Yuan Shikai , who had been a leader all his life, called his son to the bedside when he was dying, "Don't go to the funeral, get your gun, and help me kill a traitor." What kind of person was it that made Yuan Shikai die before his death? Still so worried, why would the omnipotent Yuan Shikai ask his son to kill someone when he was dying? Who is this person who is going to be killed? Everything starts with Yuan Shikai himself.
Yuan Shikai
Yuan Shikai was angry: Duan Zhigui I want to wear red clothes at the funeral so that I can go to heaven
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Yuan Shikai made his fortune
Yuan Shikai was born in a family of martial arts practitioners, so he has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and is good at shooting and shooting. The art of war relies on being able to defeat ten thousand enemies. Yuan Shikai did not like to study the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child. He often went around to buy some military-related books. He would lose track of time while reading them, so he was often called a nerd.
Born in a family of military generals, he was keen on fighting with iron horses.
Because he was born in a family of military generals and loved the military, Yuan Shikai was very keen on fighting with soldiers and wanted to gallop on the battlefield. However, he never had the opportunity to show off his skills, so he could only compete with his peers. The children practice martial arts hard and conduct daily military simulations. Since the death of Yuan Shikai's adoptive father, Yuan Shikai settled in Henan and has not received systematic study. His uncle Cong saw that he was so idle, so he rushed him to Beijing to receive education. Yuan Shikai also studied hard for four years and read every day, but he did not get good results. He participated in the provincial examination twice and failed both times. Yuan Shikai, who did not like being imprisoned by the Four Books and Five Classics, tore up all the poems and essays, " A man should be on the battlefield and stabilize the military, how can he be stuck in books and waste time"
Yuan Datou's continuous failure in the imperial examination caused Yuan Shikai to lose confidence in the imperial examination. He did not want to become a gangster, wandering around, let alone continue to take the exam. He recommended himself to the disciple Wu Changqing of Dengzhou, Shandong Province, and began his military career.
Although he likes fighting, it's not that he doesn't like studying, but he is very discouraged by his continuous failure. There were many knowledgeable people under Wu Changqing. Under their guidance, Yuan Shikai also began to prepare for the new provincial examination. But it didn't take long for the peaceful days to change. The war broke out, and Yuan Shikai officially embarked on the road of joining the army. His achievements were obvious to all. Because of this, he became a hero, and his life was also quite interesting. Criticized.
Yuan Shikai had a powerful military force that was only loyal to himself.
In 1905, Yuan Shikai reformed the army. The Beiyang Standing Army was changed to the Beiyang Army. This gave Yuan Shikai a powerful military force that was only loyal to himself. Military power even threatened the power of the royal family to a certain extent. Yuan Shikai himself not only had outstanding military talents, but also was a smooth man. He was good at exerting power in the officialdom and playing around in the officialdom and the court, so he was deeply valued.
Li Hongzhang angrily rebuked Yuan Shikai for running for office.
Bribery was prevalent in the officialdom at that time, because the promotion of local officials was mostly influenced by officials in the capital. Therefore, local officials used their power to rob local people's property at all costs. Some bribed officials in Beijing to seek a higher status. In this way, a gray industry chain was formed in the officialdom. Yuan Shikai relied on his tact and sophistication to manage various relationships, which made him prosperous in officialdom and rich in wealth. In 1901, Yuan Shikai became the governor-general of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, gaining more opportunities to make money. He also had close contacts with the Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Lianying, and was deeply trusted by the Empress Dowager.
Yuan Shikai’s hometown is recovering from illness
As the saying goes, a big tree attracts wind, and a famous person like Yuan Shikai will inevitably be dissatisfied and resented by many people. The later regent Zaifeng was one of them. After Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi passed away one after another, Zaifeng was very dissatisfied with Yuan Shikai, but he did not kill him. Instead, he drove Yuan Shikai back to his hometown, nominally to recuperate.This gave Yuan Shikai a chance to breathe. On the surface, Yuan Shikai was content to take care of his old age and not care about worldly affairs, but in fact he was still the actual controller of the Beiyang Army.
