In 1931, Chiang Kai-shek suddenly found Chen Cheng and said that he planned to be a moon old man and introduce Tan Yanmin's third daughter Tan Xiang to him.
Chen Cheng listened, and his heart was surprised and delighted, of course, he understood Chairman Jiang's "good intentions", but he had no choice but to have a wife in his hometown, so it was inconvenient to hide this matter, so he could only politely refuse and tell the reason for the rejection truthfully.
After hearing this, Chiang Kai-shek pondered for a long time, and did not say much, only let Chen Cheng go back and think about it first, and then it was not too late to reply.
Chen Cheng faced this sudden "luck", and after going back, he was also overwhelmed, tossing and turning, thinking about it, and he didn't know what to do for a while.
Chen Cheng was born in Qingtian, Zhejiang Province in 1898, his father was a private school, and he still followed the old ideological education, and he was particularly strict with his discipline, bent on letting his son inherit his father's business, teach and educate people when he grows up, and find a stable job.
Chen Cheng has no intention of teaching, since graduating from the eleventh normal school in Zhejiang, he only wants to join the army and serve the country, go into battle and kill the enemy, thinking that this is the true nature of a man, but unfortunately he will not find any good way for a while.
Despite this, he still gambled and fooled around outside, unwilling to return to his hometown to teach whip, and later with the active help of his old classmates, he was successfully admitted to Baoding Army School.
When Mr. Chen learned of the situation, he was so angry that he cursed and attacked his heart, so he couldn't afford to get sick, he was lying in bed for a long time, his body was deteriorating, and he had to take medicine and conditioning frequently to barely hold on.
The pillar of the Chen family fell ill, the family's income plummeted, and life gradually became embarrassing, and it was difficult to afford Chen Cheng's study expenses and living expenses.
At that time, when the warlords were fighting and the army was in chaos, Baoding Military Academy announced that it would be closed for a year for rectification, and all teachers and students would take a holiday, and only returned to the school building until a later notice.
Only then did Chen Cheng go home to visit his relatives. During this period, his parents worried about his marriage, and the matchmaker went everywhere, so he married Wu Shunlian, the sister of his old classmate Wu Ziyi, and completed a major event in life. Later, with the financial support of the Wu family, he successfully completed his studies at Baoding Military Academy.
After Chen Cheng joined the army, his career development was not as expected, first following Deng Yanda, who was against Chiang Kai-shek, and then joining Chiang Kai-shek's command. If Chiang Kai-shek had not been heedless of previous suspicions, had his discerning vision, and repeatedly intended to carry him, I am afraid that Chen Cheng would have been unable to make a name in the Kuomintang army one day.
Chen Cheng and his wife Wu Shunlian do not have much emotional foundation, firstly, because he has been serving in the army abroad for many years and has followed the troops to the Northern Expedition, and the two rarely get together. The second is that Wu Shunlian is illiterate, a small-footed woman who belongs to traditional feudal thinking, has limited knowledge, and communication between the two is indeed more difficult.
After Chen's father passed away, Chen's mother also fell ill soon after, was in a state of semi-paralysis for a long time, and needed care for many years. Therefore, although Chen Cheng has been married for more than ten years, he has never brought his wife Wu Shunlian with him.
According to the above reasons, if Chen Cheng ruthlessly abandons Wu Shunlian at this time, not only will the Wu family not agree, but will say that he is an unkind "white-eyed wolf", I am afraid that even the father and fellow villagers in his hometown will not be able to see him, and will point at his nose and call him a "negative man", a ruthless thing.
The boy is determined to be in all directions, and now in the face of Chiang Kai-shek's appreciation and favor, Chen Cheng also can't let go.
Let's not talk about the power of the Tan family, just think that Chiang Kai-shek wants to train Chen Cheng to be a "henchman", and the great future after this is also visible to the naked eye.
Therefore, this is indeed a very difficult and painful choice for a young man with no family background and lofty aspirations...
Chen Cheng was entangled in his heart for two or three days, still unable to make a decision, and suddenly remembered his old classmate Wu Ziyi, who is now his eldest brother, so he asked him out to chat, drink and talk about his heart, and also probed his tone by the way.
After three rounds of drinking, both of them were a little drunk, their faces were red, and they recalled the interesting stories of the old school together, sighing that they were full of spirit, but they didn't know the black and white and true or false of the world, and the relationship between them seemed to return.
Hearing that Wu Ziyi always called himself "military seat, military seat", Chen Cheng quickly interrupted, saying that we are relatives, and we don't talk about business today, only about feelings, and there is no need to call us that.
Wu Ziyi has been in contact with Chen Cheng for many years, and he knows his temperament well, and he guessed that he must have something on his mind, so he let him pick out his words and say something straight.
Chen Cheng didn't bother anymore, so he told Chiang Kai-shek that he wanted to introduce the third miss of the Tan family to him.
