The Republic is so violent

Chapter 165 Thirteen Monsters of the Imperial River and Lake (3)
It turned out that the reason why Yuan Keding was high-minded and not close to women was because he didn't like girls at all.His favorite is the snow-white and delicate man.His left and right servants are all young and beautiful.Once his little boy was talking softly to him, which happened to be overheard by Zhang Zhenfang through the wall.Knowing that Yuan Keding didn't like female sex and only loved male pets, Zhang Zhenfang hurriedly told his son Zhang Boju about it. Zhang Boju was so excited that he hurriedly wrote this poem and spread it to the people all over the world.

Basically, what Zhang Zhenfang did in Hong Xian's era was just such a small thing, and he couldn't get on the stage.But he still became the fifth of the seven evils, just because he was also busy running back and forth for Yuan Shikai's ascension to the throne.

08 The life achievements of the old housekeeper
Now let's talk about the six fierce thunders.

This Lei Zhenchun was originally an old man from Beiyang, and the relationship between him and Yuan Shikai dates back to earlier than Beiyang.As early as when Yuan Shikai joined the army and went to North Korea to fight against Japanese soldiers, Lei Zhenchun was the Qing army instructor in North Korea at that time. He watched Yuan Shikai single-handedly block the Japanese from the Yellow Sea for 12 years. old.Based on this calculation, his age should be close to Yuan Shikai's, but it is very strange that when he married Yuan Shikai, he let his son marry Yuan Keding's daughter. In this way, this Lei Zhenchun is definitely a model of late marriage and late childbearing.

Lei Zhenchun should know Yuan Shikai's ability best, so when Yuan Shikai's military training station was displayed, Lei Zhenchun rushed to Yuan Shikai's banner as soon as he showed his banner, and he ate under Yuan Shikai's flag from then on.But we have reason to suspect that his military ability is probably limited to the teaching level of walking drills. The evidence is that Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen and others rose rapidly in Beiyang, but Lei Zhenchun was always silent and did not see any improvement.

It wasn't until 1914 that Lu Jianzhang, the former Beijing Division of Law Enforcement, was transferred to Shaanxi to supervise military affairs. Lei Zhenchun finally ushered in the spring of his life and got the position of director of the Beijing Military and Political Law Enforcement Division.The main job is to repair illegal military and political personnel and maintain law and order in the capital.But his luck was really bad. Just after getting this position, Yuan Keding wanted to succeed his father as emperor. Lei Zhenchun had to support this matter. Once Yuan Keding became emperor, he would be a relative of the emperor, so it was impossible not to support it.

This support made him the sixth of the seven evil spirits and the twelve of the thirteen Taibao.In terms of relationship, he is closer than anyone else, and in terms of ranking, he is lower than anyone else. Being in this position can definitely make Duan Zhigui and his ilk feel gratified.

At the end of the seven evils is Yuan Naikuan, Yuan Shikai's chief steward.This Yuan Naikuan is just a housekeeper, but he is as famous as Duan Zhigui, Lei Zhenchun and others. To others, this Seven Evils is a bad thing, but to him, it is clearly a great achievement in life.

Although it is an achievement in life, this achievement was brought about by his son Yuan Butong.Yuan Naikuan just sits back and enjoys his achievements.

We mentioned Yuan Budong earlier. His real name is Yuan Ying, and he is Yuan Naikuan's own son. He grew up crawling under Yuan Shikai's feet, and he is the person who has the deepest understanding of Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Budong thought: Although Yuan Shikai's name was slandered and his enemies were everywhere, Yuan Shikai never missed a step, so he became the president of the Republic of China.But once he becomes emperor, it means that Yuan Shikai may make the only mistake in his life.And this mistake is fatal, this mistake will completely offset all his previous mistakes, and everything that was clearly right before has become a mistake.

