On the night of October 29, 1911, Yan Xishan led the rebel army to directly attack the Shanxi Inspector Fu Yamen and kill Inspector Lu Zhongqi, and the Taiyuan Uprising was declared a success, and the Qing Dynasty's feudal rule in Shanxi ended.
thereafter
Yan Xishan was elected as the governor of Shanxi by the rebel army, and began the long years of rule in Shanxi for 38 years.
In the ever-changing history of the Republic of China, Yan Xishan resounded throughout the Three Jins with the name of "King of Shanxi", and his name ran through the land of China, regardless of political affairs and family affairs, Yan Xishan has enough legendary color and has always been commented on by posterity.
Compared with political affairs, its family affairs are more capable of causing discussion in the media.
Of the five sons born to Yan Xishan,
I am afraid that there is nothing more remarkable than the youngest son, Yan Zhihui.
Yan Xishan once said to his son Yan Zhihui in his diary:
Zhihui should be in line with the goal of marriage, looking for a simple and promising lady to marry, do not be confused by infatuation and beauty, resulting in a lifetime of exhaustion. The hero Haojie first behaves in marriage, and his wife is a partner, and he can help himself very much, otherwise he can destroy himself.
The king of Shanxi's life was wise enough, but he did not expect a word to become a slur. The depth of love, the deepness of love, Yan Xishan's love for his young son will turn into endless regrets.
When Yan Xishan was fifteen years old, his father commissioned someone to help Yan Xishan decide on a family affair: it was also Yan Xishan's first wife, Xu Zhuqing.
But the two have been married for many years and have never had children.
Father Yan was very light and fiery, so he asked Yan Xishan's concubines to continue the incense.
However, Yan Xishan was worried that Xu Zhuqing would compete with other women for jealousy, and never took a concubine, and finally married a concubine Xu Lansen because of the way of filial piety.
According to the local customs of Shanxi, after Xu Lansen passed the door, he performed a kneeling salute to Xu Zhuqing's father, Xu Yi, that is, he recognized Xu Zhuqing's parents as his righteous father and mother, and Xu Zhuqing was Xu Lansen's righteous sister.
And that's what happened later.
Xu Lansen's son has always called Xu Zhuqing an aunt and not his mother.
The latter had 5 sons for Yan Xishan:
Yan Zhigong (eldest son), Yan Zhikuan (second son), Yan Zhixin (third son), Yan Zhimin (fourth son), and Yan Zhihui (fifth son).
Among them, Yan Zhigong (字敬斋) and Yan Zhixin (字實斋) died prematurely at an early age.
Among the Yan Zhihui brothers, there is also a second brother who suffers from lamb madness, Yan Zhikuan.
In 1935, Yan Zhikuan obeyed the "orders of his parents" of his father Yan Xishan and married Zhao Xiujin of Zhao Jiabao Village in Xugou County, but unexpectedly, within a few years of their marriage, Yan Zhikuan died of illness.
The two left a son and a daughter, cared for by Zhao Xiujin,
Later, his son also died prematurely, leaving only a mother and a daughter to live with each other.
Among these children, Yan Xishan's favorite is his youngest son, Yan Zhihui.
In the published "Diary of Yan Xishan", Yan Xishan has many instructions for his young son, in addition to the "marriage training" mentioned above, there is also the "abstinence training" - the fifth son (Zhihui) abstaining from alcohol, instructing:
To be able to control oneself is to be brave
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From this, it can be seen how much Yan Xishan prefers his younger son.
However, at Yan Xishan's funeral, only the fourth son, Yan Zhimin, attended.
On February 17, 1949, Yan Xishan received a telegram from Chiang Kai-shek and asked him to go to Xikou for discussion
"Party, Government, Army"
Renovation opinions.
At that time, the Chinese People's Liberation Army was constantly liberating large areas of land, and Shanxi was also facing a huge transformation.
On March 29, Yan Xishan suddenly summoned the main responsible persons of various government departments in front of the Appeasement Office, and Yan Xishan said to everyone:
Today, when I go to Nanjing for peace talks, I will go for three or five days, and most of them will be ten days and eight days. When the peace talks have a result, I will return immediately.
On the same day, at Taiyuan Airport, Yan Xishan's cousin Yan Huiqing and Acting Provincial Chairman Liang Dunhou said goodbye to Yan Xishan at the airport.
At this time, Taiyuan City has been surrounded by the People's Liberation Army regiment, and the two people who came to send farewell are also silent and do not speak, looking at the plane that is about to take off, and the cousin in front of them,
Yan Huiqing didn't know how to say goodbye for a moment.
