How ruthless is the feudal concubine? The concubine Yuan Shikai became president, and he couldn’t have the final say in the family.

Since Yuan Shikai’s father’s generation, Yuan’s family has been arranged in four-character "bao, world, gram, family". Yuan Shikai's biological father is Yuan Baozhong, a steward of the Yuan family, Xiangcheng County , a famous landlord tyrant. He was enthusiastic about the Neo-Confucianism of Cheng Zhu, was hypocritical, traveled wildly in the countryside, organized group training, and dealt with the peasant uprising army. Yuan Baozhong's ex-wife died early due to illness, leaving behind eldest son Shichang (died), second son Shidun and two daughters . He righted his concubine Liu's family as his successor, and Liu's family gave him four more sons. Shilian, Shikai, Shifu, Shitong and Yuan Shikai ranked fourth. When Yuan Shikai was born, the Taiping Rebellion Army and the Nian Army were fighting the Qing army. One day, the First Division of the Peasant Army and the Third Division of Yuan Jia met and retreated without victory. Yuan Jiasan hurriedly wrote to inform his family that he had won a big battle and was about to triumph. Yuan Baozhong named his newly born son Shikai.

Yuan Shikai’s uncle Yuan Baoqing was a Juren in 1858 and started his career by running a group. Because he followed his uncle Yuan Jiasan's merits in massacring the peasant army, he was promoted to a Taoist rank from a doctor to Jiangning Yanfadao. Yuan Baoqing married Niu's wife and gave birth to 's second son ,They all died. He also accepted concubines Wang and Chen, but neither gave birth to a son. Because Yuan Shikai was raised by the Niu family since he was a child, the Niu family loved him very much and regarded him as his own. Later, Yuan Shikai was adopted to Yuan Baoqing as his heir and lived with his adoptive parents.

Yuan Shikai was originally six brothers. Except for Yuan Shikai, only Yuan Shilian has been an official, and the other brothers stayed at home as squires . Later, Yuan Shikai's mother Liu Shike died in Tianjin. Yuan Shikai was the governor of Zhili at that time. He specially asked for leave to transport the coffin of his biological mother to his hometown in Xiangcheng for burial. However, Shi Dun, who was born as a direct descendant, believed that Liu was just a concubine. According to feudal etiquette, she was not allowed to be buried in the main cave of her ancestral grave. She was only allowed to be buried on the edge of the cemetery. Yuan Shikai argued with him several times, but he resolutely refused to agree. In the end, Yuan Shikai had to buy a new cemetery to bury the Liu family. After this incident, Yuan Shikai and Yuan Shidun no longer communicate . Yuan Shikai later settled in Huanshang Village in Zhangde , and never returned to his hometown in Xiangcheng. Until Yuan Shikai became president, the two brothers still did not know about .

One wife and nine concubines

Yuan Shikai married one wife and nine concubines before and after all his life, leading a life of arrogance and luxury.

1876,Yuan Shikai is 18 years old. This fall, he took the test and failed. In October, he married in his hometown, married Yu's wife . Yu's family is a native of Henan, and her family is quite rich. Yu himself has never read a book, and doesn't know much about rules and etiquette. In the first two years of their marriage, Yuan Shikai and Yu had a good relationship. But later, because of an accidental sentence of the Yu family, he ran into Yuan Shikai, which made him very unhappy, and was very indifferent to her from then on, leaving her empty as a housewife.

One day, when Yuan Shikai saw Yu clan wearing a red embroidered satin belt, he joked: "You look like a horse team (Henan dialect, referring to prostitutes)." Yu clan replied, "I am not a horse." Team, I have a grandma's house. "It means that she is a person with a maiden family, the eldest wife that the Ming media is marrying, not an aunt who does not have a natal family. However, this sentence annoyed Yuan Shikai, because his biological mother Liu was a concubine. He thought that the Yu family was intentional. Uncovering his scars, he has been stubborn and never had sex with her. Therefore, Yu gave birth to his eldest son Yuan Kiding, and never gave birth to any more children. After Yuan Shikai became an official, he has always left Yu in his hometown in the cold. .Until he was promoted to the governor of Shandong and sent someone to his hometown to meet his mother Liu, Yu came to him with Liu, but she was only a nominal housewife.

