The Republic is so violent

Chapter 106
On the night of the 29th, when the envoys were enjoying themselves, they heard gunshots erupting outside Dong'anmen, on Qianmen Street, and the flames shot into the sky.The envoys rushed to grab their shorts and socks, and ran towards the nearby Liuguo Hotel. There were foreign soldiers stationed there, no matter what kind of vicious soldiers, if they saw foreigners, they would be assholes and fight to avoid them.

The envoys fled, and the rebels began looting and smashing the shops.In Zhugan Lane inside Chaoyang Gate, Wang Wen, a member of the Du branch, lived. His position was equivalent to that of a civil servant in the Ministry of Finance. The whole family had already fallen asleep when they heard someone banging on the door outside.When I opened the door, there were 15 rebels standing outside. When Wang Wen opened the door, all the rebels spoke with a Shandong accent, and said: We were forced to make trouble this time. If you always have spare money, lend us some money. , we live in Caozhou Mansion, Shandong, and if you come to our small area again and again in a few days, we will definitely repay you twice, this time I am really sorry.After finishing speaking, the silly soldiers all grinned and giggled.

Wang Wen said: A certain family is a well-known poor official in the capital, and he has no money in his life, but his salary has just been paid today. Since you have difficulties, let's spend it first.

All the soldiers thanked him endlessly, took the money bag and left.In the middle of the night, the soldiers came back again, still banging on the door.This time Wang Wen didn't dare to open the door. He hid in the door and said, "Isn't the money bag already given to you?"Why are you back again?

The silly soldier outside replied: We came back to tell you that we are not robbing, but borrowing, so I will give you something small... Just then there was a flicker, and a package was thrown from outside the wall, scaring Wang Wen to hurry Lie down on the ground, it took a while to get up, went to open it, and saw more than a dozen pairs of socks inside the package.

These chaotic soldiers are really real.

There is a foreign goods factory in Sanlihe, Xicheng. A few days before the mutiny, soldiers came to buy things. There were many things to buy, but the soldiers did not have enough money.At that time, the owner of the store was also thinking about it, so he said: Take the goods, and forget about the money. Now there are revolutions all over the country, only Beijing is still quiet. After all, you are protecting us. Thank you soldiers.

The soldiers thanked them and left with the goods on their shoulders.On the day of the mutiny, some street hooligans called a group of soldiers and said: This foreign goods factory is the richest, everyone go and grab it.All the soldiers swarmed up and were about to rob, when suddenly another group of soldiers rushed over, stopped in front of the store with guns, and shouted: "This store is the best for our soldiers. Whoever dares to rob it, I will protect it with all my might." .

As a result, the entire Sanlihe area was robbed, but this shop was safe and sound.

06 Fighting in Four Townships
In fact, the mutiny in Beijing is just a general statement. At that time, as far as Tongzhou in the south and Baoding in the north, Beiyang soldiers all rushed out of the barracks and ransacked wantonly.The most vicious of them were the Baoding soldiers. After looting the little Baoding, the rebels discussed with each other: Anyway, we have already made a revolution, or we should carry the revolution to the end, rush to Beijing, and liberate the whole of China!

After the discussion was settled, the rebels chartered a train, got on the train with live ammunition, and rumbled towards the city of Beijing.If this team enters Beijing, then Yuan Shikai will be in serious trouble.Unexpectedly, the team was traveling halfway, passing a bridge, and the train was rattling on the bridge, when suddenly there was a loud bang, the bridge was blown up, several carriages flew across the air, and there was a loud noise in the carriages. The rebels screamed in horror.

The carriage at the back plunged into the middle of the river, and with the sound of howling and crying, half-dead soldiers came out one by one with their heads broken and bloody.As soon as he got out of the carriage, he heard gunshots all around him, bang bang bang, bang bang bang, the soldier who climbed out of the carriage was shot dead on the spot.

Who are the ambush soldiers?