The People's Liberation Army besieged the city, and the first commander of Taiyuan City retreated first, which was really morale-killing, and could only hope that Yan Xishan would meet with the chairman of the committee and be able to provide more rescue to relieve the siege of Taiyuan.
Yan Xishan looked at the two people, turned around and looked at Taiyuan City, and felt bitter in his heart.
After 38 years as the king of Shanxi, Shanxi has been the homeland ever since.
On April 24, 1949, taiyuan city was destroyed, Yan Huiqing and Liang Dunhou committed suicide by taking poison, and before dying, Yan Huiqing went to Yan Xishan:
"Although the sister is a woman, her will to die has been decided." Seeing the jade shattering, how dare you destroy it? ”
From this point of view, Yan Zhihui is more like his aunt Yan Huiqing, with a strong and stubborn personality.
In May, Yan Xishan was nominated as the chief executive of the puppet government, and was defeated and retired to Guangzhou, where he spent the next six months
Taiwan, Chongqing, Guangzhou
The three places tried to single-handedly help the National Government Building not fall.
After Yan Xishan took office as chief executive, he intended to revitalize the Kuomintang through land reform and personnel reform, but it did not win the general support within the Kuomintang.
In the process of constantly tossing and turning, it was yan Xishan who accompanied him was his favorite youngest son, Yan Zhihui.
This is probably the deepest memory of Yan Zhihui accompanying his father in the same boat, so that the father and son broke up in the later period, and this period was also remembered by Yan Xishan.
After the defeat and retreat to Taiwan,
Yan Xishan, who knew that the trend had gone, lived in seclusion in Yangming Mountain.
Coinciding with the outbreak of the Korean War and Japan's war fortune, Yan Zhihui, who was accompanying him, decided to go to Japan to do business.
Before going to Japan, Yan Xishan instructed Yan Zhihui to take care of the mother and daughter of his second brother's widow Zhao Xiujin in Japan, and Yan Zhihui gladly agreed.
But everything that happened after that undoubtedly made a big joke with Yan Xishan.
After arriving in Japan, Yan Zhihui found that the life of the second sister-in-law Zhao Xiujin was so urgent, post-war Japan, a hundred wastes to be rebuilt, but there is still a shortage of materials, insufficient supply of daily necessities, ordinary Japanese are fine, but Zhao Xiujin, as a foreigner, often loses the source of livelihood.
It is in this situation that Yan Zhihui continues to have more contact with Zhao Xiujin.
Always help, always help
The two became more and more closely related.
The same growth background, the same exile, the same long-term absence, the two from the simple brother-in-law relationship, slowly sprouted more feelings.
Soon, the two officially confirmed their relationship and later married.
Yan Xishan, who is far away in Taiwan, is not unaware of all this, but he still hopes that Yan Zhihui will be as he said in his diary: Never be confused by infatuation and beauty, and tire him for life.
When the news of Yan Zhihui's official marriage reached Taiwan, Yan Xishan was furious and suddenly lost face.
Fortunately, at this time, Yan Xishan did not care about political affairs, and no matter how big the storm was, it was just the talk of the Taiwan people before and after tea.
In his later years, Yan Xishan lived in seclusion in Yangming Mountain,
There were more than 40 Gu Cong, who originally accompanied him up the mountain, and in the end there were only about 10 people left
The lonely old age made Yan Xishan feel lonely.
At this time, Yan Zhihui and his wife, who gave birth to a daughter and a son, the famous tree fir and tree fir, lived in Japan for several years, undoubtedly the happiest time for the two, there is no dispute between right and wrong, gossip, they each broke through the shackles of the world, seriously towards a happy life.
However, what lies ahead is an extremely serious problem, Yan Zhihui and Zhao Xiujin have never been able to obtain Japanese identity, not only because of the Japanese restrictions on the naturalization of foreigners at that time, but also because of the special status of Yan Xishan's son.
After their hopes of naturalizing in Japan were completely dashed, Yan Zhihui and his wife decided to return to Taiwan.
Unexpectedly, the development of the matter was completely unexpected by the two people, so that they finally ran away from the United States, and even the funeral of his father Yan Xishan did not come back to attend.
After Yan Zhihui returned to Taiwan with his wife and children, when he saw the trees and trees born to the two of them, Yan Xishan could no longer be angry with Yan Zhihui, especially when he saw his little grandson tree, he was extremely happy.
The reunion of the family and the well-behaved little grandson made Yan Xishan's later life suddenly have a different color.
For many years, Yan Shuyi still remembered his grandfather Yan Xishan's love and love for him.
