Chapter 101 100. The star will fall, the country will mourn the father

Since the failure of the second revolution, Huang Xing has been in the United States to challenge Yuan Junxing. He went to Japan from the United States and landed in Yokohama on May 9, 1955. After Yuan's death, on June 13, Sun Yat-sen sent a telegram to Huang to ask for opinions on the current situation. The telegram said: "Brother Huang Keqiang in Tokyo learned from it: the southern army raised righteousness, and most of them wanted to expose Yuan, restore the "Contract Law", and summon the National Assembly. Yuan died, and Li Can revive the "Convention Law", call the National Assembly, settle disputes, focus on construction, and consolidate the foundation of the country by demonstrating faith and righteousness. What do you think?"

Huang replied on the 14th, saying: "Mr. Zhongshan's lesson: Your telegram is respectful. The south demands the restoration of the "Convention Law" and the National Assembly. If Li can implement it sincerely, the other problems can be solved easily. Mr. Chen called, advocating the settlement of disputes and construction, and I am grateful! I hope you can preside over it and let the people of the country It is especially important to understand the selflessness and impartiality of our people." Not long after Huang Xing returned to Shanghai, on October 10, 5th year of the Republic of China, he suddenly suffered from rupture of blood vessels in his stomach, and he vomited blood several times and fainted. The doctor believed that his illness was caused by overwork.During his illness, he also received Cai E, who was going from Sichuan to Shanghai to Japan. The two fathers expressed their condolences to each other, but shortly after Cai's departure, he passed away at 5:30 pm on October 31.

Huang Xing's original name was Zhen, another name was Qingwu, also known as Jinwu. He was originally from Langli City, Shanhua County, Hunan Province. He was born on September 16, Jiaxu (1874 AD), the thirteenth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, which was converted to October 25 in the Gregorian calendar. , 8 years younger than Sun Yat-sen, 8 years older than Song Jiaoren and Cai E. His whole life is related to October, which can be said to be a coincidence. He was born in October and died in October. He succeeded in the Wuchang Uprising on October 10 and fell ill on October 10.He was only 43 years old when he died. His untimely death was a great loss to the country.

Huang's first wife, Liao Danru, had three sons and two daughters. The sons were named Yiou, Yizhong, and Yihuan; the daughters were named Zhenhua and Dehua.The continuation, named Xu Zonghan, was his comrade-in-arms who shared life and death during the revolution.Xu was born in Xiangshan, Guangdong, and her original name was Peixuan. She married Li Puyi from Haifeng for the first time, and she had a son, Yingqiang, and a daughter named Ruohong.Li died, and Xu was friendly with Zhang Zhujun, a female doctor in Guangzhou. Zhang Xi talked about new learning and revolution. Under his influence, Xu joined the League and participated in the revolution.The Battle of Huanghuagang and Huang Yin's adversity formed a revolutionary partner.After Xu married Huang, she gave birth to two sons named Yimei and Yiqiu.The children born to Xu and his ex-husband also brought them to live together, and Huang Jun regarded them as having left.In Huang's family book, it was mentioned that there was another woman named Wenzi. It is said that she was born to Huang and a certain day's wife.After Huang and Xu Zonghan got married, the husband and wife loved each other deeply, and the husband sang and the wife followed.

Huang's eldest son, Yiou, had always grown up in the revolutionary ranks. When he was in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Allied Forces, he received a letter from Huang encouraging him. There were only eight characters: "Yiouaier, work hard to kill the thief!" Xin once made a poem in vernacular to praise: "Back then, I saw a book from the General's House. The handwriting was as elegant as Dasu's. What's the word in the book? 'Yiouai'er, work hard to kill the thief!', eight big characters, reading it makes people generous and patriotic. Huh? General. What a lot of rewards!"