Poor those rebellious soldiers, at this juncture, how can they think about this boring question?He desperately climbed out of the carriage, and fled in the opposite direction from where the bullets came.

At this time, I heard the sound of gongs beating from all directions, earth-shattering, and accompanied by deafening shouts: rush, kill... It turned out that the people from four villages and five miles had already heard the news of the mutiny in Beijing. Organized under the command of the generals, carrying earth-made guns and cannons and other civilian counterfeit weapons, ambushing along the railway line, shooting whenever they saw rioters, to prevent these rioters from rushing into the village and committing murder and arson.

As for the bombing of railway bridges, this was done by railway officials.It turned out that those officials feared that the rebellious soldiers would enter Beijing, and the situation was out of control, so they blew up the bridge. As a result, the rebellious soldiers in Baoding suffered a terrible blow. Countless people were wounded and fled, and hundreds of guns were discarded at the scene.

The local township bravely pursued the victory and killed dozens of rebels. Then he came back to clean the battlefield and found many gold and silver utensils, including the captured guns and ammunition, and sent them to the county office.

As soon as the villagers came back from the county office, they saw rebels appearing in the northeast of the village. The villagers were so excited that they carried their guns and rushed forward again.

The rebellious soldiers retreated, and the village warriors took advantage of the victory to pursue, rushing, killing the rebellious soldiers... Then all the village warriors stopped, watching the rebellious soldiers emerge on the horizon like a tide with a few heavy artillery in the middle.

boom!Boom boom boom!
The sad and angry rebels fired at the village, and all of a sudden, the village was in chaos, with old people crying and children screaming.

Facing the heavy artillery, the village braves finally gave up, and sent some old men to approach the rebels: Don't shoot at our village, okay?The village is full of kind-hearted people. In the past, you paid money and food to support your army, and fired at your own fathers and villagers. How can you bear it.

The rebellious soldiers said: "It's close to less. Lao Tzu's guns only recognize silver. Take the silver. Everything is easy to talk about. If you don't see the silver, you hold the silver and die."

The village braves had no choice but to go back dejectedly, collecting money from door to door, and gave it to the rebels.The rebels divided the money, carried heavy artillery and turned to the next village: boom boom boom... bring the money, and shoot if you don't see the money, you're not welcome.

Afterwards, a reporter found out that the rebellious soldiers carrying heavy artillery were rebel soldiers from the supply battalion.The supply battalions were all stationed outside the city. When they heard the chaos in Beijing, they wanted to enter the city but were blocked by other troops that did not participate in the riot.

But judging from the battle reports at the time, these rebels might not have the chance to escape home with the money. Once they abandoned their heavy artillery and fled in all directions, they would definitely be attacked and killed by local bravery from all directions.But at the time of chaos, who would have thought of this result?

07 The old leader is a traitor
When the mutiny happened, Yuan Shikai was shocked, knowing that Beiyang was no longer reliable, and when there was nothing he could do, ministers from various countries rushed to the British embassy to attend a wrangling meeting chaired by British minister Zhu Erdian.

At the meeting, the great powers agreed that the current situation was seriously out of control, just like the Boxer Rebellion, and it was a bit unreliable to expect the Chinese army to protect the safety of citizens of various countries in China. They should quickly call in troops to Beijing to protect themselves.

At this time, the great powers each had troops stationed in China. In Tianjin, there were 995 American soldiers, 1850 British soldiers, 900 French soldiers, 1330 Japanese soldiers, 665 Russian soldiers, and only 5 Belgian soldiers...although there were only 5 soldiers Big soldiers, but aggression is aggression, it goes without saying.

All in all, there were 6170 foreign soldiers stationed in Tianjin at that time, 1565 foreign soldiers stationed along the Shanhaiguan Railway, and 2560 foreign soldiers stationed in the embassy area of ​​Beijing.

In short, there were about [-] foreign soldiers stationed in China at that time, and all the foreign soldiers ran into Beijing, and Beijing immediately restored order.

