In 1935, Zhang Xueliang held a feast in a high-end hotel in Beijing, and invited an old woman who was poor and sick, and there were many people attending the banquet at that time, and Zhang Xueliang's wife Zhao Yidi also followed it. ”
Hearing Zhao Yidi's question, Zhang Xueliang's face instantly sank, and he solemnly told Zhao Yidi: "When the country was in trouble, people were able to save so many people with their own strength, and with this alone, I was inferior to Second Master Sai." The "second master of Sai" in Zhang Xueliang's mouth is actually the legendary Sai Jinhua that we want to talk about today.
Minister's Wife Sai Jinhua
Sai Jinhua ancestral home in Anhui, formerly known as Zhao Lingfei, nicknamed Caiyun, she was born in general, coupled with the birth of the wrong time, just happened to encounter the turbulent times, so Sai Jinhua was still very young, was sold to the flower boat, became an involuntary Qing people, but Sai Jinhua himself is very backbone, insisting on only selling art and not selling himself.
In order to survive in such a chaotic world, Sai Jinhua can not suffer less, she has been learning a variety of blowing and singing skills, seriously study a lot of literature and art, in order to be able to truly rely on talent to eat, in her long-term insistence, Sai Jinhua finally became a famous flower queen in Suzhou (ancestral Anhui, and later moved to Suzhou) area.
With his gradual fame, there are many powerful people who come to pursue Sai Jinhua, but Sai Jinhua always maintains reason and sobriety, he wants to find a man who is really sincere to himself, not those noble princes who play tricks on the scene, Sai Jinhua, etc., choose to choose, and finally meet the nobleman of his life at the age of 15.
This person was Hong Jun, a major minister of the Qing Dynasty, who was the leader of the Tongzhi Seven-Year Imperial Examination High School, and was famous for his talent and ability. Hong Jun likes Sai Jinhua very much, and is sincere, Sai Jinhua in the relationship with Hong Jun, but also see Hong Jun's sincerity to himself.
Later, after Hong Jun redeemed himself for Sai Jinhua, Sai Jinhua married Hong Jun and became his concubine, and later Hong Jun also renamed him "Hong Mengyan", the name is full of his own desire to become a pair of Mandarin ducks with Sai Jinhua, in life, Hong Jun is more considerate of Sai Jinhua.
Although Sai Jinhua is a concubine, under the care of Hong Jun, his wife does not dare to bully her, and the two get along relatively well, the family lives a happy and harmonious life, and the small life is also considered to be tasteful. Later, Hong Jun was ordered to go on a mission to four European countries, according to the regulations at that time, diplomats must be accompanied by his wife in the process of going to foreign countries, at that time Hong Jun's wife zhengfang was not in good health, worried that he could not stand the long journey, so he let the 16-year-old Sai Jinhua follow Hong Jun as the wife of the minister to Europe.
In just over a year, Sai Jinhua has changed from a geisha seller to a minister's wife who is now admired by thousands of people, and it has to be said that Sai Jinhua's choice of Hong Jun is indeed a more correct choice in her life, and since then, Sai Jinhua's legendary life has officially begun.
Sai Jinhua accompanied Hong Jun on his mission to Germany for 3 years, in three years, Sai Jinhua always insisted on learning German, and finally practiced fluent German, with his good social experience and natural diplomatic talent, Sai Jinhua became acquainted with many German celebrities, including the commander of the Eight-Nation Alliance army who later attacked the Qing Dynasty.
At this time, Sai Jinhua can be said to be an infinite scenery, if time stays forever at this moment, then Sai Jinhua's life will be how happy and wonderful, but unfortunately, many times of happiness is always short-lived, Sai Jinhua and Hong Jun returned to China soon after, Hong Jun died of illness, Sai Jinhua fell into trouble for a while.
Sai Jinhua, who saved Cixi
When Hong Jun was alive, Zhengfang did not dare to offend Sai Jinhua, and now that Hongjun had just died, Zhengfang had exposed his true face, and she used Sai Jinhua's humble identity as an excuse to quickly drive Sai Jinhua out of the house, and for a time Sai Jinhua returned to a penniless state.
However, at this time, Sai Jinhua has long been a person who has experienced great winds and waves, such a little setback, it is impossible to overthrow Sai Jinhua, after being driven out of the house, she gradually returned to her old business, relying on her good skills of blowing and singing and the sign of Mrs. Zhuangyuan, many dignitaries and nobles came to visit, and soon Sai Jinhua's business was booming in Shanghai and got rid of the predicament.
After the business boom, Sai Jinhua officially used this well-known name, and later, she continued to travel to Tianjin and Beijing, recruited some young and beautiful girls, and formed the "Jinhua Class", relying on everyone's efforts to operate, the name of Sai Jinhua quickly spread throughout the north and south of the river.
