Chapter 112 Yuan Shikai was sick

On January 2, 1909, the wind was bitterly cold. Yuan Shikai was full of worries, but he still came to work at the military plane on time. As soon as he got to the door, he was stopped by the eunuch on duty. The eunuch on duty secretly told him: The regent is very angry today. I heard that a severe punishment will be issued soon. I don't know the specific content, but I'm afraid it will be bad for you. Don't go in. Find a way . To be or not to be is a question for Shakespeare; to escape or stay is a question for Yuan Shikai. If you stay, you may be directly arrested and beheaded.

If you run away, you will live in the wind and sleep in the open, with a bright future. Yuan Shikai weighed the pros and cons, and decided to be a hero, and a hero should not suffer immediate losses.So, run! Yuan Shikai ran home without saying a word, packed his bags and headed to the train station, where he joined his cronies in Tianjin——Governor of Zhili Yang Shixiang (promoted from governor of Shandong).In order to prevent accidents, Yuan Shikai did not dare to get off at Tianjin Station, but got off one stop earlier and asked his subordinates to call Yang Shixiang and ask him to send someone to pick him up.

Yang Shixiang was still calm. After receiving the call, he told Yuan Shikai not to come to his office, nor let anyone find his whereabouts. This kid Yang Shixiang is really an ungrateful thing, add three levels to the bastard!Yuan Shikai was furious, thinking that Yang Shixiang was going to abandon him at a critical moment. When Yuan Shikai was so depressed and cursed, Yang Shixiang's cronies arrived and brought him the latest news from Beijing, saying that Yuan Shikai had just been dismissed and would not be beheaded.Only then did Yuan Shikai realize that Yang Shixiang was wrong. Yuan Shikai breathed a sigh of relief and returned to Beijing immediately.

The next day, Yuan Shikai finally saw the famous edict: It means: You have high qualifications, great achievements, and you are loyal to the court, and the court treats you well, and the relationship is very harmonious.We were planning to reuse you, but we didn't expect that your foot disease is so serious that you can't walk anymore, you should go home and recuperate. Three days later, Yuan Shikai packed his bags and walked out of Beijing sadly and slowly with a large family in the bleak wind. Yuan Shikai looked back at Beijing, and two lines of tears flowed down. Farewell, Beijing!

Farewell, this bustling city that once entrusted my countless visions and ideals! I, Yuan Shikai, will definitely come back. ... Is it strange?Yuan Shikai actually didn't do anything, obediently surrendered all his power without any resistance.In fact, there is nothing surprising. So far, Yuan Shikai is definitely a loyal minister in the traditional sense. So he missed out on an option, an option that had a chance to be great.The specific method of operation is: after he ran away, he quickly summoned his confidants, mobilized troops, besieged the Forbidden City, forced Zaifeng to hand over power, and coerced the emperor to order the princes, thus implementing the constitutional monarchy he advocated.By that time, why would Yuan Shikai not be able to become a great man of his generation!Why don't you worry about not being able to realize your ambitions!

It's a pity that heroes and bears are sometimes a difference of thought.Then again, as a normal person, he would never be careless when making a decision that might cost him his head! Yuan Shikai, who was sick, left Beijing with his family in panic, and lived in seclusion in Zhangdehuan, Henan (now Anyang). In order to reassure Zaifeng, who was spying on him secretly, Yuan Shikai also hired a master to take a group of leisure photo albums for him: wearing a bamboo hat on his head, wearing a coir raincoat, and boarding a boat like a fisherman.The photos were then sent to newspapers for publication.He also recited a good poem about it:

Yuan Shikai's seemingly idle gesture had only one purpose: to show Zaifeng that he, a senior official, had no interest in politics and could be an old man with peace of mind. Reservoir dogs will turn into wolves if they are not beaten.For those who play politics, forbearance and silence are not the end, but the means, and it will eventually erupt at the last moment.Zaifeng's political IQ is relatively low, so he can't understand the truth.He drove Yuan Shikai away, but he didn't do anything wrong. The Military Aircraft Office still had a relationship with Hu Yikuang, Xu Shichang was still in the court, and the six towns of Beiyang were not cleaned up...

Zaifeng's stupidity made the fate of the Qing Empire full of great variables. This is good news for heroes who aspire to the world. However, the two people who seem to have the most hope of winning the world are having a hard time, and one is more sad than the other.