After Yuan Shikai was born, his biological mother was short of milk and was fed by his aunt's cow. His aunt had just given birth, and the child died after birth. It happened that this uncle Yuan Baoqing had no son, so his father adopted Yuan Shikai to this uncle. Thus, this aunt nurse Niu became Yuan Shikai's stepmother. When Yuan Shikai was young, he followed his uncle Yuan as his stepfather, and Yuan was the magistrate of Jinan. This is also the happiest time in his life. As a child, Yuan Shikai was smart and loved by adults, but he was stubborn and unruly. Yuan had high expectations for him and hired a private school teacher for him. The teacher was strict with him, which made him very disgusted.
On this day, Yuan Shikai pretended to be ill and didn't go to school. In the evening, he caught a big bottle of fireflies. When the teacher was on his way home, he saw the teacher coming. He put the firefly on his face and dangled it on the road. The teacher thought he had met a ghost and turned and ran. Later, the teacher noticed that Yuan Shikai was playing a prank and quit. However, Yuan Shikai's luxurious days soon ended, because Yuan Baoqing died of illness during his term of office, when Yuan Shikai was less than ten years old.
Yuan Shikai had to go back to his hometown and was personally taught by the black cattle family. Niu's family comes from a scholarly family and is knowledgeable. He is also very strict in discipline. From downtown to the countryside, from the son of an official to the children of civilians, Yuan Shikai seems to have become sensible and made great progress in his lessons. Later, my uncle Yuan Baoheng was sent to Beijing to study with several cousins. It can be seen that Lao Yuan's family attaches great importance to the education of future generations and has high hopes for Yuan Shikai.
Yuan Shikai followed his uncle Yuan Baoheng. In order to exercise Yuan Shikai, Yuan Baoheng often asked Yuan Shikai to handle some affairs, and Yuan Shikai learned a lot from it. Yuan Shikai, who just arrived in Beijing, was cheated once. At that time, Yuan Baoheng was on a business trip, so Yuan Shikai had to stay at his uncle's house. At that time, the traffic was underdeveloped and it took a long time to travel on business. Yuan Shikai stayed at his uncle's house and often went for a walk in the street when he was bored. On this day, Yuan Shikai walked alone in the street. Suddenly, someone shouted his name and came to meet him. Yuan Shikai looked blank and couldn't remember where he had seen it. Someone introduced himself as the official clerk of the former heir's father, Yuan Baocheng, and now he works in the official department. Yuan Shikai came to Beijing this time to find a job. I heard that people work in the official department, which is in charge of personnel. So Yuan Shikai told the whole story before he could think it over. The bearer readily promised to help and said that he would reply to Yuan Shikai in two days.
Two days later, Yuan Shikai found the official's home according to the address. He told Yuan Shikai that he could donate it to the empty camp, that is, the official made by Qin Bangye in A Dream of Red Mansions, but he had to pay six hundred and twenty pieces of silver first, of which three hundred and twenty were the down payment, and nine hundred and twenty pieces would be paid after the job was done. Someone may ask Yuan Shikai. Actually, this is normal. Yuan Shikai intends to ask Yuan Baoheng to donate money. Of course, he brought enough money, and of course he knew the general market. However, this time he neglected. This man is not an official at all. When Yuan Shikai went to see him two days later, he had moved away, and Yuan Shikai spent 600 taels of silver in vain.
Yuan Shikai learned a lot from Yuan Baoheng and gained corresponding experience. Later, he was introduced to Li Hongzhang's door. Li Hongzhang attached great importance to Yuan Shikai, which made his colleagues very unhappy, constrained Yuan Shikai everywhere, and made him experience intrigue in officialdom. He was once disheartened. Yuan Shikai felt that the day was very lost, so he invited friends and prostitutes to have a drink. This is also the time for men to vent their frustrations.
What really made Yuan Shikai prosper was that he followed Wu Changqing to the Korean battlefield. Although he finally broke up with Wu Changqing, he accumulated his own political capital and prestige. Later, although his career was occasionally frustrated, he basically rose to the presidency of the Republic of China, and finally returned to the monarchy against public opinion, and finally became depressed in boiling public grievances.
Yuan Shikai is a warlord, but he is not only a martial artist, but also an all-rounder in civil and military affairs. Teenagers used to practice martial arts with their masters, and they also liked to compose poems, leaving many poems behind.
Memories of Gengzi's past
Eight peaks have not existed since ancient times,
A young child built a distant mind with a knife.
Shame and thorns are the same,
Return swallow water to make up for Sang Yu.
Running whales, dreams of fear,
Gui thinks painting.
If the sea does not rise, the sky will fall.
Looking forward to the sun and the moon.
Yuhou garden
Listening to the spring rain last night,
Step on the green moss.
The flowers have withered,
Who is it for, please?
However, even the all-powerful figures in history have their own powerless places. As mentioned earlier, Yuan Shikai's biological mother is a second room rather than a first room, and Yuan Shikai offended his half-brother, Yuan Shidun. Therefore, after Yuan Shikai's mother died, the eldest brother did not allow Yuan Shikai's mother to be buried in the ancestral grave, and the coffin could not be carried out from the gate, so he had to take a side door. Many officials, large and small, came to the funeral, but Yuan Shidun, the eldest brother, just didn't give Yuan Shikai face. It was useless for him to beg on his knees, and it was useless for other brothers to mediate. In fact, this matter can be completely accommodating. Although it is the ancestral rule, as long as the eldest brother Yuan Shidun says a word, it will be fine. Maybe Yuan Shikai loves Big Brother too much, but he just won't let go. In the end, Yuan Shikai's mother still failed to enter the ancestral grave.
Everyone has joys and sorrows, regardless of status. As for good or bad, merits and demerits, others have their own comments.