"Birds miss their old forests, fish miss their old abyss; trees are thousands of feet tall, and their fallen leaves return to their roots." Every living being has a deep attachment to their homeland, and people are no exception, especially the Chinese.

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"Birds miss the old forest, fish miss the old abyss; trees are thousands of feet high, and fallen leaves return to their roots." Every life has a deep attachment to its homeland, and people are no exception, especially the Chinese.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, travel between Taiwan and the mainland was prohibited, resulting in many families being unable to reunite. Some people wait all their lives without being able to meet their loved ones, while some people are lucky enough to wait for the wonderful reunion with cancer cells in their bodies.

Jiang Xiaoyong: "Mr. Qin often talks about Confucius's 'famous' disciples in class"

On October 27, 1948, Chiang Ching-kuo's third son Jiang Xiaoyong was born in a hospital in Shanghai. This child has been smart since he was a child, and behaved particularly well-behaved and sensible in front of his grandfather, Chiang Kai-shek, . Compared with his two brothers, he seems to be more favored by his grandfather and father.

In addition to regarding Jiang Xiaoyong as a "pistachio", Chiang Kai-shek also focused on cultivating him. Chiang Kai-shek once personally taught this little grandson to read.

Picture | Jiang Xiaoyong

Later, Jiang Xiaoyong recalled:

"I was probably in the sixth grade of elementary school at that time. I followed my grandfather to the hotel in Sun Moon Lake , where my grandfather taught me the four books alone, sentence by sentence. He wanted me to Memorize it first, and then explain the meaning of the sentence. "

Chiang Kai-shek always believed that his descendants should study China's inherent traditional culture, such as Yangming's philosophy and the Four Books. However, he was busy with official duties, so it was impossible for him to teach him personally, so when Jiang Xiaoyong was 13 years old, Lao Jiang asked his Chinese secretary Qin Xiaoyi to teach his young grandson "The Analects of Confucius".

Qin Xiaoyi’s local accent is very strong. Jiang Xiaoyong made a joke about this:

"Mr. Qin often talked about Confucius' famous disciples in class. I thought, why do you always mention only famous disciples like Confucius? But I didn't dare to ask more, so I wrote them all down in my notes. What did Confucius say to these "famous" disciples, or what did these "famous" disciples do? It wasn't until the end of the course that I finally understood - Mr. Qin was talking about Confucius's "disciples"

1964! , 16-year-old Jiang Xiaoyong graduated from junior high school and entered the high school attached to the Normal University. After he entered school and listened to a class of "big principles", he immediately went home and told his father that he could not attend this school and that he was going to a military academy.

Therefore, under the arrangement of Jiang Jingguo, Jiang Xiaoyong successfully entered the " Army Officer School Preparatory Class". Chiang Kai-shek was very happy when he heard the news. At that time, Lao Jiang very much hoped that his three grandsons would all develop in the military in the future. However, Jiang Xiaoyong's two older brothers failed to finish the military academy. Therefore, when the younger grandson offered to enter the military academy, Lao Jiang was very happy. .

In the military academy, Jiang Xiaoyong studied very smoothly. Then he became a mid-term Army officer. However, within a year, an accident happened.

Once, during night military training, Jiang Xiaoyong ventured over a ravine and accidentally sprained his foot. After the accident, Jiang Jingguo asked a US military doctor who was experienced in foot and ankle surgery to perform an operation. However, after the operation, Jiang Xiaoyong was still unable to walk normally. After some time, he had to undergo a second operation. During this period, Chiang Kai-shek wrote a letter of condolences.

Yongsun:

... If your foot illness is not cured for a long time, I am afraid that it will be difficult for you to become a healthy soldier. This is actually my biggest worry in half my life... Now that this is the case, I can only listen to the doctor's advice and do whatever it takes to cure your foot illness. All measures must be followed, and no more "acting like a hero" can be forced...

Grandparents

A few months later, Jiang Xiaoyong's foot disease improved, but because he fell behind too many courses in the military school, he had to transfer to the third grade. Studying in the Department of Political Science at National Taiwan University.

In 1972, 24-year-old Jiang Xiaoyong graduated from National Taiwan University. The following year, he married Miss Fang Zhiyi, a girl he had been in love with for many years. After the marriage, the couple lived in Yangmingshan.

