<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > [He is the president of Peking University, second only to Cai Yuanpei in contribution, but in his later years he was expelled from Peking University by teachers and students</h1>].
In 1944, the devastation of mountains and rivers and the smoke of gunfire gradually extinguished.
The Southwest United University, which has been sticking to the border of Kunming for nearly 8 years, is about to usher in the dissolution of the three universities, and the presidents of the three universities of Tsinghua, Peking University and Nankai are also ready to return and reorganize their own styles.
However, at this moment, the North masters and students who were about to return to the north set off a huge "inverted Jiang Yinghu" movement, that is, to expel Jiang Menglin, the president of Peking University, and hoped that Hu Shi, who was far away in the United States, would return to Peking University and take up the position of president.
Who is Jiang Menglin, president of Peking University?
He is a late Qing Dynasty Xiucai, a doctorate from Columbia University, the first Minister of Education of the Nationalist Government, and the longest-serving president of Peking University.
In the arduous and outstanding eight-year War of Resistance, it was Jiang Menglin, Tsinghua Mei Yiqi, Nankai Zhang Boling and others who protected the cultural fire and crossed the South Kunming to the borderlands, which contributed to the birth of the legendary southwest United University.
As a famous educator in modern times, his outstanding contributions to Peking University are second only to Cai Yuanpei.
Therefore, this movement of the North masters and students shocked the Ministry of National Education, and also shocked Hu Shi, who was far away in the United States.
Hu Shi felt that the main reason for the "overthrow of Chiang Kai-shek" movement of the Masters and Students of The Great Master was that Jiang Menglin accepted the post of secretary general of the Executive Yuan, violating the declaration that "university presidents may not concurrently serve as administrative officials" made by himself during his tenure as minister of education.
As a close friend of Jiang Menglin, he hastily called Fu Sinian, the representative of the North Master and Student, saying:
Peking University must not be without Jiang Gong! Jiang Menglin's recruitment for the government is only temporary, and once the time is ripe, he will return to the education sector.
But how could Hu Shi have thought:
Jiang Menglin's choice to "learn and excel" is only an objective factor; what really ignited this movement was actually Jiang Menglin's marriage.
Speaking of which, it is also dramatic.
In order to participate in Jiang Menglin's marriage, Hu Shi, who was locked at home by his wife Jiang Dongxiu, jumped out of the window and fled in spite of wen's dignity.
At the wedding banquet, the guests looked at each other and could not hide their envy, but hu Shi, who called the marriage "a symbol of the change of the times." ”
Think about it carefully, Jiang Menglin's life is also because of this wedding, and it has been full of dramatic twists and turns since then.
It is called: the sinking of feathers, the group of light folding shafts.
A series of confused choices eventually created his discredit and bleak old age.
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During the Republic of China period, old and new cultures alternated.
Man's fate is swirling in the torrent of the times, mixed with the double notches of time and times.
The marriage of a cultural celebrity was a source of attention at the time, but there were two distinct choices:
One is to adhere to free love like Lu Xun; the other is to implement the arranged marriage of traditional dogma like Hu Shi.
Jiang Menglin's marriage is similar to that of his friend Hu Shi: he strives to promote a new culture and is also shackled by the feudal system.
They are all American doctors and professors at Peking University who have endured arranged marriages.
But unlike Jiang Dongxiu's spicy, Jiang Menglin originally matched Sun Yushu with a meek personality, married into the Jiang family for many years, and gave birth to three sons and a daughter; the two lived happily.
Until Jiang Menglin met a woman named Tao Zenggu, his marriage changed dramatically.
Tao Zenggu was originally the wife of Jiang Menglin's friend Gao Renshan; within a few years of marriage, her husband Gao Renshan was unfortunately killed in a scuffle against the warlords, leaving behind his young children.
In order to let the children grow up safely, Tao Zenggu had to send his children back to his hometown to take care of his grandfather and grandmother; because he was highly educated, he was arranged by his friend Jiang Menglin to work as a secretary.
Unexpectedly, as the two got along day and night, Jiang Menglin, who already had both children, felt that Tao Zenggu was the wife he wanted to marry.
Although the original Sun Yushu was reluctant, he could only swallow tears and silently accepted Jiang Menglin's divorce request.
Friends and wives, do not be deceived! This is the self-cultivation principle of the ancient gentleman.
Jiang Menglin, who is obsessed with love, disregarded his social reputation and personally turned his marriage into a ridiculous talk.
On the evening of June 18, 1932, Peking University President Jiang Menglin and Tao Zenggu held a wedding ceremony at the German Hotel.
Hu Shi's wife, Jiang Dongxiu, thought that Jiang Menglin had moral problems, so she locked Hu Shi at home, locked the gate, and forbade Hu Shi to act as a witness to Jiang Tao's marriage.
Hu Shi, who has always been afraid of his wife, also hardened once that day.
