Chapter 76 Seventy-five, Emperor President

So President Yuan became Emperor Yuan—the time was December 12, 4th year of the Republic of China. From this day on, a strange phenomenon appeared in the Chinese political arena. There was both a president and an emperor, neither the Republic of China nor the Chinese Empire, so the official documents appeared extremely chaotic.For example, Fengtian general Duan Zhigui was the first to proclaim himself a minister, and Yuan Shou criticized him as "inappropriately proclaiming a minister".Zhili patrol envoy Zhu Jiabao wrote solemnly in the memorial, carrying the words "Request for His Majesty the Emperor".Yuan also said that the enthronement ceremony has not yet been held, and it is not appropriate to call him your majesty the emperor.However, from this time on, Yuan disliked being called president.

Since December 17, 204, the "Government Gazette" in Beijing no longer has the "Presidential Order", but instead, the "Decree of the Political Affairs Hall".Because this decree was issued by Yuan Shikai, the emperor and the president, neither the emperor nor the president. The tone is at least that of a quasi-emperor. This is a strange period. There is a man in China who is both the emperor and the president. Yuan Dang came up with a method in the official document formula. This is to abolish the title of president, avoid using the title of emperor, and use as much ambiguity as possible. Nouns, such as "Feng Yu", "Jun Jian" and so on.

December 12th was the day when Yuan accepted the throne. On this day, he received more than 200 civil and military officials above Jian Ren in Huairen Hall. These officials, big and small, congratulated Yuan one after another. The bowing ceremony was led by Ruan Zhongshu, the supervisor of internal history, and Huang Kaiwen, the grand ceremony official of the government, was the master of ceremonies.Yuan delivered a short speech, saying that it was to save the country and the people: "The great position is in the body, and there will never be a day of rest. Therefore, the emperor is really a position of worry, diligence and vigilance, and he must not be treated with wealth and honor. Moreover, the descendants of the emperors of the past dynasties rarely have good results, and all learning and occupations are not free at ordinary times, so The royal family prospered in difficult times, and I sacrificed my descendants for the sake of saving the country and the people, and I dare not avoid it."

On the second day after Yuan accepted the throne, on December 13, he issued a "Decree Prohibiting Opposition to the Emperor", which reads as follows: "The former Qing Dynasty abdicated, and the Republic of China was established. He was entrusted by the people and took over the power of ruling. He only volunteered to save the country and the people. It is written here for four years. Every time I read it, I feel so guilty and ashamed! Recently, the people are tending to the constitution of the monarchy and rejecting the republic. The intention of punishing the past and avoiding the future is the plan for long-term stability. Urgent appeals, texts and telegrams, please change the state system, officials, soldiers, and soldiers are all sincere. The whole country is united, and the trend is irresistible. If you have the status, you should have the responsibility to maintain the national system. Repeatedly speaking, people don’t forgive. After the Acting Legislative Yuan negotiated the National Congress to resolve the national system, the national representatives of all provinces and regions unanimously agreed with the constitutional monarchy and the sovereignty of the Republic of China. It is based on all the people. How dare you stick to your own views and dispel the hearts of the people. The sky sees itself and the people see it, and the sky listens to the people. What the people want, the sky will follow. It is very strict because of the people's wishes. It can be seen that it can be seen in the hearts of the people. It is absolutely not contemptible and can be suppressed. The general trend of external conquest, the internal inspection of the heart, the difference between things and wishes, is extremely frightening. It is not enough to follow the public opinion, and it is not enough to go against the public opinion. Convincing people, responding to Xu Qiong, watching the emperor's eyes. Deeply maintaining the righteousness of likes and dislikes with the people, looking around the Yin of Li Yuan, looking for governance, and ensuring safety. They seek the private rights of a few parties and go against the public will of all the people. They may make rumors to incite, or collude with traitors, willing to be the public enemy of the same country, and the same kind of scoundrel. They are traitors in the country and losers in the family. The country is a disaster for the family, and everyone abandons it. The country's discipline is in place, and the situation is difficult to tolerate. I can only enforce the law so as not to harm the good. The civil and military officials of all provinces should make a detailed announcement, conduct strict investigations, and do not be negligent. I hereby inform you .This order."