Therefore, Yuan Budong must prevent Yuan Shikai from making mistakes. The method is to make a bunch of bombs and blow Yuan Shikai into the sky with a bang.In this way, Yuan Shikai can't be wrong if he thinks wrong, and the dead will not make mistakes again.But this very perfect plan was informed by a military officer, and Yuan Dongtong sent a telegram to the generals of the provinces to call on everyone to stop Yuan Shikai from making mistakes. As a result, his telegram was sold to Duan Zhigui by Zhang Zuolin in the Northeast, which eventually led to the incident.

After the incident, Yuan Shikai did not pursue anyone. He only claimed that Yuan Tong was not in his right mind and was suspected of serious insanity.Although Yuan Shikai didn't pursue the matter, Yuan Naikuan, Yuan's father, was terrified. His son actually wanted to blow up the president. Wouldn't this be a catastrophe?Although Yuan Shikai said that he would not pursue it now, maybe one day he would be in a bad mood and suddenly think of this matter, wouldn't it be miserable?

What should I do?Yuan Naikuan thought: Old man, I have no choice but to sell my life and do my best for the President.

Thinking about it this way, Yuan Naikuan started running around. He would do odd jobs whenever the imperial system was involved. To find a way, regardless of his low status as a housekeeper, he insisted on ranking him with Duan Zhigui, Lei Zhenchun and others.

His son Yuan Butong spared no effort, even went to the trouble of fighting to prevent Yuan Shikai from proclaiming himself emperor.This effort forced his father, Yuan Naikuan, to sacrifice his life to eliminate the influence brought by his son. The two advance and retreat, one forward and one backward, and the interaction cancels each other out. Reliance, from the negative side, confirms the value of Taoist inaction thought.

The behaviors of Yuan Naikuan and Yuan different father and son tell us: there are laws in human society, and this law can also be called the law of twisting force. strength.The more effort you put in, the stronger the countervailing force becomes.

Therefore, no matter what goal you want to achieve, you must not think in a straight line, and you must hide your final thoughts to avoid a strong rebound that counteracts the force.And there is only one kind of successful people throughout the ages: that is, they do not aim at success.

But we have to admit that the well-known six gentlemen and seven evil men in history, collectively known as the Thirteen Taibao, this lineup is not comprehensive and has been maliciously misinterpreted.There are at least six other people who constitute the most powerful force pushing Yuan Shikai to implement the imperial system.

If there must be appropriate nicknames for these six people in the world, then they are the three heroes of iron and blood, the second general and the scattered people.

09 Lying down and being stabbed
Before Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, he was protected by the Thirteenth Taibao, and the Thirteenth Taibao had names and surnames, as we all know.But when Yuan Shikai failed to proclaim himself emperor and the culprits were investigated, only eight people were investigated, and among the eight people, only five were listed in the roster of the Thirteen Taibao.

These five people are the unluckiest unlucky ones in the Republic era.Two of the five came from the camp of the Six Gentlemen, namely Yang Du and Sun Yuyun.There are three other people from Hong Xian's Seven Murders Organization, namely Liang Shiyi, Zhu Qiqian, and Zhou Ziqi.

The Thirteenth Taibao only investigated five people, why didn't the remaining eight people pursue it?
This is because my ancient Chinese country has a great culture, and the most popular thing is intercession.

Four of the six gentlemen were not prosecuted because of the "short master" Yan Fu and the national teacher Liu Shipei. These two people had Li Hongzhang's younger brother's son Li Jingxi interceded for them, saying that they wanted to preserve the fire of culture. They are university scholars. We can't bully cultural people.With such an explanation, Yan Fu and Liu Shipei were exempted from being held accountable.

There are two remaining of the six gentlemen, "Chengji" Hu Ying and "Li Guinian" Li Xiehe.Duan Qirui interceded for these two people.Duan Qirui said: Did you make a mistake?Both Hu Ying and Li Xienian are from the Revolutionary Party, and they have many friends in the Revolutionary Party.Now that you have pursued them, the Revolutionary Party should never end with you again.It's better to calm down and pretend that nothing happened.