"I remember when we took a picture, I was very shy, he (Yan Xishan) gave me candy, very good to me, then he was happy, I was happy." 」
Yan Shuli was even more impressed by another thing.
In October of that year, Yan Xishan asked Yan Zhihui to gather his family and accompany him to Chiang Kai-shek's official residence, which was rare for Yan Xishan to go out of Yangming Mountain in his later years.
On the same day, Yan Xishan's family had dinner with Chiang Kai-shek, and Yan Shuliang, at the behest of his grandfather, gave a great gift to Chiang Kai-shek, which made Chiang Kai-shek particularly happy.
It can be seen that Chiang Kai-shek also likes Yan Shuliang very much.
Yan Shuzhuo later recalled that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Chiang Kai-shek, and his grandfather and father were all there, and they were very happy, and later we wrapped dumplings together, and the dumplings became a big meal.
Yan Xishan lives alone in Yangmingshan, and his wife Xu Zhuqing lives in another place, and the two do not communicate with each other, but they are also safe.
Based on the number of etiquette,
Yan Zhihui and his family went to Xu Zhuqing's house to ask for her peace, but unexpectedly touched a nail.
Xu Zhuqing comes from a traditional family in Taiyuan, and the traditional concept is deeply rooted, in any case, it is difficult for xu Zhuqing to accept the husband and wife relationship between Yan Zhihui and Zhao Xiujin.
For these, Yan Zhihui thought that for his aunt's different opinions, he could not influence, fortunately, he did not have to live together, came to ask Ann based on the number of gifts, the number of gifts arrived, the father naturally could not be harsh on him.
But Xu Zhuqing later passed a lot of ugly words into Yan Zhihui's ears, Xu Zhuqing often said that Yan Zhihui's second sister-in-law was quite unscrupulous, how could he seduce her husband's brother, and the age difference between the two was so much, how to get along.
Yan Zhihui did not want to provoke right and wrong, but fortunately, his father's tolerance made a special impression on him, and it was based on this that Yan Zhihui decided to do something for Yan Xishan.
After returning to Taiwan, in order to thank Yan Xishan for his years of care for his father, he decided to distribute a bonus, and the source of this fund is different, most likely from Yan Xishan.
For Gu Cong, who took care of Yan Xishan's side, as many as 10,000 and as little as 500, Yan Zhihui did not stingy, but ignored Gu Cong, who was beside Xu Zhuqing.
Gao Qizhi, who was originally Gu Cong by Yan Xishan's side, was later sent by him to take care of Xu Zhuqing, and when he heard that other Gu Cong had more or less received the red envelopes issued by Yan Zhihui, he was indignant for a while.
He didn't understand why Yan Zhihui had simply withheld his bonus, so he went up to Yangming Mountain and theorized with Yan Zhihui, who was on the mountain.
The two did not agree with each other, and then they moved.
Gao Qizhi has been a Gu Cong by Yan Xishan's side for a long time, and his kung fu is naturally not bad, and he has no strength to fight back yan Zhihui, and at this time, Yan Zhihui may feel that he has enough pockets and reports to the police on the spot.
This incident also reached the police station.
Yan Zhihui expected that his father would definitely stand on his side, after all, this matter was his reasoning, but Yan Xishan, who was tolerant of his marriage, watched the whole thing coldly this time, which was greatly expected by Yan Zhihui, and the two gradually became suspicious.
At this time, Yan Zhihui may not understand why his father did this, or perhaps he does not know his father well enough.
Yan Xishan has been active in Chinese politics for a long time, especially in controlling Shanxi for 38 years, and has a strong sense of territory in the scope of his jurisdiction, Yan Zhihui may have been kind enough to do bad things, and finally did not understand his father's personality.
If not, there would be no later events.
Yan Zhihui said to Yan Xishan,
There are so many people on the mountain, and if you don't do anything, you give them money, which is obviously not flattering.
Yan Xishan sneered: You don't care about my affairs, I have not yet reached the point of old age, and I need you to teach me how to do things.
The father and son quarreled so much that they broke up.
Therefore, Yan Zhihui is more like his aunt Yan Huiqing, with a strong personality, stubborn in the face of things, and in this quarrel with his father, he almost completely put himself in a weak position.
Perhaps it is to see that his father's perennial savings have been given to his subordinates in this form,
And he lived so badly in Japan, and he never saw any support from his father, and his heart was full of resentment.
In short, in the year that Yan Zhihui returned to Taiwan, what happened seemed to exceed his imagination.
Therefore, Yan Zhihui left Taiwan with his wife and children, which was also the last parting of Yan Zhihui and his father Yan Xishan.