The president has become the emperor, what about the vice president?After Li Yuanhong came to Beijing from Wuchang and lived in seclusion in Yingtai, he regarded himself as "ignorant, incompetent, and inaction".At the beginning of the imperial movement, Li Geng pretended to be deaf and dumb. From September 6, 2004, Li did not attend the Senate, and repeatedly resigned from the positions of Vice President and Senate President, hoping to return to his hometown of Huangpi to recuperate. allowed.Li knew that it was impossible to leave Beijing, so he excused his wife's illness and Yingtai was too cold, so he got Yuan to agree to move to Dongchang Hutong. Since November, he refused to accept the vice president's salary and public expenses, and asked Yuan to abolish the vice president. Office, and consulted with the Senate to resign as Vice President.He is like a dumb person who doesn't speak to anyone. In the 1911 Uprising, he was pushed out in a daze. At that time, he was still "uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu... ", at this time even these words are gone.

On December 15, Yuan granted Li Yuanhong the title of Prince Wuyi, and the order is as follows. "Recovering China, starting from Wuchang, tracing the foundation of creation, and relying on the inspiration of the mountains and forests, all the meritorious personnel who made great contributions to the First Revolution of 1911 have made great achievements, and they are still outstanding today. All the classics of rewarding mediocrity in the past are allowed to be Gallon. Admiral Li Yuanhong, Jianjie Upstream, call on the southeast, defend the center, endure hardships, strive to protect the overall situation, never turn back, the battle of Kuichou and Ganning, supervise the division to prevent and suppress, and make great achievements. Xun Lie. Li Yuanhong canonized the Prince of Wuyi, led the mountains and rivers, shared the joys and sorrows with the same, and the name Maodian, Wang Qi respected and inherited."

This order shows Yuan's insidiousness. He does not deny the credit for those who have contributed to the establishment of the Republic of China, so he wants to whitewash the empire and the Republic of China. He calls Li Yuanhong a general, which cancels his position as vice president; inserting Ganning The battle was to express his hostile attitude towards the Kuomintang, and to use the new "Convention Law" as the basis for the title of king. On the one hand, it showed that he had always abided by the "Convention Law" of the Republic of China, and on the other hand, it also made Li feel that it was an honorary code of the Republic of China and could be accepted.

After Li Yuanhong's order to become king was published, Yuan sent Ruan Zhongshu, the internal historian, and Shu Qing'a, a government adviser, to spy on Li's attitude in the name of congratulations. The marshal and the general of Fuguo, Li, the "clay bodhisattva", couldn't bear it anymore, so he uttered six words: "Don't scold me!" On the 19th, Yuan Yiling persuaded Li to accept the title, with the words "the king only accepts it, and he is not allowed to resign." Li's think tank, Rao Hanxiang, persuaded Li Mingzhe to protect himself and temporarily accept the throne, and Li was so angry that he never talked to him.Li Yin looked coldly at the imperial view and saw that Yuan was an extremely unfaithful person, and there was no benefit in accepting the throne. He had no courage to oppose the imperial system, so he had no choice but to resolutely reject these false orders.

As early as April 9, the Zhengshitang established a "Grand Ceremony Preparatory Office" with various ministries. Since the imperial activities have not yet been officially launched, this preparatory office is not open to the public.The Chief of the Preparatory Office was headed by Zhu Qiqian, Chief of Internal Affairs, and the staff were Liang Shiyi, Zhou Ziqi, Zhang Zhenfang, Yang Du, Sun Yuyun, Tang Zaili, Ye Gongchuo, Cao Rulin, Jiang Chaozong, Wu Bingxiang, Shi Yu, and Gu Ao.Shen Mingchang, Director of the General Affairs Division, Wang Shitong, Director of the Writing and Writing Division, Gu Ao, Director of the Codex Division, Ruan Zhongshu, Director of the Internal Instrument Division, Guo Zeyun, Director of the Etiquette Division, Yuan Naikuan, Director of the Accounting Division, Chen Yanchang, Director of the Documentation Division, and Zhang Shiyu, Director of the Security Division.

