Chapter 267 The rain comes (4)

Prince Qing Yikuang returned to the palace from the palace. Before he could sit firmly, Yuan Shikai, who had received the news, visited Mén.

Yuan Shikai, whose courtesy name is Weiting, was born in September 1859. He is one of the most controversial figures in Chinese history.

Yuan Shikai was aware of the current affairs, was determined to be a firm person, quick to do things, brave to fight, and good at training troops. He was considered a famous politician and military strategist.

In 1884, Yuan Shikai led his army to pacify North Korea's Jiashen Movement, repelled Japan's infiltration into North Korea, crushed Japan's attempt to seize North Korea during the Sino-French War, and delayed the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War.

At the same time, Yuan Shikai also asked Emperor Gaozong of Korea to welcome the imperial envoy of the Supreme People's Republic of China in accordance with the etiquette of the vassal state, and once again clarified the vassal relationship between the Qing Dynasty and North Korea.

Therefore, Yuan Shikai, who was only 26 years old, made great contributions and was named "Minister of the Prime Minister of North Korea in Business Affairs". He was a third-rank Taoist sect, and influenced the political situation of North Korea and became the supreme emperor of North Korea.

With such ability and achievements, Yuan Shikai became famous and gradually became relied on by the Qing court.

Since 1895, Yuan Shikai has spent several years training and established China's first modern new army.

From then on, Yuan Shikai's career was smooth sailing and soaring, becoming the leading military and political figure in the late Qing Dynasty, and was watched by all forces.

After the outbreak of Xinhai*, Yuan Shikai strengthened the army and was elected as the first president of the Republic of China.

During Yuan Shikai's reign, he advocated building China into a strong country and creating a strong central government. He actively developed industry, unified the currency system, and maintained China's sovereignty over ancient times and Tibet.

Yuan Shikai also established a modern judicial and educational system, and was kind-hearted and took good care of disabled people such as deaf and dumb.

The one that Yuan Shikai was criticized the most by later generations was the "Twenty-One" signed by Yuan Shikai's political fu.

"Twenty-one Articles" are unilateral treaties imposed on China by Japanese imperialism with the purpose of annexation of China.

However, looking at the "Twenty-One Articles", we can see that most of its contents are facts that already exist. Without the strength to defeat Japan, it cannot be changed at all.

In addition, since the country is divided by imperialist countries, conditions such as "all coastal harbors and islands in China are not rented or given to other countries" are impossible to achieve.

It can be seen from this that whether or not signing a contract is not only harmful to the reputation of the parties, but also does not hinder the overall situation.

Moreover, after signing the contract, Yuan Shikai also stated that the treaty was forced to agree to due to a Japanese ultimatum, and no successive Chinese politics have recognized it as a valid treaty.

Another controversial one is Yuan Shikai’s issue of becoming emperor.

For those bourgeois magistrates who talk about democracy, Yuan Shikai wisely believed that "the people's political understanding is still in the naive era."

In fact, Yuan Shikai's reign title "Hong Xian" means promoting the Constitution.

At that time, those who advocated the constitutional monarchy of Yuan Shikai were powerful social figures such as Yang Du, Yan Fu and Liu Shipei.

These knowledgeable people believe that constitutional monarchy is more suitable for China's national conditions.

In comparison, monarchy is better than republics, while constitutional monarchy is not inconsistent with democratic republics, and a country without an emperor may not be able to implement democracy.

Britain, Japan and other countries are all constitutional systems of monarchy, which is a de facto democratic system, and constitutional monarchy is a political system that is completely worth choosing.

Therefore, the issue of the parliament at that time was very clear, which was to change the state system and implement constitutional monarchy.

If Yuan Shikai could stabilize the situation and solve the food problems of the people after becoming emperor, then he could firmly sit in the throne.

Then, if Yuan Shikai lie on firewood and tastes gall, establishes a strong army, wait for the opportunity to defeat imperialist countries such as Japan, and build China into a world power.

By doing this, Yuan Shikai will become the eternal emperor who will be remembered in history.

