Cao Kun
"Hurry up Ming'er, you're good, we don't have hot eyes, don't come to me if you're unlucky."
After saying that, the woman led the child, crossed the threshold, saw no figure, and left behind a stunned man.
Cao Kun couldn't believe why the weak woman who had always clung to her like a delicate flower should leave herself, and without him, how would she survive in the chaotic world?
To be fair, he was good enough for her, what he ate and drank did not follow her, and the money supply was squandered with her, and there was no difference between the neighbors around her who did not envy her.
Seeing that he had become a great president, his four aunts had followed his own waters, and now where was the trouble? Still cursing yourself for being unlucky?
The more Cao Kun thought about it, the more funny he became, and he smiled and replied to his aunt and wife: "I Cao Sanyi shot the world with a gun, why will there be a day to ask you for forgiveness?" ”
On the other side, Liu Fengwei was already gone.
In this case, Cao Kun had temporarily put down his fourth aunt, and when she suffered from the lack of power, she knew that she was well, and sooner or later she would take the initiative to come back and ask for forgiveness.
But what was surprising was that Cao Kun had not yet waited for his "runaway wife" to come back and admit his mistake, but he himself could not help but beg for forgiveness first.
Dragon Phoenix Thesis
Cao Kun and Liu Fengwei, the mode of getting along between these two people has a sense of the instant vision of the domineering president of the modern dog blood TV series and the small white flower "robbing and plundering", if you continue to investigate deeply, or there is also the meaning of "long-term love".
Born in a poor family, Cao Kun grew up in a family of poor people, tried everything and did nothing.
Fortunately, in the end, he joined the army, led the soldiers to fight invincible, and accumulated countless gold and silver wealth.
With military merit and the ability to accumulate wealth, Cao Kun rose step by step within the Beiyang government and soon became a superior person.
But no matter how his identity changed, in his bones he was still the old third of the Cao family who had suffered and been tired, and he was an ordinary recruit at that small site.
At that time, his happiness was so simple, and when he had a little free time, he ran to the Sheng family's small class to listen to the Zizi opera, and thus evolved into a fan of the Zizi opera.
Even if Cao Kun is developed and noble, he still can't forget the happiness he once had when he listened to Zizi opera, the only difference is that he has the ability to praise the female artists who sing Zizi opera.
Liu Fengwei was a well-known actor in Hebei during that period, not only looking beautiful, but also singing and dancing skills.
When she was only 13 years old, she received the evaluation of "beautiful and bright throat", and when her face was opened, some newspapers and periodicals specifically praised her: "Beauty is better than Zhang Xiaoxian, and her voice is bright like a golden steel diamond."
Such a character is inevitably targeted by Cao Kun, who loves to listen to zizi plays, and wants to marry her home as a little wife.
In the eyes of the outside world, Liu Fengwei has taken great luck.
As an "inferior" person, if you follow Cao Kun and have someone to support you, it is not logical to get rid of the hardships of the bottom, and from then on, you will jump from class to become a "superior person".
However, they think it is just what they think, such as people drinking water, cold and warm self-knowledge. For Liu Fengwei, Cao Kun is not a Ruyi Langjun.
At that time, Liu Fengwei was only 20 years old, and Cao Kun was already 48 years old, and she could be regarded as her father in age.
On the other hand, Cao Kun already had several wives and concubines in his family.
Only Liu Fengwei knew that there were three famous ones, Mrs. Zhengfang' wife Zheng, the second aunt Taigao who had died of illness, and the third aunt Chen Hanrui, who was strong in pinching.
Cao Kun took a photo with a friend
If she had passed, she would have been the youngest fourth aunt, and when she thought about it, she would not only not be able to engage in singing in the future, but would also be trapped in the "golden cage" to compete with other women.
Just imagining, Liu Fengwei was already suffocating.
It's just how her powerless and powerless weak woman has to fight against the warlord with heavy troops.
In desperation, Liu Fengwei's mother had to make a request, if she wanted to marry her daughter, she must get off the dragon and phoenix, and the Ming media was marrying.
Cao Kun immediately agreed to this request, and the next day he entrusted someone to send a dragon and phoenix post. Liu Fengwei had to marry Cao Kun with a lot of anxiety and become his wife of the fourth room.