According to records, in order to prevent the Chinese from accusing them of interfering in sovereignty, the great powers agreed that the number of foreign soldiers transferred to Beijing to maintain order should not exceed 200 per country, and the total number should not exceed 700. If there were too many, it would not be peacekeeping. Will be scolded to death by the Chinese.

However, although it is stipulated that each country should not have more than 200 soldiers, in fact, most of the country's garrisons are technical soldiers. For example, Belgium has only 5 people. In any case, it is less than 200. In the end, the terms are revised, mainly by Japan. 400 troops were sent, the United States sent 150 troops, and the British soldiers were added to make up the number.

The number of foreign soldiers was overwhelming, and Beijing was determined, so Yuan Shikai took the initiative to find out what happened.

Yuan Shikai is investigating, and all kinds of people who are extremely idle are also investigating.The first to find out the result was a man named Zhang Guogan, who was Tang Shaoyi's entourage, and later went to work as an aide for the fat boy Li Yuanhong.He wrote the book "Beiyang Shuwen" and broke the news that: The Beiyang mutiny in the capital was actually the work of Yuan Shikai's son Yuan Keding. At that time, Yuan Keding thought about it this way. , forcing Yuan Shikai to be the emperor, so that he can succeed himself in the future...

Zhang Guogan narrated that his breaking news came from Xu Shichang, which should be quite accurate.

But historians generally believe that Zhang Guogan's nonsense, this matter has no basis and is not credible.

Fortunately, the patriotic general Feng Yuxiang wrote a book proving that this matter had nothing to do with Yuan Shikai.

Feng Yuxiang said that the cause of the mutiny stemmed from the confusion of thoughts.The former, Beiyang soldiers only knew to be loyal to the emperor, but suddenly Yuan Shikai lifted the little emperor off the dragon chair, and the soldiers were at a loss, thinking that Yuan Shikai was a treacherous minister who usurped the throne, and the old leader who had always been respected and loved turned out to be a treacherous minister. Why should I be honest and continue to suffer?

Feng Yuxiang was a soldier in Beiyang at that time, and he personally participated in the mutiny.He said that at that time, the morale of the army was gone, and Duan Zhigui of Beiyang was suddenly troublesome and announced a salary cut.

In short, Yuan Shikai really didn't know the details of the mutiny. When the gunshots rang out, he immediately rushed into the basement, hid, and paid a lot of money to his followers, because he thought it was the Habayashi Army who opposed him to overthrow the emperor. He came to kill him, so he paid generously in order to save his life.

In this military turmoil, the most unlucky people are the ordinary people who took advantage of the petty advantage.After the mutiny, Yuan Shikai sent soldiers who did not take part in the rebellion to the streets. It happened that some civilians slipped out of their homes and picked up things thrown by the rebels on the street, but they were caught by the soldiers maintaining order. The gangster was shot dead in the name of robbery.In short, you have to do your part to be a human being, and you really can't take advantage of small advantages.

Although it was a mutiny, not everyone suffered a loss. For example, among the nine ambassadors sent by Nanjing, Huang Kaiyuan, who was the last, made a lot of money.

08 Aftermath big compensation

After talking about the mutiny, Yuan Shikai expressed his sincere apology to the nine representatives, and asked: Have you been robbed by the rebels?
The messengers all shook their heads, embarrassed to say that they were robbed.Only Huang Kaiyuan came out and said: I was robbed, I was robbed of a pocket watch by the rebels.Yuan Shikai, you are responsible for finding it for me.

Yuan Shikai: I'm afraid it will not be so easy to get the watch back. Can I convert it into money and compensate you?

Huang Kaiyuan: How is this possible? That watch is my favorite token of love, and it cannot be exchanged for any amount of money.

Yuan Shikai: It turned out to be a token of love. It is true that no amount of money can afford it. Let me look for it for you... By the way, you have to tell me what that watch looks like first, otherwise I can’t find it. ah.

