The Republic is so violent

Chapter 186 The Great Crash (1)
01 Queen dare not be

Yuan Shikai's Hongxian Dynasty was not fabricated on a whim or out of thin air, and it has its particularities.

As early as the beginning of the dynasty's establishment, when discussing the name of the dynasty, it was divided into three factions: one was called the prince faction, the other was called the non-prince faction, and the third was called the prophecy faction.

The prince faction is the group of Yuan Keding. This group discussed in a meeting: The founding emperors of all dynasties have a Wu character in their year titles. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang founded the Ming Dynasty and was called Zhu Hongwu in history.Therefore, the name of the dynasty decided by this faction is called Dingwu.

The non-princes faction is Yuan Kewen's group. This group is all well-known scholars and scholars, and they are the best at picking faults.They objected to Yuan Keding's "Dingwu", because this title put Yuan Keding's name in it, and it was obvious that he was going to succeed him. Therefore, the dynasty should not be called Dingwu, but Dingwen, and Yuan Kewen should succeed him as emperor in the future.

Whether it should be called Dingwu or Dingwen, the Prince faction and the non-Prince faction fought together.At this time, Tuchen sent people out to persuade them to fight.People from this school are absolutely professional, and the analysis says: 500 years old, there will be a king.From Zhu Yuanzhang to the present, exactly 500 years, this cannot be faked, if you don’t believe me, calculate it yourself.

The picture prophecy school continued to analyze and said: Anyone who has achieved great things in the past 500 years must have a word "Hong" in their name.For example, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Hongwu founded Daming.For example, Hong Chengchou, so he decided to win the Qing Dynasty.For example, Hong Xiuquan also created the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.Another example is Li Yuanhong, who happened to have the word Hong in his name, and as a result, Li Yuanhong became the leader of the Chinese revolution by accident.

It can be seen that it doesn't matter whether there are other characters in the name of the new dynasty, Hong characters are absolutely indispensable.

And because the new dynasty is different from the dynasties in history, the new dynasty pays attention to the implementation of the constitution, and even the emperor must obey the constitution, so the name of the dynasty must have the word constitution.

As a result, the name of the dynasty has no choice, it must be Hong Xian.

So Yuan Shikai undisputedly became China's first Hongxian Emperor.

But after Yuan Shikai became Emperor Hongxian, there were a few things that made him cry from morning to night, and I want to talk about them here.

The first thing is that after Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, his original wife, Yu LaoMai, was promoted to empress logically.So Yuan Shikai trusted Sun Baoqi's wife, and led a group of old ladies into the palace to see the queen.But Yuan Shikai and Sun Baoqi are in-laws. When Mrs. Sun led a group of old ladies to kneel down to worship the queen, the old lady Yu stood up hurriedly and said: In-laws, ladies, you don’t dare to be a queen, so you don’t need to salute.

The female officer in the palace tried her best to teach the old lady that she was the queen now, and she had to sit on a chair and let everyone kowtow to her.But the old lady Yu couldn't stand this, she said: If you become a queen, you can't even pay back the gift?This is not dare to be, really dare not be.

That year, the most popular words in Beijing were the three words "dare not to be".

After hearing this, Sun Wen was deeply moved, and made a speech saying:

It is only natural for our revolution to do more things in state affairs.That is to say, when Yuan Xiangcheng ascended the throne, his empress was congratulated by the officials and family members, and she said that she dared not be the queen.Are there any emperors and empresses who would not dare to be called by their ministers?It can be seen that although the Yuan family has had hairpin tassels for generations, they are also laymen on the throne.I hope that our revolutionaries and those who hear about state affairs will not do laymen's things, just like Queen Hong Xian did not dare to speak.

After reading Sun Wen's speech, it is enough to make us suddenly realize.No wonder Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, causing chaos all over the world—Yuan Shikai hoped for a monarchy, but everyone opposed the monarchy.

02 Theory is always right

Constitutional monarchy and monarchy are two completely different concepts.

