Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling , I believe many people are familiar with it.
In addition to Soong Mei-ling, Chiang Kai-shek also had three wives and concubines, and his relationship was once in a close relationship. But in order to marry Soong Mei-ling, he resolutely cut off relations with the three of them. In that chaotic era, what kind of ups and downs would these women encounter if they lose their husbands? Let’s talk about it today.
Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling
The marriage when young and young
Chiang Kai-shek's first marriage was an arranged marriage, the original wife was Mao Fumei, born in 1882. The Mao family belongs to a prominent local family and is very conservative of traditions, so she has bound her feet when she was very young and has never read any books.
1901, Chiang Kai-shek married Mao Fumei. That year, Mao Fumei was 19 years old, while Chiang Kai-shek was only 14 years old.
14 years old, at most a teenager, but he didn't know the meaning of marriage. Therefore, on the day of marriage, Chiang Kai-shek was not as conscious as a groom. Seeing that the other children had gone to pick up the firecrackers behind the whip, he also rushed over to pick them up. This is a very unlucky thing. According to Fenghua customs, it means "it is difficult for husband and wife to end up."
As soon as this happened, Mao Fumei was naturally unhappy. She never expected that her little husband would be so naughty. Jiang's mother Wang Caiyu was also furious and cried and scolded her son for being unpromising. When has it been
? I am still thinking about the little firecrackers. After much persuasion from relatives and friends, I gradually cried, but the joy of this wedding was almost gone.
Chiang Kai-shek was scolded by his mother and remembered all of this on Mao Fumei's head. On the night of the wedding, I ran to my mother's house to sleep, leaving Mao Fumei alone in the empty room, and sat in tears all night.
19-year-old Mao Fumei
According to local customs, on the second day of the Lunar New Year in the first year of marriage, the new son-in-law wants to go to his father-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings.
After the advice of Jiang’s mother and Mao Fumei, Chiang Kai-shek went out with a gift early in the morning. As for the Mao family, they also killed chickens and geese. They were busy early and prepared a large table of delicious food.
But they waited and saw no sign of their new son-in-law. When the guests who came to accompany him saw this situation, they all stood up to say goodbye, which made the Mao family very embarrassed.
At this moment, Mao Fumei's cousin hurried over and said that his new son-in-law was in the ancestral hall lanterns ! Upon hearing this, Chiang Kai-shek's father-in-law Mao Dinghe was so angry that he asked his son to tell his new son-in-law to go back.
As soon as the words ended, Chiang Kai-shek followed the lantern team to Mao’s doorstep, and he was still the one who was the one who was at the beginning, making his braids loose and his clothes dirty.
When he saw this, Mao Ding and his friends became even more angry. They stopped Chiang Kai-shek from entering, and said that he was useless and ruined the family style of the Jiang and Mao family.
lanterns of the Republic of China
Chiang Kai-shek was when he had strong self-esteem. After being scolded by his father-in-law, he left without saying a word.
After that, his relationship with Mao Fumei became even weaker. My husband is young and not worried. Mao Fumei can only force herself to swallow all the grievances and take care of this young husband as a close sister.
Mao Fumei's accusation finally moved Chiang Kai-shek. However, due to various differences in age, knowledge and thoughts, the two have never developed love, but only the plain warmth.
But Mao Fumei and Jiang’s mother had a good relationship, so Chiang Kai-shek attached great importance to her. Later, Mao Fumei had a son, , Jiang Jingguo, and the mother and son depended on each other, and their lives were not bad.
When he was young, Chiang Kai-shek was a progressive young man with advanced ideas and ideals of saving the country.
For this goal, he wandered around all year round, leaving Mao Fumei to support the elderly and raise young children in his hometown. After wandering for a long time, Chiang Kai-shek could not help but have thoughts when he saw other people's beautiful wives and concubines accompanying him. However, at that time he was not aware of his pennilessness, and it was still difficult to take on someone’s daughter.
Chiang Kai-shek's young photo
concubine Yao Yecheng
1911, by chance, Chiang Kai-shek met Yao Yecheng.
Yao Yecheng was born in a humble family and his nickname was Aqiao. She was the only daughter of her parents and she lived a happy childhood.However, as her parents passed away one after another, she also changed from a cute girl to a little pitiful person who lives under someone else’s roof.
After the death of his parents, Yao Yecheng lived with his uncle. Years have passed, and the uncle has no son or half of his daughter, so he simply recognizes Yao Yecheng as his daughter and hires a son-in-law to come to his house. The son-in-law of the Yao family was originally surnamed Shen, and after marriage, he changed it to Yao Tiansheng.
