Chapter 2 Serious and not

⊙Both Lu Rongting and Zhang Zuolin were born in grasslands, known as "Northern Zhang Nanlu".Once the two of them were meeting in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in Beijing, suddenly a bird flew over the hall, Lu drew his gun and shot, and the bird landed in response.Zhang didn't carry a pistol at that time, and there were no birds in the sky at this time, so he took off his clothes and pulled his pants and said, "Let's see who has the most flower scars!" As a result of the competition, Zhang had more than 50 scars, and Lu had more than 80 scars.Zhang felt so ashamed that he even called Lu his elder brother.

⊙Wu Zhihui's good friend Li Shi once broke his strings and remarried. He wrote to persuade him: "Old couples and young wives can't even move." ⊙Qian Xuantong said: "People deserve to die when they reach forty, and they should be shot if they don't die!" In 1927, on Qian Xuantong's 40th birthday, Hu Shi, Liu Bannong and others remembered Qian's generous and indignant words, so they wrote an obituary, Elegy couplets, elegy poems, and mourning articles, and issued a notice, planning to publish a "Mr. Qian Xuantong Chengren Special Issue" in "Yusi" to parody it.When friends from other places heard about this, they really called Peiping to express condolences to Qian's family.

⊙ On the fifteenth night of the first lunar month in 1923, Hong Zhaolin dressed up a hundred concubines as Concubine Yang, Daji, Diaochan, Xishi, Yuji and other coquettish women, and played lanterns, causing a stampede. ⊙After the outbreak of the Revolution of 1911, Jin Yuelin cut off the braids on his head, and wrote a doggerel imitating the Tang poem "Yellow Crane Tower": The braids have been cleared away, and there is a monk's head here.The braids are gone forever, and the head of the millennium is bare. ⊙Yuan Kewen was a member of the Ministry of Justice when he was 18 years old, and he almost never went to work.Once he had to go to an autopsy with his colleagues, so he blackened his glasses with ink. In this way, he was still seriously ill after returning home.

⊙Natong, one of the three great talents of the Eight Banners in the late Qing Dynasty, was at the center of decision-making, known as "Naxiang".That loves listening to operas, and he can give everything for it.Prince Qing Yikuang invites Tan Xinpei to his home for a church meeting, hoping that Tan can sing a double song.Tan Xinpei forgot his identity for a moment, and proposed that a minister kowtow before agreeing.Prince Qing was about to get angry, but Na Tong, Minister of Military Aircraft, knelt down on his knees and sincerely invited Boss Tan to show his face.When Tan Xinpei was performing, Naxiang couldn't help standing up and bowing to the stage to show his admiration.

⊙Wu Tingfang gave an exquisite speech during his mission to the UK.A British lady who was present was elated, and came to shake hands with him after the speech, and said: "Mr. Wu Tingfang, I really admire your speech. For this reason, I decided to change the name of my pet dog to 'Wu Tingfang' to commemorate." Wu Tingfang said calmly: "Very good, very good. Then, from now on, you can hug 'Wu Tingfang' and kiss every day." ⊙In March 1920, Li Dazhao established the "Marx Theory Research Association" at Peking University.Because the original school site of Peking University was on Jingshan East Street (Mashen Temple) and other places, some people ridiculed in the newspaper: "There is a Nixonist research society in a certain university in Beijing's Mashen Temple."

⊙Gu Hongming said to Hu Shi: "Mr. Hu, you know, there is a common saying: Supervisors worship Confucius, and Confucius is startled. Last time I heard that the Confucian Church was going to sacrifice Confucius, so I made up a poem in vernacular: Supervisors worship Confucius, Confucius scared One jump. Confucius will worship Confucius, and Confucius will hang himself." Then he asked Hu Shi with a smile, "Mr. Hu, is my vernacular poem good?" Hu smiled slightly, noncommittal. ⊙In 1921, Mo Xiong was ordered to lead people from Guilin to escort supplies to Wuzhou. It happened that Chen Ce, director of Guilin Navigation Bureau, also went to Wuzhou for some business, so he took Mo's boat.When the boat arrived in Zhaoping County, it suddenly encountered a group of bandits, and Mo Xiong immediately ordered the boat to dock to meet the bandits.As soon as the boat touched the shore, Chen Ce jumped behind a rock and said with a pale face, "Brother Mo, go for it, I'll wait for you on the shore!"

