"Every day I pray to God and grant me these three wishes."
"First, I want you to be my wife, and second, I must win the trust of our leader Sun Yat-sen in order to become him in the future. Heirs to China. Third, to become China’s only military leader, and to unify the whole of China under one central government."
From the second wish, readers may be able to see that this is promised. The three wishing people were Chiang Kai-shek, who was still an unknown person in the Kuomintang back then. When he said this, the person opposite must also be a woman.
This he really hopes to be his wife, and even listed her as a woman of the same level of his desire to "be the heir of Sun Yat-sen" and "become China's only military leader", is not the later Mrs. Jiang Song Meiling we know , But Chen Jieru.
Picture|Chen Jieru
These three wishes of Chiang Kai-shek when he was young were recorded by Chen Jie-ru in her memoir "I have been Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek for seven years".
This book was published in 1996. At this time, Chen Jieru had passed away for 25 years and Chiang Kai-shek had passed away for 21 years. Soong Meiling, the third important figure in the book, was already 98 years old.
In fact, this memoir was written in 1963, and the reason why the two protagonists in the story were published after more than 20 years ago is that was because the Kuomintang veteran Chen Lifu wrote to Chen Jieru , Begging her not to publish her memoir:
"I beg you not to publish your memoir. Over the years, your sacrifice and silence for the reunification of China have made you a great person and a loyal citizen. ,But if you publish this book. It will only hurt the Kuomintang, so I hope you stay silent, as always. "
Figure|Chen Lifu
Because of this kind of moral and power pressure, Chen Jieru was forced to silence, as she has done for so many years, as she wrote in her later years Chiang Kai-shek’s letter is the same: "For many years, my grievances are only known to the emperor, but in order to maintain the honor of the emperor and other countries, I have endured the greatest self-sacrifice..."
Chen Jieru still loved Chiang Kai-shek.
But if she knew that another woman would appear after the two married for seven years, and her appearance caused her to spend the rest of her life alone, would she regret choosing to marry back then? Where is Chiang Kai-shek?
In Chen Jieru’s memoirs, it is recorded that Song Ailing, the eldest sister of the Song family’s three sisters, had a "Jiujiang Secret Talk" with Chiang Kai-shek.
According to the book, Song Ailing came to Jiujiang by boat at the time, in order to avoid When meeting with Chen Jieru, she did not get off the ship, but sent someone to invite Chiang Kai-shek to the ship. The two spied on the ship for about four hours.
Figure|Song Ai Ling
Chiang Kai-shek went home after a secret talk and told the content of the conversation. All told Chen Jieru.
The reason why Chiang Kai-shek wanted to do this was that one of the conditions for supporting Chiang Kai-shek proposed by Song Ailing was related to Chen Jie-ru-she asked Chiang Kai-shek to marry his sister Song Meiling.
Chiang Kai-shek said to Chen Jieru: "I have nowhere to go now, now I have to ask you to help me... True love is measured by the degree to which a person is willing to sacrifice. _Span7span
Chiang Kai-shek put forward the conditions for Chen Jieru to "give in for five years",And repeatedly emphasized that "this is just a political marriage."
Chen Jieru’s memoirs did not mention the time when the "Jiujiang Secret Talks" took place, but some people have verified that this happened a period of time after the Kuomintang’s "Dispute over moving the capital" broke out in 1927. The specific time was in 1927. From January 3rd to March 19th.
Picture|Old photos of Song Ailing
In the personal archives of Chiang Kai-shek published in Taipei in 2003, the name of Song Ailing appeared in the record of one day on March 18, 1927. She wrote: "Ms. Kong Song From Xun to Han, I urged Minister Song to raise two million yuan..."
This record is sufficient to prove that Song Ailing and Chiang Kai-shek had reached a certain deal before March 18, and the Song family would provide Chiang Kai-shek with a large amount of money. Financial assistance.
In 1927, Chen Jieru was 21 years old. Although she was no longer a girl in the cardamom years, she was still a girl with a bit of innocence and yearning for love. She believed Jiang Jieshi's words and decided to make sacrifices for her love.
Before sending her to the United States, Chiang Kai-shek also made another oath:
"I promised to resume my husband and wife relationship with Jieru after 5 years from this year. If I break my vow, let the Buddha punish me and me. The Nanjing government, if I fail to fulfill my obligations to her within 10 or 20 years, let the Buddha destroy my government and exile me forever.”