Yao Tian was born in a poor family and was very happy to marry a girl like Yao Yecheng with a beautiful appearance and gentle temperament. So in the early stages of marriage, the relationship between the two was still very good. After that, they went to Shanghai to make a living and their lives were more prosperous.
However, not long after, Yao actually got into the bad habit of smoking big smoke and often fucked Yao Yecheng, and the relationship between husband and wife broke down. Forced to make a living, Yao Yecheng went to the temple in Yufang, Wuma Road, Shanghai to be his mother-in-law.
is mainly responsible for combing the hair of "Mr." and managing the clothing and jewelry of "Mr.". The so-called "sir" is a senior prostitute.
How did such a person like Yao Yecheng
know Chiang Kai-shek?
According to Chiang Kai-shek's explanation to his second wife Chen Jieru , he was chased by an assassin, so he hid in a brothel and met Yao Yecheng, who was a singer, through an introduction. After that, the two had a great chat, which attracted the jealousy of a rich man.
This person asked many times that two people were not allowed to interact. In front of everyone, Yao Yecheng also asked him to say something he would stop talking.
Yao Yecheng refused, so the man took down a plate of hot shark fin dishes, which burned Yao Yecheng's face. This made Chiang Kai-shek very angry and simply took Yao Yecheng as his concubine. After this explanation, Chiang Kai-shek took a concubine completely "a hero who saved the beauty."
Of course, this is what Chiang Kai-shek said himself, and we don’t know whether it is true or not.
However, there are still rumors that Chiang Kai-shek was unsuccessful at that time and often went shopping, and then met Yao Yecheng. After a while, the relationship between the two became better and better, and Chiang Kai-shek wanted to give each other a title.
When he was young, Chiang Kai-shek
However, Jiang's mother was a relatively traditional person. After knowing Yao Yecheng's past, she refused to let him enter the Jiang family.
is Mao Fumei, so she has no big opinion on this. In the end, Jiang's mother could not resist her son and asked Chiang Kai-shek to take Yao Yecheng as her concubine. Although she is a concubine, she has been wandering with Chiang Kai-shek all year round, and her life is no different from that of the wife of Zhengtou .
At that time, the two had a deep relationship. After the Xinhai Revolution, Chiang Kai-shek devoted himself to anti-Yuan activities and traveled to and from Shandong, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Japan and other places all year round. I believe many people have deeply understood what it feels like to be tired from the boat and the car.
But Yao Yecheng not only followed Chiang Kai-shek around, but also took out all his savings to solve her husband's urgent needs.
Such things made Chiang Kai-shek very grateful to Yao Yecheng, and even later said to his two sons: "If it weren't for Yao's rescue and help, I would never be like Chiang Kai-shek today." But no matter how much affection was, it was finally wiped out by various contradictions.
Young Chiang Kai-shek
As Chiang Kai-shek promoted in the military and political circles, the conflicts between him and Yao Yecheng were becoming more and more. Chiang Kai-shek had a bad temper and had to follow his words when he encountered something, and he didn't like others to sing the opposite tune. Even if the opinions are different, they must be well-founded.
Yao Yecheng, he has no culture and cannot explain the big truth. In addition, he has been in the hall for a long time, so he can't help but likes to joke, which often makes Chiang Kai-shek unhappy. Because of these, the two always quarrel and their relationship becomes increasingly indifferent.
, and Yao Yecheng was also addicted to gambling. He called his friends to play cards every day, and he didn't care much about Chiang Kai-shek.
What happened next made Chiang Kai-shek think about ending his relationship. In May 1920, Chiang Kai-shek was bedridden. Yao Yecheng not only ignored him, but also started arguing with Chiang Kai-shek because he was in a hurry to play cards.
Chiang Kai-shek moved out immediately and stayed in Yipinxiang for a few days. His condition did not improve. He had a high fever of 39 degrees, so he had to go to the hospital.
The degenerate woman in the Republic of China
Chiang Kai-shek went to the hospital on the 20th, and Yao Yecheng came to visit him on the 22nd.As a result, when Chiang Kai-shek saw Yao Yecheng, he remembered what she did. He became even more angry and asked Yao to go back and be invisible.
As a result, Yao Yecheng actually threatened Chiang Kai-shek with swallowing raw opium. If she didn't let her serve her, she would not be alive.
is all about this, what else can Chiang Kai-shek do? Just live a life, but he was impatient with Yao Yecheng after all.
Perhaps Yao Yecheng was not educated and could not keep up with Chiang Kai-shek's pace. Or maybe the two quarreled too much and their relationship was worn out. Anyway, in 1919, Chiang Kai-shek had a new goal, that is, his future second wife, Chen Jieru.
