"China has two treasures, Cixi and Sai Jinhua, one in the DPRK and the other in the wild; A traitor, a prostitute; One is hateful and the other is pitiful. "
In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, let's abandon the turbulent situation. Two women are the most famous. One is Cixi, synonymous with luxury, incompetence and dictatorship. The other is Sai Jinhua, a famous prostitute, who is considered to be the most humble woman, but attracted the attention and hot discussion of the celebrity circle at that time.
Even when she was dying, she attracted many scholars and poets to visit her home and praised her for writing books.
Young saijinhua
0 1 How does a prostitute who lives in the dust become a "top lady" and a "minister's wife"? Sai Jinhua, speaking of this person, there is a lot of controversy. She was a famous prostitute in Qing Dynasty. She started her career as a comedian at the age of 13. She was demoted to the bottom of society several times and became a celebrity in the upper class several times. She was insulted and played by powerful people.
Many people called her shameless, and more people praised her for "saving the country." Her life is full of legends!
Sai Jinhua, formerly known as Zhao, was born in yi county, Anhui. When I was a child, I was sent to Suzhou brothel as a prostitute because of my poor family.
However, although she became a prostitute because of poverty, Sai Jinhua is different from ordinary prostitutes. People just laugh and don't sell. Because of its outstanding appearance and extraordinary temperament, "clear water produces hibiscus, and carving is natural." Soon, her reputation became famous in Suzhou and became a famous "first flower boat celebrity" in Suzhou.
1887, Sai Jinhua met the first "noble person" in her life, that is, Lang Hongjun, the champion of Tongzhi period.
Jun Hong met Sai Jinhua on his way back to his hometown Suzhou because of his mother's death, and fell in love with him at first sight. Finally, Hong Jun accepted her as his concubine, that is, his third aunt.
At that time, she was only 15 years old, and Hong Jun was 48 years old.
Since then, Sai Jinhua has completed the first transformation in her life, from a prostitute in a flower boat to a phoenix and a "top lady".
After the mourning period, Hong Jun returned to Beijing and was appointed as the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of Germany, Austria, Russia and the Netherlands, the so-called "diplomat".
Diplomats mean to visit abroad. According to international practice, ambassadors usually take their wives with them when traveling. But in the old society, women, especially the educated ones, were generally kept in the palace compound, and they didn't see much of the world, let alone meet all kinds of strangers.
Jun Hong's first wife, hearing that she was going abroad to meet foreigners, was naturally frightened and unwilling to venture abroad.
Sai Jinhua, on the other hand, made a living as a busker in a flower boat when she was young, and she was used to all kinds of communication scenes. Moreover, Sai Jinhua has her own pursuit, and she also wants to go out and see the outside world and leave the boring place where she stayed all the year round.
In this way, Sai Jinhua, as a minister's wife, naturally went to the four countries.
Go abroad, travel to many countries, and make friends with high-class people. Although Sai Jinhua has been wrapped in golden lotus feet since she was a child, it does not affect her travel around the world.
In everyone's eyes, Sai Jinhua is a humble woman, but in the international social circle, she is a well-known minister's wife.
During her contact with Jun Hong, Sai Jinhua traveled to Paris, Geneva, Berlin, St. Petersburg and other countries and regions, and met all kinds of upper-class people. During this period, she also met with Prime Minister Bismarck and Kaiser Wilhelm II.
With outstanding beauty, extraordinary talent and extraordinary courage, Sai Jinhua is doing well in vanity fair in Europe.
At that time, even Kaiser Wilhelm II and the Queen saw Sai Jinhua. Sai Jinhua was deeply impressed by her beauty, wisdom and talent, and regarded her as "the first beauty in the East".
At that time, Sai Jinhua also met Wadesi, who later became the commander-in-chief of Eight-Nation Alliance.
She probably didn't expect that this special acquaintance experience would help her become a "saving the country" at an important moment.
During the years of living abroad, she also learned German, English and other cultural knowledge and social etiquette. At the same time, she and Hong have a daughter named Deguan.
From 65438 to 0892, Hong Jun returned to China, lived in Beijing and died soon.
It is natural for a woman under the age of 25 to be widowed at such a young age.
So Sai Jinhua ran away on the way to send Hong Jun's coffin back to Suzhou, went to Shanghai, rented a house, bought two girls to start her old job, and listed the book as Fu.
Sai Jinhua is a woman with a business mind. Although she left Hong's family, she made no secret of her status as "the top lady" and "the minister's wife", but used it as a "selling point" for hype.
In this way, coupled with her natural appearance and outstanding eloquence, her signboard quickly became popular again, and her business was very hot, which made her famous in Shanghai and was known as the "number one in the flower list".
Then she went to Tianjin and changed her name to "Sai Jinhua". At this time, she was no longer satisfied with her job, but recruited a large number of young and beautiful girls, formed a "golden flower class" with great flavor, and became the boss and wife herself.
When Eight-Nation Alliance entered Beijing, Sai Jinhua was pushed to the forefront of the times. For a time, Sai Jinhua became a legend in Beijing, Shanghai and even China. She not only brought the trend of Shanghai's world of flowers and flowers to Beijing, which is a retro tradition, but also often walked the streets in bright "different clothes"; Influenced by the northern atmosphere, he learned the uninhibited character of northerners and called himself "Mr. Sai".
Drama "Sai Jinhua"
Such an unconventional and talented beauty naturally caused quite a stir. In other words, many dignitaries gave her a lot of jewelry and silver to witness her beauty.
If it weren't for Eight-Nation Alliance's coming to town, Sai Jinhua would still be living a life full of stars, feasting and having an affair, but it didn't last long.
During the Gengzi period, Eight-Nation Alliance went to Beijing and scared Cixi away.
The out-of-control capital city soon fell, and the people fell into great panic. After all kinds of burning, killing and looting, allied soldiers began to find new entertainment objects and have sex in the capital.
One night, German soldiers broke into the hutong where Sai Jinhua lived and knocked on her door. To their surprise, Sai Jinhua, a seemingly feminine fireworks woman, speaks fluent German. More importantly, she took a photo with a German officer when she was in Europe.
This made the German soldiers very surprised and at a loss. At that time, they didn't know the origin of this oriental woman, so they had to go back and report to their superiors.
Allied commander wadsey
At that time, the commander of Eight-Nation Alliance was Valdes. After the soldiers reported the incident, Wadesi sent someone to pick up Sai Jinhua.
When the two meet again, the old feelings are hard to give up. Sai Jinhua, relying on his friendship with Valdes, dissuaded Valdes from letting soldiers burn, kill and plunder and run amok. In addition, it also agreed with Wadesi's statement, "Don't destroy cultural relics". Under her strong lobbying, Eight-Nation Alliance reached a settlement with the Qing government.
It is precisely because of this that a killing and massacre was avoided. After that, Sai Jinhua's name resounded all over the world, and finally she was even called "the goddess of protecting the country for nine days".
04 abstract
At such a critical moment of national disaster, dignitaries are thinking about how to protect themselves, but a prostitute who is regarded by all as a lower class has turned the tide and carried the banner of national and national hope. I have to say that this is indeed a legendary and amazing woman!
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