Chiang Kai-shek great-grandson Chiang Wan-an was elected mayor of Taipei, and Tsai Ing-wen announced her resignation as chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party. This should be one of the hottest news about her election. Today we will reveal the little-known life experience of Jiang Wanan from a historical perspective. Why did his great-grandfather order his grandmother to be poisoned? Jiang Wanan is the great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek, and the grandson of Chiang Ching-kuo . In this order, his grandmother is also Chiang Ching-kuo's wife. So why did Chiang Kai-shek order his daughter-in-law to be poisoned? In fact, there is a lot going on here.
Although Jiang Wan'an is Jiang Jingguo's grandson, his grandmother is not Jiang Jingguo's official wife. From beginning to end, Jiang Jingguo had only one official wife named Jiang Fangliang , whom he met while studying in the Soviet Union. The two got married in the Soviet Union and had their eldest son Jiang Xiaowen . And Jiang Wanan's grandmother was Jiang Jingguo's later lover named Zhang Yaruo . This Zhang Yaruo was born in Wan'an County, Jiangsu Province in 1913. Before he met Jiang Jingguo, he had already been married and had two children. The partner was his cousin Tang Yinggang. But because Tang Yinggang has a bad temper and doesn't know how to be considerate, the relationship between the two has always been very bad. For a while, Zhang Yaruo, who was almost angry, hanged himself, but fortunately Tang Ying died of illness not long after. In 1939, when the Japanese army invaded Nanchang , Zhang Yaruo and his family fled to Gannan , where he and Jiang Jingguo met fatefully. At that time, Zhang Yaruo was working in the Gannan Administrative Office. Because of his outstanding ability, he was once appreciated by Jiang Jingguo, and he was even transferred to his side as a secretary. But I didn't expect that the two of them would get on good terms just like this.
Zhang Yaruo is a typical Jiangnan woman, with outstanding looks and fair skin. Although she has given birth to two children, she is well maintained. In addition, she is gentle and considerate, and has a unique temperament in it. It's no wonder Chiang Ching-kuo was tempted. Not long after, he couldn't help but confessed his love to Zhang Yaruo. In fact, at the beginning, Zhang Yaruo did not agree with Jiang Jingguo's confession because of the huge gap in status. But Jiang Jingguo's style of beating is indiscriminate. Since you don't agree, then I will launch all offensives until you give in completely. So, under Jiang Jingguo's sugar-coated shells and rhetoric, Zhang Yaruo finally fell. However, there is still a huge problem in front of them at this time. You must know that Chiang Ching-kuo already had a family at this time, and he was still the son of Chiang Kai-shek. If something like this happened, it would be a shame to the whole family. Although Lao Jiang also had many wives in his life, they all married after divorce. Now concubines are not allowed, even if he is Chiang Kai-shek's son, he can't do anything special. It didn't take long for Chiang Kai-shek to learn about the relationship between the two from the spy. After hearing the news, he was furious and immediately ordered Chiang Ching-kuo to cut off any contact with the woman. But Jiang Jingguo's next sentence instantly made Lao Jiang lose his temper. This sentence means that Zhang Yaruo is already pregnant with my flesh and blood, you Lao Jiang can figure it out.
After learning that Jiang Jingguo's lover Zhang Yaruo was pregnant, no matter how angry Lao Jiang was, there was nothing he could do at this time. After all, they were the flesh and blood of the Jiang family. So in order to let the child come smoothly, and at the same time to better conceal the matter, Lao Jiang immediately ordered someone to send Zhang Yaruo to Guilin for delivery. But who knows that this turned out to be the beginning of Zhang Yaruo's bad luck. After arriving in Guilin, Zhang Yaruo lived a very comfortable life, and she was taken care of by a special person for daily life, and she didn't have to worry about anything, just wait for the birth in peace. During this period, Jiang Jingguo took time to visit her several times, telling her to relax and take care of all difficulties by herself. And Zhang Yaruo didn't have any worries at this time, she always hoped that after the birth of the child, she would be able to live the wealthy life she dreamed of, but who would have thought that it would be nothing in the end.
