After Sun Yat-sen stepped down as provisional president, Li Yuanhong invited Mr. Sun Yat-sen to visit Wuchang. Previously, Guangdong sent a representative to invite Mr. Zhongshan to return to his hometown, and Mr. Zhongshan had already had this intention, and when he was about to go south, he received an invitation from Li Yuanhong.

Mr. Zhongshan visited Wuhan once in 1894, and his impression was very good, and the success of the Wuchang uprising aroused his infinite reverie. When Wuhan was preparing for the uprising, his leading advice was to be more fully prepared and not to rush into it. Just as he was about to telegraph his opinion to the party members in Hubei, he saw the news of the victory of the Wuchang Uprising in the newspaper.

When I think of this, I can't help but feel excited. He decided to worship the Holy Land of Shouyi first.

On 9 April, Sun Yat-sen and his entourage arrived in Hankou and crossed the river to Wuchang on the ship "Yujiang". accompanied by Mrs. Sun Lu Muzhen, Sun Zike, daughters Sun Yuan and Sun Wan, and the entourage included Song Ziwen, Hu Hanmin, Wang Jingwei, Jing Yaoyue, Cheng Chaoming and others.

The wharf was crowded with people, gongs and drums were noisy, and the eighteen iron-blooded flags and five-color flags were hung all over the streets. The long street was crowded with people, and people rushed to catch a glimpse of the great men of the revolution.

The Governor's Mansion of the Parade Racecourse was newly arranged, and Li Yuanhong led the officials of all sizes to greet him. Sun Yat-sen walked into the hall of the Governor's Mansion surrounded by everyone.

After a short rest, Li Yuanhong set up a banquet to entertain Mr. Zhongshan and his party. During the banquet, Li Yuanhong delivered a welcome speech, warmly welcomed Sun Yat-sen and his entourage to Hubei for inspection, and praised Sun Yat-sen's "merit is better than Yao Shun".

Sun Yat-sen called Li Yuanhong "the first great man of the Republic of China" in his reply.

After the meal, Li Yuanhong personally sent Mr. Zhongshan and his entourage to the Loess Slope Salt Bureau, where Mr. Zhongshan set up a line.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Yuanhong personally came to pick up Sun Yat-sen and his people, and when they arrived at the parade ground, Cai Jimin, Wu Zhaolin, Jiang Yiwu, Li Yidong, and other leaders of the first righteousness had lined up with more than 300 people from all walks of life to greet them.

Li Yuanhong introduced Mr. Zhongshan to meet with the first righteous fathers, and Mr. Zhongshan cordially shook hands with everyone.

When Wu Zhaolin was introduced, Mr. Zhongshan said: "Wu Zhaolin, I know, the commander-in-chief of Shouyi, is amazing. ”

As soon as the voice fell, everyone applauded, and Wu Zhaolin was very excited.

Mr. Nakayama suddenly remembered something and asked, "Is Xiong Yigun there?" ”

Xiong Bingkun stepped forward to shake hands with Mr. Zhongshan, and as a result, Xiong Yigun's name spread all over the country. Then, Mr. Nakayama walked to the rostrum and delivered a speech entitled "The True Meaning of Republic and Freedom".

In his speech, Mr. Sun Yat-sen praised the great achievements of Wuchang Shouyi and pointed out enthusiastically: "Our country's national revolution and political revolution have been successful, but social undertakings have not yet begun, so social undertakings are very important today. Mr. ......'s speech received warm applause again and again from the audience.

After the speech, Mr. Zhongshan took a group photo with the heroes of the first righteousness, and Mr. Song Ziwen, who accompanied him, used his camera to capture this historical moment.

At noon, Li Yuanhong held a grand welcome banquet, and Sun Yat-sen, in order to express his gratitude, gave Li Yuanhong a "civilized stick" as a gift. The stick is about 100 centimeters long, and the handle is carved with the pattern of "old monster" and "four-legged beast", and the stick is engraved with Mr. Zhongshan's handwriting: "Mingxin old man Yixian Journal" line.

