On September 17, 1975, a graceful and luxurious middle-aged woman boarded the plane with the support of others, which was a special plane dedicated to her service, the destination was the United States, the person who helped her on the plane was Chiang Ching-kuo, and the identity of this lady was naturally ready to come out, she was the former first lady Soong Mei-ling, when Chiang Kai-shek had died, Soong Mei-ling did not want to continue to stay in the Taiwan area, and planned to go to the United States for the elderly.
After Chiang Kai-shek's death, he left a huge inheritance, but he had little to do with Soong Mei-ling, who is said to have been angry when she saw the will, and her manners were lost.
Since she did not receive much inheritance, what did Song Meiling rely on to live a good life in the United States? Who will provide her with financial support anymore?
In September 1969, Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling traveled in a special car, and the driver took emergency brakes to avoid a vehicle that suddenly rushed over.
At the time of the accident, the huge inertia force caused the two to bounce upwards and be charged without defense, Soong Meiling's neck and feet were injured, and Chiang Kai-shek also hit not lightly, but there was no obvious injury.
In fact, although the car accident did not cause any external injuries to Chiang Kai-shek, it caused damage to the inside of the body, and since then, Chiang Kai-shek's body has weakened day by day and has been in a coma for several years.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was already an old man in his 80s, and he had been sick for many years, and he also felt that his limit was coming, and he made a will in advance.
Because of Chiang Kai-shek's suspicious nature, every time he encountered a life-and-death crisis or a critical war, he would write a will, and until his actual death, he had written more than a dozen wills one after another.
On April 5, 1975, another year of the Qingming Festival arrived, and the whole Taiwan region fell into a state of shock, on this day Chiang Kai-shek died, but because Chiang Kai-shek had already made a will and determined that Chiang Ching-kuo was his successor, it did not cause much turmoil, everything was proceeding in an orderly manner, and the only thing that caused controversy was the issue of inheritance distribution.
Regarding the distribution of Chiang Kai-shek's estate, a widely circulated theory is that Chiang Kai-shek left an inheritance of about 36 million US dollars, but in the will did not explicitly state who to give, nor did it make a division, but donated it all, it is said that Song Meiling was not only disappointed, but also angry and scolded, and the manners were lost.
Song Meiling did not have any children, and Jiang Chingguo and Jiang Weiguo did not have any blood relationship with her, especially in the later period, the relationship between the stepmother and the stepson was particularly delicate.
In order to ensure that there would be no internal contradictions between the two, Chiang Kai-shek also went to great lengths before his death, and repeatedly raised his face to the ears of Chiang Ching-kuo's brothers, asking them to respect Song Meiling in the future and be filial to her.
In his will, Chiang Kai-shek did not explicitly divide the property, but also to prevent his wives and sons from tearing their faces for the sake of inheritance, after all, neither Soong Mei-ling nor Chiang Ching-kuo were people who lacked money.
Moreover, Chiang Kai-shek has been in power for many years, and his concept of money has become very weak, because he will not be short of money at all, so he also takes it for granted that his wife and children do not value money.
However, Song Meiling was obviously not so thin, and song Meiling was very angry to see that her husband did not leave much inheritance for himself.
After Chiang Kai-shek's death, Chiang Ching-kuo ascended to the throne, Soong Mei-ling, the stepmother who once held power, suddenly seemed a little embarrassed, Song Meiling saw the political situation thoroughly, and naturally knew that it was better to take the initiative to quit the scene than to reject herself, so she announced that she would go to the United States to see a doctor and recuperate, and reunite with the rest of the Song family.
For Song Meiling's concessions, Chiang Ching's heart was naturally very happy, and he supported Song Meiling on board like a real son.
In fact, before leaving, Song Meiling was ready to never return to Taiwan for a lifetime, and she took almost all her beloved items, all kinds of exquisite and expensive qipao, famous calligraphy and paintings, antiques, and even some of her favorite furniture were packed and taken away.
Song Meiling's these things alone used three special planes to transport three round-trips between taiwan and the United States.
Song Meiling just got off the plane and set foot on American land, she was sent by her niece Kong Lingyi to a special car to take to a manor in New York, the manor is a 12.8 acre mansion, beautiful scenery, all kinds of luxury facilities, which Song Meiling's brother-in-law Kong Xiangxi bought in 1943, and now becomes Song Meiling's residence in the United States.
Song Meiling did not have children of her own in her life, so she was very close to the children of her sister Song Yiling and almost watched them grow up.
