01 Having a wife and a concubine still does not change her heart
Isn't Chiang Kai-shek's wife Soong Mei-ling? Right.
Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling
In Chiang Kai-shek's life, the person who accompanied him to the end of his life was indeed Soong Mei-ling, who was not only Chiang Kai-shek's inner helper, but also his spiritual companion.
As we all know, before Soong Mei Ling, Chiang Kai-shek had already married three women, and his life could be described as a large number of wives and concubines.
Even so, the young Chiang Kai-shek still shuttled through the fireworks willow alley, and his lust was not only known, which was not only evaluated by the outside world, but also proved by studying his diary later.
The young Chiang Kai-shek, when his future was uncertain, liked to make friends with three religions and nine streams, including the Green Gang in Shanghai.
At that time, Shanghai was full of brothels, and more than half of these brothels were controlled by the Green Gang, and Chiang Kai-shek was very familiar with these brothels.
The young Chiang Kai-shek, who was already married and had children, was married by Mao Fumei, and she was the woman whom Chiang Kai-shek's mother married Chiang Kai-shek through a matchmaker.
Chiang Kai-shek in his youth
Chiang Kai-shek had no feelings for this rural woman who could only cook and wash and give birth to children. However, Chiang Kai-shek's mother liked this daughter-in-law very much. Mao Fumei is not only filial piety, but also a hard-working and kind person, and when the villagers mention the daughter-in-law of the old lady, they all give a thumbs up to praise.
However, Chiang Kai-shek, who had always liked to look for flowers and ask for willows, soon got along with Yao Yecheng, a woman in the wind and dust, and in order to be able to be with Yao Yecheng, Chiang Kai-shek simply took Yao Yecheng as a concubine.
In that semi-feudal era, taking concubines was not a rare thing, but for Mao Fumei, it was a big blow. However, she did not embarrass Yao Yecheng and got along with her like a sister.
It is said that Chiang Kai-shek should also restrain himself, but this is not the case.
Although Yao Yecheng is counted as the object of Chiang Kai-shek's free love, she is after all a dusty woman, Chiang Kai-shek looks down on her from the bottom of his heart, plus Yao Yecheng likes to gamble, often making the family a miasma, Chiang Kai-shek's feelings for her gradually faded.
Chiang Kai-shek had three major ambitions in his life: the first was to follow Sun Yat-sen and strive to become his heir, so he changed his word to "Zhongzheng"; the second was to unify all of China by force and end the situation of warlord chaos; the third was to find an ideal companion to spend his life.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was still confused about the future, and the women around him were not his ideal partners, and his heart was naturally bitter. As soon as he had trouble, he went in and out of Fireworks Willow Lane.
He developed a relationship with a prostitute named Jiemei, and Chiang Kai-shek even planned to marry her, but unexpectedly, the prostitute rejected him, which greatly annoyed Chiang Kai-shek.
When he refused Chiang Kai-shek's marriage proposal, Chiang Kai-shek finally woke up, and the other party only looked at the few dollars in his pocket, after all, Chairman Chiang Kai-shek at that time was still very naïve about his feelings.
Chiang Kai-shek was determined not to look for Jiemei again, and he wrote in his diary:
"If the pit viper stings his hand, the strong man will cut off his hand, so he will be born all his life; don't forget to raise his eyebrows, why establish a career!"
02 The appearance of Chen Jieru
That is, when he was exhausted by Jiemei, Chen Jieru appeared.
Chen Jieru
Chen Jieru's nickname is Ah Feng, a native of Zhenhai, Zhejiang, and her father, Chen Xuefang, is a handmade paper merchant whose mother is from a family whose family has settled in a courtyard house on Xizang Road in Shanghai.
Chen Jieru was the second in line at home, with an older sister above and a younger brother below.
Chen Jieru had a clear eyebrow, and when she was only thirteen years old, she looked taller and plumper than ordinary people.
She studied at the patriotic girls' school founded by Cai Yuanpei and took a foreign name called "Jenny".
At that time, society advocated ideological emancipation, but her mother's requirements for Chen Jieru were very strict, and she demanded Chen Jieru according to traditional standards, such as not being able to sit with men and walk with them.
Chen Jie has a neighbor named Zhu Yimin, who is five years older than Chen Jieru, and the two of them are girlfriends, and Zhu Yimin often invites Chen Jieru to her house to study her homework.
