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The famous literary scholar Ji Xianlin described love in the collection "My Life Perception":
"However, common sense tells us that love is exclusive, and true love does not allow a third party."
It is precisely because love is exclusive that there are idioms: red face and bad water, golden house and so on.
Ji
Red face disaster water is a Chinese idiom that compares beautiful women to the root of the scourge. Because since ancient times, beautiful women have been slaves to money and power.
Especially for married women, when people with more money and power have attempts on them, there will often be tragic stories, which is the red face and the water.
In order to avoid the red face and the water, another idiom has emerged: golden house hidden jiao.
The original meaning of the golden house is to let the beloved wife and concubine live in a gorgeous house, and also refers to letting the beautiful wife show her face less, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble, and even cause a disaster of blood and light.
And these have profound lessons in history, such as the occurrence of such a thing during the Republic of China, and this happened to the Republic of China general Li Liejun and his good brother Gong Yong, and the disaster water is Gong Yong's beautiful wife Hua Shiqi.
Li Liejun, a native of Jiujiang, Jiangxi, was born in 1882 in a family of declining soldiers, and his father, Li Junxing, had joined Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Army and was a small leader in the Taiping Army who knew martial arts.
After the defeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, his father was wanted, so he changed his name and went home to farm to avoid a disaster, and when he was a child, Li Liejun loved to listen to his father's story of the Taiping Army fighting the Qing army and taught him to learn martial arts.
Li Liejun's mother, Yang Shi, had a certain culture and taught him to learn ancient Chinese from an early age.
Therefore, Li Liejun has been practicing martial arts since elementary school, not only writing calligraphy well, but also superb swordplay. In addition, he was born tall and big, and his personality was bold, so he had many friends and had a certain influence in the local area.
In 1901, Li Liejun was admitted to the Jiangxi Wubei Academy by Wuning Pengxian Ling for his burly stature and straightforward personality, becoming Wu Jiezhang's proud protégé, and later sent to Beijing to take the exam with both academic subjects and excellent academic subjects. After passing the examination, he was selected by the Beijing Military Training Office to go to Japan to study the army.
In 1904, Li Liejun first entered the 12th Regiment of Non-Commissioned Officers for one year, and then entered the sixth phase of the Artillery Department of the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School for one year. During his study abroad in Japan, he and Huang Xing and others jointly organized the "White Group" with the purpose of opposing Western imperialist aggression. In August 1905, Sun Yat-sen arrived in Tokyo, and Huang Xing and others introduced Li Liejun to the first meeting with Sun Yat-sen.
Li Liejun in film and television dramas
At the Fujimilou Kanda Club in Tokyo, Li Liejun listened directly to Sun Yat-sen's long speech on overthrowing the Manchu Qing government and establishing a democratic republic, and the idea of subjugating the revolution came to mind. In 1907, he was introduced by Zhang Ji and Wang Kan to join the Chinese League.
In 1908, after Li Liejun returned to China, he served as the pipe belt of the first battalion of the 54th standard of the Jiangxi Mixed Formation Association. In 1909, he went to Yunnan to serve as an instructor in the Wu Tang Andi, and a military preparation for the Dao. On October 23, 1911, after the success of the Jiujiang Uprising in Jiangxi during the Xinhai Revolution, Li Liejun went to Jiujiang and was promoted to chief of the general staff, and soon became the commander-in-chief of the navy and army.
In November, he led his troops up the river to aid Wuchang, and was appointed commander-in-chief of the Five Provinces Coalition Army and commander of the Central Army, blocking the attack of the Beiyang warlord Feng Guozhang' forces, and in 1912 Li Liejun was elected by the Jiangxi Provincial Council as the Governor of Jiangxi.
In that chaotic world, where there is military power, there is a right to speak, and only when there is military power can there be status, as the governor of Jiangxi, Li Liejun is determined to vigorously develop his military strength, and he thinks of his good friend Gong Yong.
This Gong Yong is a native of Fujian, and both of them studied in Japan and became good friends who talked about everything, becoming brothers who took care of each other.
