As mentioned earlier, during the Xinhai Revolution, in order to support the revolution in the north, Li Yuanhong sent Hu Egong to the north to guide the revolution in accordance with the requirements of the Northern Revolutionary Party. After the abdication of the Qing Emperor, Hu E served as the supervisor of the Jingzhou Jingqi Aftermath Bureau. In 1913, he went to Beijing and served as a member of the National Assembly, and after the dissolution of the National Assembly, he became the secretary of the Sichuan General's Office.

After Cai Ye raised the banner of protecting the country, Hu Egong organized anti-Yuan activities in Sichuan. This is known to everyone, and Chen Huan also turned a blind eye to this.

Hu Egong had a good personal relationship with Chen Eun, and he repeatedly persuaded Chen Eun to respond to the uprising to protect the country, saying that there could be no ambiguity in the general interests of the country and the nation. Chen Eun has always had an ambiguous attitude, which made him very disappointed.

That night, Chen Eun was chatting with his staff in the General's Office, and Hu Egong suddenly came to say goodbye to Chen Eun and said, "Mr. Er, I will go back to Hubei tomorrow." ”

Chen said, "What? Are you going to quit your job too? ”

Hu said: "Rest the shadow of the homeland, plough the fields and teach nephews, so as not to become a person who works for the tiger in the future." ”

Chen was silent. After a while, Chen pulled Hu into the room, pointed his hand behind him, and said sadly: "I only have an old mother and a crippled son. God knows, if I were a servant with one person and one surname, they would ......" and I would have wept at this point.

Chen Xiao (1870-1939), also known as Chen Er'an, Mr. Er, was a native of Chengguan, Anlu, Hubei. Born in poverty, he joined his uncle at the age of seven and enrolled in Wuhan Ziqiang College. Offended his uncle because of disobedience over trivial matters, and when he was ten years old, he returned to Anlu. Enrolled in Anlu Handong Academy, he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of 15 (1883), and was admitted to Xiucai in the second year. In 1890, at the age of 21, he was admitted to Wuchang Jingxin Academy, a higher education institution in Hubei. In 1895, stimulated by the First Sino-Japanese War and the military academy provided military uniforms and food, he was admitted to the Hubei Military Academy, and while studying in the Military Academy, he was awarded the examination in 1897.

In 1898, he entered Beijing to take the entrance examination, and failed in the examination. His uncle Chen Xuedi was the secretary of the Ministry of Industry at the time, and with his help, Chen Xiao entered the Guozijian South School, and after the Hundred Days Restoration, Beijing established the Beijing Normal University, and he transferred to study in it.

In 1900, he was recommended by his uncle Chen Xueqi to join the Ronglu army as a soldier, and was promoted to the pipe band because of his diligence and ability.

In 1901, due to the death of his uncle Chen Xuedi, he withdrew from the Ronglu army and retired from the Ronglu army, and worked as a grading master at his uncle's student Henan Xuezheng Lin Kaimo, a school-reading township test paper, and soon returned to Anlu unemployed.

In 1903, he was hired by Xiliang, the governor of Sichuan, to engage in military administration work in the southwest and northeast, and became the commander of the 20 towns of the New Army (division commander).

After the Xinhai Revolution, he served as Li Yuanhong's staff for a period of time, and then served as Yuan Shikai's think tank in Beijing, where he was trusted and reused.

In May 1915, he became the Governor of Sichuan.

Historically, Chen Mi's reputation was very bad, and he was generally regarded as Yuan Shikai's cronies. He and Yuan Keding are sworn brothers, and following Yuan's father and son, they have indeed done a lot of bad things. For example, he helped Li Yuanhong and Yuan Shikai kill Zhang Zhenwu and Fang Wei. In 1913, through political co-optation, military rebellion, economic bribery and other means, he helped Yuan Shikai suppress the second revolution in various places.

In fact, there are many things that cannot be seen in one side. As far as Chen Mi is concerned, putting aside his political ideas and focusing on his character, you will find that he is a person with very noble morals.