Yuan Shikai’s Aunt Shen's , is a famous prostitute from Suzhou. Yuan Shikai is going to go to Shandong to join Wu Changqing "Qing Zijun*, I spent some time in Shanghai before and wanted to find someone in Shanghai. Do something. He stayed in the hotel and felt lonely and bored, so he often went to the brothel.There, he got acquainted with the famous prostitute Shen from Suzhou. The two were born once and met again, and it didn't take long before they fell in love with each other. Although the Shen family had fallen into the dust, they still had some eyesight. She believes that Yuan Shikai is a person who can do a great cause, and that such a person cannot indulge in the love of his wife and do nothing. Therefore, the Shen family persuaded him to leave Shanghai as soon as possible, to find another way out, and to take out private money for Yuan Shikai's entanglement. Before leaving, Shen also prepared wines and vegetables for him. In order to show his loyalty to Yuan Shikai, Shen explained to him. After he left, she immediately paid for her to redeem herself, moved out of the brothel, and waited wholeheartedly for him to come back; I hope that he will work hard to gain fame, and he will come to marry a few days ago, so don't let down her deep affection.

Yuan Shikai was so touched that he immediately swore to the heavens, and it would not be negative. The two broke away in tears. Later, Yuan Shikai went to North Korea with Wu Changqing's Huai army, and he took the Shen family and became his eldest wife. Yuan Shikai was kind to her when she fell down, so at one stage she was pampered with her, treated her as a "wife", let her housekeeper, and asked her to raise her eldest son Yuan Keding. In the hands of the Shen family, Yuan Shikai also married two, three, and four three concubines, and he asked the Shen family to teach them. Out of jealousy of the three aunts, Shen often abused them in the name of teaching and restraint. Shen himself had no children. The second son Yuan Kewen born to her third concubine as his heir. Yuan Shikai also called her "pro-mom" by his children, which shows that she loves her deeply.

This experience is like this: Yuan Shikai married when he was assisting in defense in North Korea. The younger sister of the North Korean King Lee's concubine Kim was a concubine _span _strongspan. When King Jin got married, he brought two dowry girls Lee and Wu .Yuan Shikai simply accepted them all as concubines, and ranked Li as the second wife and Jin as the third wife according to their age. Hao's is the fourth wife, and the older wife is responsible for teaching. Jin thought she was married to be the main room, but after the door, not only was she not the main room, even the two girls who were married were also accepted as concubines with her, and there was also a stern eldest wife on her head. , Often beat her severely, and once hit her left leg internally. She left her parents and married far to China. She was treated like this, and her heart was very painful, but she had no other choice but to accept it. Under the pressure of this environment, she became a stranger. On the one hand, he is very kind to the family and never competes with others. On the other hand, when she is upset, she will get angry for accidental reasons, and even get upset. Once, on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, he and Yuan Shikai played chess at the Shuixin Pavilion in Zhangde Yangshou Garden. Because of a disagreement, they threw the chessboard and chess pieces of into the water. Went inside. He even dared to scold and fight Yuan Shikai's favorite five aunts. And because Yuan Shikai was ashamed of her, he was more special to her in terms of words and material treatment than to other aunts and wives.

In Yuan Shikai's later stage, the most favored is Wu Yi's wife Yang's , this woman from a small family in Yangliuqing, Tianjin, is not very beautiful, but she is quite manageable. A talent for housework. And the day is ingenious. He was very decisive in handling things, which was appreciated by Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai’s daily life is managed by the fifth concubine; his valuables are also kept by her, and Yuan Shikai’s seal has been kept by the fifth concubine. Yuan Shikai rests at night, and the four wives of are five, six, eight, and nine, and one person takes turns to stay at a week. But the next morning, he always asked the fifth wife to come to him and take care of everything.Although other concubines also took care of his dressing, eating and other trivial matters, they could not as his wife five concubines. Yuan Shikai not only let the fifth concubine take care of everything in her life, but also let her manage the entire housework, the Yuan family's children, the maids and girls in each house, and the six, eight, and nine wives. Whoever in the Yuan family disobeys her discipline, as soon as her "pillow wind" blows, Yuan Shikai will come forward to solve it. Therefore, the Yuan family feared her by three points.