⊙In 1902, the Guangxi Huidang uprising army entered Guizhou and captured Xingyi.Liu Xianshi took the opportunity to set up the banner of the regiment defense bureau, and cooperated with the Qing army to recover the revival.Liu is insidious, known as the "smiling tiger".At that time, someone once wrote a couplet, which was pasted on the gate of the regiment defense bureau: the first couplet: Lords of the gentry, the wolf, the tiger, and the gluttonous, openly work, where is the public heart, and where is the axiom? The regimental defense general bureau, the dinner bureau, the wine bureau, the foreign tobacco bureau, there are bureaus in the bureau, the insiders are happy, the outsiders are bitter, when will the game end to celebrate peace.

⊙Cao Yu quietly said to Wu Zuxiang: "Look, Qian Zhongshu is sitting there, why don't you ask him to read some obscene books in English for you?" Recorded three English pornographic books.Qian took a piece of paper on the table casually, and quickly wrote on both sides.Wu counted, and there were as many as forty books, including the author's name and content characteristics, and he couldn't help but admire.Until after liberation, Qian Zhongshu still liked to ask Wu Zuxiang: "Who did Marx's third granddaughter marry?" Wu didn't know, and replied: "You know how to do this!"

⊙In 1941, a mass suffocation case occurred in Chongqing. Liu Zhi, the commander-in-chief of the Chongqing Garrison and air defense commander, Wu Guozhen, the mayor of Chongqing, and He Guoguang, the commander of the military police, went to the scene to inspect and then reported to Jiang.When Jiang asked how many people died, Liu and He Wuzhi replied: Wu casually said that there were tens of thousands of people dead, and Jiang nodded in satisfaction.After coming out, Liu and He asked Wu: "How do you know this number?" Wu replied: "He likes specific numbers, and there is no way to check them." Liu and He pointed and praised: "You really know how to be an official."

⊙When Feng Yuxiang presided over Henan, he not only closed all opium dens, brothels, and temples, and forced monks to marry prostitutes, but also vigorously carried out tree planting and afforestation, and hung a note on the tree: Lao Feng was stationed in Xuzhou, and the trees were lush and green.You chop my tree, I chop your head off!Therefore, it has the reputation of "general tree planting". ⊙After the restoration of Zhang Xun, he once proudly said: "The people who overthrew the Qing Dynasty are called great revolutionary men. Now that I overthrow the Republic of China, shouldn't I be called a great man of restoration?" So the title of "great man" spread like wildfire .

⊙After 1949, Du Yuesheng wanted to go to France and hoped that Chiang Kai-shek would give him a passport.Lao Jiang said that the passport can be obtained, and the handling fee of 150,000 US dollars must be paid first.Du Yangtian sighed and realized that the most ruthless hooligan in the world is not his surname Du. ⊙During the Anti-Japanese War, Chiang Kai-shek went to Chengdu and stayed at Yang Sen's house for a long time.Seeing that there were many women coming in and out of Yang's house, Jiang was very surprised, so he asked Yang Sen: "Are these all your wives?" ⊙The next door to Ye Gongchao is an American family.The urchins in his family often came over the wall to harass him. Ye was so annoyed that he stepped forward to stop him.The naughty boy didn't listen, but turned to each other with bad words, so the two sides scolded each other and uttered obscenities.The parents of Meitong appeared and saw that Professor Tangtang was yelling: "I'll crown you with a pot of shit!" (I'll pour a bucket of dung on your head.) Unexpectedly, the parents were not angry , Asked: "Where did you learn this sentence? I haven't heard such a word for a long time. You remind me of my hometown." Ye Gongchao then became friends with his neighbors. ⊙In 1927, at the 33rd meeting of the Guangdong Provincial Government Committee of the Kuomintang, the Prohibition of Breast Cords Proposed by the Acting Director of Civil Affairs Zhu Jiahua was passed: "All women in the province shall be prohibited from corseting within three months. If there is a corset, once it is found out, a fine of more than 50 yuan will be imposed, and if the offender is under the age of 20, the parents will be fined." The breast liberation movement spread throughout the country. ⊙Xu Shiying was in Paris and was once invited to watch a striptease.After the dance, the local reporter suddenly asked him to talk about his thoughts on the striptease.Xu hesitated for a moment and said with a smile: "This is good entertainment, and it may also help increase the population of your country." The next day, the local newspaper