Chapter 29 Chapter 7 The old leader is a traitor

When the mutiny happened, Yuan Shikai was shocked, knowing that Beiyang was no longer reliable, and when there was nothing he could do, ministers from various countries rushed to the British embassy to attend a wrangling meeting hosted by British minister Zhu Erdian. At the meeting, the great powers agreed that the current situation was seriously out of control, just like the Boxer Rebellion, and it was a bit unreliable to expect the Chinese army to protect the safety of citizens of various countries in China. They should quickly call in troops to Beijing to protect themselves. At this time, the great powers each had troops stationed in China. In Tianjin, there were 995 American soldiers, 1,850 British soldiers, 900 French soldiers, 1,330 Japanese soldiers, 665 Russian soldiers, and only 5 Belgian soldiers...although there were only 5 soldiers Big soldiers, but aggression is aggression, it goes without saying.

All in all, there were 6,170 foreign soldiers stationed in Tianjin at that time, 1,565 foreign soldiers stationed along the Shanhaiguan Railway, and 2,560 foreign soldiers stationed in the embassy area of ​​Beijing. In short, there were about 10,000 foreign soldiers stationed in China at that time, and all the foreign soldiers ran into Beijing, and Beijing immediately restored order. According to records, in order to prevent the Chinese from accusing them of interfering in sovereignty, the foreign powers agreed that the number of foreign soldiers transferred to Beijing to maintain order should not exceed 200 per country, and the total number should not exceed 700. If there were too many, it would not be peacekeeping. Will be scolded to death by the Chinese.

However, although it is stipulated that each country should not have more than 200 soldiers, in fact, most of the country's garrisons are technical soldiers. For example, Belgium has only 5 people. In any case, it is less than 200. In the end, the terms are revised, mainly by Japan. 400 troops were sent, the United States sent 150 troops, and the British soldiers were added to make up the number. The number of foreign soldiers was overwhelming, and Beijing was determined, so Yuan Shikai took the initiative to find out what happened. Yuan Shikai is investigating, and all kinds of people who are extremely idle are also investigating.The first to find out the result was a man named Zhang Guogan, who was Tang Shaoyi's entourage, and later went to work as an aide for the fat boy Li Yuanhong.He wrote the book "Beiyang Shuwen" and broke the news that: The Beiyang mutiny in the capital was actually the work of Yuan Shikai's son Yuan Keding. At that time, Yuan Keding thought about it this way. , forcing Yuan Shikai to be the emperor, so that he can succeed himself in the future...

Zhang Guogan narrated that his breaking news came from Xu Shichang, which should be quite accurate. But historians generally believe that Zhang Guogan's nonsense, this matter has no basis and is not credible. Fortunately, the patriotic general Feng Yuxiang wrote a book proving that this matter had nothing to do with Yuan Shikai. Feng Yuxiang said that the cause of the mutiny stemmed from the confusion of thoughts.The former, Beiyang soldiers only knew to be loyal to the emperor, but suddenly Yuan Shikai lifted the little emperor off the dragon chair, and the soldiers were at a loss, thinking that Yuan Shikai was a treacherous minister who usurped the throne, and the old leader who had always been respected and loved turned out to be a treacherous minister. Why should I be honest and continue to suffer?

Feng Yuxiang was a soldier in Beiyang at that time, and he personally participated in the mutiny.He said that at that time, the morale of the army was gone, and Duan Zhigui of Beiyang was suddenly troublesome and announced a salary cut. In short, Yuan Shikai really didn't know the details of the mutiny. When the gunshots rang out, he immediately rushed into the basement, hid, and paid a lot of money to his followers, because he thought it was the Habayashi Army who opposed him to overthrow the emperor. He came to kill him, so he paid generously in order to save his life. In this military turmoil, the most unlucky people are the ordinary people who took advantage of the petty advantage.After the mutiny, Yuan Shikai sent soldiers who did not take part in the rebellion to the streets. It happened that some civilians slipped out of their homes and picked up things thrown by the rebels on the street, but they were caught by the soldiers maintaining order. The gangster was shot dead in the name of robbery.In short, you have to do your part to be a human being, and you really can't take advantage of small advantages.

Although it was a mutiny, not everyone suffered a loss. For example, among the nine ambassadors sent by Nanjing, Huang Kaiyuan, who was the last, made a lot of money.