In terms of ability, Gong Yong was inferior to Li Liejun, who became a petty official in Fujian after returning from Japan, which made Gong Yong, who had returned from studying in Japan, always feel depressed, so he immediately went to Jiangxi to find Li Liejun after receiving a letter from his friend Li Liejun.
For The arrival of Gong Yong, Li Liejun was very happy, and he made Gong Yong the deputy commander of the headquarters, which was a very important post, which showed Li Liejun's appreciation and importance of Gong Yong.
But this Gong Yong has a fatal weakness, speaking with a big grin, unobstructed mouth, and like to show off, the so-called disaster comes out of the mouth, the gun shoots the head bird, Li Junlie did not criticize him for this, Gong Yong was criticized for a few days, but soon returned to the original.
Despite this, the two people got along very well, and three months later, Gong Yong asked Li Liejun for leave to return to his hometown of Fuzhou to get married, and marriage was a major event in life, and Li Liejun immediately agreed and approved two weeks of leave.
The Gong family is also a large family in the local area, and the woman he wants to marry is named Hua Shiqi.
This Hua Shiqi is a real lady, she is a descendant of the Ming Dynasty Xiangguo Hua Hongshan, although by the late Qing Dynasty has declined, but still a large family in the local area.
The beauty of the Republic of China in film and television dramas
Hua Shiqi has been educated since childhood, but also received a new type of education, graduated from Fuzhou Girls' School, speaks a very good Fuzhou dialect, but also knows some foreign languages, her voice is taunting, has a natural lethality to men, more importantly, she looks beautiful, beautiful figure, is a world-class beauty.
In the society at that time, the status of soldiers was very high, although Gong Yong looked average, but the Gong family was also a large family, Gong Yong stayed in Japan to study military, both of them had a new education, had a common language, and was considered to be a door-to-door pair.
For Gong Yong, he was very happy and very proud to be able to marry such a flower-like wife, so he often praised his wife to others for being beautiful, saying that his wife looked better than Xi Shi, and his temperament was graceful and luxurious, and he was very talented. Sometimes they show their wedding photos to others, so that others can see it as believing that what he says is true.
Li Liejun had already married his wife at that time, and he did not think much of Gong Yong's praise of his wife's beauty, as the most powerful figure in Jiangxi, he could have any kind of woman he wanted.
However, when Li Liejun saw Gong Yong and Hua Shiqi's wedding photos, he couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect that there was such a beautiful woman in the world, if Hua Shiqi and other women were put together, it was simply a stand out from the crowd, that night, this thirty-year-old man lost sleep, and his mind was full of Hua Shiqi on the photo.
In fact, many men have had this experience, most men have ideas and can't do anything, but Li Liejun is not the majority of people, but a minority of people, who belong to the kind of people who "have ideas and methods".
In the following period, Li Junlie relied more heavily on Gong Yong, drinking and chatting with him from time to time, and relevant information about Hua Shiqi also continuously entered Li Junlie's brain.
Gong Yong did not know that his praise for his wife had become Li Liejun's motivation to get rid of himself. After some time, Li Liejun called Gong Yong to his office and said to him very kindly:
Hua Shiqi and his children
"You returned to Nanchang soon after your new marriage, it is reasonable to say that you should be on your honeymoon, this is really difficult for you, yesterday Sun Doujun of Fujian called me to go over, saying that there are important things to discuss, but I really can't go away, let other people go I am not at ease, you go for me, after the end of the incident you just went home and reunited with your wife, how do you see?"
Gong Yong immediately agreed, in his opinion, this is Li Liejun taking care of himself, what he does not know is that death is slowly approaching him.
At that time, the Fujian overseer was called Sun Daoren, a native of Cili, Hunan, who had friendship with Xu Chongzhi, who was a member of the old alliance, and after the Wuchang Uprising, Xu Chongzhi persuaded Sun Daoren to join the revolution.
When Fuzhou was restored, the revolutionaries formed the Governor's Office, and who would be the Overseer of Fujian? Xu Chongzhi elected Sun Daoren, Xu Chongzhi asked Li Liejun to recommend Sun Daoren in front of Sun Yat-sen, Li Liejun complied, Li Liejun was Sun Yat-sen's right-hand man, the weight of his speech was very heavy, and Sun Daoren successfully became the overseer of Fujian.
