Returned to China in 1904 and served as the Commercial Department of the Ministry of Commerce. He was then transferred to the Foreign Affairs Department.
In August 1904, he became Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In the spring of 1911, Cao Rulin was appointed Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Qing government.
In 1913, he was appointed by Yuan Shikai as the first member of the Senate.
In August 1913, he became Yuan Shikai's foreign minister of the U.S. government.
In January 1915, he participated in the Article XXI negotiations with the Japanese minister.
In April 1916, he became the chief of transportation, then the chief of foreign affairs, and the premier of the Bank of Communications.
In January 1917, he borrowed 5 million yen from Japan Société Générale and other banks.
In July 1917, he became Minister of Transportation in the Duan Cabinet. In March of the following year, he became chief financial officer and borrowed a large sum of money from Japan for military pay.
In the fall of 1918, he borrowed from Japan again at the expense of losing sovereignty over the Shandong Railway. He became head of the new transportation department by virtue of his key positions in transportation and finance.
In early 1919, he became the chief of communications in the cabinet of Chien Neng-hsun. During the May Fourth Movement, Beijing students surrounded and stormed Cao's residence and set fire to his house. on June 10, the Beijing government was forced to order his dismissal from his post.
Since then, he turned to industry, still serving as general manager of the Bank of Communications, general manager of the Commercial Bank of China, general manager of the Tianhe Coal Company, general manager of the Industrial Bank of China, and chairman of the board of directors of the Jingfu and Zhengfeng Coal Mining Company.
In 1927, he became chairman of the finance committee of the Zhang military government.
In July 1936, he became a member of the Jicha Administrative Committee.
In March 1942, he became an adviser to the pseudo North China Administrative Committee and chairman of the Xinmin Printing Company.
He went to Taiwan Province in 1949 and to Japan in 1950.
Moved to the United States in 1957.
Died on August 4, 1966 at the age of 89 in Detroit, USA.
2 Character Evaluation
During the resistance period, Cao Rulin publicly stated that he wanted to redeem his former reputation with a belated holiday and vowed not to serve in the Japanese pseudo-regime again, and never to add treason to his history of being spurned by the Chinese people. It is said that when the Japanese occupation forces were organizing the pseudo-regime in North China, they had made Cao Shi an ideal candidate for prime minister and minister. But Cao Shi was unmoved. Later the traitor Wang Kemin gave him the title of supreme strategist in order to draw him in. When Wang became the chairman of the pseudo North China Political Committee, he also crowned Cao with the title of advisory member. But Cao Rulin had never been an official, nor had he participated in traitorous and traitorous activities. Before and after the fall of Peking, the Japanese paid special attention to soliciting high officials of the Beiyang period, such as Duan, Wu, Yuan Shikai's son Yuan and Jin. But these people refused. Wu, in particular, was poisoned to death by Japanese agents. Jin's example is similar to that of Cao Rulin . Jin was a prime minister during the Beiyang period. The Japanese invaders made several overtures to him, but Jin was unmoved. Later, the pseudo-regime in North China also gave him the title of advisor, but Jin never took office. It is said that Nishido, the head of the Japanese secret service, was so angry that Cao Rulin, fearing that it would be detrimental to him, accepted the posts of president of the New People's Publishing House and president of the Sino-Japanese Forum, but had no real power.
During the Japanese-Japanese period, Cao also used his relationship with the Japanese to do things that benefited the common people. As mentioned earlier, Cao's youngest son, Cao Pu, studied in Tianjin, then went to Japan to study and served as Zhang Xueliang's adjutant upon his return to China. After September 18, he accompanied Zhang Xueliang to Peking and later became the chief of the Tianjin Police Department. after July 7, the invading Japanese army attacked Tianjin and machine-gunned the refugees at the new station. Cao Pu asked his father to stop the Japanese atrocities. Cao immediately called the Japanese troops and said that the new cars were all refugees, not soldiers, and that they
Before the May Fourth Movement, Cao Rulin was a politician in the Beiyang government, holding a number of posts such as chief of transportation, chief of finance, and premier of the Bank of Communications.At the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, due to the secret agreements that certain powers had signed with Japan beforehand, the Allied Powers brazenly transferred the rights and interests of the defeated Germans in Shandong to Japan, arousing the This aroused the strong discontent of the Chinese people, thus triggering the epoch-making May Fourth Movement. Cao Rulin, the Chief of Transportation at that time, was responsible for transferring part of the rights and interests to Japan, and was known as one of the three major traitors together with Lu, the Director of the Currency Bureau, and the Minister in Japan. A famous slogan of the May Fourth Movement was to fight for state power externally and punish the state internally for having thieves inside. On May 4, students marched to Cao's house in Zhaojialou, and Cao Rulin hid. The students mistook it for Cao at that time and stood up for Cao Rulin, defeating Zhang ass up to set Cao's American house on fire, which was the incident of burning Zhaojialou. Later, some students were arrested, the incident evolved into a large-scale strike, strike, strike. on June 10, Cao, Lu, Zhang was removed from office.
