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Chiang Kai-shek had only two sons, and the second son, Chiang Weiguo, was not his own son, and the mission of opening up the branches and leaves for the family fell to the eldest son, Chiang Ching-kuo.
Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ching-kuo
Chiang Ching-kuo lived up to his father's expectations and had five sons. Chiang Kai-shek placed high hopes on the three concubines and personally named them "Wen", "Yong" and "Wu". The other two sons were not recognized by the Jiang family for a long time because their mother Zhang Yaruo had no name.
Jiang family tree
Most of the five sons did not inherit Chiang Kai-shek's longevity genes, and less than 10 years after Chiang Ching-kuo's death, four of the five sons withered away successively, and except for the illegitimate son Jiang Xiaoyan, the longest life only lived to the age of 54.
Jiang Xiaowen was confused
Chiang Ching-kuo's eldest son, Chiang Kai-shek's eldest grandson, Chiang Hsiao-wen, was born in the Soviet Union in 1935. Chiang Ching-kuo wanted his father to name his son, so Jiang Xiaowen always called Ellen before he returned to China. In 1937, Jiang Xiaowen returned to China with his parents and sister and met his grandfather Chiang Kai-shek for the first time in Xikou.
Chiang Ching-kuo was exiled to Belarus with his wife Jiang Fangliang and his eldest son Jiang Xiaowen
For this eldest grandson, Chiang Kai-shek loved him very much and personally named him "Jiang Xiaowen". "Filial piety" is a generational division, and "Wen" is Chiang Kai-shek's expectation of him, hoping that he can become a knowledgeable and versatile person in the future.
Jiang Xiaowen was a talent, intelligent and witty, and had high hopes from Chiang Kai-shek's father and son. But Chiang Kai-shek's indulgence and the convenience of being the "eldest grandson of the Emperor" turned him into an out-and-out idiot.
Jiang Xiaowen
When Chiang Ching-kuo was young, he deliberately concealed his identity as a "prince", became a father when he became an adult, and strictly forbade his children to tell his own origins.
Jiang Xiaowen disagreed with his father's orders and was happy to show off that he was an "imperial grandson", and the flattery of the people around him made him gradually lose himself and become arrogant.
During his studies in Taiwan, Jiang Xiaowen skipped class and fought during the day, caused trouble, and did not return home at night, indulging in song and wine.
Once, Jiang Xiaowen was playing with the gun sent by Chiang Kai-shek in the dormitory, and the attendant Li Zhichu just walked in, not knowing whether it was intentional or unintentional, he fired a shot at Li Zhichu, and Li Zhichu fell to the ground in response.
Jiang Xiaowen
Perhaps Chiang Ching-kuo did not want his life, or luckily, the bullet did not hit Li Zhichu's key point, after rescue, Li Zhichu came back to life, but left a breathing problem.
Li Zhichu did not die, which does not mean that there are few unjust souls who died at the hands of Jiang Xiaowen.
During his studies, Jiang Xiaowen fell in love with a female classmate and did not say a word to take others away. A male classmate stepped forward to stop Jiang Xiaowen from committing a crime. Jiang Xiaowen was mad and used to it, which would put him in his eyes, raise his hand is a shot, this male classmate who saw righteousness and courage was killed on the spot.
5 Xiaowen with his mother and sister Jiang Xiaozhang
Jiang Xiaowen made a murder case, but the police officers were forced by his obscenity and did not dare to act rashly, so they could only report to Chiang Ching-kuo. Chiang Ching-kuo was furious and made people pay a huge sum of money to the victim's family.
Every time Jiang Xiaowen ran into trouble, he was scolded at the light and beaten by Chiang Ching-kuo in the heavy, but he could find comfort from Chiang Kai-shek, who doted on his grandson, every time. In the long run, Jiang Xiaowen became more and more lawless and committed more and more evil deeds.
For example, drunk driving, hit and killed the Kuomintang officer Zhang Huiyun, lost 200,000 yuan, and let the driver cover the crime for him; For example, stealing the seal of Chiang Ching-kuo and being violently pumped by Chiang Ching-kuo with a feather duster...
The elders were overwhelmed by the headache of the evil Jiang Xiaowen, and it happened that Chiang Kai-shek wanted to train a soldier among the younger generations, so he sent him to the military academy.