Second wife Chen Jieru
Chen Jieru was born in 1906 and is originally named Chen Feng. Her family called her A Feng. She lived with her parents since childhood in Shanghai. According to " Chen Jieru's memoirs ", her first encounter with Chiang Kai-shek was at the home of Zhang Jingjiang, a giant shop.
That year, Chen Jieru was 13 years old and Chiang Kai-shek was 32 years old.
Chen Jieru When she was a girl,
12 years old, Chen Jieru entered Shanghai Patriot Women's Middle School and had a good relationship with Ms. Zhu Yimin and Zhang Jingjiang's daughters.
Zhu Yimin is Zhang Jingjiang's successor, and his daughters are also Chen Jieru's friends, so she often visits the Zhang family. In 1919, when Chen Jieru was in the Zhang family, she met Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek who came to visit Zhang Jingjiang.
As soon as he saw Chen Jieru, Chiang Kai-shek fell in love with this beautiful girl. I don’t know if it was because of people who were precocious or what happened in the past. Chen Jieru was only 13 years old and had obvious childishness. She was actually fallen in love with Chiang Kai-shek, who was in his thirties, at first sight.
, which is a pedophile! But in that era, no one found it strange. After
, Chiang Kai-shek launched a fierce attack on Chen Jieru. A young girl who is not very familiar with the world has never seen such a scene and was immediately scared.
Chen Jieru
But he was the age of a girl who was in love with her spring. She suddenly had such a personal pursuit. Chen Jieru was still secretly happy and gradually became a fond of Chiang Kai-shek.
Chen Jieru's mother found out, and investigated Chiang Kai-shek's situation and found that the man already had a wife and a concubine, so she directly refused Chiang Kai-shek and told him not to disturb his daughter.
But if Chiang Kai-shek was so easy to pass, would it be Chiang Kai-shek? Once when he met Chen Jieru at the Zhang family, Chiang Kai-shek directly stopped the other party and asked to date him. If
doesn't agree, she won't let her go. In someone else's house, how could Chen Jieru have the nerve to make trouble? I could only agree reluctantly. Unexpectedly, on the first date, Chiang Kai-shek took Chen Jieru to the hotel room, which scared Chen Jieru so much that she ran away from the door.
When he was young, Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru
Seeing that they could not marry forcibly, Chiang Kai-shek could only find another way. After that, he kept expressing his feelings to Chen Jieru and explained the situation of his wives and concubines. As mentioned above, he had no feelings for him.
In order to impress Chen Jieru, Chiang Kai-shek also forced him to the point of being forced to say, "I will use my blood to write an affidavit of love for you."
The teenage girl is not the opponent of the old fried dough sticks in the world? Chen Jieru was afraid that Chiang Kai-shek would do something stupid, so he quickly agreed: "I believe in you, as long as you put down your knife!"
OK, Chen Jieru fell into trouble and agreed to Chiang Kai-shek's proposal. After dealing with Chen Jieru, the matter was more than half successful, and the next step was the Chen family's parents.
Chen Jieru
Although the Chen family is unwilling, they can't resist their daughter's willingness!
, and Chiang Kai-shek found Sun Yat-sen and Zhang Jingjiang, and claimed that he had broken up with his wife and concubine. Chen Jieru would be his "unique legal wife". The Chen family finally agreed to the marriage.
However, Chen's mother requires that the two must first get engaged, and the two families exchange tokens and Geng Posts before getting married.
The second day of engagement, Chiang Kai-shek brought Chen Jie to a pastry shop as promised. During the conversation, Chiang Kai-shek took out a photo and said he gave her a new name, "Jieru", which means "as if he is not polluted by the world."
In his eyes, the little girl is such a person.On the photo he took out, the three words "Chen Jieru" were on it.
1921 On December 5, 1921, the two held their wedding in Yong'an Building in Shanghai, and the witness was Zhang Jingjiang.
Their wedding is a combination of Chinese and Western styles. Chen Jieru wore a light pink wedding dress inlaid with honeysuckle and a pearl headdress. Chiang Kai-shek had a long robe and a jacket, looking very happy.
Cheng-shek and Chen Jieru's wedding location - Yong'an Building
There are rumors that Chen Jieru is a high-end geisha. Now it seems that it should be a rumor. After all, it is not easy to cultivate a high-level geisha. In addition to being good-looking, he also has to be proficient in both piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. How could he get married at the age of 15?
Given Chiang Kai-shek's situation at that time, how could he marry a geisha and damage his reputation?
