Cai Yi
There seems to be a preference that the hero must keep up with the beauty behind him, as if this is the only way to fill people's need for objective laws. If there is no word beauty behind the hero, it seems that there is some kind of consummation missing.
For example, it is good to add incense to the red sleeves, and it seems that only in this way can we live up to the talents who waved before the case.
If in a certain historical event, it happens that the hero and the beauty have such a little intersection, then the literati's brilliant pen is afraid to shine.
Thus, the story of General Cai Yicai and Xiao Fengxian in the Republic of China period was born.
Some people may ask: Aren't General Cai and Xiao Fengxian the prototype of "Zhiyin"?
Mr. Cai and Xiao Fengxian do have their own people, but "Zhiyin" is a fake play as a real one. If there is no strong rectification of the real effect of this, I am afraid that the hero and beauty will be passed on from generation to generation.
What's going on?
First of all, General Cai, as the first person to be buried in the republic of China period, General Cai Yi can be described as a martial strategy. At the age of 12, he became a jinshi, and at the age of 16, he studied under Liang Qichao and Tan Sitong at the Changsha Shiwu School. He studied in Japan at the age of 17.
At that time, when the country was in a national peril, internally, the Qing Dynasty was already overwhelmed, lingering, and outside, the great powers coveted, the tiger was looking at it, the state affairs were in danger, and the people were not happy.
Like many like-minded young people of the same era, Cai Yi, who wanted to save the people from danger, was full of righteousness, and his young heart rushed day and night to save the country and save the people.
Cai Yi's early years photo
He and Xiao Fengxian knew each other even later.
Speaking of Xiao Fengxian, he was also a poor person. Ordinary girls, even if their families are poor, will not let their children walk into the Qinglou and be humiliated. If it is not a special change, how can a good girl be willing to let her fall into the dust?
Many of the rumors about Xiao Fengxian's life are like this.
It is said that Xiao Fengxian was originally named Zhu Xiaofeng, and after belonging to the BannerMan, his father was an official in the late Qing Dynasty, and his mother was his father's side chamber.
Later, due to the early death of his father, the mother and daughter were left unattended after the death of their father, and they were tortured by the eldest wife. The mother gritted her teeth and ran away from home with her daughter. Unfortunately, my mother also died early due to ill health soon after.
After the death of her mother, Zhu Xiaofeng has been following a nursing mother surnamed Zhang, and changed her name to Zhang Fengyun with the surname of Zhang. In the years of war and displacement, the mother and daughter fled in all directions.
But a woman of the old times, without any skills, the problem of food and clothing has become the most practical difficulty. In desperation, the nursing mother let her daughter learn to sing with an artist surnamed Hu. Xiao Fengxian's stage name was born from this.
Little Phoenix Fairy
After Xiao Fengxian was sold to an artist surnamed Hu, because of her intelligence and understanding, she quickly became proficient in both playing and singing.
This artist surnamed Hu and Xiao Fengxian drifted from Nanjing to Shanghai, no matter where he went, he could make a lot of money for him, but later in the process of wandering, perhaps there were greater benefits to be gained, he sold Xiao Fengxian to people as slaves.
After several twists and turns, the man sold Xiao Fengxian to the Eight Hutongs in the capital. Bada Hutong was the place where the remnants of the late Qing Dynasty looked for flowers and asked for willows. And the acquaintance of Xiao Fengxian and Cai Yi is also here.
If it were not for Yuan Shikai's restoration, the name Xiao Fengxian would not have appeared in our field of vision.
And general Cai Yi, who is just for man, if he did not want to complete a certain righteous deed, how could he put himself in the land of fireworks and willows?
Cai Yi and Yuan Shikai can be described as entangled. When the Pengshu reform failed, Cai Yi wanted to go to Japan to study, but he only had two yuan on his body at that time. Yuan Shikai generously donated money, and the shot was a thousand pieces of ocean. I have to admit that Yuan Shikai is also a person who cherishes talents.
Therefore, Cai Yi was extremely respectful of Yuan Shikai. In Cai Yi's eyes, Yuan Shikai is "Hong Cai Wei Strategy, the crowd looks forward to it." "The great man of the generation of Yuan Gong was admired by Chinese and foreign countries."
