General Li Liejun is a famous general who protects the country, and is known as a contemporary Confucian general who "can fight on the horse and can write on the horse". However, this figure, who is regarded as a hero, was cried by his wife as a "sin" before he died, and he still clutched a photo tightly in his hand. Who is the person in the photo? Why does it make his wife so sad? What kind of twists and turns has Li Liejun's life experienced? Let us find out.
Li Liejun's early life experience and ambitions
In 1882, Li Liejun was born in an ordinary peasant family in Jiujiang, Jiangsu. His father had participated in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, and often told Li Liejun about his combat experience back then, and Li Liejun planted the ambition to serve the country since he was a child.
Li Liejun has been smart and studious since he was a child, not only has solid cultural knowledge, but also has superb martial arts attainments. His outstanding talent soon attracted the appreciation of the local county order, and he was recommended to enter the Jiangxi Military Academy for further study. There, Li Liejun's talent for both civil and military affairs was fully developed, and he not only excelled in his academy coursework, but also excelled in martial arts training. Due to his impressive academic performance, Li Liejun was soon selected to study in Japan and receive formal military education.
Studying abroad in Japan was an important turning point in Li Liejun's life. He not only met a group of like-minded friends, such as Yan Xishan, Tang Jiyao, Zhang Ji, Huang Xing and others, but also came into contact with Mr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary ideas through Zhang Ji's recommendation. Once, Li Liejun happened to hear Mr. Sun Yat-sen's preaching on the Three People's Principles, and he was like a lost man in the darkness who finally saw the light, and immediately joined the League, thus opening the revolutionary road for the country and the people.
During his stay in Japan, Li Liejun also met a good friend Gong Yong. The two met in a calligraphy competition, and because of their common interests and revolutionary ideals, they soon became close friends who talked about everything. The longer they got along, the deeper their friendship became, and finally, when they got drunk, they decided to make a blood alliance and worship as brothers with different surnames, thus starting a brotherhood worthy of going down in history.
In 1908, Li Liejun returned to China after completing his studies and had to temporarily separate from Gong Yong. However, the revolutionary undertakings of both men were in full swing in the country. Soon, the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution gave Li Liejun a big stage to display his talents. With his outstanding command skills, Li Liejun established outstanding military exploits in the flames of war, and was soon reused by his superiors and entrusted with important tasks to serve as the governor of Jiangxi.
After becoming a local magistrate, Li Liejun naturally remembered his old friends. He immediately transferred Gong Yong to the position of adjutant, so that this close friend could be by his side at all times. Gong Yong's kindness to Li Liejun is, of course, grateful to Dade, and he wholeheartedly assists Li Liejun's work, and the brotherhood between the two is even deeper.
At this moment, an unexpected thing happened, which completely changed Li Liejun's fate. One day, Gong Yong received a letter from home, saying that the family had set a family affair for him, and the bride's name was Hua Shiqi, who was a local lady from a famous family, and was known as "the first beauty in Huai'an". As soon as Gong Yong saw Hua Shiqi's face, he immediately became overwhelmed and couldn't wait to return to his hometown to get married.
Before leaving, Gong Yonglai asked Li Liejun for leave, Li Liejun quipped: "Don't forget your brother after marrying your daughter-in-law, go and go back quickly!" A month later, Gong Yong really helped his bride Hua Shiqi back, and he happily took out a photo of his wife to share his joy with Li Liejun.
Li Liejun took the photo and looked at it, and when he boarded, it was like being struck by lightning, and the whole person was stunned. I saw that Hua Shiqi on the photo is indeed a stunning beauty, with two frowning willow eyebrows, apricot kernel-like eyes, a small cherry mouth thoughtful, a graceful wrist, and skin better than snow. Li Liejun only felt that his heart was like a deer, the blood in his body was boiling, and a strong impulse was surging in his body, he had fallen deeply in love with this woman named Hua Shiqi.
