Yuan Shikai can be said to be a very important figure in modern Chinese history. He wanted to be an emperor with all his heart, and he also had many concubines and dozens of children who maintained the monarchy. However, the status of the eldest son remains unchanged. His son Yuan Keding was born to his original wife, Yu. And Yuan Keding also followed Yuan Shikai to many places and experienced ups and downs, which shows how much Yuan Shikai attached importance to this son.
The marriage life with the original wife Yu is not harmonious, Yuan Shikai's romantic and comfortable, the original wife Yu is quiet and conservative, there are many differences that make them speechless. However, with the concept of etiquette in his heart, Yuan Shikai still gave this woman the treatment she should have as a wife. Before her death, when Yuan Shikai proclaimed emperor, she was named an empress. After her death, the two were buried together.
Yuan Shikai can be regarded as a hero of the previous generation, but his son Yuan Keding is not as playful as we think. On the contrary, he is also a very talented person. Yuan Shikai placed great expectations on this son and invested a lot in education, not only learning traditional culture, but also learning advanced foreign knowledge.
In 1910, Wang Jingwei , a revolutionary, who assassinated the regent was naturally sentenced to death. The revolutionary party members remembered that Wang Jingwei had friendship with Yuan Keding, and asked Yuan Keding to intercede. The upright and upright Yuan Keding also agreed. After using money to clear the relationship between many parties, Wang Jingwei finally changed his sentence to imprisonment. Of course, this also has something to do with the Qing court itself.
We all know, After the Wuchang Uprising , the revolutionaries negotiated with Yuan Shikai. What we don't know is that Yuan Keding played a very important role in this negotiation. On behalf of his father Yuan Shikai, he set a number of conditions for electing Yuan Shikai as the interim president.
After Yuan Shikai was elected as the interim president, he went to Beijing with his father. He unfortunately fell off his horse and was injured on the way. Due to the restrictions of domestic medical conditions at that time, he had to go to Germany to seek medical treatment. During his stay in Germany, he received high courtesy. It happened that Germany was also in the monarchy period, and German Wilhelm II also supported China's restoration of the monarchy, and said that the monarchy had a great future in China, after Yuan Keding saw the prosperity of Germany. After returning to China, he told his father very excitedly, and believed that the imperial system could work in China.
At that time, China finally ended the feudal rule, and the people did not buy it, including many famous social figures, including Duan Qirui , etc. But there is one cultural person, Yang Du , who is very supportive, and he hyped it up in front of Yuan Keding.
Yuan Keding naturally wanted Yuan Shikai to become emperor. It was a best-selling newspaper at that time and had a great say in the society. Yuan Keding made up his mind on this. He gathered a group of cultural people and created a fake "Shuntian Times", and this newspaper published Almost all of them support the monarchy. After all, the paper can't contain the fire. This matter was finally exposed.After Yuan Shikai found out, he was very angry, and the family law served Yuan Keding.
But this did not extinguish the flame of Yuan Keding's ambition. He called on a group of people and assembled various petition teams. Across the country, the restoration movement was vigorously launched.
After Yuan Shikai was proclaimed emperor, Yuan Keding soon revealed his ambitions, but we also know the outcome later, the emperor is not what people want, so this absurd farce will also It ended soon, the National Protection Movement, Yuan Shikai was forced to step down, and died with hatred. The family property was divided, and Yuan Keding, as the eldest son, received the most. Later in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Yuan Keding always maintained his backbone and did not want to be a traitor.
Yuan Keding lived a very poor life later, because he was used to the usual extravagance, and he had to keep a group of male pets. Some valuable things were also stolen, which made people sigh. After the founding of New China, he was properly arranged to work at in the cultural and historical museum, which was considered a happy ending.
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