After the May Fourth Movement, Cao Rulin hid in the hospital for a few days, then moved to Beihai and Round Castle for a temporary stay. Here Cao stayed out of the house, spending his time writing every day, changing his name to Juechang, somewhat behind closed doors.
Cao Rulin was only 42 years old during the May Fourth period. Since then, he has never held an important post, and seems to have no attempt to make a comeback, but is instead keen on charitable activities. Every winter, Cao's family would give 100 sets of cotton clothes to carters. The way of giving alms was also rather special. Whenever the family's attendant went out with a few sets of cotton clothes, and saw a naked driver on the street, he would hire his car, pull it to a secluded alley, have it stop, give alms to the driver, and then look for the next object. This method was said to prevent cotton clothing from being fraudulently claimed. Cao American families often gave people coffins.
In the 1920s, initiated by Cao Rulin and financed by more than 20 people, a hospital was built in the area of Fuchengmen's Baita Temple Valley, named Central Hospital. After the hospital was built and the needed medical equipment was purchased, there was 200,000 left over, which was deposited in the Hsin Hang Bank, managed by Cao Rulin. The Central Hospital was charitable in nature. It used the $200,000 to support the hospital's expenses. The poor would not be charged medical fees when they came to see the doctor. Later, when the Hsin Hang Bank closed, the tens of thousands of dollars left by the hospital were deposited in the Delta Bank. When the Yeh Fai Bank closed, it was deposited in the Central South Bank. Cao Rulin had been the president and honorary president of the central hospital, and the funds were raised by him. The coal in winter was also supplied by the Jingfu Zhengfeng Coal Mining Company, of which he was the chairman. But Cao Rulin did not I could not get any salary from the hospital. Only when he goes to the hospital, the hospital fills his car with gasoline, and that is all he gets from the hospital.
Cao Rulin chaired the central hospital for more than a decade. After the Japanese invaded North China, he tried to seize the hospital. Cao went to negotiate with the Japanese military, saying: this hospital was originally privately run and charitable in nature. The Japanese military stopped. After the Japanese took over the Concord Hospital and other hospitals, Zhou, and other famous doctors were unwilling to work for the invading Japanese army and were netted by the Central Hospital. The hospital's obstetrics and gynecology department was also established at this time, presided over by Dr. Lin. After the victory in the war, Cao Rulin resigned from the post of director and asked Zhong Huilan to succeed him. He said to Zhong, "I am a layman, and I have maintained it for more than ten years. Although I did not did not achieve anything, fortunately, I did not not have to make any serious mistakes. The Japanese were here and I could not cope without my name. Now that the Japanese are gone, you experts should take more responsibility. After the founding of China, the central hospital was taken over by the people to the U.S. government and renamed the People's Hospital.
After the outbreak of the war, Cao Rulin had publicly stated that he wanted to redeem his former reputation with a belated holiday and would not serve in the Japanese pseudo-regime. It is said that when the Japanese army was organizing the pseudo-regime in North China, Cao Rulin had been regarded as an ideal candidate, but Cao was never moved. Later Wang Kemin gave him the title of top strategist. When Wang became the chairman of the pseudo North China Political Committee, he gave Cao the false name of Advisory Committee. But Cao Rulin never served as a minister, nor was he involved in traitorous and traitorous activities. The enemy organization also intended to make Cao Rulin a puppet of the Grain Bureau. He had more or less learned some lessons from the past. He once said: The Japanese eat without restriction, the Chinese manage. How am I supposed to manage? Isn't this not a criticism? In those days the people in Beiping ate a lot of mixed noodles. Once, Cao brought mixed noodle buns to the pseudo North China Administrative Committee and said to Wang Kemin: How can the people swallow such food? Hearing this, Wang Kemin picked up the steamed buns and took a bite, saying: why can you not eat it? The head of the Japanese secret service, Duo Cheng, was very dissatisfied with Cao's non-cooperation. He once accused Cao Why don t you Why don t you step in and help us? What is your plan?
Later in life, Cao Rulin, recalling the May Fourth Movement, said: This happened more than 40 years ago. Looking back, it was good for myself and good for others. Although the three of us were sacrificed in ignorance, it galvanized the patriotism of the majority of the people and ultimately paid off.