Huang Kaiyuan: That watch looks very ordinary, and the price is not cheap. You can buy it for 80 yuan...

Yuan Shikai: I will pay you 800 yuan!

Huang Kaiyuan: I said I can't do it...

Yuan Shikai: Buy it now, 8000 yuan!Love to sell or not, or not to sell.

Huang Kaiyuan: Deal!

In this way, Huang Kaiyuan sold the 80 yuan watch for a high price of 8000 yuan, and made a lot of money.

Just as the emissary Huang Kaiyuan was settled, another strange old man came over there, with a gray beard, bruised face, naked body wrapped in a woman's floral skirt: Yuan Shikai, do you still recognize me?

Yuan Shikai took a closer look and was shocked: Aren't you the imperial censor Zhang Yinglin?Why don't you wear clothes and run around the street with bare buttocks?

Zhang Yinglin, the former censor of the Qing capital, cried: Yuan Shikai, do you still have the face to criticize me?It was your rebels who stripped me of all my clothes. Our family of dozens, including the female relatives, was stripped away by the rebels, leaving only this flowery skirt.I beg you, Yuan Shikai, although when the emperor was still alive, I always impeached you and called you a national traitor. I am not wrong, but now you are usurping power... No, I mean, although I have offended you, but you can't even take away my woman's shorts, can you?Do you think so?

Zhang Yinglin, the former censor of the Qing capital, cried out to the southern envoys, asking them to uphold justice for him.But what can the messengers say?Had to pretend not to hear.

Yuan Shikai was very embarrassed: "Old Zhang, although the two of us often quarrel, I am not so small-minded.This mutiny is not aimed at you...

Zhang Yinglin: You're still talking nonsense, I've been picked up like this, and you said it wasn't for me?
Yuan Shikai: ...Okay, okay, let’s not talk, even if it’s for you, I’ll pay you, pay you, I’ll pay you 1000 yuan, okay?

Zhang Yinglin: Forget about how much you will pay, can you find some clothes for me to wear?

Yuan Shikai: Messengers, which one of you has spare clothes, lend them to Mr. Zhang to wear?
The Nine Ambassadors hurriedly said, "Yuan Shikai, why don't you just pay for the sufferer who was robbed by the rebels here first, and we... go back to Nanjing first, um, go back to Nanjing first...

Yuan Shikai: Don't leave, I haven't made it clear that I went to Nanjing to take up the post, so why did you leave?

This was the final result of the mutiny. All the provinces sent telegrams to Yuan Shikai one after another, opposing his going to Nanjing to take office, thinking that the current Beijing is not safe yet, and Yuan Shikai needs to sit in charge.

Let's forget about going to Nanjing to take office.

09 China cannot live without an emperor
The mutiny in Beijing was all Beiyang soldiers, and the Habayashi Army of the previous dynasty did not participate.

Then this matter is strange, the emperor was forced to abdicate for the reward of the emperor's salary and loyalty to the emperor, why didn't I hear any soldier of the Habayashi army come out to say something fair?

This is because Yuan Shikai sent Feng Guozhang, who had the strongest friendship with the Habayashi Army, to settle the Habayashi Army.

However, why is Feng Guozhang and Yu Linjun the strongest relationship?
This is because although Feng Guozhang served Yuan Shikai, he still upholds the inherent Chinese idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor and is loyal to the royal family.As early as when he led the army to fight fiercely with the fat boy Li Yuanhong in Hanyang, and took back Hanyang with a single shot, the court heard about it and immediately conferred him the title of baron.

On the day he was entrusted, Feng Guozhang burst into tears and said: I miss Feng Guozhang, but I am just a child from a poor family. I only did a little work for the emperor, but I was bestowed a baron. The kindness of the Holy One, I, Feng Guozhang, can't repay it... Everyone, you have to work hard too, let's work harder and take down the fat guy Li Yuanhong...

