Chapter 4 Chapter 4 He Settles Home in Nanheyan

du8.com copyright About 10 kilometers northwest of Beijing, there is a famous garden called the Summer Palace.It is said that the construction of the garden began in the Ming Dynasty.In the year of Qianlong (1750) of the Qing Dynasty, a large-scale construction was carried out and Qingyi Garden was built. It is known as Beijing's famous "Three Mountains (Wanshou Mountain, Yuquan Mountain, Fragrant Mountain) and Five Gardens (Changchun Garden, Yuanming Garden, Qingyi Garden, Jingming Garden, Jingyi Garden)" is a place with very beautiful scenery, which was destroyed when the British and French allied forces invaded. In 1888 (the 14th year of Guangxu), Cixi embezzled naval military expenditures to rebuild her and renamed it the Summer Palace.Later, it was destroyed by the Eight-Power Allied Forces, but Cixi still did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to repair her and use it as a place for her to rest.The Summer Palace is divided into two parts: Longevity Hill and Kunming Lake.A large stage in the Virtuous Harmony Garden was built next to the Leshou Hall in Wanshou Mountain, which was specially used for Cixi to watch operas.

Now, Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to come here again to watch a play. The troupe was busy preparing for the show, the administrators were busy cleaning, and eunuchs, maids, and guards came here in groups.Zhang Xun returned to Beijing overnight from the northeast, and hurried to the Summer Palace early in the morning, waiting for Cixi to summon him. The Golden Autumn of the Summer Palace is a special scene, the golden chrysanthemums filling the promenade are vying for beauty; the maple leaves on the slope of Longevity Hill are red for a long time, the green Kunming Lake is full of lotus and water; all the pavilions and halls, They all look colorful in the quiet! Dehe Garden, the rectangular courtyard, as the main theater building, has long been cleaned by servants and sprinkled with a layer of faint perfume; The horns are raised, and the copper bell of "Ding Dong Dong" rings, showing cheerfulness!

The Deheyuan Grand Theater is collectively known as the "Three Great Stages in China" together with the Qingyin Pavilion in Chengde Bishu Villa and the Changying Pavilion in the Forbidden City in Beijing. The Deheyuan Grand Theater is the largest, with a height of 21 meters. On the lower three floors, the bottom stage is 17 meters wide. There is a heaven and earth well connected between the upper and lower floors, and the top is pulled by a winch.For background needs, there is also a deep water well and 5 square pools at the bottom of the stage, which can spray water features.The two floors adjacent to the south are the theater building, that is, the backstage.The Palace of the Summer Palace, which is seven rooms wide, is a place exclusively for Cixi to watch operas; the princes and ministers who are invited to watch operas can only be in the corridors on the east and west sides of the stage.Li Lianying helped Cixi to the Palace of the Summer Palace, helped her sit on the phoenix seat, and turned around to arrange for the "play", but Cixi stopped him.

"Little Lizi!" "The servant is here." "Is Zhang Xun here?" "Go back to Lafayette, Zhang Xun arrived in Beijing at midnight." "Why don't you see him?" Cixi was very serious. " Pass him in. ""twitter!" Li Lianying stood in the front porch of the Summer Palace and shouted loudly: "Zhang Xun enters the palace!" As usual, Zhang Xun was already standing in the corridor on the east side of the stage.Standing in that porch, he was afraid of breaking the rules - because that was where the princes and ministers stood, and he couldn't reach this standard.Suddenly hearing the announcement, he hurriedly knelt down in the porch, and said, "Zhang Xun is here!"

Li Lianying was stunned.According to the usual practice, those who reward and watch the theater should say "yes", and it is over.He remembered that he had yelled "enter the palace" loudly. Isn't this a "fake Chuanyi decree"!? He turned to look at Cixi in horror, and saw that she was not only not angry, but also had a smile on her face, and said to him: "Let Zhang Xun, come to me." Li Lianying felt relieved, turned her face quickly, and shouted again: "Zhang Xun is coming to accompany you in the Summer Palace!" With this shout, the entire Summer Palace was alarmed! "Who is Zhang Xun? Why?" Have this honor?" Even Zhang Xun himself was stunned: "To the Summer Palace? Accompanying you?"

Li Lianying waved to Zhang Xun and nodded again.Only then did Zhang Xun run over in a panic. Entering the Summer Palace, Zhang Xun knelt down on both knees, touched his head to the ground, and said: "Slave Zhang Xun pays homage to Lafayette! Good luck to Lafayette!" "Get up." Cixi said. "Thank you Lafayette." "Little Li, show Zhang Xun a seat." Zhang Xun hurriedly knelt down again. "Slaves dare not, slaves dare not!" "This is watching a play, not talking about politics, so there is no need to pay so much attention." "I dare not, I dare not!"

There was one seat, but Zhang Xun didn't dare to take the seat. He kept standing beside Cixi with his hands down. Zhang Xun looked like a slave in front of Cixi, and was very pleased by Cixi.At the same time, it also touched Li Lianying—that Li Lianying, relying on Cixi's spirit and power, had already forgotten all the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.If anyone underestimates him in front of Cixi, he will definitely think of ways to speak ill of you.Now, Zhang Xun stood next to Cixi, and the "seat" arranged by Li Lianying was empty, which also showed that Zhang Xun respected his chief eunuch.Therefore, Li Lianying nodded slightly to Zhang Xun with a smile, and immediately turned to Cixi and said: "Zhang Xun dare not sit in front of Lafayette, which shows that Zhang Xun is loyal to Lafayette from the bottom of his heart. Lafayette, you just give Zhang Xun one." A chance to be loyal." "Little Li is right, right!" Cixi nodded with a smile, and waved to Zhang Xun. "Then you stand by my side, so that I can ask you something."

"Cha!" Zhang Xun approached Cixi in a polite manner. Empress Dowager Cixi had no energy to listen to and appreciate the drama.Since the beginning of summer this year, she has always felt exhausted, her back is sore, her legs hurt, and she feels a little dizzy when she walks around;When the imperial doctor checked her pulse, he always told her "I'm not sick." However, the above feelings became more and more serious.The most obvious thing is that she has become thinner and thinner; her eyes, which were originally small, gradually became shriveled and sunken; the wrinkles on her forehead multiplied several times almost overnight.Now, she was sitting on the grand teacher's chair covered with soft cushions in the Summer Palace, but she still felt uncomfortable, holding Li Lianying's hand from time to time, frowning, and taking deep breaths.She is not listening to or watching a play, as if she is experiencing a struggle with a disease, or accepting a helpless treatment.Therefore, who appeared on the stage, what was said, and what song was sung? She had no idea.And not long after the opening gongs and drums sounded, she was about to leave.