Song Qiling's husband was Kong Xiangxi, who was in charge of financial power during the reign of Chiang Kai-shek, and during the Republic of China period, by relying on in-laws, the four major families of Chiang Kai-shek, Song, Kong, and Chen colluded with officials and businessmen to control the political and economic lifeline at that time, among which The person who controlled the economic power was Kong Xiangxi, Song Meiling's brother-in-law.
Relying on this relationship, Kong Xiangxi has accumulated countless fortunes, and it is said that his assets may be as high as $4 billion, so huge that the source of this money is certainly improper.
It is said that Kong Xiangxi once had the audacity to intercept the money of the United States to aid the Kuomintang in fighting the war, and soon after the embezzlement was stabbed into the United States, and seeing that the East Window incident was about to occur, Kong Xiangxi ran to the United States with his wife and children, and never dared to come back.
For this reason, Chiang Kai-shek was very disgusted with the Kong family, but this did not affect the relationship between Soong Meiling and his sister's family, so when Soong Meiling came to the United States, the Kong family's children Kong Lingyi, Kong Lingwei and others volunteered to take care of their sister-in-law and provided them with a place to live.
After Song Meiling arrived in the United States, Kong Lingyi has been with the attendants, there are bodyguards guarding the door of the residence day and night, Song Meiling lives in simplicity, but as long as she travels, there will be a special car transfer.
In addition, although she is old, she still pays great attention to her appearance, will regularly let someone give her haircut, attend different occasions, Song Meiling will inevitably match different costumes and jewelry, Song Meiling has been elegant for a lifetime, even if she is old, she has not changed.
However, these elegant performances can only be achieved by money, and after Chiang Kai-shek's death, Soong Mei-ling was able to maintain a luxurious life in the United States.
The first is the filial respect of the Kong family, when Kong Xiangxi relied on the power of the three major families of Jiang, Song and Kong to accumulate countless wealth, although this is his own boldness, but this is also related to Song Meiling's acquiescence, so when Song Meiling came to the United States, the Kong family naturally wanted to show sincerity.
Moreover, at this time, Kong Xiangxi had died, and the descendants of the Kong family who were the masters of the family were very close to their aunts, and were directly responsible for Song Meiling's daily living expenses, and Song Meiling did not know how much she spent on food and clothing.
Once, she asked Kong Lingyi, "Is the money still enough?" ”
Kong Lingyi replied, "Rest assured, it is enough." ”
Since then, Song Meiling has never asked about property again.
In addition, in addition to the Kong family, the Taiwan region will also regularly send money to Song Meiling or reimburse a fee, although Chiang Ching-kuo is not Song Meiling's own child, but on the surface he still has to treat this stepmother kindly, at least in economic terms, absolutely can not treat her badly.
In 1978, the Taiwan region issued the "Measures for the Implementation of the Regulations on the Courtesy of the Outgoing President", and Soong Mei-ling, as the wife of the former leader Chiang Kai-shek, was still able to enjoy various privileges and preferential treatment after his death, such as specially equipped transportation and drivers, medical personnel, and security personnel, all within this scope, and the expenses spent were also reimbursed by the Taiwan region.
In 1988, after Chiang Ching-kuo's death, Soong Mei-ling's preferential treatment did not stop, after all, Chiang Kai-shek's influence on the Taiwan region was too great, as his widow, Soong Mei-ling's every move can still set off a lot of turmoil, so the Taiwan region still provides funds for Soong Mei-ling every year, and there is no upper limit on the amount.
In addition to the financial support of the outside world, Song Meiling herself has also accumulated huge wealth, her mother's family is well-off, her in-laws are not rich or expensive, she herself married Chiang Kai-shek, it can be said that Song Meiling has never worried about money in her life.
With the support of the Kong family and the preferential treatment in Taiwan, Song Meiling lived a very comfortable life in the United States in her later years, and it is said that the annual personnel cost of taking care of her body alone is as high as 2.5 million yuan.
However, although Song Meiling held countless wealth in her hands, she was not happy in her later years, her husband who had been with her for decades died, she had no children herself, and her relatives around her also died one by one.
In addition, in her later years, Song Meiling's physical condition was not good, often suffered from illness, stripped of various identity halos, and At this time, Song Meiling was just an ordinary old lady, who would be sad about the death of her relatives and worried about her health.
The successive deaths of her favorite niece Kong Lingwei and grandson Jiang Xiaowu have deeply shocked Song Meiling, and no amount of wealth is meaningful to her.
In 2003, Song Meiling died in the United States, she was also the last of the three Sisters of the Song Family to die, and with the departure of Song Meiling, the legend of the Song sisters finally came to an end.