Until Song Jiaoren was killed and the world's demand for Yuan surged forward, Cai Yi still took a firm stand and tried to thoroughly investigate the murderer.
It can be said that Cai Yi had a fervent hope for Yuan Shikai to relieve the people from water and fire. Therefore, before Yuan Shikai signed the Twenty-One Unequal Treaties, Cai Yi still vigorously defied public opinion and stood in the position of supporting him.
Yuan Shikai
On the one hand, he cherished his great talent, and his evaluation of Cai E was higher than that of Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing.
He believes that Mr. Zhongshan has a noble temperament and responds to a hundred responses, and Cai Yi is more proficient in industry than Mr. Zhongshan, and more courageous and courageous than Huang Xing.
When the Wuchang Uprising broke out, Cai Yi and others also led the Chongjiu Uprising in Yunnan, overthrowing the Qing Dynasty in one fell swoop.
In the process of Cai E's governance of Yunnan, Yuan Shikai witnessed that the democratic republican movement in Yunnan was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, not only the military and government, but also the education, economy, and people's livelihood in Yunnan developed vigorously under Cai E's governance.
Yuan Shikai was somewhat jealous of Cai E, and he deeply understood that although Cai E did not intervene in any party, his democratic and republican ideas were unshakable.
In 1913, Yuan Shikai transferred Cai Yi to Beijing, one said that Cai Yi came to Beijing to supplement the foundation of the founding of the country, and the other said that he was offering a false post, trying to envelop him around himself, and allowing him to be a high lord Houlu outside, which was actually a kind of house arrest.
When Cai Yi was training in the army
In the later period, when Yuan Shikai was bent on becoming emperor, Cai Yi became an obstacle. The Tangtang general, full of ambitions to promise his homeland, was trapped by Yuan Shikai in the Capital Division and could not act.
In order to paralyze Yuan Shikai's nerves, Cai Yi simply put on a dashing appearance and frequently appeared in the land of fireworks alleys.
It was at this time that Cai Yi met Xiao Fengxian in the Bada Hutong. Although Xiao Fengxian was relatively young, he was also seventeen years old at the time. Coupled with his own years of selling art, he naturally has some resumes of reading people.
When Xiao Fengxian first met Cai Yi, he felt that this person was different from others. Most of the people who come here are rich and idle men, and this person, although dressed as a businessman, does not have a shrewd and calculating appearance.
There is a strong temperament between the hands and feet, and Xuan Ang has quite a military mighty. When this made Xiao Fengxian curious, he also had some good feelings.
It was also from this time on, in the eyes of outsiders, Cai Yi completely exiled himself to the sound and color of dogs and horses. He frequently went in and out of Xiao Fengxian's boudoir, and seemed to have no regard for his identity or felt anything wrong.
It is also because of this look that Yuan Shikai was surprised that he had misread people at the same time, in addition to regretting his indisputability, he also vaguely felt some kind of happiness, and his tense heart was put down.
Yuan Shikai naturally thought in his heart: Since Cai Yi lingered here, it was bound to not hinder his great cause of becoming emperor.
And Cai Yi didn't care what the outside world said about himself, just sang with Xiao Fengxian. The two talk and listen to music, drinking and drinking, a harmonious scene.
Cai Yi and Xiao Fengxian
There are also rumors that Cai Yi wrote an inscription for Xiao Fengxian:
"I don't believe that beauty will eventually die, and the heroines and women will come out of the wind and dust, and their land is rare, and their people are like fairy dew pearls."
And the book has six characters of "Phoenix Fairy Shi Canzheng".
From this inscription, it is not difficult to imagine that Xiao Fengxian is not a layman with heavy makeup, Cai Yi embedded his name in the words, and his praise is self-evident, and it gives the righteous deeds of the chivalrous woman, indicating that Xiao Fengxian is a person with courage and insight.
After the inscription on this painting, Cai Yi did not write his own name. Xiao Fengxian did not rely on it, and Cai Yicai signed the word Songpo. At this time, Xiao Fengxian knew Cai Yi's identity.
