A literary tycoon in the Republic of China turned out to be Li Hongzhang, who had inextricable relations, and I didn't know it until now. As for who it is, first sell a pass, please read on.
In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China period, those who could leave a reputation in history can be casually seen, and more than 90% of them were people with prestige and status at that time.
In that era, social resources were basically controlled by those family members, and it was really not easy for ordinary children to make a name for themselves.
Therefore, when we look back at the big guys in the Republic of China, we will be surprised to find that whether it is Lin Huiyin, Lu Xiaoman, Xu Zhimo, Zhang Ailing, or Bingxin, not to mention Lu Xun and Guo Moruo, once their background is dug, they all understand.
So who does Li Hongzhang have an inextricable relationship with?
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Li Hongzhang picked a son-in-law to have a set
This matter has to start with Li Hongzhang's marriage to his daughter. Li Hongzhang, as the "four famous ministers of ZTE", has a deep influence on Chinese history.
As we all know, Li Hongzhang has a lot of experience in dealing with the great powers, but he does not know that in his personal life, doing things is also unpredictable.
After the death of his eldest wife, Zhou Shi, Li Hongzhang married the daughter of his colleague Zhao Yu to fill the house as his wife. At that time, Li Hongzhang was 39 years old, and Zhao Xiaolian's daughter Zhao Xiaolian was only 24 years old.
Perhaps this incident also had some impact on his daughter after marrying, in his opinion, the age difference between old husbands and young wives is not very large.
The two were relatively harmonious in all aspects, and Zhao Xiaolian also gave birth to a son and two daughters for Li Hongzhang, Li Ju couple and Li Jingpu.
Li Hongzhang has a colleague named Zhang Peilun, who is very compatible with Li Hongzhang. Zhang Peilun's career development is very general, but this person is an "upright person".
Just because Zhang Peilun was taken off from the book, there are not a few people who wear flower plumes. As the old saying goes, "Cutting off people's financial paths is like killing parents", Zhang Peilun always knocks the cake in front of others to the ground, and this alone is doomed to be excluded by his colleagues.
In addition to being good at commenting on current politics and impeaching ministers, Zhang Peilun is also a complete main battle faction. In 1883 AD, the Sino-French War broke out, Zhang Peilun played the advantage of "the strong king of the mouth", the soldiers wrote the head of the Tao, and the analysis of the state of the enemy and us was watertight.
Even Cixi Lafayette was impressed and let Zhang Peilun go to Fujian Mawei To oversee the army, expecting him to be able to fight for the Qing Dynasty.
As a result, when Zhang Peilun really went to preside over military affairs, he exposed his shortcomings. The Sino-French war could be lost, but I didn't expect to lose so ugly.
Zhang Peilun not only punched herself in the face, but also lost the face of Empress Dowager Cixi. As a result, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee also impeached Zhang Peilun and finally sent him to Zhangjiakou for service.
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Why did Zhang Peilun choose him as his son-in-law
Just when Zhang Peilun was most discouraged, Li Hongzhang did not forget to lend him a helping hand. After Zhang Peilun's exile expired, Li Hongzhang also took him in and left him by his side as a clerk.
It was at this time that Li Hongzhang decided to ration his 22-year-old daughter Xu to Zhang Peilun, knowing that the 40-year-old Zhang Peilun had already died twice before.
So what is it that attracts Li Hongzhang to a man who is old and has no age and is at the lowest point of his career? If it is love and righteousness, or appreciation of his personality, I think Li Hongzhang will not exchange his daughter's happiness for it.
According to my understanding, Li Hongzhang still looks at Zhang Peilun's background. This incident tells us that if there is something that we can't understand, we may wish to look at the identity background of the person involved.
Zhang Peilun was able to impeach in various ways in the court, in addition to his own ability, but also because he had a deep relationship between his family and the royal family.
After the death of the Xianfeng Emperor, Empress Dowager Cixi took over real power step by step, and the process was also quite arduous. Empress Dowager Cixi's father, Hui Zheng, and Zhang Huilun's father, Zhang Yintang, were a pair of difficult brothers.
At first, Hui Zheng was Zhang Yintang's successor, and later became Zhang Yintang's subordinate. At that time, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement swept the whole country, and the Xiang Army and the Huai Army had not yet appeared, so the two of them took the children and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty and local regiments to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom army, and lost miserably along the way.
After a few years, the war was tight and the pressure was enormous, and Zhang Yintang and Hui Zheng actually fell ill and died on the battlefield. Later, Zhang Peilun worked as an errand boy next to Cixi, and Cixi, who was 13 years older than him, must have a special kind of "sister-brother love" for him.
Zhang Peilun was promoted four times simply between 1874 and 1884, from Qipin to Zhengsanpin, which would have been impossible to promote in this lifetime if it were placed on ordinary officials.
Li Hongzhang was able to become a red man around Empress Dowager Cixi, and there must be many reasons for this. Therefore, Li Hongzhang took the initiative to match and married Li Jujun to Zhang Peilun.
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Who was that household name
Although Zhang Peilun and Li Julin were old husbands and young wives, Li Julun or Zhang Peilun gave birth to a son and a daughter. But the good times did not last long, Li Hongzhang died in the 27th year of Guangxu, and only a year later Zhang Peilun also drove to the west of the crane.
The young Li Ju coupled struggled to raise the two children, and in 1912, he also died of lung disease. When she died, her son Zhang Zhiyi was 16 years old.
Although the family is broken, after all, the foundation accumulated over the years is still there. In 1915, the 19-year-old Zhang Zhiyi married Huang Suqiong.
This Huang Suqiong was the daughter of Huang Yisheng, the admiral of the Seven Provinces of the Yangtze River, who had been Li Hongzhang's deputy. This shows how closely they are in this circle.
In 1920, the two gave birth to a daughter, who is zhang Ailing, whom we know.
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postscript
Like her mother, Zhang Ailing was influenced by new ideas and new trends. Later, Zhang Ailing became a famous literary scholar during the Republic of China period.
She likes to write about love that is close to the ground, and in her novels, there are always some small love in it. From her works, it can be seen that Zhang Ailing is a bohemian person.
The reason for this result must be a certain reason, Zhang Ailing lives in that big family, and in that declining big family, it is full of these not-so-tall stories.
Therefore, she wrote these things into the novel, so when we read Zhang Ailing's novel, we can see a lot of familiar shadows in it.
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