Li Lianying supported her, Zhang Xun snuggled up to her and wanted to say something, but seeing Li Lianying winking at him, he had no choice but to hold back his mouth, hurriedly knelt down and said something nondescript, "Send the Lafayette to you". Cixi left and left the Summer Palace.It seemed that she was just doing a ceremony to draw Zhang Xun to stand beside her, and when the ceremony was over, she withdrew.This abnormal behavior made all the attendants and ministers who watched the theater think wildly; but as Zhang Xun, this honor was completely obtained.Therefore, long after Cixi left, his head was still firmly touching the wooden floor.

After listening to the opera on Wanshou Mountain, Zhang Xun felt that his social status was high, and the opportunity for Tengda had come.Therefore, he did not return to the northeast in a hurry, and remained in the capital.He wanted to wait for "Yi Zhi": "Maybe Lafayette will be promoted to my official position at that moment!" He lived for a few days, but there was no news.He wanted to find Li Lianying, the chief eunuch, but he had no reason to enter the palace.He thought that Li Lianying would come to look for him, but he was nowhere to be seen.He wanted to find Beiyang Minister Yuan Shikai, who was like his "mentor".However, he didn't want to go—"Lafayette hasn't given Master Yuan the honor of being seated in a theater, what's the use of looking for him?"

For the promotion, Zhang Xun has reached the point where he can't wait.He felt that he was qualified, "In the whole world, how many people can be liked by Lafayette? Which one of the officials in the world is not rewarded by Lafayette? Lafayette likes me, what official does she want to reward me? One mouthful!" Just when Zhang Xun was thinking about the official, he suddenly heard a thunderbolt news: "Cixi is dead!" Zhang Xun heard the news, three souls and seven souls left his body, and he fell limply on the ground... When he regained his composure, he burst into tears: "Lafayette! You have ascended to heaven, what will the Qing Dynasty do? What should we do? What should I do..." This cry shook the beams of the roof; My father is still in pain when he is dead. Zhang Xun cried in the room for a long time, and suddenly felt that "there are still important things to do"-he had to cry and keep the spirit.He hurriedly went to the store to buy a full set of filial piety clothes, covered his body, and found a few hemp ropes to tie around his waist, and then rushed towards the palace... Zhang Xun was Cixi's favorite minister, and he was wearing a yellow mandarin jacket. In addition, he was summoned to "watch a play", so he was naturally guarding the spirit.He cried to death in Cixi's mourning hall, with tears flying down his face, how much more painful than the mourning concubine's, even those royal relatives and nobles who were crying along with the class were surprised! It is also the year of the monkey (Wushen) that is unfavorable. Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty died, and Lafayette Cixi, who had been hanging for many years, also died.There is no one in the country, and it is difficult to find even a person who can stand as the master. Empress Yehenala, Empress Longyu, Cixi's niece, should hang down the curtain, but she is a woman who does not care about political affairs and does not want to take care of the court, so she has no choice but to discuss the establishment. Puyi, the three-year-old son of Prince Chun Zaifeng, is the emperor, and his reign name is Xuantong.Longyu naturally became the empress dowager.If you don't listen to the government, you have to listen. The emperor is young and ignorant. If she doesn't listen to the government, the government will be in chaos.Longyu listened to the government, with Zaifeng as the regent. Longyu knew Zhang Xun and his loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, and now seeing him in such grief, he asked Prince Jin to dissuade him from "sorry".Zhang Xun wiped away his tears and said: "Lafayette and the emperor treated me very generously, and the emperor's kindness is great! I will never forget it, I should really go to heaven with Lafayette!" As he said, he almost wanted to hit the wall. Prince Jin sighed, and said slowly: "It's rare for you to be so loyal to our court. Lafayette and the emperor's spirit in heaven will be able to see clearly, and you must not think about it. From now on, as long as you remain loyal to the court, it will be fine." Zhang Xun knelt down, and expressed his determination again: "Zhang Xun was devastated by the Qing Dynasty, and will never change his will. The empress can learn from it!" In the late Qing Dynasty, the state of the world was extremely chaotic, and external troubles and internal disasters came one after another.The imperial court did not think about the reasons for the decline, but changed its course and changed its course. Instead, it blindly complained to its subordinates and adopted frequent replacement methods.Therefore, it was once formed to face inward and outward, and officials changed back and forth like a lantern.As the saying goes, there is one emperor and one courtier! At that time, the officials were divided into "clans" and "groups". If the governor or governor of a province is changed, all the general people under him have to be changed; when people change, things change. Well, when a newcomer takes office, he always finds fault with the old one.As a result, internal strife arose, and Yuzhi gradually became chaotic. Xu Shichang supervised the three eastern