[Ran^Text^Library] Speaking of Zhang Xun, people think of his restoration with the pigtailed army

Zhang Xun (December 14, 1854 - September 11, 1923), formerly known as Zhang He, the name Shaoxuan, Shaoxuan, the old man Songshou, the nickname Zhongwu, was a native of Fengxin County, Jiangxi Province, and a modern Beiyang warlord in China. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he served as the governor of Yunnan, Gansu and Jiangnan.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, in order to show his loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Xun forbade his subordinates to cut braids, and was called "Braided Shuai". In 1913, he suppressed the Yuan army. Later, he served as the Yangtze River patrol envoy and the Anhui overseer. In 1917, in the name of mediating the "dispute between the government and the court", he led his troops into Beijing, and on July 1, he and Kang Youwei supported the restoration of Puyi, but on the 12th, they were defeated by the "rebel army" of the Anhui warlord Duan Qirui and fled to the Dutch legation in China. He later died of illness in Tianjin.

The current Zhang Xun is only 26 years old, and Lin Hong has specially seen his photos, this Nima is definitely a talent! Lin Hong also deliberately called up Zhang Xun's previous records from the system to learn about it. Zhang Xun is an indispensable figure in the annals of modern Chinese history, and is best known for directing the 12-day restoration of the Qing Emperor in 1917. Shao Shiping, the first governor of Jiangxi Province, and the world-famous Fang Zhimin, Zhang Guotao, and Xu Deheng, all of whom were Jiangxi students at Peking University at that time, also used food money to help local disaster victims and orphans and widows in Fengxin. On July 21, 1917, Mr. Sun Yat-sen wrote in a telegram to Lu Rongting, the overseer of Guangxi, saying: "Zhang Xun's forcible rebellion is also foolish and loyal, and the crime of treason should be punished, and the love of the lord is pitiful." For the true restoration, although he is an enemy, he is not disrespectful. Mr. Zhongshan's comment distinguishes between Zhang Xun's political attitude and his personality and treats him separately. When Zhang Xun was in a high position in the court, he often promoted Jiangxi talents, and there were many affordable policies for Jiangxi. It can be seen that if Zhang Xun was not born in such a troubled era as the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, he would definitely be a great member or a good general with achievements.

On September 12, 1923, Zhang Xun died of illness in Tianjin Mansion at the age of 69, and was given "Zhongwu" by the deposed emperor Aixin Jueluo Puyi. Some restorationist figures and their relatives and friends and enemies, have written eulogy poems, elegiac couplets to mourn, the coffin after several twists and turns back to their hometown Jiangxi Fengxin burial, countless Jiangxi people spontaneously sent each other, countless celebrities and high-ranking people have also written elegiac couplets, becoming one of the most sensational events in Jiangxi that year. Zhang Xun, a sinner of the democratic revolution, finally died a good death and was praised by others, and such a strange thing could only happen in the absurd era of the Republic of China. And the most eye-catching elegiac couplet was written by Zhang Shizhao and Ouyang Wu, and it cannot but be said that this is a joke of history. At that time, political and cultural celebrities called to mourn, and there were countless memorial texts, lamentations and couplets. Later, with the help of his protégé and former officials, his family specially edited a book of "Fengxin Zhang Zhongwu Gong (Xun) Elegy Record", which can be described as a list of gods of the same way. Of course, there are also many dignitaries of the Republic of China, and they are quite mysterious to read.

For those who were respected in the late Qing Dynasty, such as Zhao Erxun, Wen Su, Lu Haihuan, Shao Ying and other elders, they first realized that the homeland they longed for no longer existed, but the evaluation of Zhang Xun should not be judged by success or failure. Wen Su and Zhang Xun are people who have had a lot of contact, and before the restoration, Hu Sijing, a villager who had been with Zhang Xun, went to Xuzhou to meet this pigtailed handsome, and his hopes were very high. Zhang Xun's death made him deeply realize the sadness of "the public exists in the country and exists, and the public can know the past". After the death of the Qing Dynasty, Lu Haihuan was a public servant in Tianjin and Shanghai, and Zhang Xun was also familiar with each other. Comparing Zhang Xun to Wen Tianxiang is the common cultural mentality of the lonely and tragic geese who mourn the death of the pigtail handsome, not only because Zhang Xun and Wen Tianxiang are both simple attachments of Jiangxi people, but because they have a common feeling of "turning the tide and falling" in the historical process of changing the dynasty.

For those who were separated from the old bureaucratic camp of the Qing Dynasty, a considerable number of them were very taboo to hook up and get involved with Zhang Braidshuai, because the restoration of Braided Shuai almost destroyed the Republic of China, and they were sinners of the Republic of China. However, people cannot ignore the fact that although the Republic of China took the Wuchang Uprising as its first contribution, after all, it finally resolved the reunification of the north and the south through peace talks and made a peaceful transition to the so-called republic, and its public opinion was not lacking in a democratic and tolerant atmosphere, so people could still see the "Wen Yuan" column sung by the Manchu remnants in the most radical newspapers and periodicals at that time, and the political deprivation of the existence of the old regime did not necessarily lead to the cultural restriction of its due nostalgic expression. Therefore, regarding Zhang Xun's death, there are also many people in the Republic of China who have expressed their very complicated feelings. Qian Nengxun, who served as the prime minister of the Republic of China, praised the braid handsome "for thousands of years, I have seen life and death, and there are dead ministers in the Nine Temples today". "Nine Temples" is naturally not the story of the Republic of China, it is about Zhang Xun's allusion to refreshing the loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty, which also has a deep meaning.

