Kang Youwei, whose marriage is rotten: At the age of 56, he married a 17-year-old Japanese maid, but gave birth to his own granddaughter!
China was once one of the richest and most powerful countries in the history of the world, and of course, in some periods, this "one" can also be removed. Unexpectedly, in the modern era, this glorious aura that has shone for thousands of years no longer exists, and the land of China has gradually become a piece of fat meat for the Western powers to slaughter.
Although the country is weak, the national spirit will not sink here, and some progressive people have begun to look for the road to national rejuvenation, thus beginning the "Penghu Reform Law". This is an attempt to revitalize China in a way of political reform, and since it is reform, it is easy to touch the interests of some people.
If nothing else, the boycott of "polygamy" proposed in the Restoration Movement alone was something that many scholars could not stand. Advocating "monogamy", you will not have so many beautiful concubines, so what is the use of having money? After all, the spiritual food of that period was really scarce. And to compromise with this system means that their other rights and interests will also be exploited, which is naturally unacceptable to those bureaucratic and large landlords, which is also an important reason for the ultimate failure of the Penghu Reform Law.
The deeds of the "Six Gentlemen of Pengshu", who generously died in those years, were admirable, but Kang Youwei, as an important participant in this change, fled by chance, and even lived a very moist life in the second half. It is worth mentioning that he was a strong advocate of the "monogamous" system at that time, but he did not lead by example, and he married six wives and concubines successively, and even most of them were young girls, one of whom was still Japanese, and the age difference between the two was nearly 40 years old, so why was this Japanese girl willing to marry a Chinese old man who was more than half a hundred years old?
Kang Youwei, who does not observe "monogamy"
This Japanese woman is Kang Youwei's fourth aunt, so before introducing her, I still have to mention that Kang Youwei's first three wives.
Kang Youwei's wife was named Zhang Yunzhu, and the second wife was named Liang Suijue, both of whom were married back home before Kang Youwei fled to Japan. In 1897, when Lady Liang married Kang Youwei, she was only 17 years old, and during that time, Kang Youwei, who had unlimited scenery, let the second lady accompany her. Even if the later change of law failed, he embarked on the road of escape with Lady Liang.
Hearing that the change of law had failed, the family thought that the old man had been killed, crying and crying, but fortunately, the eldest lady Zhang Yunzhu was very calm, comforted her mother-in-law, and commanded the family to move overnight to avoid the family's suffering. Since then, everyone's eating and wearing degree has been managed by Zhang Yunzhu, which is really rare.
It was not until 1913, when Kang's mother died of illness and Kang Youwei returned to China for mourning, that he settled in Shanghai with his whole family, and Zhang Yunzhu, who was already over sixty years old, was finally reunited with her husband after more than ten years.
The third lady, He Xuli, was one of Kang Youwei's most beloved wives. In 1907, when he was on a lecture tour in the United States, He Xuli, who was only 17 years old in the audience, was deeply attracted by the impassioned Kang Youwei on the stage, and was finally impressed by the elegant demeanor, profound knowledge, and profound concept of the speech.
Later, He Xuli found several opportunities to talk to Kang Youwei alone, and finally decided that this person was the partner he could entrust for life.
He Xuli was born in an overseas Chinese family in the United States, and this somewhat absurd idea naturally did not get the support and blessing of his family, but He Xuli, who insisted on his own opinion, finally broke through the layers of obstacles and married Kang Youwei.
He Youli only lived with Kang Youwei for seven years, then died of illness and died at the age of 24.
At the age of 56, he married a 17-year-old Japanese girl
Back to today's protagonist, Kang Youwei's Japanese wife Ichioka Tsuruko, the reason why she can meet Kang Youwei is also due to the third aunt Tai He Xuli. At that time, Kang Youwei returned to Japan with He Youli, and soon found out that his wife was pregnant, which needed to be taken care of, and through the introduction of Japanese friends, Ichioka Tsuruko, who was only 16 years old, came to Kang Youwei to help as a domestic worker.