Let me talk about the monarchy first, which refers to the constitutional monarchy, such as Japan and the United Kingdom.This is a manifestation of extremely clever political wisdom. The people who designed this system know that human nature is very strange. One pot of porridge, this matter is not over.Therefore, the framers of the constitution of the monarch cleverly took advantage of the characteristics of human nature to set up a virtual monarch with no real power and put it on everyone's head.On the other hand, the politicians are fighting each other. Once they lose control, they will bring out Lord Xu to maintain order and prevent the situation from being completely chaotic.Therefore, whether the constitution of the monarchy is not the main aspect of the problem, the main aspect of the problem is the rules of the game in society, whether the social rules are open, transparent, fair and reasonable, this is the key factor for a society to maintain a good development momentum .

Besides the monarchy, the monarchy is completely different from the monarchy.The imperial system is the imperial system, a super dictatorship system in which the emperor's family dominates.In this system, the emperor himself is the maker of social rules and a participant in social activities. He is both a referee and an athlete. Others have no way to play with him. He will suffer no matter how he plays, because he can change the game at will. rule.After all, there was only one rule of social games in the imperial era: he wins and you lose.

Finally, there is the emperor. This emperor is the most typical Chinese emperor, a product of economics unique to the totalitarian era, and the final result of the imperial era.

In fact, Yuan Shikai repeatedly tried to show everyone that he wanted to implement a constitutional monarchy.This is one of the three promises he made on the day of his accession to the throne, the other two being the abolition of the kneeling system and the abolition of the eunuch system.His repeated statements are all nonsense.

why?
No reason, anyway, you old Yuan wants to be comfortable for generations to come, so don't even think about such a beautiful thing.

To put it plainly, Yuan Shikai believed that he was engaging in the constitution of the emperor, so he was justified.What everyone opposed was the monarchy, and they were even more outraged.

It's not that there are people who understand, such as Liang Qichao, who understands the difference between the monarchy and the monarchy best.But because he was defeated by Yang Du when he was competing for the beautiful woman Hua Yunxian, Lao Liang turned into a confidante in anger, pretending not to know the difference between the monarchy and the monarchy, and took the lead in arranging the uprising, which made Yuan Shikai even more shameless. Reasonable place.

But then again, if you don't understand the constitution and the monarchy, you can't blame others.At least in the case of Yuan Shikai's precious son Yuan Keding, he calls the monarch constitution, but actually wants to implement the monarchy.

According to Shi Zai, Yuan Keding made a fuss at home, wanting to change his previous title and confirm his status as the crown prince.For this reason, he specially invited his mother, Mrs. Yu, to explain the kneeling ceremony in person, and asked Mrs. Yu to lead the whole family to kowtow to Yuan Shikai.

At that time, the old lady Yu became angry when she heard it, and said: Tell me to take the lead in kowtowing to him?Don't even think about it, I don't kowtow on this one, I will give birth to him for the rest of my life, and kowtow to him, isn't that unreasonable?He got so many concubines, who did he kowtow to?
The old lady Yu walked away, which made Yuan Keding very upset.

Therefore, if you must talk about the theory from air to air, everyone should not oppose Yuan Shikai, because what he is doing is a monarchy, not a monarchy.But if you proceed from reality, Yuan Shikai must oppose it, because although he is engaged in a monarchy, if he is not careful, he will slip into the old track of the monarchy. When you say that he is wrong, it will be too late.

In fact, Cai E raised troops for the same reason.Cai E didn't expect Yuan Shikai's Hongxian Dynasty to collapse as soon as the gunshots fired in Yunnan.What Cai E hopes is that he wants to let Yuan Shikai know that his road to imperial rule is not so easy.Moreover, once the war broke out, the big powers would also interfere and clearly oppose Yuan Shikai's proclaiming emperor, thus avoiding the possibility of China going back to the imperial era.

Cai E also discussed this matter with Li Yuanhong.

03 Big fat boy has a big festival

Before fleeing Beijing, Cai E visited Li Yuanhong and asked: Old Li, what is your attitude towards Yuan Shikai calling himself emperor?
Li Yuanhong said: Is there even a need to ask?I am firmly against it.