After falling to his knees, Yan Xishan returned to a regular mountain life, and this break with his younger son made his body suffer a blow and his health deteriorated.
Overseas life is lonely and lonely, and children drop out of school to work to earn money
After leaving Taiwan, Yan Zhihui's family first went to Brazil and opened a small restaurant in the local area.
The small restaurant run by Yan Zhihui is generally able to feed the family, be self-sufficient, and live like this, if there is no accident.
However, the perennial life embarrassment and pressure are everywhere, so that Zhao Xiujin fell ill.
In order to take care of his sick wife, Yan Zhihui closed the small restaurant, which also lost the source of livelihood, and soon, Yan Zhihui planned to start a joint venture with someone, planning to revitalize the restaurant.
But I didn't expect to be resubmitted, and the family's life was once again in a deep dilemma.
Without a source of livelihood, Yan Zhihui decided to go to the United States alone, during which time Yan Zhihui tried almost many careers, delivering clothes, making sandwiches, driving trucks, etc., but life still did not get better.
Perhaps this period of life is too bitter, his son Yan Shufang every time he thinks of unconsciously burst into tears, he said, the fourth grade dropped out of school, because there is no money, the whole family goes to work, always have to get money to eat.
And Yan Xishan, who is far away in Taiwan, has no idea about this.
Yan Zhihui's brother Yan Zhimin was also indifferent to this.
Yan Zhimin studied in the United States in his early years, worked as a senior electronic engineer after graduation, and his income was never a problem, and for his only remaining brother, he did not have any idea of giving relief, or even contact.
Yan Zhihui later explained to his son that he was still afraid that Yan Xishan would ask him for money, and Yan Zhimin estimated that he had the same idea.
In this sense, Yan Xishan's family education failed, and Yan Xishan wrote books and talked about the concept of governing the country in his later years, but his son was struggling on the poverty line.
When Yan Zhihui's family was running for their lives, Yan Xishan's life was about to come to an end.
On May 20, 1960, Yan Xishan, who was supposed to be present at Chiang Kai-shek's inauguration celebration, was absent.
On May 23, Yan Xishan was given a cardiac booster by the doctor, which accelerated the passage of life, and on the same day, Yan Xishan passed away.
Yan Zhimin, who was far overseas, returned to Taiwan for the first time to deal with his father's funeral, funeral,
Although Chiang Kai-shek came to the scene to pay his respects, it was difficult to hide the bleak end of the former "King of Shanxi".
But at this time, Yan Zhihui could not even afford to buy a plane ticket, and he could only cry silently after the loss of his father, perhaps, from the moment he broke with his father, he had already anticipated this step.
And in Taiwan, Yan Zhimin's troubles have just begun, and many of the gu congs left by Yan Xishan have lost their source of livelihood because of his death, and people continue to ask Yan Zhimin for living expenses, which makes Yan Zhimin feel very nervous.
Not only that, Gu Cong's subordinates also sued Xu Zhuqing in court, demanding that Yan Xishan be given the property rights in Yangmingshan.
If You know it under the spring of Yan Xi Mountain, I am afraid that I will never think of it, and the things that are difficult to determine before I live are even more difficult to break behind me.
Yan Zhihui, who is far away in the United States, is still alone, and one of his sons and daughters dropped out of school and worked in Brazil for 8 years before they were able to go to the United States to be with Yan Zhihui, but the family is still difficult to change their miserable life, and Yan Zhihui has another job-
An insurance company in New Jersey sells insurance.
Later, Zhao Xiujin died, and Yan Zhihui raised his children alone.
In the 90s of the last century, Yan Zhihui was finally able to return to China.
Accompanied by his remarried wife Zhou Jinyu, he returned to Taiyuan, Shanxi, and returned to Yan Xishan's former residence.
At this time, he needed to buy a ticket to visit Yan Xishan's former residence.
Yan Zhihui bought two tickets as an ordinary tourist.
In the face of the magnificent and still magnificent former residence of Yan Xishan, Yan Zhihui seems to have returned to his father's years in Shanxi, and the former family glory has been engraved in this tile pillar by history.
Revisiting the old place is no longer the same place.
After returning to the United States, Yan Zhihui moved to California, where he lived for more than 20 years.
On March 25, 2011, Yan Zhihui died of illness.
Yan Zhihui's life, although some deviant because of emotional problems, but also did not hurt others, no matter how poor life is, but also through their own efforts in the struggle, the scenery is infinite, sloppy or miserable, as long as they are not ashamed of their own hearts, they will let future generations comment.