Yuan Shikai lived in seclusion in his hometown
The occurrence of the Wuchang Uprising made Yuan Shikai successfully come back
After the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, it caused a great sensation in the country. Various places responded to the uprising. The status of the Qing government was in danger, but the Qing Dynasty had no one to use. The general, so he quickly sent people to ask Yuan Shikai to lead the troops to suppress it again, and appointed him as the governor of Huguang. Yuan Shikai wanted to get more power, so he refused the Qing court's request, and even privately instructed Feng Guozhang to stand still in order to Negotiations with the Qing Dynasty were made on the condition that the military power of the land and sea armies be given.
Yuan Shikai came out
The Qing court found that the situation was becoming increasingly uncontrollable, and the uprisings sent to suppress it also failed one after another, so they had no choice but to let Yuan Shikai come out. At this time, Yuan Shikai had all military power and was appointed by the Imperial Envoy. However, he was not satisfied at this time. His goal was to rule the country, so he started a tug-of-war with the rebels, and finally in 1912 , became the interim president of the Republic of China.
In 1915, Yuan Shikai signed the "Twenty-One Articles" with Japan, which was humiliating and humiliating the country. He handed over part of our country's territory and rights to foreign invaders, which was simply an act of traitor. After this incident, Yuan Shikai was spurned and reviled from all over the country. Even his own subordinates, Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui, did not want to continue serving under Yuan Shikai. He aroused public outrage. In 1916, Yuan Shikai was already terminally ill. Faced with all kinds of scolding and criticism from outside, Yuan Shikai became furious and became increasingly ill.
The people opposed the "Twenty-One Articles" that had lost power and humiliated the country
Yuan Shikai cursed his adopted son Duan Zhigui: a traitor
At this time, Yuan Shikai's two sons were still arguing over what measures to take to treat the disease, so that Yuan Shikai missed the last step of treatment. Good timing. Yuan Shikai knew that there was no possibility of his recovery, so he told his son about his funeral. Considering that there were so many people who hated him, and in order to prevent himself from being dug out for revenge in the future, he decided to take a preemptive strike. He asked his son not to go to the funeral after his death. He hid his pistol in his mourning clothes and shot a man in red on the spot. That man was a traitor!
And this so-called traitor is Yuan Shikai's adopted son Duan Zhigui. Is this a misunderstanding or a conspiracy? Let’s first talk about Duan Zhigui. Duan Zhigui was an extremely smooth man. When he saw that Yuan Shikai was getting rich, he took the initiative to curry favor with Yuan Shikai and offered countless beauties to Yuan Shikai to satisfy Yuan Shikai's lustful heart. Not only that, Duan Zhigui went to pay respects to Yuan Shikai every day. Everyone knew Duan Zhigui's face and intentions. Yuan Shikai was so smart, so he naturally knew it. Therefore, Duan Zhigui had not been doing well and was not reused by Lao Yuan.
Duan Zhigui, known as the street gangster
Duan Zhigui (1869-March 22, 1925), was born in Hefei, Anhui, with the courtesy name Xiangyan. Graduated from Beiyang Military Academy . He has successively served as the commander of the third town of the Army and the general counselor of the Supervision and Training Department. After the Wuchang Uprising, he was appointed by Yuan Shikai as the commander of the right wing of the Wuwei Guards and appointed as the governor of Huguang. After the founding of the Republic of China, he served as the commander-in-chief in Beijing, commanding the army and the Right Army of the Armed Guards. He succeeded him as the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard Army and the governor of Chahar. In 1913, he was appointed as the Xuanfu envoy to Jiangxi and the commander of the First Army. The following year, he was appointed governor of Hubei Province. In 1915, he was appointed general of the Central Military Commission of Fengtian, and concurrently served as patrol envoy. Soon, the generals of the fourteen provinces jointly submitted a secret report to Yuan Shikai to support the imperial system. In 1917, he followed Duan Qirui in his crusade against Zhang Xun, and served as the commander of the Gyeonggi garrison and the chief of the army. In 1919, he was appointed commander of the Gyeonggi Garrison. The following year, he served as the commander-in-chief of the Anhui clique's former enemies in the direct-Anhui war. He later died of illness in Tianjin.
