Chapter 80 1. On the order of the Prime Minister, Yang Du went to Zhangde Mansion overnight

In that era when there was resentment and hatred everywhere in the country, the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising was inevitable, but its hasty start was very accidental. Since 1905, when Sun Yat-sen and Huang Xing joined hands to merge the Xingzhong Society and the Huaxing Society into the Tongmenghui under the introduction of Yang Du, the Tongmenghui organized and led nine armed uprisings.These uprisings, either in the countryside or in the southwest, are not in the heart of the country.In view of the domestic situation, Liu Kuiyi, Song Jiaoren and Song Jiaoren, who were students of the current affairs school and have become famous revolutionaries, and Tan Renfeng, another veteran leader of the League of Hunan, changed their policy in view of the domestic situation and established the headquarters of the Central League to lead the Central Committee of the Yangtze River. Revolutionary activities in the lower reaches.The three towns of Wuhan in the Tongya of the nine provinces became the focus of their activities.In a short period of time, revolutionary secret societies such as the Rizhi Society, the Gongjin Society, the Qunzhi Society, the Zhenwu Society, and the Literature Society were established one after another, and they all took the New Army as the main target of their campaigns.At the end of September, Duanfang led two new troops from Hubei to Sichuan to suppress the road protection movement.The Revolutionary Party was worried that the new army would continue to be transferred out of Wuhan and weaken the revolutionary force, so it temporarily decided to uprising on October 16.

On October 9, a secret institution in Hankou was suddenly destroyed.Rumors circulated within the revolutionary party that the roster of party members had fallen into official hands.At the moment when they are about to be arrested, everyone believes that the only way out is to revolt in advance. On the afternoon of October 10, the atmosphere in the 16th Co-Engineer Battalion of the New Army, which had more revolutionaries, became more tense.During the night, soldiers on duty and platoon leaders scuffled each other over quarrels.The barracks were already like a gunpowder depot, and once the fuse was lit, it exploded immediately.Soldiers flocked to the Chuwangtai arsenal overnight.With almost no effort, Chu Wangtai was taken down.The military and government officials stationed in Wuchang City were already frightened. After the incident, they only ran for their lives in a hurry and did not make any resistance.Early the next morning, the Eighteen-Star Flag secretly crafted by the revolutionaries was flying above the Yellow Crane Tower.A brand new era really came overnight.

The newly established Wuchang revolutionary government elected Li Yuanhong, who had no sense of revolution, as the governor.This dignified former Qing military coordinator was recognized by most revolutionaries and constitutionalists who sympathized with the revolution as the only candidate most suitable for this position. This is the most peculiar and thought-provoking strange thing in the Wuchang Uprising. The news that the most important town in Central South China was lost overnight shocked Beijing.The regent Zaifeng hastily ordered Yin Chang, the minister of the Ministry of War, to lead the two towns of the Beiyang Army to go south to crusade, and ordered the navy admiral Sa Zhenbing to send the navy to cooperate with them.

The Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Yi Kuang, did not believe that Yin Chang could take on this important task.Yinchang had never fought a war, but he entered the royal cabinet to take charge of military power by relying on his Manchu blood and his status as a military student in Germany. Ordinary soldiers looked down on him, let alone the Beiyang Army!His two commanders, Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui, never took him seriously, so how could they obey his orders in an emergency?Yikuang shared his thoughts with the two associate ministers, Xu Shichang and Na Tongyi, and the two immediately agreed: "Your Majesty is old enough to seek the country, and his worries are extremely serious."

Yin Chang is not the right commander, so who is the right candidate?Can someone else be the one who can command the Beiyang Army and make Feng Guozhang and Duan Qirui obey?Of course it was only Yuan Shikai who had lived in seclusion in Huanshang Village for more than two years.The three people's ideas are actually the same, but it's hard for everyone to speak for a while.Apart from the fact that Yuan Shikai was hated by the regent, everyone still had a layer of worries in their hearts. Yikuang is greedy by nature.In the past two years or so, although Yuan Shikai has cut his post to serve the people, his tribute to Prince Qing's Mansion has remained the same as before, and no one will know about it.If he proposes to restore Yuan Shikai, will he be punished, saying that it is the result of bribery?

Xu Shichang had been Yuan Shikai's friend for decades, and it was entirely because of Yuan's strength that he had his Lingtian. This is a well-known fact in official circles.Since Yuan's accident, Xu has always separated himself from Yuan carefully, and has never had any contact with him. In front of Zaifeng, Xu never mentioned Yuan.If it was a more courageous regent, or another era that was a little calmer, no matter how cautious he was, it would be impossible for him to be in a high position again.It was helpless that Zaifeng was weak and incompetent, and it was also helpless that this was a troubled time. The young Jianguo who had no ability to govern the country had to rely on a few old-fashioned people, so Xu not only did not lose his high position, but was promoted to Xiekui.Xu often rejoiced that he was blessed by his ancestors.He thought in his heart: If Yuan Shikai was proposed to be used and offended the regent, it would be a waste of money.