The Six Gentlemen only pursued one-third, and the rest fled.As for Hong Xian's seven murderers, there were only three of them, Liang Shiyi, Zhu Qiqian and Zhou Ziqi.The other four were also saved from disaster because of someone interceding.

Feng Guozhang interceded for Duan Zhigui, and Yuan Keding interceded for Lei Zhenchun and Zhang Zhenfang.Yuan Keding said, these two people are my relatives, and they are helping me by running for the imperial system. Since you don't even pursue me, you are pursuing my relatives, why?That being said, there is really no way to pursue it.

There is also a housekeeper, Yuan Naikuan, although no one interceded for him, but you have put up all your strength to find trouble with an old housekeeper. This matter is as shameful as it sounds, so Yuan Naikuan was not held accountable.

In this way, four of the six gentlemen were not prosecuted, and four of the seven murderers were not prosecuted.There are already few people on the list and it is not in shape.At this juncture, countless people acted bravely and interceded for Liang Shiyi, the director of the Department of Communications, saying: Liang Shiyi must never be held accountable. You hold him accountable. If he gets angry, there will be big troubles in the financial world.

Li Yuanhong, who was in charge of national affairs at the time, was in a hurry and said: This is not over yet. There are not many people on the list, and now there are only five people left. If you continue to break down one by one like this, what will be left in the end?
The intercede was furious: Fatty Li, I came to you for business to save face.It's not impossible for you to punish the culprit, but who can avoid being stabbed in the rivers and lakes?Today it is you, Fatty Li, who punishes others, and tomorrow it will be someone else's turn to punish you, Fatty Li.I suggest you take care of yourself, save a way out, and send a sum of money to each of the people on the list, and after they take their wives and children to Japan, Europe and the United States, you can arrest them again, okay?
Li Yuanhong cried: "It's good, but the number is too small. I'm afraid that the people will not accept it."

The intercessor said: What is the popular heart?Letting Yuan Shikai ascend the throne, isn't it the hearts and lungs of the people?In short, the people's heart is an egg, so ignore him.However, the number of people on the list is too small, and it is indeed a bit embarrassing.That's it, isn't this the Republic of China?The most popular thing in the Republic of China is balloting. I suggest that we vote, and then elect a few people who are the most hated, and put them on the list of culprits. How about it?
This proposal was passed unanimously.

In this way, besides the remaining five people on the list, three more brothers were shot while lying down. These three men were named Gu Ao, Xue Dake and Xia Shoutian respectively.

Among these three people, Gu Ao and Xue Dake are not well-known, and they were 100% plotted by others.Only this Xia Shoutian did play a small role in Yuan Shikai's proclaiming himself emperor.

10 Never Offend People

Xia Shoutian, a loose man, was only talented but not famous, and he was plotted against by others. Although he was not the Thirteenth Taibao, he took the blame for the Thirteenth Taibao. Thinking about the night when the moon is white and the wind is clear, he must be very depressed.

Xia Shoutian is very, very low-key.He was forced to make a high profile only once in his life, when he took part in the imperial examination during the Jiawu period.Exams, you can't show humility in this matter, you have to be high-profile.Xia Shoutian made a high profile this time, ranking No. 2 in the palace examination, that is, second place.

During the Jiawu period, Yuan Shikai was expelled by the Japanese, and then the Japanese navy wiped out the Beiyang navy on the Yellow Sea.After this incident, the Chinese were heartbroken and scolded Yuan Shikai for being an idiot. Why couldn't he stand up to the Japanese?If you can't even do this little thing well, it is really the first disaster for the country and the people.Public opinion at the time unanimously attributed the crime to Yuan Shikai and demanded severe punishment.Yuan Shikai was so frightened that he hid in the inn and dared not go out.