The Grand Ceremony Preparatory Office worked secretly for three months, and it was not until December 19 that Yuan officially established it. After the Grand Ceremony Preparatory Office was formally established, the first task was to change the Hall of Supreme Harmony into the Hall of Chengyun. It turned out that the Hall of Supreme Harmony had always been the place where Yuan worked after he became President.The columns in the hall are completely painted red, and the eight pillars in the middle are painted red gold and decorated with dragon clouds.The Hall of Zhonghe was renamed the Hall of Liyuan, and the Hall of Preserving Harmony was renamed the Hall of Jianji.Dragons are carved everywhere on the back of the emperor's throne, costing 400,000 yuan. The upper cover is covered with yellow satin embroidered with dragons, and the seat cushion is the same.In front of the throne is an imperial case carved with dragons. In front of the case are three ancient tripods and three ancient furnaces.Behind the throne is a nine-sided screen carved with dragons and inlaid with treasures. On the left and right sides of the screen are a pair of precious fans of the sun and the moon.The emperor's dragon robe is made by Ruifuxiang, the largest clothing store in Beijing. There are two sets, one for worshiping the heaven and the other for ascending to the throne.The dragon robe is woven with red gold thread, and the whole body is decorated with pearls and embedded with diamonds.In addition, there is a flat crown, which hangs around, each with a string of pearls, and a large pearl on the brim of the crown.

