912, the last emperor Puyi abdicated. Before that, the ruler of the Qing court, Empress Dowager Longyu , negotiated with Yuan Shikai for a long time, and almost accepted his conditions completely, but there was only one thing that Empress Dowager Longyu could not accept.
1 In 1911, an armed riot broke out in Wuchang, Hubei, and those involved in the uprising were determined to overthrow the rule of the Qing government and establish a new country. People of all provinces responded one after another, and the Revolution kicked off.
failed to rule the country behind the curtain and became a sinner
At that time, Empress Dowager Longyu was just preparing to follow the example of Empress Dowager Cixi and ordered Prince Chun to be the regent Zaifeng resigned from her position as Regent. Unexpectedly, she violated Empress Dowager Cixi's will "women are not allowed to interfere in politics". After two months in power, she was forced to sign abdication edict on behalf of the young emperor Puyi, becoming the biggest sinner in the eyes of .
0 days after the Wuchang Uprising, Yuan Shikai was appointed as Prime Minister of the Cabinet. But he is an absolute fence-bearer, and he will fall wherever the wind blows.
Don’t look at the title of Qing court, he is actually working for the newly established revolutionary government in private.
So he put forward a number of conditions, hoping to speed up the process of Puyi's abdication. Empress Dowager Longyu has never been a promising person . She can marry Guangxu Emperor as the empress because she is the daughter of Yehenara and the niece of Empress Dowager Cixi.
Speaking of Yehenara, I have to think that when the Emperor Taizu of Qing Nurhaci was killed by the leader of the Yehe tribe, he was cursed by that leader, saying that you will eventually be destroyed in the hands of the Yehe family. As a result, Empress Dowager Cixi took power and replaced Manchu into a place of doom, just one step away from destruction. After Empress Dowager Longyu took over, the Qing Dynasty ended in her hands.
Cixi Such a strong woman who is skilled has not managed Qing Dynasty , and she has no ability Longyu wants to imitate Cixi, which is even more foolish. She can't beat the scheming Yuan Shikai.
1 On December 6, 1911, Zaifeng officially resigned and left the palace. Empress Dowager Longyu took over the government. The next day, she negotiated with Yuan Shikai in the Yangxin Palace for more than an hour.
Empress Dowager Longyu told Yuan Shikai that everything will depend on you in the future, and then appointed him as the Minister of Peace, who is fully responsible for negotiating with the revolutionary government. After
, Yuan Shikai communicated and passed messages between the two sides to discuss the conditions for the abdication of Xuantong Emperor . The national momentum of demanding the emperor abdication was rising higher and higher, and Empress Dowager Longyu was almost crying.
She summoned the elders of the three dynasties Prince Qing Yi Li and Yuan Shikai and other ministers, and again asked them to do a good job in the emperor's abdication . She said that all the abdication was dependent on her. When the emperor grew up, he would not blame the ministers.
After saying that, Empress Dowager Longyu actually burst into tears, even despising her demeanor. Yuan Shikai has revised the conditions for abdication many times. Even if it is a small modification, Empress Dowager Longyu must carefully review it.
has become a sinner of the Qing Dynasty. She doesn't want to even have the final conditions to be negotiated. It makes A large number of royal members in the Forbidden City cannot live their future lives.
The last shrewdness of the Queen Mother
This weak woman showed her shrewdness at this time. The first thing that came to mind was that the regime was handed over and the court had no source of income. How would such a big family live in the future?
Yuan Shikai conveyed the Queen Mother’s concerns to the government of the Republic of China, and The government of the Republic of China said that they could pay for the money and asked Yuan Shikai to calculate how much money they need every year.
At this time, Yuan Shikai tried hard to express his loyalty to the government of the Republic of China, intending to give Empress Dowager Longyu 3 million yuan. Empress Dowager Longyu has never been willing to give in on this matter, and insisted on price 400 ,000 yuan. In fact, 4 million is not enough for the royal family to spend. However, the Qing court has nothing to say now, so we can only fight for a little more.
Because of her insistence on not giving in, she finally won 4 million yuan in living expenses for the royal family. Sun Yat-sen later used the two emperors of , Yao and Shun, to compare Empress Dowager Longyu, and praised her for abdicating and giving up power for the sake of the people of the world, which is worthy of respect.
912 New Year, Yuan Shikai wrote a letter of abdication and presented it to Empress Dowager Longyu for a look. She took the heavy edict and cried after reading a few lines.
Prince Gong Puwei has always firmly opposed the emperor's abdication and came to meet Empress Dowager Longyu. Empress Dowager Longyu scolded him for not doing his state affairs well. Now he is talking sarcastic, and he does not consider the safety of her and Puyi and her son.
After calming down his emotions, Empress Dowager Longyu did not allow anyone to disturb her again, and she stamped the abdication edict alone in the house with jade seal .
In fact, at that time, it was quite difficult for the Republic of China government to agree to allocate 4 million silver dollars to the Qing Dynasty to provide living expenses. In the last few decades, the Qing government signed so many unequal treaties with the great powers, and everything was full of sky-high compensation. After took over the regime, the debt naturally transferred to the Republic of China government.
. These royal members still did not have the awareness of saving after the fall of the Qing Dynasty. They should spend money as much as possible. When Puyi and Wanrong got married, they spent more than 5 million taels of silver.
Due to the war, the money was not paid on time and in quantity every year. In 1924, Feng Yuxiang launched a coup and no longer wanted to continue to pay for the living expenses. He dived 4 million to 500,000, and drove the royal family out of the palace.
Puyi was desperate and defected to the Japanese, and his living expenses were borne by the Japanese government from then on.
