Chiang Kai-shek's mother, Wang Caiyu, was a woman with a rough fate, married to the Zhu family in Shengxian County, a few years later, due to the local cholera epidemic, lost her husband and son, and once became a nun with hair cultivation, in 1886, through the introduction of her cousin Wang Xiandong, 23-year-old Wang Caiyu married to the Jiang family in Fenghua Xikou and filled the house for Jiang Zhaocong, the owner of the Yutai Salt Shop.
Chiang Kai-shek and his mother Wang Caiyu
Jiang Zhaocong was 22 years older than her, and had married two wives, who gave birth to his eldest son, Jiang Jieqing, and his eldest daughter, Jiang Ruichun, the second wife had no children, and the third wife, Wang Caiyu, had two sons and two daughters, of whom the youngest son Jiang Ruiqing and the younger daughter Jiang Ruiju died early, and the second son, Chiang Kai-shek and Jiang Ruilian, grew up.
Therefore, in addition to chiang kai-shek's half-brother and half-sister, Chiang Kai-shek also has a half-brother and a sister, and the eldest sister Jiang Ruichun has close contacts with him, while the eldest brother Chiang Kai-shek is very unsuccessful, he is 12 years older than Chiang Kai-shek, but he does not have any "elder brother like a father" affection, nor is he very polite to Chiang Kai-shek's mother and son.
Jiang Jieqing
Despite this, after Chiang Kai-shek developed, he still did not forget this big brother, he had arranged a fat difference for him many times, in 1936, the news of the Xi'an Incident spread throughout the country, Chiang Kai-shek was listening to the news, had a heart attack on the spot, suffered a stroke, and died three days later.
1. Disrespectful to the stepmother, who took away most of the family property as the eldest son of the longhouse after the death of the father
Chiang Kai-shek's father, Jiang Zhaocong, is the 27th generation grandson of the Xikou Chiang family, the family has been farming for generations, starting from Chiang Kai-shek's grandfather Jiang Siqian to do business, opening the "Yutai Salt Shop" in Xikou Middle Street, the family is gradually rich, Jiang Siqian has two sons, the eldest son Jiang Zhaohai died early, and the second son Jiang Zhaocong took over the salt shop after growing up.
Jiang Zhaocong was a scene figure in Xikou Town, who could speak the Tao, read and hyphenate, and was very shrewd in his work, so the people of Xikou gave him a nickname called "Butou Huang Eel", which meant that he was sleek and difficult to deal with.
Jiang Zhaocong
Under the management of Jiang Zhaocong, the business of Yutai Salt Shop was booming, with a capital of several thousand silver dollars, employing six or seven people from Ada (now known as managers), accountants, guys, and apprentices, in addition to selling salt, he also made rice, becoming the largest business in the town, ranking among the "top ten rich households" in Xikou Town.
In 1884, after the death of Jiang Zhaocong's first wife, he remarried to a Sun family, and soon died of illness, losing two wives in two years, which made Jiang Zhaocong very depressed, a pair of young children and daughters needed to be taken care of, Mr. Wang Xiandong of the Salt Shop Accounting Room saw that the owner was depressed, knew his heart, and introduced him to his cousin, Wang Caiyu, who lived in jinzhu Temple, who led the cultivation of hair, Wang Caiyu lost her husband and son in cholera one after another, and was talked about by the villagers that she was "too hard to live, Kefu Kezi", and was discouraged and desperate at a young age. And Jiang Zhaocong may also have consciously ordered his wife to be hard, so he agreed to this marriage.
In 1886, the 23-year-old Wang Caiyu married into Xikou Town and gave the 45-year-old Jiang Zhaocong his third wife.
On the fifteenth day of the ninth month of the second year, she gave birth to a son on the upper floor of the salt shop, and Jiang Siqian named this second grandson Jiang Ruiyuan, hoping that Wang Caiyu would have several more sons, so that the Jiang family would prosper, and when Jiang Ruiyuan grew up, he gave birth to the family name Jiang Zhoutai and the scientific name Jiang Zhiqing, and changed his name to Jiang Zhongzheng and Jieshi after studying in Japan.
Jiang Siqian was very fond of Chiang Kai-shek, who had been naughty since childhood, and thought that he could become a great instrument in the future, and once Chiang Kai-shek fell ill, Jiang Siqian would sit by his bedside to guard, and all night he would not close his eyes, personally diagnosing and treating him until he was well. However, Chiang Kai-shek was stubborn and made the whole family frightened, so his grandfather took charge and sent him to the private school opened by Ren Jiemei in the town in advance at the age of six.
Chiang Kai-shek
Wang Caiyu then gave birth to daughters Jiang Ruilian, Jiang Ruiju and her youngest son, Jiang Ruiqing, and just when she felt that she would be able to live a good life in a group of children, in 1894, Jiang Siqian died of illness at the age of 80, and the following summer, due to cholera in Xikou Town, Chiang Kai-shek's father Jiang Zhaocong also fell ill and died, at the age of 53.
