In the late Qing Dynasty, the great powers invaded, the people were oppressed by the government and the great powers, life was difficult, many officials not only did not rush for the people's livelihood, but took the opportunity to get rich and squeeze the people, which was almost the darkest period in Chinese history. But no matter how dark the period, there will be light, and Zhang Peilun is a glimmer of light in the darkness of the late Qing Dynasty.
Zhang Peilun was born in Zhili, that is, a native of Hebei, and was admitted to the examination in the ninth year of Tongzhi, and became a jinshi in the second year, entering the official field of the Qing Dynasty. At this time, the official field was dark, and the officials covered each other and perverted the law. However, Zhang Peilun had great ambitions to support the world, and he hated the corrupt behavior of officials, so he was ostracized by officials.
In 1882, after the French army invaded Mawei Port, the sword between China and France was fierce, and many officials feared France and advocated peace talks with France. But on this issue, Zhang Peilun was surprisingly tough, and he advocated war with France. As a result, because of the unfavorable operation, the Fujian Water Division and the Nanyang Water Division were almost completely destroyed, and Zhang Peilun was impeached, and he was sent to charge the army.
Three years later, he returned to the capital and served as a vassal under Li Hongzhang. Li Hongzhang was also a clear stream in the late Qing Dynasty, so he and Zhang Peilun felt sorry for each other, and Li Hongzhang's love for talent was overflowing, and he even gave his young daughter Li Jurong to Zhang Peilun as a wife. You know, at that time, Zhang Peilun did not have any official position, or wore a body of sin. The most terrible thing is that Zhang Peilun has been married three times, and he is already a forty-year-old person, Li Juling is still only twenty years old, and many people think that Li Hongzhang shi Lezhi is proficient.
During the period of five to seven years of Guangxu, he entered the supervision system. Desperate to collect evidence, he even impeached more than dozens of people at once, and the Guangxu Emperor dismissed all of them. For a time, the Manchu Dynasty was shocked, and everyone began to fear Zhang Peilun, so he was also appointed as the left deputy capital Yushi.
Later, because he had established too many enemies and disagreed with the Qing government's handling of the great powers, he began to lose his mind. During the invasion of China by the Eight-Power Alliance, he vomited blood in anger and finally resigned directly, ending his legendary political career and recuperating in his hometown.
Zhang Peilun was depressed because he was not ambitious in the official arena, and he borrowed wine all day to dispel his sorrows. When Li Julian saw her husband like this, her heart was not a taste, and her heart was depressed. In 1901, Li Hongzhang died, Zhang Peilun became more decadent, and died the following year. Li Jurong was widowed when she was 37 years old, and she began to close the door and single-mindedly raise her son and daughter.
His son Zhang Zhiyi is a clumsy boy, even if he doesn't study well, he hangs out with other young people all day. Li Jurong could not help it, so she helped him to open a marriage, married Huang Suqiong as a wife, and then the two went to England to study. These two people are not famous, but their children are famous, right? Zhang ailing! Another of Li Jurong's children is named Zhang Maoyuan, who is Zhang Ailing's aunt who often appears.
Li Juling later suffered from lung disease, and after several years of fighting with the disease, she died in Shanghai in 1912, ending her tortuous and bumpy life. She was born in a rich family, and once showed off for everyone, but she also experienced a low, suddenly widowed, but also had to raise children, endured unbearable suffering, is really a tragedy.
Zhang Peilun, if he is in peacetime, must be a very effective official, but unfortunately, like his father-in-law Li Hongzhang, he was born in a broken era and is destined to become a tragedy or even a joke. Dear readers, what do you think?