TV series " Awakening Era " opens with a conversation between Yuan Shikai in the presidential palace. The content of the conversation is that the Yuan government is preparing to sign the "Twenty-One" with the Japanese. There are 3 people talking, Yuan Shikai, Liang Shiyi, and Cao Rulin .
At that time, Liang Shiyi was appointed Secretary-General of the Presidential Office and Cao Rulin was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Cao Rulin was beaten up as a traitor during the May Fourth Movement, and everyone was impressed. In comparison, Liang Shiyi's name may be relatively unfamiliar. In fact, Liang Shiyi was truly a legendary figure in the late Qing Dynasty and even in the political arena of the Republic of China.
Liang Shiyi is from Guangzhou. He has rich experience in studying abroad when he was young. He was a classmate of Liang Qichao . In 1894, 25-year-old Liang Shiyi passed the imperial examination and entered the political arena of the Qing Dynasty. In 1901, Empress Dowager Cixi, who returned to the capital after experiencing the Boxer Incident, learned from her mistakes and decided to implement the "New Policy". One of the measures of the new policy was to restore the abolished economic special department. Liang Shiyi was sponsored by Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, and participated in the first pre-Economic Special Economic Department examination held in 1903. He achieved the first place and became the most remarkable top scorer. At that time, the second place was Yangdu , and he also participated in the exam through Zhang Zhidong .
html What I never expected was that Liang Shiyi, the top scholar, became a victim of the fight between gods before he could wear it. The then Minister of Military Affairs Qu Hongji and Zhang Zhidong were political enemies, and they were incompatible. Seeing Liang Shiyi and Yang Du, the top scorer and second-place winner of Zhang Zhidong, appearing in the limelight, Qu Dajunji was unhappy and secretly did something bad, and went to Empress Dowager Cixi to sue. Qu Dajunji was a veteran in the officialdom and caught Empress Dowager Cixi's psychology as soon as he opened his mouth. He made up randomly and said: Liang Shiyi is Liang Qichao's brother, who is from the same county as Sun Wen , and the same name as the last word of Kang Youwei (name Zuyi), is Liang's head and Kang's tail, and his heart must be different. Empress Dowager Cixi has been tossed by Kang Liang's reformist and Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party in recent years. Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and Sun Yat-sen are both from Guangdong. Now there is another Guangdong native Liang Shiyi who has passed the top scorer and will become a high-ranking official in the court in the future. If these Guangdong people are colluding together, wouldn't it be my life? If it doesn't work, I will be expelled! In this way, Liang Shiyi, the top scholar in the economic special department, was inexplicably "blacked".
The subjects were "blacked" in that subject were not only Liang Shiyi, but also Yang Du, Wang Guojun and others. Because Yang Du was a student of Liang Qichao, he was not relieved of being removed from the list, so he was wanted and forced to go into exile in Japan. Wang Guojun was originally a good name, and it was reasonable to explain that he shouldered the heavy responsibility of the country, but when he arrived at , Cixi and , he became a homonym of "the deceased king". It was too unlucky, so he took it away. This Wang Guojun is not very famous in the history of the Republic of China. Let’s take a look at a heavyweight figure in the history of the Republic of China Tan Yankai . Tan Yankai participated in the 1904 scientific examination, which was held to celebrate Cixi's 70th birthday. Tan won the first place in the imperial examination, that is, Huiyuan. After the palace examination, Cixi personally included the top three. Tan Yankai was originally the most powerful candidate for the top scholar, but when Empress Dowager Cixi saw that this person was from Hunan, she was the same surname as Tan Sitong , one of the Six Gentlemen of Wuxu , and was directly down from first place in first place to second place in second place. The corruption of the Qing Dynasty can be seen from this. Liang Shiyi, Yang Du, Tan Yankai and others were indeed outstanding people at the time, and the Qing court could not tolerate it. In fact, they were cultivating grave diggers for themselves.
The Qing court did not keep his master and had his own way of staying with him. Liang Shiyi, who could not be an official in the court, was taken to the tent by Yuan Shikai. Objectively speaking, from the small station to the military training, until the Governor of Zhili and the Minister of Beiyang in the Qing Dynasty, during this period, Yuan Shikai's vision of knowing talents, elegance of loving talents, ambition of talents, and the strength of using talents were far beyond the reach of people. For a moment, Yuan Shikai's account was full of strategists and fierce generals. Many of the storms of the Republic of China, whether in the political, military, economic, or cultural circles, came from Yuan's account. The aforementioned Liang Shiyi, Yang Du, Tan Yankai and others were just representatives.
Liang Shiyi, who worked under Yuan Shikai's tent, got into the water. The turbulent times of the country became the golden age for Liang Shiyi to achieve his career.He successively runs bookstores, postal services, banks, and railways. These are pioneering undertakings. With the development of the economy and society, these undertakings have become important areas related to national security and the lifeline of the economy. Liang Shiyi's status, influence and voice have rapidly improved.
After the success of the Xinhai Revolution, Yuan Shikai forced the Qing emperor to abdicate and engage in peace talks between the north and the south. Liang Shiyi was both core figures and played a key role. The top scholar who was "blacked" by the Qing court turned around and killed the Qing court and became the secretary-general of the President of the Republic of China.
