A "rare" photo of the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, Li Hongzhang sitting next to the former president of the United States, Duan Qirui playing billiards
[The assassinated "I don't know how many wives" Zhang Zongchang After resisting the defeat of the Northern Expedition, Zhang Zongchang wanted to return to Shandong to summon the old army and make a comeback. After being introduced, he met Han Fuju, the chairman of Shandong Province at the time, and the two formed an alliance with brothers and wanted to make great things together. He told Han Fuju: "Many of my old subordinates are now scattered all over Shandong. As long as I go to say hello, I can immediately gather into a team." This time, Han Fuju was murdered. How could Zhang Zongchang pull the team from his turf? Didn't this shake his rule, so he secretly sent Zheng Jicheng to assassinate him at the train station.
[Zhang Zuolin full of rivers and lakes] On June 18, 1927, Zhang Zuolin became the general of the army and navy. He exercised the power of president and became the head of state. He embarked on the peak of his life! But as the Japanese demanded more and more interests in China, Zhang Zuolin was tired of coping. In order not to be a traitor, he was scolded by later generations. He had to perfuse the Japanese to delay time and think of a solution. However, this action annoyed the young Japanese Kwantung Army. A soldier was sent. At 5 o'clock in the morning on June 4, 1928, when his special train drove near Huanggutun, he was seriously injured by a bomb planted in advance by the Japanese and died. He was 53 years old...
[ Duan Qirui in his late years is playing billiards ] Duan Qirui, the tiger of the three great masters of Beiyang. He was Yuan Shikai's capable officer. After Yuan Shikai's death, Duan Qirui served as the prime minister of the Republic of China. Because his family was in Anhui (Anhui), he was the leader of the Northern Warlord Zhong Anhui. During his tenure, the Republic of Three Sets and his Six Nots were most well-known. Duan Qirui's three-set republic refers to the following three things. One was to force the Qing emperor to abdicate; the other was that Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor in 1915 and he resolutely opposed it; and the third was that in 1917 he led the rebel army to drive away Zhang Xun and restore the republic. After the second Zhifeng war, the Anhui family officially withdrew from the stage of history. Since then, Duan Qirui, who has been indifferent to fame and fortune, has been living in Tianjin, chanting scriptures and chanting Buddha all day, uncomfortable.
[Li Hongzhang sitting next to the former president of the United States ] The 18th President of the United States, Grant, came to China in 1879. He met with Li Hongzhang, an important minister of the Qing Dynasty. The two hit it off. , Get along very well, Grant suggested that China must learn from Japan's Westernization reform, otherwise it is likely to be defeated by Japan (later the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895).
