In the Republic of China period, the four major families controlled the political and economic lifeline of China, and although they had great strength, they did not want to live a good life for the people, but instead used the domestic to monopolize a number of industries and make a lot of money, which made people hate. So what is the life of the descendants of these 4 major families like now?
The Chiang Kai-shek family
Chiang Kai-shek had a total of three wives and a concubine in his lifetime, and after the fall of the Nationalist government, Chiang Kai-shek led the army to flee to Taiwan, and then his son also followed Chiang Kai-shek to live in Taiwan. After coming to Taiwan, Chiang Kai-shek hoped to let his children inherit his career, and the two sons, one in charge of politics and the other of military power. After Chiang Kai-shek's death, his two sons also followed the path chiang kai-shek had planned for them.
Although Chiang Kai-shek's two sons performed relatively well in both military and political circles, in the 3rd generation, people felt extremely disappointed, and the only person who was better was the illegitimate son who was not recognized. Among Chiang Kai-shek's many grandsons, there were lustful people, some greedy for power, and some unscrupulous means for corruption, but no one could lead the local development to get better and better, and in the end they could only do nothing. Among the 4th generation of the Chiang family, there is only one person in politics, and this person is Jiang Wan'an. Most of the rest developed in the realm of business and the arts. Now, although they have not performed as well as their ancestors, they still live a peaceful life.
The Song Ziwen family
The strength of this family was very strong, and it was a very famous comprador merchant at that time, and it earned a million family fortunes. After earning countless sums of money, Song Jiashu was also very anxious to see the motherland sinking day by day, and he used most of his money to support Sun Yat-sen in carrying out the democratic revolution.
Under the cultivation of Song Jiashu, the second generation members of the Song family are also talented, and many of them perform very well. For example, the name of the three sisters of the Song family is very loud in China, and it is also the most prominent sister group in China in the 20th century. Because of their close relationship with Chiang Kai-shek, the three Soong brothers also had a prominent position, but in the end, after the defeat of Chiang Kai-shek's government, they also lost their status and withdrew from politics to settle in the United States.
Since then, the Song family has never entered the political arena, most of them have developed in the commercial field, and their ordinary lives are also very mysterious and low-key, not attracting the attention of everyone, and outsiders know nothing about their lives. Now all the Song family have settled overseas, rarely returning to the motherland, until 2009, when the Song family returned to the motherland to find their roots and ancestors.
Kong Xiangxi family
Although each of the four major families of the Republic of China is very rich, this family is the richest family. Kong Xiangxi gradually gained a foothold in the Kuomintang by virtue of the song family's reputation, and gained his own place, and then he rose to prominence and controlled the finances of the Nationalist government for 11 years.
It was also in this process that Kong Xiangxi was corrupt and perverted the law, accumulating countless wealth for his family, but his behavior also caused dissatisfaction among many people, so that he has been condemned by public opinion. However, because of Chiang Kai-shek's relationship, he has not been removed from his post, let alone held accountable. It was not until 1944, when it caused national outrage and pressure from the President of the United States that he was forced to resign.
Later, Kong Xiangxi and his family also went to the United States. At that time, they took a lot of wealth with them when they went to the United States, and their lives were very luxurious. However, in the second generation of the Kong family, there was only one son, who later became a famous oil tycoon in the United States by virtue of his family's property, but eventually led to the bankruptcy of the company, and the originally powerful Kong family ceased to exist.
Chen Guofu Chen Lifu family
Chen Guofu and Chen Lifu once held important positions in the secret service of the National Government, and their power was very large, which is why they used their power to gather a lot of wealth. After Chiang Kai-shek's government was driven to Taiwan, Chen Guofu also followed Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan, but he was squeezed out of the center of power, and his life was very depressed, and he did not even have money to see a doctor in his old age.
Chen Lifu did not follow Chiang Kai-shek to Taiwan after Chiang Kai-shek's defeat in Taiwan, but withdrew from politics and moved to the United States, where he did not return to Taiwan until 1969. However, most of Chen Lifu's descendants also lived in the United States and did not return to their homeland.
Much different from the other three families, this one is running out faster, and the lives of the 2nd generation members have become very poor. So news about them is rarely known to outsiders.
Conclusion: Although the four major families of the Republic of China were once rich and invincible, the wealth in their hands was all ill-gotten wealth, so these wealth eventually left them, so that the original glamorous family no longer existed. It also reminds all young people that if they want to live a better life, they must rely on their own efforts, and if they accumulate wealth through opportunistic means, this wealth will also leave you.