Chapter 25 Act IV: The nobles of the last days: the man under the king's hat

In the late Qing Dynasty, the Manchus had no talents, especially military talents. This is just a general statement.From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, the Japanese Academy of Non-commissioned Officers was an important source of Chinese military talents. Many of the famous generals before and after were all from non-commissioned officer students.Among the 160 cadets in the first three phases (compared to Chinese students), there were only three Manchurians.It's not that the imperial court didn't give it away, but that the Manchus couldn't bear the hardship and refused to learn it.Among the three, Shu Qing'a has been in the agency all his life and is unknown, Tie Zhong is a little quiet, assisting Huguang Governor Rui Cheng, and is the number one officer under Rui Cheng, but during the Wuchang Uprising, he advocated being tough and provoking troubles first If he didn't dissuade Rui Li from fleeing in a hurry, he can only be regarded as a mediocrity.There is only one Liangbi, who is indeed a piece of material. Even if the revolutionary party mentions it, he must give it a thumbs up.Not only can he stand shoulder to shoulder with Wu Luzhen, the leader of the three heroes of non-commissioned officers, but even the hero Yuan Shikai is afraid of him three points.

Liangbi is the clan of the Qing Dynasty, after Gong Adai, the son of Nurhachi's youngest brother Bayala, and the grandson of Yilibu, a university scholar.This Yilibu was the one who participated in the peace talks of the Opium War. Not only did the later textbooks criticize surrender, but at that time in the Qing Dynasty, he was also a tainted generation, and future generations would not have a good life.Liangbi's father died early, and he lived with his mother and grew up in Chengdu.When he was born, the yellow belt of the clan had been removed, and he was downgraded to Jueluo and the red belt. It was not until he later became prosperous that the yellow belt symbolizing the privilege of the clan was re-tied for him.In other provinces, one can imagine what would happen to a poor ordinary bannerman, an orphan without a father.Unlike other Eight Banners disciples, he has endured hardships and can endure hardships. In addition, he has a good talent, so he appears to be outstanding everywhere.The ups and downs of life experience can easily inspire people's fighting spirit, so he worked very hard during his studies in the Japanese Military Academy, and he was well-known among his classmates. After returning to China in 1903, just in time for the new policy of the imperial court, when employing personnel, such Manchu military talents were immediately selected into the military training department, a central institution of military reform.In the first few years, he contributed to the imperial court's preparation and training of the new army and the formulation of the military system, which played a great role. In 1906, during the first major exercise of the North and South New Army, he served as the presiding judge of the North Army and was very popular.During this period, although he served as a standard commander for a short period of time, he spent more time working in central agencies such as the Ministry of War and the Military Advisory Office.China's new military education system was basically established in his hands.However, in an environment where the Manchus were in decline as a whole in the late Qing Dynasty, a talent like him was doomed to be proud of his talents, and also doomed to be high-ranking and humble, and to be hated by others.Even after the full use of relatives and nobles in 1908, as a clan, he did not follow the logic of relatives and nobles to ascend to the sky and get great use.The official rank is still the director of the Ministry of War, but the title of military counselor of the military counselor's office is added.Although he is a member of his own family, he is only a member of the sparse family, and he does not have much share in the pedigree of Dajiangshan. Ranked by expensive, it is not his turn.The key point is that his intelligence and understanding often show the stupidity of the powerful.It was only because Zai Tao, the younger brother of Zaifeng who was in charge of the Imperial Guard and the Military Advisory Office, was a player, that the Imperial Guard and the Military Advisory Office actually allowed him to be in charge.It is actually hard to say whether his suggestion can be heard by Datian.Even if you have a good idea, you can't stand the mixing of many bad ideas.It wasn't until after the Wuchang Uprising that Yuan Shikai came out of the mountains and emptied the people. In order for him to abdicate power, Liangbi won the title of Deputy Capital Commander. "Drafts of Qing History" said that he "Congo has a backbone and is quite conceited. Although he joined the military, he has nothing to do with him. He often hates not doing what he wants, and is worried every day", which is indeed a theory of knowledge.

He was very busy with the Xinghai Army.Relatives and nobles don't send him to lead the army to suppress the rebels, they would rather let that idiot Yinchang go out to fight. In their narrow-minded calculations, it may be like this: the only person who knows the soldiers has to stay by his side to protect him, so that he can sleep .If Liangbi had been sent down in the first place, although it might not be able to wipe out Wuhan, it would at least be hundreds of times stronger than Yinchang.Of course, the building will collapse, and it will be impossible to support it alone.He is in the Military Advisory Office (equivalent to Japan's General Staff Headquarters), and he is far from being as magical as the staff members of the Japanese General Staff Headquarters. There are signs of "abnormality".Liangbi objected to calling Yuan Shikai out of the mountain again, but his words were light and it didn't work.It is already too late to call for a quick constitution in order to save it.Abolishing the regent and establishing a constitution only gave Yuan Shikai a chance.At this time, even if the relatives and nobles knew that Yuan Shikai was in a hurry to call back Yuan Shikai, but even if they drank the poison to quench their thirst, they had no choice but to drink it.However, after drinking the poison, the downfall of the Qing Dynasty was accelerated.