provinces for three years, and Cixi transferred him out when he was "promoted".The successor governor, Xiliang, is also a big villain in the officialdom, and he has the honor of the Manchu nobles, so he naturally wants to be different in the Northeast.Not long after Xiliang took office, he found out that the person in charge of the Northeast Garrison was Zhang Xun, so he deliberately replaced him with his confidant; And he should be punished.In July of the first year of Xuantong (1909), Xiliang had a lot of brains, and eloquently listed many "crimes" of Zhang Xun. For the crime of dereliction of duty, investigate and deal with Xu Shichang's improper employment. When the memorial was sent to the palace, Prince Regent Zaifeng saw it and smiled. "Xiliang is much ado about nothing!" He took the note, met with the Empress Dowager Longyu, explained the situation, and said: "It is Lafayette's intention for Zhang Xun to stay in Beijing. Lafayette's Zi Palace has not yet been enshrined. How dare we violate the holy will?" What about it?" The Empress Dowager Longyu also treated Zhang Xun kindly, and she heard a lot of good things about Zhang Xun from Cixi, so she couldn't get rid of a favorite minister of the previous generation as soon as she listened to the government.What's more, her curtains are by no means like Cixi's, taking care of everything.Since the regent is interested, why not push the boat along. "Tell Xiliang that Zhang Xun is 'staying in Beijing on an errand', just return the booklet to him. " Zhang Xun's "flying disaster" disappeared under the love of the queen mother and the regent.Not long after, the regent saw Zhang Xun and gave Zhang Xun a favor as a generous gift.Zhang Xun kowtowed three times in a row, "Thank you for your great kindness!" Qing Dynasty. The tombs of emperors and empresses in the Qing Dynasty are divided into four areas according to their distribution: the Zhao, Xing, Jing, and Xian four mausoleums before Taizu, called Yongling, are located in Xinbin, Liaoning; Mausoleum), Emperor Taizong's Zhaoling Mausoleum (commonly known as Beiling), near Shenyang, Liaoning; Xiaoling Mausoleum of Shunzhi, Jingling Mausoleum of Kangxi, Yuling Mausoleum of Qianlong, Dingling Mausoleum of Xianfeng, Huiling Mausoleum of Tongzhi and Zhaoxi Mausoleum of Emperor Taizong. The mausoleum of concubines, called Dongling, is located in Zunhua, Hebei; Tailing of Yongzheng, Changling of Jiaqing, Muling of Daoguang, Chongling of Guangxu and the tombs of concubines are called Xiling, located in Yi County, Hebei.But Tangling in Zunhua is the largest.Cixi was the concubine of Emperor Xianfeng. After Xianfeng's death, his 6-year-old son Zaichun ascended the throne (that is, Emperor Tongzhi) and was honored as queen mother.Cixi died, of course she should be buried in Dongling.In October of the first year of Xuantong (1909), a Zigong Fengan will be held for her.The funeral is about to happen. Cixi has ruled the royal family for so many years and has already cultivated a large number of queens. Of course, the funeral ceremony will be very grand.For many days, from the imperial city in the capital to the Dongling of Zunhua, the servants went back and forth like a shuttle, and the work was lost day and night. The princes and ministers mourned deeply, and even the sky seemed dim. One day, the regent Zaifeng called Zhang Xun to the harem and said to him: "Zhang Xun, Empress Xian's Zi Palace is about to be enshrined. The Empress Dowager Longyu knew that Lafayette liked you very much when he came to court, so she called you into the palace. , I have something to tell you face to face." Zhang Xun knelt in front of the lord, and responded repeatedly, "The slave will obey the queen's order!" However, he suddenly panicked, he didn't know what Empress Longyu wanted him to do? He has been guarding the spirit, and there is no need to arrange; When he was in peace, he cried a lot in pain, and did his best to be a loyal minister.What else needs to be explained separately? Zhang Xun is a warrior, and he still doesn't know much about the funeral of the Qing Dynasty.When he was in his hometown in Jiangxi, he heard people say that when the ancestors of rich people died, they should be buried with living people. "Could it be that the Empress Dowager Longyu wants me to be buried with Lafayette?" He jumped up in his heart, his knees were a little limp, his eyes were dazed, and his forehead was burning——Zhang Xunzhong Lafayette and loyalty to the court are all for the sake of rising.Want to be promoted, want to get rich, want to become a master! Death, death for the court is certainly grand and might go down in history, but that is after the death.When a person dies, praise and curse by thousands of people are the business of future generations. What practical significance does it have for himself? Zhang Xun is afraid, he feels that he cannot die, he doesn’t deserve to die, it’s not good for him to die now . Zhang Xun wanted to intercede with the regent, and asked him to say a few good words in front of the queen mother, saying, "I, Zhang Xun, am not old yet, and I can do many great things for the Qing Dynasty. I am loyal to the Qing Dynasty and will never change my mind! Let me do it again." Live and be loyal to the Qing Dynasty for a few years!" However, he is not easy to open his mouth, and he is afraid that the prince will say that he is "greedy for life and afraid of death".Zhang Xun trembled all over and knelt there. "Get up," said the Regent. "I'll take you to see the Queen Mother." "Cha, cha!" Zhang Xun reluctantly