This season was the most depressing time in Yuan Shikai's life, but it was the most glorious time in Xia Shoutian's life.I am sure that Yuan Shikai must have been stuck on the crack of the door of the inn, and saw Xia Shoutian riding a white horse wearing red flowers, being chased by countless little girls, passing the long street, and throwing fruit baskets and flowers overwhelmingly at Xia Shoutian.There must be such a scene, even if there is no such scene, there must be a similar scene, in short, it deeply stimulated Yuan Shikai.

Others ride a horse and sit in a sedan chair in a beautiful and beautiful way; I am criticized by thousands of people, and I am poor.The same is life, why is there such a big gap?
Yuan Shikai at that time could only express such emotion.

The proof of Yuan Shikai's laments is that after he trained at the small station, the first thing he did was to send people to look for Xia Shoutian.But the strange thing is that Xia Shoutian, the second best in the list, has returned to the indifferent and low-key life in his life since he hit Ma Yu Street and went to the Qionglin Banquet, and disappeared completely like mercury falling on the ground.

The search for Xia Shoutian lasted until the Republic of China, only to find out that Xia Shoutian had become Duanfang's staff, and together with Liu Shipei and He Zhen and his wife, joined Duanfang's Sichuan tour group.As a result, when they traveled to Zizhou, the soldiers rioted, chopped off Duan Fang's head, and detained Xia Shoutian and Liu Shipei and his wife.So Yuan Shikai took Xia Shoutian back and asked him to stay in his secretary team first.

At that time, Yuan Shikai's secretarial team was mainly Ruan Zhongshu, who had been with him for many years.This Ruan Zhongshu once fell in love with Xiguan, a stunning prostitute. Yuan Shikai redeemed Xiguan's body in order to hope that Ruan Zhongshu could do his best and work hard.Unexpectedly, this reward had the opposite effect. From then on, Ruan Zhongshu hugged the beautiful Xiguan and slept until noon every day, but he was determined not to get up at noon.Yuan Shikai was busy and couldn't find anyone around him, which made Yuan Shikai shake his head and sigh.

Fortunately, Xia Shoutian came, he went to work on time every day, clocked in on time, and whenever Yuan Shikai yelled, he would be by his side.In this way, Xia Shoutian became more and more important and became the liaison between Yang Du and Yuan Keding.

Logically speaking, Xia Shoutian was at best a contact, and there was no reason to be included in the list of culprits and punished severely.But he offended a person who must never be offended, and the result was completely different.

The person Xia Shoutian offended was Xu Shichang.

How Xia Shoutian provoked Xu Shichang, don't ask him about it, he really doesn't know.Xia Shoutian didn't know why, and Xu Shichang was notoriously tight-lipped, and he never told anyone about it.

No one knew why, only that Xu Shichang hated Xia Shoutian very much.Xu Shichang was the Secretary of State at that time, and he received a large number of reports about the imperial system every day, but Xu Shichang neither replied nor reported.Whenever someone asked, he would say: Go ask Xia Nei Shi, ask Xia Nei Shi.

Xu Shichang knew that proclaiming himself emperor would have troubles. In the process of hiding, he kept pushing Xia Shoutian to the front, and finally pushed Xia Shoutian to the position of the culprit.

Because this matter happened ambiguously and obscurely, historians can only rely on the most nonsensical research method to study this material: blind guessing.

For example, the historian Wang Zhonghe guessed wildly: ... Xu (Shichang) probably felt bored and hated Yang Du, Xia Shoutian and others very much.

What Wang Zhonghe meant was: Xu Shichang was too idle and had nothing to do. Because he was so bored, he beat his children on cloudy days.

This explanation is really depressing, but this wild guess is the only targeted guess at present.We can only assume that this guess is somewhat reasonable, and then explore the root cause of the matter.