published the speech of the Chinese representative Xu with the title: Striptease can increase the population. ⊙In 1912, Yuan Shikai became the interim president.Liang Shuming, who was present as a reporter at the time, found that Yuan Shikai did not pay much attention to such a solemn inauguration ceremony. ⊙Feng Yuxiang reprimanded Wu Zhihui for "betrayed as an old dog", Zhang Taiyan said he was "a minor official under Kang Youwei's sect, and a foreign slave in Sheng Xuanhuai's school", Jiang Menglin said he was "a radiant comet in Chinese academic circles", Hu Shi said He is "one of the four anti-Confucianism thinkers in China in the past 300 years", and his anarchist comrades called him "a very bad and good man". ⊙In 1931, Shanghai "Republic of China Daily" published a notice titled "Standards for Ordinary Ladies Seeking a Good Man": 1. Handsome appearance, medium build, dignified in appearance, and very kind; 2. 3. Noble personality; 4. Chic, strong body, full of energy, clean and simple clothes; Quite independent; 7. No bad habits such as smoking and alcohol; 8. Have a creative spirit and the ability to be conservative. ⊙ In 1931, Shanghai’s "Republic of China Daily" published a marriage proposal for a young man: I hope for a woman, there are about ten items: 1. Have a clean hobby and ability; 2. Have a general vision and Knowledge; 3. Be careful and thoughtful; 4. Have sufficient and well-rounded emotions; 5. Have the interest and ability to run a family; Too indifferent; Nine, don't be shy when seeing people; Ten, Don't be superficial. ⊙When Lu Zhengxiang was in private school, he often brought rain gear to school under the bright sun, which caused jokes from his classmates.When school was over, it rained heavily, and everyone's clothes were soaked, but Lu Zhengxiang was fine.Later, his classmates asked him why he thought of bringing rain gear. He said mysteriously that his nose could measure the weather, so he prepared it first.That's why they called him "The Barometer". ⊙During the May 4th Movement, the rebellious enthusiasm of young people was high.A witness said: "I was studying at a summer school in Nanjing. I once saw a young man cancel his name and call him 'he, you and me'. Later, at the gate of Peking University, I met a friend and a young woman who had her hair cut. I Asked her: "What's your surname?" She stared at me for a while, and shouted: "I don't have a surname!" Some wrote letters denying their father, saying: "From a certain day on a certain month, I don't recognize my father." You are the father, and we are all friends and equals.'” ⊙ Zhang Zongchang led a mixed brigade into Hunan to fight in his early years, but he was surrounded and had nothing to do.His subordinate Chu Yupu was eager to use his wits, and drove more than a hundred small donkeys used for transportation as the forerunners to break out, and Zhang Zongchang led the brigade to follow.After breaking out of the siege, none of the donkeys survived. ⊙When Qu Qiubai and Yang Zhihua's wedding reached its climax, Yang Zhihua's ex-husband Shen Jianlong stepped into the wedding hall.Wearing a monk's uniform, Shen Jianlong shaved his head with a big bald head, holding a rose in his hand, and sent a congratulatory gift carefully prepared by himself. The ribbon on the gift box read: Monk Presents Flowers. ⊙Wu Zhihui didn't like to sit on the toilet when he was young, so he went to the fields every morning to "poop wild shit".For this reason, he also laughed at himself and said: "In this way, not only can I appreciate the scenery of nature when I defecate, but it can also make the soil fertile and beneficial to the crops." ⊙Yang Du once reversed the verse of the sixth patriarch Hui Neng, "There is no tree for Bodhi, and the mirror is not a stand; there is nothing in the first place, where is the dust?" The place is in this dust", and enlightened all beings, saying: Huineng is just "breaking existence with emptiness", while Zen Master Wo Hu is "existence is emptiness". ⊙Wang Li wrote essays in his spare time to support his family. Wen Yiduo once criticized him bluntly. He believed that a linguist should not write vulgar articles, which would kill his fighting spirit.Wang Li didn't take it seriously, and named his study "Dragon, Insects and Diao Zhai", which means that he "carved dragons" and "carved insects" in the study. (Note: "Dragon" refers to his academic works, "worm" refers to non-academic essays) ⊙Taiping Army general system official positions are divided into five elements of Yan, Water, Wood, Metal, and Earth, and each word is divided into 1, 2, 3, 4... Arranged in order.The supervising army is also divided into the five elements of Yan, water, wood, gold, and earth, and each character is divided into the