In the early years of the Republic of China, the motherland was in a period of crisis, and countless revolutionary volunteers full of enthusiasm sprung up like mushrooms in this period, eager to save the motherland from fire and water through their own ability and knowledge, to change the inherent thinking of the Chinese at that time, and finally, the Manchu Qing regime collapsed, and the feudal monarchy that occupied thousands of years in China's history also ended. Among them, General Cai Yi was the leader of the uprising against the Qing rule, and at the age of 29, he made great contributions to the future development of our country.
In the face of China's turbulent pattern, Cai Yi joined the ranks of defending his family and defending the country
Cai Yi, whose original name was Gong Yin, was born in 1882 to a poor family in Hunan Province, although his family was poor, he still entered a private school at the age of six to start his study career, and when Cai Yi was only 13 years old, he passed the Xiucai examination, and two years later, he entered the Changsha Practical School at that time to continue his studies.
During this long and short learning career, the more advanced ideas in the West at that time had a great help to Cai E's life, allowing him to form his own ideological views and viewpoints by this enlightenment, and he also had his own unique views on what was happening in China at that time.
In the academy, he met Liang Qichao, who was the chief teacher of the academy at that time, and the two felt sorry for each other, especially Liang Qichao especially admired Cai Yi's personality and talent, and thought that his future would definitely achieve greater achievements. After leaving the school, Cai Yi lived up to the expectations of his teachers and was successfully admitted to Shanghai Nanyang Public School, and then went to Japan in 1899 to start his study career.
Fast forward to 1904, Cai Yi graduated from the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer Academy, originally able to have a favorable environment in the local area, he did not stop too much in the scenery of a foreign land, but immediately decided to return to the embrace of the motherland, to join the team of calming the turmoil, after returning to China, Cai Yi participated in the uprising to overthrow the Qing Dynasty rule, successfully lifted the Qing government's rule over Yunnan, and became the governor of the Yunnan military government, at this time Cai Yi was only 29 years old.
In the face of the pattern of national crisis and turmoil, Cai Yi returned to his motherland without the slightest hesitation and plunged himself into the tide of the times at that time, and in this turmoil, he also followed the footsteps of history and began to resist the remaining forces of feudal rule in our country that had long been lingering at that time.
General Cai Yi adhered to the revolutionary cause all his life, but died of illness at the age of 34
In 1915, a number of forces led by Yuan Shikai restored the imperial system, and for a time countless enthusiastic revolutionaries throughout the country were very angry, and in such a severe situation, Cai Yi resolutely joined the ranks of opposing Yuan Shikai's claim to the throne, launched a patriotic war with other revolutionary martyrs, successfully intercepted Yuan Shikai, and forced him to give up the idea of becoming emperor.
Although the outcome of this war was victorious, in the actual process, it was extremely arduous, and the troops led by Cai Yi were far away from Yuan Shikai, but even so, in the context of the backward situation in all aspects, he had to lead all the soldiers and soldiers to win this battle, and because of this, Cai Yi was known as the "god of the patriotic army".
After Yuan Shikai's death, the war finally came to an end, but General Cai E's physical condition deteriorated, and eventually, at the age of 34, General Cai Yi died in Japan in 1916. After the news came out, the whole country was sad for a while, and countless people felt extremely sad about his untimely death, and the Beiyang government even held a state funeral for him.
On the day of the funeral, a team of 10,000 people in Changsha gathered to bid farewell to this great soldier in Chinese history, and General Cai Yi's life has been constantly fighting for the Chinese people and dedicating everything to the land he loves, and this spirit has been passed down to the present.
General Cai Yi experienced two marriages in his life and gave birth to three daughters with his original wife, Liu Xinying:
The eldest daughter, Cai Fulian, was born in 1908, but unfortunately, although she was the first son of General Cai Yi, Cai Fulian died early at the age of eight and died in 1916.
The second daughter's name is Cai Zhulian, born in 1906, Cai Zhulian has been loved by Cai Yi since she was a child, and after adulthood, she met Shi Taojun's son Shi Chaobai, and the two married soon after falling in love.
In 1957, the couple's two sons and daughters settled in San Francisco and became a Chinese-American family, and in 1985, Cai Zhulian died. And after her children died together, life gradually became low-key, and few people knew about their current living conditions.
The third daughter, named The Fourth Little Daughter, was born in 1914, as the youngest daughter of General Cai Yi at that time, but her fate was the same as that of the eldest sister Cai Fulian, who unfortunately died before she was one year old.
General Cai's second partner was named Pan Huiying, and because he and General Cai Yi had been influenced by Western democratic and liberal ideas, the two were very compatible on the spiritual level, and they had three children after marriage, including a daughter and two sons.
The eldest daughter, named Cai Shulian, was born in 1912. Because Cai Shulian loved to read very much, she once studied at the College of Agriculture of Zhejiang University, during this period, she and her college classmate Zhou Jiazhao had a love affair, and this relationship eventually moved towards marriage, and the two got married after her husband returned from studying abroad.
However, it is worth mentioning that when the two were married that year, the ages of the two sides were 38 years old and a 37 years old, and Cai Shulian did not give birth to her first child until the advanced age of 39 for a pregnant woman, which shows the deep feelings of the two sides. Cai Shulian died in 2001, and her two daughters, whom she and her husband, still work at Peking University.
The eldest son, cai duansheng, was born in 1914. Throughout his life, he has made great achievements in both the political and journalistic circles, and it is precisely because of his work that he has also worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Government and the Consulate General of the National Government in South Africa.
After the liberation of the whole country that year, Cai Duansheng came to Guangming Daily to take up a post, and then was transferred to the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as an editor in the Office of Literature and History. After marrying his wife Liu Shuyun, the two had five daughters. Cai Duansheng died in 1977, and of his daughters, the remaining four, except for the eldest daughter Cai Anci, who now lives in Japan, live in Beijing.
The youngest son's name is Cai Yongning, born in 1916, once studied with his brother with Peking Furen University, after graduation worked in the Nanjing branch of the Bank of Yunnan, after the Liberation War that year, Cai Yongning also entered the position of lecturer at Northeast Renmin University, in 1956, Cai Yongning entered the research department of Beijing Institute of Physical Education, married his wife Tansu and gave birth to two sons and two daughters. Cai Yongning died in 1968, and the living conditions of his children are unknown today.