Guide:
The butterfly effect refers to the fact that in a system, a small change at first will eventually bring a long-term huge chain reaction to the entire system.
For example, on a small island in the Pacific Ocean, the tiny air currents generated by a butterfly's incitement wings are likely to develop into a super destructive typhoon thousands of kilometers away.
As the old saying goes:
"The Wind Rises at the End of Qingping"
, which is typical of the butterfly effect.
Qing Dynasty official
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, an inspector was afraid of his wife, but after being promoted to governor, he did not dare to take office, which caused a series of chain reactions, triggered the Xinhai Revolution, and eventually led to the demise of the Qing Dynasty.
The inspector's name was Chen Kuilong, qing dynasty
Xianfeng was born in 1857 in a poor family in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, and he lost his father at an early age, and it was his mother who raised him with hard work. Chen Kuilong has been very sensible since he was a child, in order to change the poor life in the family and reduce the burden on his mother, he has helped his mother to do housework and work in the fields since he was a few years old. After studying, he worked hard, was studious, and at the age of 15, he was admitted to the talent.
In the first year of Guangxu (1875), the 18-year-old Chen Kuilong took the township examination, and was rated as the first Xie Yuan by the chief examiner. In order to improve the life of his family after the examination, Chen Kuilong began to look for a job while studying.
He is recorded in the history books
"Beautiful style, good words"
Therefore, many officials in Guizhou and Sichuan hired him as a staff member, so that Chen Kuilong gradually gained some fame in the southwest officialdom. Later, when Ding Baozhen, a famous minister of the late Qing Dynasty, served as the governor of Sichuan, after hearing about Chen Kuilong's reputation, he recruited him to serve as an aide in the governor's palace.
Chen Fulong
In the twelfth year of Guangxu (1886), Chen Kuilong resigned from his staff position and entered Beijing to participate in the national examination of the imperial examination, and the result was a gold list title, a high school scholar. Although he passed the entrance examination, his grades were very average, only in the top three.
In the Ming and Qing imperial examinations, jinshi were divided into first, second, and third grades. There are three people in the first division, namely Zhuangyuan, Bangyan, and Tanhua, these three people will generally enter the Hanlin Academy, and the future prospects are unlimited. The second and third divisions will be assigned to various departments, and due to unsatisfactory results, Chen Kuilong will be assigned to the military department as the chief.
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the military department had long existed in name only, and had neither real power nor oil and water. In the late Qing Dynasty officialdom, where corruption was rampant, if a person wanted to be promoted, he either had a prominent family lineage or money, and only in this way could he get ahead. And Chen Kuilong was born in a cold door, had neither a background nor money, and was assigned to a relatively unpopular yamen, and it was difficult to get promoted.
However, Chen Fulong did not give up easily, and with his outstanding appearance and eloquent eloquence, he was quickly appreciated by his superiors and promoted from the head of the military department to the head of the military department.
(Mei Feng Yi, able to write words, to Begkan is rewarded by the Shangguan)
For this reason, he also received a title of "Qiao Eunuch".
In 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance captured the capital, Cixi fled with the Guangxu Emperor, and hundreds of officials also fled the capital to take refuge. However, Chen Kuilong regarded this matter as a rare opportunity and took the initiative to ask to stay in the capital to negotiate with foreigners. Cixi, who was worried that no one could use at the time, was overjoyed when she heard that he was one of the eight ministers who stayed in Beijing and was promoted to Yin of Suncheon.
After that, Chen Kuilong's loyalty won Cixi's favor, and after the eight-nation alliance retreated, Cixi returned to the capital, and Chen Kuilong was immediately reused, first as an envoy to Henan, and as a result, he did not go to office, and was promoted to the governor of Caoyun, and became a powerful feudal official.
In fact, the reason why Chen Kuilong was able to change from a small military chief to a governor who held a big power in just over ten years, in addition to his own efforts, was inseparable from his wife——
Xu Xi body!
Unlike Chen Kuilong,
Xu Xi was born into a family of nobles in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. The Xu family has been an official for generations, and there are countless officials who have been born in their ancestors. In her father's generation, Xu Nai'en, the glory of the Xu family reached its peak. According to historical records, Xu Nai'en and seven other brothers, three of whom passed the examination and four of whom were selected as scholars, also received a plaque of "Seven Sons Dengke" from the imperial court.
