Although Yuan Shikai only served as emperor for 83 days, his time was very short, but he could also be regarded as both the name of the emperor and the reality of the emperor.
Among other things, the women that Yuan Shikai possessed were not inferior to the emperor at all. When Yuan Shikai was proclaimed emperor, he sealed a concubine of the main palace, 9 concubines, and 10 women in the staff.
Yuan Shikai's fertility is as good as his ability to work. Yuan Shikai's Three Palaces and Six Courtyards dedicated 32 dragon species to Yuan Shikai, and the old Yuan can also be regarded as a prosperous person and a successor.
Yuan Shikai had a smooth life, playing all his political enemies in applause, and his life was like a smooth road; but in the end, Yuan Shikai made a mistake and chose to be emperor, and finally ended up with a ruined reputation and a stink for thousands of years.
Because Yuan Shikai was called emperor, the life of 32 children was also like riding a roller coaster, falling from the peak to the trough, from the golden branches and jade leaves, the dragon children and dragon grandchildren, mixed into the descendants of the national thief, really the phoenix that fell home is not as good as the chicken.
After Yuan Shikai, a thief who stole the country, died, what happened to his children?
First, Yuan Keding, the prince of the pit father.
Since Yuan Keding is the eldest son, he must have been born to the empress, but all the empresses, the posture can not be compared with the concubines, basically they are old and decaying.
Therefore, Yuan Shikai was not enthusiastic about this empress, but the traditional Chinese succession system was to make the eldest son the crown prince, and the old Yuan could not make an exception, and had high hopes for the eldest son Yuan Keding.
Not only did he invite him to the imperial master, but he also let him go abroad to receive Western education. And this prince of Yuan Shikai also inherited his father's excellent genes, not only was he born like a prince, but he was also not ordinary.
Yuan Keding is very sophisticated in politics, very bold, and very emperorly.
Yuan Shikai looked at this prince in his eyes, was happy in his heart, praised every person, and praised when he saw people. And Yuan Shikai's civil and military officials learned that Yuan Keding was favored by the old Yuan, and they were not stupid, competing for a future successor, Yuan Keding was proud of the spring breeze all day, the wind was all over the place, and the spirit died.
However, people say that happiness is extremely sad, and the full moon is a loss, and when Xiao Yuan is full of ambition and marching along the road of victory, an accident occurred. Yuan Keding, the crown prince, fell to the ground while riding a horse, broke his leg, and unfortunately became disabled.
Despite this, Yuan Keding's lofty ideals have not changed, his desire for emperor is even stronger than his father's, and the precedent of being an emperor with a broken leg has existed in the Ming Dynasty, which is not a big deal.
At this time, Yuan Shikai's life also reached its peak, returning to the heart of the world, and his prestige was growing, one step away from the emperor's throne.
Yuan Keding saw that the opportunity was ripe, added another fire to it, and ordered his subordinates to forge a Fengtian Daily and publish fake news on it, "representing" the people of the whole country and strongly demanding that Yuan Shikai become emperor.
With the encouragement of subordinates, the willingness of all walks of life, and the false public opinion created by Yuan Keding, Yuan Shikai, an emperor fan, finally could not contain his inner ecstasy and ascended to the emperor's throne.
However, the good times did not last long, and Yuan Shikai's act of stealing the country was criticized by thousands of people, which caused a nationwide condemnation. Yuan Shikai finally walked into the abyss in a wave of opposition and returned to the west with his life.
As soon as Yuan Shikai died, the trees fell and scattered, and Yuan Shikai's golden branches and jade leaves and dragon sons and grandsons ran to their own destiny, and the heavens were different.
When Yuan Shikai did not die, Yuan Keding was the most beautiful, and after Yuan Shikai's death, Yuan Keding was the most miserable. Yuan Keding did not have a skill, sitting all day long to eat the mountain and the sky, the inheritance he shared was soon squandered, and he had to rely on Yuan Shikai's old subordinates to live all day long, for a period of time, Yuan Keding did not even spend money, and eating became a problem.
In his later years, Yuan Keding's life was even more difficult, so he sent people to the fence, relying on the help of his cousin Zhang Boju, and finally died in his cousin's house.
2. Yuan Kewen, a young man of literature and art.
Compared with the eldest brother, the second eldest Yuan Kewen's life is much happier.
Yuan Kewen is a person who is at ease with the encounter and has no quarrel with the world, when his father did not let himself be the prince, Yuan Kewen did not fight to grab, there was no non-division of thoughts. Leave him alone, live a day and count as a day.
Especially after Yuan Shikai's downfall, Yuan Kewen learned to sing in the middle of a group of dramas, and he was born all day long, ugly, and proficient in everything.
Yuan Kewen is a literary and artistic youth, his poetry and painting achievements are not low, and while singing and playing, he also sells his own calligraphy and paintings. Everyone looks at people's paintings twice, and he is Yuan Shikai's son, and he is willing to spend money to collect them. Therefore, Yuan Kewen's little life was quite moist. Unfortunately, the Yuan family did not have a longevity gene, and Yuan Kewen died at the age of 42.
Third, industrialist Yuan Kehuan.
Among Yuan Shikai's many children, the sixth son of Yuan Shikai has appeared. He graduated from Nankai University and Tianjin Xinxue College. He also went to England to study, returned to China to stay away from politics, and began to invest in factories. Cement factories and veil factories were opened throughout the country. While making money, Yuan Kehuan does not forget to repay the society, is enthusiastic about public welfare undertakings, and helps disadvantaged groups and out-of-school children, which is unanimously praised by the politicians of later generations. After liberation, Premier Zhou arranged for him to take office, but Yuan Kehuan politely refused. Unfortunately, Yuan Kehuan died shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China (1956) at the age of 58.
4. Otaku Yuan Kequan.
Yuan Kequan is the fifth oldest of the Yuan family, a most low-key child, and a literary and artistic youth. He does not have the ambition of the boss, the flow of the second, and the enterprising spirit of the sixth. After Yuan Shikai's death, Yuan Kequan became a "hermit", lived in simplicity, and became an otaku. Yuan Kequan was also a short-lived child, who died at the age of 45.
Fifth, the eccentric Yuan Kedu.
Yuan Shikai's 12th son, Yuan Kedu, would Chinese and compose music and poems in English, but this man was also poor and died in 1976.
Sixth, the madman Yuan Crane.
Yuan Kerui was an arrogant prince, ambitious, wanted to be Kangxi and Qin Shi Huang, after Yuan Shikai's death, Yuan Kerui could not stand the blow, mental disorder, shouted everywhere long live, called Yuan, died in 1951.
Most of Yuan Shikai's other sons were not famous, some died tragically in the movement, some lived on the other side of the strait and overseas, and some died early.
Compared with Yuan Shikai's sons, Yuan Shikai's daughters all had a good ending: the eldest daughter married the son of Zhang Renjun, the governor of Liangjiang, the second daughter Yuan Zhongzhen became the granddaughter-in-law of Xue Fucheng, the chancellor of the late Qing Dynasty; the third daughter, Yuan Shuzhen, changed her name to Yuan Jingxue and wrote a memoir, "My Father Yuan Shikai".
If Yuan Shikai knew about Jiuquan, he would definitely feel a thousand emotions about the outcome of his sons; if Yuan Shikai did not claim the title of emperor, his children's lives would definitely be different.