Historical Evidence of the Relationship between Cai E and Yuan Shikai
He is an outstanding historical figure in the modern history of China, a famous democratic revolutionary and an outstanding strategist in the modern history of China. At the beginning of the 20th century, he did two great things by himself, which are worthy of special mention: First, he organized and led the1910 "Chongyang Uprising" in Kunming. 2. At the end of February,1915,65438 launched and led the war to defend Yuan.
His poems won him the reputation of a generation of Confucian generals; Its ancient anecdotes are widely circulated among the people, and women and children know it ... As for Cai E's love affair, at first Cai may have the meaning of "paralyzing Yuan for prostitutes", but everyone has his own weaknesses, which is inevitable, not to mention the widespread concubinage and whoring in the early years of the Republic of China. Cai E was 33 years old at that time, 17 years old, and two of a kind, a heroic man, became a beautiful talk through the ages, with many legends circulating among the people.
From the two couplets that Cai E gave to Fengxian Xiao, we can see their true feelings: they don't believe that beauty will eventually die; Out of the dust from the chivalrous woman. Its land is scarce; He is like a fairy's dew and pearl.
According to legend, Cai E died in Fukuoka University Hospital, and the news spread to Beijing. When Cai E paid a public sacrifice in Central Park, Fengxian Xiao wore a black veil and sent an elegiac couplet: Nine days in South Wan Li, Peng Yi soared, pitied the rest of life, and met by chance into a dream; Eighteen years of rouge in the north, since the sad fall, won a hero confidant, peach blossom color is also a thousand years. 1982 Shi Pengfei, a professor at Yunnan University, went back to his hometown in Shanghai to visit relatives when he was young and passed by Cai E's tomb. He said in a poem: "A strong man started from the southern heavenly sword, and the wind sang Hunan Mountain.
Today, 100,000 people worship, and friends are not alone. "There is another meaning.
There is no record of Fengxian Xiao in the official history, and even her date of birth and death is not clear. She was once a famous prostitute. She helped * * * and the famous Cai E escape from Yuan Shikai's prison, and was celebrated for her bitter love with Cai E, which was made into the movie "bosom friend" in 1980s.
At the end of 19 15, Cai E said that he was playing and took the opportunity to escape from Beijing and return to Yunnan, where he called Yuan. In June, 5438+the following year 10, Cai E led an army to go to war, and Yuan Shikai, who had been proclaimed emperor for only 83 days, died of internal and external troubles.
In the same year,1October 8th, 165438, Cai E, suffering from laryngeal tuberculosis, died in Japan at the age of 34. Fengxian Xiao was heartbroken at the news and wrote the elegiac couplet: "Who knows that Zhou Lang is short-lived, I know that Li Jing is a hero."
The impact of Cai E's death on Fengxian Xiao is obvious. Since then, Fengxian Xiao has disappeared. Fengxian Xiao's Last Love and Sorrow in Shenyang 1949 She lives in seclusion in Shenyang.
Become a stepmother of four children. 1954, she died in Shenyang.
From 65438 to 0998, the children learned that the stepmother "Zhang Xifei" turned out to be Fengxian Xiao. In Dadong District and Huanggu District of Shenyang, I found three old people who accompanied Fengxian Xiao in his later years-Li Youcai and Li Guilan.
Fengxian Xiao is the stepmother of Li Youcai and Li Guilan, and Li Guilan and Fengxian Xiao have lived together for five years. Three elderly people in their 200 s recalled the dusty past for more than 50 years ... Li Guilan believed that Fengxian Xiao married his father because, "Long before the founding of New China, his father Li Zhenhai was a staff member of the headquarters of the Grand Military Region, and Fengxian Xiao often visited Miss Zhao Si. It is entirely possible that my father saw Fengxian Xiao at that time.
Two people have one biggest hobby, that is, they especially like listening to storytelling. "1949, Li Zhenhai who lost his wife married back to Fengxian Xiao.
Fengxian Xiao, who just entered the door, immediately became the mother of four children. The new mother is so different from the women around her. "Eating, wearing and walking are different from others."
Li Guilan's brother Li Youcai recalled. At that time, Li Youcai was in her twenties. "At that time, I had already taken part in the work and seldom went home. My sister Li Guilan is the person who has the most contact with my stepmother. "
"I love beauty and neatness, and I don't like work." It was Li Guilan who summed up the greatest characteristics of Fengxian Xiao. "When the new China was founded, everyone wore rustic clothes, but she especially loved to wear cheongsam and tied a small handkerchief on one side of it."
Looking at her unusual stepmother, Li Guilan couldn't help wondering, "Why did you pin your handkerchief next to the cheongsam?" For similar questions, Fengxian Xiao just smiled and never answered. However, Fengxian Xiao always gives an awkward answer.
"Stepmother especially likes a photo. She always takes out that photo and looks at it quietly. She never hates us when she looks at photos. This is a photo of her and a young general. " Li Guilan, who is over 70 years old, recalled: "The man in the photo was very brave, with a big chapter on his shoulder and many golden spikes on his clothes.
I asked her, "Who is this?" She replied with a faint smile, "This is a friend. "The Li Guilan family's source of life depends entirely on their father's support, making life difficult. Nevertheless, Fengxian Xiao still leads a leisurely life.
"What she does most is to wash her own clothes and never cook, but life is very regular. Every morning when she goes out for a walk, she eats breakfast outside. " Li Guilan never dared to complain about such a stepmother, "because she is an unusual person from any angle."
Fengxian Xiao's meeting with Mei Lanfang confirmed Li Guilan's guess. 195 1 At the beginning of the year, Mei Lanfang, a master of Peking Opera, led a troupe to North Korea to express condolences to the volunteers who went to the DPRK to participate in the war, performed in Shenyang and stayed at the guest house of the Northeast People's Exchange Office at that time.
After contacting Mei Lanfang, Fengxian Xiao was able to meet. "That was the first time I took my stepmother, because I was in * * *, and I didn't see Mr. Mei for the first time.
The second time, the stepmother took her sister Li Guilan to visit Mr. Mei. Even then, we didn't know that our stepmother was Fengxian Xiao.
However, seeing Mr. Mei's courtesy to her, I vaguely guessed that my stepmother was by no means an ordinary person. "Li Youcai recalled.
After that meeting, Mei Lanfang found someone to solve the work problem in Fengxian Xiao, and Fengxian Xiao was assigned to work in a kindergarten in the province. 1954 In the spring, Fengxian Xiao suffered from diseases similar to Alzheimer's disease and cerebral thrombosis.
In the last less than a year, Fengxian Xiao has been accompanied by Li Youcai's wife, Tong Guiying. Before he got sick, Tong had married into the Li family.
"My mother-in-law is a cheerful person and a person who demands progress. At that time, no matter what activities were organized on the street, grandma.