Cai E said: But I didn't hear you say a word.

Li Yuanhong said: "If I don't say anything, there is no way out."If you look at the newspapers today, if you say you are against the imperial system, they will not publish it for you at all. Even if it is published, it will insist that you support the imperial system, making it even more unclear for you.

Cai Edao: So, we are left with the last one-to oppose by force?

Li Yuanhong said: Objecting with force, I'm afraid it won't work. Like me, you are a bird locked in a cage. You can't even fly out.

Cai E said: Don't worry about it, I have a solution now, you wait for me to leave Beijing for 40 days, and I promise to give you a surprise.

After Cai E left, Li Yuanhong sat at home in Dongchang Hutong, waiting for the good news.

The good news did come.When Yuan Shikai ascended the throne, the first order was to canonize Li Feizai as Prince Wuyi.

The title "Prince of Wuyi" is particular, implying the meaning of Wuchang's first righteousness.Yuan Shikai may have thought this way, as long as you don't deny your historical role in the Wuchang First Uprising, you can't refuse this title.

On December 1915, 12, in the city of Beijing, tens of thousands of people flocked to Dongchang Hutong, supporting the old and the young.Starting from Dong'an Market in the south, Chaoyangmen Street in the north, Longfu Temple in the east, and Huangchenggen in the west, countless people's heads are densely packed.Countless old men with gray beards were weeping uncontrollably, their voice choked up and said: The flower branches on the head are in the wine cup, and there are good flower branches in the wine cup.After two generations of Taiping Days, the Taiping Emperor ascended the throne again.Your Majesty, you can be regarded as coming back. Ever since I lost the Emperor, my heart has always been empty.

A group of civil and military officials, led by Secretary of State Lu Zhengxiang, with solemn expressions, made their way through the crowds and arrived at Li Yuanhong's gate: congratulations, my lord, and congratulations, my lord.

The door opened, and fat boy Li Yuanhong appeared at the door with a smile, and pointed to the side: "Xiao Lu, there is a cesspit over there, and the excrement in it is hot. Hurry up and plunge into it, and make sure no one will grab you."

Lu Zhengxiang: ...My lord prince, why did you say that?
Li Yuanhong said seriously: "A certain family is from Hubei. They were born in a farming family, and they were determined to serve the country since childhood."In the Jiawu year, he even fought a decisive battle with the Japanese on the Yellow Sea, and survived by luck, and still did not lose his wish to serve the country.Transferred to Hubei to train the new army. I never thought of having a family for a day. I only wanted to serve the country. In the year of Xinhai, when the Wuchang army rose, a certain family was forced to swear allegiance to the "Republic of China" and China by the revolutionaries. people.The confrontation with sharp blades is true, but the oath of a certain family is also true.Only the "Republic of China" and the Chinese people are the real masters of a certain family who are willing to serve as dogs and horses and die.

While everyone was stunned, Li Yuanhong continued:
Although the President issued an explicit order, I dare not accept it, and absolutely dare not pretend to be honored, so that I will have no way to treat the people in life, and I will not be able to deal with the martyrs in death.Congratulations everyone, I'm really ashamed. (Du Chunhe's "Selected Collection of Beiyang Warlords' Historical Materials")
Li Yuanhong's attitude was beyond everyone's expectations.Although many people do not agree with the restoration of the monarchy in their hearts, no one dares to risk their heads and publicly express their views.Fatty Li lives alone in Dongchang Hutong, and even the guards are Beiyang troops sent by Yuan Shikai. In this case, he blatantly refuses, how much courage does it take?
All the officials retreated in dismay, and the people were even more surprised and inexplicable. They continued to surround Li Yuanhong's house, calmly, and waited for the emperor to be furious, and sent the Imperial Forest Army to ransack Li Yuanhong's house and behead him.

Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting, did not wait for the Imperial Forest Army, but waited for a tailor to customize the prince uniform for Li Yuanhong.As a matter of course, the tailor was thrown out.

