"What is the love of the world, it is called life and death."
Since ancient times, beautiful women love heroes, especially in the Republic of China period, such a charming love is endless.
Unfortunately, there is too much love in this, and in the end, it is only a broken ending.
Speaking of this, we have to mention the past of Cai Yi and Xiao Fengxian.
As we all know, General Cai Yi was the first in Chinese history to receive the sword of the Japanese Emperor with the first place in the Japanese military academy.
After that, he led the Yunnan Uprising, fired the first shot of the southwest against the Qing government, and then led the sons and daughters of Yunnan to take the lead in responding to the call of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and leading the army to recruit Yuan Shikai, the thief who stole the country.
General Cai Yi has left his own strong mark in Chinese history, so some lace stories about him have always been talked about.
Among them, there is his love story with Jinjing Huakui Xiao Fengxian.
Although Xiao Fengxian and Cai Yi did not spend a long time together, Xiao Fengxian still clutched the photo of General Cai Yi until the last moment of his life.
He even told the story of his companionship with General Cai Yi many times in public, which once caused dissatisfaction among General Cai E's descendants.
General Cai Yi's descendants even openly stated: Our father has no feelings for Xiao Fengxian, and everything is Xiao Fengxian's self-inflicted sentimentality!
So is Xiao Fengxian's interaction with Cai Yi really just Xiao Fengxian's self-inflicted sentimentality?
Grow up hard and eventually become a flower queen
Xiao Fengxian's hometown is in the Hangzhou area, when he was a child, Xiao Fengxian's family was quite good, his father was a local martial artist, and later served in the military, so Xiao Fengxian, who was born in a military family, has a special affection for soldiers since he was a child.
Later, due to the fall of the family road, Xiao Fengxian had no choice but to follow her mother to wander around and wander around, Xiao Fengxian's mother was born in a family of scholars, and she learned to play and sing since she was a child, so the mother and daughter both lived by selling and singing, and barely survived.
Later, after The mother and daughter of Xiao Fengxian arrived in Shanghai, a master in the Shanghai opera line took a fancy to Xiao Fengxian's talent. Therefore, he proposed to Xiao Fengxian's mother to accept Xiao Fengxian as his apprentice.
At that time, the life of Xiao Fengxian's mother and daughter was very difficult, in order to let her daughter have a good future and alleviate the economic pressure at that time, Xiao Fengxian's mother tearfully sent her daughter to the theater to study.
After entering the drama line, Xiao Fengxian worked very hard, plus her master took great care to teach her kung fu, so Xiao Fengxian slowly learned to play and sing, etc., all kinds of singing kung fu.
Xiao Fengxian later migrated from Shanghai to Beijing, and entered the Bada Hutongs, which were frequented by dignitaries and nobles at that time, to sell their art.
Because of his appearance, exquisite appearance, and beautiful body, Xiao Fengxian soon won the favor of those high-ranking officials and nobles, and many people threw thousands of dollars for Xiao Fengxian and even wanted to marry Xiao Fengxian back home.
Among Xiao Fengxian's fans, there are not only high-ranking officials and nobles, but also many talented people, and these talented people, in order to win the hearts of Xiao Fengxian, spare no effort to write poetry and praise.
Despite this, Xiao Fengxian was still unmoved, until Cai Yi appeared, which really opened Xiao Fengxian's heart.
Cai Yi entered Beijing and became acquainted with Xiao Fengxian
After the Xinhai Revolution, Cai Yi served as the governor of Yunnan, sitting on the southwest half of the country, which made Yuan Shikai very jealous.
In order to find a way to weaken Cai E's power and influence, Yuan Shikai decided to invite Cai E to Beijing to handle affairs in the name of discussing major national defense matters, and was appointed to the post of national supervisor.
After Cai Yi entered Beijing, he soon realized that something was wrong, and Yuan Shikai first sent a large number of troops into Sichuan to suppress Cai Yi's army. At the same time, he arranged a large number of undercover agents around him to monitor them.
At first, Cai Yi still had delusions about Yuan Shikai, believing that he was the only political strongman who could reorganize the national order with an iron fist.
However, with the gradual deepening of his understanding of Yuan Shikai, Cai Yi saw the true face of Yuan Shikai more and more clearly, and knew that Yuan Shikai was actually an out-and-out thief who stole the country.
In particular, after learning that Yuan Shikai had decided to sacrifice the interests of the state in exchange for Japan's support for his restoration as emperor, Cai Yi was even more angry and determined to break away from Yuan Shikai's constraints and return to Yunnan.
Thus, a plan began, formed in Cai Yi's heart.
Cai Yi first expressed his support for the imperial system in public many times, believing that the imperial system was the only way to solve the chaos, and at the same time, he spent all day in the Eight Hutongs, and became acquainted with many former Qing dynasty widows and young people.
Pretend to be a pro-monarchy, covetous soldier.
When he was messing around in the Bada Hutong, Cai Yi, under the introduction of his friends, met Xiao Fengxian, who was famous in Beijing and Tianjin at that time. At the first sight of the two acquaintances, Xiao Fengxian was deeply attracted by the burly and handsome Cai Yi.
After that, Cai Yi would often go to Xiao Fengxian's residence and then stay for a long time. This created an illusion for Yuan Shikai that Cai Yi had become a degenerate soldier who had no intention of state affairs and only wanted to have fun.
In addition, Cai Yi even drove his wife out of Beijing for the sake of Xiao Fengxian, and quarreled with many friends, so Yuan Shikai mistakenly believed that Cai Yi had no threat to him.
In the end, Cai Yi took Xiao Fengxian and secretly returned to Yunnan under the pretext of going to Tianjin for medical treatment, leading the old ministry to launch a conquest of Yuan Shikai, and finally personally buried Yuan Shikai's Hongxian Empire.
The chaotic world is helpless, and it is difficult to keep feelings
Cai Yi's blow to Yuan Shikai, Xiao Fengxian's credit is self-evident.
Cai Yi's plan Xiao Fengxian is aware, she can not cooperate, or inform Yuan Shikai, but Xiao Fengxian, who has fallen in love with Cai Yi, chose to unconditionally support the cause of her beloved.
When Xiao Fengxian and Cai Yi were separated, Cai Yi once told her: The seven-foot body has been Xu Guo, and it is difficult to Xu Qing.
However, Xiao Fengxian still chose to wait for his sweetheart in a daze, but in the end, what he waited for was the bad news of Cai Yi's death.
Cai Yi died, Xiao Fengxian chose to hide his name, but the two marriages that he had no choice but to choose in order to survive did not give this infatuated woman a stable life.
In 1954, Xiao Fengxian died, and when she died, the only thing that could give her comfort was a photo of Cai Yi.
However, for Cai Yi's descendants, they believe that their father's so-called feelings for Xiao Fengxian are just a trick, if there is no illusion that they have made good friends with Xiao Fengxian, how can they deceive Yuan Shikai into successfully escaping?
epilogue
From the perspective of bystanders, Cai Yi and Xiao Fengxian may really just take the so-called love relationship they need, and the existence of Xiao Fengxian did affect Cai Yi's family a lot.
But in such a chaotic world, Cai Yi and Xiao Fengxian are comparable to the dragon and phoenix among people, and it is also extremely reasonable and natural to be able to have feelings for each other, but unfortunately, the two could not spend the rest of their lives together in the end, which is also a big regret.
As for Cai Yi's descendants' feelings for the two, what kind of evaluation they have, can not erase the historical contribution of the two who once joined forces to eradicate Yuan Shikai, for the world, perhaps more hope that the two can have a beautiful love in heaven!