On this day 112 years ago, July 31, 1913 (June 28, 1913 lunar calendar), Yuan Shikai appointed Xiong Xiling as Prime Minister of State. Xiong Xiling, the first prime minister of the Republic of China, was named Bingsan, a layman from Shuangqing in the evening, a person from Zhengan Town (now Lujiang Town) in Fenghuang County, known as Xiong Fenghuang. Born in the ninth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1870). As a child, he was diligent and studious. When he was five years old, he read a "Three Character Classic" and could recite it in only three or four days. In the fourteenth year of Guangxu (1888), Xi Ling entered the scripture hall of Yuanshui School to study. Once, the teacher used "Planting potted flowers and exploring the news of spring and autumn" as the upper part, so that all students answered correctly. After a little thought, Xi Ling responded to "Chis Due to his excellent academic performance, he was deeply valued by Zhu Qiyi, the prefect of Shenzhou, and was sent to Changsha Xiangshui School for study. In the 17th year of Guangxu, he applied for the township examination, and he was recruited in the middle. In the following year, he was a tribute scholar and was called a "Hunan prodigy". In the 20th year of Guangxu, he was a scholar in the middle of the dynasty and was awarded a shushu. After the Sino-Japanese War, the Qing court signed the "Shimonoseki Treaty" with Japan, which humiliated the country. Xiong Xiling wrote many times against it, so he angered Empress Dowager Cixi and was dismissed and returned to Hunan. In the 23rd year of Guangxu, he served as the prime minister of the Current Affairs School in Changsha, advocating science and paying attention to current affairs. At the same time, he founded the Hunan Daily with Tan Sitong, Liang Qichao, Tang Caichang and other organizations In the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu, the Wuxu Reformation failed, the Qing court searched for the Restoration Party members, the Current Affairs School and the "Xiangbao" were forced to suspend operation, and Xiong Xiling was also punished by "dismissal without using the water, and handed over to the local officials to strictly control". Since then, he has disappeared in Hengyang and Yuanzhou (Zhijiang), studying behind closed doors. At that time, it happened that Tang Caichang failed to launch an independent uprising in Hankou. All those who participated in the uprising in Xiangxi fled to Yuanzhou, Xiong Xiling secretly funded. After the party ban became looser and the control was lifted, Xiling went to Japan to investigate and educate. In the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu, he was hired by Zhu Qiyi, the prefect of Changde, to host the Changde Normal School, Changde West Road Normal School and Changde Middle School. In the thirty-first year of Guangxu, he went overseas to inspect the constitutional government with Duanfang and other five ministers After returning to China the following year, he still returned to Hunan to run a school, and ran a porcelain school in Xuantong. In the first year of Xuantong (1909), he served as the financial supervisor of the three eastern provinces, and the next year he served as the envoy of Fengtian Salt Transportation. After the Revolution of 1911, he supported the Republic and joined the United Party and the Republican Party successively. He was one of the leaders of the Progressive Party. He called Yuan Shikai to urge him to change his political attitude. After Yuan Shikai became the president, Xiong Xiling served as the chief financial officer and the governor of Rehoboth. In the second year of the Republic of China (July 31, 1913), he served as the prime minister of state. In February of the third year of the Republic of China, Xiong Xiling resigned. In March, he was appointed by Yuan Shikai as the national oil mine supervisor of the Senate. In the summer and autumn of the 6th year of the Republic of China (1917), the flood in the Jinglu area was serious. Xiong Xiling was in charge of supervising the aftermath of the flood river workers, and presided over fundraising, relief to the victims, and advocated the establishment of the Salesian Bureau in Beijing. In the 7th year of the Republic of China, Xiangshan Jingyi Garden was changed to Salesian Hospital to adopt and educate the homeless and poor children who were affected by the disaster. Xiong Xiling was in charge of all the hospital affairs for 20 years. He also engaged in various social welfare undertakings, serving as the chairperson of the China Education Improvement Society and the president of the Chinese Federation of the Private International Committee of the Red Cross. In the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Xiong went to Shanghai from Peiping to be responsible for the rescue work in the field. After the fall of Shanghai, he wanted to return to Evaluation: Comrade Mao Zedong once commented on Xiong Xiling: "If a person does good deeds for the people, the people will not forget him. Xiong Xiling has done many good deeds." Premier Zhou Enlai once appraised: "Xiong Xiling was the first-class talent in Yuan Shikai's era and was the Premier of the Cabinet. I remember Xiong Xiling very clearly after reading it."