Chiang Kai-shek wanted to marry his second wife, so Yao Yecheng was naturally sent back to his hometown in Fenghua.
Fortunately, at this time, Yao Yecheng had a new sustenance, that is, adopted son Jiang Weiguo . With his son, Yao Yecheng was still very happy even though he was not a relative.
Although there are two mountains above your head, Yao Yecheng's life is still good, because Mao Fumei is a rich man, Jiang's mother doesn't like it.
Let’s talk about Chen Jieru, who is newlywed, and her relationship with Chiang Kai-shek is naturally mixed with oil.
When they returned home in three days, the two went to the Chen family together. During this period, Chiang Kai-shek was extremely attentive and respected the Chen family's parents. Compared to when he first got married, Chiang Kai-shek was so mature.
Chiang Kai-shek
Shortly after marriage, the two went to their hometown in Fenghua together. When Chen Jieru first met Mao Fumei, she felt a little embarrassed.
After meeting in a hurry, he quickly changed into more formal clothes and attended the worship ceremony together. During the days when I was in my hometown, Chen Jieru and Mao Fumei had a good relationship, so shed tears of reluctance when they parted. In the years after
, Chen Jieru always followed Chiang Kai-shek. When she was working, she accompanied Chiang Kai-shek as a secretary and wandered around.
Privately, she accompanied Chiang Kai-shek to various banquets as Mrs. Chiang. It can be said that Chen Jieru is both a lover, a good wife, and an excellent work partner.
Although the two live and work together, they are not tired of each other and their relationship is deeper. The only trouble is that the two have been together for many years and have never had children. Maybe Chen Jieru is too young, after all, she was only 15 years old when she got married. This is not suitable for pregnancy.
Chiang Kai-shek and Chen Jieru
When Jiang Jingguo was in his teens, he went to Shanghai to study with his younger brother Jiang Weiguo.
Chen Jieru attaches great importance to Jiang Jingguo, the eldest son of Jiang Jingguo. Although the two were only four years apart, Chen Jieru still picked up her identity as an elder and often bought shoes, clothes, toys and other things for Chiang Ching-kuo. Of course, the gifts given to Jiang Weiguo were naturally not lost.
Chen Jieru has kindness, so the children can naturally feel it, so the two sides get along very friendly. Jiang Jingguo also called Chen Jieru "Shanghai Mother", while Jiang Weiguo called him "common mother".
1924, Chiang Kai-shek became the principal of Whampoa Military Academy, and Chen Jieru went to Guangzhou with her husband.
The title of Principal’s wife is very glorious, but Chen Jieru also has her own troubles, that is, she has been married for several years, and she still has no choice. She always feels it’s not good if she doesn’t have a child.
He Xiangning
Once, when her friend He Xiangning went to the hospital, she met a mother who asked the hospital to send her newborn daughter to someone. Because she already had 8 daughters, she really didn't want this anymore.
He Xiangning saw that the baby girl was very beautiful, so she simply took her home. Later, when Chen Jieru saw it, he immediately hugged the child and was reluctant to let go, and the baby girl became Chen Jieru's adopted daughter.
Jiang Jieshi was also very happy when he found out. He specially named the child Yaoguang and the nickname was with him, hoping to bring a younger brother as his company. The arrival of the adopted daughter made Chen Jieru very happy.
When she devoted most of her energy to the baby, she naturally ignored Chiang Kai-shek's strangeness.At this time, Chiang Kai-shek met Soong Mei-ling at Sun Yat-sen's house and had other ideas.
severing ties with three wives and concubines
When she was young, Soong Mei-ling
Not to mention Soong Mei-ling's appearance is beautiful and has advanced thoughts. The consortium represented by her behind her is enough to make Chiang Kai-shek salivate.
If he marry Song family and get the support of Zhejiang Merchants Consortium, how many years can he work less? Chiang Kai-shek also wanted to eat something like soft rice! What's more, just by changing his wife, he can become the top leader of the Kuomintang. How could he not be moved by this deal?
But after all, with Chen Jieru for many years, Chiang Kai-shek was still reluctant to leave her. Unfortunately, no matter how many children have long love, they cannot match his yearning for power.
As early as 1926, Kong Xiangxi and his wife invited Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling to have a banquet, and she was beating the sidelines, trying to let her sister replace Chen Jieru. When Chiang Kai-shek was in trouble in Nanchang , Song Ailing once again inspires all parties to hope that Jiangsong and Song will marry . At this time, Chiang Kai-shek made up his mind and informed Chen Jieru of the pros and cons and expressed his attitude.