stood up, followed the regent, and walked towards the harem of Empress Dowager Longyu.As soon as he entered the harem, Zhang Xun knelt down on the ground without waiting for the regent to report the letter, and said repeatedly: "My slave Zhang Xun kowtowed to the queen mother, the queen mother is auspicious!" Empress Dowager Longyu said calmly: "Zhang Xun! Get up, I have something to tell you." "Slave thank you Queen Mother." Zhang Xun stood up, still extremely flustered. "Empress Xian's Zi Palace will be moved to Dongling Feng'an," Longyu said, "Everyone in the palace is in a hurry and sad. There are some things that may not be well-arranged at that time. If you can think of it, let me say it first. I thought of it." you……" Hearing these words, Zhang Xun fell to his knees in a hurry: "Your servant respectfully obeys Yi's decree!" "On that day, you will lead the guards to take care of the coffin." Longyu said, "It's not a short journey from Beijing to Zunhua. After Feng'an, I want you to stay with the concubines." Mausoleum. This is the ancestral system, and everything that needs to be done must be done according to the system. This is your task." When Zhang Xun heard that he was not to be buried with Lafayette, a stone fell to the ground, and he was busy kowtow. "Slaves must be loyal to their duties, for sure!" Zhang Xun walked out of the harem, hurried to his military guard camp, gathered his team together, and explained the matter of escorting the coffin.Then he said: "This is a very important task. The queen mother and the emperor trusted us and let us take it on. There are so many troops in Beijing, why don't you ask other troops to protect the spirit? We must be loyal to the end, just like Back then, he escorted back to Luan and guarded Duanmen as loyal to Lafayette. Can you do it?" "Cha!" Thousands of officers and soldiers responded in unison: "It must be done!" Zhang Xun regrouped the team again, and explained to the leaders and leaders individually, telling them to train quickly, and then walked towards the palace again—he wanted to report to the regent, saying that he "brought the spirit guardian The tasks are all done."However, he decided not to go, thinking that doing so would be redundant.He went back to his lodgings. Autumn in Beijing is another dry season.When the yellow leaves are flying, bursts of sand and dust fly from outside the Great Wall with the west wind, the sky is yellow and the houses are yellow and clear; looking along the long street, it always looks like alleys made of dust and sand; walking on the road The men and women on the street narrowed their eyes and tilted their heads to avoid the wind; the young women were very chic, and they wrapped their heads and faces tightly with gauze scarves, as if to hide their shame. Zhang Xun patted the dust off his body, opened the door and walked into the room.He wanted to calm down and think about what to do again? When he turned around and slapped the dust on his clothes, he suddenly found the yellow mandarin jacket that was bestowed on him by the imperial court—this was Zhang Xun’s great honor! Not many people have this kind of favor.He regarded it as Zhang's family treasure, his lifeblood, and his supreme honor! "The emperor's kindness is as great as heaven, and I, Zhang Xun, will live my whole life..." Holding the yellow jacket, he panicked again: "The imperial court treats me like rain and dew." What’s wrong with me, Zhang Xun? Why did I even think about the burial so terribly, and was so unwilling to do it? Sure enough, I poured out my thoughts to the regent and asked him to intercede in front of the queen mother. What kind of person have I become? Isn't he half-hearted towards the court?" Thinking of this, Zhang Xun felt his face was hot and his heart was also angry. "Zhang Xun.Zhang Xun, without the emperor's grace, where would you be today, not to mention entering the palace and wearing a yellow jacket, I'm afraid you won't even be able to leave Chitian Village, and you have to..." After thinking about it, Zhang Xun hung up the yellow jacket At the front door of the house, I cleaned my hands again, knelt down on the ground, kowtowed deeply three times, and said to the yellow jacket: "Lafayette, the emperor, the empress dowager, I, Zhang Xun, will do everything for the first day of my life." Handed over to the Qing Dynasty.I swear: If there is half-heartedness and half-heartedness again, the emperor and the earth can learn from it, and I will never do anything that is worthy of the Qing Dynasty!" Zhang Xun's oath seemed to be known by the court, and the court regarded Zhang Xun as the most loyal courtier.When Cixi's Zigong died from Beijing, Zhang Xun followed him around, wearing filial piety and weeping for the spirit, in pain; on the way from Beijing to Zunhua, he walked on foot like the Cizhou escort, and never left.After completing the ceremony, the Empress Dowager Longyu found him again before returning to Beijing, and said to her face: "I'm going back to Beijing. There are four noble concubines here to guard the mausoleum. You can stay here." "Cha!" Zhang Xun knelt down. "Protect the mausoleum of Empress Xian, and also protect the four noble concubines." "Cha!" "When will you return to Beijing? I will let someone know." "Cha" Zhang Xun spent another three months guarding Cixi's tomb in Dongling, and he did not return to Beijing until the end of the year.When he returned to his life, Empress Dowager Longyu rewarded him generously. du8.com copyright It is said that the city of Beijing was built from the 10th