Jiang Menglin, a famous educator in modern times, is the longest-serving president of Peking University and enjoys a high reputation in the education field.
However, whenever people mention him, what they say most is not his ability to teach and educate people, but the fact that at the age of 75, he stubbornly wanted to marry a little wife, regardless of Hu Shi, Chen Cheng and Song Meiling, and was finally angry.
So, what makes Jiang Menglin so persistent? What did this marriage give him?
1886 65438+1October 20th, Jiang Menglin was born in Yuhang, Zhejiang. He is a knowledgeable scholar who studied in America. Dewey is his teacher. As the principal of Peking University for many years, he was a famous educator in modern times.
If we only look at his label, we can conclude that Jiang Menglin is the idol that most people worship, but we can find that his three relationships are all criticized behind the unveiling of his gorgeous robes.
At that time, he accepted the baptism of new ideas, but at that time, he still didn't get rid of his parents' arrangement for his marriage: marrying Sun Yushu.
Jiang Menglin returned to China in 19 17, and Sun Yushu became his first wife. Such an arrangement, unable to resist, thus accepted the arranged marriage arranged by parents.
However, without emotional foundation, even after Sun Yushu gave birth to three sons and a daughter for him, he still couldn't change his image in his heart.
What distastes him most is that people who are obviously educated by the new ideological trend have to be with a rural woman who follows the three obedience and four virtues.
He felt like a trapped animal, trying to escape from the cage set by his parents. Everyone else envied him and found a good wife, who not only managed the family well, but also took care of Jiang Menglin's parents and children wholeheartedly.
But Jiang Menglin doesn't think so. After the completion of all aspects of his career, Jiang Menglin's regrets often hurt him.
He knows everything Sun Yushu says and does. But I still have no different feelings for her. So I devoted myself wholeheartedly to my work and education.
During his education, he made many like-minded friends, such as Hu Shi and Gao Ren Shan. Such an opportunity filled him with great pain.
After the "March 18th Massacre" broke out. Jiang Menglin was blacklisted by Beiyang warlords. In a critical situation, he left Beijing for Shanghai.
At that time, warlords were fighting, and he couldn't bear to see his country trampled. So he and Gao Ren Shan and other friends mobilized their own strength, actively participated in education, and organized many patriotic activities to defend the rights and dignity of China people.
In the second year, the northern warlords realized their influence and suppressed it vigorously. The situation is not optimistic at first, but Gao Renshan and others are not afraid of sacrifice and still insist.
On September 28th of the same year, Gao Renshan was unfortunately arrested and brutally killed by warlord Zhang.
Jiang Menglin and Comrade Gao Ren Hill Road are close friends. The sudden death of his friends broke his heart, especially Gao Renshan's wife Tao Zenggu.
Faced with this bad news, Tao Zenggu has many problems. The child is still young, and the overwhelming public opinion news is even more difficult for her to cope with.
Jiang Menglin learned that he had to shoulder this responsibility and continued to devote himself to education in the future. On the one hand, he has to take good care of his widow Tao Zenggu, and on the other hand, he has a lifelong ambition as a friend.
Soon, Jiang Menglin succeeded Cai Yuanpei as the first Minister of Education of the Republic of China, with Tao Zenggu as its secretary.
Under the long working hours, the two people parted.
Jiang Menglin saw her bright spot, but his heart turned to sunshine in a difficult situation. Tao Zenggu thinks he is brave and frank and doesn't care about giving.
But what will the outside world think of the two?
Both sides have children, and their identities are embarrassing. Jiang Menglin already has an original wife, Sun Yushu. Although she has no emotional foundation, she has paid a lot.
Tao Zenggu is the widow of his friend. With such a complicated relationship, who will agree with their feelings? However, Jiang Menglin pursued freedom and resolutely stood on the opposite side of the secular world.
Sun Yushu in his hometown received a divorce request from Jiang Menglin. She knew there was no point in staying, so she chose to respect his decision.
