, and began her life of wealth and nobility.
Although Kong Xiangxi was much older than Song Qiling, it did not hinder the strong marriage relationship between the two, and after marriage, Kong Xiangxi became the head of the four major families of the Republic of China under the strong blessing of the In-laws of the Song family, and wealth was the best adjective for them.
The second sister is the national Song Qingling. Soong Ching-ling's sister, who succeeded the marriage, continued to become Sun Yat-sen's secretary, accompanied Sun Yat-sen through the difficult years in the early days of the founding of the Kuomintang, accompanied Sun Yat-sen to exile in Japan, and formed a profound revolutionary application between the two of them, becoming the envy of everyone.
Unfortunately, Sun Yat-sen is much older than Soong Ching-ling, and after Sun Yat-sen's death, Soong Ching-ling was enshrined as the mother of the country by the Kuomintang, and throughout his life he adhered to Sun Yat-sen's legacy, standing tall in the midst of changing political changes and never changing his original intention.
The third sister is the most beautiful Song Meiling, learned to be rich in five cars, beautiful and compelling, in a high-class society ball with Chiang Kai-shek, when Chiang Kai-shek was the supreme ruler of the Kuomintang, Song Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek married, became the president's wife, so far, the three sisters have become important figures of the Kuomintang, and even their brother Song Ziwen has become a well-known rich businessman at that time.
Although Soong's children are all in the Kuomintang, they have embarked on different paths in life because of different ideas in their hearts, of which Song Qingling is the most difficult, because she has always adhered to Sun Yat-sen's wishes to survive in the world, and Sun Yat-sen's "United Russia and Joint Efforts to Help Workers and Peasants" Three People's Principles happen to be similar to the Communist Party's concept, so Soong Ching-ling's attitude toward the Communist Party is also very national.
Invited to attend the founding ceremony
In 1949, when the founding of New China was imminent, the Kuomintang soldiers were defeated and retreated to Taiwan, at this time the People's Liberation Army had already moved into Beijing, ready to announce the victory of the People's Liberation Army under the heavens, and at the same time, the Communist Party fulfilled its promise, that is, multi-party participation in major national affairs, this move won the support of all parties in the world, among which the Communist Party threw an olive branch to the Kuomintang's mother, Soong Ching-ling, hoping that Soong Ching-ling could participate in the founding ceremony.
At first, Soong Ching-ling resigned, after all, he was a Kuomintang person, and it was difficult to say that he participated in the founding ceremony, but after careful consideration, Soong Ching-ling still took the situation in the world as the mainstay, agreed to participate in the founding ceremony, and put forward three conditions to the Communist Party:
One is not to be extravagant and wasteful, the second is to meet General Zhang Zhizhong, and the third is to keep the itinerary confidential, not to accompany the trip, and not to arrange a pick-up station.
The first two conditions are easy to handle, but the last condition is that it cannot guarantee the safety of Soong Ching-ling, and after repeated consultation, Soong Ching-ling gave in under the last condition, and after Soong Ching-ling arrived in Beijing, Chairman Mao and Zhou Enlai personally came to the station to greet him.
The situation is changing rapidly, and it can only be said that the last condition is thrilling, because Song Qingling is actually killing machines on the way to Beijing, and being able to arrive in Beijing safely is also the result of multi-party operations.
Unfulfilled assassinations
Whether it was during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression or the War of Liberation, Soong Ching-ling always put the people of the world first, never supported the corrupt behavior within the Kuomintang, often received communists, always held a friendly attitude toward the Communist faction, and hindered herself from being the mother of the Kuomintang, and the Kuomintang insiders respected her very much, but it did not mean that Soong Ching-ling was not in danger, but her danger came from the highest command level of the Kuomintang, that is, Chiang Kai-shek, and the danger coefficient was even greater.
It has been learned that because Chiang Kai-shek and the Communist Party are in a state of antagonism, and Soong Ching-ling has always held a friendly attitude toward the Communist Party, the political views between the two are obviously different; with the passage of the world, Chiang Kai-shek regards Soong Ching-ling as a stumbling block for the unity of the people in the party, and has secretly wanted to assassinate Soong Ching-ling on many occasions, and even set up a number of secret posts in Soong Ching-ling's residence, just to monitor Soong Ching-ling's every move.
The reason why there is no straightforward secret killer is that the most worrying thing comes from Soong Ching-ling's position within the Kuomintang, the mother of the party and the state, once assassinated, Chiang Kai-shek is bound to be criticized and criticized, and the consequences are unimaginable.
However, at this time, the founding ceremony was imminent, Chiang Kai-shek had already retreated to Taiwan in defeat, it seemed to be the last game of the trapped beast, struggling with a glimmer of vitality to sabotage the holding of the founding ceremony, and Soong Ching Ling had already agreed to come to participate in the founding ceremony.
The means of transport were trains, so Chiang Kai-shek tried to blow up the trains to prevent Soong Ching-ling from attending the founding ceremony.
However, such a move was opposed by Soong Mei-ling, after all, Soong Mei-ling and Soong Ching-ling are sisters, not to mention that the situation of major state affairs cannot be reversed by one person, and at this moment, when soong Ching-ling was assassinated, Soong Mei-ling was unwilling, so Soong Mei-ling said to Chiang Kai-shek:
"Our failure was not caused by our sister, and I will never allow you to kill her."
As mentioned earlier, Song Meiling is a woman who combines talent and beauty, and previously went to the United States alone to speak for the Kuomintang funds to obtain US loan support, which shows that Song Meiling is very important in both family status and political status.
Therefore, what she said was very heavy on Chiang Kai-shek, and in the end Chiang Kai-shek gave up the assassination plan, and the result was so, but as for the specific reason, it is unknown, perhaps it is finally an epiphany that the general trend has gone, or perhaps it is important to attach importance to the feelings with Soong Mei-ling, and cannot kill his wife's sister.
brief summary:
Taking a one-man trip and holding up the banner of the Three People's Principles is what Soong Ching-ling did all his life as the widow of Sun Yat-sen, is the great righteousness of the nation, and it is also a feat of the nation, no matter how devious the political confrontation behind it is, in the end, Soong Ching-ling enjoys his old age in peace, and the contribution of his life to China is also admirable.