principal and the deputy and the number of heavenly stems, such as "Muzheng, one armor, one supervising army". ⊙When Wang Kaiyun was in Beijing, Yuan Shikai often ordered people to accompany him to visit places of interest and historic sites in order to please him.One day, when the car passed by the Prime Minister’s Yamen, Wang Kaiyun pointed out: “This is a zoo.” The tour guide was surprised and asked: “Why is it a zoo?” Wang Kaiyun explained: “The Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Xiong Xiling, is from Fenghuang, Hunan. Phoenixes are birds, while bears (Xiong Xiling) and apes (Yuan Shikai) are beasts. Birds and beasts gather here, so what is it if it’s not a zoo?” ⊙At the end of the Shanghai campaign, the 54th Army was preparing to transfer from Shanghai to Taiwan. The combat director of the 594th Regiment of the 198th Division ordered the artillery company commander of the regiment to investigate the route to Wusong Wharf.While walking, the company commander realized that the situation was not good, because he hadn't encountered a single national army unit along the way, so he immediately turned back to the original station and found that the troops had already left.The company commander hurried to catch up, and finally caught up before the 594th regiment boarded the ship. When he saw the operations director, he said tacitly: "The survey mission has been completed." ⊙Huang Jun, a literati in the Republic of China, said that Yuan Kewen "drinking alcohol and being close to a woman laments genius".Yuan Kewen's younger sister, Yuan Jingxue, said: "His absurd life began when he was fifteen or sixteen years old. He often didn't come back all night. Aunt Tai Shen was obedient to him and helped him hide it." ⊙When Wang Yao was a student at Southwest Associated University, he once took a class on "Shangshu" taught by Chen Mengjia. Mr. Chen wrote a note to Wang, calling him "Wang Yao's good brother", and when he answered the note, he also called him "Dream" Brother", he also plausibly told his classmates: If I were his "good brother", he would naturally be my "brother". ⊙Hong Xiuquan appealed to the people with missionary work. He told people that the name of the heavenly father was Yahweh, and he had four sons and a daughter. The eldest son was named Jesus, and the second son was himself. Wei Changhui's daughter is his younger sister Hong Xuanjiao. ⊙As soon as the cadets of the Central Military Academy enter the school, the first thing they do is not to give them enough food.Fortunately, these military students usually have some money on them, which quickly stimulated the economy around the campus, and a long line of helmet stalls appeared at the school gate. ⊙After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Zhang Daqian wanted to go back to his hometown in Sichuan. Friends from Shanghai hosted a farewell banquet for him and invited many celebrities, including Mei Lanfang.During the banquet, Zhang Daqian toasted Mei Lanfang and said, "Mr. Mei, you are a gentleman and I am a villain. Let me toast you first!"Zhang Daqian explained with a smile: "You are a gentleman, you can sing and talk; I am a villain, you can paint and paint." ⊙Ji Xianlin commented on Wu Mi: "He has an ancient appearance and heart, which is different from other professors, so he is peculiar; Old poems are so strange; he opposes vernacular writing, but highly respects those written in vernacular, so it is contradictory; It’s awe-inspiring and dignified, so it’s contradictory.” ⊙Qi Rushan said: "Mei Lanfang has no other strengths other than acting. In dealing with the world, he only has honesty, kindness, honesty and understanding of others. From now on, those who have trouble with how to address Mei Lanfang don't have to worry about it, plus' Doctor' can." ⊙Liu Haisu and Hu Shizhi, one was condemned as an "art traitor" and the other as a "literary traitor".A Buddha named Qian Hua took a folding fan ingeniously, and asked Liu to paint landscapes, and also asked Hu to write a few lines of poems. At that time, people jokingly called this fan the "traitor fan". ⊙When Yuan Shikai celebrated his birthday, important officials from various provinces called one after another, asking what format should be used for the official document congratulating the President.The Zhengshitang did not have time to make a decision on this matter, so it called back: In order to completely get rid of the old malpractices, all congratulatory telegrams will be adopted.So congratulatory telegrams were sent frequently on the day of the birthday banquet, and the political affairs hall was overwhelmed. ⊙Tan Yankai's nickname is "Crystal Ball", and his motto is: "It's a mess to mix fish and dragons, and a fairy game is also a mess. It's a big