Chapter 165 Section 5 Capture Yuan Shikai Alive

Yuan Shikai officially announced the abolition of the imperial system. In order to save the current situation, on March 20, 1916, he drafted five proposals, which were called "Yuan Wutiao": 1.The monarchy was abolished, and the reign title of Hongxian was abolished. 2.An interim meeting of the Acting Legislative Yuan to participate in politics was held to provide a legal basis for the abolition of the monarchy. 3.Lu Zhengxiang was removed from the position of Secretary of State and Xu Shichang was appointed. 4.Duan Qirui was appointed chief of staff to replace Feng Guozhang, who never took office.

5.Li Yuanhong, Xu Shichang and Duan Qirui are invited to preside over the peace talks with the National Defense Army. The national defense army hates "Yuan Wutiao". Cai E, Liu Xianshi and Tang Jiyao squatted in the small room for half a month, and jointly came up with six negotiation conditions for "Cai Liutiao": 1.After Yuan Shikai abdicated, he was saved from death, but he had to be expelled from abroad. 2.Thirteen people including Yang Du, the chief culprit of the emperor's system, thanked the world. 3.The preparation costs for the grand ceremony and military expenses are 60 million yuan, and the property compensation of the Yuan family and the 13 culprits of the imperial system should be investigated.

4.The descendants of the Yuan family were deprived of their citizenship rights by the third generation. 5.According to the "Min Yuan Constitution", Vice President Li Yuanhong was elected as the successor president. 6.Except for state servants, all civil and military officials will continue to serve as usual, but they must accept the instructions of the commander-in-chief of the National Defense Army regarding the garrison of the army. This "Cai Liutiao" is really too ruthless, and they want to kill them all. The three generations of the Yuan family are imprisoned and deprived of their citizenship rights. Even the military power of the whole country must be in the hands of the National Defense Army.These harsh conditions are definitely out of the question.

However, how could Cai E come up with such a cruel six? So Lu Zongyu, the Minister in Japan, went to the Japanese Foreign Minister Kikujiro Ishii, asking Japan not to add more chaos, and said: In China, no one can replace Yuan Shikai. Ishii Kikujiro said coldly: Welcome President Yuan Da's family to come to Japan to enjoy their old age. I understand, it turned out that the Japanese wanted to capture Yuan Shikai alive, take his whole family to Japan, and lock him in a cage to collect entrance fees. It would be better to kill Yuan Shikai. In critical moments, we can only look at Feng Guozhang, a powerful figure.But no one expected that Lao Feng actually came up with eight unreliable eight articles for "Feng Eight Articles":

1.In accordance with the original purpose of the Qing Dynasty to give full power to the organization of the republican government, Yuan Shikai was still recognized as the president. 2.Choose members carefully and reopen Congress. 3.Punish the traitor. 4.The provincial armies must be numbered according to the order of the national army, and a conscription system must be adopted. 5.The constitution was clearly established, and before the constitution was finalized, the Provisional Constitution of the first year of the Republic of China was still followed. 6.Before the winter of the fourth year of the Republic of China, the generals and governors of the provinces continued to serve.

7.All the enemy armies in Sichuan and Hunan were withdrawn. 8.Amnesty people. In this way, "Yuan Wutiao" and "Cai Liutiao" are incompatible, and "Feng Batiao" talks to himself. Not only is he not close to any party, but what's more terrible is that even "Feng Batiao" contradicts himself. .For example, according to the "Minyuan Constitution", Li Yuanhong should be in charge, but "Feng Batiao" insisted on the "Minyuan Constitution" while insisting that Yuan Shikai be in charge.This omission shows that most of the "Feng Batiao" was deliberately made by Feng Guozhang to make everyone happy.

At this juncture, Lao Feng is still making fun of it, it's really hard to do anything about him. At this moment, the national calamity came, the troop carrier "Xinyu" sank, and nearly a thousand Beiyang soldiers drowned in the deep sea.This was like adding insult to injury and dealt Yuan Shikai a fatal blow.