Liu Fengwei acted
Liu Fengwei completed the class leap by marrying someone, and she was quite favored by Cao Kun when she was young and beautiful, so she always maintained innocence and sympathy for the world.
Cao Kun pen and ink
She is a woman who pays great attention to the quality of life, and there is a kind of "innocence" that regards money as dung.
She owns many sets of clothes and is always buying new clothes, often after a quarter, but the clothes have not been worn once.
If a friend praised her clothes as beautiful, she squinted her eyes even more joyfully, and asked people to put away the clothes and give them to the person, even if the clothes themselves had never been stained.
Liu Fengwei once "naughty", deliberately wore maid clothes, and then went to find Mr. Xiangmian. Mr. Xiangmian told her, "Although she is a maid, she has the noble appearance of Lady Yipin." ”
Outsiders can also see that there is a great difference between a noble lady who is well-bred and a maid who works all day, and her spirit and demeanor.
As soon as Liu Fengwei appeared in front of Mr. Xiangmian, she was already exposed.
She didn't think about it so much, only because she got that congratulations, and immediately took out 100 yuan and sent it out.
This is Liu Fengwei's "profligate" side, but in fact, she is an extremely frugal, kind and considerate woman, or a very "self-aware" woman.
If it is an ordinary woman, she tends to be inflamed and possessive, and once she gains power, she is eager to hide all the "black history" in the past.
After suddenly becoming rich, he could not stop being greedy, wantonly summoning servants to serve him, or squandering food, so as to show that he had strong funds and could withstand waste.
But Liu Fengwei has not forgotten her origins, let alone hidden from the past, she is an ordinary singer, in order to give more understanding and sympathy to the maids in the family.
She repeatedly told her children to respect the servants, and when it was the hottest before three o'clock in the afternoon every day, it was not easy to make the servants do things, and they could not lose their tempers at will on weekdays, so that the servants suffered from the disaster of innocence.
"You are human beings, and so are servants." It was Liu Fengwei's words that often admonished her children.
Not only is he kind to his domestic servants, but he has never forgotten about the suffering people in the external slums.
She deliberately sent someone to the grain store in advance to buy "strips" (written vouchers for buying corn flour), and when the young people did not receive food and the poor could not afford to eat, she sent the notes down and let them exchange for rations.
It is precisely because of the hard days that Liu Fengwei knows that warmth, peace and stability are not easy to come by.
She can "spill" 100 yuan to the outside world, but she must not allow food to be wasted.
Once, when she saw her son Cao Shisong peeling the steamed buns and eating them, she was greatly annoyed and scolded the child as a "loser".
In order to correct Cao Shisong's views and let him know the lives of ordinary people, she deliberately took her son to the streets to deliver steamed buns and bean soup and other things to the poor.
In terms of righteousness, Liu Fengwei has never made a mistake, this is a person with great national self-esteem, she is not accustomed to those invaders, and vows to draw a clear line with them.
At that time, Liu Fengwei had a close friend Shao Rufen, but because she learned that her friend's husband was doing things for the Japanese, she resolutely broke with Shao Rufen and refused any of her requests to meet.
A pair of friends fell apart.
In general, Liu Fengwei's days as Cao Kun's fourth aunt were mostly peaceful and happy.
Cao Kun has always been extremely fond of this fierce, outspoken and naïve little wife. In just ten years, the two had three children, one daughter and two children.
Liu Fengwei's attitude towards this man who has always tolerated his temper has also softened, if there is no aftermath, she should continue to stay in the Cao family and teach her son, and be the fourth aunt of Cao Kun in peace.
But Cao Kun has changed, it cannot be called "change", only the power is close at hand, and which person is willing to give up.
Left
Yuan Shikai fell ill and died, and the Beiyang Army was divided into three clans: Zhi, Anhui, and Feng, and after some maneuvering, Cao Kun became the leader of the warlords of the direct line.
Xu Shichang
He led his troops to victory in the first Zhifeng War of the Zhiwan War and became the ruler of the central government.
At that time, the central government was already in chaos, the presidential position had changed many times, and when Cao Kun came to power, it was inevitable for a big president.