Taking advantage of Jiang Dongxiu's cooking in the kitchen, he disregarded his literary dignity and directly jumped out of the back window to escape and went to the German hotel to witness the marriage.
Unlike the guests who looked at each other, Hu Shi joyfully emphasized in his speech that he admired Jiang Menglin's "bravery" and praised the wedding as "a symbol of the change of the times".
If jiang Dongxiu heard this remark, he was afraid that it would be a storm waiting for him.
At the wedding, Jiang Menglin did not shy away from suspicion at all, saying that shocking remark:
"In my life, I love Brother Gao Renshan the most, so I am willing to continue his volunteer work in education, and because I love Brother Gao, I love the people he loved more, and I must love her doubly, so that I can be worthy of my deceased friend."
Marrying an old friend's widow for "duty"? This vow seems to have a touching tragedy!
Jiang Menglin's private life has left many like-minded friends speechless and had to choose silence.
However, after the marriage, Tao Zenggu's words and deeds made the masters and students of the North feel extremely angry.
She lived in luxury and often interfered in Jiang Menglin's education.
Even during the turbulent and displaced Southwest United University, Tao Zenggu also organized female students of the United Nations University to accompany American officers to dance ballroom dances.
The crowd resented Jiang Menglin's inaction and the adverse effects of Tao Zenggu.
Therefore, on the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Peking University professors' group, which was about to resume the school, launched the "Invert Jiang Yinghu" movement.
The crowd resolutely expressed their position: they opposed Jiang Menglin's re-appointment as president and demanded that the US ambassador to China, Hu Shi, come back to take over the class, and among the participants were even well-known professors such as Jiang's old friends Fu Sinian and Zhou Binglin.
Fu Si Nian later directly pointed out the name in the article:
"Jiang Menglin and Professor Peking University do not have a harmonious relationship, and it is always the contribution of Ms. Tao Zenggu."
In fact, Jiang Menglin's departure is somewhat regrettable.
Since he took charge of the Beibei National Congress in 1931, he has devoted almost all his energy and wisdom to this school; but for the sake of the future of the school and the harmony of his family, Jiang Menglin, who was deeply involved in the storm of public opinion, only chose to quit.
As a result, this huge "inverting Jiang Yinghu" movement can be regarded as the end!
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After the liberation of the whole country, Jiang Menglin took his original daughter Jiang Yanhua, his current wife Tao Zenggu and his children to Taiwan.
In 1958, Tao Zenggu died of illness, Jiang Menglin lived in the home of his daughter and son-in-law for a period of time, originally planning to study to support his life, but in 1959, he met Xu Xianle, a famous lady of the Republic of China who was 22 years younger than him, at the banquet of the Yuanshan Hotel, and set off a storm of marriage.
Although Xu Xianle was well educated, he was extremely addicted to the pleasures of money.
She had a marriage and married Lieutenant General Yang Jie; after learning that Yang Jie was deposed, Xu Xianle immediately left and took some of his property by the way.
After that, she continued to use the title of "famous lady" and changed her boyfriend frequently, but she never found a satisfactory object.
Until he met Jiang Menglin, who was the year of Hua Jia.
Hu Shi, a former witness, learned that Jiang Menglin was going to marry Xu Xianle, who was infamous, even though he was in the hospital, he still hurriedly wrote a "letter of persuasion" to Jiang Menglin.
"The way she (Xu Xianle) treated many boyfriends in the past seventeen or eight years: before talking about marriage, she first asked for a large amount of money, first asked for all the property management rights, and after marriage, she made the man's family 'penniless, and the six relatives did not come to the door.'"
Close friends, but housework is often the hardest to intervene in.
Hu Shi is not ignorant of this truth, so this letter can be said to have been written at the risk of "breaking off friends".
Knowing that Jiang Menglin's attitude was not satisfied, Hu Shi wrote to his friend again:
"If you insist on getting married, ask a lawyer to make a will, clearly distribute the property, and leave one share to Yanhua's brothers and sisters, one share to Zenggu's children, and one share for the use of his future wife." Finally, set aside a share as a "Jiang Menglin Trust Fund" for your own life assistance, no matter who is not allowed to ask. ”
In addition to Hu Shi, a political friend Chen Cheng also called:
"My wife received a call from Mrs. Jiang (Song Meiling), the first lady, and she firmly opposed your marriage to this Miss Xu, and my wife was also opposed, and she asked me to tell you. If you must marry her, then we can't meet later, at least, your wife, we can't meet. ”
Perhaps concerned about Song Meiling's warning, Jiang Menglin chose to postpone.
On July 11, 1961, Jiang Menglin visited Hu Shi in the hospital and said that he would not marry Xu Xianle.
But before Hu Shi could be discharged from the hospital, Jiang Menglin and Xu Xianle held a wedding in Taipei; Hu Shi, who heard the news, was so angry that he lamented for days.