Figure|In the 1920s, Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru
The romance of the mountain alliance and eachother is a very romantic thing for young girls who have not had much contact with the world. Chen Jieru obediently boarded the ship to the United States and left the mainland of the motherland on August 19, 1927.
When the ship arrived in Kobe, Japan, Japanese newspapers also reported that "Mrs. Jiang took a turn to visit the United States."
However, Chiang Kai-shek personally denied the statement of "Mrs. Jiang".
When Chen Jieru's ship was still sailing in the Pacific Ocean, Shanghai’s major newspapers published an "Announcement of Chiang Kai-shek" at almost the same time. This announcement was specially sent by Chiang Kai-shek to "clarify" his marital status. of.
Only the "original partner Mao Clan" was admitted. Yao Zhicheng and Chen Jieru were collectively referred to as "the other two clan" with explanation: "has no marriage contract, and is now separated from Zhongzheng".
Picture|Chen Jieru
Chen Jieru on the ship heard the full text of "Jiang Zhongzheng's Announcement" via radio broadcast, and immediately burst into tears. Although she is naive, she is not stupid.
She knew well that if it was just a "political marriage" with a five-year period, Jiang Jieshi would never say "there is no marriage contract" or "disengagement" so resolutely.
Since the solemnly published notice explaining his marital status, there is a high probability that he will seriously marry Soong Meiling. The "five-year agreement" between the two is absolutely impossible to count.
Chen Jieru, who lost his love, tried to commit suicide by jumping into the sea several times on the boat, but was persuaded by the escort.
What Chen Jieru didn't realize at the time was that the four words "No marriage contract" did harm to her not only that she would never be able to return to Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru
One day in 1941, when Chen Jieru and Song Meiling were in a "head-to-head confrontation" at the Chongqing Songlinpo Mansion, Song Meiling once accused her of being "Span6span".
Although Chen Jie-ru came first from the order of coming to Chiang Kai-shek, she did not have the confidence to be a “right room”. It is because of the four words Chiang Kai-shek that “there is no marriage contract” that made her existence change. The name is not right.
In the love story of Chiang and Song, Chiang Kai-shek spared no effort when he first pursued Soong Meiling. This is why many people know that there are too many political factors in their marriage. Still willing to believe that Chiang Kai-shek has love for Song Meiling.
Actually, he paid no less in the process of pursuing Chen Jieru.
In 1919, 13-year-old Chen Jieru met 32-year-old Chiang Kai-shek at the home of his friend Zhu Yimin, who was also the wife of Zhang Jingjiang, a great Shanghai chaebol.
Picture|Chen Jieru and his friend Zhu Yimin
Chiang Kai-shek is 19 years old from her, which is an age that can be called "uncle" for most people. But Chiang Kai-shek fell in love with this little girl at first sight.
At that time, Chen Jieru did not have a big name, only a nickname called "Afeng".
Although she is only 13 years old, she developed very early, and she is already tall and plump, and looks like an adult girl. This may be why she suddenly attracted Chiang Kai-shek's attention.
From the first meeting, Chiang Kai-shek has been chasing Chen Jieru. Although the Chen family is not a big family, it is not an ordinary small family. At least it has the conditions to send his daughter to the Patriotic Girls' School in Shanghai.
At that time, Chiang Kai-shek was just an ordinary general in the Kuomintang. He had an age difference of nearly 20 years with her. The Chen family’s parents never agreed. Strong5strong was still young and Chiang Kai-shek already had a concubine. Waiting for reasons, rejected his pursuit.
Figure|Old photos of Shanghai Patriotic Girls' School
There are unexpected events in the day.In the autumn of 1912, Chen Jieru's father died of a heart attack, and the pillar of the family collapsed instantly.
Just when the life of the Chen family's mother and daughter lost support, Chiang Kai-shek saw this opportunity and asked Zhang Jingjiang and his wife to come forward and ask for help. Chen's mother agreed to Chiang Kai-shek's proposal this time.
On December 5, 1921, the two held a wedding ceremony. The witness was Zhang Jingjiang and the officiant was Dai Jitao. The wedding was quite grand and grand at the time.