Unfortunately, after hard work, Yuan Shikai finally failed.

As the saying goes, success is the king and defeat the enemy

From then on, Yuan Shikai was whipped into a reactionary, backward, and a "thief stealing country" who was planning to restore the country.

At this time, Yuan Shikai was deprived of military power and served as the Minister of Military Affairs in the center. He was under special surveillance by Manchu day and night, and his life was very unsatisfactory and comfortable.

Therefore, the old demon queen Cixi, who had been sick for several days, suddenly summoned Prince Qing Yikuang and other princes to discuss matters. Yuan Shikai rushed to Prince Qing Yikuang's palace to find out the latest news.

After seeing the gift with Prince Qing Yikuang and Yikuang's son Zai Zhen, Yuan Shikai first gave him a silver note of 50,000 taels, chatted and laughed for a few words, and then asked: "Prince, I heard that the Lady Buddha has been feeling unwell recently and suddenly summoned him today. I wonder what is important?"

Yikuang did not hide it, and smiled and told Yuan Shikai about Cixi's worries.

"Hahaha" After hearing Yi Kuang's words, Zai Zhen laughed and said, "God of Lafayette is old and cannot help but be scared. He farts a few times in a small place overseas, and he is also shocked."

"You must not be so rude." Yi Kuang agreed deeply, but he still glared at Zai Zhen on the surface and scolded softly.

"Weiting, your news has always been well-informed. Tell me the truth, are those people who have transformed into the outside world threatening me to the Qing Dynasty?" Yikuang asked Yuan Shikai casually.

Yuan Shikai had his own intelligence organization. Faced with an unprecedented public opinion offensive of a powerful enemy hidden in the dark, he had already felt that the situation was worrying and extremely bad.

However, for a hero like Yuan Shikai, this is also a good opportunity to return early to command the army.

Manchus like Tieliang, who claimed to be outstanding military geniuses, were able to replace Yuan Shikai's position in charge of the army only because of the needs of the Qing Dynasty's rule.

As the saying goes, there is no general in Shu, and Liao Hua is the vanguard. Faced with Yuan Shikai's training and feeding the new army with money, Tieliang, who was very ambitious and talented, had no solution at all and could not take the new army to his own use.

Therefore, when Yikuang said that the old demon queen Cixi attached so much importance to the crisis, Yuan Shikai said in a jealous way: "Prince, Lao Fu is very worried. As far as I know, the Lanfang Republican Army led by Chen Hao not only defeated hundreds of thousands of Indonesian troops, but also wiped out the Dutch colonial army several times. The strength cannot be scrutinized."

"What? Is this true?" When Yikuang, who heard that Lan Fang's Republican Army had such a record, did not care about current affairs and only knew how to make money, Zai Zhen and his son changed drastically.

"No false words" Yuan Shikai said righteously: "Now the people's grievances in the country are boiling, and the people are being treated with scheming from those who are interested, and there are very high calls for Lan Fang's Republican Army to return to China.

Moreover, although the recent uprising in China has become much calmer, the number of bandits composed of muddy tutors that rob the rich and help the poor has suddenly increased."

When talking about the bandits, Zai Zhen said angrily: "Mr. Yuan, bandits near Baoding have been so rampant recently. My goods have been robbed several times. What's going on? The local area cannot control it. I ask your army to go to suppress the bandits. Why hasn't it been effective yet?"

Yuan Shikai smiled bitterly and said, "Now I don't care about the army, so I still have to ask Tieliang and Tie Shangshu about this matter. Alas, Baoding Mansion is so close to Beijing City, and there are so many bandits there, which really needs to attract our attention."

However, when he said this, Yuan Shikai was thinking: Humph, without my old Yuan's order, the new army would not listen to Tieliang's greetings, and would only be perfunctory about the orders. Therefore, those bandits were so rampant, otherwise they would have wiped out the bandits long ago.

Yuan Shikai accused Tieliang of accusations, which aroused the dissatisfaction of Yikuang and his son with Tieliang, and then said goodbye.

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