Yuan Shikai finished his fortune-telling.
Brief introduction of Yuan Shikai: How did the treacherous Yuan Shikai play with the Qing court?
After Yuan Shikai was driven out of Beijing, he did not return to his hometown Xiangcheng, Henan, because Yuan Shikai was impeached by court ministers when he was governor of Shandong in Gengzi. Therefore, Yuan Shikai took out his eldest brother, Yuan Shidun, who was then a battalion official, to take the rap. As a result, Yuan Shidun, who was already the alternate magistrate, was ruined by Yuan Shikai.
After Yuan Shidun returned to Xiang's hometown, he couldn't help but bear a grudge. A few years later, Yuan Shikai's biological mother, Liu, passed away, but Yuan Shikai's request to bury her biological mother in the ancestral cave was firmly rejected by her father, Yuan Shidun (native place), on the grounds that her biological mother could not be buried in the cave. On the surface, Yuan Shidun's reason for not giving face to his younger brother, who is already a red man in the imperial court, seems to be to maintain family rules and humble himself, but the real reason is probably the past. Yuan Shidun obviously wanted to embarrass the younger brother who ruined his future and give him a bad breath. As a result, yuan brothers fell out completely. In a rage, Yuan Shikai vowed never to return to his hometown in Xiangcheng. But now Beijing can't control him, and his hometown is embarrassed to go back. Yuan Shikai later had to buy a house in the north bank of Zhangde Huanshui, Henan Province, where he lived in seclusion.
During his retirement, Yuan Shikai's daily life was very regular: he went out for a walk early in the morning and then played chess with his relatives and friends; Or sing poetry and make wine with some visiting literati to pass the lonely time. At that time, a famous article was published in Oriental Magazine. Fishing map? Yuan Shikai used this to express his intention to live in seclusion in the mountains and stay in the world. But judging from that picture, although Yuan Shikai wore a hat and held a fishing rod, his eyes seemed to be closed and he seemed to be divorced from his official career. However, when he gazed at it thoughtfully, he vaguely looked like Jiang Taigong fishing. Actually? Retired? Yuan Shikai, a post-Yuan Shikai, seems to be at peace with the world, wandering between mountains and rivers, but in fact he is always paying attention to the trend of Beijing. Not far from Yuan Shikai's bedroom, there is an inconspicuous little room, which is the most modern and core place in the room: the telegraph office. When he left Beijing, Yuan Shikai specially brought back a small radio station, which was self-evident. Through the telegraph office, Yuan Shikai's relatives and friends, the subordinate generals of Beiyang Army, and his cronies and minions who had been placed in the powerful departments can keep close contact with him in time and report all the details of the outside world to him. Through this channel, Yuan Shikai knew what was going on in the world without leaving home. He is not in North Korea, but everything is under control.
It is said that Yuan Shikai couldn't bear loneliness for a while, and asked a famous local blind man to tell his fortune. The blind man told him that the official star would move in August of 19 1 1 year. When the news of Wuchang Uprising came, the opportunity really came. Sure enough, Wuchang Yiqi, Shanxi, Hunan and other provinces responded one after another, and the alarms of the governors of other provinces also flew directly to the court like snowflakes, asking for more troops to prevent accidents. After receiving these alarms, Regent Zai Feng suddenly became at a loss and had to hastily convene a group of cabinet ministers for discussion. These people in the royal cabinet, old and young, eat, drink, talk and laugh whenever they have time; It's good to be serious. You look at me one by one, and I look at you, looking at each other, helpless. Zai Feng, the regent, saw this scene, his hands and feet were cold with anger, and he almost shed tears.
Wang Ziyi, the oldest in Qing Dynasty, had to come out to break the awkward silence. Lao Qing said that if you want to sponsor a person, you can definitely get rid of the revolutionary party. Old celebration don't say, said Zai Feng's feet hurt. Who do you think he insured? Isn't it Yuan Shikai who was driven back to his hometown? Zai Feng after listening to the old celebration, silent for a long time, but hey didn't answer. Lao Qing was anxious and said that Yuan Shikai was not needed, and he was afraid that the Qing Dynasty would be finished. ?
Do you hear me? Is it over? 2 words, Zai Feng unavoidably a tingle. In desperation, he had to have the cheek to send someone to invite Yuan Shikai. Three days later, Yi Kuang's personal letter was sent to Huanshang Village on the condition that Yuan Shikai be the governor of Huguang. To tell the truth, the attraction of the small governor of Huguang to Yuan Shikai is really not very great. You know, Yuan Shikai was already governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang as early as ten years ago. What is this little governor of Huguang? According to Yuan Shikai's asking price, it should be at least the position of prime minister he deserved a few years ago.