The brotherhood of Li Liejun and Gong Yong
Li Liejun and Gong Yong's friendship can be traced back to their time studying in Japan. At that time, Li Liejun was already a young talent with both civil and military skills, while Gong Yong was a scholar with a loyal personality and a value for love and righteousness. The two met in a calligraphy competition and formed an indissoluble bond because of their common interests.
Soon, Li Liejun discovered that Gong Yong was not only a scholarly talent, but also a patriotic young man with revolutionary ideals. It turned out that Gong Yong, like Li Liejun, had already come into contact with the revolutionary ideas of the League and had a firm belief in overthrowing the Manchu Qing Dynasty and establishing a democratic republic. The two people's persistent pursuit of the revolutionary cause soon made them close friends who talked about everything.
The longer they get along, the deeper the friendship between Li Liejun and Gong Yong becomes. Once, when the two were drunk, they had a crazy idea: they wanted to marry brothers with different surnames here. So, according to the ancient ritual of worship, they made an alliance by blood, and since then they have formed a brotherhood of life and death.
In 1908, Li Liejun and Gong Yong returned to China, and although they were temporarily separated, their pursuit of the revolutionary cause never stopped. Soon, the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution gave Li Liejun a big stage to display his talents. In that battle that decided the future and fate of China, Li Liejun relied on his outstanding command ability and martial courage to fight, and soon established outstanding military merits, was reused by his superiors, and was entrusted with the post of governor of Jiangxi.
After becoming a local magistrate, Li Liejun naturally remembered his old friends. He immediately transferred Gong Yong to the position of adjutant, so that this close friend could be by his side at all times. Gong Yong's kindness to Li Liejun is, of course, grateful to Dade, and he wholeheartedly assists Li Liejun's work, and the brotherhood between the two is even deeper.
At this moment, an unexpected thing happened, which completely changed Li Liejun's fate. One day, Gong Yong received a letter from home, saying that the family had set a family affair for him, and the bride's name was Hua Shiqi, who was a local lady from a famous family, and was known as "the first beauty in Huai'an". As soon as Gong Yong saw Hua Shiqi's face, he immediately became overwhelmed and couldn't wait to return to his hometown to get married.
Before leaving, Gong Yonglai asked Li Liejun for leave, Li Liejun quipped: "Don't forget your brother after marrying your daughter-in-law, go and go back quickly!" A month later, Gong Yong really helped his bride Hua Shiqi back, and he happily took out a photo of his wife to share his joy with Li Liejun.
Li Liejun took the photo and looked at it, and when he boarded, it was like being struck by lightning, and the whole person was stunned. I saw that Hua Shiqi on the photo is indeed a stunning beauty, with two frowning willow eyebrows, apricot kernel-like eyes, a small cherry mouth thoughtful, a graceful wrist, and skin better than snow. Li Liejun only felt that his heart was like a deer, the blood in his body was boiling, and a strong impulse was surging in his body, he had fallen deeply in love with this woman named Hua Shiqi. (End of article)
Li Liejun devised a conspiracy to kill his friend and take his wife
As soon as he saw Hua Shiqi's face, Li Liejun fell deeply in love. As a warlord in a high position, he could have courted Hua Shiqi openly, but he chose an evil path instead.
Since seeing Hua Shiqi's photos, Li Liejun has become thinner and thinner, in a trance, and his work has become incapacitated. He often gets obsessed with that photo, thinking about this beauty named Hua Shiqi all day and night. Soon, Li Liejun realized that if he couldn't get Hua Shiqi, his life would come to an end. So, an evil thought gradually took shape in his heart.
One day, Li Liejun handed over a confidential document to Gong Yong and instructed him to immediately send it to the Fujian Governor's Mansion. As Li Liejun's confidant and adjutant, Gong Yong naturally had no doubts, and he immediately set off for Fujian. However, when he handed the document to the governor of Fujian, the governor was furious, and it turned out that this so-called "confidential document" was nothing more than a blank slate.