After settling down, Jiang Xiaoyong had to face the problem of choosing a career.

Jiang Xiaoyong: "The first is not to be a civil servant; the second is not to be a party worker."

At that time, Jiang Jingguo wanted to support his youngest son to enter politics. However, Jiang Xiaoyong had little interest in politics and wanted to enter the business world and become a boss.

When Jiang Xiaoyong hesitated to express his thoughts, Jiang Jingguo asked: "Why do you want to go into business? If you go into business, wouldn't it be in vain to study politics at National Taiwan University?"

Because of this incident, Jiang Jingguo had an affair with his son. A stalemate like no other. Normally Jiang Xiaoyong could walk into his father's room upstairs casually, greet his father and ask about some insignificant matters. But since this unpleasant incident happened, Jiang Xiaoyong wanted to explain several times, but he always stopped when he reached the door. He often heard his father throwing things because he was agitated.

At first, neither father nor son gave in. After a long period of stalemate, Chiang Ching-kuo finally chose to compromise. He asked Yu Guohua, who was closely related to the Jiang family, to be a lobbyist and try to prevent his youngest son from going into private business but to work in a party-run enterprise.

Just like that, after entering the business world, Jiang Xiaoyong was like a fish in water, overcoming obstacles all the way, and became the general manager of ZTE Electrical Engineering at the age of less than 30.

When Jiang Xiaoyong first joined ZTE, the company's annual turnover was approximately more than 600 million yuan, which has increased year by year since then. Later, the annual surplus could reach more than 600 million yuan.

Picture | Jiang Xiaoyong

When he was making great achievements in the business circle, his father Jiang Jingguo's health became worse and worse. Because Jiang Xiaoyong had a cautious and delicate personality, and was very filial to Chiang Ching-kuo and his wife, for a period of time, Chiang Ching-kuo relied more and more deeply on Jiang Xiaoyong, both in family relationships and in handling affairs.

According to Wang Jiahua's recollection:

"It was very clear who Jiang Jingguo asked to send messages to. Some matters were explained or instructed to me, either by calling me or by taking a trip; while explaining things that Jiang Xiaoyong did represented another level of relationship. and meaning, but it is usually something more personal or higher-level. "

Jiang Xiaoyong is not without political opportunities by following Jiang Jingguo. In the early 1980s, Chiang Ching-kuo once said meaningfully: "Xiaoyong, you are already very mature. What you want to do in the future is up to me. But I want to advise you one more thing. Politics is a very hard road." "

Jiang Xiaoyong said directly: "Tell my father, don't worry. I will do other things in my life, but I won't do two things - first, I won't be a civil servant; second, I won't do anything. Not a party worker.”

In 1988, Chiang Ching-kuo died of illness. Jiang Xiaoyong, who had always centered his life on Chiang Ching-kuo, began to adjust his life after his father's death.

Jiang Xiaoyong originally planned to go to the United States, but it took several years to complete the procedures. In this case, he had no choice but to choose Canada as his target, where it was easier to immigrate.

On March 8, 1989, Jiang Xiaoyong and his family flew to Canada. Before leaving Taiwan, Jiang Xiaoyong purchased a set of Ming-style furniture. His wife Fang Zhiyi asked him: "You haven't even bought a house yet, why should you buy furniture first?"

Jiang Xiaoyong replied: "I live overseas and am still Chinese, so when I live overseas, I must use Chinese furniture."

Before preparing to leave the country , Jiang Xiaoyong took his two sons to the Shilin official residence to say goodbye to Song Meiling . Soong Meiling said to her two great-grandsons:

"If you want to go out, my wife absolutely approves of your going out. But when you go out, you must remember two things - first, don't forget that your surname is Jiang; second, don't forget that you are Chinese."

Picture | Song Meiling

When she arrived in Montreal, Canada, it was snowing heavily. So Jiang Xiaoyong's family started looking for a house in the snow. They only have two requirements for the house. First, it must have good lighting; second, it must be a size that is just right for the set of Chinese furniture they bought earlier.

After the house was settled, the furniture I bought earlier was also shipped to Canada by sea. In the days that followed, the family lived a peaceful life.

