In 1916, Yuan Shikai left sadly during the nationwide crusade. The emperor’s dream only lasted 83 days, and the eldest son, , Yuan Keding was also labeled as "deceiving his father and misleading the country", which Yuan Shikai said before his death. Sentence: Restraint against me.
Since the death of Yuan Shikai, the Yuan family has also declined, and Yuan Keding, who has been used to a rich life, has also fallen into an economic dilemma. He can only choose to live under the fence and live in the home of his cousin Zhang Boju .
In "The Past Is Not Lonely", the author records the life of Yuan Keding in his later years in a documentary way:
is thin and short, wearing a long gown, wearing a small fur hat, leaning on a cane, and walking. High and low, lame, he is an old man with a weird temper.
This is a portrayal of Yuan Keding's helpless life in his later years, and even the situation of eating rotten vegetable leaves, without the suave and beautiful scenery before, it can be described as a bleak evening scene.
Yuan Keding’s elegance and scheming
Yuan Shikai has 1 wife, 9 concubines and 32 children. The eldest son, Yuan Keding, was born to Yuan Shikai’s original wife, Yu, because his mother is the daughter of a rich man. Although the family has money, she is illiterate and not there. He understands etiquette, so he is not unloved by Yuan Shikai, but his son Yuan Keding is loved by his father.
Yuan Ke was born in 1878 with the word Yuntai and the name of Huineng Lay. Although his mother was not seen by his father, he followed his father to North Korea and Shandong since he was a child, and then studied abroad in Germany. He is very familiar with the officialdom and is therefore also very politically ambitious.
It’s just that Yuan Keding doesn’t have a lot of words, but he can guess his father’s mind. He knows what he thinks no matter what his father is thinking. Perhaps it is precisely because his mother is not favored, Yuan Keding is even more upbeat.
He neither smokes, he is very kind to people, and when he talks with people, he slightly bows to show respect,In addition, I usually like to read books, and sometimes translate some articles, which is quite elegant as an intellectual.
It's just that the more you look at the friendly person on the surface, the more calmly you "get off". Just as he had always advocated monarchy to his father, he knew his father was worried that "men from the Yuan family would not survive 60 years old", so he always hinted at his father in various ways.
From this point of view, Yuan Keding was on the surface to extend his father's lifespan, but in fact it was to gain more power for himself. This is his own ambition and ambition, and also the purpose behind his apparent elegance.
To deceive his father is actually for power
In order to convince his father that his life can only be prolonged if he is in power, Yuan Keding psychologically found Yuan Shikai’s "Seven Cun" on the one hand, and on the other hand faked the "Shuntian Times" and put The content of the newspapers that opposed Yuan Shikai was changed to support and Yuan Shikai proclaimed the emperor , and this newspaper was printed by Yuan Keding at his own expense.
It can also be seen from this finding that Yuan Keding, in order to allow his father to seize power according to his own wishes, did not hesitate to deceive everyone, and even willing to buy printing equipment at his own expense of 30,000 silver dollars, according to the content of the newspaper every day. Make adjustments without mentioning all those who oppose Yuan Shikai and the opinions that advised him.
This also led to Yuan Shikai's mistakes in estimating the situation. In his mind, he believed that it was popular, and all he saw was news that supported him, so he was very happy.
However, Yuan Shikai, who lives in "self-deception", doesn't know the real voice outside, so he will go his own way, there will be an unexpected failure, and finally said before his death: restrain and harm me.
It can also be seen that Yuan Keding is indeed a thoughtful and scheming person. In order to convince his father that he has the support of many people, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to make fake news. Seems to be filial and doesn't want to disappoint his father, but in fact it is to realize his ambitions.
Yuan Keding, as the "big prince", once his father can be in power, this right is equivalent to his own.And everything his father did was good and harmless to him, so he kept his father from letting him know the real situation.
In this way, Yuan Keding, who is elegant, sensible, and kind to others, actually has his own intention and purpose in everything he does.
From a psychological point of view, perhaps only rights can bring him a sense of security. As a biological mother, Yuan Keding is unwelcome. He has seen too many loneliness of his father who has no power and cannot be loved. When there is no backing, he can only work hard on his own.
His incompetence, easy-going and gentleness are just the instinctive reaction brought by the native family, and in order to control life, the only way to escort him is power.
The bleak life of the evening scene is embarrassing
Although Yuan Keding has extensive knowledge and pride, he eventually got a lot of inheritance after his father's death, but as a well-off son, he left his father. Asylum, it still spends money like water, but in the end, there is no living ability and earning ability, so it can't live long.
The money left by my father was quickly spent. In the end, I had to rely on pawns to make a living. When I couldn't live anymore, I borrowed to live with my cousin.
It’s just that although Yuan Keding was downright and arrogant, he was short of money at the time, but he did not choose to be a traitor. Instead, he declared in the newspaper that he was sick, so he ignored everything and refused to see him. guests.
And Yuan Keying's approach also made his cousin Zhang Boju have a good impression of him, so he took the initiative to take Yuan Keying, who was in trouble, to his own home, and found him a job with a monthly income of 50 or 60 yuan.
However, what Yuan Keding did well is that he is not willing to live in his cousin's house for nothing, but pays the money as living expenses as soon as his salary is paid. This also shows that Yuan Keding is still a spineless person and is not willing to take advantage of other people's homes.
For Yuan Keding, he has a mother who is not spoiled, and he is cautious about not looking for things everywhere, but it is this awareness of prevention that makes him very capable of survival and at the same time very careful thinking. ,This also led him to continue to use ambition to increase his sense of security.
The cautiousness in the native family and the strong desire to stand out made him continue to work hard to realize his ambitions, even if he deceived his father, he was willing to stick to the end, but the bleakness of the evening scene made him feel compassionate.
Perhaps the emergence of each personality, the entanglement of each life's destiny, stems from the helplessness of various lives, just like the saying: In an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent.
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