preface
Soong Meiling is a magnificent beauty in the eyes of the public, and also a strong backing for Chiang Kai-shek, she has twice gone to the United States to give speeches, asked for American assistance, was evaluated as wise and courageous, and in some people she is the so-called "first lady".
But in fact, Song Meiling is a very paranoid and assertive person, and the above words are all exaggerated. Under Soong Ching-ling's beautiful exterior, it is actually an ugly heart.
However, the first person to discover the true face of Song Meiling turned out to be the US president at that time, so what is the true face of Song Meiling? What did she do to the deprehensible thing?
The first half of Song Meiling's life
Song Meiling was born in the Song family, one of the four major families of the Republic of China.
Her father is Song Jiashu, who is Christian, who went abroad to study and became a "missionary" after returning from abroad.
Song Meiling's mother was Ni Guizhen, and Ni Guizhen's family was also a big man with a head and a face at that time. Later, after Song Jiashu and Ni Guizhen got married, Song Jiashu started a business in Shanghai with the help of Ni Guizhen, and it also flourished later.
Five-year-old Soong Meiling was sent by her parents to a Christian school where Western education was practiced. Later, Song Meiling went abroad to study with her sister Song Qingling, and she stayed in the United States for many years.
After years of living in the United States, she could only speak English when she returned to China, and her father was angry that she had forgotten her roots, and then hired her a private school to teach her Chinese.
Song Meiling is the youngest daughter in the family, and everyone spoils her very much, so when Song Meiling returned to China, her sister quickly took Song Meiling to the banquet, because she is young and beautiful, and good at socializing, so she quickly became the focus of the banquet and was also sought after by upper-class men.
And her encounter with Chiang Kai-shek was also at a banquet.
At first, Song Meiling's sister Song Qingling married Sun Yat-sen despite the family's opposition, and later the Song family also took advantage of Sun Yat-sen's power to live prosperously in Shanghai. At that time, Song Meiling's brother Song Ziwen held a banquet on Sun Yat-sen's territory and invited many dignitaries.
And Chiang Kai-shek, as Sun Yat-sen's right-hand man, of course, was also invited, it was at this banquet that Chiang Kai-shek fell in love with Soong Meiling at first sight, when Soong Meiling had just returned from the United States, with an extraordinary temperament, and she was still standing next to Sun Yat-sen's wife Soong Qingling, making Chiang Kai-shek realize that her identity was not simple.
Later, after Song Qingling's introduction, the two officially met. Not long after the banquet, Chiang Kai-shek confessed to her, but was opposed by Soong Ching-ling, and the two had to give up.
Later, the two met again, Chiang Kai-shek pursued Song Meiling again, Song Qingling still did not agree to the two dating, but Chiang Kai-shek curried favor with his eldest sister Song Ailing behind his back, and Song Ailing was very satisfied with this brother-in-law, so he took the initiative to match the two.
Finally, Soong Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek married on December 1, 1927.
Although Chiang Kai-shek also has plans to benefit from Soong Meiling's love, he fancy the Song Kong family behind Soong Meiling, these two families have great power and can provide a lot of help for his political career in the future, but he also loves Soong Meiling very much after marriage, and she will give whatever she wants.
Song Meiling's extravagance and waste
After Soong Meiling and Chiang Kai-shek got married, life became extravagant, and according to the staff around her, Soong Meiling had to change eight sets of silk sheets a day. Even if you only go to bed for a few minutes, you need to change pillowcases, sheets and quilts immediately, which can be changed frequently about 5 to 8 times a day, which is indeed too extravagant and wasteful.
Song Meiling also has a master who specializes in making cheongsam, according to the qipao master's recollection, since making a cheongsam for Song Meiling, she can only rest for three days a year for the New Year, and the rest of the time is making cheongsam for Song Meiling.
So why is Song Meiling's cheongsam consumed so quickly?
Because Song Meiling's standards for wearing cheongsam are extremely harsh, as long as the cheongsam touches water stains, or a little dirt on a rainy day, she must immediately change it, and a cheongsam is not worn several times, so it is so wasteful.
In order to wear a good-looking cheongsam, Song Meiling even used a military plane to transport the cheongsam, which was an abuse of her rights.
Some people even wanted to please her, and sent her a steady stream of good fabric, so that the fabric was piled up.
Even when she went to the United States to give a speech, she prepared dozens of cheongsam.
Moreover, Song Meiling's trip is also very grand, according to her personal bodyguard officer later revealed to outsiders: "Every time the old lady (Song Meiling) travels, she will always keep the guards and the personnel of the internal affairs department of the official residence busy to the point that people are on their backs... Her outings are almost comparable to the grandeur of the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. ”
Even if it is just a normal outing, Song Meiling will engage in some "car and horse hustle and bustle" posture. In her entourage, there are often multiple vehicles, and sometimes even police cars are closely protected. It can be said that Song Meiling's car trip is impressive.
Moreover, such a high-profile travel method also brings a lot of inconvenience, such as increasing safety risks on the road, wasting a lot of time and material resources, etc.
At that time, China was worried about internal and external troubles, and many people could not afford to eat, but Song Meiling was extremely extravagant. She wants everyone to think of her, and the only impression is the mysterious "noble lady".
Later, in 1943, Soong Meiling went to the United States to seek American assistance for China's anti-Japanese resistance, and she began a speech in the United States, but this seemingly beautiful speech ended dismally.
Song Meiling went to the United States
During Song Meiling's speech in the United States, she was dressed up and extravagant, and her cheongsam set off her elegant manners. Her speech was also very addictive, and after the speech, the applause of the US Congress continued to flow, and they were crying by Song Meiling's speech.
But soon they discovered Song Meiling's "fatal" problem.
Song Meiling lived in the White House at Rothf's invitation, she brought more than a dozen boxes of clothes, had to change new ones every day, and changed expensive silk sheets several times a day, Roosevelt soon began to hate sending Meiling.
Later, there was a strike in a coal mine in the United States, and Roosevelt decided to use this incident to test Soong Meiling, saying that if it was her, how would she deal with the strike?
Who knew that Song Meiling did not answer, but directly made a finger across the neck, meaning to kill completely.
Roosevelt was shocked at the time, he felt that his previous thinking seemed to be wrong, and this "first lady" was not as good as he imagined.
Later, Mrs. Roosevelt publicly said that Soong Meiling knew how to express democracy through speeches, but knew nothing about how to implement it. Song Meiling embraces democracy and freedom on the surface, but in fact believes in dictatorship.
Then there was an American report that completely collapsed Soong Meiling's personality.
Soong Meiling lived a luxurious life in the United States, at a time when China was at war, and even a great famine in Henan, displacing many people. When Americans saw this report comparing it with Soong Meiling's current life, they recognized the true face of the Kuomintang's corruption, incompetence and cruelty.
At the beginning, Song Meiling wanted the newspaper to fire the reporter who published the article, but this time no one stood by her side. She completely lost her status in the United States, after which she returned home in ashes.
summary
The first unsuccessful visit to the United States did not make Soong Meiling die, and after the situation of the Kuomintang-Communist War gradually became clear in 1948, Soong Meiling went to the United States again to seek help from the United States. When she arrived at the airport, she felt the indifference of the United States, and unlike her first room visit, there was no one to pick her up at the airport, and the media did not pay much attention to her.
She did not seek help in the United States, and by the time she returned to China again, Chiang Kai-shek had been forced to Taiwan, and then Soong Meiling also returned to Taiwan.
Song Meiling is not as beautiful as she looks, she is extravagant, wasteful, and does not care about the people's suffering.