Chapter 69 Chapter 2 Yuan Datou = Take advantage of

Then came the Sino-Japanese War of Sino-Japanese War, which shocked the Chinese people. This naval battle is very contradictory and indescribable in our historical description.When the entire Beiyang navy was wiped out, in our current terms, it was a national humiliation.But at that time Chinese intellectuals cheered, why?Because the slogan of the Japanese is "expel the Tartars and restore China", these warships in Beiyang are the equipment of the Tartars and must be expelled.Intellectuals believed that the Japanese would overthrow the Qing government, and the Chinese would usher in their own liberation. This was a rare opportunity.Such an intricate historical cognition, linked together, led to the chaos of the current situation at that time, and people could not accurately recognize and evaluate this event.However, although it cannot be evaluated, it does not prevent it from being abused.

So, everyone came together to scold Yuan Shikai, blaming Yuan Shikai. If he wasn't too stupid, would it have caused the Yellow Sea War?As for letting the Japanese attack China and finally defeat us?It was all Yuan Shikai's fault.Some people even proposed to kill Yuan Shikai.As for Yuan Shikai, he avoided seeing people every day. After hiding for a while, Yuan Shikai found another opportunity to rise.With the defeat and annihilation of the Qingshui Division, the war quickly approached inland China.In other words, China has lost its right to control the sea, and now urgently needs a powerful army to maintain national security.Who can build this army?

Yuan Shikai looked around, and there seemed to be no one, but me.So Yuan Shikai proposed to the court, hoping to send him to train troops, and found Rong Lu, Minister of Military Aircraft, hoping that Rong Lu could help him obtain the qualifications for military training. But he found that he was one step too late. At that time, the Qing Dynasty had already specially assigned personnel to train soldiers in the racecourse. Yuan Shikai refused to accept it and asked to have a duel with the trainer.The Qing Dynasty is also interesting, and it really made the two of them confront each other.The result of the duel was that the opponent really didn't understand anything, and Yuan Shikai was the only candidate.

After seeing it, the Empress Dowager Cixi was very relieved, and the soldier who passed the decree should let the soldier who didn't know anything practice. This made Yuan Shikai very angry, saying that if I was not allowed to train soldiers, the empire would be over. In grief and indignation, Yuan Shikai went to Li Lianying.Li Lianying reminded him: When you see the Empress Dowager Cixi, you should talk more about the old lady's happiness. If the old lady's face is not good, you should stop talking.Yuan Shikai said: You are right, but you forgot one thing. When I saw Cixi, I was kneeling with my face down, so I couldn't see her face.How do I know if she is happy with what I said?Li Lianying said: It's simple, don't think about looking up at the old lady's face when the time comes, you just look at my feet, if my two feet are out of character, it means the old lady is very happy, then you can continue to say; If it is an inner horoscope, it means that the old lady is unhappy and unwilling to listen, so don't say it.

So Yuan Shikai went to see Cixi, recognized Cixi's expression through Li Lianying's feet, and made the old lady happy. Finally, he got the opportunity to train troops at a small station, and has since trained into the most powerful army in the empire - the Beiyang Army . After the Beiyang Army was trained, Yuan Shikai also ushered in the second crisis in his life.In this crisis, both civil and military courts are impeaching Yuan Shikai. Why?Because he holds a heavy army, he has trained the army, but the trained army is Yuan Shikai's own, which means the end of the empire.So even if he was right, he should be killed.

Yuan Shikai was in extreme panic, and he had no choice but to curry favor with Rong Lu, Minister of Military Aircraft, to seek a way out.No solution was found, but the dignitaries reached a consensus: Yuan Shikai could not be killed, but the military power must be taken back from him. But the Beiyang Army was trained by Yuan Shikai himself, and no one else can take it away. At this time, I don't know who came up with a bad idea. Since we can't take it away, let's mix it with sand.How about mixing sand?That is to fill the Beiyang Army with the non-commissioned officers who are selected to study in Japan, and use them to divide and disintegrate Beiyang.It can be said that the empire did not hesitate to destroy its own army in order to save its own life.

In fact, it was this particular kind of game that led to the demise of the empire. When the empire was trying to destroy the Beiyang Army, the Beiyang Army was also struggling to resist.As a result of the resistance, the cadets could not stand in the army.When they were unable to stand on their feet, the cadets reacted emotionally, they were angry, and they wanted a revolution. This was a deep-seated cause of the Revolution of 1911.It can be said that it is because of the obstacles in interpersonal relationships that triggered the essential conflicts within the empire. Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shikai was involved in the Reform Movement of 1898, because Tan Sitong hoped to get Yuan Shikai's support to kill Cixi, and Yuan Shikai became the first suspect.But under the guarantee of Rong Lu, Yuan Shikai escaped safely.

But after Cixi's death, this matter was brought up again, because Yuan Shikai did not support Tan Sitong, which led to the tragedy of Emperor Guangxu.Because of this incident, the Aixinjueluo family hated Yuan Shikai deeply.When the Empress Dowager Cixi died, Sun Yat-sen, a revolutionary party in Tokyo, and Kang Youwei, a royalist party, including all the people in the country, wrote a letter requesting that Yuan Shikai be punished and Yuan Shikai be killed to thank the world. As for what Yuan Shikai did, I don't know much, anyway, he is too famous. When the execution order was issued, Yuan Shikai had already fled.Under the protection of his entourage, he fled to Tianjin and hid directly in the French Concession. Then he met with British journalist Morris and gave a long talk to the effect that Yuan Shikai, a Chinese political reformer, asked for political asylum in the UK.Afterwards, all the powers were in an uproar, accusing you of being out of your mind. All the work in the Qing Empire was done by Yuan Shikai alone. He is the only one who is sensible, and you still want to kill him?At this time, the Qing Empire was also embarrassed, saying: Yuan Shikai may not be killed, but he must surrender his military power.

In this way, Yuan Shikai survived this crisis fortunately, and began a long and patient wait.wait for what?Waiting for him to strangle the empire with his own hands.