Many people have seen the TV series "The Golden Powder Family", adapted from the masterpiece of the same name by Zhang Hexhui, the first best-selling author of the Republic of China, so which family is the background of the book? It is Qian Nengxun, the 13th premier of the Republic of China.
Although Qian Nengxun is a high-ranking prime minister, not many people know about it, but his experience is worth reading.
Qian Nengxun was a native of Jiashan, Zhejiang, a jinshi during the Guangxu period, and in the late Qing Dynasty, because he climbed Xu Shichang, his official fortunes were particularly smooth, and he was the highest envoy in Shaanxi.
After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, the revolutionaries in Shaanxi captured Qian Nengxun, and in the panic, Qian Nengxun raised a gun to commit suicide, but he was blessed with a great life, did not hit the key point, and survived again. The revolutionaries did not want to kill him, and after curing him, they let him go.
In 1918, Xu Shichang was elected president of the Republic of China, and Premier Duan Qirui resigned, because Qian Nengxun had an old relationship with Xu Shichang, he became the acting prime minister, and two months later he became a regular official and concurrently served as the minister of internal affairs.
After the end of World War I, China participated in the Paris Peace Conference as a victorious power, but encountered an unequal treaty. At this time, Qian Nengxun made a very important decision: he firmly advocated the recovery of Shandong's sovereignty and sent a telegram to the Chinese delegation to refuse to sign the Paris Peace Treaty.
Finally, under the efforts of Lu Zhengxiang, Gu Weijun and others, China did not sign this unequal peace treaty, which was the first time in modern times that China broke the helplessness of giving in to foreign powers.
During Qian Nengxun's presidency, a major event struck China and abroad: the May Fourth Movement.
At that time, although Duan Qirui was no longer the premier, but the military power was still firmly in his hands, the result was to send out military police, resulting in a series of adverse consequences, wave after wave of public opinion, at this time, Duan Qirui pushed all the responsibility to the cabinet, and Qian Nengxun became the target of public criticism.
On the one hand, the people of the whole country demanded that the murderer be punished; on the other hand, Qian Nengxun could not do duan Qirui, who held real power in his hands, and there was no way, there was only one way to choose, that is, to dissolve his cabinet. In this way, Qian Nengxun was the prime minister for a year, and he had no choice but to resign.
When qian Nengxun is mentioned, an important figure should also be mentioned, that is, Premier Zhou Enlai. So, what does Qian Nengxun have to do with Zhou Enlai? This also starts with Zhou Enlai's uncle Zhou Jiqu.
Zhou Jiqu's wife was Qian Nengxun's younger sister, and when they first got married, Qian Nengxun happened to go to the south to do business, so he stopped by to attend his sister's wedding and lived in Huai'an for a long time.
During the time that Qian Nengxun lived in Huai'an, he often went to his sister's house, so he met the young Zhou Enlai.
At that time, Zhou Enlai was only 6 years old, but he was smart and clever, spoke decently, and Qian Nengxun liked him very much.
Later, every time he went to his sister's house, Qian Nengxun had to tease him, teach him to read, practice calligraphy, and Zhou Enlai made great progress under his teaching.
Later, under the introduction of Qian Nengxun, Zhou Jiqu went to the northeast to work and found a very good job, and Zhou Jiqu also specially took Zhou Enlai with him and let him come out to meet the world.
Zhou Enlai received a good education in the northeast, went to the famous Yucai Middle School, and accepted new ideas here.
In addition, Qian Nengxun resigned and returned home after the May Fourth Movement, never to go out of the mountains, and died of illness in 1924 at the age of 55.
History Inn Author: Desert Sand