The power is charming, and he first forced Xu Shichang, who was the president at the time, to usher in the puppet president Li Yuanhong.
Later, he forced Li Yuanhong to flee outside, and was detained by Cao Kun's subordinates at Yangcun Station in Tianjin, forcing him to sign a resignation letter and hand over the presidential seal.
And because the presidency at that time required members of Parliament to vote for election, Cao Kun once again threatened the members of Parliament, carrots and sticks, and successfully "elected".
Li Yuanhong
Because of his improper behavior, Cao Kun was ridiculed by the outside world as "bribing the president".
In order to suppress the public opinion storm at that time, he wasted some effort, and at the same time, his favorite fourth aunt Liu Fengwei also began to make trouble.
Although Liu Fengwei does not have much knowledge and culture, she has a keen sense of the current situation, knowing that the country must be progressive, democracy must be rich and strong, and fairness and justice are indispensable.
However, looking at the warlord style of the Beiyang government at that time, as well as the powers of successive great presidents, they are no longer suitable for the current development of China's society.
Moreover, Yuan Shikai once restored the imperial system, and he did not know how much insult he had provoked.
The big presidential office after him is undoubtedly hot potato, who touches who blows up, not to mention Cao Kun's presidency is still "bought" with money.
Yuan Shikai
In any case, Cao Kun's presidency is not a good thing.
After dissuading the useless, Liu Fengwei made up her mind and wanted to take the child away from this stormy land. From then on, whether Cao Kun was dead or alive had nothing to do with her.
Before leaving, Liu Fengwei put down his harsh words at Cao Kun: "Catch Ming'er, you are good, we are not hot-eyed, don't come to me if you are unlucky!" ”
This only caused Cao Kun to laugh, and the power he had with his gun could not be reduced to the point of finding a lady to complain.
But fate often makes people laugh, and when it holds Cao Kun high, it throws him down hard, and it is difficult to turn over.
Only a year after becoming president, the Second Zhifeng War broke out, and Feng Yuxiang temporarily defected and launched a coup d'état in Beijing, putting Cao Kun under house arrest.
Feng Yuxiang
Feng Yuxiang also sent his subordinates to blackmail Cao Kun into signing a resignation letter and handing over the presidential seal.
How familiar is it, a year ago at this time, Cao Kun was still forcing the abdication of the previous president, and now the tragedy has happened to him again.
This history, just like the stage, you sing, I appear, I go to the lights, everything is reincarnation.
Cao Kun was imprisoned for two years, and it was not until April 1926 that he was finally released on bail.
concomitant
Freed, Cao Kun went to the British Concession in Tianjin to live with the Grand Lady Zheng and the Third Lady Chen.
His life was no longer comfortable, because most of his money was cheated out of his adopted son Cao Shaoshan and other relatives, and his wife's attitude towards him became more and more cold.
Cao Kun's former residence in Tianjin
Setbacks in his career, years of imprisonment and loss of money, successive bad news, a great blow to Cao Kun, he was depressed all day, and his physical condition was also in trouble.
Cao Kun inevitably began to think of his delicate fourth wife, Liu Fengwei.
She was so fond of and hated, a person who dared to love and dare to hate, that he did not listen to her in the first place, thinking that he had annoyed her.
But Cao Kun still wanted to talk to Liu Fengwei again, and he wrote to her, saying: "I am old and sick, Xiao Qing (Cao Shaoshan's name) does not care about me, Zheng Shi does not care about things, and Mrs. Chen does not care about me." ”
Cao Kun showed his tragic situation one by one, and said that he had a premonition that he was going to die, hoping that Liu Fengwei could take good care of their children and be happy in the future.
"Cao Kun Constitution" file picture
Liu Fengwei looked at the letter in her hand, her thoughts were complicated, she had thought that Cao Kun might lose his position, but in her conception, he should not be so miserable.
The warlord general who was once full of vigor should not die so tragically; the man who once loved himself should not be ignored like this.
Liu Fengwei decided to take Cao Kun to her home to take care of. She asked the Chinese medicine doctor to see him, and she worked day and night to take care of Cao Kun.