Seeing that Feng Guozhang was playing for real, Yuan Shikai was anxious, so he ordered the well-behaved Duan Qirui to go out and replace Feng Guozhang.

Feng Guozhang returned to Beijing and learned that the old leader Yuan Shikai was forcing the emperor to abdicate. He was furious, so he came to Yuan Shikai with a short gun. The first thing he said after meeting him was: I heard that the emperor is going to abdicate?

Yuan Shikai replied: Yes!

Feng Guozhang put his hand on the handle of the gun, and asked sharply, "To whom?"

No matter who Yuan Shikai said to give up the position of emperor, he, Old Feng, would definitely shoot.Because he has already received the royal gift, baron, in times of crisis, how can there be a reason not to protect the emperor?

Never thought about it, Yuan Shikai said with a smile: Give it to the Chinese people.

The people of China... Feng Guozhang fainted at that time, and he didn't know where to shoot the gun in his hand.

Seeing that the kind old Feng was confused, Yuan Shikai was overjoyed, so he ordered: I entrust you with an important task, to deal with the Habayashi Army, and don't let them make trouble no matter what.Even if you have 1 reasons, you can't be an enemy of the people of the whole country, don't you think?

Maybe it is...Feng Guozhang had no choice but to go to Yu Linjun.When they arrived at the place, as soon as the emperor's abdication was mentioned, the Habayashi army exploded with a bang, scolding Yuan Shikai for deceiving the emperor and usurping the throne, and started to fight with guns.Feng Guozhang hurriedly waved his hands: Everyone, everyone, this is the case, no one usurped the emperor's position, no one, but the emperor discussed with the south side, in the future, everyone will reunite, and the emperor will no longer be...

How can you not be an emperor?The Habayashi Army was extremely angry: How could China not want an emperor?Without an emperor, would China still be called China?
Call it China, anyway, there will really be no emperor in the future... Feng Guozhang earnestly said.

But the Yulin army was still angry: Old Feng, don't fool around here. This is obviously a trick by Yuan Shikai. He first pretended to be a republic and tricked the emperor into abdicating, and then he became the emperor himself.

Feng Guozhang: Misunderstanding, everyone misunderstood, I guarantee that there will be no such thing.

Habayashi Jun: What do you guarantee?

Feng Guozhang: I will vouch for...my head.

Habayashi Jun: What kind of guarantee law?

Feng Guozhang: ... In this way, you send two people to follow me with pistols, and have been following me ever since.If you find out that I am helping Yuan Shikai usurp the throne at any time, you can shoot me immediately, how about that?
What else can the Habayashi Army do?They really sent two people to follow Feng Guozhang.Later, the Yulin Army was disbanded, and all were laid off and unemployed. Only these two people were still receiving wages from Feng Guozhang.

10 Subtle Political Wisdom

The Habayashi Army has settled down, and the military chaos has passed, and the next thing is the cabinet.

Between the Tongmenghui and Beiyang, there was a fierce competition around the candidate for the cabinet prime minister.

The location is still at No. 10 Nanyang Road, Shanghai, Xiyin Hall, Zhao Fengchang's home.

The participants included Sun Wen, Huang Xing, Zhang Jian, child prodigy Xiong Xiling, Song Jiaoren, Wang Jingwei, Zhang Shizhao, and the special envoy from the north Tang Shaoyi.

Sun Wen and Huang Xing said: The prime minister of the cabinet must be a member of the Tongmenghui, and the prime minister must propose a list of cabinet members, and then voted by the senators.

Tang Shaoyi immediately sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai, and soon received a call back from Yuan Shikai, just two words:
Don't think about it!

The South must let a member of the Tongmenghui become the prime minister and will never retreat.The north, however, would never allow members of the Tongmenghui to get involved in the position of prime minister, and would not give an inch.

The two sides are in a stalemate, the Prime Minister cannot be sure, and nothing can be discussed.How to solve this troublesome problem?
(End of this chapter)