Chapter 171 Chapter 11 Fatal Blow

The Southern Conference was held for four consecutive days, but in the end, nothing came of it. At this time, the six generals of Xu, Bian, Anhui, Lu, Feng, and Ji openly sent a telegram, requesting that the five southern provinces be resolved by force.Liu Guanxiong, the chief of the navy, stated that he firmly supported Yuan Shikai and would not hesitate to fight the five southern provinces to the end.When Yuan Shikai was relieved, Duan Qirui came and poured cold water on Yuan Shikai. Duan Qirui said: Please don't get too hot-headed, the president. It is useless to fight, and you must not use troops.

Yuan Shikai said: The problem is that the five southern provinces are not negotiating peace with you. Duan Qirui said: "It's two different things. I mean you can't use troops against the five southern provinces." Yuan Shikai said: "Zhiquan, can you not be angry with me, now you can't make peace, and you don't want to fight. What do you want to do?" Duan Qirui said: Two different things, I mean, if the president insists on using troops, then I have no choice but to resign. Yuan Shikai was so angry that he was about to go crazy: okay, okay, you resign, I won't stop you.

Duan Qirui immediately submitted his resignation: Please sign the president, and I will go home immediately after signing. Yuan Shikai cried: Zhiquan, do you really have the heart to team up with those people and bully me, a gray-haired old man? Duan Qirui said: "Forget it, President, don't rely on your old age to sell your old age. Let me show you a telegram. It was sent to me by Chen Huan from Sichuan, proposing six preferential treatment conditions for you." Is there such a thing?Yuan Shikai opened the telegram, and saw that there were indeed six items: 1.Never mind the past.

2.Citizenship shall not be taken away. 3.Property is not confiscated. 4.Live freely. 5.The people of the whole country give due respect. 6.The government of the Republic of China gave an annual fee of 100,000 yuan. Yuan Shikai looked at it, feeling indescribably miserable, forced a smile and said, "Okay, very good, it's not a problem for me to abdicate. I will move to the Summer Palace to recuperate someday when you have discussed how to deal with the aftermath." Duan Qirui asked: President, are you serious? Yuan Shikai said: "Look at you, what lies I told you about this matter."

Really good.Duan Qirui said, what I showed you just now is the telegram sent to me by Chen Huan.Just now, Chen Huan sent another telegram. If the president is in a good mood, he might as well take a look. Another telegram?Yuan Shikai took it suspiciously, opened it to take a look, spat out a mouthful of blood, and passed out. Duan Qirui knelt down on one knee and said to the unconscious Yuan Shikai: President, we can bully you, but Chen Huan shouldn't.I swear, as long as I am alive, Chen Huan will have to pay for this telegram. Beiyang warriors firmly believed that it was this telegram that drove Yuan Shikai to death.In fact, even if the problem was not so serious, the consequences were not trivial. Yuan Shikai had a complete mental breakdown because of this telegram.

So what is this telegram?