After Huang Xing died of illness, on November 1, Sun Yat-sen sent a letter to various overseas branches announcing Huang Xing's death. The article said: "Inspired by: Mr. Huang Keqiang has been working with Wen since the founding of the Tongmenghui. It has been difficult until today, and all my comrades are aware of it. On the National Day of the previous month, he suddenly suffered from a rupture of a blood vessel in his stomach. He vomited blood several times and fainted. After being diagnosed and treated by German doctor Kerry, according to the cloud, there is no problem. Afterwards, the chest and diaphragm still felt full and stuffy. In the last ten days of last month, the symptoms of liver enlargement were found. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon on the 30th, he suddenly vomited blood again, and the situation was extremely serious. In critical condition, the doctor injected it to stop the bleeding temporarily. At 2 o'clock in the morning on the 31st, he vomited blood again suddenly, and the doctor injected again, and immediately the pulse stopped and the breath stopped. There is no way to save it. Alas! This time, we have not been able to work side by side to fight against the thieves, but we are still looking forward to the future in the struggle together. This is withered, and we are friends of the country, mourning all kinds of wounds! I would like to inform all comrades to observe it. Sun Wenqi. November 1, 5th year of the Republic of China. "

When Huang's bad news spread to Japan, Cai E, who was ill, cried bitterly for it. His elegiac couplet is: Founding a country with courage, but maintaining a peaceful body and implementing it, is a person who can create a lifetime; Once sent me to the sea, suddenly weeping at the end of the world, startled and weeping, it's hard for a sick Kyushu person. Another person who contradicts Huang and Cai, but their personal relationship is extremely irreversible is Yang Duwan, the head of Hong Xian's six gentlemen, Huang Lianyun: Public friendship may as well be private, political opinions are divided on weekdays, and daring still recommends best friends;

One body is capable of defeating ten thousand enemies, but it is a pity that a bully has no life, and life and death have trapped heroes from ancient times. On November 1, Sun Yat-sen and Tang Shaoyi sent a telegram across the country to announce Huang's mourning. The letter said: "Mr. Keqiang has traveled all over the world, the alliance of chariot hats, and the goodness of onyx. After all, there are some people who are not known to the servants. On behalf of the master's funeral, I insist on the general, soliciting names all over the obituary. I am afraid that it will not be a week. Please forgive me. .”

In Beijing, the National Assembly was adjourned for one day, and the flag was flown at half-mast to mourn. Beijing government decree on November 2: "Admiral Huang Xing founded the republic and raised the flag of righteousness for the first time. His meritorious service is due to the country. Bo Hai and Qin... sent Wang Zhixiang to pay 20,000 yuan for the treatment. The funeral was taken care of by Jiangsu Governor Qi Yaolin nearby..." Cai E, who made the first great contribution to defending the country against Yuan, died of illness in Japan 8 days after Huang Xing's death.

When protecting the country against Yuan, Cai E worked very hard in the army and suffered from throat disease. On June 28, 5, Cai set off from Yongning, arrived in Dazhouyi on the 29th, and arrived in Luzhou on July 1. At this time, Cai's throat disease was so serious that he could not speak. He invited a German doctor, Ami, to Luzhou. I wanted to see him, but the medicine didn't work. In addition, the lung lobe was swollen and painful, dripping water was difficult to enter, the temperature was as high as 39 degrees, and I couldn't sleep at night.Cai is a responsible person. Although illness troubles him, he feels that the army's salary arrears and the aftermath of Sichuan are extremely troublesome things, and he has to deal with them himself.Therefore, he went to work with great strength and illness, and asked the Beijing government to pay 2 million yuan in arrears to the National Defense Army.

