Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen Xiao Qiang's Misfortune Arose, Unexpectedly No Swords

When one person is an official, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.What kind of situation should one person become the emperor?I'm afraid that even mice have to be given hats! Thus, when Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor was about to become a reality, a hand-to-hand battle within the Xiaoqiang began in Yuan's house. one Since Yuan Shikai put his presidential palace in Zhongnanhai, this famous royal garden has never had a peaceful day. On the land and water area of ​​more than 500 mu, even the trees, flowers, grass, fish and insects are noisy. Afterwards, the noise here intensified.No, Yuan Shikai is going to be the emperor, and the appearance of Yuan Shikai's wives, concubines and children will naturally change accordingly.I don't want to, this has also become the cause of the noise--

On this day, Yuan Shikai's fourth son Keduan, fifth son Kequan, sixth son Kehuan, seventh son Keqi and eighth son Kezhen received the "Prince's Clothes" from the "Ceremony Preparatory Office". They danced for joy and put them on immediately. And ran to the former presidential palace that will be renamed "Xinhua Palace" to take a photo, happily holding it around to publicize.The children are so strange, let's make it public, and no one will pay attention to it.Only the eldest son, Yuan Keding, paid great attention to this matter. He found a photo from his fourth brother Ke Duan, looked at it carefully, and compared it.In the past, Yuan Keding was the most magnanimous in his brother's business, always like his father, setting an example for his brothers, caring and considerate.He is confident, he is the eldest son, the father has become the emperor, and the crown prince belongs to him, this is a matter of course.

two After the "Shuntian Times" incident came out, the father not only broke the family law in a fit of anger, but also obviously distanced himself from him.Yuan Keding had to shake his self-confidence; what's more, he broke a leg while riding a horse in Zhangde, and his left palm no longer grew skin due to the injury. His father had already said that he had "six roots incomplete" and could not "rule the people" .Therefore, the more nervous the preparation ceremony was, the more Yuan Keding paid attention to his own destiny.As soon as he got the group photo of the five brothers, he looked at them one by one.At first, nothing was found. The prince’s clothes of the five brothers were all modeled after the style of the British court. They were all made of black nylon. Rows of raised gold embroidery, without slits or buttons; the lower body is suit trousers, with a gold thread embroidered on each side; the hat is flat, with a large yellow fluff on the top.The five brothers also wore golden ribbons, with sabers hanging from the lower end of the ribbons.Yuan Keding looked at it and thought, it's the same as his own.Just when he wanted to return the photo to the fourth brother Ke Duan, he discovered the secret at a glance: the golden flowers on the chests of the five people were not the same pattern, the fifth one was in the shape of wheat ears, and the other four brothers had the same pattern on their chests. It is in the shape of a peony.Yuan Keding frowned: "What's the reason?" Yuan Shikai had 7 sons in total. Yuan Keding compiled the old sons and checked all their prince's clothes. It turned out that except for the second brother Kewen Jinhua who was the same as the fifth brother, the rest The 15 people are all the same, Yuan Keding began to think about it.

It turned out that at the same time that Luo Mi was drumming for security, the matter of establishing a prince was also being discussed.Because of Yuan Keding's "six root incompleteness", Yuan Shikai felt that he could not "be king of all people", so he once revealed that he wanted to choose one of the second son Kewen or the fifth son Kequan as the "Prince".Kewen is extremely smart and talented, and Yuan Shikai often praised him as a "genius" in front of others.He treats people with sincerity, and has good knowledge, like a seedling who wants to do great things.Yuan Keding has heard these arguments before, but now, the comparison caused by the prince's clothes, and the associations caused by the comparison, Yuan Keding is uneasy.Yuan Keding spared no effort to fight for the seat of "Prince". In addition to "Shuntian Times", he had already checked the patriarchal system.For this reason, he had already engraved a gold seal called "The Seal of the Great Prince", and showed it to his relatives and friends many times, and the relatives and friends also called him "His Royal Highness Renhuangchang" on the front of the factory and in the second letter.Now, his great emperor is in a small and stable position, he will Liu Zhu: younger brother or younger brother bowed his head and proclaimed himself a minister, how could he be reconciled.So, he hurried back to Gaoluju, found Qi Niang, and all guarded: his concubine Li, his fourth brother Ke Duan and his wife, everyone who returned Ke Ji, his concubine and his children started a quarrel, saying that the old man Father disregarded: Following the ancestral system, the father was eccentric, and said after work: "If the master wants to make the second brother the prince, I will kill the second brother; if the master wants?" The younger brother is the prince, I will kill the fifth brother! "

