the only two-term president and three vice president of human
history Li Yuanhong
Li Yuanhong (October 19, 1864 - June 3, 1928), courtesy name Song Qing, Han nationality, was from Huangpi, Hubei. Known as "Li Huangpi", the first vice president and second president of the Republic of China. He lived in Xixiang, county town, Dongxiang and Beixiang of Huangpi, Hubei. He entered Tianjin Beiyang Naval Academy in 1883 to study, and in 1906 he was promoted to commander of the 21st Army of Lu.
Born on October 19, 1864 (September 19, the third year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty), he was born in Dongchangfan, Mulan Township, Huangpi. At the age of 14, he moved north with his father and lived in Tianjin.
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In 883 (the ninth year of Emperor Guangxu's reign), he was admitted to Tianjin Beiyang Naval Academy. After graduating, he was sent to Guangdong to serve as a second engineer. In 1884, he was incorporated into Beiyang Naval .
In 1888, it was incorporated into Guangdong Navy with "Guangjia".
1894 Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War broke out and accompanied the fleet to help from the north. The ship was sunk by Japanese ships, and Li Touhai was rescued.That is, he won the favor of the officials of the Qing court, and then sent Nanyang Hou Chai to Lu Fu, and sent Zhang Zhidong , the governor of Liangjiang, to translate and supervise the Nanjing Lion Mountain Fortress after the fort was built. Zhang Zhidong was transferred to be the governor of Huguang , and Li Chong was transferred to the battalion of the Huguang cavalry, and he was sent to Japan as a trainee.
In 1895, he was called to Ningxia by Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangjiang. He went to Japan three times to investigate military affairs and politics, and was highly regarded.
In 1896, he returned to Hubei with Zhang Zhidong.
From 1898 to 1901, he went to Japan for military inspections three times.
In 1904, he served as the commander of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th battalions in front of the Hujun. In December of the following year, the Hubei Standing Army was reorganized into two towns, and Li was appointed as the commander of the third association of the second town and the commander of the town, and then reorganized with the town.
In 1906, he served as the commander of the 21st Mixed Association of the Army's provisional composition, and was in charge of the affairs of horse artillery, artillery, and transportation. Led the troops to participate in the Changde New Army Autumn Exercise.
In 1909, he participated in the "Hubei Railway Association" as a military representative.
In 1911, when the Wuchang Uprising broke out, Li was forcibly elected by the revolutionaries as
Hubei Military Government Governor. Hankou , Hankou was restored, and the consuls of various countries declared "neutrality" before they announced their inauguration.After the establishment of the representative federation of the provincial governors' offices, Li was successively elected as the chief governor of the central military government, the presumptive deputy marshal, and the grand marshal .
In January 1912, the Provisional Government of the Republic of China was established in Nanjing, and Li Yuanhong was elected as Vice President and Chief of Hubei. In February, the north-south peace agreement was completed, and together with Sun Wu, Liu Chengyu, Zhang Bolie and other organizations "people's society", served as chairman, incited Wuchang and Nanjing to split; echoed Yuan Shikai to make Beijing the capital; In order to exclude dissidents, the original army of 8 divisions was reorganized into 3 divisions. On August 16, he conspired with Yuan Shikai to trap and kill Zhang Zhenwu, Deputy Minister of Military Affairs of the Hubei Military Government , and Fang Wei, head of the Hubei General Corps.
In 1913, Yuan Shikai put out the "Second Revolution". On October 6, Yuan Shikai was appointed the official president of the Republic of China, and Li Yuanhong was the official vice president and governor of Hubei. But Yuan regarded Li Yuanhong as a confidant in Hubei. In December, he sent Duan Qirui to Hubei to force Li Yuanhong to go to Beijing with the words "negotiating important political affairs". He was placed in Yingtai , and he married his sons and daughters to control him. In 1915, Yuan Shikai ruled himself, and Li moved to Dongchang Hutong to thank guests behind closed doors. On December 15th, Yuan Shi named Li Yuanhong Prince Wuyi. Li Yuanhongjian refused to resign.
On June 6, 1916, Yuan Shikai died, and Li Yuanhong became the president. And the Premier Duan Qirui acted arbitrarily, which became " government and court battle ". In June of the following year, Li Yuanhong invited Zhang Xun, the patrol envoy of the Yangtze River, to Beijing to mediate.On July 1 Zhang Xun restored , and Li Yuanhong was forced to resign.
In June 1922, the straight-line warlords Cao Kun and Wu Peifu drove away the president of the Anhui faction Xu Shichang , and the "renewed legal system" became the president again. At the beginning of the next year Cao Kun bribery voted , forcing Li to step down. In June, Li Yuanhong resigned and went to Tianjin.
Li Yuanhong devoted himself to the industry in his later years. He was the chairman of Zhongxing Coal Mine, the general director of Huangpi Commercial Bank, and the director of Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company and other enterprises
. There are 45 investment enterprises, including 17 banks, 12 factories and 6 coal mines, with a total investment of 2 million yuan. He also purchased a large number of fields in Wuchang Youfangling and other places.
In 1920, Li Yuanhong remembered his hometown, donated money to demolish one and a half houses of the ancestors of Li Jiahe, and built the ancestral hall of the Li family. There is a Xiaoyi Primary School, and one teacher is hired. The salary of the teacher and the students' miscellaneous expenses are all borne by Li Yuanhong.
On June 3, 1928, Li Yuanhong died in Tianjin from a cerebral hemorrhage. After Li died, he was buried in the form of a state funeral in Tugong Mountain (now near the southeast gate of Central China Normal University).
On November 24, 1935, the National Government of the Republic of China held a state funeral ceremony for Li Yuanhong in Wuchang, and his body was buried in Zhuodaoquan, Wuchang.
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