Chen Jieru and Zhu Yimin (right)
Soon, Zhu Yimin married Zhang Jingjiang (who became someone else's little wife). After Zhu Yimin moved to The Zhang Mansion on Jing'an Temple Road, Chen Jieru suddenly lost her girlfriend and suddenly felt lonely.
Zhang Jingjiang
Three months later, Zhu Yimin returned to his mother's house, and Chen Jieru was very happy to hear that Zhu Yimin had returned.
Zhu Yimin told Chen Jieru that several children born to her husband's ex-wife returned to China to study, found a very good English teacher to make up lessons, let Chen Jieru also study, and helped the children make up for the Chinese by the way, after obtaining the consent of her mother, Chen Jieru and Zhu Yimin went to Zhang Jingjiang's home to make up for classes.
Born into a family of giant merchants, Zhang Jingjiang was one of the four elders of the Kuomintang, and since he met Sun Yat-sen, he often funded Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary cause.
Recently, Sun Yat-sen often took Chiang Kai-shek, Dai Jitao, and others to Zhang Jingjiang's house to discuss the issue of raising military funds.
One day, Chiang Kai-shek went to Zhang Jingjiang's house with Sun Yat-sen and happened to meet Chen Jieru, at that time, Chiang Kai-shek was attracted to Chen Jieru, he could not imagine that there was such a pure woman in the world, and Chiang Kai-shek, who was unable to extricate himself from his feelings, suddenly got a new life, and he secretly decided in his heart that he must get this woman.
A day later, Chiang Kai-shek met Chen Jieru at Zhang Jingjiang's house again, and this time, Chiang Kai-shek took the initiative to talk, but the shy Chen Jieru did not say much, and did not even look at Chiang Kai-shek squarely.
In the small talk between Zhu Yimin and Chen Jieru, they more or less told Chen Jieru about some of Chiang Kai-shek's deeds.
03 Crazy pursuit of Chen Jieru
Chiang Kai-shek was already madly in love with Chen Jieru, but Chen Jieru was not moved.
Chiang Kai-shek was a soldier with a very firm will, and he had to do what he identified, no matter how great the difficulties, were. He now had only one goal and action, that is, to launch a fierce pursuit of Chen Jieru.
One day, he asked Zhu Yimin about the address of Chen Jieru's home, and Zhu Yimin told Chiang Kai-shek the address, but he did not know whether Zhu Yimin was careless or deliberate, and even said the wrong house number. Chiang Kai-shek went to find Chen Jieru's home according to that house number, but he couldn't find anything.
Coincidentally, just when Chiang Kai-shek was planning to return, he suddenly heard someone called "Ah Feng", he looked for a voice to find this courtyard, and sure enough, it was Chen Jieru's home, just now Chen Jieru's mother called her daughter before going out, and went out after explaining things.
As soon as Chiang Kai-shek entered the courtyard, he excitedly called "Ah Feng", thinking that he really "stepped on the iron shoes and found no place, and it took no effort at all", but Chen Jieru was surprised.
Chen Jieru's mother was not at home, and Chiang Kai-shek took advantage of this time to express his love for Chen Jieru endlessly, and Chen Jieru was ashamed and annoyed, and she was overwhelmed.
At this moment, Mother Chen returned, and when she saw this scene, she immediately asked who this strange man was and what he was doing here. Chiang Kai-shek simply did not stop doing two things, and after revealing his identity, he told Chen Jieru how he liked Chen Jieru and how he found Chen Jieru.
When Mother Chen saw that this almost crazy middle-aged man had actually run to the house to say that she liked her teenage daughter, she felt very absurd, and immediately counted Chiang Kai-shek down, and Chiang Kai-shek had to go back in ashes.
Since then, Chen Jieru's mother no longer allowed Chen Jieru to go to the Zhang family to make up for classes, and Chen Jieru had no choice but to stay at home.
For an ignorant girl who was not deeply involved in the world, Chen Jieru's soul was still shaken by a little, and she fell into an inexplicable trouble.
Chiang Kai-shek lived like a year, constantly calling Chen Jieru, Chen Jieru received a call, heard Chiang Kai-shek's voice on the other end of the phone, she immediately hung up the phone.
If Chen Jieru did not answer his call, Chiang Kai-shek asked someone to send her a letter, but when the letter was delivered to the door of her home, Chen Jieru refused to accept it.
Chiang Kai-shek tried his best to impress Chen Jieru, and he suddenly remembered to go to Zhu Yimin for help.