When she was a teenager, Chen Xiao was an extremely diligent and motivated person. When Chen Xiao was ten years old (1878), he enrolled in the Handong Academy in Anlu, Hubei Province, where there were dozens of houses, but there were not many people living there, and he often stayed here alone and studied hard.

He posted his motto on the wall of his study: "No matter how poor you are, you must come out if you don't die." After five years of hard study, he was finally admitted to Xiucai at the age of fifteen (1883), and the next year he was admitted to Xiucai. I have a small salary every month, and I have food and clothing. But he was still very poor.

During the Lunar New Year in 1887, all the students went home for the Chinese New Year, but Chen Xiao was the only one who stayed in the college to study hard because of the college's anointing supply.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, he and his mother, Mrs. Xu, kept the New Year, but the family was surrounded by walls and had nothing else. He sighed and said to his mother: "My son is ashamed that he can't afford to offer adult Tusu wine, so he has to read a few ancient texts for a great life, and spend the eternal night with it." ”

His mother was also born in a scholarly family, knew books and etiquette, and said to him: "My son can read "The Biography of Mr. Wuliu", "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng", and "Book with Han Jingzhou". So, Chen Xiao read aloud as instructed, his voice was sonorous, and he suddenly forgot the situation of poverty and sorrow and the difficult situation of the eclipse.

Suddenly, festive firecrackers rang out everywhere, and Ding Hai's New Year quietly came to the world. Chen Xiao immediately wrote a poem: "It has been a year since the robe was worn, and there was no cooking for ten days." The most is the family's Chinese New Year's Eve, and the evening fragrance pavilion sleeps with a pillow book. This poem shows his optimistic attitude and diligent spirit in the midst of poverty.

He is extremely honest as an official, and there is a touching story:

In 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded Beijing, and Beijing was in chaos, and the teachers and students of Beijing Normal University were scattered. After being introduced by his uncle Chen Xuedi, he went to Ronglu to seek a job and was appointed by Ronglu as the chief inspector. He was short-dressed and rode in and out of the ranks, because he was industrious and capable, and soon he was appointed by Rong Lu as the commander of the Armed Guards.

He led more than 300 soldiers to hold the Chaoyang Gate in Beijing. After Beijing was captured by the Eight-Nation Alliance, he suffered dozens of gunshot wounds, and many soldiers were scattered, leaving less than 100 soldiers. On the way out of Beijing, he found 237,000 taels of silver, which was abandoned by other troops who came to Beijing and was unguarded and kept.

So, he was "escorted by soldiers to Ronglu to pay." Rong Lu was shocked, thinking that there was such a person in the world and giving him a reward. ”

Mr. Deng Zhicheng, an old friend of Chen Xiao and a professor of history at Peking University, also recorded in his "Biography of General Chen Er'an": "Since the Gengzi incident, he has been in charge of the Wuwei Army, guarding Qihuamen (now Chaoyang Gate, Beijing), fighting with the enemy, and the gate is not guarded. "In the social environment where corruption is rampant and officials are corrupt, Chen Xiao can be so honest and honest, clean himself, and trickle down to the public, of course, he can't help but make Rong Lu shocked, thinking that there is such a strange person in the world.

Chen Mi's quality has established a good brand for him, "known as a stranger, famous all over the world, respectful to the three dukes, and appointed by the superintendent." ”

Later, Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Liangguang, and Xiliang, the governor of Sichuan, competed to recruit him as their staff, and Chen Chen chose Xiliang.

Chen Xiao is extremely "magnificent, broad-minded" to people.

Lu Jingyuan, a native of Hubei, was a first-term student of the Nanyang Army Division and a graduate of the first-term artillery department of non-commissioned officers in Japan. He and Chen Xiao are both fellow countrymen and young classmates. In 1911, when he was the director of the First Department of the Military Advisory Office, he rented a house in Banchang Hutong of the eldest princess (the daughter of Prince Gong and the goddaughter of the Empress Dowager Cixi), and accidentally burned down the house during her stay. The eldest princess repeatedly asked him to claim for housing, but Lu Jingyuan felt very embarrassed because she was unable to compensate.