Jiang Xiaowen's childhood photo is next to his mother, sister and brother
Jiang Xiaowen, who studied at the military academy, remained dead set and shuttled through various dance halls in Taiwan all day. In the meantime, Jiang Xiaowen fought in the first dance hall in order to compete for the dancers, and even brandished a gun to drive away customers.
After this matter spread, people called him "Wang Tiger", saying that he was like Wang Tiger in the Yue opera "Wang Tiger Grabbing Relatives", and he did nothing evil, and he robbed beautiful women when he saw her.
The "competition for dancing girls" incident sounded the alarm bell for the Jiang family, in order to avoid bringing more adverse effects to the Jiang family, and in order to let Jiang Xiaowen get out of the shelter to exercise, the Jiang family sent him to the United States to study.
Chiang Ching
Chiang Kai-shek and others had thought that Jiang Xiaowen would rein in something after he went abroad, but he did not expect that Jiang Xiaowen, who was out of the custody of his family, completely let go of himself and lived a more luxurious life.
Jiang Xiaowen's first stop in his study abroad career was the Berkeley Business School in California, and not long after he entered the school, he was transferred to the Oakland District Court for illegal driving. Jiang Xiaowen made a big fuss in court and was eventually sentenced to 3 days in prison, and the school expelled him.
In a hurry, Jiang Xiaowen left California and temporarily lived in Washington, which was his second stop. While in Washington, he lied to the insurance company about losing a ring in an attempt to defraud the insurance money.
After the lie was ascertained, USCIS listed him as "persona non grata" and deported, and Jiang Xiaowen returned to Taiwan.
Originally, since Jiang Xiaowen reunited with his childhood friend Xu Naijin during his study abroad, the two people in a foreign country quickly fell in love and became each other's comfort, and Jiang Xiaowen also relented.
Xu Naijin
Unfortunately, Jiangshan's easy nature was difficult to move, and after returning to Taiwan, Jiang Xiaowen returned to his nature and spent all day drinking.
At the age of 37, Jiang Xiaowen drank too much alcohol at a party and passed out. Although he received timely treatment, due to a long coma, coupled with family diabetes, he was paralyzed in bed for 19 years, and later suffered from throat cancer.
In 1988, Chiang Ching-kuo died, and the double blow of physical and mental health caused Jiang Xiaowen's health to deteriorate rapidly.
In 1989, due to the ineffectiveness of cancer cell spread rescue, Jiang Xiaowen completed a ridiculous life at the age of 54.
Jiang Xiaowu was absurd
Chiang Ching-kuo's second son was born in 1945, and Chiang Kai-shek named this grandson Jiang Xiaowu, expecting him to join the army and seize military power in the future.
Jiang Fangliang and his second son Xiaowu
When he was young, Jiang Xiaowu was lively and clever, and he was deeply loved by his grandfather Chiang Kai-shek. When Jiang Xiaowen and Jiang Xiaowu were young, the two brothers liked to play together and play together, and when Chiang Kai-shek saw it, he often laughed and told his family that Jiang Xiaowu was a "ghost spirit."
At first, due to the existence of Jiang Xiaowen, Chiang Kai-shek's father and son did not have too many expectations for Jiang Xiaowu, and Jiang Xiaowu was more well-behaved and sensible than his brother. From elementary school to middle school, his grades were always good, and he got along well with his teachers and classmates.
Chiang Kai-shek and his grandson Jiang Xiaowu and others played
However, as he grew older, Jiang Xiaowen gradually became as unskilled as his older brother Jiang Xiaowen, often going to school with a gun, and acting as a blessing in school, and his classmates avoided him, and the principal could not bear to expel him.
Although he is not expected to make a difference, Chiang Ching-kuo, as a father, is still more concerned about the future of his son. With Chiang Kai-shek's consent, Chiang Ching-kuo sent him to a more strictly regulated military academy, hoping that he would change.
However, Jiang Xiaowu, who went to the military academy, proved that Chiang Kai-shek's father and son thought too beautifully.
Jiang Xiaowu turned one year old and took a group photo with his grandfather, parents, brother Jiang Xiaowen and sister Jiang Xiaozhang
Jiang Xiaowu acted arbitrarily and undisciplined in military schools, hardly participated in training, smoked and drank alcohol was a common thing, did not pay attention to instructors at all, and it was not uncommon to beat and scold instructors.