Although it is not a valuable thing, because it was given by Mr. Zhongshan and written by Mr. himself, Li Yuanhong still cherishes it very much.

On 11 April, Mr. Zhongshan and his entourage were very distressed when they faced the Hanyang Arsenal, which had been turned into ruins by artillery shells, and said that funds should be raised to resume production as soon as possible.

Previously, Mr. Zhongshan already knew that when the Beiyang Army captured Hankou, it brutally set fire to the house. Seeing the tragic scene of the streets of Hankou being burned to ruins, Mr. was deeply shocked in his heart. He was sad, his eyes were moist, and he was silent for a long time.

After Mr. Zhongshan finished his condolences, he left a poem for the admiration of the martyrs who sacrificed in the first righteousness. There is the following famous sentence: "Wuchang is soaring, and Hulu is collapsing." Both attack and attack, save my brother Kun. Although I am saved, great success will be done. There is death in life, and death is severe. Death is a country, and the reputation is ruined ......"

On the way back to Wuchang, Li Yuanhong accompanied Mr. Zhongshan and his party to visit the Yellow Crane Tower.

Mr. Zhongshan climbed high and looked far away, saw the Yangtze River surging, turtle mountain and snake mountain looking at each other, and suddenly felt open-minded.

The gentleman asked Wang Jingwei beside him: "How is the taste?" ”

Wang Jingwei replied: "There is a scene in front of you. ”

Li Yuanhong interjected: "In the past, people have taken the Yellow Crane to go, and Sun Jun is now climbing the Yellow Crane Tower." ”

It made everyone laugh.

When Mr. Zhongshan saw that Wuhan was separated by the Yangtze River and the Han River, a bold idea suddenly popped into his heart. He said to himself, "How great would it be if one day we could dig a tunnel at the bottom of the river and connect the three towns together?" ”

Li Yuanhong immediately echoed on the side: "Good idea! Good idea! ”

So he asked someone to get pen and ink, and Mr. Qing Zhongshan wrote a piece with the title of "digging tunnels" to inspire future generations.

Mr. Nakayama thought for a moment and wrote the inscription: "Communicate the top water point of the ocean." ”

During his stay in Wuchang, in addition to having several long talks with Li Yuanhong, Mr. Zhongshan was also invited to give speeches at the Hubei branch of the League and the Wuhan Press Federation.

He said: "If you want to consolidate security, you have to move the capital to the south...... As far as the south is concerned, there is the dispute between Nanjing and Wuchang, and the intersection of the two places seems to be no difference at first glance. However, the pivot is in charge of water and land transportation, connecting Bashu, Yunnan and Guizhou in the west, Qin, Jin and Yiluo in the north, and Wuchang is really the fundamental important place in the world. ”

Mr. Zhongshan's remarks were very useful to Li Yuanhong and these people in Hubei.

Mr. Zhongshan left Hubei for Shanghai on the 12th, and wrote a letter to the Press Federation before leaving. He said: "The great masters of the Federation: ...... Wen in the first righteous place of Wuchang, the heart has been galloping for a long time, so the middle way to Hubei, both have to inherit the great teaching of Vice President Li, and with my father and brother Kundi in Hubei. Comfort the end of the hard work of the hundred battles, sincerely know that it can not be completed in a few days, but I am willing to use the most forging time to comfort the long-term desire, and its inexhaustible feelings, leaving it for him to come back one day, and then elaborate. The press should not be held accountable in a hurry...... Linyang Shenchi, Su this Hou Xian'an! Sun Wen is hereby enlightened. ”

Mr. Zhongshan's visit to Wuhan left a good impression on him. Li Yuanhong and the official hospitality certainly moved him, but what made him even more excited was the enthusiasm and support of the people at the bottom of Hubei.

A person who thinks about the people and keeps the people in his heart will be sincerely supported and loved by the people, and the love from the people can also make the leaders have a deeper sense of reverence for the people, and the so-called complementarity and complementarity with each other.

