When it comes to the president, most people first think of Yuan Shikai, and few people know who succeeded him in his position as the second president after Yuan Shikai's death. Sun Yat-sen praised him as "the first great man of the first righteousness of the Republic of China", and Yan Fu even said: "Li Gong morality, the world believes".
The Li Gong mentioned here refers to Li Yuanhong, who witnessed many major political and military developments in China in his lifetime, from the Beiyang Navy, the Hubei New Army to the Governor of Shouyi, and even in the Wuchang Uprising that overthrew the feudal imperial system, and he was a great role of far-reaching significance to China. There is an old saying that the tiger father has no dogs, there is such a father as an example, it is reasonable to say that his children should not be worse, then I will take you to know the four brothers and sisters of the Li family.
Li Shaofen is the eldest daughter of Li Yuanhong, as the first child of the Li family, she carries a lot of her father's expectations. Although she is a daughter, she is well-educated and has a free temperament, which is much better than ordinary men. At that time, there were many families who were deeply influenced by feudal ideas and were reluctant to let their daughters go to school to receive education, and Li Shaofen was luckier than them, not only to be able to study in a carefree environment, but also to be admitted to Nankai University and become the first graduate of this university.
After graduation, Li Shaofen chose to continue his studies, and then studied at Columbia University in the United States and obtained a master's degree. As soon as many people went abroad, they were blinded by the lights and wine fans outside and did not want to return to their hometown to live, but Li Shaofen returned to China for the first time after the end of her studies, so she met the only Prince Charming in her life.
After marriage, Li Shaofen did not give up her enthusiasm for her career, first becoming a government consultant in Tianjin and later becoming the principal of Tianjin No. 2 Girls' High School. Judging from her resume, the first half of her life is definitely a successful woman. After the founding of New China, Li Shaofen has been traveling from east to west in order to more conveniently carry out the work of the united front. However, in the 1960s and 1970s, she was criticized by many people, and she suffered multiple traumas, both physically and psychologically. Lai died of a heart attack in 1966 at the age of sixty-five.
Li Yuanhong's eldest son, Li Shaoji, was also a talented man, but he did not enter politics when he became an adult, and it is said that he was not allowed to enter the circle under the rules set by his father Li Yuanhong. I have to say that Li Yuanhong is far-sighted, thanks to his strict training, Li Shaoji's life is different from his sister's.
His career development was very successful, and after his father's death, he successfully subdued his father's subordinates in the industrial company in the past, and supported the career of Zhongxing Coal Mine and Lufeng Spinning Factory in Jinan, Shandong. During the Kuomintang civil war, the Kuomintang wanted to use the ships in Lai Shaoji's hands to escape to Taiwan, and Lai Shaoji ostensibly agreed, and then used the excuse that the ships were only repaired, and drove some ships to Hong Kong, and the family also took the opportunity to move to Hong Kong to settle down. Judging from his behavior, he did keep his promise to his father, never had anything to do with politics, and remained neutral to political changes from beginning to end.
Li Yuanhong's second son, Li Shaoye, was born a sick seedling, and most of his studies were taught at home, and there was not much news about him, but the information showed that he was appointed by the Japanese puppet army as the commander of the pseudo-baojia card in 1941, but Li Shaoye vowed to die. From this incident, it can be seen that although Li Shaoye does not have the same great talent and strategy as his father, he is also a person with a wind and bone. Later, he served as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a member of the Tianjin Municipal Revolutionary Committee, and a librarian of the Tianjin Municipal Museum of Culture and History, and died at the age of 85.
Li Yuanhong's second daughter, Li Shaofang, was the most bitter of his children. She once wanted to study like her sister, and then go abroad and go out of the world, but because Yuan Shikai forced Li Yuanhong to marry his daughter to her ninth son Yuan Kejiu when he was in office, Li Shaofang could only give up her studies and marry a man with no emotional foundation.
These four brothers and sisters have their own sufferings, even if they have a father who can call the wind and rain, their lives will eventually have to go by themselves.
Resources:
"Biography: Li Yuanhong of the Legend of the Great Man of Guangfu", "Republic of China" Zhang Dongfan