Witnessing what Jiang Xiaowu had done, Chiang Ching-kuo was furious, and Chiang Kai-shek was both angry and helpless, scolding him for being "something that cannot be made into an instrument."
However, his father and grandfather could not watch their descendants willingly degenerate, and Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo discussed and decided to send him to Germany to study.
As a child, Jiang Xiaowu and his brother rode on their father
He chose to let Jiang Xiaowu go abroad, not only hoping that he would learn something abroad, but also to prevent him from continuing to act recklessly in Taiwan, lest he stab the basket bigger and bigger like his brother and ruin the reputation of the Jiang family.
Before going abroad, Chiang Ching-kuo instructed him to study hard, not to say that he would become a dragon and phoenix among people, but at least be able to support himself.
Bidding farewell to his family, Jiang Xiaowu went to study at the Munich Institute of Political Science in Germany. The reason why he chose to study politics was because Jiang Xiaowu was the only one of the third generation of the Chiang family who aimed to engage in politics and aspired to become a leader.
Jiang Xiaowu
Perhaps it was his father's advice that played a role, or in order to realize his dream, in the first year of studying abroad, Jiang Xiaowu's prodigal son turned back and no longer lingered in the lights and wine, but focused on studying.
Unfortunately, this situation only lasted for one year, and from the second year of study, Jiang Xiaowu was exposed as he was and once again lived a life of a drunken gold fan.
After Jiang Xiaowu returned from study, Chiang Kai-shek's father and son gradually gave up the idea of cultivating Jiang Xiaowen as a successor, and instead pinned their hopes on him, and Jiang Xiaowu himself was full of ambition.
Jiang Xiaowu, Jiang Xiaoyong and Song Meiling
In order to become a leader, Jiang Xiaowu took great pains in image design. Like his Belarusian mother, Jiang Fangliang, Jiang Xiaowu has yellow hair and blue eyes. In order to make himself look less "different", he specially dyed his hair black, and also asked experts to prepare black "beautiful pupils".
Appearances are easily changed, but human nature is deeply rooted.
After returning to Taiwan, Jiang Xiaowu served as the director of the "Hua Hin Cultural Undertaking Center". In the early days of his term of office, perhaps because of Chiang Ching-kuo's strict discipline, he was still quite peaceful and kept to himself.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and Jiang Xiaowu, who had already realized his status, gradually became pampered and arrogant, and became more and more bold and arrogant, and later even his father's warnings were ignored, and Jiang Chingguo was so angry that he trembled and directly shouted, "It is easy to govern the country, but it is difficult to govern the family!" ”
Jiang Xiaowu
Of course, in any case, Jiang Xiaowu's behavior was far less than Jiang Xiaowen's, and he did not lose his qualification to become a successor. The complete ruin of Jiang Xiaowu's political career was due to the Jiangnan case that occurred later.
In 1984, the writer Liu Yiliang was assassinated in San Francisco, USA, and Liu Yiliang's pen name was Jiangnan, so the case was called the "Jiangnan Case".
After the murder, the whole world was shocked, and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation found out that the murderer belonged to the Bamboo Gang in Taiwan, and the Bamboo Gang had close contacts with the Chiang family, so Chiang Ching-kuo was the initiator of the case in everyone's opinion.
Liu Yiliang
After further investigation, Jiang Xiaowu was identified as the culprit. As soon as the news came out, the outside world was in an uproar, demanding that the criminals be severely punished.
In order to calm the public anger, Chiang Ching-kuo had no choice but to "exile" Chiang Hsiao-wu to Singapore, and Chiang Hsiao-wu's dream of being a "leader" was shattered.
Jiang Xiaowu
Like Jiang Xiaowen, Jiang Xiaowu failed to realize the heavy trust of his father and grandfather, and like Jiang Xiaowen, he suffered from diabetes for a long time.
On June 30, 1991, Jiang Xiaowu was hospitalized unwell and died of acute heart failure in the early morning of the next day, at the age of 46.
