During the Republic of China, two of the many military and political tycoons were known for their "polygamy", one was Wang Xiaoli in Shanghai, and the other was the Sichuan warlord Yang Sen.
Some people may question it, and the reason put forward is that it is said that Yan Xishan, Zhang Zongchang, Han Fuqu, Zhang Xun and other republic of China tycoons also have many wives and concubines.
Woohoo! The stories of those wives and concubines are either fabricated by posterity or deliberately scandalized, but in fact, they are far from being passed down by word of mouth. The "polygamy" of Wang Xiaoli and Yang Sen is really documented, and if the two are to win or lose, Yang Sen must be a winner. Although Wang Xiaoli has many wives and concubines, compared with Yang Sen, he can be described as a small witch.
How many wives and concubines And how many children Yang Sen had, even he himself did not have accurate statistics. There is an anecdote that was widely circulated during the Republic of China period, which is about the strange things caused by Yang Sen because of too many children.
When Yang Sen was the chairman of Guizhou Province, he personally guided a Guizhou Provincial Games, which was successfully concluded, and Yang Sen personally presented awards to the winners to encourage them.
In the face of a female student with strong physique and excellent grades, Yang Sen felt that she was somewhat kind, so he asked her about her family situation. The female student replied that she was the daughter of a Commander-in-Chief Yang in Sichuan.
When Yang Sen heard this, he was greatly puzzled, who was this commander-in-chief who was both a fellow countryman and a family? Supposedly, I shouldn't not be unaware?
Looking at his dazed look, the female student mischievously shouted "Daddy" and said, "Isn't that commander-in-chief you?" ”
Yang Sen suddenly realized, and then laughed, his daughter did not know, it can be seen that his children are too many, I am afraid it is difficult to count. However, there was no DNA technology in that year, in case it was not Lao Yang's, but Lao Wang's, he Lao Yang estimated that he could not find out.
According to a joke from a nationalist army tycoon in Taipei, Yang Zihui's wife can become a "company" and her children are nearly a "battalion.". ZiHui is from the ranks, plain and orderly, governing the family as if he were ruling the army, the eldest lady is in charge of general affairs, the second lady is in charge of cashier accounting, the third lady is in charge of teaching children, the fourth lady is in charge of diplomacy, the fifth lady manages the servants, the rest of the wives are in charge of the kitchen, some are in charge of flowers and plants, some are in charge of purchasing, some are in charge of the warehouse, and even several special managers help ZiHui to handle confidential documents, eat and live, each performing his duties, none of them idle, orderly. The "salary system" is adopted every month to pay allowances to each lady, and the level of treatment is determined by "beauty, ugliness, diligence, and laziness", and those who have meritorious service are rewarded more, and those who have had it must be punished, and many wives are often admonished with military rules, and people can laugh.
How can so many ladies sleep? Yang Sen had a method and formulated a set of "Yang's rotational sharing system".
For example, this night to stay in the big lady's bedroom, tomorrow will be moved to the second lady's room, in order not to cause chaos, Janssen specially assigned a Ma Ben (adjutant) to be responsible for scheduling the date of the same stay with the ladies, strictly according to the schedule, thunder did not move, there was not a single mistake.
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Yang Sen personally went to the Hunan front to supervise the battle, and at that time the war situation was quite tense, and one day it was the turn of his wife who stayed in Chengdu to stay with him, and the adjutant was greatly embarrassed, so he had to ask Yang Sen whether he could "bye bye" this time, and after the war subsided, he would make up for it separately.
Yang Sen thought twice, so He asked General Xue Yue to send a special plane to Chengdu to greet his wife, and the lady was sent back to Chengdu by special plane the day after arriving in Xiangxiang. Yang Sen's deeds were passed down as a laughing stock by the frontline soldiers.
It is also said that once, when Yang Sen went to Miaozhai while inspecting, he found a few Miao family women and immediately accepted them as concubines. In the military joke, the metabolism of Yang Sen's wives and concubines has increased unabated. Xue Yue once joked with Yang Sen: "If the brother's soldiers rebel, you only need to open your lady's barracks, which is enough to resist for a while." ”
Janssen was never angry about this kind of joke, but was complacent, which shows that he also has this heart.
There are many wives and concubines, naturally there are more "homes", Yang Sen turned to many areas, and everywhere he went, he married his wife and took concubines. According to the Yang clan, Yang Sen established a "branch family" everywhere he went, and Sichuan, Hunan, Jiangxi and other provinces once had families. Later, he also built a pre-built home in Nanjing for "transitional" purposes during the Jin Dynasty.
There are forty or fifty people around him, and there are more children in various places, Yang Sen himself can't say clearly, every month there will be letters sent to ask for money, Yang Sen has a special team, in charge of mailing money and goods to the wives and young masters everywhere.
It is said that Yang Sen also exercised military control over his children, eating three meals in the morning, middle and evening, and entering the canteen when he heard the bell, and when he arrived at the canteen, he did not shout lizheng without the boss (the boss was not there, that is, the second eldest, so that he would rise in turn), and no one was allowed to move the dishes. There is no noise during meals, there is a time limit, one table for every eight people, if one person has not finished eating, the other seven are not allowed to leave the table.
There is also a set of rules of "blowing the trumpet and scheduling", every day at dawn to blow the trumpet to do morning exercises, when there are VIPs visiting, they must also blow the trumpet in line, neatly dressed, energetic, full of the style of yangmen disciples, strict discipline, strict rules, so that the guests are all amazed.
There is also a matter of laughter. Once, when Mr. Jiang went to Chengdu, he temporarily stayed in Yang Sen's mansion, and saw that the Yang Mansion was pink and white and green, and the women who came and went were full of good-looking women, and he was greatly surprised, so he asked Yang Sen: "Are these your wives?" ”
Yang Sen abruptly got up and performed a standard military salute, which was a wonderful remark: "Report Chairman, the subordinates are in good health, and there is no obstacle to their health!" ”
This bold remark made Mr. Jiang laugh loudly, and he was even more impressed by Yang Zihui.