Jiang Xiaoyong: "I am going to the mainland to treat diseases on the one hand, and on the other hand to go back to my hometown for a visit."

In the spring of 1996, Jiang Xiaoyong went to the hospital for a checkup due to physical discomfort. The doctor said to him conservatively: "I have to tell you, this Maybe it’s not a good thing.”

After a while, the test result came out, which was esophageal cancer .After research, Jiang Xiaoyong often smoked cigarillos and liked to eat pickled foods, which are considered by the medical community as possible carcinogens that lead to esophageal cancer.

Soon after, the operation was performed by Wang Liangshun, a famous thoracic surgeon in Taiwan. The operation was very successful and all the tumors were removed. After the operation, Jiang Xiaoyong received chemotherapy. During this period, Jiang Xiaoyong has always maintained an optimistic attitude. However, everyone from the doctor to Jiang Xiaoyong himself knew that his cancer was in an advanced stage and there was not much time left for him.

Under this situation, Jiang Xiaoyong proposed the idea of ​​​​taking his whole family to the mainland. On the one hand, he found out that mainland China has a lot of experience in cancer treatment. On the other hand, he wanted to go back to his hometown. In fact, he was remembering his father's last will and testament.

After Chiang Ching-kuo's physical condition suddenly deteriorated, he thought about his future. So, he called Jiang Xiaoyong to him and told him: "I was not able to fulfill my filial piety to my mother, Mrs. Mao, when she was alive. After I pass away, at the appropriate time, I hope that I can be buried next to my mother's grave and stay with my mother for the rest of her life." "

Jiang Xiaoyong has always kept these words in his heart.

At that time, although Jiang Xiaoyong and Li Tenghui had not been in contact for a long time, Jiang Xiaoyong still sent someone to report his trip to Li Tenghui out of respect for him. At the same time, because he respected his uncle, he also told Jiang Weiguo about the situation.

This time, Jiang Xiaoyong prepared to go to the mainland for on-the-spot investigation with his true intention of "relocating souls to peace". The reason is that after the deaths of Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo, they were not buried in Taiwan, but were left floating in Cihu and Daxi. As the Chiang family gradually lost power in Taiwan, most of the bronze statues of Chiang Kai-shek on the island were deliberately damaged, and the soldiers guarding the tombs in Cihu and Daxi were constantly dismissed by the Taiwan authorities.

In addition, his father Chiang Ching-kuo's will and his grandfather Chiang Kai-shek had selected Zixia Lake near Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing as the tomb site in mainland China. This is one of the main reasons why Jiang Xiaoyong insisted on going to the mainland despite dragging his body with cancer cells.

On the evening of July 14, 1996, Jiang Xiaoyong and his eldest son Youbai went to Hong Kong. At this moment, his wife Fang Zhiyi is still in San Francisco , and is scheduled to meet up with her two children, You Chang and You Qing, in Hong Kong in three days, and then head to Beijing together.

In Hong Kong, Jiang Xiaoyong accidentally fell down in the bathroom and was sent to the hospital. His sons were worried about his health and persuaded him to give up his plan to go to the mainland and return to Taiwan immediately for treatment. However, Jiang Xiaoyong felt that he had already arrived at the door and no matter how dangerous it was, he had to take this trip.

html More than 23 hours later, Jiang Xiaoyong and his family took a flight and landed safely at Beijing Airport. Relevant authorities in mainland China received them very attentively and immediately arranged for their family to stay in a high-end hotel.

Then, Jiang Xiaoyong was admitted to Beijing Hospital and began a three-day consultation with traditional Chinese and Western medicine. Afterwards, the family flew to Zhejiang. In order not to alarm the media, Jiang Xiaoyong proposed to settle in Ningbo first.

On the second day, Jiang Xiaoyong's family hired a car to go to Xikou Town.

Old tour guide: "Your Xikou dialect is correct."

When the car drove to Wuling Tower, Jiang Xiaoyong looked at the word "Wuling" inscribed by his grandfather, and he felt particularly excited.

Not long after, the car arrived at the place and stopped. Xikou Town has become a tourist destination in Zhejiang due to its "former residence of Chiang Kai-shek". At that time, as long as you spent 30 yuan to buy a combined ticket, you could visit 11 "attractions". For Jiang Xiaoyong, these "attractions" all carry the beautiful memories of his grandfather and father.