This anecdote is so beautiful that people don't want to distinguish between true and false. However, the history book is mostly seen in major events, and it is difficult to enter the eyes of history like this paranoid painting that is obsessed with exquisite carving.
Early years of Cai Yi
What is puzzling is: how could a mind as meticulous as Cai Yi easily reveal his escape plan to others?
The word "chivalrous" in the word revealed that Cai Yi had at least planned to inform Xiao Fengxian of his plan.
Some texts describe it like this: When Xiao Fengxian saw the word Songpo, he knew that it was General Cai Yicai, so he suddenly realized. In addition to admiration, he is more willing to help his escape plan.
Regardless of whether he is true or not, it is true that Cai Yi successfully escaped by means of his intimate relationship with Xiao Fengxian.
It is said that after Cai Yi met Xiao Fengxian, he not only often went to Xiao Fengxian's residence, but also took her in and out of the pair, as if appearing as a husband and wife.
In the middle is Cai Yi
No one doubted Cai Yi's intentions, and everyone thought that this majestic and heroic general had completely fallen.
But no one noticed that during a performance, Cai Yi came with his second wife Pan Huiying, pointed to the little phoenix on the stage, and said: That person is the little phoenix.
Let me ask you: If you really have a deep affection for another woman, how can you introduce yourself to your wife so calmly? It can be seen that Cai Yi's interaction with Xiao Fengxian was carried out with the knowledge of his family.
It is rumored that soon after, Cai Yi was in close contact with Xiao Fengxian and caused the husband and wife to turn against each other, and Cai Yi's mother was also furious because of her son's bad manners, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law left Beijing to return to their hometown in Hunan because of this layer.
Pan Huiying
At a grand banquet, Cai Yi and Xiao Fengxian invited the guests to a banquet, and the two of them saluted the guests who came to the banquet one by one.
Shuttling through the glamorous crowd, when everyone was busy drinking, singing, and talking, no one noticed, Cai Yi quietly withdrew.
Until Yuan Shikai found out, Cai Yi had come to Tianjin.
Some people say that it was Cai Yi who had asked Yuan Shikai for leave early on to come to Tianjin to treat throat disease; Some people say that it was Cai Yi who arrived in Tianjin to explain to Yuan Shikai, but there is no way to verify it.
One thing is certain, that is, as Cai Yi and Xiao Fengxian frequently go in and out of various occasions, the place where Cai Yi is active, the eyes and ears of surveillance have been relaxed, so that Cai Yi can leave Beijing.
For Cai Yi to leave Beijing, the version circulating in the anecdote is actually more beautified. But according to an aide who has followed Cai E for many years, in fact, when Cai E really left Beijing, he did not design to eat with Xiao Fengxian or bring anyone with him. Instead, at the climax of the feast, he quietly left the banquet alone and went straight to the railway station to take Tianjin.
When Yuan Shikai learned that Cai E had left Beijing, he felt that things were not good, at this time Cai E asked for treatment in Tianjin on the grounds of throat disease, and when Yuan Shikai sent someone to Tianjin, Cai E softly refused on the grounds of recuperating in Tianjin. Subsequently, Cai Yi left Tianjin that night and took the waterway to Shanghai, but Shanghai was heavily guarded, so he switched to Japan, but Japan was also heavily guarded, and Cai Yi had no choice but to return to Shanghai.
Later, he was helped to buy the ship's attendants, arrived in Hong Kong, and then transferred from Hong Kong to Vietnam. In this way, through Vietnam, we were able to go to Yunnan, and along the way, it can be described as a hundred thousand twists and turns.
As soon as he arrived in Yunnan, Cai Yi immediately launched a patriotic movement to "protect the country and seek Yuan, defend the republic", vowing to "fight for the personality of 40 million people." Liang Qichao praised the patriotic movement launched by Cai Yi as "the greatness of the national willpower and the greatness of the personality guidance."
Indeed, Cai Yi countered Yuan Shikai's 100,000-strong army with a mere 3,000 men, and the difference between the strength of the enemy and us was so vast. After Cai Yi returned to Yunnan, he erected the banner of protecting the country within only one week.
