August 2, 1996 , at this time Zhejiang Taiwan Affairs Office received an urgent call from the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council: Soon there will be five Taiwanese compatriots from , go to Jiang’s former residence to visit, please Be sure to do a good job in reception.
The person who came to be able to make an emergency notification of hospitality by the central government must be an extraordinary person, and the Zhejiang Taiwan Affairs Office quickly got busy.
Soon after, in front of Xikou Town, Fenghua City, a black car stopped, and a family slowly walked out of it, which looked no different from ordinary wealthy travelers.
And shortly after, the staff began to realize that the family was different from ordinary tourists. The leader was a middle-aged man. The group of them arrived at Jiang’s former residence after a few minutes, and their expressions became serious.
The staff of the Taiwan Affairs Office who accompanied them stepped forward and prepared to lead them through the free passage, but the leading man refused, and bought the tickets for the children who did not need tickets.
However, soon after, the doubts of the staff of the Taiwan Affairs Office seemed to have been answered. When he walked to the former residence of Jiang’s, the leading man shouted excitedly: "We are finally back!" The villagers talked, but the local dialect was used throughout the conversation. The fact that a Taiwanese tourist turned out to be in the local dialect surprised everyone for a while.
Who is this leading middle-aged man? Why are you so excited after arriving at Jiang's former residence? In this issue, let’s talk about the story of Jiang Xiaoyong .
Jiang Xiaoyong
Two Chiang had high hopes but had no intention of being a prince
In the hearts of the father and son of Chiang Kai-shek, "It is better to ask for yourself than to hold the power in the hands of the family" span In order to preserve the power and position of the Chiang family in Taiwan. Therefore, since Chiang Kai-shek's defeat in Taiwan, he has spent a lot of energy in cultivating the successors of the Jiang family. Among the three sons of Jiang Jingguo , Jiang Xiaoyong is undoubtedly the favorite of Chiang Kai-shek.
Jiang Xiaoyong was born on October 27, 1948, when the Huaihai Battle was about to break out. At this time, the situation in the Kuomintang nation was already at stake. Chiang Kai-shek sent Jiang Xiaoyong to Taiwan for the safety of his family. .
Chiang Ching-kuo's three sons are , Jiang Xiaowen, , Jiang Xiaowu, and Jiang Xiaoyong. Because Jiang Xiaoyong was born at the time when the Kuomintang was defeated in the country, Chiang Kai-shek was very guilty of his young grandson, so Chiang Kai-shek and his wife devoted a lot of love to him.
Chiang Kai-shek
Among the three sons of Chiang Ching-kuo, Jiang Xiaoyong has the most personality like his father Chiang Ching-kuo. Jiang Xiaoyong was born in the Jiang family, and he has a sense of arrogance, but when he comes into contact with his elders, he has always been very humble and old people who have had contact with Jiang Xiaoyong.All have good comments on Jiang Xiaoyong.
Although Jiang Xiaoyong in his youth had a little temper, he was much better than his two brothers. Among the three Jiang Xiaowu brothers, Jiang Xiaoyong was the best at understanding Jiang Jingguo's intentions. Therefore, at that time, Jiang Xiaoyong was Jiang Jingguo's most obedient, obedient, and most favored son.
After graduating from middle school, Jiang Xiaoyong entered the army officer school under the expectation of his grandfather. Jiang Xiaoyong in the military academy kept himself safe and devoted himself to military knowledge and military training. Jiang Xiaoyong's hard work in the military academy finally made him rank among the best.
Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help being overjoyed when he heard the news, because he had always hoped that the Jiang family would have a general. The young grandson's excellent performance in the military academy gave him hope for the future of the Jiang family. Therefore, when meeting guests, Chiang Kai-shek always praised Jiang Xiaoyong for his good performance and expanded his popularity in Taiwan.
However, Jiang Jieshi's heir training target was not Jiang Xiaoyong. Because Jiang Xiaowen was old, the heir he trained was Jiang Xiaowen in the early days when Chiang Kai-shek entered Taiwan, but the young Jiang Xiaowen suffered from diabetes .
When attending a friend's banquet, Jiang Xiaowen fell into a coma due to low blood sugar, and was not taken care of in time. Jiang Xiaowen's brain was damaged, leaving serious sequelae, and it was difficult to take care of himself ever since. Chiang Kai-shek's high hopes on Jiang Xiaowen had to come to an end.
Jiang Xiaowu at that time, in the eyes of Jiang and his sons, did something absurd. After that, Jiang Xiaoyong became the ideal heir. However, an accident not long afterwards completely shattered the hopes of Jiang's father and son.
