Lǐ Yuánhóng

Author: Hou Jie Jiang Hailong
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Born in Huangpi, Hanyang, the humble younger brother of Li Zhaoxiang, a native of Huangpi Li family who devoted himself to the military. A superior student at both the land and naval academies, Li Yuanze survived a naval battle. Three visits to Japan under Zhang Zhidong, mastering military strategies, training new armies, and gaining fame. His enmity with Zhang Biao, his love for his soldiers, his status as one of the four heroes of the Xinhai Revolution. The storm is coming: revolutionary waves stir up the uprising! Uprising! Li, the Assistant General, is also a member of the Revolutionary Party, yet why was he chosen as the Governor? Shaving off his queue, changing his ways, taking office as the Governor, writing earnestly to persuade Zhang Biao to meet foreign consuls, building an altar to sacrifice, achieving the status of a hero of the first uprising.
Defending Wuhan, reorganizing the military government. The battle of Ejiamiao. Huang Xing arrived, offering allegiance. Huang Xing lost Hanyang, wrote a letter, and communicated with the navy. The Beiyang Army.
Turning to peace talks. Yuan Shikai emerged, "initial peace talks," "revisiting peace talks."
The Vice President of the Nanjing Provisional Government was appointed as the Grand Marshal. Elected Vice President, the leader of the Minsheng Party, the debate over the capital. The storm of the Gathering of the Great Minds.
The Vice President of the Beijing Government met with Sun Yat-sen. The story of the assassination of Zhang Zhenwu and the origins of the "Second Revolution." The transformation of the Revolutionary Army.
Trapped in Beijing, later supporting the northward journey. Trapped in the Imperial Palace, refusing to accept the title of "Prince of Martial Virtue."
First term as President. "The President should be Li Songqing." The debate over "succession" and "acting." The enmity between Li and Duan. Entering the war, political trends. Zhang Xun's restoration of the monarchy and departure from Tianjin.
Returning to the capital, the restoration of the legal order. Controlled by the Zhili clique, difficult to implement orders. The Lu Wen Gan case. The forced palace coup in Beijing. Seizing the seal in Xiaozhan.
Falling from grace in Tianjin, bidding farewell to the political arena. The President is also an industrialist, devoted to education, leisure in his later years, posthumous honors.
Wise wife, favored concubine, the concubine born as a child bride, Wu Jingjun, the wife of the Republic of China. The concubine of humble origins, her life of honor and disgrace.
Li's daughter, Zhou Enlai's classmate, a female master's degree holder from Columbia University, a victim of a political marriage.
Li's son, the eldest son who promoted industrial development, a United Front worker in the new China. Born into this world, there is no boundary between life and death.
Appendix I: A Brief Genealogy of the Li Yuanhong Family
Appendix II: A Chronological Table of the Li Yuanhong Family
Appendix III: Main Reference Books