The name "Jie Ru" was given to her by Chiang Kai-shek when she was engaged. It means "pure and refined". This is Chiang Kai-shek's first impression of her, and it is also the impression of many people on her since then.
Speaking of which, Chen Jie is a bit "Wantfu".
Picture|Sun Yat-sen
Soon after Chen Jie-ru and Chiang Kai-shek were newly married, Jiang called Sun Yat-sen’s family to go south to Guangzhou until the eve of the victory of the Northern Expedition in 1927, Chiang Kai-shek’s office was promoted all the way and served as Guangdong. Senior general of the army, president of the Whampoa Military Academy, also once led the commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Army.
During this process, Chen Jieru was always by his side.
Someone once compared Chen Jieru and Song Meiling, who believed that Song Meiling was born in a famous family and studied abroad for many years. Chen Jieru is far inferior in terms of academic and social skills.
This is not a pure fact. Chen Jieru did only go to middle school and did not stay in school, but her English is also very good, and it is easy to cope with various social occasions. This has deeply made Chiang Kai-shek proud.
Picture|Chen Jieru
The promotion of the official position made Chiang Kai-shek's ambitions expand. Among the three wishes he made back then, marrying Chen Jieru as his wife has already been achieved. His life and work are increasingly focused on fulfilling the latter two wishes.That is to inherit the position of Sun Yat-sen and unify the whole of China.
But to achieve these two things, requires not only outstanding abilities, but more importantly, connections and money.
His background is not very good, and Chen Jieru’s background is not very high. The best way for Chiang Kai-shek who is already quite young to get contacts and a lot of money quickly is through marriage.
The marriage partner is Sun Yat-sen's wife and sister Song Meiling. Chiang Kai-shek first saw Song Meiling and began to pursue Song Meiling in 1922, the second year after he married Chen Jieru.
Soong Meiling had just returned from studying abroad, and she had a little problem communicating with people in Chinese. But she was young and beautiful, with a good background, and half of Chiang Kai-shek's heart was fascinated by her.
Picture|Song Meiling
In their wedding speeches, he once wrote: "The first time I met Ms. Song, this happened to be the feeling of Yu's ideal couple."
said "half a heart" because there is still half a heart still on Chen Jieru's body.
In the years from meeting Song Meiling to deciding to marry her, it was not Chen Jieru that prevented them from being together, but the second sister of the Song family and Sun Yat-sen's wife Song Qingling.
During this period of time, Chen Jieshi accompanied Chiang Kai-shek through the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, and Chiang Kai-shek has always loved her very much. The two also adopted a child named "Yaoguang".
If it were not for the death of Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek might not have made up his mind to send Chen Jieru away and marry Song Meiling.
Figure|Song Ching Ling
According to the records in the "Biography of Song Mei Ling",After Sun Yat-sen's death, a battle for leadership broke out within the Kuomintang, and Chiang Kai-shek ranked last among all contenders.
According to Chen Jieru, Chiang Kai-shek stood at the “bottom of the power ladder” and was only ranked seventh among the leaders at the time. The first place was the later traitor Wang Jingwei.
Such a "ranking" can never satisfy the ambitious Chiang Kai-shek, he is eager to go further.
But it is difficult to go further. Wang Jingwei has the support of his wife Chen Bijun, the daughter of Nanyang rich Chen Gengji.
The wife of Hu Hanmin, ranked second, is the sister of Chen Rong, the Kuomintang politician, and Liao Zhongkai, ranked third, is the Minister of Finance of the Kuomintang, and his wife He Xiangning is one of the heroes in the establishment of the Republic of China.
Picture|Hu Hanmin
After finding this "commonality", Chiang Kai-shek desperately needed a wife with a strong family. Soong Meiling, who he has been pursuing for 6 years, is the best choice.
For the sake of official career, he agreed to the conditions of the Song family and sent Chen Jieru to the United States far away to prevent her from "obtrusive".
On December 1, 1927, Jiang and Song were formally married. The witness was Cai Yuanpei. Soong Ching Ling, who firmly opposes the two being together, once said that the combination of the two "has no love at the beginning".
For Soong Meiling, she once wanted to marry a Dutch person she likes. After no results, she made up her mind to marry a "person with power and prestige", and Chiang Kai-shek just met this need .