year of Genghis Khan (the 3rd year of Jin Zhenhu, 1215 AD) when the Mongolian army captured the central capital and changed it to Daxing Mansion, the general manager of Yanjing Road. Beijing has become the political center of our multi-ethnic country.In the Ming Dynasty, General Xu Da changed its name to Beiping after capturing Dadu.Zhu Di, the fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, was granted the title of King of Yan, and later Emperor Yongle. In the first year (1403), he was promoted to Beijing in Beiping. It is also the most magnificent and magnificent ancient city in the city, with three floors: the outer city, the inner city, and the imperial city (also known as the Forbidden City).The Forbidden City alone covers an area of ​​more than 720,000 square meters, with more than 9,000 houses, and the surrounding palace walls are about 3,400 meters long; there is a 52-meter-wide moat surrounding the palace walls.Along the moat, it is divided into several riversides, east, west, north, south.Most of these places along the river are the official residences of princes and ministers. Zhang Xun can be regarded as a person of status in the court. He is 56 years old and cannot live without his own home.Therefore, the government and private parties worked together, and the imperial court arranged a courtyard for him on the south riverside outside the moat of the Forbidden City. He spent a lot of money to renovate it, and decorated the facade, and it became "Zhang's house".Zhang Xun's first wife, Cao Qin, has been by his side almost all these years, but the residence is not fixed. Now that she has her own courtyard, she has settled down.There are no relatives in Guangxi, and Li's mother in Jiangxi died of illness early.Chitian Village has nothing to do with it.Zhang Xun only sent people to Guangxi to sell off the old house, and moved all the small things that must be brought to Beijing.At this time, Cao Qin was already in her 40s.Years of camp life and influence in the officialdom have made her a very mature person.She has a gentle temperament, an amiable attitude, and is very enthusiastic in dealing with people, and never puts on airs as a lady.When she moved into her new residence in Nanheyan, she was shocked as soon as she stepped into the courtyard door—— Cao Qin originally thought that there were three ordinary tile-roofed houses, which would be enough to live in if they were tidied up.She is not demanding about life, she can cover her body with clothes, eat enough to fill her stomach, and her house is not leaking, and there are not many people around her.After her grandmother died, she only found a middle-aged woman in Jiangxi to help her with the housework. That was only after repeated instigation and persuasion by Zhang Xun.After coming to Beijing, I found a 16-year-old girl who said she was taking care of her life. In fact, she adopted her as an adopted daughter—since Zhang Xun went to Liaohai when she gave birth to a boy and died soon after. , Cao Qin no longer had children.She would love to have a boy or a girl, but can't. "It's just such a family of four, what kind of deep house and courtyard do you want?" However, the courtyard in front of her, although the lintel is not prominent, but the courtyard with gray tiles and blue bricks, the square east, west, north, south, and north houses, each room is bright and clean There are three main questions, the main house has a long corridor leading out of the building, there is a well in the courtyard, and a whirling acacia tree beside the well, quiet and solemn, even the place where she went to Fengxingang was not like Xu's mansion. Nice house! Standing in the yard, she said in surprise: "This is our home? Do we want to live here? Live in so many houses?" Zhang Xun smiled. "Yes. It's our home, so we live here. According to the rules of the imperial court, our yard is still small. Maybe it will be changed to a more spacious one in the future." "Need to change?" Cao Qin was even more surprised. "You don't understand," Zhang Xun said, "Master of the courtiers in the capital, which one is not a deep house? Do you think we will still have three or five people living in poverty in the future? No, we will have maids, servants, and guards. What! This courtyard house is not enough for them to live in. Now that I am an official in Beijing, how can I still be like Jiangxi and Guangxi.” Even after moving in, Cao Qin felt uncomfortable all the time. She didn't seem to understand Zhang Xun's words; when she became a Beijing official, a high official, would she have to have a large group of servants and live in a government-like courtyard? Cao Qin grew up in bitter waters. She hated the gap between rich and poor in real life. She dreamed that "everyone has food to eat and clothes to wear".She never thought that she would oppress a large number of men and women when she became rich.After coming out with her husband all these years, she still has a rough diet, mends, and does everything by herself.She wants to be like her grandmother, who is still busy working for others in her 80s. After living in Nanheyan, Cao Qin felt depressed. She often took her "daughter" out for a walk.All she can see are the high palace walls, the wide moat, and the sedan chairs that come and go in and out, and the soldiers in a hurry that she can't tell the difference between morning and evening; When I went to Jiahe, I couldn't see the six animals.She can only distinguish spring, summer, autumn and winter from the leaves on the trees whether they are green or yellow, and