Watching the power fall, Yuan Shikai negotiated peace with the South to betray the imperial court, while Liang Bi, Tie Liang and others organized the Clan Socialist Party in an effort to save the crisis.Since he still had latent power in the imperial guards, the Zong-Socialist party was quite vocal, which created certain obstacles for Yuan Shikai's forced palace.At this time, the Revolutionary Party came out to help.Peng Jiazhen, a small soldier from Sichuan who often hangs out in the Beiyang Army, and a revolutionary who dared to risk his life, was determined to assassinate Liangbi.Because he often travels in the military field, he is very familiar with the way. Although he doesn't know Liangbi, he quickly got Liangbi's photo, so he can memorize it by heart.He also vaguely remembered that Liangbi knew Chonggong, the supervisor of Fengtian Lecture Hall.So he got a standard outfit, imprinted a number of reverent name badges, carried a bomb, and went to visit. When Liangbi went out and did not return, Peng Jiazhen waited near the gate of Liangbi's house, waiting for him.Going forward to show Chonggong's famous assassin to ask for an interview, taking advantage of Liangbi's slackness, he threw bombs, one failed and then another, the bomb injured Liangbi's left leg, and Peng Jiazhen was killed on the spot.It is said that Liangbi's injury was not fatal even according to the medical conditions at that time, but Yuan Shikai's confidant Zhao Bingjun bought a Chinese medicine doctor who treated Liangbi, and after taking a drink of medicinal wine, he died.Before he died, he told people: "My generation of soldiers, death is not a pity. I see that the government can't do anything, so I organized the Zongsha Party to try to save me. Now that I am dead, the clean house will also die. Those who stab me really know me." Needless to say, Peng Jiazhen’s suicide note is very similar to Liangbi’s last words: Liangbi is opposed to the republic and has military knowledge and is extremely vicious. If this person is not eliminated, the republic will be difficult to establish.The assassin and the victim are true friends, and they should be buried together.

After Liangbi's death, the clan and social parties scattered like birds and beasts, and the ministers of the court and China also fled to Tianjin to take refuge.The funeral of Liang Bi, the last loyal minister in the late Qing Dynasty, was extremely bleak, and very few people came to express their condolences.During the court, the Empress Dowager Longyu hugged the little emperor, seeing that the court hall was empty.I had no choice but to let Yuan Shikai be at his mercy, and issued the last imperial edict, ordering Yuan Shikai to run the Republic of China.This is Yuan Shikai's little trick, which is equivalent to telling the world that I, Yuan Shikai, won the world in the Qing Dynasty, and I am not a revolutionary.But no matter what, from then on the small imperial court hid in the Forbidden City, and the world changed into the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai became the second Washington in the world, and the first Washington in China.

Because of Liangbi's death, the biggest beneficiary was actually Yuan Shikai. Therefore, some people believed that the assassination was actually planned by the Revolutionary Party and Yuan Keding, the eldest son of Yuan.The death of Liangbi was basically at the hands of Yuan Shikai, and Peng Jiazhen's actions were just a pretext.Others testified that Peng Jiazhen's father had been kept by Yuan's government until after the second revolution of the Revolutionary Party. He received 1,000 yuan a month and could directly see Chen Heng, the deputy head of the General Staff Headquarters.It seems that if this matter is true, Yuan Shikai really knows how to repay Peng Jiazhen.

Liangbi was the founder of Zongshe Party and the last die-hard royalist party in the Qing Dynasty, but in fact his ideas are not old.He very much agreed with the Reform Movement of 1898, and highly praised Tan Sitong among the Six Gentlemen.He is also quite honest as an official, and he is righteous to his friends. Among the Manchus, there is also an anecdote (probably not true) about Zaizhen, the son of Prince Qing Yikuang who beat and robbed civilian women in the street, and has a particularly good reputation.Unlike those young relatives who are like stupid pigs, he does not agree to put all the power in the hands of the people.He tried his best to recruit talents from among the Han people.Both Wu Luzhen and Jiang Fangzhen were recommended by him.Until the eve of Wu Luzhen's conspiracy to rebel, he still had no doubts in Wu Luzhen. When Wu was assassinated, he even ordered to pursue the murderer.Some people suspected that Wu Luzhen's death was related to him, which is absolutely nonsense - Manchus in those days were only assassinated, and never thought of assassinating others.Of course, Liangbi is a Manchu clan after all, and it is impossible to be happy to see his ancestors change in color. As far as he is concerned, the bottom line can only be a constitutional monarchy.However, the building will be unable to support it alone. The last military talent of the Manchus was born in the last days. No matter how he struggles, his fate is doomed to be a tragedy.When the single tree is also broken, the court that Liangbi loves and hates can only die.