At this time, Chen Xiao came to Beijing to visit him, and Lu Jingyuan thought that he must be relatively wealthy as the commander of the twenty towns in the northeast, so he rashly opened his mouth to "borrow" 5,000 taels of silver from him. However, Chen Xiao has always been honest and self-assured, and he has no money to spare, so he can only refuse his request. Lu Jingyuan held a grudge because of the failure to borrow, so he gave Chen Chen "eye medicine" in front of Zaitao (Guangxu's younger brother), the head of the Military Advisory Office.

After Zaitao met Chen Xiao, he felt that Chen Xiao's appearance was cold and bitter, and he was sluggish, coupled with Chen Xiao's poor rhetoric, it was inevitable that he would not answer the question, and he would tone from south to north. Lu Jingyuan took advantage of the fire and said that Chen Xiao probably had bad habits. At this time, the soldiers of the Twenty Towns led by Chen Xiao and the Japanese soldiers had a brawl. As a result, Zaitao dismissed him from his official position as the commander of the twenty towns and transferred him to a cold yamen to sit on a cold bench.

Chen Xiao lost his position in control, believing that Xiliang's prestige and his reputation had been greatly lost, and did not want to return to the Northeast, so he resigned from Beijing and returned to his hometown in Hubei. Zeng Qi recorded this incident like this, Lu Jingyuan "failed to borrow money, and held a grudge, so he spread rumors and made trouble, saying that Chen was very fond of it." ”

I didn't expect thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. After the Xinhai Revolution, Lu Jingyuan was unemployed, and at this time, Chen Xiao served as the deputy chief of staff. He asked several of Chen Chen's subordinates to ask him for a job.

After Chen Xiao told his subordinates about his slander and causing him to lose his position, he sighed and said: "Since you all came out to speak for him, for the sake of your face, give him an errand messenger!" ”

He arranged for Lu Jingyuan to be attached to the General Staff Department, and he was able to get a salary of 160 yuan per month. Chen Xiao's old evil is not remembered, and the magnificence can be seen!

Li Bingzhi once asked him for the salary he owed, and asked him angrily: "The section chief's name is Li Bingzhi, if you don't pay your salary, we will resolutely not agree!" ”

Chen Xiao behaved very cultivated, explained to him kindly, and paid the salary owed in time. From then on, not only did he not wear small shoes, but praised him as a straight man and gave him a heavy responsibility.

In 1913, there were mutinies in Xuzhou and Heilongjiang, and the Mongol princes prepared to rebel, but they were all resolved by Li Bingzhi. Chen Xiao once said to him with appreciation: "You have been able to save the country 2 million yuan a year in military spending by eliminating the scourge of war invisibly by eliminating the scourge of war."

In 1915, Chen Mi left Beijing to serve as the governor of Sichuan, and he had three mixed brigade commanders, one of whom was Li Bingzhi. Chen Xiao's open-mindedness and bearing can be seen from this.

Moreover, Chen Xiao usually "treats people with humility and courtesy". Deng Zhicheng, a native of Nanjing, once taught at Yenching University and later became a professor of history at Peking University. In 1917, after he entered Beijing from Yunnan, he and Chen Mi met in Beijing, and because of their similar smell, the two had a good relationship.

Chen Xiao was eighteen years older than him, but according to Deng Zhicheng's son Deng Ke's recollection, "I used the etiquette of my late father as a teacher, and I introduced my protégé to him." He used to be a powerful feudal official, but he was so respectful to an ordinary university teacher, and he treated him with teacher courtesy, which shows how humble and respectful he was to intellectuals.

Chen Mi is not only very humble and respectful to the professors who have achieved great things, but also kind and friendly to young students, Wang Zhonghan, a student of Deng Zhicheng, recalls that when Chen Mi lived in seclusion in Beijing, "...... You Le receives young students, listens to all kinds of different opinions, does not get bored, enlightens a lot, and repeatedly discusses without tiredom. Mr. to the younger generation, always to push the sincerity of each other, there is no class, love and encouragement if it is not enough, bitter heart, is nothing less than a humble gentleman, generous elders, who knows that it is a taste of the handsome seal of the Marquis of the martial arts prince Gancheng. ”