Cao Kun Fortune Telling _ Cao Kun Fortune Telling Story

Tell us, who are worth mentioning in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China?

I think it's Wu.

Wu (1874- 1939), a northern warlord, has always been characterized as a villain in history textbooks, but his life course is very complicated and sometimes legendary.

He is a scholar from Penglai, Shandong Province. At the age of 22, he was admitted to a scholar, but the next year he was dismissed from office for offending the gentry, an official in his hometown, and his dream of imperial examination was shattered. He fled to Beijing to live without a living and made a living by divination. 1898 joined the army in Tianjin and put on military uniform from then on.

1904, Japanese and Russian imperialists fought for control of northeast China. He was sent as a Japanese spy, disguised as a shoulder vendor, and ventured into Russian territory to spy on information, making great contributions. Cao Kun, the leader of Beiyang Warlords, took a fancy to his boldness. Two years later, he became a duct tape (battalion commander). After that, he actively participated in the warlord melee and gained a lot. He was soon promoted to regiment, brigade and division commander. A few years later, he recruited hundreds of thousands of soldiers and was named "General Fu Wei". He occupied Luoyang, controlled Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan and other provinces, and also remotely controlled the Cao Kun government in Beijing to become the most powerful warlord. Because he can paint poems and write quite well, he is known as a "Confucian general", and he is often proud of it.

But this "Confucian general" lacks the "benevolence" advocated by Confucianism. In order to realize his personal ambition, he did not hesitate to "kill Wang Yang with the sword of Longquan", showed no mercy to other warlords, and even ignored the fate of all beings. 192 1 During the war with Xiang Army in, Pazhou Yangtze River levee was ordered to be dug up, resulting in many innocent people being buried in fish bellies. 1923 February, Han Jing railway workers went on strike for freedom and human rights. He brutally suppressed, created the famous "27 massacre" and wrote the darkest page in his history.

On his 50th birthday, it was the day when his power reached its peak. Military and political dignitaries, cultural celebrities and military attaché s from all over the world gathered in Luoyang, and the Qing Emperor Puyi also sent a "Regent" to congratulate them. Even Kang Youwei, a once famous reformist leader and scholar in the ruling and opposition parties, kowtowed and presented a birthday couplet: "Konoha's heroic youth is only half as meritorious as a hundred years old; Luoyang is watching, and wind and rain will meet in Zhongzhou. " It shows the omnipotent spirit of this "guardian" and touts his more spectacular future.

But the prospect of this "eagle" and "tiger" is not wonderful. Although this person is smart and biting, he eventually failed because he moved against the trend of the times. 1In August, 926, the National Revolutionary Army launched a large-scale Northern Expedition. He assembled his main force to guard Tingsi Bridge in Xianning, Hubei Province, and put himself into battle to supervise the war. He personally shot and killed several retreating officers and men, but he couldn't resist the revolutionary torrent. Two months later, the Northern Expeditionary Army captured Wuchang, and he lost his spirit. However, unlike other warlords and politicians who stepped down, he went abroad to "inspect" with a lot of money or went to the concession to seek the protection of foreigners, but he was in exile at home.

1On May 27th, 927, when he led the Guards to flee to Sichuan and passed through Goulinguan, Deng County, Henan Province, he was warmly received by local dignitaries. Facing the table full of wine and meat, he said: "Forget it, the war is still going on, and the people can't eat and wear." Why do we need so many dishes? " There are only four side dishes left, and the rest have been removed. Originally scheduled to leave early the next morning, local gentlemen came to beg for words and poems. He was so "elegant" that he readily agreed and improvised several (sub-) poetic couplets. In a poem dedicated to Taigong Yang Xingru, there is a poem that says: "People cry when they cry, and they cry when they sing." . The sentence "People suffer for the people, and people suffer for two grasses" shows sympathy for others, and also rudely condemns the sins of landlords and gentry, which is impressive. His "artistic interest" in writing and dancing saved his life. On the morning of the same day, its vanguard troops were ambushed by the bandit Suojinwa, and even the Secretary-General Zhang Huangyan was shot and killed, but they were safe and sound because of the delay in starting.

Later, he lived in Fengjie, Dazu, Daxian and other places in Sichuan. His guards and entourage were scattered and depended on local warlords for a living. 193 1 When I visited Zhaojue Temple in July, I specially put on my cassock to take photos and wrote two poems. The first song is:

Heroes don't avoid suicide, not to mention the old Vatican Palace.

Love is hard to break, blood and tears are scattered in the autumn wind.

"Empty Gate" and "Vatican Palace" both refer to Buddhist temples. The poem is: I have always put life and death aside, afraid of dying in the temple? However, because the "love thread" (inextricably linked with the world) is difficult to cut off, it is impossible to convert to Buddhism. At this time, he still claimed to be a "hero", but knowing that he could not make a comeback, he had to "shed two lines of blood and tears in the autumn wind", emitting the desolation of "the end of the road".

The content of the second song is relatively simple, just saying that although he is not a monk, "the mountain will be the same as the Buddha", which means that he will no longer ask about the world, which means to reassure the people concerned.

However, after he left Chengdu on 1932 and 10, he did not choose the mountains and forests as his destination, but settled in the assorted gardens in Beijing, mainly relying on "nephew" Zhang Xueliang to make a living with "subsidies" and wrote a pair of couplets:

When you are proud, it is still the true nature of a scholar to be innocent, not to take concubines, not to collect money, and to drink and write poems;

Stubborn after failure, do not go abroad, do not give in, and return the garden to the field.

Although there is no "watering the garden" or "returning the field", the couplets are generally true. Although this man is covered in blood, he still knows how to stick to his country's position. 19 19 During the "* *" movement, he expressed his opposition to the signing of the Paris Peace Treaty, which was detrimental to China's interests. 1935, in order to split China and engage in "North China autonomy", the aggressor asked him to come to power as a puppet, but he resolutely refused; 1June, 938, the pseudo "North China Provisional Government" merged with the pseudo "Nanjing Reform Government" and asked him to be an official, but he did not agree. However, he accepted the employment of Qi, the pseudo-Beijing-Tianjin garrison commander, as a nominal "super-high consultant" and received several thousand yuan of "travel expenses" every month. Qi is his subordinate. He accepted this kind of care out of "the friendship of comrades in arms", but he had to do so because Zhang Xueliang was a prisoner at that time and could no longer be given "subsidies".

Naturally, his attitude will not please the invaders. On February 4, 65438, Jiaozi was injured by bone fragments because she ate mutton. * * Agent Kichitaro introduced a doctor to treat him. As a result, he got septicemia and strangely ended his life.