On July 4th, Duan Qirui sent a French doctor to Luzhou to treat Cai's throat disease. The next day, the French doctor checked the results and thought that the throat disease was delayed for too long, the vocal cords were narrowed, and the condition was serious. He had to go to Shanghai or Japan quickly. Specialist medical treatment is not available. What is valuable about Cai is that although he regards himself as the first in the world, he has never achieved success, and he has firmly insisted on this proposition from beginning to end.After Yuan Shikai’s death, Cai’s meritorious deeds became famous all over the world, but he didn’t care about fame and power. From the following two telegrams, we can see Cai’s ideal personality: On July 17, Cai telegraphed Tang Jiyao: "The uprising in Yunnan and Guizhou, I learned that I have asked for my money to go to the national calamity. Although I have achieved the ambition of saving the abyss and saving the fire, I have already fallen into a desperate situation. After our army should urgently plan to recover, in order to restore its vitality, the government and the Ordinary people, bathing in the Enbo of the Republic and thinking of the source when drinking water, should use the peace and labor to make them get what they want. In terms of foolishness, Yunnan and Guizhou are not very difficult, and the money required is not very large. I will never discriminate, and be stingy with this small area, and I will hinder you. The most important thing to note is that our military advocates should always adhere to the original intention of the country and not for rights, be consistent, not be swayed by the outside world, and not be controlled by the outside world. Hijacked by intimacy, it really benefits both the public and the private..." Reply to Tang Jiyao on July 19: "Contact me, I am so honored, I feel ashamed and embarrassed. I am ashamed of the former, and I have a good conscience, and it is the same now that I am retiring... There are three people in the current generation who retire first, and they are far away. Regarding today's so-called great men with lofty ideals, heroes and heroes, it is not good at the beginning to set an example for the future. However, in his position, he is purely a military officer, and when the war is over, he can retreat with his body. It is the same. I hope that for the sake of the overall situation and for the sake of friendship, the generals of the Sichuan-Yunnan Army will be cut off, and all aftermath issues will be fully responsible for handling the aftermath, so that E can conquer Japan and travel eastward..." It's not that Cai E has no ambitions for "governing Shu". It's just because he wants to retire with success and advocate for the world without fighting for power, so the governor of Bo Chuan refuses to do it.In his letter to his old friend Ding Huaijin, he once expressed the following opinions on the issue of "governing Shu": "Although Shu can do it, but the people's feelings are weak, it is absolutely not suitable for military service. If foreign troops are exclusively used and the natives are excluded, the power of host and guest will be incompatible with each other, and it will eventually become a fire and water. Brother and brother, the rule of Shu is not a false one. The time is not enough, and at the beginning, with the force of thunder, the barbarians will be cut down without any mercy, the roots of chaos will be exhausted, and the people's spirit will gradually recover, but with the energy of yang and harmony, cultivate and grow them, which is a very prosperous industry. " On July 21, Cai led a few staff members and traveled lightly to Chengdu. On the way, he received a telegram from the old elders in Hunan asking him to supervise Hunan. On August 1, Cai E entered Chengdu and took up the post of Governor of Sichuan due to illness. The people of Chengdu celebrated with their hands.At that time, in Chengdu, due to the continuous troubles caused by wars, people's hearts fluctuated, prices soared, and the currency system was unstable. After Cai took over, prices immediately fell back and the value of banknotes rose.There are five elders and seven sages from central Sichuan who came to Chengdu hundreds of miles away and are willing to serve as consultants. On August 3, Cai Dianbao and Zhou Daogang served as the commander of the First Division of the Sichuan Army, Xiong Kewu served as the division commander and the guardian envoy of Chongqing, Liu Cunhou served as the division commander and the Sichuan border envoy, and Yin Changheng served as the director of the government affairs department.After Cai E arrived in Chengdu, he intended to accept the appointment only symbolically, and