This time, Li Liejun had already made a good innings, telling Sun Daoren that Gong Yong had different intentions, and immediately got rid of him after arriving, this bureau needed Sun Daoren's cooperation, this little busyness was nothing for Sun Daoren, and he immediately agreed.
Gong Yong arrived in Fuzhou with great joy, and without even returning home, he went directly to see Sun Daoren, and Without saying a word, he ordered the soldiers to take him down directly, and announced to the outside world that Gong Yong had sold important documents to the enemy, the evidence was conclusive, and the law had been corrected on the spot, and Gong Yong had died in such an inexplicable way.
When Gong Yong was shot and killed by Sun Daoren, Hua Shiqi was greatly shocked, although he did not believe that her husband had defected to the enemy, but the person was dead, or the highest administrative officer of Fujian agreed, she had no choice, she could only sigh bitterly, when the newlyweds were sweet, but they were separated by yin and yang.
When the news of Gong Yong's execution reached Nanchang, Li Junlie, who could act, cried in front of everyone and asked Sun Daoren to give an explanation, and then did not forget to send a telegram to Hua Shiqi, who had become a widow.
In the telegram, Li Liejun expressed his condolences for Gong Yong's death, saying that as Gong Yong's good friend, he would take care of his family for him, and promised to give her 500 yuan a month for her to live, and at the same time let Hua Shiqi's brother come to Nanchang, and he would make proper arrangements.
500 silver dollars was a considerable amount of money in the Republic of China, which could enable Hua Shiqi to live a decent life, even if Gong Yong could not give her so much money when she was alive.
The reason why Li Liejun let Hua Shiqi's brother come was, of course, to make Hua Shiqi's brother an intermediary, so that he could contact Hua Shiqi himself.
Li Liejun and his wife and children
The Hua family did not know the mystery at all, so after receiving the letter, they were very grateful, they all thought that Li Liejun was righteous enough, and they were also pleased to be able to lean on the big tree of Li Liejun.
Hua Shiqi's brother was called Hua Yuanchen, he did not have much great relations in Fujian, there was not much fame at all, and now Li Liejun extended an olive branch, of course, he refused to let go, and gladly went to Nanchang, Li Liejun let him serve as the director of the deputy officers of the Governor's Office, this position is equivalent to his own secretary and retinue.
Li Liejun kept his promise and gave 500 yuan a month to Hua Yuanchen and asked him to send it to his sister on his behalf.
In 1913, Yuan Shikai quickly raised a butcher's knife to the revolutionaries, for which Yuan Shikai signed a large loan with the Bank of the Five Kingdoms and sent someone to assassinate Song Jiaoren, Li Liejun was Sun Yat-sen's right-hand man, and he immediately openly opposed Yuan Shikai.
At that time, the strength of the revolutionaries was not enough to oppose Yuan Shikai, and Li Liejun had to leave Jiangxi and go to Shanghai to discuss anti-Yuan matters with Sun Yat-sen. Before leaving, he said to Hua Yuanchen:
"Now that I have stepped down as governor, 500 oceans per month can no longer be supplied, so I will now give twenty thousand yuan to your sister, and when I make a comeback, I will pay it monthly, how about it?"
You must know that Li Liejun gives 500 oceans a month, only 6,000 oceans a year, and he gives 20,000 oceans, which is equivalent to giving more than 3 years of salary at a time, which is actually a gesture of goodwill to Hua Shiqi, which means that although I am in trouble, I still think of you.
Hua Shiqi dressed fashionably and spent a lot of money, this time Li Liejun gave her so much money at once, she didn't want to be excited.
After Li Liejun settled down in Shanghai, he asked Hua Yuanchen to take Hua Shiqi to Shanghai to play, and Hua Xiangchen took Hua Shiqi to go happily.
At this time, Hua Shiqi was only in his early 20s, which was the time when he was in good shape, and Li Liejun was only 31 years old, one was a beautiful woman, the other was a successful man, powerful and rich.
