With the continuous development of the times, the imperial examination system was finally perfected in the Qing Dynasty, and the identity of participants was strictly required. Just taking the exam can make candidates miserable, and the elimination rate is amazing. People must be lucky to be the number one scholar, but there was such an unlucky number one scholar in the late Qing Dynasty.
He is the last scholar in history, and his name is Liu Chunlin. He has a brother. 1903, Liu Chunlin and his brother took the imperial examination together. As a result, his brother was admitted to the top scholar, but he failed. He was depressed to learn that he had failed the exam. What is even more frustrating is that the next imperial examination is three years later. Fortunately, however, he met Cixi's birthday, and Cixi was very happy. There was an imperial examination that year, which was an excellent opportunity. He is very happy.
However, in nine cases out of ten, he didn't win the first prize this time. The first place is a Cantonese named Zhu Ruzhen. However, fate played a joke on him this time. During the Qing Dynasty, there were many disturbances in Guangdong. Many anti-Qing people, such as Hong Xiuquan, the famous leader of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and Sun Yat-sen, the president of the Republic of China, are all Cantonese. When the minister handed the answer sheet to Cixi for approval, Zhu Ruzhen's paper came first. Seeing Zhu's surname, Cixi felt very disgusted, because the ruler of the Ming Dynasty was surnamed Zhu, and when the minister introduced Zhu Ruzhen from Guangdong, this answer sheet was killed in Cixi's heart.
When I opened the second answer, the exquisite font in front of me made the queen mother happy physically and mentally. The previous unhappiness has vanished, and the good impression has shaped Cixi. This time, the champion chose the second place, and this person is Liu Chunlin.
As a champion who rarely makes an exception in history, history has made a sharp turn for him. 1905, the imperial examination system, which had been practiced for thousands of years, was officially abolished in Qing dynasty, and Liu Chunlin became the last scholar. What a wonderful thing it is. He made an exception and became the top scholar, and he became the last two years later. All this is as unreal as a dream, but all this is a fact in black and white, which has a magical color in his life.
19 1 1 year, the Revolution of 1911 broke out and the Qing Dynasty was overthrown. A few years later, Yuan Shikai came to power and stole the achievements of the Revolution of 1911. Yuan Shikai came to power this time, intending to make everyone admit that his position is the truth, so he invited a large number of people with status in the old society to give him gold. Liu Chunlin is one of them. His task is to write a book for Yuan Shikai. Later, he saw the struggle between warlords and their ugly faces. Disappointed, he quit his job, read books and poems at home all day and lived a leisurely life.
However, fate did not let him go. Although Liu Chunlin hoped for peace, the world in 1930s was not peaceful. We all know that War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out in this period. Japan sent troops to invade Northeast China, but Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of Kuomintang, refused to resist. He ordered the troops to retreat and handed over the northeast to the Japanese army. After the Japanese army gained the Northeast, it established the Puppet Manchukuo and puppet regime in it.
His classmate Wang is a member of Manchukuo at this time, knowing that he has nothing to do at home. One day, he specially invited Liu Chunlin to work in the Puppet Manchukuo. After listening to Wang's hypocritical pleasantries, he cursed the traitors and learned that there was no result. Wang left angrily. Later this incident made the puppet government very angry. Knowing that Liu Jiazhong had a large collection of books, he sent soldiers to Liu Chunlin's home to plunder the books. These books were collected by him all his life, among which there were many precious books. The champion had good calligraphy and made good poems, including many of his own works.
A scholar, losing a book is equivalent to losing his spiritual world, which makes him very depressed. 1944, died indignantly and melancholy.
Although the scholar comes from an old-fashioned education, he has no sour taste. He cared about the country all his life, and even though his fate was ups and downs, he never gave up. Such a person is a well-deserved scholar.