19 1 1 year, the Qing government dismissed Liang Shiyi, director of the General Administration of Railways, and was replaced by Sheng Xuanhuai, a native of Changzhou, Jiangsu. The Revolution of 1911 broke out in the same year. Sheng Xuanhuai was the last railway minister of the Qing court. 20 1 1, the state removed Liu Zhijun from the post of Minister of Railways and was replaced by Sheng Guangzu from Jiangning, Jiangsu. In 20 13, the Ministry of Railways was merged into the Ministry of Communications, and Sheng Guangzu became the last Minister of Railways of People's Republic of China (PRC) (PRC). Sheng Guangzu is the great-grandson of Sheng Xuanhuai. History is always so coincidental.