After the progress of modern science, people realized that many of the previous habits could not be continued, such as the prohibition of marriage between close relatives. In ancient China, the marriage of close relatives was the norm among nobles, most of them were cousins and cousins, and the green plum bamboo horses knew the roots, and the two families were also a beautiful conversation. Most of the foreign countries used to marry close relatives, but they did so mainly to continue the family bloodline and ensure the orthodoxy of their own bloodline.
Modern people have long abandoned this system, mainly because when the parents' genes are similar, some family genetic diseases are likely to be inherited to the fetus, such as trisomy 21 syndrome, which is commonly known as dementia, and even children after birth may have deformities. However, during the Qing Dynasty, such an incident occurred. The brother was too poor to marry a wife, the sister was too ugly to marry out, and later the "brothers and sisters" became relatives, and gave birth to a son who was famous all over the world. So who are they?
This father is Li Wen'an, just listening to the name, many people do not know him, but his child is very famous, it is the late Qing Dynasty minister, Li Hongzhang. There is a reason why Li Hongzhang's parents are married. His father, Li Wen'an, was his grandfather's fourth child, and he was not in good health since he was a child, and he did not undergo enlightenment until he was 8 years old. Li Wen'an's father, Li Dianhua, in order to exercise him, often took him out of the family to see, once when he went up the mountain to collect medicine, the father and son found a baby girl abandoned in the grass, looking at the crying baby, Li Dianhua was soft-hearted and took her home and raised her as an adopted daughter.
Since then, Li Wen'an has had one more sister, and the two have grown up since childhood and have deep feelings. Later, Li Dianhua wanted to find a family affair for his sister, but Li Wen'an, who learned of this matter, was upset and had some objections. And his sister also had scars on her body, and Li Dianhua was worried that she would be harshly reprimanded by her husband's family after marrying out. Coupled with Li Wenhua's two sleeves and fresh wind, it is not easy to marry a daughter-in-law, so in the end, Li Dianhua made the decision and let the two get married.
After marriage, the feelings of the two are also like glue, the husband and wife have never quarreled, but the neighbors think that their parenthood is somewhat unreasonable, although the brothers and sisters are not related by blood, but when they enter the door, they are relatives, which makes it difficult for many people to accept, but the husband and wife have never cared about other people's gossip. Since then, they have also had six sons and two daughters, the most famous of which is Li Hongzhang.
As the first minister of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he was rarely matched in both political affairs and military affairs, whether it was the rise of the foreign affairs movement or the leader of the Huai Army, and the founding of the Beiyang Marine Division, Li Hongzhang could be described as bowing to the Manchu Qing and dedicating himself a lot.