He told Zhu Yimin about his liking for Chen Jieru, and even confided in Zhu Yimin about his life's ambitions and how to find an ideal partner. Since Chiang Kai-shek genuinely liked Chen Jieru, Zhu Yimin agreed to help Chiang Kai-shek.
In order to match them, Zhu Yimin called Chen Jieru and lied that he was ill. I heard that my girlfriend was sick, and Chen Jieru wanted to visit, and Mother Chen naturally couldn't stop her.
Chen Jieru came to Zhu Yimin's house, and Zhu Yimin pretended to be uncomfortable and talked to Chen Jieru. Zhu Yimin also took the opportunity to turn the topic to Chiang Kai-shek and said a lot of good things for Chiang Kai-shek.
At this moment, Chiang Kai-shek came to Zhu Yimin's house, and Zhu Yimin pretended to have something to do and left. Chiang Kai-shek took the opportunity to confess to Chen Jieru again, and although Chen Jieru did not say anything on his lips, he still developed a little good feeling for Chiang Kai-shek in his heart.
After the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek offered to send Chen Jieru home, and Chen Jieru repeatedly refused, but Chiang Kai-shek's face was thicker than the city wall, and if he could say that he would not send it, he would not send it.
Along the way, Chen Jieru was too shy to walk with Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek, on the other hand, spoke sweet words in his mouth, but thought about his heart.
Halfway to the road, Chiang Kai-shek offered to meet his sister, who said that her sister was staying at a nearby hotel, and Chen Jieru and Chiang Kai-shek came to a hotel with half-belief. When he went upstairs and entered the room, Chiang Kai-shek immediately locked the door, and without saying a word, he took Chen Jieru in his arms, frightening Chen Jieru to break free, Chen Jieru said that if he did not let go of his hand, he would shout loudly, Chiang Kai-shek did not expect Chen Jieru to be so ignorant, so he had to watch the ducks in his hand fly away.
After all, Chiang Kai-shek is now a man of status, and he is afraid of making trouble, so he has not done anything out of the ordinary.
However, it can be seen from this incident that some people are born to engage in conspiracy and trickery material.
04 Love makes him unscrupulous
Chiang Kai-shek failed again. Zhu Yimin saw that Chiang Kai-shek was sullen and unhappy, and decided to help him again, and she planned to personally go to the door to talk to the media.
Chiang Kai-shek
The next day, Zhu Yimin came to Chen Jieru's house with gifts, Chen Jieru's family warmly received, Zhu Yimin mentioned Chiang Kai-shek, in front of Chen Jieru's mother, constantly praised Chiang Kai-shek as a red man in front of Sun Yat-sen, the future is immeasurable, if Chen Jieru follows him, there will be endless blessings.
As parents, who don't want their daughter to be able to find a man who has a career.
Mother Chen was touched by Zhu Yimin's words, but when she thought of Chiang Kai-shek as a person with a wife, her heart suddenly became cold and half-cut, and she would not marry her daughter to someone else as a little wife no matter what, so she directly rejected Zhu Yimin's mediator.
When Chiang Kai-shek heard Zhu Yimin say that the media had not succeeded, he thought left and right and made a big decision.
"Isn't the biggest concern of chen jieru's family now because they have a wife?" I just left them and everything was settled. Chiang Kai-shek thought in his heart.
But this is not an easy task, he can ignore the opinions of outsiders for this woman, but the mother's level will certainly not pass, besides, there must be a reason for divorce! But he really couldn't find the shortcomings of his wife Mao Fumei, which made him very distressed.
But when he thought of Chen Jieru, the power of love made him crazy, and he had to divorce no matter what he tried.
When he returned to his hometown, he always deliberately looked for his wife's stubble and was picky in every way, but his wife had always been a rebellious person, and he would not confront his husband no matter what.
This trick does not work, he thought of making a fuss from the child.
On the grounds that Chiang Ching-kuo was not studying well in his hometown, he offered to take him to Shanghai to receive education.
Mao Fumei and her son were dependent on each other for their lives, and they loved their son the most, how she was willing to let Chiang Kai-shek take him away, in this matter, she and Chiang Kai-shek were anxious, the two people not only quarreled over this, but even moved their hands, Chiang Kai-shek grabbed the "handle", saying that his wife started to beat her husband, so she filed for divorce.
The old lady knew that she wouldn't do it.
"It's not right for a daughter-in-law to do it, but divorce is never okay."
His mother came out to mediate, and Chiang Kai-shek had to stop for the time being.