However, as time went by, Yuan Shikai's attitude towards Duan Zhigui became relatively relaxed, so Yuan Shikai asked Duan Zhigui if he was so filial to his parents. Duan Zhigui was so smart that he immediately understood the reason and said: "Although my parents were kind to me in giving birth to children, you are kind to me in terms of reincarnation. In my heart, your status is the same as that of my father, so I What do these daily greetings count for?" So Yuan Shikai accepted his adopted son, and Duan Zhigui also benefited a lot from Yuan Shikai's power, and even became the chief office of the Tianjin Southern Section Police Station.
But he was as smart as Duan Zhigui. He knew that flowers would never bloom for a hundred days and that Yuan Shikai's tree would attract people's attention and he would already be hated by others. Therefore, he had to plan for himself early, so he planned the very famous Qing court scandal "Yang Cuixi Case".
Yang Cuixi Case
"Yang Cuixi Case"
Yang Cuixi Case occurred in the 32nd year of Guangxu (1906). The Qing government was preparing to change Northeast China into a provincial system. , it sent Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce to carry out the investigation, and Minister of Patrol Department Xu Shichang and other customs clearance inspections. Zai and Xu passed by Tianjin and were waited on by Duan Zhigui, a member of Yuan Shikai's party and the general office of the Tianjin Southern Section Patrol Bureau. Once Zai Zhen went to watch a play in Tianjin Grand View Garden and saw Tianjin actress Yang Cuixi. He was amazed and full of praise. Duan Zhigui then bought Yang Cuixi for twelve thousand gold and dedicated it to Zai Zhen.
In the 33rd year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1907), the Qing government reformed the official system and established governors in Fengtian, Jilin, and Heilongjiang provinces, who were respectively held by Tang Shaoyi, Zhu Jiabao, and Duan Zhigui. In March, Wang Kangnian's "Beijing News" published an article disclosing the matter, causing a sensation in the capital. On May 7 of that year, Qu Hongyu disciple and censor Zhao Qilin impeached Duan Zhigui for offering a singing prostitute to Zai Zhen, and was appointed governor of Heilongjiang.
Empress Dowager Cixi ordered Sun Jianai to conduct a thorough investigation. Zai Zhen urgently dismissed Yang Cuixi, but Sun Jia Nai returned to investigate and found no evidence. On the 16th, Zhao Qilin was dismissed from his post and investigated for "untrue impeachment", which caused an uproar in public opinion. The Qing government had to remove Duan Zhigui from his position, and Zai Zhen also resigned to apologize. On June 17, Yun Yuding, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, under the instruction of Yi Kuan, participated in the concert and co-organized the bachelor's degree, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Minister of Military Aircraft Qu Hongqi secretly communicated with the "Beijing News" newspaper office for selfish purposes and defrauded him. Hongyu was dismissed from his post and returned to his hometown, and the Beijing News was ordered to cease publication.
Yang Cuixi is a famous actress in Tianjin. Duan Zhigui asked Yang Cuixi to perform for Zai Zhen. Zai Zhen fell in love with her on the spot. However, due to their status, they could not get along with each other. So Duan Zhigui bought Yang Cuixi with the help of local land gentry and dedicated it to Zai Zhen. So Duan Zhigui became the governor of Heilongjiang. In the Qing Dynasty, power and sex transactions were prohibited. He was soon reported, and Yuan Shikai intervened to save Duan Zhigui's position.
Yuan Shikai's funeral
Yuan Shikai was seriously ill. He knew that his adopted son would definitely rebel after his death, so Yuan Shikai asked his eldest son to kill Duan Zhigui to avoid future troubles. Yuan Shikai asked Duan Zhigui to wear red clothes at the funeral so that he could go to heaven, and Duan Zhigui repeatedly agreed. Shortly after Yuan Shikai's death, Duan Zhigui defected to Duan Qirui's home. Perhaps he was afraid of the doubts from the outside world, so he finally came to the funeral. On the day of the funeral, several coffins were set off at the same time. No one knew where Yuan Shikai was buried. On this day, Yuan Shikai's eldest son also saw Duan Zhigui, so he drew his gun and shot him.
Yuan Shikai's life is legendary and despised. He went against the times, went against the trend of historical development, and went against the will of the people. Therefore, he did not receive unanimous praise from people throughout his life.
