During the feudal period, inheritance was always regarded as the most important thing, and sons were preferred. Although the Republic of China was an era of acceptance of new ideas, this concept, which had gone through thousands of years, could not be easily changed, and many families might take concubines if they had many daughters without sons. The warlord leader was no exception, Duan Qirui was one of them, his main chamber gave birth to four daughters for him in a row, and the concubine bore him twin sons, but soon after Duan Qirui said that he would drive the concubine away.
In the eleventh year of Guangxu (1885), Duan Qirui was admitted to the Beiyang Martial Arts Academy founded by Li Hongzhang with very good results. He has very good results in every one of them, so he is very much valued by Li Hongzhang. He graduated with the best grades and went to Germany to study in Germany after supervising the construction of the fort for a period of time. After his return, he held important positions in the Qing court, and at the same time he also married a wife, Wu Shi, who bore him a son and a daughter, the son of which was Duan Hongye, one of the four princes of the Republic of China.
However, not long after, Duan Qirui's original partner died, and the two children were also sent to relatives for home. In the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu (1899), Duan Qirui followed Yuan Shikai to suppress the Boxers, and it was also at this time that he became a powerful subordinate of Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Army. Yuan Shikai had a righteous daughter, Zhang Peiyu, who was also from a famous family, and because his parents died, he lived in the home of Yuan Shikai, who was also a relative. Zhang Peiyu is very popular in the Yuan family, and his style is praised by many people. In the twenty-seventh year of Guangxu (1901), under the leadership of Yuan Shikai, a wedding ceremony was held for Zhang Peiyu and Duan Qirui.
After marriage, Duan Qirui was fighting for a career outside, Zhang Peiyu was at home, and the two of them had a relatively stable life. But it was only zhang Peiyu who gave birth to four daughters in succession after marriage, and it was important not to have sons at that time. Out of the generosity of the main room, Zhang Peiyu had to give Duan Qirui Zhang Luona several concubines. Although Duan Qirui already had an eldest son, people at that time always wanted as many children as possible, so he took five concubines.
Three women a drama this sentence is correct, the concubines began to compete for favors, the aunt was proud of a period of time after giving birth to a son and a daughter, and soon her child died prematurely, and the aunt was too sad to follow. The second aunt only gave birth to one daughter, and usually did not talk much. The more demon is the third aunt, young and beautiful, and duan Qirui's favor, naturally wants to squeeze and squeeze Zhang Peiyu's main room.
As for the fourth aunt, there are people in her heart, and she misses her sweetheart with a heavy heart every day. The fifth aunt entered the door late, and it was also a relatively quiet one. For Zhang Peiyu, these aunts and wives are very well-behaved, only the third aunt is too old to pick things up, but she has a good education since she was a child, and she will not care about these. Duan Qirui, as the leader of the warlords, certainly did not care about family affairs.
After the third aunt gave birth to a pair of twins, she was even more proud, but because Zhang Peiyu was a related household, the third aunt did not dare to make a big deal out of it, and only dared to quietly cause trouble. Many people wanted to give Gifts to Duan Qirui, but he never accepted them. One day, Qi Xieyuan, the overseer of Jiangsu, gave Duan Qirui several screens inlaid with various gems, which sounded very valuable and looked very valuable. Just that day Zhang Peiyun went out, at that time Yuan Shikai had died, and the third aunt became more and more arrogant after Zhang Peiyu had no relationship. This time, she saw that the screen was very valuable, so she took it for the Duan family on her own initiative. Previously, Zhang Peiyun stressed that he could not receive gifts many times.
Duan Qirui came back to see that he was furious, first reprimanded the third aunt, and the next day ordered someone to send the screen back. Then he made up his mind to rectify the family affairs, and while calling Zhang Peiyu back, he began to order people to investigate. These are good, the things that the third aunt did before have all been checked out, so the third aunt pulled the fourth aunt who had a sweetheart into the water.
However, Duan Qirui's handling method really surprised her, and Duan Qirui drove the third aunt out of the house, and then released the fourth aunt to marry her crush. This was done because although the fourth aunt had a sweetheart when she was too peaceful, she never caused trouble, and Duan Qirui's marriage to her aunt also became a good story at that time.
Reference: "Six No Prime Ministers" Duan Qirui? 》