Ichioka Tsuruko came from an ordinary Japanese family, she has done everything since she was a child, although she is not very old, but she is quite methodical in her work, not only taking care of He Xuli comfortably, but also the family's life and living are also well organized by her.
Tsuruko Ichioka is a smart person, sharp hands and feet, and treats the body closely, especially at a young age, and looks very beautiful, and soon Kang Youwei has a good feeling for this Japanese girl. Although Kang Youwei is 56 years old, but the conditions are very good, treat her well, under the attack of Kang Youwei, soon hugged the beauty, the 17-year-old Japanese maid has become Kang Youwei's fourth wife.
At that time, the family had returned to China, and Ichioka Crane and He Youli also met Kang Youwei's other wives and children, but in the second year of returning to China, He Youwei died of scarlet fever, as Kang Youwei's favorite wife, her sudden death was a big blow to Kang Youwei, and every time the anniversary festival or Qingming was celebrated, Kang Youwei had to personally come to the tomb to see the festival.
During that time, Kang Youwei was relatively depressed, and it was Ichioka Crane who accompanied him and slowly persuaded him to adjust his mentality, because the whole family was also very grateful to Ichioka Crane, especially Kang Youwei's third son, Kang Tongji.
He gave birth to Kang Youwei's granddaughter
At this time, Kang Tongchi had just returned home from Shanghai Guanghua University, and he had been full of curiosity about foreign countries after receiving higher education. He was about the same age as Tsuruko Ichioka, and he was Japanese, so he often talked to this young mother about Japanese matters, and although the language was somewhat inconvenient, it did not affect their communication.
This period of time allowed his father to quickly get out of his grief, and Kang Tongchi was even more grateful to Ichioka Tsuruko, although they were all family, but without her presence, this matter was really difficult to solve.
However, under the fusion of time, the emotions between the two transcend the shackles of the world and come together, but on the surface, it is a mother-child relationship, and the interaction between them is still very hidden. However, this underground affair will eventually be recognized one day.
For a while, the crane suddenly felt unwell, especially the signs of gagging during eating. Kang Youwei was really afraid that the fourth lady would have some serious illness, it would be bad, and he quickly invited a famous local doctor for diagnosis and treatment. After the doctor's diagnosis, he was busy saying hello to Kang Youwei, which was Lady Youxi.
Kang Youwei suppressed the anger in his heart, and with a smile, he sent the doctor out of the house and turned back to blame the crane. At this time, the 67-year-old Kang Youwei was not as healthy as before, but after the crane, he married two young and beautiful wives, he had not been with the crane for a long time, and suddenly broke out that he was pregnant, how could he not be angry.
At first, Tsuruko also concealed her love affair with Kang Tongchi, but did not expect that after Kang Tongchi knew about it, he did not ask about this matter, and the heartbroken Crane could only tell the truth, but resolutely did not agree to beat the child. In the end, in desperation, Kang Youwei, who was afraid of the ugliness of his family, sent the crane back to Japan. Soon after, Tsuruko gave birth to a daughter, Lingzi. On the surface, she is Kang Youwei's daughter, but in fact she is Kang Youwei's granddaughter.
However, after that, Tsuruko never returned to Shanghai, but chose to take care of her daughter alone, a woman has to live and take care of her daughter, and those years were still a period of Japanese expansion, you can imagine how difficult Tsuruko's life is.
For those secrets that were hidden, Tsuruko was reluctant to tell her daughter until she felt that she had little time in her later years, so she called her daughter to her side and told her all this.
Tsuruko Ichioka is very unfortunate, but her misfortune is brought about by Kang Youwei, a reformer who once advocated reform, but her every move is very different from her own ideas. Of course, people may also change, but from the bones, Kang Youwei is still inclined to feudal old ideas in essence, but he is a hypocrite with inconsistent words, which not only causes the reputation of his old age to be unsafe, but also causes a miserable second half of a woman's life.