Saying that, he sighed and sighed, lamenting that it was too difficult to be a person, while peeking at Wu Ziyi's face, ready to deal with unexpected situations at any time.
Wu Ziyi was silent, did not speak for a long time, and only after half a ring did he say, you can make your own decisions about this matter.
Chen Cheng struck while the iron was hot, telling about his hardships over the years and the many difficulties in his career. Mention Wu Shunlian's strong personality, when she didn't agree with her, she would kill herself with scissors, if she went back to divorce her, she would definitely be difficult to accept, I don't know what radical actions she would make, I am afraid that Wu Ziyi needs the help of the eldest brother to persuade.
Wu Ziyi listened for a long time, and finally understood what Chen Cheng meant, but in the end, he still stiffened his head and reluctantly agreed.
Chen Cheng got through the ideological work of his eldest brother Wu Ziyi and asked him to promise to go back together to persuade, and then went to consult with Chiang Kai-shek.
The relationship between Chiang Kai-shek and Tan Yanmin is not ordinary, such as the combination of Soong Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek, Tan Yanmin can be described as the greatest hero.
The Tan family was a family of officials and eunuchs, and Tan Yanmin's father Tan Zhongmin was a high-ranking late Qing dynasty minister, who successively held the posts of governor of Shaanxi, Gansu, Fujian and Zhejiang, and Liangguang, and was deeply appreciated and used by the Qing court.
Tan Yanmin, the three governors of Hunan and the governor and overseer of Hunan Province, although he was dismissed several times by the Beiyang government, was able to rise again and restore his post with extraordinary political skills and wisdom, and he can be called a "tumbler" in the political arena.
Since joining the Kuomintang, Tan Yanmin was deeply respected and trusted by Sun Yat-sen because he did not hesitate to sell his property and sponsor Sun Yat-sen's army. At that time, Song Meiling had just returned from studying in the United States and was not married. And Tan Yanmin lost his wife at an early age and raised three daughters and a man alone, and never continued his strings.
Sun Yat-sen intended to introduce his sister-in-law Song Meiling to Tan Yanmin, but Tan Yanmin politely refused. It turned out that Tan Yanmin was a person with great affection, and promised to get sick and have a wife in his early years, and then never married a wife again, and devoted himself to raising his children to adulthood.
In the end, in order not to save Sun Yat-sen's face, Tan Yanmin thought of a compromise solution, that is, to praise Chiang Kai-shek as a young talent many times in front of Sun Yat-sen, and suggested that Soong Meiling be introduced to Chiang Kai-shek.
For Tan Yanmin's "kindness", Chiang Kai-shek has naturally always been grateful and has always maintained a close relationship with him.
Tan Yanmin loves his youngest daughter Tan Xiang more, and every time he goes to Chiang Kai-shek's house to be a guest, he will lead his sweet-mouthed little daughter to an appointment. Later, Song Meiling simply recognized Tan Xiang as her goddaughter.
In 1930, when Tan Yanmin was terminally ill, he felt at ease that his youngest daughter Tan Xiang, who had not yet married, specially entrusted Chiang Kai-shek and his wife, who came to visit, to select a young talent for him in the army as his son-in-law.
Of course, Chiang Kai-shek and his wife agreed with their mouths, but before they could pick them out, Tan Yanmin drove Hexi.
Of course, this matter must continue, and Chiang Kai-shek and his wife finally locked in two candidates after thousands of choices, one was Hu Zongnan and the other was Chen Cheng.
Chiang Kai-shek and his wife were always undecided about these two final candidates, and it was difficult to choose, and later "selfishness" prevailed. They believe that Hu Zongnan is a "protégé of the Son of Heaven", loyal and reliable, and has long become their confidant, so there is no need to worry too much. And Chen Cheng is not, if he can use the matter of "marriage" to win him over and serve his life, then of course it is best.
But I didn't expect that Chen Cheng already had a wife in the countryside, just like when Chiang Kai-shek married Song Meiling, and he needed to go back and repudiate his wife...
It is said that Chen Cheng approached Chiang Kai-shek to discuss everything, saying that he would obey the orders and arrangements of the chairman of the NPC National Committee, but first he would take a long leave to return to the countryside to handle affairs.
Of course, Chiang Kai-shek knew what he was going back to do, and after a few words of deep instruction, he immediately approved.
Chen Cheng returned to his hometown in Qingtian and carefully proposed the idea of "repudiation" to his old mother.
As expected, Mother Chen coughed in anger and scolded Chen Cheng as an "unfilial son", it was simply inferior to a beast, and she couldn't go back to her hometown to take care of her, and she had to drive her beloved daughter-in-law away.
When Wu Shunlian learned of the situation, she suddenly thundered, never expecting that she had been taking care of her sick mother-in-law for her husband at home, and in the end she had such an unbearable result!
Her spirit completely collapsed, and she tried to commit suicide several times to find death, but fortunately, her family found out in time and finally dissuaded her... The home suddenly became a pot of porridge, and the noise rose and fell one after another, and there was no peace for a moment.
