Have you heard of the "Three Princes of Huxiang"? These three people are Chen Sanli, Tan Sitong and Tan Yanmin, it is estimated that everyone is still very familiar with the first two, but what about the latter Tan Yanmin?
Tan Yanmin was a famous figure in the Republic of China, who had served as chairman of the National Government in Nanjing, president of the Executive Yuan, and other positions, and wrote good calligraphy, known as "modern Yanshu everyone", but unfortunately he died of illness as early as 1930 at the age of 50.
Tan Yanmin's origin was too good, his father was the governor of Liangguang in the late Qing Dynasty, Tan Yanmin was very clever when he was a child, and later studied under the banner of Emperor Weng Tongyu, and was known as a "wizard"! In 1904, Tan Yanmin took the imperial examination at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and finally successfully won the Jinshi, it is reported that if Empress Dowager Cixi did not like his surname, it is estimated that he tan Yanmin would be the champion.
At the end of the late Qing Dynasty, Tan Yanmin served as the speaker of the provincial "Consultative Bureau", whose duty was to be responsible for the reform of the Qing government at that time, and with the outbreak of the Nanchang Uprising, Tan Yanmin was once again given important positions, such as the president of the Senate of the Hunan Military Government, etc. In 1912, he was appointed as the governor of Hunan, that is, at this time he officially joined the Kuomintang.
Tan Yanmin was a good friend of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and one of his most powerful assistants. After Yuan Shikai became emperor, Tan Yanmin also participated in the patriotic movement against Yuan Shikai, and he once again held many important positions.
At that time, Sun Yat-sen undoubtedly had great respect and trust in Tan Yanmin, and Tan Yanmin happened to have a dead wife at that time, sun Yat-sen naturally cared about him after knowing it, in order to find a woman who could take care of him in life, he began to help him find it, and found Song Meiling.
In fact, Tan Yanmin is indeed a good man, and talented, it can be said that he wants to find a woman to marry home, it is undoubtedly a very easy thing, but Tan Yanmin has been unwilling to continue the string, although Sun Yat-sen introduced him to Song Meiling, the Song family is undoubtedly a heavyweight magnate in the Republic of China, and Song Meiling has stayed in school, people look very beautiful, but Tan Yanmin rejected this marriage, but also took the initiative to recognize the old lady of the Song family as a mother, so it is completely impossible to marry Song Meiling.
And why did Chiang Kai-shek know Soong Mei-ling? In fact, it was introduced by Tan Yanmin, at that time Tan Yanmin and Chiang Kai-shek were very familiar friends, after finding that Chiang Kai-shek had a good feeling for Song Meiling, Tan Yanmin took the initiative to introduce it to Song Meiling, and after the wedding of the two people, the witness was also Tan Yanmin.
Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek was able to become the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy later, in fact, he still had to thank Tan Yanmin, when Sun Yat-sen asked Tan Yanmin to run a military school, and the land of the Whampoa Military Academy was leveled by Tan Yanmin's Xiang Army, but later the position of principal Tan Yanmin did not want to do it, so he recommended it to Chiang Kai-shek.
It can be said that Chiang Kai-shek can have so many loyal students, Tan Yanmin is undoubtedly of great merit, for this reason, for Tan Yanmin, Chiang Kai-shek is extremely grateful. However, in 1930, Tan Yanmin died of illness, and before his death, Tan Yanmin entrusted his daughter to Chiang Kai-shek and his wife.
We know that later Chen Cheng, a red man of Chiang Kai-shek, married Tan Xiang, the third daughter of Tan Yanmin, a military and political elder of the Kuomintang, and was later recognized by Soong Meiling as a dry daughter.