Jiang Menglin's heart is complicated, but she still appreciates her efforts, leaving Sun Yushu with enough expenses to support her children.
In this way, Jiang Menglin's first marriage finally came to an end, and she and Tao Zenggu left. Although during the Republic of China, people often emphasized the freedom to pursue love. But it is unusual for a man with a family and a woman with a brother to come together, no matter from that point of view.
Therefore, when Jiang Menglin's wedding invitation was handed to Hu Shi, Hu Shi's angry wife Jiang Dongxiu immediately set fire to it and told Jiang Menglin that Hu Shi would not go.
On the wedding day, Jiang Dongxiu locked Hu Shi at home, but the window was unlocked, so Hu Shi jumped out of the window and solved the problem that they had no witnesses.
But the irony is that at the wedding, Jiang Menglin raised his glass to all the people present and said that his marriage with Tao Zenggu was entrusted by his brothers, so they came together.
When this remark spread to the outside world, Jiang Menglin was criticized a lot. But maybe he felt that he was out of the control of his parents and found Venus in his heart. Even if he was scolded, Jiang Menglin enjoyed it.
Since then, Jiang Menglin and Tao Zenggu have lived for more than twenty years.
But because Tao Zenggu has some shortcomings in dealing with people, Jiang Menglin also has some shortcomings in his career.
During the Anti-Japanese War, Peking University moved inland and formed Southwest United University with several other schools. However, Jiang Menglin hopes to revive Peking University, and he can still devote himself to education. However, some people stand out against Jiang Menglin's continuing to be the president of Peking University.
This is not only because people doubt Jiang Menglin's character, but also because after marrying Tao Zenggu, she is not tactful in handling things at ordinary times, thus alienating Jiang Menglin from others.
But the two have a good relationship and have been affectionate for many years.
However, compared with the failure to continue to shine in his career, the biggest blow to Jiang Menglin was the death of Tao Zenggu.
1958, Tao Zenggu left forever.
Before her death, she said that Jiang Menglin was too excited to bear to see him alone for a long time, hoping to find another person to accompany her.
Jiang Menglin refused and has been living with the children ever since.
Although there were many matchmakers in the past two years, Jiang Menglin never met anyone who moved him again.
At this moment, a man walked into Jiang Menglin's life.
Xu Xianle, 1908, from Wuxi, Jiangsu. Born into a noble family, he is a noble family. My grandfather was an expert in shipbuilding in the late Qing Dynasty, and my father worked in the government of the Republic of China at that time.
The luxurious family environment naturally cultivated Xu Xianle's character of advocating money.
Living a life full of stars since childhood, beautiful appearance and prominent family background have made many people flock to it.
But in her eyes, nothing is more important than money, so she also studied money-related majors in college, and it is also in line with money to find a partner after graduation.
In the past few decades, she has been married twice and had many boyfriends, but as a "pragmatic", Xu Xianle has a clear goal. What she pursues is money, so in every relationship that goes away, she leaves because of money.
However, after another group of beautiful girls, the men who surrounded Xu Xianle were greedy for her beauty, but after discovering her true face, they turned to pursue new goals.
Xu Xianle, who was left out in the cold, soon realized that her market was falling rapidly in the market, but she decided to find a good meal ticket for the rest of her life because she didn't want to lower her quality of life.
At that moment, Jiang Menglin caught her eye.
The former president of Peking University, whose children are married and rich enough, is 75 years old, but it does not prevent her from pursuing Jiang Menglin's assets.
But compared with Xu Xianle's pragmatism, the old deer in Jiang Menglin's heart collided again.
He seemed to see the shadow of Tao Zenggu, smell the spark of love, and was tempted out of control.
In less than half a year after they met, when they received a love letter from Jiang Menglin, she knew that her bait was right this time.
Crazy Jiang Menglin made another crazy decision when he was in his seventies. He wanted to marry this woman.