his throat and lung diseases were getting worse, so he called Prime Minister Duan Qirui in Beijing on August 5, saying: "Sichuan is a complex area, and it cannot be done by a weak and sick body. At the beginning of the uprising, Kuang E once said to his peers that once the overall situation was settled, he should retire and start his career; It is very difficult to be at ease. I ask President Chen to look down on his sympathy and appoint him immediately, or use Luo Peijin to take care of him temporarily." On August 7, Li Yuanhong was allowed to resign. On August 9, accompanied by Jiang Fangzhen (Baili), he left Sichuan.Before leaving, I bid farewell to the elders in Sichuan for Wen.Wen Yun: "It's been seven months for all the scholars in Shu. Those who have passed away galloped and drove the army and horses. They didn't meet with the friends of the country with courtesy, and they were disturbed a lot. I feel sorry for them. The friends of the people of the country have never blamed me. But also affectionate and sincere, after the payment of the money, he moved to sing after the order, who is ruthless, so kind to me, and I feel it. It is because the disease is not cured, it is like a public opinion in Rong, hoping to get it right In order to repay Shu, I don’t know that it’s impossible. But those who look at things like Xun, all the government is like, look around the yamen, Sensu guests, cases and documents, medicine stoves and tea tripods, all mixed together, dazzled, it’s even worse Tiredness, as in the past, if you don’t cause diseases, you will lie down and cure your ears. Although Shu is deeply troubled, help the weak and save the disadvantages, and then you will be able to sleep at night, tired of hands and feet, and take care of yourself, steal food and rest, Let everything fall into the dark, so the so-called ambition of repaying Shu is not absurd? Go and hold on to Shu, stay and miss Shu, and rather bear than miss. If the spirit of the people and friends of the country is used, if the medicine is blind, my disease will be cured. Well, in the future, those who repay Shu will make up for the mistakes of Shu today. Is it possible to make up for it? E is going! Fortunately, thank the people of the state for encouraging the sages to help each other in difficulties. E is also flying eastward with a reed, overlooking the river every day , to prove this heart together, even though it is said that E still has not gone to Shu." Cai set off from Chengdu, first went to Chongqing, stayed for a while, and then changed to a ship and sailed down. When he arrived in Yichang, he met Chen Huan who had withdrawn from Sichuan. disbanded the army.Cai and Chen were good friends, and now they are traveling together, and they met very happily.Cai invited Chen to go to Hankou in the same round. Chen felt that it would be boring to go with Cai, one honor and one humiliation, so he politely declined. Cai Yuyichang arrived in Hankou on August 26 on the Dayuan Merchant Ship. Hubei Warlord Wang Zhanyuan sent Chuxin, Chuyi and other frigates to the upper reaches of Wuchang to meet him. The wheel surrounds Gaixin.Wang Zhanyuan hoped that Cai could stay in Wuhan for a few more days, but Cai resolutely declined, so Wang held a grand banquet on the Chucai ship and entertained Cai and his entourage.Cai did not go ashore, so he changed to Jiangyu Ferry that night and continued to sail down. Cai arrived in Shanghai on August 28 and stayed in Hardong Garden. He did not want people to welcome him as a great man, so he tried to hide himself, and only went to Liang Qichao's Lilu. Talk, relatively easy. Duan Qirui sent a telegram asking Liang Qichao to persuade Cai to recuperate in Xishan, Beijing instead of traveling to Japan. Cai did not forget the past when Yuan called him to Beijing and became a political prisoner. On September 8, Cai set off for Japan from Shanghai.When he arrived in Kobe, a group of Japanese journalists came to interview him. Cai pointed to his throat and was unable to answer. Jiang Fangzhen took the interview on his behalf. He could not pronounce at all, so he went to Chengdu from Syria on July 20, and stayed for nine days, and his condition worsened. Li and Duan persuaded the generals to move to Xishan, Beijing to recuperate, and the generals were worried about not being able to thank guests at Dumen, so they decided to come to your country for medical treatment." Cai's throat and lung disease, due to the long delay, were already terminally ill after arriving in Japan. On November 8th, Cai knew that he couldn't afford it. He stood up from left to right and looked at the plane outside the window. He sadly said to his friend Jiang Fangzhen: "I can't die. I can't die on the