Chen Cheng was scolded so much that he couldn't lift his head, and went out of the house in ashes, going to find his uncle Wu Ziyi to find a way.
Wu Ziyi was also in a dilemma, but still accompanied Chen Cheng to find many seniors in his hometown and persuaded them to go to Chen's house to persuade the "divorce" matter.
Perhaps it is the traditional concept of "men have three wives and four concubines", or perhaps everyone also feels that the marriage between Chen Cheng and Wu Shunlian has long existed in name only, and this matter has gradually changed. Wu Shunlian finally couldn't resist everyone's persuasion, and finally let go and agreed to divorce Chen Cheng.
However, she also insisted on her own ideas, and then asked Chen Cheng to "covenant three chapters".
First, she is the daughter-in-law of Chen Jiaming's media, even if she is divorced, she will not move out to live if she marries a chicken and a dog with a dog.
Second, she will never marry again for life, and Chen Cheng must pay monthly living expenses, otherwise everything is free of discussion.
Third, life cannot be the same, after death must be the same cave, Chen Cheng must give her the end-of-life pension, bear all responsibilities.
Without thinking, Chen Cheng immediately agreed. Because Wu Shunlian was illiterate, she asked her brother Wu Ziyi to ghostwrite, drew up a divorce agreement, and signed and sealed it, indicating the reason for ghostwriting.
Chiang Kai-shek and his wife also approached Tan Xiang, praised Chen Cheng's intellectual talents, and then asked her if she would like to meet him. Tan Xiang asked, what is the position of the man? Song Meiling immediately replied, military commander! In fact, Chen Cheng was only the commander of the 11th Division at that time.
Chiang Kai-shek sat next to him, thinking that Tan Xiang would continue to ask which troops, and quickly added: 18th Army!
Tan Xiang stopped talking, lowered his head, that is, acquiesced.
Soon, Chiang Kai-shek promoted Chen Cheng to commander on the grounds that he had made great achievements in the Central Plains and was thus given the opportunity to be promoted. Under the arrangement of Song Meiling, Chen Cheng and Tan Xiang met in Shanghai, and the two had a good impression of each other, which was love at first sight.
Chen Cheng is not tall, but his face is handsome, and he has a particularly unique military temperament, which makes Tan Xiang more satisfied.
In 1932, Chen Cheng and Tan Xiang held a grand wedding at the "Inspirational Society" venue. When Chiang Kai-shek was a witness, many high-ranking Kuomintang officials personally attended the scene to bless them, toast and drink, and smile widely.
The Kuomintang has always been intrigued, and various interests are complicated, Chen Cheng has Tan Xiang, a virtuous helper, but whenever he encounters trouble in personnel relations, his wife will come forward to intercede with his godmother Song Meiling, of course, every time he can overcome the danger.
Tan Xiang is worthy of being a famous lady, his temperament and pattern are stronger than ordinary people, and later he knew that Chen Cheng still had an original match in the countryside, and he didn't think about his husband, just that there was no such thing.
Later, she accompanied Chen Cheng back to her hometown to visit relatives, and she could also afford to put it down, calling Chen's mother "mother" one by one, coaxing the old lady to laugh so that the dengus almost fell to the ground. Seeing Wu Shunlian, she also politely called the other party "sister", but it made Wu Shunlian who was full of unhappiness a little embarrassed.
During the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Chen Cheng commanded operations in the three eastern provinces, but unfortunately the old disease recurred, and the stomach suffered bleeding, which could not be cured. When Tan Xiang learned the news, he was anxious and found Song Meiling crying and asking to transfer her husband back for treatment.
Soon, Chiang Kai-shek arranged for Chen Cheng to return to Nanjing, and when his body was almost recovered, he ordered him to go to Taiwan with Chiang Ching-kuo to rectify affairs.
Chen Cheng also talked about faith, did not forget the agreement of that year, and finally brought Wu Shunlian to Taiwan together.
Wu Shunlian left her hometown and re-lived in a place where she was not familiar with her life, with many kinds of discomfort, often crying secretly. Chen Cheng knew her hardships, so he did not hesitate to buy a house for her, ordered his men to send living expenses on time every month, and occasionally brought his children to visit.
In 1965, Chen Cheng died of illness, and before he died, he did not forget to ask his wife and children to take care of Wu Shunlian on his behalf. According to the instructions of her husband Chen Cheng, Tan Xiang would visit Wu Shunlian every month, shush and ask for warmth, in addition to sending living expenses, but also sent many daily necessities until Wu Shunlian died.
Some people say that Chen Cheng is a famous "scumbag" in the Republic of China, which is probably a matter of opinion, according to his attitude and practice towards his wife, in general, he can only be regarded as the type of scumbag who is not very thorough.
At least he kept the promise he made when he divorced and did his best to do his part.