deal to use it!" After Tan's death, someone sent an elegiac couplet: "It's a big deal to use it, big Eating and drinking, swaggering, life and fortune, big to the dean; the ball's ability is just rolling, rolling to and fro, rolling in and out, rolling in and out, rolling in and out, rolling into the coffin." ⊙After "Jiashen Yishu", Prince Chun Yixuan replaced Prince Gong Yixin, and people at that time commented that "Yizhongshu uses a horse, and Bupleurum replaces Lufu with Bupleurum". ⊙Wang Yaowu has a small reputation among the generals of the Kuomintang, that is, he is smart.He can give gifts in front of Chiang Kai-shek, and it is very clever.For example, he first asked you to borrow a pen to write, and then returned another gold pen with a small note on it when he returned it: This is a gift from XX, please accept it. ⊙In the late period of the Liberation War, Shi Butian led the 193rd Division to undertake the task of protecting the railway along the Kunming-Zhanyi line for a long time.Due to the harassment of the PLA guerrillas, the 193rd Division was struggling to cope. Shi lamented: "I should not be called Shi Butian, but Shi Bulu. Time to mend the sky?" ⊙Someone filed a complaint in front of the Empress Dowager Cixi, saying that Liang Shiyi was "Liang Tou Kangwei" with extremely bad character. (Note: "Liangtou" refers to Liang Qichao, and Kang Youwei's word "Zu Yi" coincides with the last word of Liang Shiyi, so it is called "Kang Wei") ⊙Yang Du once served as an aide to Zhang Zongchang, a warlord in Shandong.Zhang often regarded himself as Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and jokingly called Yang Du Zhang Liang.Yang Du said with a smile: "The ancestor of Han Gao can serve meritorious men, but the father can only serve meritorious dogs. Of course I am not good enough to be Zhang Liang, and the father is not comparable to Han Gao." Zhang Zongchang said: "Then you are a meritorious dog?" After all, I laughed out loud.Zhang Zongchang took Yang Du as his counselor, and often called him "counselor with sheep belly", and Zhang Su had the nickname "General Dog Meat", which was a perfect match. ⊙Zhang Zhujun is tall and tall. He likes to wear western clothes and high heels. Every time he goes out, he has to sit in an open chair sedan chair carried by four people, which attracts passers-by to stop and look sideways.Zhang was embarrassed, so he brought a foreign book with him when he went out.But the sedan chair kept jumping up and down, and it was impossible to stand on it, so "Mr. Zhang Zhu sat in the big sedan chair—reading foreign books upside down" was widely circulated among friends. ⊙During the period of the Republic of China, opera singers were discriminated against, especially those in the political and academic circles, who always looked down on opera singers. They never called them brothers and sisters when they corresponded in letters, but called them "little friends".Fan Fanshan and Mei Lanfang have a very good friendship. When sending calligraphy and paintings, they neither want to be called brothers, nor do they talk about their seniority, nor do they call them Mr. . ⊙During the New Culture Movement, Liu Yazi responded to anti-Confucian remarks, advocating "non-filial piety" and saying that father and son should be called brothers.He wrote a poem to his son Liu Wuji and said: "Knowledge is not a filial piety, and thousands of people scold me, but I only hear it. My ears are sharp. I should call my little friend a little bit, and learn from books to be more like my father." He also advocated the abolition of ethics, and The poem said: "The republic has abolished the righteousness of the monarch and the ministers, and Yahui shames him to talk about the five ethics. All kinds of cases have to be overturned for thousands of years, and I will be returned to me as a perfect person." ⊙Students asked Liu Wendian in class: "How can I write the article well?" Liu Wendian replied: "Just pay attention to 'Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva'." Observing life; 'Shi' is to understand the social sophistication of the world; 'Yin' is to talk about phonology in the article; 'Bodhisattva' is to have a Bodhisattva heart to save the suffering and serve the people." ⊙After Chen Quan's drama "Wild Rose" was successfully staged in Kunming, Chongqing's drama circle also began to rehearse and perform, with Qin Yi as the leading role. From March 6th to 9th, 1942, the advertisement for the performance published by "Xinhua Daily" read: "The story--the twists and turns are vivid; the scenery--magnificent." , the venue is full; book a seat, book a seat quickly". ⊙The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom ballad "Follow Hong Yang to Baitou" sang: "I think of