This time, Sun Yat-sen and Li Yuanhong also formed a deep friendship. The two of them cherish each other, and they have the meaning of seeing each other and hating each other.

Later, Li Yuanhong came down from the position of president for the second time, and the people rebelled and left, embattled, and Mr. Zhongshan sent Wang Jingwei to invite Li Yuanhong to Guangzhou to reminisce about the old days in order to comfort Li.

In 1924, Sun Yat-sen and his wife Song Meiling went north, passing through Tianjin, and went to Zhangyuan.

Mr. Nakayama was seriously ill at this time, and when the two met again, they had mixed feelings.

The following year, Mr. Zhongshan died of illness in Beijing, Li Yuanhong heard the bad news, extremely sad, held in his home in Tianjin to pay respects, personally held a vigil day and night, so that people from all walks of life in Tianjin were greatly moved after learning of the incident.

These are two people with very different personalities, one is rigid and one is soft, one is calm, one is bohemian and one is silent,...... The friendship between these two great men is praised by many people. Perhaps, this is the so-called combination of rigidity and softness.

Li Yuanhong's policy of separating the military and the people was opposed by several governors of the southern revolutionaries, Li Liejun, Tan Yanhong, Hu Hanmin, Wei Wenbai, and others, and Yuan Shikai was unable to implement it. After Mr. Zhongshan left Hubei, Li Yuanhong did not forget the great trust of Mr. Zhongshan's "social revolution" and decided to personally implement the "separation of military and civilian rule" in Hubei, on his own one-acre and three-point land.

His approach was to take over the military and political powers. The prefecture was abolished and replaced by the Governor's Office and the Civil Affairs Office, which were set up in parallel, each performing its own duties and not interfering with each other.

Administrative management always needs people with rich management experience to take over, and Li Yuanhong, the chief of civil affairs, selected Fan Zengshen, an old minister of the late Qing Dynasty, as the chief of civil affairs in Hubei.

Fan Zengxiang (1846-1931), formerly known as Fan Jia, also known as Fan Zeng, the word Jiafu, alias Fan Shan, Yunmen, late Tianqin Old Man, was a native of Zitong Lane, Xizheng Street, Hexagonal Pavilion, Enshi City, Hubei Province. Guangxu Jinshi, successively served as the governor of Weinan County, the political envoy of Shaanxi, and the acting governor of Liangjiang. The Xinhai Revolution broke out and he took refuge in Shanghai. When Yuan Shikai was in power, he served as a member of the Senate and participated in politics.

Fan Zengxiang's achievements in literature are more noteworthy, as an important poet of the Tongguang School, his poems are gaudy, he is known as "Fan Beauty", and he is good at writing, he has more than 30,000 poems after his death, and has written millions of words of prose, which is a rare and prolific poet in the history of modern literature in China. He is the author of "The Complete Works of Fan Shan".

Fan Zengxiang is an official and pays great attention to strict law, homework, and forgiveness. Because he has been living in poverty for a long time, he has developed a resolute character and can do his own thing. He has been in the world for more than 30 years, is good at human feelings, and often goes in and out of Zhangzhidong Mansion, and is very proficient in the road of civil and official politics, and has been praised by all parties for his decisive style and outstanding ability when he is in power.

Li Yuanhong had long heard of Fan Zeng's achievements in Zhixian County, Buzheng History, and Governor of Erjiang, and his impression as an official gave Li Yuanhong an excellent impression. After the Wuchang uprising, Fan had been living in Shanghai, so Li Yuanhong sent someone to Shanghai with his own handwritten letter to invite Fan out of the mountain.

Fan may not have much affection for the revolution and the republic, and coupled with the political instability, he intends to wait and see rather than go out of the mountain. He was still very moved by Li Yuanhong's ability to think about it, but he still politely declined.

Li Yuanhong then turned to Yuan Shikai for help and asked him to appoint Fan in the name of the president, but Fan still couldn't insist.