Zhang Xun lost his father in his early years and joined the army in Changsha from 65438 to 0884. He was loyal and brave, and entered Guangxi with the Qing army to participate in the Sino-French war. In the late Qing Dynasty, he was transferred to Su Yuanchun, the governor of Guangxi. After the Sino-Japanese War broke out, Song Qing, the Sichuan magistrate, was transferred to Fengtian. 1895, under Yuan Shikai, served as the commander of the new army and the engineering battalion of the Central Army. Later, Yuan went to Shandong to suppress the Boxer Movement. 1899 was promoted to company commander. 190 1 was transferred to Beijing, and served as the escort of Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu for many times. 1909 After Puyi ascended the throne, he became the governor of Jiangnan and led the governor of Nanjing.
After Wuchang Uprising, he was ordered to resist the new army and revolutionary army in Jiuzhen and defend Nanjing. The Qing government still named him Governor of Jiangsu, Governor of Liangjiang and Minister of Nanyang. To show their loyalty to the Qing court, Zhang Xun and his men braided their hair, which Zhang Xun called "Braided Handsome" and Ding Wu called "Braided Army". 19 13 years, Yuan Shikai was appointed president, and Zhang Xun's department was renamed the original Wuwei Army, stationed in Yanzhou, saying that it was still loyal to the Qing Dynasty and prohibited soldiers from getting haircuts; 1 1 became the honorary president of Confucianism in China. In the second revolution, under the command of Yuan Shikai, he led troops to Nanking to suppress Yuan Jun, rob people and kill thousands of people. Xuan Yuan Shikai was appointed as general Dingwu, general mansion, governor of Jiangsu, and transferred to Xuzhou, ambassador of the Yangtze River, and Xuzhou. 19 15, Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor and became a first-class duke, but he was still determined to defend the Qing court.
19 16, Yuan Shikai died, Li became the president, and the real power was in the hands of the prime minister Duan. Soon, Li and Duan clashed over the so-called "war". Duan advocated declaring war on Germany, but Li and Congress resolutely opposed it. Zhang Xun opposed declaring war on Germany because Germany supported his restoration, but at the same time despised Li. Li and Duan split fifty-six roads, and Zhang Xun had another plan. He pretended to be the middleman between Li and Duan, trying to profit from it. At the same time, he established the alliance of seven northern provinces in Xuzhou, and soon became the governor of Anhui, expanding to the alliance of thirteen provinces, concentrating his efforts and actively planning the restoration of the Qing Dynasty.
1965438+In late May 2007, Li and Duan had a dispute over the dissolution of the National Assembly, and Duan planned to overthrow Li by force and dissolve the National Assembly. When Li got the news, he first ordered Duan to be removed from the post of Prime Minister of the State Council. Zhang Xun took this opportunity to put forward the idea of "restoration" and led the "Braid Army" to the north on June 7th. Lee was forced to order the dissolution of parliament. On June 4th, 65438, Zhang Xun arrived in Beijing.
After a period of intense planning, Zhang Xun sneaked into the Qing Palace on June 30th 19 17, and decided to repair it that night. 1 965438+In the early morning of July/July/Sunday, 2007 1, Zhang Xun put on a blue tulle gown, a yellow mandarin jacket and a red flower, and led Liu, Kang Youwei, Chen Yi, Shen, Wang Shizhen, Jiang Chaozong and several people with pigtails to the palace by bus with more than 50 people. Around three o'clock, Emperor Puyi summoned Zhang Xun in hall of mental cultivation. Zhang led the crowd, and Puyi made three obeisances and nine knocks. On the same day, Puyi issued an imperial edict, saying that "the Republic collapsed, and the remedy was invalid", and announced that he would personally meet the court and recover his power. He announced nine principles and policies, successively issued eight imperial edicts, vigorously created official titles, and restored the old system of the Qing Dynasty. Important people attending the meeting.
1965438+In March, 2008, Beiyang government pardoned Hong Xian for his first offense and the restoration of frontier troops on the grounds of "difficult times and lack of talents". After his release, he has been hiding in his apartment in the sixth concession of Kinmen.
There are more than 70 pawn shops, film companies, money houses, banks, gold shops, factories and shops wholly owned or invested in Zhang Xun. There are more than 100 servants in his family, including gardeners, carpenters, cooks, drivers, maids and servants. There is a policeman in the British concession patrol room at the door. It is estimated that the movable property and immovable property in Zhang Xun totaled 560 million yuan.
1920 in may, Zhang Shichang proposed to restore Zhang Xun Yangtze river governor and Anhui governor, but Zhang Xun refused. Later, Xu Shichang even made him the director of the State Forestry Administration, but he was indifferent. He lives in Songgui, Tianjin. One day, a guest suggested that he keep pace with the times and cut off his braid. Zhang Xun learned something from Yang Xiaolou Peking Opera. She pinched her pigtails and said, "I can't go back to heaven, but I can still be immune." Get your head in, don't lose your braid! Minister Wu Daqing "
1September, 923 12, Zhang Xun died in Tianjin at the age of 69. Puyi named him "Zhong Wu".