Perhaps because he felt that he was cared for, Cao Kun's physical condition continued to improve, and it didn't take long for him to get out of his sickbed and be able to act alone outside.
He was even closer to Liu Fengwei, and praised her every time he said, "The fourth lady is a good person." ”
Cao Kun calligraphy and painting
After experiencing this "disaster of life and death", Cao Kun has a different understanding of people and things, and he used to believe that people must seize power when they are alive, and they must be superior to people in order to be happy.
But he now understands that peace and well-being are the greatest satisfaction.
He put aside his prejudices and interacted with the people of the world with an equal eye.
He can sit bare-chested, sit on a small bench, and "kan dashan" with his husband and small vendors; he can also stay quietly in the room, practice pen and ink, do calligraphy and painting, and he also becomes a confidant with Qi Baishi.
Cao Kun and Liu Fengwei have become the most ordinary couple, if not specifically explained, no one will think that this couple has been the president and the president's wife.
But fate never advocates smooth sailing, as if only continuous storms can show the meaning of life. The Japanese invaders set their sights on Cao Kun.
Japan knows that the strongest fortresses are disintegrating from within, and China will not be an exception.
They established a puppet Manchurian government in the northeast region, implemented the strategy of "using China to control China", and tried to disintegrate China without bloodshed. Cao Kun, the former president, was also targeted by them.
The Japanese first came to visit in person, and Cao Kun, because of the great power of Japan, was worried that offending them would have bad results, and hesitated how to deal with it.
It was Liu Fengwei who blocked the door of the home and did not allow Cao Kun to go out, she pointed at Sang Through the window and scolded the locust, and the anger of the Japanese scolding was continuous, and she left in anger.
Gao Lingxia
Afterwards, Liu Fengwei explained to Cao Kun in detail the things that Japan had done on Chinese soil, but whenever Chinese, it was necessary to adhere to the national integrity and must not be its running dog.
After informing Cao Kun of the evil deeds done by the Japanese army, she repeatedly ordered: "Even if you drink porridge every day, you are not allowed to go out to do things for the Japanese!" ”
Cao Kun nodded continuously.
Seeing that its personal visit was fruitless, the Japanese sent Gao Lingxia, the chief of internal affairs of Cao Kun's old ministry, and Wu Jinglian and others to go, when Gao Lingxia was serving as the governor of the pseudo-Hebei Province.
This time, Gao Lingxia walked into the house smoothly, but what he got was not Cao Kun's greetings and excitement, let alone any polite intentions.
Cao Kun couldn't stop his disgust and scolded, "You get me out!" When I became a traitor, I dared to climb the door of my Cao family. ”
Wu Jinglian
Subsequently, Gao Lingxia and others were driven out, and these former former departments were no longer willing to come to the door.
Cao Kun was able to successfully protect himself and did not become a traitor or traitor.
Until May 1938, when Cao Kun died of illness at home, he still left as an ordinary Chinese at the age of 76.
Grateful for the old man's persistence and patriotism, Cao Kun's funeral was extremely solemn, and many senior officers of the National Government and their families came to attend.
They even gave Liu Fengwei an extremely generous pension, and she did not collect a penny.
Some Japanese people came to Cao Kun's funeral and sent a large amount of property, but they were also unceremoniously driven away by Liu Fengwei.
In June, the Nationalist government again mentioned Cao Kun's resolute attitude in the face of Japanese power, commended him, and posthumously awarded him the rank of general of the Army.
On the fourth day of the tenth month of the same year, Liu Fengwei fell ill in bed and died peacefully.
Throughout Cao Kun's life, from the end of the micro to the peak, and then low, the waves are continuous.
He once did something wrong in the pursuit of power, but he finally realized it, let go of his obsession, and kept the evening festival. Liu Fengwei's role in this can be described as crucial.
She does not depend on the poor, does not draw on the rich. After learning that her husband is immersed in power, he can resolutely withdraw. When her husband was tested, he resolutely helped him to keep his integrity.
She is not famous, has not left any works, and has no poetry and ink to pass on, but what she once did will always be remembered.
"Don't hinder his way with wealth, don't change his heart with vagueness, indeed do not pull out, and haoran defend himself" is Liu Fengwei.