whether they are growing or falling. "Is this a government house or a prison, am I an official's wife or a prisoner?" She couldn't tell the difference. However, Cao Qin did not show her depression. When a woman marries a man, she has to follow her. No matter what a man does, a woman has to support him and be his good wife! She wants to do everything It's for Zhang Xun.As Zhang Xun's official position continued to rise, Cao Qin also felt that the conditions for her to be a good wife were restricted.For example: "Someone came home with some paperwork. She couldn't remember something or pass on a message. She hadn't read a book for a day, and she didn't know the word "one" like a pole. After coming to Beijing, Zhang Xun once found a tutor to teach her how to read. However, regardless of Cao Qin’s ingenuity in other things, it is extremely difficult to distinguish black and white characters on white paper. Either the appearance is confused, or the name is forgotten. It took me half a month to learn the word "Cao Qin" in my own name. This made the tutor dumbfounded. Later, he had to adopt the method of "referring to things and teaching", and used every kind of Cao Qin The items are all marked with names, so that she can read by looking at them.However, these "pots, bowls, ladles, and spoons" are hardly useful to officialdom, and Cao Qin's interest in learning is always very low.She also secretly said: "When I saw the children of rich people entering the school, I was so envious that I just wanted to cry. Now that I have the conditions to study, why can't I continue to study? You have to work hard and study hard!" Good idea , still can't do it. Cao Qin has Cao Qin's "difficulties"--the family was poor when he was young, and he lost the opportunity to study.However, the moral education she got from the old people is extremely rich! Probably China’s national conditions have played a role. Among the Chinese, the most moral people are the poor, and those who can repay kindness with kindness are almost always the poor.Give the poor a bite to eat, and the poor will never forget it; if you pull the poor out of the mud, the poor will repay you with their lives! Most of the laws and ethics in China are obeyed by the lowest level of the people.Cao Qin got the most simple but most heartfelt "Three Obediences and Four Virtues" education from her grandmother since she was a child. She understood what women should do.After getting married, she gave birth to a boy, and she was glad that her position was about to be stabilized, but after her son died, she cried for a long time.She fantasizes about being able to have another son.However, she never got pregnant again.Now, although she is only in her 40s and still has the ability to give birth, she is hopeless.Zhang Xun is nearly 60 years old and has no children around him. Can he not be anxious! "There are three ways to be unfilial, and having no offspring is the biggest. Cao Qin is very sensitive to this. Therefore, in the past few years, almost all her thoughts have been put aside. on this matter. After Nanheyan settled down, on a quiet night, she sat on the edge of the bed and said to Zhang Xun with a heavy heart: "There is one thing that I think should have been done a long time ago. I wanted to tell you, but I never did." day." "What's the matter? Tell me." Zhang Xun asked absently. "Do you want children or not?" Zhang Xun was taken aback. "Why do you ask this all of a sudden?" "I think." After Zhang Xun thought about it, he understood—although Zhang Xun was preoccupied with official affairs these years, he still thought about his children.Who doesn't want to have children? Cao Qin is no longer born. Zhang Xun once complained about her, but he also sympathized with her. When he was a vagrant, he could be with her for life. What kind of affection is this! What! He also naively thought that one day they get along day and night, and they will have children.We have been together day and night all these years, but we never see our children.Zhang Xun couldn't help muttering in his heart, but he never wanted to speak.Today his wife brought it up, but he just said prevaricationly: "Okay, let's have another life." "I can't give birth anymore." Cao Qin said, weeping sadly. "Stop talking." We will discuss this matter later. " Although the matter was not discussed, neither of them let go. In fact, Zhang Xun did not live a "lonely" life.A year ago, when he was rewarded with a yellow mandarin jacket and attended the opera at Longevity Hill, he had secretly taken a concubine.The woman's name was Shao Wen, from Tiannao Xiaozhan, more than 20 years younger than him, and she was born with a good looks and a middle-level education.Zhang Xun only wanted to wait for Shao Wen to become pregnant, and then explain to Cao Qin, and let Cao Qin accommodate her by using the mentality of "a handsome man covers up a hundred ugliness".Unexpectedly, this Shao Wen was an unbelievable woman, but she couldn't conceive.Zhang Xun had no choice but to keep her hidden.Now, Zhang Xun really wants to bring this matter to light and bring Shao Wen into Nanheyan.But I was afraid that two infertile women would be more difficult to communicate with each other, so I left it again.Zhang Xun did not treat Shao Wen badly. He bought her a few rooms in the suburbs of Beijing, and also bought her a maid named Lu Chaxiang, so that she could take good care of her life. Nanheyan has Zhang's house, and everything is arranged according to the title of admiral.Although Zhang Xun had never been in office, after all, he