When Li Liejun saw Hua Shiqi, he saw that she was more beautiful than in the photo, and Hua Shiqi was impressed by Li Liejun's power and wealth.
Wedding photos from the Republic of China period
When Li Liejun saw that the time was ripe, he said to Hua Yuanchen:
"Your sister is so young and childless, and her life to come is long, so why don't you marry again?" Now that it is the Republic of China, she can completely choose another new person, I can choose a crush for him, what do you think? ”
Hua Yuanchen told his sister li Liejun's words, and Hua Shiqi said that although she wanted to remarry, she was afraid that it would be difficult to find satisfaction.
When Hua Mengchen told Li Liejun what Hua Shiqi meant, Li Liejun said directly: "If Ling Sister is not disgusted, I am willing to marry her, and I will never treat her as a concubine, I will buy another bungalow for her to live in, and the servants in the family will call her Mrs. Hua."
This matter was premeditated for Li Liejun, and for Hua Shiqi, happiness came too suddenly, of course, he agreed, and Li Liejun finally embraced the beauty.
On the other hand, Li Liejun was elected as the commander-in-chief of Yuan at the meeting presided over by Sun Yat-sen to woo Yuan. In July, Li Liejun returned from Shanghai to Hukou, and the provincial council unanimously elected Li Liejun as the commander-in-chief of Jiangxi Yuan, and on July 12, the Yuan Headquarters was established at Hukou, and Li Liejun was inaugurated as the commander-in-chief, which is the "second revolution".
Li Liejun was even more powerful, he also kept his promise, never went to the original wife again, whether it was a cocktail party banquet or a double entry with Hua Shiqi, later outsiders have always thought that Hua Shiqi is his wife, and few know that he also has a wife.
However, the "second revolution" soon failed, and Sun Daoren, the overseer of Fujian, announced the abolition of independence and confessed to Yuan Shikai, who shifted the responsibility to Xu Chongzhi.
Soon after, Yuan Shikai sent Li Houji to lead troops into Fujian and dismiss the Min army. Sun Daoren was forced to resign as governor and enter Beijing to be examined by Yuan Shikai. Sun Daoren then said that Li Liejun had designed to get rid of Gong Yong:
"In fact, Gong Yong was not guilty, but li Liejun called to announce his guilt in this way before he was shot, and only afterwards did he learn that he had married Gong Yong's wife, Hua Shiqi."
Although Hua Shiqi finally knew the truth, Gong Yong had been dead for a long time, compared to Gong Yong, Li Liejun was more successful, and she saw that Li Liejun was so fond of herself, and her heart was very grateful, and slowly forgot About Gong Yong.
Hua Shiqi and Li Liejun were very affectionate, hua Shiqi gave Li Liejun 10 children in a row, of which 7 were sons and 3 were daughters, because he was from Jiangxi, Jiangxi was referred to as Gan, and he was also a general on horseback, so he named all his children in Malay.
Hua Shiqi in 1931 (middle)
For example, Li Ganju, Li Ganhua, Li Ganluo...
After the September 18 Incident, Li Liejun ran north and south to advocate the War of Resistance against the Japanese Kou, and in order to show his determination to resist Japan, he sent all 5 of his 7 sons who had reached the age of military service to the battlefield.
On February 20, 1946, Li Liejun died of illness in Chongqing at the age of 64, and the Kuomintang held a state funeral for him, and Chiang Kai-shek personally presided over the memorial service.
In 1962, Hua Shiqi died, and the couple was buried together in Wuning County, in a field of pine and cypress, standing a tall bluestone tombstone with the inscription:
Tomb of General Li Liejun Ms. Hua Shiqi.
As the parties pass away one by one, it also ends this history, and sometimes the real history is far more exciting than the novel.
Tomb of Mr. and Mrs. Li Liejun
Finally, what I want to say is that anyone must know how to converge and understand low-key, and the so-called "muffled wealth" and "wealth is not exposed" are all the truths.
Once people are over-publicized and their abilities are not up to the task, then what they are waiting for will be a tragic end. There are too many such examples in ancient and modern China and abroad, and they are worth pondering.
Tianxuan is the author's pen name, who has studied history and philosophy and is welcome to pay attention to it.