So, what does Yuan Shikai say about himself? Old foot disease, still not cured? And recently? Sudden cold in autumn, excessive phlegm and asthma, such as fever, is beneficial to dizziness, palpitation and trance? Rejected the proposal of the Qing court. Yuan Shikai's excuse can be described as grandiose: Didn't he use Zai Feng that year? Foot disease? Did you kick me out of Beijing for this name? Ok, can I give you one now? Deal with a man as he deals with you? , first out of the chest this evil spirit. Yuan Shikai can take his time, but not here in the Qing court. Regent Zai Feng looked around. Military adviser Zai Tao, the Secretary of the Navy and his two younger brothers were young and dear, so how can they clean up the current situation? As for Yin Chang, the secretary of the army who was ordered to counter-insurgency, although he had studied in Germany and at least knew a little about military affairs, he never commanded the army, let alone fought.
It is said that when Yin Chang led the army to Hubei, he wore robes and mandarin jackets, but military boots on his feet. He's just a guy. Three don't like it? . At this moment, someone nearby congratulated him on his appointment, and Yin Chang frowned and said, Oh! What are you celebrating? I don't have any soldiers under my command. The imperial court asked me to fight in Dushi, Hubei. Do you think I should punch or kick? ? With foresight, most of Beiyang Army is Yuan Shikai's old headquarters: it goes without saying that he is Feng's subordinate. Chun-Li, the third coordinator of the sixth town, Wang Zhanyuan, the third coordinator of the second town, and Chen Guangyuan, the eighth coordinator of the fourth town, refused to use their lives, and Yin Chang could not command a one-man army. In the case of military emergency, Zai Feng had to send Yuan Shikai's old friend and cabinet assistant Xu Shichang to Huanshang Village to see what medicine Yuan Shikai really wanted in the gourd. Yuan Shikai didn't say much nonsense when he saw that he was an acquaintance. Has he proposed now? Convene Congress, organize a responsible cabinet, and command the military forces of the land and sea forces? Wait until six o'clock, or you'll never get out of the mountain. In desperation, the Qing court could only accept six demands in full. Yuan Shikai reluctantly set out from Zhangde, Henan Province and went to Dushi, Hubei Province. When Yuan Shikai came out, the performance of Beiyang Army was really different, and Hankou was quickly captured. Later, Yuan Shikai returned to Beijing and formed a new cabinet that was completely obedient to himself. Just when the Qing court expected Yuan Shikai to destroy the Wuhan Revolutionary Army as soon as possible, Yuan Shikai suddenly stopped fighting. In Yuan Shikai's view, the situation at that time was not only a problem in Wuhan, but a general trend of the provinces falling apart. Even if the revolutionary army in Wuhan can be wiped out, how can the revolutionary parties in other provinces deal with it? What's more, Yuan Shikai knew clearly that the Qing court didn't trust him. What will be his fate once he gets through the difficulties? Now is a godsend. He has to think for himself.
At this time, Yuan Shikai has been tempered into steel, refined and sophisticated, and will never easily obey the orders of the Qing court, nor will he casually echo the wishes of the revolutionary party. What he wants to do is to rely on the Beiyang army in his hands to manipulate it. On the one hand, he threatened the Qing court with the revolutionary army, on the other hand, he threatened the revolutionary army with the power of the Qing court, even coaxed and frightened, and played and pulled, playing with the revolutionary army and the Qing court at the palm of his hand. It is said that Yuan Shikai once told such a story to the aides at that time. He said, gentlemen, do you know how to pull up trees? It is impossible for special forces to pull * * *; If you twist it too much, the tree will definitely break. There is only one way, that is, shake it from side to side to loosen the soil at the root and lift it without great effort. Qing dynasty is a big tree, which is more than 200 years old. Pulling out this big and old tree is not an easy task. Revolutionaries are all powerful young people who don't know how to pull up trees. A constitutional monarch knows how to pull up trees but has no strength. Today, I suddenly went in and out, just shaking the tree. The tree will soon die after the soil is loose. ?
After Hankou was captured, Yuan Shikai sent his close friend Cai Tingkan to Wuchang to test the revolutionaries. However, due to the great differences between the two sides and the long-term unsuccessful negotiations, Yuan Shikai decided to take military action again to combat the morale of the revolutionary army. Subsequently, Beiyang army stormed Hanyang and quickly captured Hanyang. At present, when Feng, the commander of the army, was ready to win Wuchang in one fell swoop, Yuan Shikai ordered a temporary truce, which made Feng incomprehensible. So Feng sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai, saying? Wuchang is within reach, now or never? , and ordered to continue shelling Wuchang, did not give up the attack.
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Yuan Shikai flew into a rage and sent seven telegrams in succession, ordering Feng to stop attacking immediately. In order to prevent Feng from ruining his own good deeds, Yuan Shikai transferred him back to Beijing and appointed another confidant, Duan, as the commander-in-chief of his former enemy. After all, Feng is just a soldier. He doesn't know much about politics, and he doesn't know that his coach Yuan is actually balancing the game between the Qing court and the revolutionary party. Sure enough, Yuan Shikai finally used superb political skills, without a single soldier, to catch the royal family, including Regent Zai Feng, and drove them out of the court. Finally, he induced Yulong to sign the abdication letter of the Qing emperor, which finally ended the history of the Qing dynasty for more than 200 years.