Not long after, Zhang Yaruo gave birth to a pair of twins in Guilin Hospital, both boys, which made Jiang Jingguo very happy. Even Chiang Kai-shek, who was far away in Chongqing, couldn't help showing a gratified smile. After all, he was Chiang Ching-kuo's own son. Now that his son has blossomed, he is naturally happy too. After Chiang Kai-shek's permission, Chiang Ching-kuo named the two children Xiaoyan and Xiaoci according to the genealogy. The eldest brother Jiang Xiaoyan is the father of Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan. after the birth of two children, Chiang Kai-shek immediately sent someone to send a sum of money to Guilin to support Zhang Yaruo's mother and son, and asked not to treat the two children badly. Jiang Jingguo was very happy because of this incident. He thought his father had accepted his lover. But the development of the incident was far beyond his expectations. Chiang Kai-shek's move was premeditated. In addition to sending money, he also sent a special agent to Zhang Yaruo's side to assassinate her at the opportunity, which also made this old case completely dead. At the beginning, the spies planned to use Bai Ling to hang Zhang Yaruo, but then they thought that this method would easily reveal their flaws, so they thought of using poison.
One day in 1942, after Zhang Yaruo fell asleep after a physical examination in the hospital, a special agent tiptoed into her room, took out a needle filled with poison, and injected all of it into her arm. After a while, Zhang Yaruo also died of poison as the spies fled away. The hospital's explanation for death was blood poisoning. At this point, it's over. Although Jiang Jingguo was very puzzled, he couldn't verify it for a while. When Zhang Yaruo died, Jiang Jingguo did not take the two children with him, but entrusted them to Zhang Yaruo's mother Zhou Jinhua and several older brothers to raise them. The reason is still due to the pressure from his father and wife Jiang Fangliang. When the Kuomintang fled to Taiwan in 1949, Chiang Ching-kuo's two illegitimate sons also went to Taiwan. Although life was difficult, Zhou Jinhua did not relax the education of his two grandchildren. Under his training, the two children were much more successful than the only son of the Jiang family. The elder brother Zhang Xiaoyan teaches at a university, and the younger brother Zhang Xiaoci works in a high-level position in Taiwan. The two have always wanted to restore their identities, but they have never obtained the consent of Jiang's family. Even when their father Jiang Jingguo died, they were not allowed to attend the funeral. Change your identity. The eldest brother Zhang Xiaoyan finally automatically recovered his identity after the death of Chiang Ching-kuo's official wife Jiang Fangliang in 2004. Because the older generation of the Jiang family was dead at this time, and no one could stop him from admitting his relatives, and Jiang Xiaoyan's son is now the mayor of Taipei, Jiang Wan'an. This name was given by Jiang Jingguo. Wan'an is Zhang Yaruo's hometown Wan'an County, and this move is to commemorate the relationship between the two.
Jiang Wanan was born in 1997. He has great ambitions since he was a child. Unlike his parents, he has already recovered his identity at the age of 7. He studied extremely hard, and when he grew up, he studied abroad at the University of Pennsylvania and obtained a master's degree in law. After that, he continued to cultivate, and successively obtained a doctorate in law and a California lawyer license. Because of the influence of his family background, Jiang Wanan was very enthusiastic about participating in politics. In 2006, he was elected as a legislator in the third electoral district of Taipei City with his outstanding ability. After four years of hard work and hard work, he was successfully re-elected in 2020 with 100,000 votes. At the end of November this year, this descendant of the Jiang family was elected again with his excellent strength. For the mayor of Taipei City. We absolutely believe that he will definitely make great achievements in the future, but we also hope that he will not follow the old path of his predecessors and make more contributions to the unification of the country.