During a military training, Jiang Xiaoyong's ankle was sprained. After the Jiangs learned of the news, they immediately went to New York to call in a doctor to perform surgery on their grandchildren. After two operations, Jiang Xiaoyong still didn't get better, and he has left sequelae ever since.
As a last resort, Jiang Xiaoyong could only leave the military academy and go to National Taiwan University to study. Jiang Xiaoyong after graduating from National Taiwan University,Feeling disgusted with the intrigue in the officialdom, so he chose a road to abandon politics and go into business.
Jiang Jingguo After learning the news, although he was very disappointed with Jiang Xiaoyong, who had been training for many years, he respected his son's wishes. At the request of Jiang Jingguo, he was named the KMT Central Finance Committee member.
Jiang Jingguo Zuo, Chiang Kai-shek
After that, Jiang Xiaoyong started shopping malls. After Jiang Xiaoyong became the chairman of Honglin Company, through his prudent character and flexible methods, he quickly organized the companies that suffered serious losses and were on the verge of bankruptcy, and the company successfully reversed the loss. With his outstanding ability and family status in the business world, Jiang Xiaoyong soon forged a good relationship in Taiwan's political and business circles.
After Jiang Jingguo's death, Jiang Xiaoyong, who had no intention of politics, gradually faded out of the political circle. Since then, the Jiang family has faded and entered the ranks of ordinary people.
Two Jiang’s dying wish to return home, the cross-strait situation will ease
When the Jiang family are dying, they hope to move their coffins back to their hometown. This is due to the two people’s longing for their hometown. In their political careers in Taiwan, the Chiang family and his sons, despite their constant attempts to counterattack the mainland, they still maintained a great deal of one China (the Republic of China) and had a strong sense of belonging to the Chinese nation.
The Chinese have always had a tradition of returning to their roots, not to mention Chiang Kai-shek, who has been in the mainland for the first half of his life. After Chiang Kai-shek entered Taiwan, he never stopped thinking of his hometown on the other side. Therefore, during Chiang Kai-shek's life from 1955 to 1975, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party conducted three negotiations on the peaceful reunification of Taiwan, but in the end they all stopped due to historical reasons.
entered the Chiang Ching-kuo period,The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China adjusted its Taiwan policy. In 1978, 's Eleventh Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held , at which the policy of peaceful reunification of Taiwan was established. Since then, with the relaxation of cross-strait relations, the policy of "peaceful reunification, one country, two systems" has gradually taken shape.
The Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee
In the context of the time, the hometown of Chiang Kai-shek, Xikou, also ushered in unprecedented development and prosperity, and became an important area for the central government to carry out work on Taiwan. It was properly protected at that time National key scenic area.
As the Spring Festival approached in 1979, the central government allocated 300,000 yuan to Fenghua to order the repair of the tomb and old mansion of the Jiang family. The repair work continued until October 1981, where 4 tombs and 3 houses were restored. At the same time, in order to develop Fenghua's economy, the central government issued a lot of support policies in the local area, and the whole of Fenghua changed its appearance.
The efforts made by the central government in Taiwan soon greeted Jiang Jingguo's response. In 1987, Feng Hongzhi, a patriot who was also Jiang Jingguo’s classmate, came to Fenghua. Here he took photos of the house where Jiang Jingguo’s grandfather lived and Jiang’s ancestral grave. It will be brought to Taiwan by a friend.
When Chiang Ching-kuo in Taiwan saw these items, he couldn't help but evoke the thoughts of his hometown and his biological mother. He couldn't help but shed tears. Since then, Chiang Ching-kuo's cross-strait policy has begun to loosen.
On May 3, 1986, a Boeing 747 large transport plane landed at Guangdong Baiyun Airport. At a glance, it read the eye-catching " China Airlines ". After the plane stopped on the runway, the captain of the plane Wang Xijue stepped off the gangway. When he saw the airport staff, he couldn't help but shouted: "I want to reunite with my family, I want to settle in the motherland!"
The shocking "China Airlines Incident",After the incident broke out, the mainland immediately adopted a proper policy. Chiang Ching-kuo initiated negotiations with the mainland in this incident, and the incident was finally resolved peacefully.
The "China Airlines Incident" can become a far-reaching event in Chinese history. It is not limited to a story of a reunion of flesh and blood. The meaning behind its is even more eye-catching. The Kuomintang's "three no policy" was broken, and cross-strait communication entered. New historical period.
In Jiang Jingguo’s political career in his later years, he continued to promote the recovery of cross-strait relations, but he suffered from diabetes, and his body became weak day by day. Finally, one day in 1988, when he was almost exhausted, he called Jiang Xiaoyong to his side and said: "I am worthy of Taiwan in my whole life. After I leave, I hope to return my coffin to my hometown and be buried with my mother to fulfill my filial piety!"
