When the Republic of China was just established, due to the compromise of the revolutionary party, the state power was in the hands of the Beiyang government, and at first Yuan Shikai became the president, but then Yuan Shikai braved the world to claim the title of empress dowager, and finally detonated the subsequent revolutionary movement, and finally after Yuan Shikai's violent death, various Beiyang warlords fought with dragons and tigers, and China fell into a situation of division.
But after all, the Republic of China is still the Republic of China, the head of state still has (although it can not order the whole country), and these "Beiyang warlords" from the president often do not have the civil temperament of Sven, but often make some ridiculous things, such as Feng Guozhang, who began to act as the acting president of the Republic of China on July 6, 1917, but did things that made people stunned.
First of all, it should be made clear that Feng Guozhang is by no means a mediocre talent, he is one of the three masters of Beiyang, he performed very skillfully in the military camp, he made meritorious contributions in the Sino-Japanese War, and later he was favored by Yuan Shikai, he was a leader of Yuan Mu, things were also done in an orderly manner, he also gradually became the pillar of Beiyang, but Yuan Shikai said that he broke with Yuan Shikai after the emperor, Feng Guozhang had a strategic vision, also had national self-esteem, and was a generation of masters.
But this person has a problem: greed for money, and his greed for money is very "characteristic", that is, extremely cut the door, sometimes even the face is not wanted, here is to say a "glorious deeds" that can best reflect his door cutting - selling fish.
The president selling fish is a strange thing, and what is even more strange is that Feng Guozhang is not selling ordinary fish, that is the fish raised in the lake of Zhongnanhai (the seat of the Beiyang government's presidential palace), these fish are ornamental fish raised by the Qing Dynasty royal family, that is naturally "noble variety, valuable", Feng Guozhang learned of this matter and actually ordered people to fish all the fish inside, and then what? Sell!
Feng Guozhang really has experience, he actually advertised in the newspaper, asking rich businessmen to buy, "the president sells the emperor's fish", what more lively thing than this? For a time, the capital was shaken, people everywhere shouted about selling "presidential fish", all kinds of rich households were flocking to it, and finally Feng Guozhang actually made a lot of money - this batch of fish sold for a total of 80,000 yuan, all into his private pocket
Of course, Feng Guozhang, as the president, made such a "fall" move, which naturally caused an uproar in public opinion at that time, and some people also published a couplet in the newspaper to "praise" Feng Guozhang: Prime Minister Tanglin logging, Fuehrer South China Sea sells fish!
Why is Feng Guozhang so out of tune? This is actually related to his previous poverty, although his family was rich in ancestors, but when he came to his generation, the family fell in the middle, Feng Guozhang sold his property in order to go to school, so he said that he was poor and afraid, but although Feng Guozhang liked to accumulate wealth, there was nothing "corrupt and perverted the law" during his presidency.
Author: Yun Fan