battlefield of foreign wars. I really don't want to die. After I die, I want to ask my brother for something." .” Jiang asked what was the matter?Cai was exhausted, and panting, said: "Thousands of thin burials, let me have no regrets!" When Cai returned to the sick bed, he asked Jiang Fangzhen to write the posthumous message: 1. May our people and government work together to adopt promising and positive policies; 2. Most of the opinions are due to the struggle for power, and those who are willing to be popular are patriotic with morality; 3. For those who died in battle in Sichuan and those who contributed, I would like to ask Luo and Dai to verify the application for the award and reward it with Zhao; Fourth, because of his short life, he failed to do his best for the Republic of China, so he should be buried lightly. On this day, the great man of this generation, General Cai E, the father of protecting the country who regarded wealth and honor as floating clouds, died forever.He was only 35 years old when he left this world. After Cai's death, the whole country mourned, and thousands of miles of rain wept. On November 10th, November 28th, December 4th, and December 21st, President Li Yuanhong ordered the commendation and state funeral four times. Cai E's funeral, the national condolence ceremony, both the memorial speech and the elegiac couplets can be passed down, and the excerpts are as follows: Mr. Sun Yat-sen: The generosity of the whole life protects the class; Thousands of miles off Ma Fubo. Liang Qichao: Knows more evil than the dead; Who is not madam's mourning? Kang Youwei: The humble gentleman's bow is now the age of Hong Xian; Because of thinking about my son, I am afraid of hearing the sound of drums! Tang Jiyao: Therefore, with the main purpose of reorganizing the army and protecting the people, the general consensus is that the general is kind to Cao Wuhui; At ordinary times, he only reads books to make use of him, and his public words are not dead, and the scholar is worried about Fan Xiwen. Ding Huaijin: Success does not take the lead, failure does not lead to exile, swear to the master, how bright, so a brigade suddenly re-creates the republic; There is no opinion at the bottom, no struggle for rights and interests at the top, and a few words in the suicide note, so profound, ask the whole country to comfort the heroes? Among all the elegiac couplets, Yang Du's is the most noticeable. Yang Du's elegiac couplets are: The soul returns from a foreign land, now the heroes are gods, and the rivers and mountains of thousands of miles are weeping with rain; The people in the southeast are exhausted, and Taixi is full of scars. At that time, success or failure has changed. Yang Du is a master of couplets. He has many elegiac couplets that can be handed down in his life, but the elegiac couplet he used to mourn Cai is not very clever. The achievements are contradictory. As for Xiaofengxian's elegiac couplet, it is a small episode in the solemn and solemn deeds of a great man. Xiaofengxian's elegiac couplet and sacrificial oration were written by Hengzhou Kuangshi Wang Xueshen.Xiaofengxian's two elegiac couplets were widely circulated at that time. The first couplet is: Unfortunately, Zhou Lang was short-lived; I knew Li Jing was a hero! The second couplet is: Thousands of miles south of the sky, Peng Yi, straight up and soaring, it will be a worry for the rest of my life, and the accidental marriage will become a dream; In the past few years, Beidi Rouge has lost her self-pity, won the beauty and confidant, and the peach blossom color is also eternal. After Cai's death, Jiang Fangzhen sent a telegram back to China from Japan. The telegram said: "Over the past year, Gong Evil has worn poor clothing and food to kill his body, and he has been sleeping early to hurt his spirit. When he was dying, he still hated not being able to wrap his body. However, although Mr. Cai did not die on the battlefield, he was just like the one who died in battle. and also." Cai's good friend Ding Huaijin used his actions to remember Cai's last wish - to return to the field after a successful career.Before Cai Dongdu, Ding served as the magistrate of Fushun County in Sichuan. He resigned the county seal upon hearing Cai's bad news and wrote a book behind closed doors. He often encouraged his family and children with Cai's personality and aspirations.The ancients said that when fame spreads all over the world, slander follows, but Cai has broken this rule. His success or failure, life or death, whether it is friend or foe, new or old, everyone praises him sincerely. The reason is very simple: Cai takes the world as his own responsibility. , but do not regard the world as their own.