Born in such a rich family, Xu Xisheng received a good education since childhood, and was a big lady who was proficient in poetry and song, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
Before chen kuilong was thirty years old, he had married two wives, but both died prematurely due to illness. Later, after making some achievements in the official field, he became acquainted with Xu Xisheng, and after some pursuit, successfully married him into the family. Although in the feudal society, the status of women is very low, in the family are for the husband's horse head is the head of the zhan, but everything has exceptions, Xu Xi body by virtue of the strength of the mother's family, after passing through the door to become the actual head of the family, Chen Kuilong has become afraid of the "wife management strict".
However, in the official arena, Xu Xisheng brought great help to Chen Kuilong. During his time in the capital, Xu Xisheng, who was generous and knowledgeable, soon became acquainted with the inner relatives of the Manchurian princes and nobles, and those Fujin and Gege, who were born in the Eight Banners, were very fond of the feminine women from the southern water towns, and often invited Xu Xisheng to the palace and the Belle Mansion as a guest.
In particular, the three daughters of Prince Yili of Qing almost became inseparable good sisters from Xu Xi. Prince Qing's Fujin saw that she was clever and clever, and he was liked by people, and when he was happy, he accepted her as a dry daughter. However, Chen Kuilong transformed into the son-in-law of Prince Yili of Qing, and his official fortunes naturally soared, successively serving as the inspector of Henan and the inspector of Jiangsu.
In the thirty-third year of Guangxu (1907), the imperial court ordered Chen Kuilong to be appointed as the governor of Sichuan. The inspector is from Erpin, the governor is Zheng Erpin, according to the reason, from inspector to governor, Chen Kuilong should be happy, but after receiving the holy will, he has been sullen.
It turned out that Xu Xisheng heard that Sichuan's mountains were far away, and it was a poor place, and Chengdu was not as prosperous as Suzhou, so he refused to go to Sichuan. Not only that, she also found Chen Kuilong and warned him not to go to office, otherwise she would give him a good look. Chen Kuilong, who was afraid of his wife in ordinary days, was embarrassed, and neither dared to disobey the holy will nor dare to offend his wife, and finally he could only harden his scalp to ask his father-in-law, Prince Qing, to do so.
Prince Qing Yili
Yi Li did not take less of Chen Kuilong's benefits in his daily life, and it was not good to ignore it after hearing about this matter. At that time, Yi Xi was the chief military aircraft minister, and it was simple to use the power in his hands to do some personnel transfers. In the end, thanks to Yi Li's efforts, Chen Wasrong was transferred from the Viceroy of Sichuan to the Viceroy of Huguang, the former Governor of Huguang, Zhao Erxun, to serve as the Governor of Sichuan, and the former Governor of Sichuan, Xi Liang, to the Viceroy of Yungui.
Later generations commented on this:
"With the love and hatred of a woman, several provincial governors and caresses were involved, and the gains and losses of the employment at that time could be seen!"
Because of a woman's unreasonable teasing, the transfer of several feudal officials was changed, which shows how corrupt and incompetent the officialdom reached in the last years of the Qing Dynasty!
Originally, Yi Li, Chen Kuilong and others all thought that it was just a few normal personnel transfers that would not cause any major incidents, but as a result, after Zhao Erxun became the governor of Sichuan, he stabbed the big cage.
According to historical records, Xi Liang, the former governor of Sichuan, was a relatively capable man, and when he was in charge of Sichuan, he fought with the Western powers on the basis of reason, did not give in, and regained the right to build the Sichuan-Han Railway, which won the support of the whole province.
However, after Zhao Ersun became the governor of Sichuan, he would only blindly listen to the Qing government, and at the instigation of Sheng Xuanhuai, the minister of posts and communications, announced the policy of "nationalization of railways" and nationalized the Sichuan-Han and Guangdong-Han railways that had been returned to the commercial office, in fact, they were sold to the Western powers in disguise. This move angered businessmen and people in Sichuan, and angry people launched a road protection campaign.
In this regard, the two brothers Zhao Erxun and Zhao Erfeng would only blindly suppress it, which further aroused the indignation of the people in Sichuan, made the revolutionary situation even higher, and eventually triggered the Xinhai Revolution because of the Baolu Movement, and eventually led to the demise of the Qing Dynasty.
Conclusion:
Xu Xi was a female streamer, but because of the existence of Chen Kuilong and Yi Xi, he inadvertently changed the fate of the Qing Dynasty and even the course of Chinese history.
History is so full of so much uncertainty that any seemingly inadvertent choice can trigger the "butterfly movement" and lead to the most serious consequences.