The imperial seal of the new dynasty is four inches square, engraved with the eight characters "Birth is the destiny of heaven, and the history is boundless"; five gold seals. Yuan designated red as the representative color of the new dynasty to replace the inferior yellow. Regarding the cost of Hong Xian's proclaiming himself emperor, according to the terms of the peace agreement listed by the National Defense Army later, the amount was about 60 million yuan.However, there are about 30 million accounts that can be checked.The number of those used in secret is unknown.The origin of this fee is borrowing, saving the country, various taxes, opium monopoly and so on.According to the investigation: 30 million yuan is used, 20 million yuan was originally planned to be used as a special fund for the grand ceremony, and 10 million yuan was used to reward the army.After the event of protecting the country, the 10 million rewarded to the army will be transferred to combat expenses.As for the 20 million yuan prepared for the grand ceremony, the remaining 2 million yuan was divided among the people in the place. The 20 million yuan is divided into three categories: "A", fundraising for the security committee, that is, about two to three million yuan for sports activities, among which, about 300,000 yuan is used to buy newspapers, followed by buying articles from celebrities and the establishment fees of provincial branches. The favors and telegraph fees of each representative are also very large, but they are not more than one million.The so-called two to three million people include the remuneration of Yang and Sun. The construction cost of "B" and the three halls may be more than 2.7 million yuan, or less than 2 million yuan, and Yuan Naikuan handled it. "C", ascension fee: (1) Royal items, such as two dragon robes, worth 500,000 yuan for one sacrifice to heaven.Once ascended to the top, it is worth 300,000 yuan.This robe is entirely woven with real gold silk, and is inlaid with jewels all over, and the Dadongzhu is taken from the Qing indoor warehouse, which is not included.One Yuxi jade is worth 120,000 yuan.Also, five golden imperial treasures have been made, the so-called emperor's treasures, the big one weighs 50 jin, the small one weighs 30 jin, and is worth 600,000 yuan.And the royal throne is 400,000.In addition, borrowing the Luanjia of the Qing Dynasty cost tens of thousands of repairs, so the royal supplies are two million and hundreds of thousands. (2) Ceremony fees: For example, the fees for teachers and students performing traditional Chinese music for ascension to the pole, the fees for the crowns and wats of the yamen officials, and the laying fee for the Confucian Temple (according to the curtains around all the tables in the Confucian Temple, the original use of yellow Satin, because red was still favored in the new dynasty, red satin was used instead; the Dacheng Hall and the two verandahs are all newly made).There are also commemorative meetings for the founding of the People's Republic of China, Central Park and the Qianmen area, but in terms of electric lights and colorful sheds and electric light archways, the total cost is more than 100,000 in three days.All kinds of national flags and lanterns are still out, so this item is about one or two million. (3) Agency fees: There are more than 400 staff in the Preparatory Office, either with subsidies or part-time salaries, and half of them are full-time.The salary is as high as the ministries.In addition, there are more than 1,000 personnel borrowed from the Qing Dynasty, such as Luanyi and Zanli from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with a daily salary of two yuan per person. Very particular. The national flag of "Yuan Chao" is going to add a round of red sun on the five-color flag, which means that "five ethnic groups wear one king together". On the 21st, Long Jiguang, Zhang Xun, Feng Guozhang, Jiang Guiti, Duan Zhigui, Ni Sichong, etc. were specially appointed as first-class princes, and Tang Xiangming, Li Chun, Lu Rongting, Zhu Rui, Zhao Ti, Chen Huan, Tang Jiyao, Yan Xishan, and Wang Zhanyuan were made one wait.Zhang Xiluan, Zhu Jiabao, Zhang Mingqi, Tian Wenlie, Jin Yunpeng, Yang Zengxin, Lu Jianzhang, Meng Enyuan, Qu Yingguang, Qi Yaolin, Cao Kun, and Yang Shande are first-class uncles.Zhu Qinglan, Zhang Guangjian, Li Houji, and Liu Xianshi are the first-class sons.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, and Lu Yongxiang are first-class men. On the 22nd, Zhao Bingjun was posthumously named first-class Zhongxiang Gong, and Xu Baoshan was posthumously named first-class Zhaoyong Bo (also posthumously bestowed Zhao Bingjun as Shangqing and Song Jiaoren as Zhongqing).There are 128 knights, and more than 70 first- and second-class captains of light vehicles. Before the knighthood, the internal historian wrote a large list including the generals of the provinces, patrol envoys, guard envoys, guard envoys, division brigade commanders, etc., and put them on the "imperial case". One is a duke, and the other is a baron.Since the founding of the Republic of China, the system of governors and governors has been abolished. The status of generals in each province is equal, and the status of generals and patrol envoys is also equal. The patrol envoys are compared with the vassals and the standard, so the civil affairs chiefs of the provinces can't compete with the warriors for a day. Decree on the 22nd: "Eunuchs will be banned forever, and the inner court will be replaced by female officials." On the 31st, an order was issued to change the next year to the first year of "Hongxian". From New Year's Day, the Presidential Palace was renamed Xinhua Palace, the Office of the Office of the Office of the Presidential Office was changed to the Department of Events, and the Office of the General Security Command of the Presidential Palace was changed to the Office of the Ouchi General Command. Yuan is both the president and the emperor, which is really neither fish nor fowl.But the emperor still has a ready-made one, that is Xuantong in the Forbidden City. People are not easy to change their habits and ideas. During the Republic of China, everyone believed that Yuan Shikai was powerful and a big man, but when it came to being an emperor, everyone was confused. Thinking of Xuantong.There is an ancient Chinese saying: There are no two suns in the sky, and