Chapter 27 Chapter 5 Polite military chaos

Thousands of people rioted here in Wuchang, and it was vigorous.The Beiyang soldiers in Beijing also had a lively game that day.Soldiers also swarmed into the streets, shooting people when they caught them, and looting money and things when they saw them, causing panic among the people and unrest in the whole town. Speaking of the chaos in Beijing, it is still an unsolved case.The cause of the incident was that Sun Wen sent an envoy to Beijing to take Yuan Shikai to Nanjing to take office, but after the envoy arrived, he encountered a Beiyang military turmoil.The revolutionaries firmly believed that the military chaos in Beijing was caused by Yuan Shikai secretly, and the purpose was to stay in Beijing instead of going to Nanjing.

So on the revolutionary side, is there any evidence? The evidence of the Revolutionary Party is: Yuan Shikai is a big villain, how can the big villain not make war?So since there is a military chaos, it must be caused by the big villain Yuan Shikai. However, how can it be seen that Yuan Shikai is a big villain? The evidence is also simple-Yuan Shikai caused military chaos, how could a good person cause military chaos?Therefore, Yuan Shikai is a big villain. Thus, a closed circular logic circle appeared in history: Yuan Shikai was a villain, so he must have caused the military chaos.Since he caused the military chaos, he must be a bad guy... In other words, until now, no one has been able to produce definite evidence of Yuan Shikai's military chaos, because everyone thinks it is unnecessary.

But this is necessary, very necessary. Let's first look at the details of the mutiny in Beijing. The Beiyang Mutiny was full of twists and turns.First, Sun Wen ordered the Senate to vote to establish Nanjing as the capital and encircle Yuan Shikai in Nanjing. Unexpectedly, the senators had their own ideas and passed the proposal to establish the capital in Beijing with an absolute majority.Sun Wen was furious, and yelled at the senators who voted for nothing, while Huang Xing threatened to raise troops, and no matter how disobedient the senators were, they would be served by bullets.Members were afraid, and this barely passed the bill.

So Sun Wen sent nine envoys: Cai Yuanpei, Song Jiaoren, Wang Jingwei, Niu Yongjian, Wang Zhengting, Liu Guanxiong, Wei Chenzu, Zeng Zhaowen, Huang Kaiyuan—pay attention to this Huang Kaiyuan, this trip to Beijing, this guy really earned a vote , I will talk about it later-these nine people went northward on February 18 and arrived in Beijing on February 26. They met Yuan Shikai the next day. On the night of the 29th, when the envoys were enjoying themselves, they heard gunshots erupting outside Dong'anmen, on Qianmen Street, and the flames shot into the sky.The envoys rushed to grab their shorts and socks, and ran towards the nearby Liuguo Hotel. There were foreign soldiers stationed there, no matter what kind of vicious soldiers, if they saw foreigners, they would be assholes and fight to avoid them.

The envoys fled, and the rebels began looting and smashing the shops.In Zhugan Lane inside Chaoyang Gate, Wang Wen, a member of the Du branch, lived. His position was equivalent to that of a civil servant in the Ministry of Finance. The whole family had already fallen asleep when they heard someone banging on the door outside.When I opened the door, there were 15 rebels standing outside. When Wang Wen opened the door, all the rebels spoke with a Shandong accent and said: We were forced to make trouble this time. If you always have spare money, lend us some money. , we live in Caozhou Mansion, Shandong, and if you come to our small area again and again in a few days, we will definitely repay you twice, this time I am really sorry.After finishing speaking, the silly soldiers all grinned and giggled.

Wang Wen said: A certain family is a well-known poor official in the capital, and he has no money in his life, but his salary has just been paid today. Since you have difficulties, let's spend it first. All the soldiers thanked him endlessly, took the money bag and left.In the middle of the night, the soldiers came back again, still banging on the door.This time Wang Wen didn't dare to open the door. He hid in the door and said, "Isn't the money bag already given to you?"Why are you back again? The silly soldier outside replied: We came back to tell you that we are not robbing, but borrowing, so I will give you something small... Just then there was a flicker, and a package was thrown from outside the wall, scaring Wang Wen to hurry Lie down on the ground, it took a while to get up, went to open it, and saw more than a dozen pairs of socks inside the package.

These chaotic soldiers are really real. There is a foreign goods factory in Sanlihe, Xicheng. A few days before the mutiny, soldiers came to buy things. There were many things to buy, but the soldiers did not have enough money.At that time, the owner of the store was also thinking about it, so he said: Take the goods, and forget about the money. Now there are revolutions all over the country, only Beijing is still quiet. After all, you are protecting us. Thank you soldiers. The soldiers thanked them and left with the goods on their shoulders.On the day of the mutiny, some street hooligans called a group of soldiers and said: This foreign goods factory is the richest, everyone go and grab it.All the soldiers swarmed up and were about to rob, when suddenly another group of soldiers rushed over, stopped in front of the store with guns, and shouted: "This store is the best for our soldiers. Whoever dares to rob it, I will protect it with all my might." .

As a result, the entire Sanlihe area was robbed, but this shop was safe and sound.