Cai E's former residence is located at No.66 Huamian Hutong, Xicheng District, Beijing.
1882 65438+February18 (the ninth day of November in the eighth year of Guangxu reign) was born in a poor peasant family in Shaoyang, Hunan (now He Jiang Township). I went to a private school when I was a child. 65438-0898 was admitted to Wu Shi School in Changsha, studied under Liang Qichao and Tan Sitong, and was influenced by Liang Qichao and others' reform ideas. Later, he entered Shanghai Nanyang Public School. From 65438 to 0899, he went to Japan and studied at Tokyo Tatung College and Yokohama East Asia Business School. 1900, he returned to China with Tang to participate in the independence army uprising. After the failure, he changed his name to "Hua" and was determined to "save the country by bleeding". Go back to Japan. First into adult schools, then into the Army NCO School, studying military affairs, and participating in the organization of "Russian Volunteers". 1904 returned to China after graduation and taught the new army in Hunan, Guangxi and Yunnan provinces. 19 1 1 At the beginning of the year, he was transferred to Yunnan and served as the 37th Company of the 19th Town of the New Army. 10 years 10 on October 30th, when revolutionaries led the new army in Kunming to respond to the Wuchang Uprising, Cai was promoted to temporary revolutionary commander-in-chief. Announced the establishment of the Yunnan military government and served as the governor. He also sent Tang generals to Guizhou, and Tang took over as the governor of Guizhou. Later, in order to correct the malpractice of military personnel in politics, he invited himself to be dismissed. 19 13 was transferred to Beijing by Yuan Shikai for network monitoring. 19 15 years, Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor. He sneaked back to Yunnan from Beijing. On February 25th, 12, together with Tang and others, he declared Yunnan independence, organized the National Defence Force and launched the Great Patriotic War. Cai was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the First Army of garde nationale. 19 16 In the spring, he led troops to defeat the dominant ones in Naxi and Luzhou, Sichuan, forcing Yuan to cancel the imperial system. After Yuan's death, Cai served as the governor of Sichuan. 1965438+ went to Japan for medical treatment via Shanghai in August 2006, and 165438+ died in Fukuoka on1October 8. The body was brought back from Japan and buried on Yuelu Mountain in Changsha. The posthumous works are compiled as Cai Songpo Collection (the collection of Mr. Cai Songpo's posthumous works).