On this day, Jiang Xiaoyong specially found an old tour guide to take them on a tour. Afterwards, under the leadership of the old tour guide, they prepared to go to their great-grandmother’s cemetery to pay homage.

From the foot of the mountain to the cemetery, you have to walk more than 600 meters of stone steps. Seeing that Jiang Xiaoyong was weak, a bearer suggested: "You can sit in the sedan, it's 20 yuan!" After hearing this, Jiang Xiaoyong politely refused: "I'll take a walk to get better." When the bearer saw this, he immediately changed his words: "10 yuan!" Just block it!"

Jiang Xiaoyong smiled and said no more. In fact, Jiang Xiaoyong didn't care about money. He thought it was out of his heart to go there in person. So, he took the two bouquets of flowers he had bought earlier and, with the support of his sons, moved up one step at a time.

Half an hour later, Jiang Xiaoyong finally walked to his great-grandmother's grave. The family laid flowers, and Jiang Xiaoyong took his wife and children to salute.

Afterwards, Jiang Xiaoyong looked at the grave of his grandmother Mao Fumei not far away. There was nothing else except a granite tombstone and a tomb. He thought, no wonder his father promised to be buried next to his grandmother's grave before his death, because her grandmother was too lonely.

Picture | Mao Fumei and Chiang Kai-shek

After a moment, Jiang Xiaoyong looked at the surrounding environment and considered how to bury his father in the future.

Then, under the leadership of an old tour guide, Jiang Xiaoyong and his family went to the small bungalow where Jiang Jingguo lived and to Fenghao Fang in his hometown. Along the way, Jiang Xiaoyong heard everyone speaking Ningbo dialect , so he also used Ningbo dialect to communicate with the old tour guide. When he opened his mouth, the old tour guide was surprised and said: "Your Xikou dialect is correct!"

Jiang Xiaoyong smiled and said nothing. There was something surprising to the old tour guide during the trip.

When the old tour guide enthusiastically introduced the interesting childhood stories of " Jiang Zhongzheng ", Jiang Xiaoyong casually added many omissions of the old tour guide. Although he first came to Xikou when he was 47 years old, he knew his grandfather very well. The old tour guide finally had to admit that what he knew was definitely not as much as the middle-aged man in front of him.

Afterwards, Jiang Xiaoyong and his party entered Fenghao Room . What caught Jiang Xiaoyong's eyes was that although the building was old, it was simple and full of simplicity. On the second floor, Jiang Xiaoyong saw many large hanging photos, including his photos.

After the visit, when Jiang Xiaoyong turned to leave, the administrator seemed to notice something. He grabbed the old tour guide and said in Ningbo dialect: "The one in front is the child in the photo." After Jiang Xiaoyong heard this, he did not look back. I walked away from this starting point of my life with my wife and children.

During this trip to the mainland, Jiang Xiaoyong gained a lot and fulfilled many wishes. It was only on this trip to the mainland that he realized the seriousness of his condition. I once thought that my cancer condition was under control, but the appearance of tumors in my brain put an end to my optimistic thoughts.

Now, only the matter of "spiritual transfer" has become an urgent matter before Jiang Xiaoyong. He will continue to fight and fight until his last breath. On August 23, Jiang Xiaoyong participated in the Fourth Plenary Session of the 14th Central Committee of the Kuomintang as a member of the Kuomintang Central Committee. After the meeting, he was asked by a reporter. When talking about spirit relocation, he said this: "Removal of spirits is a very simple thing. Every place has its own customs. My hometown is to return to my hometown and rest in peace."

When a reporter mentioned Zhang Xiaoyan’s opinions on spirit relocation, Jiang Xiaoyong’s words were very direct:

“He didn’t even get in the door of the Jiang family. He couldn’t get involved before today, and he still won’t be able to get involved after today. This is the Jiang family’s business. It's not the Zhang family's business. He is not qualified to intervene in family affairs. "

Jiang Xiaoyong attaches great importance to "Falling Leaves Returning to Their Roots". He worked hard on this during the last days of his life. "Falled leaves return to their roots", this "root" is the land of China, the mountains and rivers of China, the blood of Yan and Huang, and the culture of the Chinese nation.