At that time, the whole country and others were brewing in their hearts to curry favor with Yuan's plan, but suffering from the fact that the Beiyang Army was too loud, people were indignant but dared not speak out, resulting in the best plan being stillborn before it could be implemented. Cai Yi was surprised, and after several turns, he shouted in Yunnan.
Patriotic movement
With Cai Yi's greeting, the voices of the whole country begging yuan suddenly arose. With several times inferior strength to the enemy, General Cai Yi dragged his throat and fought tenaciously on the front line. No matter how severe the battle was, his continuous family letters were never delayed. At the beginning of each letter, he would call his wife Pan Huiying "Huiying Xian Sister" and pour out his thoughts in the letter.
In the letter to his wife, there is the concern for the newborn child, the knowledge of the likes and dislikes of his illness, the deep reflection on the great cause of the family and the country, the maintenance of the republic, and the belief that justice must triumph over evil.
You guessed it, this is General Cai Yi's confidant. Cai's two wives were his closest family members. Because the grand lady Xia Zhenjiu did not have a male, her mother was anxious, so she married the second room Pan Huiying. Because Pan Huiying received a good education since childhood and learned Western culture in adulthood, she has more common topics with Cai Yi.
Cai Yi with his children
Since the marriage of the two, if there is no special arrangement, they have always been in and out of the pair, and have not temporarily left. Even when Xiao Fengxian fled from the Capital Division at the banquet, it was Cai Yi and Pan Huiying who made an appointment to meet in Tianjin in advance. And the grand lady Xia Zhen and the old mother and Cai Yi went to their hometown in Hunan against each other, which was also a stopgap measure that the family had discussed in advance.
At this point, the story of the hero and beauty is self-defeating, and Xiao Fengxian is only an unknown pawn under the impact of the tide of history from beginning to end. However, Cai Yi's home country's great righteousness has been sung endlessly. In the topic of national righteousness, which is either turbulent or gentle, General Cai Yi is an irreplaceable bright light, shining on the soul of the chinese people.
When Cai Yi, who was fighting in Sichuan, heard that there were many rebels and defectors everywhere, Yuan Shikai died in fear. When the three armies were suddenly excited and the people rejoiced, he wrote a letter to Pan Huiying and agreed with his wife that in order to better treat laryngeal diseases, he wanted to go abroad for treatment. After Receiving the letter, Pan Huiying rushed to her husband's side immediately.
In Cai Yi's last days, it was Pan Huiying who guarded his side and spent time with him in the pain of illness. After Cai Yi's death, Pan Huiying was widowed for 41 years.
Before Cai Yi's death, because he felt tired of his own body, he could not do his best for the country, so he left a message: "I commanded the first army of the Yunnan Protectorate Army to die in the Battle of Sichuan and the personnel who contributed, and I implored Luo Peijin and others to verify the petition for the award, so as to show fairness; ”
"Failing to do his best for the country", although cai yi is a pity, but the greatness of his personality will be admired by all generations, but it is an indisputable fact. Mr. Nakayama called him "the god of defending the country" and "the first person to recreate the Republic of China". The Beiyang warlords also felt the greatness of his personality and held a state funeral for him at the foot of Yuelu Mountain.
Bronze statue of Cai Yi
According to legend, at the funeral of General Cai Yi, a woman in a black veil flew in, her face full of tears, bowing in salute. And donate to Bang Lian:
"Ninety thousand miles south of the heavenly wings, straight up to help shake, pity him for the rest of his life, Pingshui meet into a dream;
Eighteen years of rouge in the north, self-pity and degeneration, won the hero's confidant, peach blossom color is also a thousand autumns. ”
This legend, which has been used by later generations to render as a love story between a general and a prostitute, can be found in the know, but it is just a trick in the face.
According to legend, Xiao Fengxian later married twice, and in his later years he suffered from Hammer syndrome, clutching a picture of Cai Yi in his hand. In response to Xiao Fengxian's reaction, Cai Yi's son said frankly: "Father has no feelings for her. ”
A generation of famous prostitutes, because of this experience of having a love affair with heroes, has also left a reputation in history. It's just, that's it.