Why did the name of the five-year-old Chiang Wei-kuo appear in the urgent telegram as the code name for sun yat-sen's contact with Chiang Kai-shek?

Jiang Weiguo

The twilight at the Whampoa Military Academy is quiet. The noise of the day gradually recedes with the heat of the summer, and the cool breeze drifts from the slowly flowing Pearl River. The auditorium of the military academy is brightly lit. The young non-commissioned officers, sitting in their seats, had a smile of relief that was usually rarely seen on their faces.

Chiang Kai-shek, the principal of the military academy, was sitting on the rostrum, all dressed in military uniform.

After a military trumpet disappeared into the night sky, a lean teenager dressed in a small military uniform, with his head held high, stepped onto the rostrum. General Garon, a tall Soviet military adviser, followed closely behind, came to the stage and delivered a speech to the cadets: "Gentlemen, I have invited you here, not as a military adviser or to discuss military affairs with you, but as an ordinary Soviet soldier, to express my beautiful feelings to General Chiang Kai-shek's second son, Jiang Weiguo. Jiang Weiguo joined his father in the revolutionary crucible at the age of nine, and with this small pistol, I wish him to become a real revolutionary soldier. ”

Amid the applause of the trainees, He Yingqin took the revolver from General Garren's hand, and then bent down to hold it in front of Jiang Weiguo, who was performing the salute and took the pistol that was quite heavy for him with both hands...

Jiang Weiguo grew up without a mother, and after being born in Shanghai, he successively fostered relatives in the family. In 1924, Chen Jieru, who had been married to Chiang Kai-shek in Shanghai three years earlier, was brought to the Whampoa Military Academy in Guangzhou. According to the recollections of Song Xilian, Sun Yuanliang and others, every evening, Chiang Kai-shek often walked hand in hand with Chen Jieru on the campus, and sometimes led Jiang Weiguo on a trip. For several months, the military life here has made nine-year-old Jiang Weiguo feel new and excited. General Garren was invited here as a military adviser, and in a foreign country, he often missed his son, and he was particularly fond of Jiang Weiguo. In addition, at that time, Chiang Kai-shek was also deeply respected by General Garren, so he had the act of awarding guns.

Jiang Weiguo has a unique experience and legendary color in the Chiang family. As early as the age of five, his name was written into the telegram of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, which later became an important source in the archives of the Republic of China.

It was June 1922, when Chen Jiongming, a warlord disguised as a revolution, suddenly rebelled against the revolution, gathered his troops, pointed his guns at Sun Yat-sen, and shelled the Presidential Palace in Yuewanglou, Guanyin Mountain, Guangzhou. The situation was extremely sinister. On June 16, the Presidential Palace Guards fought a bloody battle, and Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Soong Ching Ling escaped safely and came to Huangpu Island. In order to discuss the revolutionary plan, Dr. Sun Yat-sen immediately sent an urgent telegram to Chiang Kai-shek, who was living in Fenghua's hometown. The cable read: "Mr. Jiang Weiguo, No. 10 Yinxian Bridge on the north bank of the Ningbo River, is in a hurry and is looking forward to coming quickly." Sun Wen, Qiao. ”

At that time, Jiang Weiguo was only five years old and was being raised by Chiang Kai-shek's concubine Yao Yecheng. This Yao Yecheng was a great beauty of Tianjin Wei, and after Chiang Kai-shek got his hands on it, he became his semi-public family member, and the people called Yao Yecheng the "second wife". Jiang Weiguo was cared for by her and studied at the Fenghua County Kindergarten.

The name of the five-year-old Chiang Weiguo became the code name of the connection between Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek, which on the one hand shows that Chiang Kai-shek loved him for ten minutes, and on the other hand, it also shows that Dr. Sun Yat-sen also had a deep impression of Chiang Wei-kuo.

Later, Jiang Weiguo lived with Chiang Kai-shek in the military. When the weather was cold, Chiang Kai-shek and Jiang Weiguo huddled on the camp bed. Once, Jiang Weiguo slept on the ground all night, and when he woke up, his body was numb, his lips were purple, and his hands and feet were cold, Chiang Kai-shek immediately pinched his cheeks and broke his hands and feet. In 1925, Chiang Kai-shek became the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army and swore to teach the Northern Expedition. The eldest Chiang Ching-kuo bid farewell to his homeland to study in the Soviet Union, Jiang Weiguo accompanied his father to fight on the battlefield, and the brothers began different experiences.

At the beginning of the Northern Expedition, Chiang Kai-shek took a train from Guangzhou to the north, and before the expedition, Dai Jitao and other officials and gentry from all walks of life gathered at the station to send them off. Chiang Kai-shek's wife, Chen Jieru, took Jiang Weiguo by the hand and packed up for him with tears. That Jiang Weiguo was only 10 years old, but like a real soldier, the military uniform was slightly fat, the leather belt was also loose, and the revolver given by General Garren was worn at the waist, which was somewhat disproportionate. At that time, the American "Time" magazine reported: "Chiang Kai-shek brought his son out on a campaign, and his son Jiang Weiguo, now 10 years old, accompanied him and went in and out of the smoke and bullets with his father." ”

——Excerpt from "Celebrity Portrait", published by Nanhai Publishing Company

Author: Wang Zhaoqian

Editor: Zhou Yiqian