The governor of Fujian determined that Gong Yong had betrayed the military plane and sentenced him to death. Soon, the news of the execution reached Jiangxi. Gong Yonghan was unjustly killed, but Li Liejun had no remorse for this, but secretly rejoiced, because his biggest obstacle had been removed.
Soon after Gong Yong's death, Li Liejun began his passionate pursuit of Hua Shiqi. In the name of caring for the widows of his subordinates, he took all kinds of care for Hua Shiqi, and never skimped with money and gifts. At the same time, he often visited Hua Shiqi in the name of condolences, greeted her warmly, spoke softly, and tried all means to please her.
Finally, with Li Liejun's unremitting efforts, Hua Shiqi, a young woman who had just been widowed, was moved by his tenderness, and she married Li Liejun without hesitation and became his concubine. Although Li Liejun already had a wife, he still gave Hua Shiqi a grand wedding, and the two were very affectionate after marriage, and Hua Shiqi gave birth to ten children to Li Liejun one after another.
In the eyes of outsiders, Li Liejun is undoubtedly a great rebellion in doing this, he not only killed his sworn brother, but also seized his brother's wife. But in Li Liejun's view, everything he does is to be able to get the woman he loves, which is the price he pays for love. However, despite this, Li Liejun still feels guilty and guilty about Gong Yong's death, and he often thinks of the brotherhood between the two back then, and feels very sad about Gong Yong's death.
Li Liejun's old age and state funeral
Although Li Liejun's marriage is unacceptable, he has never been ambiguous in the general interests of the country. In 1913, Yuan Shikai forced the palace to be restored, and Li Liejun resolutely participated in the Protectorate War, promoting the second revolution in history. After that, after the outbreak of the Japanese war of aggression against China, he strongly advised Chiang Kai-shek to unite with the Communist Party and the Communist Party to jointly resist Japan.
In order to resist the Japanese invaders, Li Liejun sent all his five sons to the front line, a feat that was praised by the media at the time as "the veteran of the party-state, the five sons from Rong", and became a model at that time. Two of the sons sacrificed their lives for the country and died on the front line of the war.
In the most difficult time of the War of Resistance Against Japan, Li Liejun personally supervised the battle and made many military exploits. His heroic performance made Chiang Kai-shek full of praise, believing that he was "a contemporary Confucian general who can fight on the horse and can write on the horse".
In 1946, after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, Li Liejun died in Chongqing at the age of 64. Before he died, he couldn't let go of one thing, that is, the dirty thing he did when he killed his friends and took his wife. Although many years have passed, this incident has been haunting his heart and has become the biggest regret of his life.
At the last moment before his death, Li Liejun trembled and took out a photo from under his pillow and stuffed it into the hand of his wife Hua Shiqi. When Hua Shiqi saw it, his face turned white, and then tears fell like rain, and he burst into tears. It turned out that this photo was the most cherished item of Gong Yong before his death, and it was Hua Shiqi's face when he was young.
Seeing this photo, Hua Shiqi immediately understood Li Liejun's intentions. For many years, Li Liejun has been haunted by the murder of Gong Yong, hoping to get his wife's forgiveness before his death, so as to gain spiritual relief.
After crying, Hua Shiqi said to Li Liejun: "I will personally send this photo to Gong Yong's cemetery, and then cremate it." After Li Liejun heard this, he finally let go of the last burden in his heart, he used his last breath, said "thank you" to his wife, and passed away suddenly.
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Li Liejun's death caused the authorities to hold a grand state funeral for him. As a famous general who protects the country, Li Liejun has made indelible contributions to the birth of New China, and his life can be described as magnificent. Although his marriage is unacceptable, his contribution to the country and its people is obvious to all. It was for this reason that the authorities decided to hold a state funeral for him as a recognition of his merits.