From the perspective of onlookers, the death of Braided Shuai obviously makes people very easy to think of the contrast between the Republic of China and the Qing Dynasty. In the turbulent times ruled by the Beiyang warlords, the sheep's head of the republic is hung up, the dog meat of the warlord's dictatorship is sold, and the ugliness of careless human life abounds. Think about the benefits of having an emperor supporting the world, at least you can enjoy a vast "imperial grace" with a stable life, and the citizens under the republican system may have more nostalgia and nostalgia for the subjects of the royal era. In a certain sense, Wang Yuchen's elegy depicts such an ambivalence among the people during the period of social transition: "There are only two people in Jiangxi: unfortunately Li Liejun was defeated!" It's even more unfortunate that this handsome man died! How can this be done? I want to ask a question next: Is it good to be from the Qing Dynasty? Is it better to live in the Republic of China? Hey, I'm afraid it's hard to say, right? "Of course, any person under the wheel of history is just a small block, carrying limited contributions, to block the pace of progress, but also the mantis arm to block the car, overestimating personal energy.

As a native of Jiangxi, Zhang Xun's death also put an end to many unrealistic dreams of the old bureaucrats in Jiangxi. Zhang Xun's restoration team included some Jiangxi backbone elements, such as Liu Tingchen, Wan Shenyan, Ye Chuntai, Wei Yuankuang, Li Qiguang, etc. Hu Sijing once complained in "Guowen Beicheng" that after Chen Fuen (Su Shun's dead party, minister of military aircraft and head of the household department), there were no more important political figures, so he strongly advocated Zhang Xun's restoration, and repeatedly recommended Liu Tingchen, Wei Yuankuang and others to participate in secrets. Hu Sijing and Liu Tingchen were not only old friends in the late Qing Dynasty who were both Beijing officials, but also their children's in-laws, he died a year before the death of the pigtail handsome, and the pigtail handsome sent a couplet to the old friend of the township: "I remember that I was between Xu Yan, and I was sad for ten years; Although it was regretted by the government and the opposition, self-sufficiency has a voice. If Hu Sijing died after his braids, what kind of sorrow would his mourning poems express? Li Qiguang sent a letter to Braided Shuai to repeat Hu's views in "Guowen Beicheng", believing that "the people of Jiangxi are treated thinly, and the people of Jiangxi are rewarded", Zhang Xun did not think so, but instead wrote back to him to blame him for "being cautious in the mountains and forests", and "in the battle of restoration, the strength is weak and the responsibility is heavy, and he blames himself." Yang Zengju is also a Beijing official subordinate in the late Qing Dynasty, after the death of the Qing Dynasty, he returned to his hometown Jiangxi to build a new life, Zhang Xun's death, he sent an elegiac poem that also expressed the inner resonance of the Jiangxi elders: "I Jiangxi Festival Yibang, passed on many scribes." Until there is a Ming season, I said Liu Li. If the public duty is heavy, it is not a comparison between the two monarchs". The restoration initiated from the Jiangxi Guild Hall outside the Xuanwu Gate in Beijing did not create a surprise for the Jiangxi bureaucracy, and the last hope of the bereaved old people was dashed. Liu Tingchen and Ye Chuntai died in other places, and Wan Shenyan's "chief of staff" has been following Puyi's restoration to the northeast to establish the puppet "Manchurian Empire", and more of the old people are dormant in the mountains and forests, and they are worried to the end.

Zhang Xun's death made people of different identities realize their different life situations, and Gu Ying felt self-pity, and it was inevitable that he would use the topic to play a role, forming a cultural consciousness completely different from the mainstream culture of the society at that time. Saying that it is a restoration countercurrent, it is obviously suspected of being awesome, the death of the "Optimus Prime" pigtail handsome has completely dashed the only glimmer of hope in the hearts of the old and the young, only Zheng Xiaoxu's handful of widows who have not caught up with the top spot in Ding Si's restoration, and they are still doing it knowing that they can't do it, and more people may see the end of a cultural tradition from the pigtails who are foolish and loyal and filial. As early as the Xinhai Uprising, Yan Xishan buried the father and son of Lu Zhongqi, the governor of Shanxi who were martyred in the Qing Dynasty, and said an intriguing sentence: "I do think that things are things, people are people, revolution is history, and loyalty is personality." Lu Fuzhi's loyalty, Tan Xietong's loyalty and bravery, and Liangchen's son's courage are all enough for us to admire. We cannot use the cause of revolution to erase their personality! ”