Natong and Yuan Shikai are relatives of sons and daughters, and his granddaughter and Yuan's thirteen sons have long been engaged.In-laws, in-laws, behind closed doors are one family.Will it be said that it is selfishness to protect Yuan by yourself? All three had concerns, but all three eagerly hoped that Yuan Shikai would come out.Whether public or private, Yuan Shikai should come back! Seeing that Xu and Na hadn't spoken for a long time, Yikuang finally couldn't wait any longer.He smiled wryly and said: "I don't think you should pretend to be confused anymore. Except for Yuan Weiting, there is no one in this world who can go to Wuchang to deal with the revolutionary party. You know this better than me. It's just an old friend." , one is an in-law, just afraid that others will gossip. I see, none of us should be alone in this matter, why don't the three of us jointly pass a note to the queen mother and the regent, and ask the court to order Yuan Weiting to go out of the mountain and go south to quell the chaos. All right."

"What the prince said is true." Xu Shichang and Na Tong said these words almost at the same time. After a short pause, Natong said: "To ask Wei Ting to come out of the mountain, he must be given a title. What title should I add?" Yidong thought for a while and said, "It just so happens that the governor of Huguang in Ruicheng is lost, so let Weiting go to fill the gap!" Xu Shichang thought: The absence of a governor of Huguang probably wouldn't arouse Yuan Shikai's interest, but that's all he can do now.He nodded and said, "Okay. But first, we have to send someone to Zhangde to talk to him and listen to his thoughts. Only then can we show the sincerity of the court."

"Juren is right, you have to send someone to Zhangde first." Na Tong immediately agreed, and then asked, "Who should I send?" Natong, a native of the Xianghuang Banner, is a typical blessing official.He had a successful official career all his life. He was promoted to a bachelor's degree from the principal, to a minister, to a bachelor's degree, and then served as a minister of military affairs.For decades, it has risen almost in a straight line without setbacks.His trick of being a palace is to not think about things, have no opinions, and don't offend others, so there is no obstacle to promotion.Because he didn't want to do anything, his mind was mostly confused.No matter who he sent, he couldn't find a single person in his talent pocket.

"Chrysanthemum, who do you think should be sent?" Yi Kuang couldn't think of anyone. "This person needs to be on good terms with Wei Ting, but also not too conspicuous. Who should I send?" In fact, Xu Shichang already had an excellent candidate in his heart, but he just deliberately dawdled for a while and didn't say it directly. "Yes, if it's a comforting friend or not too conspicuous, which one is better?" Natong scratched his fat forehead, pretending to be thinking anxiously. "My lord, that hall!" Xu Shichang seemed to have a sudden inspiration. "Can you see Yang Du?"

