Ai Xin Jue Luo Zaitao, grandson of the Daoguang Emperor and the seventh son of YiZhen the Prince of Shuoxian, was the half-brother of the Guangxu Emperor and the seventh uncle of the Xuantong Emperor Puyi, known as "Tao Qiye", an important political figure in the imperial family at the end of the Qing Dynasty, so he was awarded the title of second-class Zhenguo general at the age of three, and was soon promoted to the rank of Fuguo Duke, and then inherited the title of Prince of Baylor and added the title of King of The County.
Zaitao received a good education from a young age, first to study in the Guiguan Academy, and then to study at the French Somi Cavalry School, specializing in cavalry combat subjects, and wanted to focus on training him to be a military commander who assisted the Qing Dynasty, but what made people speechless was that Zaitao did not fall in love with the military since he was a child, but was obsessed with astronomy. He spent a lot of money to purchase a bunch of instruments for skygazing and measuring stars, such as globes, trispheres, planetariums, various astronomical telescopes, etc., everything is available, not good to listen to lessons, a mind to play with astronomical instruments, really surprising people.
What the people of the world did not expect was that at the end of 1908 a few years later, the Guangxu Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi were buried one after another, and the eldest nephew Puyi, who was only a few years old, became the emperor, Zaifeng became the regent, and Tao Belle became the emperor's uncle and seventh brother, and was soon appointed as the leader of the loyal to the emperor's Janissaries.
With a tiger-wolf-like army at hand, Zaitao's appetite was getting bigger and bigger, so he encouraged Zaifeng to "build the country and protect the state, Mo Xian's troops, safety and chaos, and the people's hearts and minds.", and issued an edict officially announcing that Zaifeng was the grand marshal of the army who concentrated the military power of the political power, and Zaitao was in charge of the military advisory and in charge of the Janissaries, known as "adhering to the edict, Xiang praise the military class", becoming an independent organization independent of the War Department, with great power.
At this time, Zaitao can be said to have reached the peak of his life, he was wearing a gray tunic janissary officer's uniform, a pair of large leather boots under the breeches, and the kicking spurs on the heels were polished, and every morning, under the escort of the horse team, he came to the training office in a majestic manner. Everywhere I went, there was also the sound of spurs shaking, which was really a spring breeze and extremely spirited!
Subsequently, his army of more than 10,000 people had four standards: one for each horse artillery team, one battalion for engineering, one heavy and one machine gun, one team for military music, and one team for police. Zaitao was heroic and vigorous, quite like the posture of a Peking Opera martial artist, wearing a battle robe, and commanding the entire army to be inspected. When Zaifeng rode to the school grounds, the whole army raised their guns in salute according to the parade formation, and the military band simultaneously played the "Chongrong Spectrum".
However, the good times did not last long, and with the sound of a cannon in the Wuchang uprising, Zaitao tried to resist, but like a young rabbit fighting an eagle, he could not measure up. However, there was once an opportunity in front of him. Once, around whether to fight with the revolutionary army or not, Empress Longyu convened a meeting in front of the imperial court to listen to the opinions of various factions. At that time, the royal family was divided into two factions, the main war, the main and the two factions, and the two sides insisted on their own words and quarreled endlessly. In the face of your incessant reasons, Zaitao was surprisingly quiet, very unusually silent, neither coming up with a plan to deal with the revolution, nor showing an attitude of swearing to resist to the death, looking like he was on the sidelines.
At this time, Longyu thought that Zaitao had been training troops for many years, so he asked for his opinion: "Zaitao, you are in charge of the army, do you know how our soldiers are?" When Zaitao heard this, he quickly prostrated his head and replied, "Slaves have trained soldiers, but they have not fought." At this moment, Zaitao had to say something in his heart, he had no idea how the combat effectiveness of his own army really was. He knew in his heart that the training in the past three years was actually more like the soldiers in the Peking Opera stage, pure entertainment, and should not be taken seriously. When Long Yu saw this scene, he had no choice but to sigh helplessly: "It's a joke."
In this way, Zaitao's cowardice took the initiative to give up the military power, and then faded out of the political circle of right and wrong, and returned to the literary and art circles and became the holder of the bull's ear. He honored himself and came forward to organize the "Speech and Music Society", which was a martial artist and entertained himself with art. Since then, the capital has lost one less Tao Belle who holds a horse whip, and one more seventh master who plays with a gun. It is not a matter of the imperial court dying and the officials and lords gone; even if the sky falls and the earth sinks, people will continue to live.
But life is not so easy, Zaitao can not find a suitable job for a while, he chose to go to the desheng gate every day to set up a stall. Despite this, Zaitao was still quite backbone, and he resolutely refused to do anything to the officials of the Japanese people. During the Japanese invasion of China, Japan occupied the three eastern provinces, and Puyi was pro-Japanese in an attempt to establish a puppet state of Manchukuo. The Japanese secret service found Zaitao and wanted to appoint him as the mayor of Peiping City, and despite the threat of gunpoint, Zaitao, who was once timid and afraid, patted his chest and said righteously: "Come on, I am still more comfortable riding my own bicycle!" "I was angry with the Japanese lobbyists. He resolutely refused to serve in the puppet state of Manchukuo. Later, although his life was difficult, he set up a stall on the street to make a living, which was not a traitor.
Since he has so many talents, is there no place to use him? Non and non- because Zaitao is famous for his hobby of "xiang equestrianism", a horse walks in front of him, and he can say exactly how old this horse is and where it is. Even more commendable is that he can know the use of horses based on subjective judgment alone.
After the founding of New China, Zaitao's hobby of "soma", finally came into play, and subsequently, his life underwent earth-shaking changes. In 1950, the leader signed the "Appointment Order of the People's Military Commission of the Central People's Government", allowing Zaitao to serve as an adviser to the Ma Zheng Bureau of the Plaster Artillery Command. At that time, Zaitao, who was living in poverty, received this letter of appointment in the face of this sudden and tremendous change, and felt that it was the greatest honor in his life, which made him think of thousands of thoughts, mixed feelings, and his heart could not be calm for a long time, he was very happy to say, The birth of New China is over, and I Zaitao is also born!
For such a job, Zaitao is very satisfied, and his years of hobby can finally be transformed into a contribution. During the period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the front line urgently needed more than 25,000 warhorses, and Zaitao, who had been more than a year old, personally went to the northwest to help select high-quality warhorses, which was respected by the generals and soldiers.
Later, Zaitao also served as an adviser to the Civil Affairs Bureau of the General Logistics Department, a member of the State Nationalities Commission, and a deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Committee, enjoying ministerial treatment, and on September 2, 1970, the prince died in Beijing at the age of 84.