the heavenly army at this time, and a red cloud shines on the buns; the money and food I have been allocated are still there today, and I remember the tears of my relatives." ⊙Pu Jie was tired of the rigid life in the Forbidden City, and wanted to go abroad, but he had no money, so he began to steal things from the palace.Pu Jie went to the palace every morning to accompany him to read, and when he returned home in the afternoon, he took a bag of things. Others thought it was a reward from the emperor, so it was inconvenient to ask more questions. After more than a year of stealing, he got more than 400 fine paintings and calligraphy. Cheats, 缃缃 high-quality goods".Pu Jie later talked about his ability to identify cultural relics, "it was developed through the activities of smuggling cultural relics at this stage." ⊙In August 1947, the reorganized 57th Division was ordered to go to southwestern Shandong to pursue the People's Liberation Army. The heavy rain was muddy and the road was difficult.Troops flee seriously, and the best company has only more than 50 people left, and it comes from three types of components: first, soldiers; second, civilians captured along the way to carry ammunition; "Triple Force". ⊙On July 13, 1896, when Li Hongzhang visited France, French Foreign Minister Hannover held a grand military parade for the Qing Mission.According to French etiquette, when reviewing the guard of honor, the leaders of the two countries will sing their respective national anthems.There was no national anthem in China at the time, so in a hurry, Li Hongzhang sang a piece of "Lu Opera", a small opera in his hometown of Hefei: Sanhe Town Cross Road opened its doors, selling melon seeds on the east side, cigarettes on the west side, and wine and noodles in the middle.Needle and thread head everything... ⊙Kang Youwei is fond of whoring, and owes a lot of money for whoring. In 1875, Kang was eager to go to Beijing. As soon as he got on the ship of China Merchants, the creditors came after him. ⊙ In 1949, Xiamen was about to be liberated.The Ministry of National Defense suddenly issued an order, the content of which was: All ministries and units of the land, sea and air forces guarding Xiamen are required to elect model soldiers and combat heroes.On the day of the award ceremony, each "hero" or "model" will publicly announce his heroic or exemplary deeds.A "model" said: I joined the White Lotus Sect when I was young, and learned the art of invulnerability, so when fighting, I blocked the muzzle of the enemy's gun with my body so that the bullet could not be fired, so I was chosen as a hero . ⊙In the early years of the Republic of China, the "Tianzu Association" and "Foot Foot Association" were active in various places, calling for the freedom of feet, so women's feet were bound and released, and many new terms appeared: bound feet, re-bound feet, Natural feet, false natural feet, half bound and half loose feet, etc. ⊙At the beginning of the telegraph, the cost was very high.Once, Emperor Guangxu received a memorial from Guo Songtao, the minister in Britain and France. In the memorial, Guo Songtao participated in a book by Liu Xihong, the minister in Germany, saying that Liu Xihong "abuse funds", "spend a lot of money", and "the embassy in Europe is overwhelmed." , and so on.Later, after investigation, it was discovered that Liu Xihong had sent seven or eight telegrams within four months, and all of them were private matters.Emperor Guangxu was very furious, and immediately decreed that he should be dismissed and investigated. ⊙On July 26, 1946, a number of major newspapers in Shanghai published a striking notice: We welcome ladies and beauties from Shanghai to apply for the "Miss Shanghai".The planner is Du Yuesheng.This beauty pageant was a sensation, and most of the contestants were popular singers and dancers in Shanghai.After the event was a complete success, Du Yuesheng and his disciples raised a total of 400 million French coins for disaster relief, all of which were donated to the disaster-stricken Subei Plain. ⊙Hu Hanmin wanted to study abroad when he was young, but his family was poor and could not do so.Later, he worked as a reporter for "Ling Poster", and his name of "Nengwen" gradually became known.During the imperial examination in the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu, two rich brothers privately asked him to be a "gunner".With this money, Hu Hanmin finally went east to study in Japan and fulfilled his wish. ⊙ Lin Sen suggested to the Public Affairs Bureau: "The Public Affairs Bureau is too busy. To avoid negligence, it may be possible to pre-print the words 'Mr.' or 'Ms.' or 'Jun' on the general notification envelope. It also saves the writer's time and energy." ⊙Zhang