was conferred the title of "Admiral of Yunnan" and "Admiral of Gansu" by the emperor, and he was also rewarded with a yellow jacket, which of course surpassed the prestige of an admiral.After the family settled down, he successively invited Yuan Shikai, Xu Shichang and other officials to his home, and even invited the regent Zaifeng to his home, which was really good for a while.It's just that Zhang Xun is a foreign official after all, and he doesn't have his titles in the court, including the "temperance of all troops" given by Yuan Shikai, and the "Suwei Duanmen" given by Lafayette, they can't be regarded as serious Beijing officials. , so Zhang Xun has been restless.He wanted to go around more and make it right. China, the Chinese nation, has created a glorious civilization with its own diligence and wisdom in the history of mankind.However, when the Chinese people were about to enter the twentieth century of history, because the Qing Dynasty that ruled China had become a traitorous, extremely corrupt regime that strangled China's vitality and was deeply hated by the people, Western powers gradually invaded.The Chinese entered the 20th century with the national shame of the Eight-Power Allied Forces occupying the capital Beijing and the Qing government signing so many humiliating treaties! Before the Chinese nation is a tragic and bleak scene on the verge of destruction! China has many heroes who have dedicated themselves to the cause of national progress.In order to change the situation of the country and the destiny of the nation, the Chinese people have never stopped their resistance and struggle; in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Reformation, and the Boxer Movement, countless people with lofty ideals sacrificed their precious blood and heads.Although they all failed, that kind of national righteousness will always inspire people's fighting spirit to fight against aggression and oppression. Just at the turn of the century, China emerged a great patriot and a great democrat - Sun Yat-sen. In 1894, Sun Yat-sen chanted the slogan of "revitalizing China" and established a small revolutionary group in Honolulu - Xingzhonghui; in 1905, he initiated the establishment of the China Tongmenghui, and clearly put forward the political program with the goal of establishing a bourgeois democratic republic , trying to realize this program by revolutionary means. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary goal was to directly overthrow the Qing government.Because this government is already a tool used by the imperialist powers to rule China.Therefore, Sun Yat-sen's revolution was essentially anti-imperialist in nature.Sun Yat-sen's program won the support of the people all over the country, and revolutionary organizations were established in various provinces and overseas, and armed uprisings were successively launched.All of these have prepared China for an unprecedented revolution—the Revolution of 1911.As Mr. Lu Xun shouted loudly: There is no way to escape from the Lingtai, and the homeland is closed like a storm; I send a message to Han Xingquan, I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood.Sun Yat-sen's area of ​​activity was the south, and the place where the imperial court was worried was naturally also in the south. One day, Prince Regent Zaifeng brought Yuan Shikai, Minister of Military Aircraft, to the palace, told him about the situation of "the rebellion in the south," and then asked Yuan Shikai, "What do you think about the situation in the south?" The 52-year-old Yuan Shikai has already practiced a set of cunning tricks. For such a big matter, he always wants to observe the faces of the superiors before deciding to advance or retreat.So, he answered the question. "The Military Aircraft Department submitted the daily memorials to the palace in time. I still want to listen to the oracle first." Zaifeng was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It is unexpected that the people's grievances are so boiling, and the Queen Mother is also puzzled. The memorials in various places are vague, and the Queen Mother can't make advances or retreats for a while." The two railways were nationalized.Yuan Shikai said. "You mean the Sichuan-Han Railway and the Guangdong-Han Railway?" "Yes." Yuan Shikai said: "Chinese people can understand that the railway is nationalized. When it comes to borrowing money from banks in Britain, France, Germany, the United States and other countries, and using the right to build the railway as collateral, the people think it is a betrayal of sovereignty." I did. So..." "There's no need to talk about this for the time being." Zaifeng was obviously anxious to deal with it. "The north is fine. The current problem is to set up a line of defense to stop the revolution, so that the anti-imperial forces in the south cannot commit crimes in the north. Then discuss the plan to retreat." Yuan Shikai understood as soon as he heard it, this is to send troops to fight.He has been in charge of the army for many years, and he is also familiar with the "key areas", so he took the initiative to express his opinion. "The enemy from the south to the north commits crimes with the Yangtze River as the boundary. The most urgent task is to strengthen the defense of the Yangtze River. This requires sending a capable leader to guard against the Yangtze River." "The Empress Dowager thinks so too." Zaifeng asked again: "Who do you think is more suitable to send?" Yuan Shikai said without hesitation: "Zhang Xun is the most suitable." "Let me Bingzhuo make a decision later." After Nanheyan's home was settled, Zhang Xun finally got rid of his worries.