Just when sai jinhua business was in full swing, the Qing Dynasty fell into a predicament, in 1900, Cixi suddenly declared war on the eleven countries, and then triggered the historical event of the Eight-Nation Alliance attacking the Qing Dynasty, when many people were in deep trouble, but Sai Jinhua found his old friend Wadsi and persuaded Vadersi not to kill innocents indiscriminately, so he saved a lot of innocent people.
In addition, at that time, Cixi was afraid of being hunted down and killed by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and fled in all directions, until Li Hongzhang signed the "Xinugu Treaty", and Empress Dowager Cixi dared to return to Beijing. However, at this time, Empress Dowager Cixi was facing a more embarrassing situation, because the Boxers supported by Cixi killed the German foreign envoy Clinder, so Germany put forward an armistice request to "execute Empress Dowager Cixi", Cixi was frightened and overwhelmed, and Li Hongzhang tried his best to maneuver between the envoys of various countries, and it was still difficult to solve this matter.
Helpless Li Hongzhang, finally remembered that the friendship between Sai Jinhua and Germany's Wadsey was very good, so Li Hongzhang personally went to find Sai Jinhua and asked Sai Jinhua to help mediate. Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Sai Jinhua, but Sai Jinhua still came forward to find Wadesi, and under the coordination of Wadsi, Sai Jinhua persuaded Mrs. Klinder, and the German authorities finally thought that the matter was resolved by means of a monument to Clinder, and Sai Jinhua saved Cixi's life.
Grace will take revenge on Cixi
After Sai Jinhua saved Cixi, soon the matter spread, many people honored Sai Jinhua as "Nine Heavens Protector of the Country Lady", Cixi heard such remarks, felt that "prostitutes to save the country" too much affected their own face, so soon Cixi began to take revenge, to Sai Jinhua a crime of "forcing good to be a prostitute, killing people and killing mouths", and put him in prison.
Fortunately, Sai Jinhua knew more people in the official field, and the Qing government at that time was very corrupt, Sai Jinhua went up and down, scattered his family wealth, and finally saved his life and was released from prison, but Cixi still did not want to let her go, expelled her from Beijing, and ordered Sai Jinhua not to return to Beijing, but to stay in suzhou in peace.
In her hometown in Suzhou, Sai Jinhua met her second husband, Cao Ruizhong, who was a railway inspector at the time, but less than a year after their marriage, Cao Ruizhong died, and Sai Jinhua was widowed again. However, some time after Cao Ruizhong's death, Sai Jinhua met her third husband, Wei Siling.
Weisling is also sincere to Sai Jinhua, the two held a beautiful wedding, according to this situation, Sai Jinhua can also be regarded as a good ending, but it backfired, and finally Weisling fell ill and died shortly after marriage, and Sai Jinhua was widowed for the third time.
After Wei Siling's death, Sai Jinhua can see through the red dust, plus he is old, there is no source of income, Sai Jinhua can only move to the slum to live, in his later years, Sai Jinhua, helpless and sick, Zhang Xueliang in 1935 after hearing the story of Sai Jinhua, deeply infected, will specially invite Sai Jinhua, express his respect and admiration for Sai Jinhua.
A year after Zhang Xueliang invited Sai Jinhua to a banquet, that is, in 1936, Sai Jinhua died, originally she could live a happy life and enjoy her old age by relying on her wealth, but when the Eight-Nation Alliance army killed the people, Sai Jinhua chose to scatter her family wealth to protect these people, originally Cixi's death and life had nothing to do with Sai Jinhua, but Sai Jinhua tried to save Cixi, but in the end she was revenge by Cixi En, so that her only remaining family property was also used up in the process of saving herself from prison.
Originally, there were many Qing court officials who could save Sai Jinhua, but they all chose to watch the fire from the other side, which made Sai Jinhua fall into a predicament, a person who paid for the country and the people, but ended up in a desolate end, how could people not ask people to question the souls of those officials and Cixi at that time?
After Sai Jinhua's death, buried in Taoranting Park, the famous painter Zhang Daqian personally painted a portrait of her, Qi Baishi wrote an inscription for her, Hu Shi wrote a biography for her, which can also be regarded as the last comfort for Sai Jinhua, she inscribed in prison "The country is everyone's country, saving the country is everyone's duty", which is still collected in the museum, and her life is worthy of this sentence.
epilogue
Sai Jinhua's life has ups and downs, from a dusty woman to the minister's wife, and from the minister's wife to the hero of the country, three times married, three times widowed, although in her later years fell into a desolate end, but her spirit and story are inspiring generations of Chinese, her story will be remembered by people, this is also a kind of comfort for her!
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