Yuan Shikai is an important historical figure in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. His experience is very special. At the end of the Qing dynasty, he was like those power officials who deceived the lord in the past dynasties. He even coaxed and deceived the young emperor Pu Yi to abdicate, so that the Qing Dynasty Guo Zuo ended and officially perished, with a strong feudal style.
arrived in the Republic of China Yuan Shikai became the president, and later drove history backwards, trying to claim the emperor and restore the monarchy, but the result attracted national opposition, hastily proclaimed the emperor ended in failure for 83 days, and soon died of illness.
Throughout the history of China, and even looking at the history of the world, there are almost no people who can experience Yuan Shikai. It can be said that his life experience is quite legendary. Of course, Yuan Shikai is also a controversial person.
So today Song Anzhi talks about how much power Yuan Shikai had before the fall of the Qing Dynasty and how he controlled all the military power of the Qing court.
In 1909, the Qing court forced Yuan Shikai to return to his hometown to recuperate on the grounds of "foot illness", which was tantamount to forcibly firing Yuan Shikai.
In fact, Yuan Shikai was already very powerful at the time. The actual power-holder Regent Wang Zaifeng wanted to kill Yuan Shikai at first, but he was afraid of Yuan Shikai's influence, so he just drove him back to his hometown.
After Yuan Shikai returned to Henan, he seemed to be a wild crane, but he did not lose his power completely.
In the military, the generals of the Beiyang Army at all levels are still mostly small-station old people. These people have long formed the mentality of " only knows Yuan Gongbao but not the Qing Dynasty ". The Beiyang generals represented by Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui often went to Henan to visit and ask Yuan Shikai for advice. It can be said that Yuan Shikai's control over the Beiyang Army still exists.
In the court, Yuan Shikai’s ally Xu Shichang was not squeezed out because of Yuan Shikai. Instead, he first released the governor to the outside world, then transferred the book inside, and later became an assistant to the cabinet. At the same time, Cabinet Prime Minister Yi Kou has maintained a close money exchange relationship with Yuan Shikai.
Yuan Shikai’s eldest son, Yuan Keding, is still serving as a member of the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce. He informs Yuan Shikai from time to time and walks around the capital on behalf of Yuan Shikai.
Locally, among the governors of various provinces, Yuan Shikai also has many relatives who are old. It can be said that throughout the empire, Yuan Shikai has military power and a huge network of relationships, which can be described as both soft and hard power.
had such strength, so after the 1911 Revolution broke out and the Qing court was unable to end it, they had to agree to Yuan Shikai’s six conditions and appoint him as the cabinet prime minister to form a responsible cabinet.
After Yuan Shikai arrived in Beijing, obtained the control and dispatch power of various towns in Beiyang and Jiang Guiti of Yijun.
At this time, Yuan Shikai had only one obstacle to complete control of power. That was the Imperial Guard of the Qing court, the only army that the Qing court could rely on and dispatch.
For this, Yuan Shikai only used one trick, which was to obtain the power of the Imperial Guard.
The Imperial Guard actually has three leaders, nominally under the command of the Regent King Zaifeng, and actually by the Regent’s younger brother Zai Tao, the military advisory minister, but Zai Tao is not well versed in military affairs and listens to everything.
At that time, the key to the Imperial Guard was with Zai Tao, so Yuan Shikai used a trick, suggesting that the Qing court, now that the situation is in crisis, should send the royal ministers to the south to set an example, implying that Zai Tao should be conquered by himself. battlefield.
As a relative of the emperor, Zai Tao was naturally afraid of death, so he simply resigned. So Yuan Shikai sent Xu Shichang to succeed the military advisory minister, and Feng Guozhang was appointed to replace the Imperial Guard’s military command. Liangbi naturally Was deprived of the real power to command the Imperial Guard.
In this way, Yuan Shikai just made a small plan and took the last military power of the Qing court that relied on the Imperial Guard in his hands, and completely mastered the power of the Qing court, so in the end, he coaxed and persecuted the Queen Mother Longyu. Agree to the abdication of the little emperor Puyi, accept the preferential treatment conditions of the Qing Dynasty, and thus the Qing Dynasty will subdue, China entered the era of the Republic of China.
After arriving in the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai, a minister in power, turned into the president, opening the controversial history of himself.
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