Li Hongzhang is very famous in the century-old history of modern China, he is a heavy minister of the late Qing Dynasty, but also a legendary figure, but he is a very controversial person, his life is for the Great Qing made a lot of contributions, but in the end for the Great Qing to bear the world's infamy, on the one hand, he worked hard for the Qing Dynasty to transform, launched the foreign affairs movement, but on the other hand he signed a treaty to lose power and humiliate the country, so it is still very controversial for him, but as a heavy minister of the imperial court, the family conditions are certainly not ordinary Then the marriage of children is certainly not ordinary.
Because in that era, Li Hongzhang had three sons and two daughters, the sons were basically the daughters of the governor of the imperial court who married, and the eldest daughter was also married to a good family, but at that time, the second daughter was already 22 years old and had not yet married, this second daughter was called Li Jurong, Li Hongzhang loved this little daughter very much, of course, he attached great importance to the daughter's marriage, but what was very incomprehensible was that Li Hongzhang assigned the 22-year-old daughter to the 40-year-old minister as a step-room. This kind of practice has also attracted a lot of people's discussion, because it is 22 years old in that era is an older leftover woman, but Li Jurong is very beautiful, erudite and has such a good family foundation, why does the father want to marry his most beloved daughter to a man who is much older than her?
Many people will think that Li Hongzhang's decision is very sloppy, in fact, Li Hongzhang is a very far-sighted person, Li Hongzhang's approach is naturally his own consideration, the old minister who gave her daughter Xu is Zhang Peilun, although he is much older than Li Hongzhang's daughter, and he has been married, but Zhang Peilun is a very talented and capable person, when Zhang Peilun was 22 years old, he became a lifter, and then it did not take long to pass the entrance examination, much better than the former Li Hongzhang. In fact, Li Hongzhang just likes him very talented.
Of course, Li Hongzhang also saw the future in Zhang Peilun, because Zhang Peilun's father and Empress Dowager Cixi's father were once good brothers, so Zhang Peilun will certainly be appreciated and promoted by the empress, so this is also the reason why Li Hongzhang married his daughter to him, at that time, this marriage Li Hongzhang not only fancyd Zhang Peilun but also looked at his family foundation, of course, Zhang Peilun also looked at Li Hongzhang, this is a marriage with interests in the eyes of outsiders.
Although this marriage is a political marriage, but Li Juling very much likes Zhang Peilun and also appreciates him very much, Zhang Peilun is also very fond of Li Julian, the two still have a common topic, each of them is also very appreciative of each other, the relationship between the two people after marriage is very good, and then the two descendants have become modern celebrities, they gave birth to a son called Zhang Zhiyi, the daughter is called Zhang Maoyuan, and their son Zhang Zhiyi grew up and married Huang Yifan, a famous family, and then the two gave birth to a daughter, who is also a well-known celebrity, that is, Zhang Ailing.
Zhang Ailing is a very famous talented woman in the Republic of China period, she was smart and studious since she was a child, when his grandfather and grandmother were not optimistic about a marriage from the outside world, after all, there was an age gap, but did not think that the two people are the most perfect combination, I believe many people feel very surprised or even did not think of the original Zhang Ailing or Li Hongzhang's descendants, I have to say that Li Hongzhang was still very discerning at that time, it is precisely because of the completion of such a marriage at that time, so after the family appeared so many excellent talents, Zhang Ailing also added a lot of brilliance to her ancestors.