At this point, the guards guarding Li Yuanhong couldn't stand it any longer, they rushed to Li Yuanhong's gate and yelled: Li Yuanhong, fat man, you bastard who doesn't know what to do!The emperor thinks highly of you, that's why he made you a prince.What a kindness this is, you don't fucking say it and quickly kowtow to thank you, but you dare to refuse the seal, what do you think you are?Get out of here, let me kill you with one knife.

The door opened, and Fatty Li, with his historic naive smile, turned to the guards shouting and cursing outside the door: You chop, come chop.Since I, Li Yuanhong, have sworn allegiance to the Republic of China, I will not change my mind.what about you?You also swore allegiance to the Republic of China, right?How come you have forgotten the oath you have sworn in just a few days?

The guards were so angry that they all cried, saying: They were all harmed by the Republic of China, which made the rebels even more rampant.Your Majesty, hurry up and pass the decree to destroy the whole family of traitors, you listen to him talking nonsense without saying a word...

04 Keep your face in history

On the first day of Yuan Shikai's ascension to the throne, the first order to canonize Li Yuanhong was flatly rejected by the Li family. This unexpected event made Yuan Shikai suddenly dumbfounded.

Everyone believed that Li Yuanhong's actions would inevitably lead to death.But in Yuan Shikai's mind, he thought that he was working on a constitutional monarchy. Under the constitutional monarchy system, the emperor had no real power, and it was even less likely that he would send an imperial army to raid someone's house and destroy whose door.For example, there was a mill in front of the German emperor's house. The Kaiser wanted to move it, but the family refused to move it. They sued the court, and the Kaiser lost the case. This is the emperor's constitution.Yuan Shikai may not know this joke, but even if he knew it would be useless, because the public would not recognize it.

There are different teachings: Fatty Li singled out the monarchy, and Fatty Yuan sat in a sad city.Everyone thinks that Li Yuanhong is extremely dangerous, but only Yuan Shikai knows that he has nothing to do with Fat Boy.

What should I do?

This matter is so deadlocked here.

At this time, suddenly a person came out from the crowd and shouted: "Your Majesty, don't be alarmed, don't be afraid, wait for a certain family to raise a team of soldiers and horses... forget about the soldiers and horses, a certain family has a way to let that The dead fat boy accepted the title of His Majesty.

Yuan Shikai was overjoyed. Looking closely at this person, it was Jiang Chaozong, the former commander of the infantry who had cracked Yuan Tongtong's strange case and the admiral of the Nine Gates.

This is the time to test Yuan Shikai's intelligence. Is he old?Is the brain dulled, rusted?It just depends on whether he realizes that anyone who goes there can solve the problem, but this Jiang Chaozong is the most inappropriate candidate.

It was precisely because Jiang Chaozong was the most inappropriate candidate that he jumped out.

Jiang Chaozong is a fool who is "not smart enough to be suspected" in the Japanese spy classification table.This intelligence is not enough to distinguish between suspicions, which is a terrible thing. The cause of the disease is the value of the person involved, who can't distinguish between the primary and the secondary, can't figure out the severity, can't see the key point, and can't grasp the main point.In a word, they will see extremely complicated social contradictions as extremely simple.In short, fools like Jiang Chaozong are not only the most inappropriate candidates for this matter, they are also the most inappropriate candidates for any matter.

The biggest manifestation of stupid people is to think that they are super smart for no reason.Now Jiang Chaozong is stupid, if Yuan Shikai's brain is still working, he will be stopped.

But Yuan Shikai did not, he was old, and he was no longer the decisive and quick-witted Yuan Shikai.Time erodes his brain slowly but effectively, reducing him from a peerless hero to a poor old man who is bullied and teased.

Jiang Chaozong set off, with the imperial edict in his hand, he rushed to Dongchang Hutong excitedly, knelt outside Li Yuanhong's gate, and shouted in a loud and powerful voice: Please accept the title!
Li Yuanhong pretended not to hear, Jiang Chaozong continued to shout in a moderate voice: Please accept the title.