Jiang Xiaoyong is cute
Referring to his three sons, Chiang Ching-kuo said: The eldest is confused, the second is absurd, and the third is cute. It is true that compared with the two older brothers, the third son, Jiang Xiaoyong, is much more well-behaved and sensible.
Jiang Xiaoyong
Born in 1948, Jiang Xiaoyong is the youngest child in the family and is deeply loved by Chiang Kai-shek and his wife from an early age. In addition, when he was born, the Chiang family was at a low ebb, and Chiang Kai-shek consciously owed something to his little grandson, so he always loved him more. When he went out to play, Chiang Kai-shek was worried that Jiang Xiaoyong was physically weak, and often held him in his arms.
Jiang Xiaoyong (right) stands behind his grandfather
It was Chiang Kai-shek's long-standing wish to cultivate a general among his descendants, and with the fall of Jiang Xiaowen and Jiang Xiaowu, Jiang Xiaoyong became the last hope.
With his grandfather's hopes, Jiang Xiaoyong was successfully admitted to the military school, and in the military school, Jiang Xiaoyong did not live up to the expectations of his grandfather and father, he studied seriously, trained actively, and his grades ranked among the best. When Chiang Kai-shek thought that his wish was about to be fulfilled, an accident completely destroyed his wish.
Jiang Xiaoyong
One night when the school organized military training, Jiang Xiaoyong accidentally sprained his ankle when he crossed a deep ditch, underwent two surgeries, and was forced to leave the military academy and enter Taiwan University to study politics.
After graduating from university, Jiang Xiaoyong had no intention of engaging in politics and plunged headlong into the commercial sea. Chiang Ching-kuo was disappointed, but expressed understanding. Jiang Xiaoyong, who has entered the business world, has accumulated a wealth of wealth, and he is said to have more than NT$30 billion in assets in Taiwan.
Jiang Xiaoyong
After the death of Chiang Ching-kuo, the position of the Chiang family in Taiwan plummeted, and in order to revive the family's "heroic style", Jiang Xiaoyong chose to abandon politics and engage in business, and through various means entered the 13th Central Committee of the Kuomintang.
Since Chiang Ching-kuo's illness returned, Jiang Xiaoyong has had the title of "underground president" in the people, and now that Jiang Xiaoyong has entered the political arena, the outside world has speculated that he wants to show his skills.
Jiang Jingguo, Jiang Xiaoyong
To everyone's surprise, Jiang Xiaoyong, who had just been elected to the Central Committee, suddenly moved his family to Canada, and even his wife Fang Zhiyi did not expect it. Since then, Jiang Xiaoyong has emigrated overseas for a long time and is far away from Taiwan's political arena.
In early 1996, Jiang Xiaoyong was diagnosed with esophageal cancer and died on December 22 of the same year at the age of 48.
Since then, the three concubines of the third generation of the Jiang family have all died, but the two illegitimate sons left by Chiang Chingguo in the early years, Zhang Xiaoyan and Zhang Xiaoci, have continued the blood of the Jiang family.
In 1947, Zhang Xiaoyan and Zhang Xiaoci were electrified
However, these two brothers have not been recognized by the Jiang family for a long time. Jiang Xiaoyan, who later changed his surname, said: We are the children of the Jiang family "outside of us."
Zhang Xiaoyan and Zhang Xiaoci at the "door"
When Chiang Ching-kuo was working in Gannan, he and his secretary Zhang Yaruo exchanged admiration, and the fire of their love became more and more prosperous.
Chiang Ching-kuo was young
In January 1942, Zhang Yaruo gave birth to twin baby boys, and "big hair" and "small hair" were the names that his father, Chiang Ching-kuo, gave to the twins with great joy. When the two children were on the full moon, Chiang Ching-kuo flew to Chongqing to report to Chiang Kai-shek about their existence.
Although Chiang Ching-kuo already had a wife Jiang Fangliang at that time, considering that the Chiang family was thin, Chiang Kai-shek gladly accepted the two grandchildren and personally gave them scientific names according to the family generation: "filial piety" and "filial piety", which means filial piety to father and filial piety to mother.
However, in order not to bring adverse effects to the Chiang family, Chiang Kai-shek asked the two children to follow their mother's surname and not to make their lives public.