曹琴又是一位善于理家的女人，家中虽然有了差役、仆女，她还是事事都忙着做，连下厨、扫院也争着干，下人对她更加敬仰。家事无须操心了，张勋便一心忙他的公事。 转眼又是一年，张勋57岁了，人也显得老成多了，事事时时，出出进进，都显得恭谦谨慎。他留起了八字胡，胡须那么浓黑，衬上两绺粗黑的眉毛，大大地眼睛，精神得很。不过，张勋也有心思。东陵回京，虽传谕嘉奖，那只是一个介乎口头的荣誉，就跟圣上干只在众人面前对他点头笑笑差不多。当时，张勋接受了，挺喜欢，以为还有更实惠的东西随之而来。谁知，一天一天地过去了，竟再无佳音。他感到失落了。家安定之后，他想专下心来，探听探听消息。 那一天，他刚刚穿戴整齐，一个太监来到南河沿，说是“传太后懿旨!” 张勋忙跪接。 原来是早时嘉奖时，太后还赏赐一块匾额，只是一时疏忽——南方大乱，太后也神不守舍了——，竟忘了，现在命太监补递上来。太监把写在宫宣上的四个字双手交给张勋，然后说：“张大人，恭喜你府弟增辉!” 张勋说：“谢太后赏赐，谢公公美意。” 张勋展纸一看，见是清秀工整的四个大字： 淑气清芬忙又朝地上磕头，再说：“谢太后赏赐!”——就是这四个字，张勋做了一块横大的匾额，将字镏金镶 上，挂在正堂，朝夕膜拜；直到四年之后，他又在西城太平仓建造了形似王府一般的小楼住宅，他还是把这块匾额悬在正堂，作为张府的殊荣。 张勋悬匾的那一天，将京城能够请到的王公大臣全请到，着实热闹了一番。袁世凯以“恩公”之姿来得特别早，并且以主人之姿迎候宾客，说尽了为张勋歌功颂德的话，乐得张勋笑咧咧地拱起双手，连说：“不敢，不敢。” 那一天，不知是袁世凯醉了还是忘乎所以?竟然提笔书了一副对联，要张勋悬在御赐的匾额之旁。联文是：治身者以积精为宝，治国者以积贤为道。 此联一就，有些大臣便摇头，认为不伦不类，更难与圣赐并悬。袁世凯觉察到了，不得不无可奈何白嘲般地一边揉碎一边说：“还是有一天再请太后赏联吧。”这才没有闹出弥天笑话。 南方吃紧了，朝中少良将，张勋经袁世凯和摄政王力荐，又被太后重用了。 宣统二年(1910年)10月，张勋奉上谕，总统江防各军并会办 '长江防守事宜。特别恩准的是张勋可以“专折奏事”。 张勋匆匆赶到宫中，向皇太后及小皇上谢恩，再次表示“效忠圣朝到底”。 太后望着跪在面前的张勋，心里一阵激动——国难当头，最需要的是忠臣良将。张勋一身二兼，主子能不重托。 “张勋，你起来吧。”隆裕太后示意的伸出手。 "I still have something to say to you." “喳”张勋站立在一旁。垂手低头，聆听训谕。 “你就到浦口去吧。”太后说。“南方乱了，我心里很焦急。不过，南方毕竟只是偏僻一隅，影响不大。那股叛逆势力，一旦过了长江，就非同小可。让你驻扎浦口，你该明白我的意思吧。” “奴才明白，奴才明白。”张勋忙又跪倒。“你去吧。”太后说：“要及时报来情况。”“喳!” 张勋爬起来，退出皇宫。圣命在身，不敢久停。张勋收拾一下，便匆忙赶往浦口。 酝酿已久的辛亥革命，终于在武昌城头爆发了—— 清政府把川汉铁路出卖给外国人了，四川人首先不答应，他们组织了“四川保路同志会”，举行请愿。结果，遭到清政府的镇压。老百姓不怕压，四川各县民众纷纷奋起武装反抗。清政府派端方从湖北率新军入川。 湖北早已不是清王朝的一统天下，在同盟会的影响下，新军和会党中积蓄了力量的文学社和共进会决定lo月9日起义。9日上午，共进会领导人孙武检查炸弹失事受伤，汉代的机关被破坏，文学社领导人蒋翊武闻讯，改在当夜举事，因送信人未能到达炮营，号炮未响，各营未动，武昌机关又被破坏，彭楚藩、刘尧徵、杨宏胜。三人遇害，蒋翊武被迫出走。10日上午，清湖广总督端徵和第八镇统治张彪大肆抓人。革命党人暗自联络决定当晚起义。 10日晚7时，工程营熊秉绅率队占领楚望台军械局；继而各营奋起，向总督署进攻。端徵、张彪等逃走。革命党占领武昌。因为文学社和共进会的领导人孙武、蒋翊武均不在场，革命党人便强推清协统黎元洪出任军政府都督，发表宣言，号召各省起义。湖南、陕西、江西等省相继响应，很快便形成了全国规模的辛亥革命。武昌城头的炮声，唤起中华民族的觉醒!两个月内，中国南北方的湖南、湖北、陕西、江西、山西、云南、贵州，安徽、广东、福建、四川等省先后宣布独立，统治中国二百九十余年的清王朝迅速解体了。 1911年12月，孙中山回国领导这场革命，经十七省代表会议推举为临时大总统。1912年1月1日在南京成立了中华民国临时政府；2月12日，清皇帝被迫宣布退位——清政府的统治从此结束。 du8.com copyright 武昌城头的炮响，两湖总督端徵的逃亡，北京城乱了。首先是宫中，隆裕太后把摄政王叫到面前，流着泪说：“事到今，我也拿不出办法了，皇上还是个孩子，不懂事。你拿办法吧，看看该怎么办?载沣连思索也不思索，硬着头皮，抗着高腔说：“不就是一小撮革命党么，我大清近三百年业基，难道会让几个革命党吓倒?让军机处下令，调兵讨伐就是了。 " “能伐得了?”隆裕不知朝廷有多少御林军。“军队多得很，灭了革命党还是有把握的。”隆裕不再说别的。只交待一句“慎密谋划”，便退回后宫。 载沣虽然摄玫，却不掌军队，军队掌握在陆军总长段祺瑞手中，段祺瑞是袁世凯的亲信，别人的话他不听。摄政王自然想到了袁世凯。 此时的袁世凯，早被罢官在家“养疴”，朝廷发道谕旨，重新起，，让他出任内阁总理大臣。袁世凯是受过深厚皇恩的，他不会支持革命党。可是，他对于能否战胜革命党，却是心中无把握。于是，把段祺瑞找来——当然是商量“剿除革命党，，的事。此时，凡大清臣姜堡少有人拥护革命党，没有谁想实行革命党的民主共和。当然包于古努共黩武的段祺瑞。 段祺瑞来到袁世凯面前，袁世凯把太后和摄政王的意思一一说明，段祺瑞便说：“发兵!发兵剿灭就是了。 ——这里，我们想插叙一个人物，因为此时此人起了一个特殊的作用，不能不提。 此人姓徐，名树铮，又名又铮，安徽萧县人，现在段祺瑞的陆军总部只是一个小小的谋士。此人却才气过人，早为袁世凯所知。此次袁世凯召见段，特附了一句，“务请徐树铮同来”。 就在袁、段磋商对付革命党事时，徐树铮平平静静地坐在一个不显眼的地方望着壁上悬挂的一张画。段祺瑞表了个“发兵”的态度之后，袁世凯没表可否，转脸望望徐树铮，想听听他的意见——当初，袁世凯在山东任巡抚时，朝廷调他北任直隶兼北洋大臣，他就恋栈山东，不想离开，就是徐树铮一席高瞻远瞩地开导，他毅然北上，才有今天，所以。他今天仍想听他的。 又铮“袁世凯呼着他的雅号说：“这件事你都听清楚了，你的意见如何?” 徐树铮一本正经地说：“段老总的意见很好，可以发兵。” 袁世凯急忙摇头。“芝泉(段祺瑞号芝泉)的意见，我听明白了，不失为一策。现在我是问你，你的意见如何?” 徐树铮心里早有打算，他研究过世界潮流，知道“民主”、“共和”是主流，人心所向。他虽然不希望孙中山成功，但他却认为孙中山是顺应了潮流，用武力不一定消灭。所以，徐树铮说出了另外一个意见。 依我浅见，举师讨伐，是不必要的。因为不一定'伐'得了。不仅不兴师问罪，而且还可以……” “怎么样?”袁世凯急问。“向朝廷进谏，请立共和!”。怎么说?”袁世凯不相信他的耳朵。 “请立共和……”段祺瑞跳了起来。“立什么共和?立共和对咱们有什么好处?嗯?!” 袁世凯冷静了一刻。他说：“还是请又铮把话说完。” 徐树铮胸有成竹地说：“共和，自然非咱所愿。咱们以'议和'来同国民党谈共和，国民党也得三思。但共和毕竟是大势所趋，顺应一下只不过是咱们的'缓冲'之计，并且可以变着法儿……” “怎么样?”袁世凯问。 “朝廷答应立共和了，我们就可以作为资本同革命党和谈。凭我们的影响，还愁没人拥护!这不是可以从另一方面收回大权吗!袁世凯想想，觉得“有道理”。但是，他怕，怕朝廷会怪罪他，再失去大权。 徐树铮也想到这一点了，他说：“这件事，自然要避开内阁和总理大人。我想，此事既然是军事问题，何不以前线军官名义进谏。成，战火熄灭，国泰民安，则二位大人当居首功；败，则因军人所谏，无非以'军不从君'问罪几个军人。到那时，总理大人岂不进退都有广阔天地。” 袁世凯本有夺权之心，一听此说，正合心意，忙挺身立占起，连声说：“好，好!” 不久，即以段祺瑞领衔，携同前敌各路将领曹锟等四十二人发出了“请立共和政体”的通电…… du8.com copyright ——这无非是变着法儿来维护没有皇帝的皇权，至少是争取像袁世凯这群猢狲能不散。 张勋是在四十二将领“请立共和政体”通电上签了名字的。不过，他是认定：共和必须是在皇上领导下。 他不能背离皇上，他到浦口会办江防各军不到一年，朝廷便调补他为江南提督，他驻进了南京。那之后一个多月，才发生了武昌之变。张勋在南京手下有十八个营5000千兵力，其中有一个骑兵营，两个炮兵营。除安徽、苏州各有一营驻防之外，其余均在南京，另外他还带管着王有宏、赵会鹏两个巡防队。在南京这片地方，张勋放个屁都地动山摇! 武昌城头的的炮声，震撼着六朝古都南京。江苏巡抚程德全很害怕，担心自己会像两广总督瑞徵那样，被人赶得无处存身。于是，便和第九镇的统领徐绍桢(字固卿)一起，联合地方进步人士，想打起独立的旗号，便与总督张人骏商量。张人骏不同意独立，他与将军铁良主张战。双方各持已见，自然都想争取张勋。于是，他们在总督衙门开了个协商会。 那一天，虽然秋风习习，会场上却还是热浪沸腾。大家把各自的意见阐明之后，都把眼光投向张勋。 58岁的张勋，方脸膛一直铁青地绷着，两道浓眉时不时地在跳动。他军戎整齐，腰插短枪，挺胸坐定，以凌人之势作着进退思索。一句话，他要保朝廷，他坚决反对革命党，他自然不同意程德全等人的独立意见。会场冷静之后，张勋挺胸站起，怒目望了望面前的各种面孔，然后大声说：“今日吾同官，明日苟建白旗，吾即以贼视之!”说罢，便匆匆离开会场。 战、和难决，只好各怀鬼胎。 当晚，张勋便把他驻南京鼓楼的五营管带张文生和负责看守南京粮台的骑兵营管带苏锡麟叫到面前，把白天的会议情况详细介绍之后，说：“巡抚和九镇统领都不是忠于朝廷的，他们要举白旗，搞独立。什么独立?是违背朝廷!我们不答应。要做好准备，谁打白旗，谁就是贼。要消灭!”他又对如何防备做了详细的布置。南京，清军中一场内讧将要发生。 江宁将军铁良所统领的旗营，是一支腐败透顶的军队，毫无战力；直属总督张人骏指挥的九镇徐绍桢两个新军协(旅)，又和铁部不相直属，长期各干各的。张人骏怕九镇与革命党通谍谋反，故在武昌起义后把九镇兵全部调往南京城外40里的秣陵关，城防全部交给张勋。这样，更激起了两方的矛盾。 革命党人苏良斌早与督署卫队营、巡防营有联系，他们趁机约定在9月19日夜起事，并通知第九镇同时举兵。徐绍桢也有准备，当即派一个混成协分三路，由秣陵出发，进攻南京。当晚10时，徐军即抵达雨花台，从三面包围了张勋的江防军。大战即将展开。南京之战，是一场血战—— 张勋派守雨花台的，是张文生的五营。张文生久经战阵，颇有经验。他先是以静待动，不作理会，等到徐军发起冲锋，前哨即将接触的时候，张突然下令集中炮火正面射击，而两侧又以机枪左右扫射。不到3小时，徐绍桢的三千三百路军死伤过半，拂晓时不得不退至曹家桥。张勋的江防军另一支陈德修部，绕道出朝阳门，追击徐军残部。徐军抵挡不住，先退回秣陵关，继而逃到高资，龙潭。革命党人苏良斌联络的卫队营：巡防营，在徐绍桢攻打雨花台的同时，也在城内起而响应。他们共有四五百人，由苏率领着，准备吃掉张勋的提督府。 原来张勋早已得到密报，事先已把驻浦口的五营兵力调进南京城，对于重要阵地——总督府、军械局、弹药库、造币局等处早已布防周密。苏部进攻伊始，即遭到迎头痛击。枪弹如狂风扫落叶，苏部过处，尸横遍地。瞬间，即有半数被击死伤。余众溃散，潜藏民家。 张勋部乘胜追杀，挨户搜查，见形迹可疑人便杀。南京城中的无辜百姓多受池鱼之殃，不到天明，苏良斌所组织的起义部队便被镇压下去。 南京发生的第一场战争结束了。 张勋旗开得胜，十分高兴，亲到总督署拜见总督张人骏，意欲开一次像模像样的庆祝大会。 张人骏一见张勋到来，便迫不及待地说：“先别说庆功的事，有一件大事得先办。” “什么事?”张勋问。 “叛军攻城时，城内的司、道、府、县官吏纷纷弃职逃亡，实属可恶，你我要立奏朝廷，着于革职。” “对对，”张勋说：“务必通通查办!” 可怜一批不明真相的文职人员，均被二张参奏革去职务。随后，全换上了二张的亲信。 辛亥之后的江南，早已不是清室一统天下了，许多人在明着暗着倾向革命党。徐绍桢的残部败退到镇江，即得到上海都督陈其美，江苏都督程德全，吴淞光复军总司令李燮和、镇江都督林述庆等的支持，立即组成联军，进攻南京，徐绍桢被推为总司令 张勋正陶醉于胜利之中，防卫松懈，哪里经得起复仇部队的猛攻。伧促之间作的应战防线，一层层被突破，守孝陵卫的统领王有宏战死，张人骏、铁良见形势不妙，经请日本领事馆帮助逃往上海，张勋感到山穷水尽了。 张勋急报北京内阁总理大臣袁世凯，说：“革命军势力已成燎原，南京已成孤城，兵力单薄，弹丸之地难以踞守，请速增援。”袁世凯的回电也很快。说：“北方可调用的队伍，现在全部调往武汉前线，无力再增援南京。南京死守无益，可以相机放弃，保全实力，扼守徐淮。” 无可奈何，张勋不得不退出南京，北上徐州——他要在那里为大清王朝设一道防线。