Chen Jieru almost fainted when she heard about this marriage. The two have been married for only a few years, and Chiang Kai-shek is going to marry another. It’s really “a time to change but the hearts of old friends”!
Kong Xiangxi and his wife
Chen Jieru disagreed, so Chiang Kai-shek persuaded him in every possible way, and even found Chen Jieru's mother, hoping that she could persuade her daughter.
Finally, under Chen’s mother’s handling, Chen Jieru agreed to study in the United States. At the same time, Chiang Kai-shek vowed to marry Chen Jieru again in five years, otherwise he would be thundered and exiled overseas.
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was sincere and Chen Jieru believed in his oath and his difficulties. But five years later, can the two really resume their marriage?
Chen Jieru is not clear, but one thing is that she is very sure, that is, her husband's heart has changed and it is useless to force it.
On August 19, 1927, Chen Jieru, accompanied by Zhang Jingjiang's daughter, boarded a ship to the United States together. When the ship passed through Japan, Japanese media also reported the news that "Mrs. Chiang went to the United States".
However, when the ship reached the Pacific Ocean, Chiang Kai-shek immediately issued a notice to cut off his wife and concubine relationship. He also said that he only had an engagement with his original wife, and the other two were considered concubines, and now they are out of touch.
When Chen Jie heard the radio on the ship, she felt in pain, but she didn't expect that she would be just a concubine in the end. The next few times I jumped into the sea and committed suicide, but I was stopped by the escorts.
Chen Jieru is in pain, and Mao Fumei and Yao Yecheng are also having trouble. Yao Yecheng was humble and had no status with Chiang Kai-shek. Therefore, when she heard about this, she didn't have much room to resist. As for Mao Fumei, as the original wife, she still dares to challenge Chiang Kai-shek.
However, no matter how much she objected, she could not resist Chiang Kai-shek's determination, and the other party invited his uncle and aunt to be lobbyists. Finally, an agreement was reached on the condition of "divide and never leave home". Later, the two signed the divorce agreement , and Chiang Kai-shek returned to being single as he wished. After everything was done, Chiang Kai-shek rushed to Japan and proposed to the Song family's parents.
Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling’s wedding photo
Perhaps because of his conscience, Chiang Kai-shek made proper arrangements for all three wives and concubines. Mao Fumei still lives in his hometown of Jiang Zhai and also enjoys the living expenses given by Jiang Kai-shek.
When Chiang Kai-shek returned to her hometown, she would cook some hometown dishes herself, including the chicken sauce taro head made by Mao Fumei, which was especially loved by Chiang Kai-shek.
And in front of the outside world, Chiang Kai-shek still admitted that Mao Fumei was a member of the Chiang family. is Soong Mei-ling. When she returns to her hometown, she always brings some gifts to Mao Fumei. However, unexpected situations occurred. On December 12, 1939, the Japanese army attacked Fenghua, and Mao Fumei was unfortunately bombed to death outside the Jiang family's old house.
Yao Yecheng moved to Suzhou at the end of 1927, and the living expenses were also borne by Chiang Kai-shek. During his stay in Suzhou, Yao Yecheng and Chiang Kai-shek maintained communications.Sometimes when Chiang Kai-shek went to Suzhou to do business, the two would get together for a while, but they didn't live in different places.
In 1949, Yao Yecheng came to Taiwan with his adopted son Jiang Weiguo. Under the care of her adopted son, Yao Yecheng lived a peaceful life in his later years until he died of illness in 1966.
Chen Jieru went to the United States to study and returned to Shanghai in 1933. From then on, he lived in silence and left behind to thank the guests. Of course, when Chiang Kai-shek found out, he granted her 50,000 yuan.
So in life, Chen Jieru is still relatively well-off. After the fall of Shanghai, Chen Jieru went to Chongqing to take refuge. Later, Chiang Kai-shek often visited him, and the two seemed to have rekindled their old love.
This incident made Soong Mei-ling furious and even went overseas to relax. During that time, various media outlets in Chongqing were dispatched, and news of Chiang Kai-shek's suspected marriage was reported. In order to maintain the relationship between Chiang and Song, Chiang Kai-shek had to let go of Chen Jieru again.
Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling
After the liberation of Shanghai, Chen Jieru was elected as a member of the Luwan District CPPCC.
961, with the approval of Zhou Enlai, he went to Hong Kong to settle down and changed his name to "Chen Lu".
After Jiang Jingguo found out, he thought of Chen Jieru's past care and bought her a luxury house in Hong Kong. In 1971, Chen Jieru died of illness in Hong Kong, and all her property was left to her adopted daughter Yaoguang.
