When it comes to the president of the Republic of China, everyone may think of Yuan Shikai and so on, but do you know the last president of the Beiyang government? He was Cao Kun, although he was the supreme leader for a period of time, Cao Kun did not make any contribution during his reign, and was even criticized by people, but such a notorious president of the Republic of China categorically refused Japan's persuasion and would rather drink porridge than betray the country.
When Cao Kun was a child, his family was poor, he had not read for several years, and even when he was a soldier, he was forced to be helpless, but no one could have imagined that it was such a person from a poor background who actually mixed up in the army, he was appreciated by Xu Shichang, entered the army for further study, and was later even elected as the fifth president of the Republic of China. However, after only one year on the throne, he was pushed out of power in internal struggles and returned to his hometown in Tianjin.
Cao Kun, who was sent home, was not depressed by this incident, but also practiced calligraphy and self-cultivation, and his life was relatively stable. Later, the Japanese army successively occupied Beiping, Tianjin and other places, Cao Kun could not sit still, he paid attention to the situation of the War of Resistance every day, anonymously raised money and materials for the War of Resistance, and did his meager efforts to contribute to the cause of the War of Resistance.
It was also at this time that The Two Men of Doihara found Cao Kun and asked him to take up an important position in the puppet regime, hoping that he could help the Japanese army better control north China. The Japanese army did not spare money and official positions, and successively sent high-ranking officials to throw olive branches to Cao Kun, but the Japanese army's persuasion was rejected by Cao Kun. Kenji Toihara had no choice but to hire someone to be a lobbyist, and they invited Cao Kun's old subordinates and protégés to persuade Cao Kun.
However, these people were angrily rejected by Cao Kun, and he even said that if you become a lackey of the Japanese, you should not enter the door of my Cao family, and I would rather drink thin porridge than be a traitor. Seeing that many of his old subordinates had become the lackeys of the enemy army, the elderly Cao Kun stood still and devoted himself to supporting the cause of the War of Resistance, but at that time, the War of Resistance did not win quickly.
Cao Kun saw the mountains and rivers shattered, and finally even became depressed and died of pneumonia. Although Cao Kun has passed away, his national integrity of resolutely not cooperating with the Japanese army should be remembered by us and passed on. Some netizens commented that as a warlord in the old era, Cao Kun did have many problems, but his love for the motherland was not a little false. What do you think about that?