For Chiang Kai-shek, even though he has been chasing Soong Meiling for 6 years,But on the one hand, he still has a beautiful woman with him in the past six years, and on the other hand, his political needs are also obvious.
Picture|Jiang Jieshi and Song Meiling's wedding photo
He admires Song Meiling's beauty and talents, but perhaps he hasn't talked about "love" yet. The author here is more willing to believe that Chiang Kai-shek's pursuit of Soong Meiling is the same as that of Chen Jieru back then, because it is only because of lust.
No one can deny that Chiang Kai-shek is lustful. The reason why his children are only two of his original counterparts is because he was once addicted to Shanghai’s Huajie Liuxiang in 1911, and he was infected with venereal diseases many times. Fertility.
The second woman he publicly admitted, Yao Zhicheng, was a waitress in a brothel in Shanghai.
Chiang Kai-shek’s love for Chen Jie-ru, many people interpret it as "love", and some people comment on Chen Jie-ru as "Chiang Jieshi’s white moonlight", . It is an equal and respectful "love".
When Chen Jieru was 13 years old, Chiang Kai-shek tricked her into a small hotel and tried to rape her. After marriage, Chiang Kai-shek also infected her with gonorrhea. This is not like something a loved one can do.
Picture|Song Ching Ling
Soong Ching Ling once said: "Without Meiling, Chiang Kai-shek will get worse."
This sentence is not unreasonable. Among Jiang Jieshi’s previous wives, Song Meiling’s background is the highest. Her family and backstage are quite hard. She herself is also very good, , so the marriage between her and Chiang Kai-shek is equal.
After the two quarreled, Chiang Kai-shek often compromised with Song Meiling; and Song Meiling asked Chiang Kai-shek to make changes,Chiang Kai-shek also often showed obvious corrective attitudes.
At this time, Chen Jieru, who had been sent to the United States by Chiang Kai-shek far away, did not indulge in it and forget himself after the initial pain.
During the more than 5 years of studying in the United States, she studied English as an assiduous student. She also studied beekeeping and gardening, and received a master's degree from Columbia University's School of Education. During this period, Chen Jieru has made up his mind to never marry anymore in this life.
Picture|Recent photos of Columbia University School of Education
Never marry again but cannot erase the past feelings.
In 1933, Chen Jieru returned to Shanghai and changed his adopted daughter Yaoguang from her mother's surname. She once wrote several letters to Chiang Kai-shek. Although Chiang Kai-shek did not reply, he sent someone to send her tens of thousands of dollars.
Although Jiang Jingguo has been told by his father "You only have one mother" many times, still remembers the "Shanghai mother" who is very good to him, and has brought his wife to visit her many times.
After the fall of Shanghai in 1937, Chen Jieru, who lived in the French Concession, became more cautious.
Unfortunately, she just ran into Chen Bijun, the wife of Wang Jingwei who had become a traitor, , and she strongly invited Chen Mingru to "repay the revenge of Chiang Kai-shek's abandonment".
Picture|Chen Bijun
Chen Jieru may not want to take revenge, but she understands the truth and knows she will never join the Japanese camp, so she politely declined Chen Bijun. In order to avoid being entangled by the Japanese, she secretly absconded to Chongqing and lived in Wu Zhongxin's mansion.
This place is not far from Chiang Kai-shek's official residence. After Chiang Kai-shek learned about it, he inspired his inner "old love" and went to Wu's residence many times to meet with Chen Jie-like.
But he forgot that his current wife Song Meiling is not easy to follow.Nor is she a naive girl like Chen Jieru back then, she is also a shrewd and mature politician.
Chiang Kai-shek thought that it was arranged properly. In fact, Soong Meiling knew clearly about the rendezvous with Chen Jieru, but she was inspecting in Kunming at that time and could not handle it personally.
After the Kunming inspection tour, Song Meiling returned to Chongqing in secret. The first thing did was to find Chen Jieru to "settle the accounts".
Picture|Song Meiling
As mentioned above, Song Meiling made a noise in Wu Mansion and accused Chen Jie of being a "third party." Chen Jieru was not a temperament to be squeezed, and immediately retorted that Song Meiling was the junior in terms of chronology.