But this time Jiang Menglin found himself without supporters. Friends refused to attend his wedding. Even his own witness, Hu Shi, sent a long letter during his illness, hoping that he could polish his eyes and handle his premarital property well.
Even Song Meiling, who has always been indifferent to other things, wrote to tell him personally that if he insisted on marrying Xu Xianle, we might never meet again.
There is a simple reason. Everyone understands Xu Xianle's intention. She loves money like life and is unfaithful to her feelings. If you insist on marrying her, the consequences will be out of control, but Jiang Menglin didn't see Xu Xianle clearly.
The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear. Jiang Menglin, once again deeply in love, didn't consider the problem comprehensively enough, and the dissuasion of his friends didn't work.
If Jiang Menglin had given a little consideration to Xu Xianle's behavior, he might not have made such a hasty decision. On the contrary, the marriage turned into a farce.
There are also many relatives and friends who oppose the two by breaking off relations.
Chen Cheng wrote to show his attitude that his decision would undoubtedly lose many close friends. If he really wants to do this, I'm afraid they will never meet again.
His children also said that they would break off relations with Jiang Menglin.
Sick Hu Shi also stood up to stop him, wrote to tell him not to get married, and gave him advice, especially to handle his money carefully.
It has also been suggested that Jiang Menglin can enjoy his old age, or still devote himself to education, which can reflect his contribution to the country and people.
However, Jiang Menglin did not come to their senses after all, and resolutely married Xu Xianle in secret.
He even believed that Xu Xianle had deep feelings for himself, but he didn't know that the torture and blow of this third marriage was unprecedented.
After marriage, Jiang Menglin soon tasted the bitter fruit she planted. Xu Xianle, whose purpose is not simple, reaches out to Jiang Menglin's assets in the name of love.
Not only did she spend all the property left by Jiang Menglin to her children, but she even deducted his food on the grounds of economy.
However, as a 75-year-old man, he is no match for Xu Xianle.
At this time, Jiang Menglin really understood the well-meaning of his friend Hu Shi.
On one occasion, Jiang Menglin was injured and hospitalized. Xu Xianle took this opportunity to transfer Jiang Menglin's house account to his own name, and even transferred all important assets such as land and stocks.
When Jiang Menglin was discharged from the hospital, Xu Xianle had already left with a huge sum of money.
1963 April 10, Jiang Menglin woke up from a big dream and asked for a divorce from Xu Xianle. He is well aware of the consequences of his will, and he is full of regret.
At that time, he was dying and tottering, but he was tortured to death by Xu Xianle.
But Xu Xianle said that the reason for doing this is Jiang Menglin's promise to herself: everything in Tao Zenggu once belonged to her.
Such an excuse is just an excuse for yourself.
Just like Jiang Menglin sued Xu Xianle when his friend Hu Shi died. His heart is full of heartache and anger. He didn't listen to his good friend Hu Shi's advice and was in a dilemma.
He said that he failed to live up to Mr. Hu Shi's kind persuasion, and Hu Shi, who has died, may never hear his confession again. At the same time, during this period, I lost many friends.
Not to be outdone, Xu Xianle hit each other with her lips and teeth to express her so-called grievances.
As Mr. Hu Shi expected, Xu Xianle was greedy for money, and then his six relatives denied it.
The next year, the two finally divorced.
Jiang Menglin compensated 500,000 yuan for alimony and gave it to Xu Xianle. Facts have proved that in Xu Xianle's two marriages, he was the winner of the best interests.
In just two years, Xu Xianle cheated Jiang Menglin of 700,000 yuan, which made Jiang Menglin criticized.
This farce is finally over.
In Jiang Menglin's three marriages, she persisted again and again, and the results were not satisfactory. In a beautiful marriage, the relationship between two people should be equal and respectful, not in a cage of hypocrisy and deception.
In this regard, Xu Xianle took Jiang Menglin's huge property and lived a happy life. His life ended at the age of 98. Jiang Menglin, however, with endless regret and pain, passed away in a hurry after only a few months, at the age of 78.