When Yuan Shikai conspired to claim the emperor, his one wife and nine concubines also yearned to be "women" and "concubines." The aunts and wives even fought hard for the entrustment of "concubine" and "concubine."

Children and grandchildren

Yuan Shikai’s wives and concubines gave birth to him 17 sons and 15 daughters. The most famous of his children are Yuan Keding, the eldest son, and Yuan Kewen, the second son.

Yuan Keding was born to Yuan Shikai’s original partner, Yu, and is his only son. When Yuan Keding was born, there was a birthmark on his forehead, so his nickname was Ji Guang and Xiao Ji'er. He followed Yuan Shikai since he was a child and was raised by his eldest wife. When Yuan Keding was young, he was riding a horse at Zhangde Station. He fell from the back of the horse. One of his legs was broken and he became lame. He also injured his left hand. There was no thick skin on the palm of his left hand, so he had to wear a pair of gloves frequently. Therefore, Yuan Shikai He often says " 六根不全 ". Yuan Keding studied in Germany in his early years and is relatively fluent in German and English. He followed his father in the officialdom since he was a child,He is most enthusiastic about the Hongxian monarchy, and wants to be the prince and "the heir emperor."

According to the old patriarchal system, he believed that the prince was the eldest son. Therefore, he privately carved the "Great Prince's Seal" (Golden Seal), and cultivated his own personal power, and he had frequent contacts with the six gentlemen of the Chou'an Association and some politicians. He even made a fake version of "Shuntian Times" to deceive Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai used to like him very much, and he often asked him to go out on behalf of him, and because he knew German and English, he asked him to meet some foreigners for him. After Yuan Keding was injured and disabled, Yuan Shikai treated him worse than before, thinking that his image could not rule the world, and planned to establish another prince. But it was not until Yuan Shikai found out that Yuan Ke had committed a fake version of "Shuntian Times" to deceive his father and wronged his country." He really alienated his eldest son.

Yuan Kewen, Yuan Shikai’s second son Son, was born to the third concubine of the Jin family. He passed on to his eldest concubine Shen from childhood, and Shen was very fond of him. Yuan Kewen is very clever, writing, writing poems, writing lyrics, and writing have high attainments . Because he is both the eldest son of the third concubine and the adopted son of the eldest concubine, Yuan Shikai also favors him, praises him for his "genius", often asks him to go out on errands, and once wanted to make him the crown prince.

Yuan Kewen has developed the problem of spending money like water since he was a child. He has a full range of five poisons including eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, and smoking. After Yuan Shikai's death, Yuan Kewen joined the Qinggang, became the "old man" of the Qinggang, and lived a life of poetry and wine. A romantic life.

Yuan Shikai’s remaining children are: Yuan Keliang, the third son, Yuan Keduan, the fifth son, Yuan Kequan, the sixth son Yuan Kehuan, the seventh son Yuan Keqi, the eighth son Yuan Kezhen, the nine son Yuan Kejiu, the ten son Yuan Kejian, the eleventh son Yuan Ke’an, The 12th son Yuan Kedu, the 13th son Yuan Kexiang, the 14th son Yuan Kejie, the 15th son Yuan Kehe, the 16th son Yuan Kefan (died abruptly), and the 17th son Yuan Keyou.The eldest daughter Yuan Bozhen, the second daughter Yuan Zhongzhen, the third daughter Yuan Shuzhen (later renamed to Yuan Jingxue), the four daughters (died), the fifth daughter Yuan Jizhen, the sixth daughter Yuan Zhenzhen, the seventh daughter Yuan Fuzhen Yuanfu, the eight daughters Female Yuan Sizhen, eleven female Yuan Qizhen, twelve female Yuan Ruizhen, thirteen female Yuan Yizhen, fourteen female Yuan Yunzhen, fifteen female (died prematurely).

The descendants of the Yuan family also have contributed to the motherland and the people. Among Yuan Shikai’s grandsons are famous scientists, such as Yuan Jialiu .

How cruel are the feudal concubines? Even if the concubine Yuan Shikai becomes the president, he still has the final say in the family?