Soon, Chiang Kai-shek began to make another plan, he planned to burn the "fire of war" to his father-in-law's house, completely break the relationship, and then force him to divorce Mao Fumei, so that even his mother could not save it.
But he could not personally go to his father-in-law's house to talk about the divorce, so he took up a pen and wrote a letter of resignation on twelve pages of letterhead, handed it to his wife, asked her to go to her mother-in-law's house, and handed the letter to his father-in-law.
Chiang Kai-shek did not tell his wife what kind of letter it was, and her wife could not understand it, she naively thought that Chiang Kai-shek's divorce from herself was just a momentary angry words, and sending a letter to the old man may be trying to apologize to the old man.
She is such a kind and simple rural woman, the kind of person who has to help others count money when she is sold.
Mao Fumei returned to his mother's house and handed Chiang Kai-shek's letter to his father Mao Ding, who handed the letter to Mao Fumei's younger brother Mao Maoqing to see, and Mao Maoqing did not look at it, and when he saw it, he was furious, and Mao Fumei knew that the letter was talking about divorce, and it was like five thunderbolts at that time.
The Mao family immediately theorized the matchmaker Chen Chunquan and asked the matchmaker to find Chiang Kai-shek's mother to explain it clearly.
The matchmaker Chen Chunquan had no choice but to run to Chiang's house to understand the situation, and Jiang's mother was very annoyed, scolding Chiang Kai-shek on the one hand, apologizing to others on the other hand, and since she was going to go to Mao's house to give an explanation to others, she also happened to bring her daughter-in-law back.
When she arrived at the Mao family, no matter how harsh the Mao family was, she did not complain, but felt that her daughter-in-law had been wronged.
"Son, no matter what my filial son does to you, I will not abandon you." The Jiang family can't do without you up and down, and Jingguo can't do without you, so you can go back with your mother-in-law."
Mao Fumei saw the poor mother-in-law, and remembered Jingguo, the tears could not stop flowing, her heart was softened by the mother-in-law, and finally the mother-in-law took her back.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was scolded by his mother and thrown out of the house. Although Mother Chiang Kai-shek drove away, her heart was also very uncomfortable, and after several twists and turns, the old man's health deteriorated, and finally he could not afford to be ill.
Chiang Kai-shek's half-brother Chiang Kai-shek immediately sent someone to Report the News in Shanghai, and when Chiang Kai-shek heard the news, he was very shocked and rushed back quickly, at this time his mother was already critically ill.
Chiang Kai-shek was full of remorse, he regretted that he always let his mother worry and get angry, did not honor his mother well, and now faced with a parting of life and death, it was really like a knife.
Before his mother died, he was still telling him not to abandon Mao Fumei.
After his mother's death, Chiang Kai-shek, who was still guarding filial piety, began to think about how to get a divorce, and this time, no one got in the way, he not only wanted to divorce Mao Fumei, but also divorced Yao Yecheng.
Chiang Kai-shek wrote the divorce papers, called Mao Fumei, Yao Yecheng, and the children to him, announced to everyone the "documents" of the formal divorce, and said in a grandiose voice that because he was going to revolution, the purpose was not to bother everyone, for everyone's good.
When Mao Fumei and Yao Yecheng heard Chiang Kai-shek announce their divorce so desperately, they both felt heartbroken, but they had no choice.
Chiang Kai-shek ran to Chen Jieru's house with the "divorce papers", and his persistence and determination impressed Chen Jieru's mother and daughter, although Chen Jieru's father also died of illness just two and a half months ago, but Chiang Kai-shek's reappearance seemed to bring a glimmer of light to the mother and daughter.
After all, Mother Chen was a person who came over, and although Chiang Kai-shek said that she was divorced, she was not at ease, and she was very cautious for the sake of her daughter's lifelong happiness.
She asked Chiang Kai-shek to take her daughter back to her hometown in a justified manner, first, to let her daughter secretly observe whether Chiang Kai-shek was really divorced, and second, to let Chiang Kai-shek's old family know about this marriage, which can be described as a bitter conscience.
05 Take Chen Jieru back to your hometown
Although Chiang Kai-shek's mouth was full of promises, he was a little worried in his heart, and he was worried that returning to his hometown would mess things up, because Mao Fumei and Yao Yecheng would not stop here, and if they came out at this juncture to stir up water, it would not be a failure.
Thinking of this, Chiang Kai-shek quickly sent someone to send a letter to his brother Chiang Kai-qing, telling him of his current situation and asking Chiang Kai-qing to persuade his two sisters-in-law to accept Chen Jieru no matter what method he tried.