there are no two emperors in the people!When Yuan decided to accept the throne, he wanted to confer on Puyi as Prince Yide. This idea was wandering, and it happened that Braid Commander Zhang Xun called to ask to preserve the title of Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and treat the old emperor with the gift of guest emperor, so Yuan's order was stillborn. There are also speculators among the relatives of the Manchus. That is Pu Lun, who once served as the president of the Zizheng Yuan.When the imperial system was brewing, Yuan Zeng sent Yuan Naikuan to negotiate with the Qing court on issues such as abolishing the imperial title, handing over the guard of honor, giving up the palace, and handing over the imperial seal. Shixu and others were summoned to hold a small imperial court "meeting before the imperial court". Everyone hated Yuan Shikai to the bone and called him Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, and Sima Yi. The fact that the state system of the Republic of China became an empire took an indifferent attitude. As for Yuan's desire to occupy Nestlé and occupy the palace, he couldn't resist it, because the country was given to him, so why talk about the palace?At the meeting, Pu Lun suggested that we must clearly express our attitude, immediately move to the Summer Palace, give up the Forbidden City to Lao Yuan, and also give Lao Yuan the guard of honor and the Royal Seal of Chuanguo, in exchange for Yuan's conditions for preserving the Qing Emperor's title and preferential treatment for clearing the house.The princes and elders who were loyal to the Xun Qing were very dissatisfied with Pu Lun's attitude, but there was no better way, so they decided to send Pu Lun as the representative of the Qing Dynasty to announce to the Senate: "The Qing Dynasty agrees with Yuan being the emperor" attitude . On December 16, Qing Shi’s address to the Senate said: "Today I received an imperial decree. In December of the year of Xinhai, I entrusted the current President with full authority to organize a republican government. The current President was elected by the people to supervise the rule, and the Republic of China was established. It was a trial. For four years, it was not suitable for the national conditions. If it does not change in the long run, the troubles will worsen. Therefore, the Acting Legislative Yuan, according to the petition of the people, reformed the state system and passed the "National Congress Act". The great emperor, in order to get rid of the old and renew the plan, make a plan for long-term stability and stability, and my royal family strongly agrees." On December 18 Yuan Shenling said: "Now the national system has been determined by the people to establish a constitutional monarchy. All the preferential treatment conditions for cleaning up the house are contained in the "Contract Law" and will never be changed. When the constitution is formulated in the future, it should be attached to the constitution and continue to be valid!" Yuan also wrote an oath in his own handwriting to ensure that the conditions of preferential treatment for cleaning the house will not change.At the same time, in order to repay Pu Lun's support, he was appointed as the dean of the Senate to replace Li Yuanhong, who had not been in the Senate for a long time and resigned resolutely.At the same time, he gave Pu Lun "rewarding the prince's salary" to satisfy Pu Lun's long-cherished wish to be crowned king. The small imperial court of Xunqing did not move to the Summer Palace.Because Yuan Shikai didn't dare to persecute his old master too much, he didn't take the royal seal of the Chuan Kingdom, because this imperial seal was a combination of Manchu and Chinese, and it was useless to the "Empire of China". On December 18, there were two more funny orders: One is "Old lovers, seniors, old people should not be called ministers": "I want to be a poor couple, and I am a gentleman. I have encountered many difficulties, and I have no way to rest my shoulders. I am facing the deep water, and I have no time to embrace. I have seen that there are many texts and telegrams proclaiming my ministers. People think it is a courtesy, but it is really difficult for me. Ann. Today's civil and military important positions are mostly given to colleagues in the past. I miss my old spouse. The love is especially embarrassing. Although there are four mountains and five people, there has never been a generational prejudice, and the sages and kings are beyond my reach. All of us Old couples and old friends of Qishuo, please do not become ministers. The time is difficult and Fang Yin must work together to seek the country, and there is no formality or details. This order." One is "The treatment conditions for Manchu, Mongolian, Hui, and Tibetan should be included in the constitution and continue to be valid": "Now the national system has been decided by the General Representative of the National People's Congress on behalf of the Legislative Yuan to establish a constitutional monarchy. All the treatment conditions for Manchus, Mongolians, Huis, and Tibetans are contained in the "Convention Law". " The so-called old people should not be ministers, Zhengshitang listed Yuan's old friends, including seven old couples Li Yuanhong, Yikuang, Shixu, Zaifeng, Natong, Xiliang, and Zhou Fu, and old friends Xu Shichang, Zhao There are Er Xun, Li Jingxi, and Zhang Jian, and there are two Qishuo Wang Kaiyun and Ma Xiangbo.There are also suggestions from the "Three Tai", namely Wang Taishi, Zhang Taichuan, and Xu Taibao. On December 20, a decree was issued, naming Xu Shichang and others as the "Four Friends of Songshan": "Since ancient times, the masters of entrepreneurship have all cherished the past, and they are slightly divided into romances. The joys of commoners and seasons, the performances of Taishi's guest stars, handed down brief books, and different generations have the same symbols. Xu Shichang, Zhao Erxun, Li Jingxi, and Zhang Jian all honored with virtue, Bearing high expectations for a long time, in the contemporary era, he is the model of human relations, and he is despised as a friend of morality. Although he is a senior, he will not return to court, but the state has a big problem, so he should be consulted. If Kuang Yu fails to catch him, it is of the utmost importance to protect our people, the elders and the elders. I