Zhang Xiaoyan, Zhang Xiaoci
In August 1942, Zhang Yaruo died mysteriously, the cause of death is still unknown, and some people speculate that he was assassinated. Whatever the cause of death, her two seven-month-old children eventually lost their mothers.
When his mother died, his father Jiang Chingguo refused to recognize him, Zhang Xiaoyan and Zhang Xiaoci could only be taken away and raised by their grandmothers, and their uncles and aunts were registered as their parents on their identity certificates.
In 1949, the Kuomintang fell, and Zhang Xiaoyan's brothers, his grandmother, and uncle's family moved to Hsinchu, Taiwan. Compared with the three concubines of the Jiang family, who also live in Taiwan, the life of the Zhang Xiaoyan brothers is a fierce situation.
When he first arrived in Taiwan, Chiang Ching-kuo would also send some money from his close associate Wang Sheng, but later for various reasons, the money was cut off. In order to support her family, Grandma needs to go to the rice shop to collect rice on credit, buy cheaper flour, and when she goes to school, she has to worry about tuition fees.
Zhang Xiaoyan, Zhang Xiaoci
The three concubines painstakingly cultivated by Chiang Kai-shek's father and son were not satisfactory, but the two illegitimate sons were admitted to Soochow University at the same time with their own efforts in a destitute situation, and the older brother studied foreign languages and the younger brother studied law.
Subsequently, the brothers went abroad for further study, and after returning from their studies, Zhang Xiaoci went to Soochow University and later became the president; Zhang Xiaoyan entered the political arena and served in Taiwan's "Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
Over the years, the Zhang Xiaoyan brothers have been troubled by their lives, and more than once some people say that they are "descendants of the Jiang family". It wasn't until she went to college that Grandma took a picture of her mother, Zhang Yaruo, and confessed their lineage to her two grandsons. For the sake of their mother, the brothers had the idea of returning to their ancestors.
Jiang Xiaoyan
However, after so many years, Chiang Ching-kuo has never been willing to acknowledge their relationship, but Zhang Xiaoyan firmly believes that this day will come sooner or later.
Unfortunately, Zhang Xiaoyan could not wait for that day: in 1988, Chiang Ching-kuo died.
After Chiang Ching-kuo's death, the media hyped up the lives of Zhang Xiaoyan's two brothers, and the fact that the Jiang family had hidden for many years became an open secret. But even so, the descendants of the Jiang family still avoided talking about this matter.
Judging from the attitude of the Jiang family, the task of recognizing the ancestors and returning to the ancestors is heavy and the road is long. Unfortunately, Zhang Xiaoci failed to complete this road: in 1996, Zhang Xiaoci died of illness.
Zhang Xiaoyan, Zhang Xiaoci
When his brother died, the heavy responsibility of recognizing his ancestors and returning to the sect fell on Zhang Xiaoyan alone. Although their origins are already known to the outside world, he still hopes that their identity documents can be reflected.
According to the requirements of the relevant departments, if you want to change the parent column on the ID card back, you need to provide sufficient and valid evidence.
In order to collect evidence, Zhang Xiaoyan traveled all over the country and finally got a birth certificate at Guilin Hospital, which could prove that he was Zhang Yaruo's biological son. He also found Wang Sheng, who issued a note that Chiang Ching-kuo instructed him to send money to his two children.
Years of hard work have not been in vain, and in 2002, Zhang Xiaoyan received a new certification document with "Chiang Ching-kuo" and "Zhang Yaruo" clearly written in the parent column.
Considering the respect for Jiang Fangliang, the widow of Chiang Ching-kuo, Zhang Xiaoyan did not change his surname.
Jiang Fangliang
In December 2004, Jiang Fangliang died, and three months later, Zhang Xiaoyan officially became "Jiang Xiaoyan", a day he had waited too long.
Destiny is in your own hands
In the third generation of the Jiang family, Jiang Xiaowen and Jiang Xiaowu were pampered and treated with dignity under the protection of Chiang Kai-shek's father and son, and gradually became profligate and provocative children.
However, Jiang Xiaoyan and Zhang Xiaoci have gone through ups and downs, but they do not rely on the Jiang family, and completely rely on their own efforts to get ahead step by step and be able to recognize their ancestors and return to their ancestors.
Remember, fate is in your own hands, and success is hidden in unremitting efforts.