"You mean Yang Xizi from the Xianzheng Hall?" Na Tong asked. Xu Shichang nodded. "Yang Du is very eloquent. A few days ago, the Zizheng Yuan continued to discuss the new criminal law. He gave a speech at the meeting. It is said that there was thunderous applause. No official sent by the imperial court to give a speech to the Zizheng Yuan has ever been as prominent as him." Yikuang brought an exquisite amber snuff bottle to his nose and sniffed it. "Okay, let's leave it at that, tell him to leave Beijing immediately, and take the night bus to Zhangde tonight." When Yang Du learned of this emergency order, he was revising an article.The basic content of this article is what he expounded in his speech on the new criminal law in the Zizhengyuan a few days ago. When it is turned into a paper, he can explain the truth more profoundly.He was going to send this article to the "Imperial Daily" for publication, so that people in the country would know what the biggest difference between this new criminal law and the old criminal law is, so he marked this article with a striking title: On Nationalism difference from familialism. Yang Du remembered that a few months ago, when Shen Jiaben, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, invited him to participate in the formulation of the new criminal law, he clearly pointed out that the old Chinese criminal law was based on familism. , and the foothold of the new criminal law should be placed on nationalism.Yang Du very much agrees with Shen Jiaben's point of view, thinking that such a criminal law is close to the criminal law of advanced western countries, so it has the breath of the times.However, many people opposed it, and Lao Naixuan was the one who opposed it the most.He said that China's ethics and ethics for thousands of years are a matter of course and cannot be changed. If there is any, it is Chinese, if it is not, it is barbarians, if it is, it is human, and if it is not, it is a beast.China's criminal law must be based on Chinese ethics, which first emphasizes the relationship between the monarch and his subjects, father and son, so the criminal law cannot abandon familism.Shen Jiaben encouraged Yang Du and others not to be disturbed by Lao Naixuan's generation, and to formulate a new criminal law.After several months of hard work, a new criminal law that is very different from the old criminal laws of previous dynasties was formulated.In order to obtain the approval of the Senior Advisory Council, the main framer, Yang Du, was entrusted by the Ministry of Law to speak to the members of the Senior Advisory Council as a special commissioner of the government. Yang Du gave a eloquent speech for two hours at the conference, explaining in detail the reasons why the criminal law had to be improved and the similarities and differences between the new criminal law and the old criminal law.He especially emphasized that the old criminal law built on the basis of familism must be reformed.It stands to reason that the officials of a country should be responsible to the country, but this was not the case in China in the past.When a person becomes an official, he must seek the interests of his family, so the official must be corrupt.Because only by being corrupt can he bring real benefits to the family, and he is the filial son and grandson of the family.The root cause of various ills in China today is that there are too many filial sons and virtuous grandchildren and too few loyal ministers.Therefore, to save China, we must vigorously promote nationalism and weaken familism day by day.This is the spirit of the new criminal law, which is the fundamental difference from the old criminal law. Yang Du's speech won the understanding of most congressmen, and the applause lasted for a long time.The new criminal law passed smoothly in this way. Thinking of the scene of passing the new criminal law that day, Yang Du is still very excited: he has finally done something practical for China's legal construction.He originally wanted to elaborate on the importance of nationalism to China today, but he can't do it now. He is very aware of the special significance of this mission. He didn't know the news of the accident in Wuchang until he saw the "Empire Daily" in the afternoon.After putting down the newspaper, he thought a lot. He was not surprised at all by the incident.Since the death of the two palaces at the same time, the country has hardly had a peaceful day.The Huanghuagang riot in Guangzhou and the rice rush in Changsha have caused an uproar all over the country, especially the road protection movement in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Guangdong provinces has recently become a trend.In Sichuan, the gentry and the people of the whole province were united and went on strike in schools and cities to resist donations, but the army could not suppress it.The court was devastated by the establishment of the royal cabinet and the expulsion of peaceful petition groups.In teahouses and restaurants in the capital, you can safely and boldly speak out if you publicly scold the court.People are generally aware that the whole country is now covered with dry wood, and it only needs a little spark to start a prairie fire.Maybe the incident in Wuchang was exactly the spark cast on the dry wood! However, this incident was provoked by the new army, and the provincial capital was easily captured overnight, these two points surprised Yang Du.It has long been heard that many revolutionary parties have mixed into the new army trained by the imperial court.It appears that this legend is well-founded.The army is the pillar to maintain the imperial court, the pillar has been hollowed out, can the imperial court survive?The capital of a large province in the heartland changed its flag after a few cannon shots. Isn't the weakness of the local government's control fully exposed?Thinking of this, Yang Du suddenly had a premonition that the big tree would fall and the building would collapse.Yikuang and others didn't think of Yuan Shikai until this time, it was probably too late. After bidding farewell to Yuan Shikai that winter, Yang Du sent a letter to his sister, relaying Yuan Shikai's intention to hire her as a teacher in the Yuan family.Uncle Ji was unwilling to deal with Yuan Shikai, so she wrote back to refuse.Yang Du is not reluctant.For more than two years, Yang Du has maintained close contact with Huanshang Village, and the bond of contact is Yuan Keding.Yuan Keding's position is still Youcheng of the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce.He was originally a name, only receiving a salary and not doing anything, since his father was dismissed, he has only used a false name. Yuan Keding lived in Beijing all the year round, and on the surface he never interacted with the officialdom, and most of the people who had close contacts with him were Liyuan artists.Like Ke Wen, he loves Beijing opera very much, but the two brothers are very different.Kewen and the Liyuan disciples who got along with each other called each other brothers, and he often appeared on stage.Xiaosheng, Huadan, he can sing, and he can sing well.When interacting with artists, Keding always maintains a clear awareness of your noble sons, and pays great attention to the hierarchy between each other.He just admires other people's singing and workmanship, and he will never go to sea.He never acted frivolously towards those young and beautiful actresses.He thus gained the respect of the entertainers.In fact, being in the chrysanthemum altar is a kind of cover. What Mr. Yuan really pays attention to is always the political arena of the capital.There is a secret radio station in his home, which reports everything about the capital to the radio station in Huanshang Village at any time, and at the same time accepts various instructions from his father. Yuan Keding has been very affectionate to Yang Du in the past two years.This is not only because of the misfortune in his own family, the eldest son's arrogance has been greatly reduced, but also because he has seen from this accident that Yang Du's personality is very different from other people in the officialdom.Although most of his father and his old friends in the palace still have contact with him, their attitude is cautious and the way is indirect.Only Yang Du was still the same as in the past, haunting his house openly, without any scruples, and never avoided suspicion, and often said that Yuan Gongbao would definitely make a comeback.In fact, when Yang Du said such words, he didn't have much confidence, it was just a hazy feeling, but unexpectedly it really came true today.He didn't have time to go to the eldest son's house to give a message, but after a few simple confessions to Jing Zhu and Yi Zhu, he boarded the train heading south overnight.