hereby award a photo of Songshan Mountain, named "Four Friends of Songshan Mountain". Respecting the elders of the country, it is a metaphor for Yu Huai, how to be more polite, and discuss it in the Zhengshitang to hear about it, this is an order." According to this order, the Zhengshitang decided on five preferential treatment methods: (1) exempting him from kneeling down as a minister; (4) Each person will be given an annual fee of 20,000 yuan; (5) Special court clothes will be rewarded. Xu Shichang, one of the Four Friends of Songshan, did not approve of Yuan proclaiming himself emperor. He advocated that he would rather let the Qing emperor Xuantong be restored.As early as October 4, when the imperial system was in full swing, he called for sick leave and did not work in the Political Affairs Hall. For his position as Secretary of State, Yuan Xian appointed Yang Shiqi to act as his agent. On October 27, he changed his appointment to Lu Zhengxiang to act as his agent. Appoint Lu as Secretary of State.Xu Yuan lived in the presidential palace. When he was on sick leave in October, he moved from the presidential palace to the private residence in Butterfly Hutong.During this period, he complained a lot. When someone asked him about the current situation, he often answered with one sentence: You'd better ask Shane Shi.When Yuan accepted the throne, Xu Shichang also learned Li Yuanhong's suit, pretending to be deaf and dumb, and refused to work. Zhao Erxun, the second of the Four Friends of Songshan, saw the declaration of the Chou Anhui, threw it to the ground and wept bitterly. He was loyal to the Xun Qing and refused to have another surname, so he resigned from the curator of Qing history. Li Jingxi and Zhang Jian of the Four Friends of Songshan were also very indifferent to Emperor Hongxian, adopting an attitude of seeming harmony and alienation. In the past, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty did not dare to change the prince because his son already had the four elders of Songshan. However, although Yuan made the four friends of Songshan, these four "sages" did not want to take care of his son, and they did not support Laozi. Yuan Shikai's self-made imperial system is the worst political game in his life, and it is also the last part of his life. This scene is not clean, but also very clumsy, especially the rape of public opinion. His father and son and Yang Du's group I thought it was perfect, but in fact the diorama was immediately dismantled, because at that time Beijing issued orders to persuade the provinces to persuade the public to create public opinion. As a result, many provinces announced the secret telegrams immediately after declaring independence, so Yuan's stupid drama was known to the whole country. There were many popular terms in the Yuan Dynasty. The three masters of Beiyang, the ten men of Xishan, and the six gentlemen of Tiao’an were mentioned earlier. Later, there were four generals, namely Wang Shizhen (dragon), Duan Qirui (tiger), Feng Guozhang (dog) of the three masters of Beiyang. ), plus Yinchang, and the four evils refer to Zhao Bingjun, Chen Huan, Zhu Qiqian, and Liang Shiyi.Zhao, Chen, and Liang have explained their backgrounds successively before. As for Zhu Qiqian, he is from Zijiang, Guizhou, one of the three giants of the transportation system (the other two are Liang Shiyi and Zhou Ziqi), a former Qing Juren, and a former Qing military minister. Qu Hongxuan had relatives, and once worshiped Xu Shichang as his adoptive father. When Xu was the governor of the three eastern provinces, Zhu was the supervisor of Mongolian reclamation and was sent to Hokkaido, Japan to investigate the reclamation.After Xiliang succeeded Dongdu, Zhu Feng was transferred to the general office of Jinpu Road. In the first year of the Republic of China, he served as the chief of transportation in Lu Zhengxiang's cabinet and then the chief of internal affairs.After Yuan's death, there were eight culprits: Yang Du, Sun Yujun, Gu Ao, Liang Shiyi, Xia Shoutian, Zhu Qiqian, Zhou Ziji, and Xue Dake. Xue Dake, one of the eight culprits, was the host of Yuan's royal newspaper "Asia News". After Liang Qichao published the article "The So-called State System Problem", the "Asia News" offered a reward of 3,000 yuan for an article to refute it, and offered 20 yuan to 1,000 yuan. The huge amount of remuneration for the manuscript was solicited for manuscripts, but no one applied. The Shanghai branch was bombed the next day after the report was sent out, and then a series of bombs were bombed. As mentioned above, Yuan’s legal adviser to the Presidential Office was Japanese Ari Nagao. Yuan used this Japanese doctor of law to show that outsiders also supported the Chinese monarchy. Besides, Japan is a country with a very successful constitutional monarchy. Therefore, Yuan rewarded Youhe Changxiong with Tang Dynasty ink and Youhe tools to show his gratitude, and claimed to be a foreign minister: "Foreign ministers love the ink marks of the Tang Dynasty, and when they received them, they were terrified. Fu Wei, the goodwill between China and Japan is the key to the survival of the two countries, and it is also the foundation of world peace. Persistence lies in being true. For the mother country, the distinction between ministers and ministers should be firmly maintained. Selling the country to benefit others is not what foreign ministers dare to do. However, it is a matter of law. If it benefits China and does not harm Japan, or sees that it will benefit China and Japan, it must be done. Further clarify its governance and make it easy to implement. Therefore, it is not hesitating to die in trouble, let alone what people say. The customs of Yanjing are originally suitable for the sickness of the foreign ministers, and the age is also justified. In the future, I plan to pay him the proceeds immediately, and help the new dynasty to start a business. I pledge to devote myself to the legal career ordered by Your Majesty, so as to repay my kindness in case." Japanese newspapers scolded Yuhe and persuaded him to become a naturalized Chinese.The Japanese overseas Chinese in Tianjin held a meeting at the Yamato Club on December 23, 4, and discussed the expulsion of Yuhe's status as a foreigner, saying that it was a dishonor to the Japanese that he publicly acted as a foreign minister before Japan recognized the Hongxian Empire.