If this guess is correct, then there may be two kinds of psychology that inspired Xu Shichang to beat the disabled person Xia Shoutian:

One is the instinct theory.This means that any person in the workplace who is sophisticated and able to avoid political risks has a bunch of scapegoats behind him.Someone has to take responsibility for things, and since someone took the cow and ran away, the person who pulled the peg must be punished.

In this explanation, Xu Shichang was the one who took the cow away, because he was knighted after Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, and Xu Shichang, who was knighted after the defeat, was not wrong, and Xia Shoutian, who was not knighted, became the culprit.So Xia Shoutian became the one who pulled out the prongs.

The second argument is revenge theory.This statement means that Xu Shichang knew that once Yuan Shikai became emperor, his reputation would be ruined, and he had been friends with Yuan Shikai all his life, and he hated those who pushed Yuan Shikai into the fire pit the most.So Xu Shichang wanted to take revenge on Xia Shoutian for Yuan Shikai, so it could be regarded as doing a little bit for his friend.

Which of these two explanations is correct?

Maybe it's both, I don't know.

11 Ghost Poems Appear on Chuanshu Road

Xia Shoutian, an undisciplined man, is just a man who pulls out a peg, so who are the two most powerful generals who support Yuan Shikai's proclaiming emperor?

The second general Huo Ha is also called the Hualong Gate, because these two people are both from the Tang Hualong Gate in Hubei.

The first one is Chen Huan, a big player in the Republic of China. Zhang Taiyan firmly believes that Chen Huan is the one who destroyed the Republic of China. Chen Huan himself does not object to this statement, and cites Zhang Taiyan as his confidant.

Chen Huan was born in a bitter cold, had great ambitions when he was young, studied hard, and became famous all over the world in his youth. At that time, he, Wu Luzhen and Lan Tianwei were called the three heroes of Hubei.Afterwards, the imperial court set up a list to seek talents, and Chen Huan went to Beijing, and was interviewed by Zai Tao, the head of the military counselor's office. However, because Zai Tao's followers asked Chen Huan for bribes, Chen Huan refused, and the interview was unsuccessful.

After that, Chen Huan lived at home. Until the Revolution of [-], Tang Hualong introduced Chen Huan to Li Yuanhong, but Chen Huan lured Fatty Li to Beijing as a generous gift to Yuan Shikai.It is said that Yuan Shikai should stay away from such people, but Chen Huan's military talents are so extraordinary that Yuan Shikai was reluctant.Coupled with Yuan Shikai's employment of talents, Chen Huan in turn controlled Yuan Shikai.

As Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang and others became more and more independent, Yuan Shikai was completely disappointed with Beiyang, so he planned to discard Beiyang and use two people to rebuild the new army.

Of the two military talents reused by Yuan Shikai, one is Chen Huan and the other is Cai E.

At that time, both the north and the south of China were under the control of Yuan Shikai, and the only gaps were Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.What Yuan Shikai considered was that if Chen Huan were to sit in Sichuan and guard Yunnan and Guizhou, then the affairs of the world could be settled.

Before leaving, Chen Huan kowtowed nine times to Yuan Shikai, walked forward on his knees, and kissed Yuan Shikai's boots wildly.The kiss boots are also exquisite, which is the etiquette for the Pope in the Middle Ages.

At that time, Chen Huan kissed Yuan Shikai's boots and said, "President, if you let me go to Sichuan, I should go."However, the world will be in chaos, and the people will be at a loss. If the president is still limited by material arguments and fails to make up his mind, I can only disobey orders and not go to Sichuan to take office.

Yuan Shikai scratched his head and asked: Xiao Chen, what do you mean?

Chen Huan said: "Unless, President, you have made up your mind to proclaim yourself emperor and save the common people, then I will dare to go to Sichuan."

Chen Huan was so loyal that Yuan Shikai was so grateful that he cried, and said: Well, Xiao Chen, you go to my son Yuan Keding, and you two should call you brothers, and I will treat you as my own son in the future.

(End of this chapter)