The world only knows that Chiang Kai-shek was politically talented and a relatively capable figure, but little is known about his family and background. The reason why the Chiang family was able to become a big family was mainly due to Chiang Kai-shek's grandfather, Jiang Siqian, and in an era when everyone knew that they were immersed in farming and making money, Jiang Siqian had already understood a truth: The possibility of making a fortune by relying on three thin fields was too low, which was also the reason why he later abandoned he would be engaged in agriculture and business.
Chiang Si-chien's influence on Chiang Kai-shek was a lifetime, and Chiang Kai-shek mentioned several times that this grandfather took care of him. The small character Ruiyuan when Chiang Kai-shek was born was taken by Jiang Siqian, and he was almost choked to death by a chopstick because he was naughty when he was a child, and it was also his grandfather Jiang Siqian who did artificial respiration for him, and Chiang Kai-shek survived.
If not, there would be no Chiang Kai-shek in China later, and Chiang Kai-shek's father, Chiang Zhaocong, inherited Jiang Siqian's wisdom and wisdom, and vigorously developed the family business after taking over the Chiang family's industry, making their family quickly become a rich and powerful family in the local area. The townspeople also gave Jiang Zhaocong a nickname, called "Butou Yellow Eel".
This is not a curse word, in fact, they are praising Jiang Zhaocong for his flexible mind and ability to do things. Chiang Kai-shek was able to have a later hegemonic career, and it cannot but be said that his grandfather and father had great merit in passing on their words and deeds, but living in the same environment as Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Kai-shek's half-brother Chiang Kai-shek did not inherit the style of Chiang Kai-shek's family.
Chiang Kai-shek's birth mother, Wang Caiyu, gave birth to him about a year after passing through the gate, and Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Kai-shek were more than ten years apart, which means that when Jiang Zhaocong remarried, Chiang Kai-shek was already an age that can remember things. For Chiang Kai-qing, who is in a rebellious adolescence, the appearance of this stepmother is to share his father's love for him, originally the relationship between the two was not very good, after Chiang Kai-shek was born, Chiang Kai-shek was even more jealous of the Wang family, but he did not show it on the surface, until Jiang Zhaocong's death.
Chiang Kai-shek was only eight years old when Jiang Zhaocong left, so Jiang Zhaocong could only entrust the burden of the family to his eldest son, Chiang Kai-qing, who hoped that the eldest son could take good care of the family, but Chiang Kai-qing failed to live up to his father's expectations. After his father's death, no one could discipline Jiang Jieqing, so he began to spend days and nights drinking, and even often lingered in the willows of fireworks alleys.
Even so, Jiang Jieqing still looked at the Wang family unfavorably, he was clamoring to separate the family, Wang Caiyuna he was not good, he could only take the few acres of land he gave to himself. This incident left a very deep impression on Chiang Kai-shek, and later the younger brothers and sisters of Chiang Kai-shek's mother and compatriots would die prematurely, and Chiang Kai-shek could not say that he was not at all at fault. Even if the days were hard, Wang Caiyu insisted that Chiang Kai-shek get the best education, and if it were not for the Queen Mother's insistence, Chiang Kai-shek would not have been glorious and glorious later.
For ordinary people, there is certainly no good face for such a big brother, but the Confucian culture that Chiang Kai-shek has accepted since childhood makes it impossible for him to be cruel to his brother, after all, in his generation, the Jiang family is only left with him and Chiang Kai-shek. After Chiang Kai-shek's discovery, he always tried to find a way to promote Chiang Kai-shek, and also went to great lengths to find him a position as a county magistrate, but as a result, Chiang Kai-shek did not cherish his brother's reputation at all and took bribes everywhere.
Chiang Kai-shek had to let him go to Zhejiang Customs Supervision again, but Chiang Kai-shek still did not know how to restrain himself. He went around flaunting his relationship with Chiang Kai-shek and oppressing his subordinates and exploiting the people, and others thought that his arbitrary actions were all connived by Chiang Kai-shek, and for a while the military also had a lot of criticism of Chiang Kai-shek.
Later, some officials really couldn't bear it, so they reported Chiang Kai-shek to Chiang Kai-shek, and Chiang Kai-shek was particularly angry when he learned of it, and directly drove Chiang Kai-shek back to his hometown as a punishment.
Later, during the Xi'an Incident, Chiang Kai-shek suffered a sudden stroke due to Chiang Kai-shek's whereabouts unknown, and then died, which can be regarded as paying the price for the misdeeds of the first half of his life.
Resources:
"Biography of Chiang Kai-shek" Croze, "Chiang Kai-shek's Diary", "Chiang Kai-shek's Family" Liu Yanyu