Jiang Jingguo passed away in Taipei on January 13, 1988. In 1996, Taiwan launched the "De-Chiang Hua" movement. Many local Chiang Kai-shek statues in Taiwan were demolished, and some were even maliciously destroyed.
When Chiang Kai-shek passed away, a movement to build Chiang Kai-shek statues started in Taiwan. With the strong support of the Taiwan Provincial Government, Taiwan built as many as 45,000 Chiang Kai-shek statues in a few years. However, after 1996, a large number of people were maliciously destroyed, which made Jiang Xiaoyong very dissatisfied.
Soon after, Jiang Xiaoyong went to the hospital to check his body and found that he was suffering from esophageal cancer , but he did not cooperate with the doctor for the first time to treat his body. Instead, he went to the United States to visit Song Meiling . 's Song Meiling was 99 years old, but immediately after seeing Jiang Xiaoyong, she said in indignation: "Now Cihu and Daxi are no longer protected by soldiers.Why not move the coffin back to the mainland?
Song Meiling
After listening to Song Meiling's reprimand, Jiang Xiaoyong, who was very agreeable, began to plan to set foot on his hometown, first went to his hometown to explore the old house and Jiang’s family ancestor’s grave, and then began to plan to move the coffin of his grandfather back to his hometown.
In order to express his sincerity to return home, Jiang Xiaoyong informed the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council before coming to the mainland. After learning the news, the State Council’s Taiwan Affairs Office was very happy and immediately sent someone to the airport to greet him and asked the comrades of the Zhejiang Taiwan Affairs Office to properly entertain all the way.
Jiang Xiaowu returned to his hometown, and the move of the coffin was rejected by the Taiwan authorities
When the Chiang family left the political circle at the time, why did the Taiwan authorities still not allow the coffin of the Jiang family to return? Hometown? Faced with the refusal of the Taiwan authorities, how did Jiang Xiaoyong respond?
After returning to Xikou, Jiang Xiaoyong went to Jiang’s ancestral tomb and Jiang’s former residence. At that time, there was a 600-meter-long road to Jiang’s ancestral tomb. Jiang Xiaoyong is already suffering from cancer. Every step he takes, he has to make great efforts.
Jiang Xiaoyong's eldest son Jiang Youbai to Jiang Xiaoyong 2strong2 , But Jiang Xiaoyong said very firmly: This is the first time I have walked home in my life, and it is also my last time. No matter how hard it is, I have to go step by step.
Jiang Xiaoyong
When Jiang Xiaoyong walked to the tomb of Jiang’s family ancestors, he was surprised. He thought that the ancestral tomb had not been used for many years and was probably abandoned. But when he walked to the grave, he found that there were no weeds in the surrounding area and it was very clean.
Jiang Xiaoyong, who was very puzzled, asked the staff of the Taiwan Affairs Office to find out that in 1979, the central government allocated funds to repair the tomb of Jiang’s family ancestors. Every year, special personnel came to clean it. Jiang Xiaoyong felt very much after learning the whole story.
Jiang Xiaoyong led his family to the grave to worship. Since he has set foot on this homeland for decades, and it is the first time to worship an ancestral grave, this time, the family kneeled for a long time. After the worship, Jiang Xiaoyong, accompanied by staff from the Taiwan Affairs Office, went to visit Jiang's former residence.
When Jiang Xiaoyong and his party walked to Wuling Road Old Street, they looked at the scenery here. Although he had never been there, he felt very cordial in his heart.
Soon after, a group of people came to Jiang’s former residence. Just as the staff of the Taiwan Affairs Office was about to take him through the free passage, Jiang Xiaoyong insisted on buying 5 tickets at his own expense. After walking in, Jiang Xiaoyong looked at the place where Chiang Kai-shek read and studied, and couldn't help but think of the days when he was a child living with his grandfather, and the corners of his eyes gradually moistened. Afterwards, Jiang Xiaoyong used the local dialect to talk with the staff of the scenic spot and fellow villagers. Listening to the familiar local accent, Jiang Xiaoyong couldn't help feeling more cordial.
After returning from the mainland, Jiang Xiaoyong deeply felt the goodwill of the mainland, so he began to apply to the Taiwan authorities to move the coffin back to the mainland. Although Jiang Xiaoyong was eagerly looking forward to it, he did not succeed in the end. Jiang Xiaoyong passed away on December 22, 1996, and the return of the second Jiang’s coffin was put on hold.
Jiang Xiaoyong once said when he visited Jiang’s former residence: “Although the two sides of the strait face each other across the river, they are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and the people of Taiwan will always be Chinese.” Cross-strait reunification is the general trend. I believe that in the near future, the great cause of reunification of the motherland can be achieved. On the end of consummation!
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