However, Soong Meiling is after all the "madam" recognized by Chiang Kai-shek, and Chen Jieru is just a passer-by who "has no marriage contract". does not have the identity of the former "Mrs. Jiang", and Chen Jieru did not have the upper hand in the confrontation with Song Meiling.
It is said that Song Meiling once had a fight with Chiang Kai-shek because of this. Some people said that Chiang Kai-shek was slapped in the face, and some said that even his face was scratched.
There was a lot of trouble in this matter, and Chiang Kai-shek was unable to receive foreign guests for several days.
It can be seen that the two are really angry because Song Meiling went to the United States for recuperation and visit in November 1942.
Picture|Chiang Jieshi
After she left, the story of Chiang Kai-shek and "Miss Chen" was circulated for a while in the KMT, which shows that the two had not separated at the time. It wasn't until Song Meiling returned to Chongqing half a year later that she was completely separated.
In 1949, the Kuomintang withdrew from the mainland, while Chen Jieru stayed in his own land-Shanghai.
This decision was respected and welcomed by Shanghai. She was elected as a member of the Luwan District CPPCC.Every month can receive two hundred yuan of living allowance.
Later, due to political reasons, Chen Jieru felt more and more pressure. In 1962, she made a request to immigrate to Hong Kong. The request of was supported by Premier Zhou. Premier Zhou also promised her "freedom to come and go."
When she went to Hong Kong, Chen Jie was alone because her daughter was already married.
Picture|Prime Minister Zhou
Chen Jieru, who arrived in Hong Kong, seemed to "break away" from the past. She changed the name given by Chiang Kai-shek, called herself "Chen Lu", and once again lived in seclusion behind closed doors. life.
Jiang's father and son once sent her a huge sum of 100,000 U.S. dollars to buy her a building on Prince Edward Road in Kowloon, but she insisted not to live in, only to collect rent.
Chiang Kai-shek once wrote her a letter in 1962, Chen Jieru did not reply this time.
Two years later, the New York publishing world revealed that she was about to publish about 450 pages of English manuscripts narrating the story of cohabiting with Chiang Kai-shek.
Soon after the news came out, Wu Shangying, who was once a Kuomintang politician, published an article in the "World Journal" and announced the situation of Chiang Kai-shek's family members he knew. Strong5strong also called Chen Jieru a "concubine". The relationship after the wedding is called "cohabitation relationship."
Figure | Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei Ling
This is not Wu Shangying's deliberate humiliation, but Chiang Kai-shek's "Announcement" back then, which made it clear.
The Taiwanese side responded immediately, and immediately formulated two plans for "wen" and "wu" to prevent Chen Jieru from publishing his memoirs. "Wen" is to buy all the copyright, "Wu" is to ask the US government to come forward and ban it.
According to the telegrams of the "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" of the Taiwan authorities at that time, both the Chiang family and his son were involved in the handling of the matter. Chiang Kai-shek's diary referred to the matter as: "There is a woman who wants to go out in the United States." The book, what I did to slander my family..."
The former lover, now the title has become "a certain woman".
Chen Jieru wrote his memoirs not to "slander" Chiang Kai-shek, but to make some money to see a doctor for his adopted daughter.
Picture|Chen Lifu
Later Jiang Jiatuo Chen Lifu gave her 150,000 US dollars, Chen Jieru handed over the manuscript, a new poem by Chiang Kai-shek called "Untitled", and between the two Some love letters.
All these were burned by Chen Lifu.
But Chen Jieru, who is no longer a naive girl, left a manuscript and is now collected by the Hoover Archives in the United States.
The book "I have been Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek for seven years" has been proven to contain a lot of content compiled by the knife hunter Li Shimin, , but the key node of the emotional experience between Chen Jieru and Chiang Kai-shek should be true.
Throughout Chen Jieru’s life, she was originally an ordinary Shanghai girl. Because Chiang Kai-shek fell in love with her at first sight and changed her life trajectory, she became famous and lost the normal marriage and family she could have originally. After the betrayal, there is no alternative.
Picture|Chen Jieru
Her body was finally discovered by a girlfriend who came to visit her. At that time, she had died alone in the home.
The loneliness when she died, seems to be a true portrayal of most of her life, and all of this,It was brought by Chiang Kai-shek's thoughts.
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