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The story of Zhaojialou
Beijing it is not too long history, but it is very famous, because the shocking May Fourth Movement and the burning of Zhaojialou happened here. It this is Zhaojialou a hutong in old Beijing. Why this building was named Zhao's Family remains a mystery. Zhu Yixin wrote in the eleventh year of the Qing dynasty Guangxu Beijing Fangxiang Zhi draft, the then in the Beijing Fangxiang made a detailed examination. Perhaps the Zhao family building was not very famous at that time, and Zhu Yixin did not comment on the owner of the Zhao family building. As the years passed, it became more unknown. It is a small hutong, located at the eastern end of Changchengbei; a street in Beijing. According to the inspection, it has a zigzag U-shaped direction with a total length of no more than 300 meters. After that it divides into two parts. The front part was called the former Zhaojialou Hutong, and the back part was called the latter Zhaojialou Hutong.On May 4, the eastern courtyard of Caojulin Mansion was basically burned down.After the 1950s, the old houses in Cao City were demolished, and a new building was constructed on the original site, which became a guest house for a certain organization. Later, it was changed into the Zhaojialou Hotel, with a door number of No. 1 Zhaojialou in Dongcheng District.
There is no accurate information about when Cao Rulin became Cao Rulin's residence. From memory information, Cao's residence is divided into east and west houses, the west house is a Chinese-style house, and the east house is a western-style bungalow. I have read Cao Shi's memory from September 1918 to the Cao residence to send a letter, I became Cao residence at least 1918 time. In fact, Cao Rulin not only had a residence in Zhaojialou, but also had two concubines with residences in Xilahutong and Xiguan Nongji. My wife and several children, including Cao Shi's parents, moved from Shanghai in the winter of 1918, and they all lived in Zhaojialou.
Along with Cao Rulin, who went to Japan to study, there were also and, both of them from Zhejiang province. he returned to China in 1904 to join the Ministry of Special Economy, where he was honored by the Qing court with the title of schoolmaster. Cao Rulin worked in the Commerce Department of the Ministry of Commerce, then transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the Beiyang period, he became a big official, humiliated his country several times, borrowed money from Japan, and was a participant in the negotiation of the Twenty-One Articles. He was considered pro-Japanese, so Cao Shi was the hardest hit by the May Fourth Movement. What infuriated Cao Rulin most was that the burning of Cao's house was said to have been caused by the rise of bees, that there was a leakage of electricity to start the fire, that Cao's family members were muddling through, and that the newspapers and magazines supporting the sympathetic students' movement had adopted both of these claims. The purpose, of course, was to protect the students from persecution by the authorities. on June 10, President Xu Shichang ordered the expulsion of Cao, Lu and Zhang and denied that the students had burned down Cao's house. When Cao Rulin saw the newspaper in the hospital, he was angry and immediately confronted Xu. At first, he resigned as Minister of Transportation to vent his anger. He remained as the manager of the Bank of Communications after being removed from his post. However, after the May 4 fiasco, he was so irritated that he vowed not to ask about politics anymore and was willing to be an outsider. He first infiltrated the French hospital in Dongjiaominxiang Lane. A day later, I hid in Dongdan Sanjiao Tongren Hospital, still felt unsafe, and moved to Beihai and Round Castle, closed the door to the guests. in the winter of 1919, Cao took refuge in the German Concession in Tianjin. Whenever he and the Song Dynasty poet Dai Shiping described his future aspirations in a poem, his poem was like this: those who are satisfied are always happy, do not ask not to suffer from the Ming Dynasty. How much longer do I have to be silent? It is better to be idle than to labor. Peace of mind is good, but there is nothing higher than playing chess. Wang Xie Xiahou _ merit and fame have a grudge, and strive to be Liu drunk in Ruan. It seems that Cao Rulin takes being a man as his motto. Nevertheless, Cao Rulin's mood has been low. Because although he lived in the rented world, living a life of seclusion, people did not do not forget and forgive him. His son was studying in Nankai, Tianjin, but none of his classmates were willing to sit with him. This Cao Zi had to sit at a separate table. His classmates did not pay attention to him between classes and after school. This situation, Cao Rulin is going to know, and his inner pain can be imagined.
After the remodeling of Zhaojialou, Cao Rulin brought his family back to Beijing, where he still lives. But Cao still lived in Tianjin most of the time. in 1922, he built a new building on Tongjia Road in Dengshikou, with a large theater in the east courtyard and a back door at No. 7 Jianchang Hutong. In November, Cao hosted a banquet for his father and a feast for his guests. Cao directly after taking office, because under the Beiyang Group Transportation Department, close to Anhui, and moved the capital to Tianjin. The Fu Jia Dao Residence was rented to the Danish Minister as a legation, leaving only the backyard, and the home was converted from the back of Arrow Factory Hutong. The home was sold in 1937.
Whether Cao Rulin was at home when Zhaojialou caught fire is a mystery that has not yet been clarified. It is generally believed that Cao was absent by chance, but the students put up a fight. According to later testimony, Cao Rulin had heard that the students were going to make trouble, and secretly discussed how to deal with the students at home with the Japanese Nakagawa Ushiji and police chief Wu Bingxiang. One theory is that Cao Rulin hid in a box on the mezzanine floor of two bedrooms when the students rushed in. However, according to Cao Shi Cao slipped out of the back door, went straight to the kitchen, put on the cook's clothes and fled through the east gate to the French hospital in Dongjom