Now many people have not heard of Sun Baoqi, because there are too many prime ministers in the Republic of China, and they change like a marquee. Today I will tell you about the story of Sun Baoqi weaving a network of in-laws.
Sun Baoqi was a famous late Qing Dynasty minister, who served as a minister in France (concurrently serving as a minister in Spain), an inspector of Shandong and other important positions; at the same time, he was also a new upstart of the Republic of China, serving as the prime minister of the Republic of China for two terms, and serving as foreign minister and other important positions many times, which can be described as very prominent.
But the most stories he has are related to his children's families.
First, the birth is noble, the starting point is a little too high.
1. Have an amazing father and a great father-in-law.
Sun Baoqi came from a prominent background: his father, Sun Yijing, was a teacher of the Guangxu Emperor, an official to the cabinet scholar, a household attendant, and his father-in-law
Zhang Yao
He was the inspector of Shandong.
He had a younger brother and 8 younger sisters, and his brother-in-law, Li Hanzhang, was the governor of Huguang and Liangguang, and more importantly, Li Hanzhang had a younger brother named Li Hongzhang. Sun Baoqi's youngest sister, Sun Baoqi, was married
Yan Huiqing, who has also served as foreign minister and prime minister.
Because of his father's yin, Sun Baoqi was awarded the position of chief of the Punishment Department and directly subordinate to the alternate Dao.
Nie Shicheng, the directly subordinate viceroy, liked Sun Baoqi very much, and let Sun Baoqi preside over the opening of the Tongyuan Bureau, the Beiyang Yucai Hall, the Kaiping Wubei Academy, etc. (among the students were Wu Peifu, Xiao Zhiguo and others), showing his talent.
Sun Baoqi's handwriting
2. The escort was reused by Cixi for meritorious service.
Sun Baoqi was thus able to enter the military aircraft department to work. In 1900, during the escape of Cixi and Guangxu (Xi'an), Sun Baoqi was named to accompany them.
Sun Baoqi also behaved unusually well, including helping to push Cixi's carriage in the rain, resettling accommodation, etc.; when he arrived in Xi'an, because he was proficient in English, Spanish and receiving telegrams, he was also designated to assist Prince Qing yi to receive, send telegrams, translate and process foreign language documents, etc., which left a deep impression on Cixi.
When Cixi fled, Sun Baoqi accompanied him
After returning to Beijing, Cixi soon appointed Sun Baoqi as a minister to France (and later also to Spain).
Second, he became a child and daughter of Prince Yili of Qing, which made Sun Baoqi's identity rise.
On February 1, 1902, Empress Dowager Cixi issued an edict abolishing the Manchu policy of prohibiting intermarriage, and the Manchus could marry from then on.
One afternoon not long after, the chief military aircraft minister, Prince Qing, Yi Li, came to Sun Baoqi's house in a light car, and it turned out that he wanted his fifth son to marry Sun Baoqi's second daughter and come to hear Sun Baoqi's thoughts.
Let this Sun Baoqi be scared to death, the status difference between the two is too much, the door is not right.
Sun Baoqi thought for a while, and then found a reason to refuse: "Wang Ye, you are a relative of the emperor and the state, I am a small family, I really can't afford a dowry!" "
Yi Xi didn't know whether to pretend to be stupid or really didn't understand, so she smiled heartily and said, "As long as you agree, it will be done, and I will let you send the dowry to your house." ”
Prince Yi of Qing did not want to marry and took the initiative to marry Sun Baoqi
Sun Baoqi could no longer refuse, so he had to agree, so he and Yi Xi became the children's family.
Because of this relationship, people who had previously hoped to tie the knot and had no way out have all embarked on the path of Sun Baoqi, and Sun Baoqi has become a popular center of power.
Third, like spider webs, Sun Baoqi used his 8 sons and 16 daughters to weave a huge network of in-laws and politicians.
Sun Baoqi has money and status, he has married a total of 5 very beautiful wives, a total of 24 children for him, 8 sons and 16 daughters.
Sun Baoqi's daughters, the second left in the back row are Sun Yongfan, who are the seventh miss of the Sun family, and later became Zhang Ailing's stepmother
It is precisely because of having so many daughters that he has become the first father-in-law of the Republic of China.
1. Which families did his daughters marry?
Eldest daughter: Sun Yonghui, married Sheng Enyi (fourth son of Sheng Xuanhuai, the richest man in the late Qing Dynasty)
Second daughter: Sun Yongzhi, married Zailun (fifth son of Prince Yili of Qing)
Third daughter: Grandson of Wang Wenshao, a married scholar
Fourth daughter: Sun Yonglu, married into the family of the chancellor BaoXi
Fifth daughter: Married yuan keqi (yuan shikai's seventh son).
Seventh daughter: Sun Yongfan, married zhang Tingzhong (son of Zhang Peilun and grandson of Li Hongzhang), was Zhang Ailing's stepmother.
Eighth daughter: Married to Cui Shi, manager of Tianjin Guohua Bank.
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Yuan Shikai is also a relative of Sun Baoqi, the left one is Sun Baoqi, and the middle is Yuan Shikai
Eldest son: Sun Yong was the manager of Sumitomo Bank at the time,
Second son: Sun Yongzhen worked as a vice consul in Hamburg, Germany.
Third son: Sun Leisheng, married feng jiaxian (daughter of Feng Guozhang)
Fourth son: Sun Yongdai, married Sheng Fanyi (daughter of Sheng Xuanhuai)
Fifth son: Name unknown, married Yuan Zhenzhen (yuan shikai's sixth daughter)
2. With these connections, Sun Baoqi has since become a hot figure in the political arena of the late Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic.
Sun Baoqi, Yuan Shikai and Sheng Xuanhuai are still double-owned relatives, and each has two pairs of children married.
Sun Baoqi had many children, which made him and almost all of the most influential courtiers in the imperial court at that time form a relationship and weave an unbreakable web.
Sun Baoqi and his family
Conclusion: Sun Baoqi's in-law network is unparalleled in the political arena of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Ming Dynasty. Even if after the fall of the Qing Dynasty, there was Yuan Shikai again; Yuan Shikai died, and then came Feng Guozhang, Wu Peifu... Therefore, Sun Baoqi is not generally powerful.
(Sun Baoqi's children have some names that cannot be found, if you know, please post them in the comment area, we will improve his information together, thanks.) ）