At this time, Wang Caiyu's four children, the eldest is Chiang Kai-shek, only 8 years old, the youngest Jiang Ruiqing is not yet one year old, is nursing, Jiang Zhaocong before his death can not rest assured, the group of orphans and widows are entrusted to his eldest son Jiang Jieqing.
Chiang Kai-shek wrote in 1918 reminiscing about his father, Chiang Kai-shek, before his death:
"My father's death, my mother Wang Taijun on the side, my father Gu Wu and my younger sister, referring to my brother: 'Er brother and sister are young, after my death, Er mother will mourn and will not be victorious, Er is old, and he can do his filial piety to his friends to comfort my heart!' My brother took up his own duties. Whoops, whoops! ”
However, Jiang Jieqing did not fulfill his promise to his father, because his great uncle Jiang Zhaohai died prematurely, in order to make Nagato have a queen, Jiang Jieqing was passed on to the name of Uncle Jiang and became Jiang Zhaohai's heir, that is, the eldest grandson of changfang.
After Jiang Zhaocong's death, the 20-year-old Jiang Jieqing presided over family affairs as the head of the family, he was narrow-minded, impatient and irritable, and had great disrespect for his stepmother Wang Caiyu, often arguing with Wang Caiyu for shop and family affairs, and the mother and son were out of harmony.
Once, he lost money playing mahjong outside and went home, and when he saw a monk in front of his home, he turned angry to Wang Caiyu, reprimanded the monk, believing that the monk had come to the house to ask for money, causing him to lose money, and Wang Caiyu was devout in Buddhism, and he had brought his hair to practice in the empty door, so every time he saw the monks coming to change their fate, they would give generously, and when she saw Jiang Jieqing not giving herself face, she argued on the spot.
In 1898, he proposed to split the family, and as the eldest son of Jiang Zhaohai and Jiang Zhaocong, he received all the assets, houses, and land properties under jiang Zhaohai's name, while Wang Caiyu and her four young children were only assigned to the ancestral house, twenty acres of land, and a piece of bamboo mountain where they lived, and all the valuable parts were taken away by Jiang Jieqing, and the Jiang family members were also biased toward the elder Jiang Jieqing, Wang Caiyu knew that he could not fight, simply did not argue, and only wanted to single-mindedly raise a few children.
In this regard, the young Chiang Kai-shek looked at it in his eyes and was grumpy, until he grew up and mentioned: "I grew up in a family of orphans and widows, and I have suffered many grievances, and there is no complaint." ”
2. Attaching Song Meiling to Chiang Kai-shek's marriage and obtaining a beautiful gift
Wang Caiyu's youngest son Jiang Ruiqing and young daughter Jiang Ruiju died soon after, and in just a few years they were hit one after another, leaving Wang Caiyu in pain.
Her youngest son, Jiang Ruiqing, was clever and clever since childhood, and Wang Caiyu and Chiang Kai-shek had great expectations of him; after Jiang Ruiqing's death, both Wang Caiyu and Chiang Kai-shek missed him, and later, chiang ching-kuo, chiang kai-shek's only son, was passed on to Chiang Ruiqing's name as an heir, so that Jiang Ruiqing could pass on incense.
Wang Caiyu and Chiang Ching-kuo
In 1901, under Wang Caiyu's Zhang Luo, the 14-year-old Chiang Kai-shek married the 19-year-old Mao Fumei as his wife, and two years later, he went to Fenghua Fenglu Academy to study, and later went to Ningbo, and soon returned to his hometown, with the support of his mother, he traveled east to Japan, got acquainted with Chen Qimei and others, joined the League, and embarked on the road of anti-Qing revolution.
Wang Caiyu and Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Fumei, and Chiang Ching-kuo
In 1921, Wang Caiyu, who had been hit by the departure of his relatives all his life, died of a heart attack at the age of 57, just at this time, Chiang Kai-shek left his post to return to his relatives, rushed to his mother's side, and was able to accompany him day and night, which was considered to be the way of the Son of Man.
Chiang Kai-shek began to make his mark
At his mother's behest, he chose another place for Wang Caiyu to be buried, not with his father.
The large-scale construction of Jiang Mu Cemetery
In 1924, after Chiang Kai-shek became the principal of the Whampoa Military Academy, he recommended Chiang Kai-qing to be the county magistrate of Yingde County, Guangdong, although he had a grudge against Chiang Kai-shek, but in the end he was a brother and sister, he was most envious of Zeng Guofan's work outside the country with the help of his brothers, and he also wrote a tribute to his younger brother Jiang Ruiqing in the army, believing that if Jiang Ruiqing lived, he would certainly be able to help himself, so Chiang Kai-shek, who had always had the idea of feudal filial piety, wanted to reuse his eldest brother Jiang Jieqing.
Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling are in front of the tomb of Mother Chiang
Chiang Kai-shek worked as a county magistrate in the former Qing Dynasty, studied in the law and political department of Siming Junior College, served as a prefect of the Taizhou District Court after graduation, and also borrowed Chiang Kai-shek's recommendation to serve as a prefect of the Guangzhou Local Court, not an ignorant person, who knew that he was a county magistrate, did not do the right thing, specialized in corruption and bribery, and had a bad reputation, and was soon dismissed by his superiors, Chiang Kai-shek knew his eldest brother's disposition, did not insist on letting him take office, but made up for the money owed by Chiang Kai-shek and drove him back to his hometown.
Chiang Kai-shek on the left and Chiang Kai-shek on the left
In 1927, Chiang Kai-shek published a newspaper stating that he had broken off relations with his wives and concubines and married Soong Mei-ling, and because his parents died early and the Chiang family had no uncles and elders, he had to invite his eldest brother Jiang Jieqing to Shanghai as the man's main marriage according to the saying that "the eldest brother is like a father".
At this time, Chiang Kai-shek was no longer what he used to be, and his power was amazing, so Chiang Kai-shek and Soong Mei-ling and his wife did everything they could, and When Song Meiling saw him politely, he had a good impression of him, proposed that he serve as the fat man of Zhejiang Customs Supervision, and hung up the title of a government member in Zhejiang Province.
3, in the hometown of the war, offend too many people, a hearing xi'an incident scared a heart attack
However, after Chiang Kai-shek took office, his temperament of forgetting righteousness and loving to eat, drink, and have fun has not changed, and his hand is also very long, and around 1930, he used the money he had enriched himself to buy a big house and take prostitutes as concubines, which was very bad and also affected Chiang Kai-shek's "political reputation." Chiang Kai-shek was very dissatisfied, and at his suggestion, Chiang Jieqing had to resign and return to Xikou Town.
After returning to his hometown, Chiang Kai-shek simply abandoned politics and business, opened a public money house in Xikou, and Chiang Kai-shek also saw the love of his brothers, so he kept the idle time of the zhejiang provincial government members.
However, Chiang Kai-shek, in his capacity as the "brother of the chairman of the committee," still went his own way, ran amok in the townships, acted recklessly, and formed many opponents, and some of them were reported to Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek did not pursue them.
During the Xi'an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek hid in a cave when he fled in a hurry
On December 12, 1936, the xi'an incident, which shocked the world, broke out, and that afternoon, Jiang Jieqing was watching a play in the Wushan Temple in Xikou, when he suddenly got the news that Chiang Kai-shek had been taken as a hostage by Zhang Xueliang, and his life and death were uncertain.
After Hearing the news, Chiang Kai-shek, who had never seen the political situation, was frightened by a heart attack on the spot, he had a lot of opponents in Fenghua, and Chiang Kai-shek was even more enemy of countless people.
After Jiang Jieqing was carried home, three days later, he died of panic and confusion. His family hastily buried him, stopped the coffin at home, set up a memorial service, and waited for Chiang Kai-shek to return home to hold a ceremony.
After the Xi'an Incident was peacefully resolved, Zhang Xueliang, who accompanied Chiang Kai-shek to Nanjing, was arrested and detained as soon as he took the opportunity
Soon, after the "Xi'an Incident" was resolved peacefully, and Chiang Kai-shek, who had suffered a waist injury, escaped from Xi'an, on January 2, 1937, he returned to his hometown to recuperate, and when he heard the news of Chiang Kai-shek's death, he said in tears: "There are three brothers, and now only one person remains." In the midst of the suffering, the sick brother was frightened and caused him to die quickly. But the news of the rest of the danger, he had heard, and it was comforting. ”
On April 22 of that year, Chiang Kai-shek, who was gradually recovering from a waist injury, solemnly held a funeral ceremony for his frightened brother, which was presided over by Lin Ban, then chairman of the National Government, and Kuomintang dignitaries such as Feng Yuxiang, He Yingqin, Yan Xishan, and others personally came to mourn.
At the ceremony, Chiang Kai-shek personally wrote a note for Chiang Kai-shek, saying:
"It is rare in the world to be a brother, but when he is in the service of the year, he increases his worries, and he even says goodbye to the merchants forever;
If the underground should visit the parents, in order to repay the rest of his life Xu Guo, and finally help Huaxia to comfort my relatives. ”
Chiang Kai-shek and his wife are in front of their brother's tomb
He deeply felt that although his eldest brother was not a weapon, he could die in shock because he was worried about his own safety, which was indeed "brotherhood", so Chiang Kai-shek changed his previous dissatisfaction with Chiang Kai-shek and not only solemnly buried Chiang Kai-shek, but also gave his children many care and supports thereafter.
During the Xi'an Incident, although Chiang Kai-shek himself was safe and sound, the eldest brother Chiang Kai-shek was scared to death, and Jiang Xiaoxian, the nephew who was the head of the bodyguard, was shot and killed by the Northeast Army, which made him have a deep grudge against Yang Hucheng and Zhang Xueliang, and later when the situation calmed down, Chiang Kai-shek retaliated again, booby-trapped Yang Hucheng's family, and put Zhang Xueliang under house arrest for life.