This is Jiang Chaozong's method, this naive idiot, he thinks he can get things done by playing dumb.But I don't know how many heads are related to Li Yuanhong's attitude at this time?The battlefield has already been slaughtered with corpses all over the field. Not to mention others, Zhang Jingyao of Beiyang and Liu Yunfeng of the National Defense Army alone, the pair of sworn brothers who exchanged their hearts for life, fought hand-to-hand for three days, and the number of people killed by each other was Thousands of people.Such a big event, Jiang Chaozong actually thought it was a child's play, how stupid do you think he is?
Seeing that Jiang Chaozong couldn't kneel down and yelled, Li Yuanhong was furious, rushed out and shouted: Jiang Chaozong, why are you so shameless?Get out of here quickly!
Jiang Chaozong remained unmoved, kneeling and shouting as before.Li Yuanhong was so anxious that he called his servants over, picked up Jiang Chaozong and threw him out.

When Jiang Chaozong was erected, he still shouted and remained unmoved.

This Jiang Chaozong won two rare opportunities to show his face for himself in the history of the Republic of China, but he was scolded as shameless twice in a row.It's an odd number for a person to get involved in this kind of thing.

In fact, Jiang Chaozong didn't have to be shameless, he was just too stupid, he did wrong things at the wrong time and place, that's why he left his face in history and made people laugh till now.

05 super cheeky

The first order ended without a problem like this, and the second order also became a stillborn baby.

Yuan Shikai's second order was to confer the deposed Emperor Puyi of the former Qing Dynasty as Prince Yide.This incident angered Zhang Xun, who had never changed his ambition to emulate Qing Dynasty, and he sent a telegram to stop it.Zhang Xun requested that the title of the emperor of the Qing Dynasty should continue to be preserved, waiting for the gift of foreign monarchs.At this time, Yuan Shikai did not dare to provoke anyone, so he finally let go of admonition.

If the third order could not be carried out, the emperor Yuan Shikai would have no choice but to bump into Yuan Keding, and the two of them would be killed together.

But this order was carried out surprisingly smoothly.

This order is to seal the world.

Six first-class officials were conferred: Long Jiguang, Zhang Xun, Feng Guozhang, Jiang Guiti, Duan Zhigui, and Ni Sichong.

Nine first-class marquises were conferred: Tang Xiangming, Li Chun, Lu Rongting, Zhu Rui, Zhao Ti, Chen Huan, Tang Jiyao, Yan Xishan, and Wang Zhanyuan.

Twelve first-class uncles: Zhang Xiluan, Zhu Jiabao, Zhang Mingqi, Tian Wenlie, Jin Yunpeng, Yang Zengxin, Lu Jianzhang, Meng Enyuan, Qu Yingguang, Qi Yaolin, Cao Kun, Yang Shande.

Four first-class sons were awarded: Zhu Qinglan, Zhang Guangjian, Li Houji, and Liu Xianshi.

Fifteen first-class men: Xu Shiying, Qi Yang, Lu Tiaoyuan, Cai Rukai, Duan Shuyun, Ren Kecheng, Long Jianzhang, Wang Yitang, Shen Jinjian, He Zonglian, Zhang Huaizhi, Pan Juying, Long Jinguang, Chen Bingkun, Lu Yongxiang.

There are seven old couples who are not called ministers: Li Yuanhong, Yikuang, Shixu, Zaifeng, Natong, Xiliang, and Zhou Fu.

Don't claim to be ministers. There are two senior officials: Wang Kaiyun and Ma Xiangbo.

There are four old friends of Wu Chengchen, also known as the Four Friends of Songshan: Xu Shichang, Zhao Erxun, Li Jingxi, and Zhang Jian.

In this list, Xu Shichang has the thickest skin.This old Xu Duan is wise. He kept saying in front of people that he did not support the monarchy. After being named the Four Friends of Songshan, he also said to people: The so-called Four Friends of Songshan means never to use it.So he changed the name of his study to Tan Fengyue Hall, expressing that he was very indifferent.Just when everyone was showing great admiration for him, his brother suddenly put on Hong Xian's special dress and asked people to take pictures of him as a souvenir.

(End of this chapter)