But Jiang Menglin was extremely excited, and he even declared to his friends: "I went to the hospital for a physical examination, and everything is normal."
He thought this was the beginning of his romantic old age, but he didn't know that this twilight love almost killed him!
Not long after getting married, Xu Xianle revealed his true face.
She began to control the financial power of the family, and took control of all of Jiang Menglin's savings in her own hands.
The most excessive thing is that she began to abuse Jiang Menglin in disguise: she only gave Jiang Menglin 20 Taiwan dollars a day for food, and the food was clear and soupy.
Jiang Menglin was not stupid, and had negotiated with Xu Xianle many times; but he had been gentle and elegant all his life, how could he win over this woman with a deep heart?
In order to supplement his own nutrition, Jiang Menglin, who has never loved to socialize, also began to rub rice everywhere; many friends learned the news, and they had nothing to invite him to eat in order to supplement his nutrition.
In 1962, when Jiang Menglin was inspecting work, he accidentally broke his right thigh and was admitted to the hospital.
I thought I could get my wife to take care of me, but Jiang Menglin didn't expect it:
Xu Xianle first forced Jiang Menglin to move to a small ward; the reason was simple: the cost of the large ward was large.
In addition, during Jiang Menglin's recuperation, she also took Jiang Menglin's seal, moved out of her household registration, and attributed all the passbooks and stocks in her family to her own name (even Jiang Menglin's daughter's savings she did not let go), and then moved away from the Jiang family.
Jiang Menglin, who was lying in the hospital, learned that he had been calculated by the pillow person and was so angry that he was unconscious several times.
On January 23, 1963, Jiang Menglin dragged a plaster cast leg and walked out of The Rongmin Hospital alone.
The first thing he did after he was discharged from the hospital was to take Xu Xianle to court, accusing Xu Xianle of "looking good and dangerous, abusing his daughter, needing to be gathered, suspecting the old and the poor..." and filing for divorce.
Xu Xianle is not a good stubble, and has long been prepared:
She held a press conference in her personal name and revealed the love letters, glamorous words, and other relics that Jiang Menglin had given her, in order to prove that Jiang and Xu Yuan were extremely affectionate, and it was only when others provoked dissension that Jiang "went mad" and sent a war letter to herself.
She knows too well that people love face, not to mention cultural and political celebrities like Jiang Menglin! Therefore, this tearing war, no matter what the outcome, will be the beneficiary.
In order to save his face, Jiang Menglin also took it too softly, but he was opened by Xu Xianle's lion!
Just like that: the two men fought a lawsuit in the Taipei court while tearing each other apart in the newspaper, causing a storm in the city.
Even Hong Kong's "Liberty Newspaper" published a poem ridiculing him:
Mr. Wen Dao bears the old alliance, money is heavy and beautiful; Xu Niang's husband and wife taste, from then on Xiao Ran embraced celibacy!
At this time, Jiang Menglin regretted his death, and he once said to the reporter in tears: "Home is the abyss of my pain, I deeply regret not accepting the advice of my former friend Mr. Hu Shizhi, and I am ashamed of my former friend..."
However, the brother who had poured out his heart and lungs for him had long been buried in the ground and could no longer help him.
The sensational divorce case in Taiwan was not mediated until 1964.
Poor Jiang Menglin spent his life doing research, but he paid half a million yuan in alimony to regain his freedom.
Love has made him yearn for it incomparably, and it has pushed him into the abyss several times, and his face has been lost.
Jiang Menglin, who regained his freedom, also spent his body and mind in the lawsuit; 6 months later, he died of illness.
Xu Xianle, who was criticized, lived a pampered life until his death in 2006 at the age of 98.
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Of course, no matter how absurd the marriage is, Jiang Menglin's contribution to Peking University is irreplaceable!
During Cai Yuanpei's tenure as president, Jiang Menglin served as the general secretary of Peking University and acted as president three times.
At this time, it was a warlord scuffle, the student movement was surging, and there was a serious shortage of funds for Peking University; in this adversity, it was he who ran and pleaded in many places, pushing Peking University to continue to move forward in the predicament.
In 1931, after Jiang Menglin took over the appointment of the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China, he officially became the president of Peking University.
At this time, the national crisis was getting deeper and deeper, and the contradictions between China and Japan were becoming more and more acute; it was also he who led the teachers and students of the school to carry out a campaign against Japanese militarism and risked his life to deal with the Japanese to the end.
As a modern educator, he presided over the school administration for 17 years, and his merits were second only to Cai Yuanpei.
It's just a little helpless: two shocking marriages have made this elegant talent a laughingstock step by step, and finally disappeared in the long river of history.
Whether this kind of encounter is fate or disaster, even Jiang Gong himself is difficult to distinguish...
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Author: Chu Shi
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