Although he was said to be a half-brother, and everyone had not been very happy about the family property in the past, Chiang Kai-shek still did not hesitate to help Chiang Kai-shek, after all, Chiang Kai-shek is now a red man under Sun Yat-sen, and he will soon go to the Whampoa Military Academy to become the principal, and he will rely on his younger brother in the future.
Jiang Jieqing has studied politics and law, handled some large and small cases in the countryside, has a flexible brain, is good at eloquence, and will say what people will say when he sees him.
He first found Yao Yecheng and persuaded Yao Yecheng with some scares. Just how to convince Mao Fumei, he really has no bottom.
He came to Mao Fumei's residence with gifts, first asked for warmth, and then said: "Jieshi is fooling around outside, I heard that Mrs. Chen also scolded him, and resolutely disagreed with his divorce from you. Mao Fumei was surprised.
Jiang Jieqing then said: "I heard that my brother is going to go to the Whampoa Military Academy to become the principal, and he will also take the officers to fight the warlords in the future, so that the world will be at peace, such a big cause, he does not have a lady with an identity around him to help him. Mao Fumei thought to herself that she had no culture and no knowledge, and indeed she was not a lady with an "identity".
Jiang Jieqing approached Mao Fumei again and whispered, "Didn't you hear that?" President Sun Da also has a wife, but for the sake of the revolution, he is not going to marry Soong Ching Ling, such a big person..."
Jiang Jieqing saw that Mao Fumei did not speak, and said: "I heard that the girl surnamed Chen is knowledgeable, educated, and can speak foreign languages, do you think, if he can help Jieshi, Jieshi will fly yellow and tengda in the future, won't you and Jingguo's daughter also enjoy happiness?" ”
Mao Fumei knew very well in her heart that what came to the door to apologize was all excuses, and it was true that she came back to fight for fame. Jiang Jieqing's words are not unreasonable, and when he thinks that his son Jingguo can have a good future in the future, all stereotypes and ideas are left behind. Besides, Chiang Kai-shek insisted on doing this and could not do it himself, but it was better to go with the flow and accept Chen Jieru's arrival.
Chiang Kai-shek took Chen Jie back to his hometown of Fenghua with a beautiful scenery, and the neighbors welcomed him with gongs, drums, and firecrackers.
Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru
Chen Jieru timidly followed Chiang Kai-shek all the way to Fenghua, and before she saw Mao Fumei, her mind was full of all kinds of "ominous" pictures, and she did not expect that Mao Fumei not only did not create a "war," but also received her very warmly, which made her heart full of emotions, and Chiang Kai-shek was naturally very happy.
Before leaving his hometown, Chiang Kai-shek wanted to bring Chiang Ching-kuo back to Shanghai, but this time he did not speak personally, but asked Chen Jieru to persuade Mao Fumei.
Chen Jieru went to Mao Fumei and said, "Sister, Jingguo is the hope of our family, now put him in a small county, what will happen in the future?" ”
When Mao Fumei heard Chen Jieru say these words, her heart was very repulsive, and she knew that Chen Jieru was robbing him of the scriptures.
Chen Jieru saw Mao Fumei's thoughts, and she said in a gentle tone: "Sister, I know that you are reluctant to jingguo, but we are a family now, I must take care of jingguo as my own child, he is the jiang family's dependence, don't you want him to have a career in the future?" ”
Although Mao Fumei was a hundred unwilling, what could she do, and chen Jieru was reasonable, she had always been a reasonable, kind and simple person.
At the last moment of leaving, Mao Fumei reluctantly held Jingguo's hand, and the tears had already blurred his eyes. When his son Jiang Chingguo got into the car, he suddenly turned around and came back to kowtow to his mother, and then got on the car.
Mao Fumei had already cried into tears, and by the time she wiped away her tears, her son had gradually left her.
Jiang Jingguo, Mao Fumei (center), Jiang Fangliang
06 Follow-up
On December 5, 1921, Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru were married in the grand banquet hall of the Dadong Hotel in The Yong'an Building in Shanghai. This year, Chiang Kai-shek was 34 years old and Chen Jieru was 15 years old.
In August 1927, the marriage between Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru came to an end, ending a seven-year relationship. On December 1 of the same year, Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling married in Shanghai.
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Reference Books:
"The History of Chiang Kai-shek's Family" by Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Publishing House Co., Ltd
"The Ups and Downs of Chiang Kai-shek's Secret History" by Guo Baoping, Unity Publishing House