Zhidong was promoted together with Yuan Shikai, and entered Beijing as Minister of Military Aircraft.Gao Youtang, a friend behind the scenes, visited Zhang Zhidong. Zhang asked: "What are the comments from outside?" Gao replied: "It is generally believed that Cen Xilin (Cen Chunxuan) is ignorant, Yuan Xiangcheng (Yuan Shikai) is ignorant, and the teacher is ignorant." Zhang Zhidong laughed and said: "Xiang Cheng not only has skill, but also has many skills, while I have no skill, and I can't say that I have learned." Gao Youtang hastened to flatter: "Old man who seeks the country comes from learning. Take the teacher as your home." Zhang Zhidong was very pleased when he heard this. ⊙After Yuan Shikai's death, Zhang Boju had a gathering with several of Yuan's sons and talked about who Yuan Shikai could be compared with in history.The fourth son Yuan Keduan said he could compare to Cao Cao and Wang Mang, and the fifth son Yuan Kequan said he could compare to Huan Wen. ⊙Zang Kejia met Li Liejun at Yu Xinqing's home.Zang said to Li, "I have admired you for a long time." Yu introduced, "This is Mr. Zang Kejia, the new poet." Li closed his eyes tightly, nodded and said, "Well, well, the big dog barks, and the little dog jumps." It was not easy to get angry, and later Zang said to Yu: "From now on, don't introduce new poems to people who don't understand them." ⊙The wives of Pan Guangdan and Lei Haizong are not good at writing. After they left home and went to Hunan, they received very few letters. Pan Guangdan only received one letter a month, and Lei Haizong even less. postcard.One day when Pan and Lei talked about this matter, Pan Guangdan asked if there was any way to get them to write more letters. Lei Haizong shook his head and said, "It's beyond the reach of the whip." Pan laughed and said, "The word whip has a language problem!" ⊙When Hong Jun served as the minister of the four European countries, he traveled around the world with a concubine, and all the countries made rumors and reported it.That concubine later left the Hong family and changed her name to Sai Jinhua, and she was very popular in Shanghai Bund Shiliyang. ⊙When Li Hongzhang entertained American guests, all the delicacies on the table were wiped out.Li Hongzhang was eager to gain wisdom, and explained to the chef in this way.After a while, the chef brought out a pot of assorted stew.When the guests tasted it, they applauded and asked what the dish was called, but Li Hongzhang didn't understand it, and said, "It's delicious, it's delicious." I didn't expect that "It's delicious, it's delicious" and the English pronunciation of "Hotch-potch". almost. "Li Hongzhang Offal" got its name from this. ⊙A few days before the restoration, Zhang Xunmi paid a visit to Puyi and talked about the restoration, but Puyi shook his head and ignored it.Zhang said: "The Holy Majesty does not want to, but his intention is at ease. Can you tell the old minister?" Pu said: "Master Chen Baochen is always making trouble with poetry and clouds. Why do I have the heart to do other things!" Zhang said: "As promised by the sage, you can re-enter the great treasure, and you can manage everything in one day, so you don't need to read books." Pu Daxi said: "If you dare to become an emperor, can you stop reading books?" Zhang said: "In ancient times, there were only emperors on horseback. The Son of Heaven who has never studied." Pu said, "As you say, I will do it." ⊙After the city of Jinzhou was broken, the Dongye Nine Columns direct team captured a middle-aged couple who spoke a southern accent, and interrogated them in isolation.From the woman's mouth, I learned that the middle-aged man was Fan Hanjie, the deputy commander of the Northeast Suppression Command, but Fan himself did not admit it.Several soldiers wanted to escort Fan to the headquarters, but Fan Lai refused to leave on the ground.The soldier was anxious and dragged him by the leg, Fan shouted: "My head is bleeding, I am Fan Hanjie, give me the medicine!" When the medicine was administered, Fan Liansheng asked the military doctor: "Will I get tetanus? Will it be life-threatening?" ⊙Zhang Taiyan recorded in "Manshu's Posthumous Painting Preface": Su Manshu "drinked five or six catties of ice a day in Japan, and he couldn't move at night. People thought he was dead, and he still felt alive. He would drink ice again tomorrow." ⊙Gui Zhi used to be the Chinese Consul in the Philippines. After leaving office, he returned to Guangdong and was invited by Lingnan University to give a speech.Gui robes and mandarin jackets are antique, and the students don't think so.Gui Zhi felt this, so he spoke in a surprising way: "I am an old chamber pot, but this old chamber pot was also sprinkled with toilet water."