The world that the Qing Dynasty painstakingly managed for hundreds of years was blown up by the cannon fire of the Xinhai Revolution, and the era of China's feudal dynasty finally came to an end. The Republic of China has since been established.
When we think of the great president of the Republic of China, most of us think of Yuan Shikai, who stole the fruits of the victory of the Xinhai Revolution. But the great president Cao Kun we want to talk about today, although he was in a high position but was spurned by the world, in his later years he was poor and depressed, but after his death, he was posthumously awarded the title of general of the army.
Disgraceful Big President
Since the fall of the first president, Yuan Shikai, the actual power of the president has been held by the Beiyang warlords. The Beiyang warlords have many factions and complicated relations, and most of these warlords are obsessed with power, busy fighting wars everywhere to seize power, where they can take care of managing the people in their own sphere of influence, and only use the method of suppression to bring the people in their own range to their knees.
His subordinates took the opportunity to burn and plunder, harass the people, and the people complained bitterly, and despised these bullying subordinates and their warlord leaders.
Cao Kun is this type of warlord, and his reputation among the people is obviously not very good, which is one of the reasons why he was spurned as a great president in the future.
At this time, he replaced Feng Guozhang as the new leader of the direct warlords, and expanded the strength of the direct warlords through a series of wars, so that the strength of the direct warlord troops reached a peak. Cao Kun's ambitions also gradually swelled, and his desire for power was even greater, and he was no longer satisfied with just being a warlord leader.
Since he did not have enough popular support and could not ascend to the throne in a bright and just way, he sat on the seat of the president of the Republic of China through some disgraceful means such as intimidation and bribery, but if he wanted to be unknown, unless he did nothing.
The eyes of the world can see clearly, naturally can guess how his big president came to be, and he is very dismissive of Cao Kun's approach, but Cao Kun has achieved his goal, and he does not care how other people evaluate it.
Cao Kun became the president of the Republic of China as he wished, but at that time, the Republic of China, warlords were in a scuffle, victory or defeat was unpredictable, how could Cao Kun's seat of president sit for a long time?
Sure enough, in the Second Zhifeng War, Cao Kun's army was beaten to the ground, and in this battle, Cao Kun was defeated miserably. In order to protect himself, Cao Kun could only take the initiative to give up his position as president and move to the British Concession in Tianjin with his family.
At that time, the people were miserable because of the warlords, and they did not expect many of these warlords to really think about the people, so whoever came to be the president of this big president would not really support it, and although this high position looked decent, it was actually hanging alone in mid-air, with no foundation, so no one could really sit still.
Those who have won the hearts and minds of the people since ancient times have won the world, are not good at winning the hearts and minds of the people, and pursue power in a vague way, and will eventually dig their own graves.
Rather for jade crumbling than for tiles
In 37 years, in order to better carry out strategic deployment and rule the occupied areas, the enemy set up a special committee, and wanted to invite Cao Kun to hold important positions in it and do things for himself.
Although this position does not have absolute real power, but the status is still very high, from Cao Kun's past experience of exhausting all kinds of mental means to become a big president, this person is very intoxicated with power, and the Japanese obviously recognize this truth and want to use this high position to lure Cao Kun to come forward.
But what surprised people was that Cao Kun, who had always been obsessed with power, actually refused sternly and released words, saying: "Even if I Cao can only afford to eat congee pickles every day, I will never be a japanese lackey traitor for the sake of glory and wealth, and do things for the Japanese." He not only strictly abided by the national integrity himself, but also demanded that his children should not forget their roots and not betray the country for glory.
The former warlord leader and president of the Republic of China lived a very poor life in his later years, relying on porridge every day to maintain his life, but he did not regret his original decision, although he used all kinds of means to fight for power in the warlord melee in the early years, but in the final analysis, those are the family affairs of the Chinese nation and are China's internal affairs.
But now he is asked to make a dowry for the foreigners who invaded his country, and if he opens this head, not only will his conscience be uneasy, but if he becomes the head of some people who are not determined to betray the country, then the country will not be a country, and he will really become the sinner of eternity!
Cao Kun finally lived to be 76 years old, and after his death, the government respected his national integrity and posthumously honored Cao Kun as a general of the army.
Cao Kun's life has gone through ups and downs several times, from warlord to president to disgrace, and finally posthumously awarded the title of first-class general, which can also be regarded as earning a good posthumous name for himself, and it is not worth his sincere heart for the Chinese nation. Although he was intoxicated with power, he was able to understand the righteousness and debate right and wrong at key moments, and also set an example for future generations.
Since the concept of the state was formed, the concept of patriotism has also been formed. In recent years, China has vigorously advocated the cultivation of citizens' patriotic feelings and vigorously carried forward the national spirit with patriotism as the core.
For example, there are no idols in front of the country and other specific events, as Chinese citizens and descendants of Yan Huang, we must keep our own bottom line, people must not forget their own fundamentals, and traitors to the country and seeking glory are spurned by people in any country and at any time. Anything that violates the principles of the nation should be discarded and the great righteousness of the nation should be paramount.
Cao Kun's adherence to the great national righteousness and his unwillingness to rely on the enemy's forces to regain his position have also given us a lot of enlightenment; today's China still has many places that need to be perfected, and there are still many contradictions in society that need to be coordinated and resolved.
The great cause of the reunification of the Chinese nation has still not been completely completed, but these problems and difficulties need to be resolved internally behind closed doors, and we absolutely cannot allow the Hostile Forces of the West to infiltrate and manipulate our direction.
When the door is opened to the outside world, our country should be a whole that hugs together, and we all represent the descendants of Yan Huang and are compatriots who are connected by blood.
Some people blindly believe that it is unrealistic and naïve to solve their own national problems through the hands of outsiders, and in the end they can only do a knife that others stab at their own nation, and then they will regret it.
Only by sharing the same enemy at a critical moment, recognizing the real enemy, and uniting as one can we make our nation stronger. In China's history, there has never been a shortage of benevolent people who adhere to the great righteousness of the nation, and although we are not as good as some of them who have sacrificed their lives, we still have to take them as an example and truly put the Chinese nation in our hearts!