The old lady was already disheartened about everything on the day when she fell out of favor in Japan. She heard that her son was going to use a knife and a gun, and there was going to be trouble at home. She was so scared that she didn't know what to do. She said to her son, "What's wrong? What's wrong......?!" Hearing that the elder brother was about to commit murder because of the crown prince, Yuan Kewen laughed.I thought to myself: "Brother, you are too narrow-minded. Prince, so what? I have repeatedly advised my father not to be Emperor Xiao. That is not a good job and will be scolded by thousands of people." .I even oppose my father’s soap emperor. Do I still care about that prince? You underestimate me!” Yuan Kewen is a playboy who “has wine and sings loudly” and “sorrows and dies every spring” .His knowledge is excellent, he is not proficient in piano, chess and books, and he has made friends of all kinds of teachings and teachings. He hates socializing in official circles and is determined to be a celebrity in society.When I am happy, I invite a group of party members to hang out for a few days; writing poems, writing lyrics and painting are indispensable, and sometimes I go to the pear orchard to have a cannonball.Once he and Mei Lanfang performed "Luo Shen" on the same stage. After the performance, Mei Lanfang presented him with a painting of chicken and bamboo.Yuan Kewen made up his pen to make up for the struggle:

Xing Si Hua re-declared the harmony spectrum, and the Mei family saw you again for thousands of years.The male Han and the female Qin Chao look outside, holding green brooms and brushing against the blue clouds.Another time, he asked his friend Fan Junbo to go to the theater. Hearing that it was "Disastrous Vision", he got excited and jumped onto the stage. He must play the role of Emperor Jianwen and take stills.Later Fan Junbo!This still photo has a poem commenting on him: If you don't step on Hebei dust, this body is Jianwen.The idle monk is full of the history of rise and fall, and he composes his own business and sings with others.How could this playboy who "composed his own music and sang with others" have the heart to become a prince?

What about the crown prince? When he heard that his eldest brother was going to kill him, he was admiring a nude still photo given to him by a Kun actress in the troupe. People advised him "whether to hide", except for saying.In addition to the words above, he also said: "Let me write a poem for this still photo before I talk about it." As he spoke, he waved his pen: Crossing the head and crossing the neck to peep in the mirror, why should the eyebrows be more thrush? This is the concentric double knot, and the bottom of Zeng Mang's sleeve is connected with people's thoughts.After writing the poem, I went home.

Zhongnan Haili was anxious about the "bloody murder". When his family saw Kewen came back, they all advised him to "evade quickly", but he smiled slightly, walked into his room, spread out his paper, and wrote the poem "Mingzhi": At first glance, Weimian is strong and self-contained, and the yin and yang are not clear.Going back to the south, the cold geese cover the lonely moon, and going to the west, the arrogant wind moves the nine cities.Ju Gap stays and fights for a moment, and the sound of the scorpion blows the dream for three o'clock.There is a lot of wind and rain on the top of Jueling, so don't go to the top floor of Qionglou.After Yuan Kewen wrote the "Grass" Tao, which thanked the prince, he respectfully sent it to the

In front of father Yuan Shikai.Yuan Shikai read the poem carefully twice, shook his head and sighed, and said, "Since he is an emperor who cannot be supported, we have no choice but to not help him." After the "Shuntian Times" incident, Yuan Shikai stopped reading newspapers.He didn't want to get any more "excitement" from the newspaper. After thinking about it, it was all fake: if you are promoted to the sky, it depends on whether you can go up or not; if you are demoted to the ground, it depends on whether you should People and land? Public opinion always follows the power, just like history is written by the victors.Yuan Shikai made up his mind: Don't be surprised by favor or humiliation, let the flowers bloom in front of the court!

However, he stopped reading newspapers, and the newspapers might not "favor" him.Yesterday, Hu Ying, one of the Six Gentlemen of Chiu'an, brought a tabloid from outside to Yuan Shikai, saying that it contained "a statement issued by the president's brother and sister."Yuan Shikai's heart moved: "What statement? Since the dispute over the burial of my mother, I have stopped communicating with the people in Yuanjiazhai. What are they declaring?" Yuan Shikai took the newspaper and saw that it was his younger brother Shitong and younger sister Zhang Yuanshi (The daughter-in-law of Zhang Shusheng, Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi) issued a statement severing brotherhood with Yuan Shikai.The statement said: Yuan Shikai and Yu have completely lost their brother-sister relationship.In the future, if the imperial system succeeds, fame and wealth will have nothing to do with my younger brother and sister; if the imperial system fails, my younger brother and sister will not be responsible for any crimes.Hereby declare.

Yuan Shikai threw the newspaper on the ground and cursed loudly: "Bastard! Nonsense! I haven't completely lost yet, and even if I did, I wouldn't need things like you to be responsible!" Hu Ying sighed, took out another tabloid and presented it to Yuan Shikai. "There are also some rogue literati who also join in the fun. There is an anonymous person who saw the statement and wrote some poems." These days Yuan Shikai hated the ridicule of foreign poems and prose.In the early days, someone also sent a tabloid, which said, "There is a literati named Zhang Canghai in Guangdong who is following the Yuan clan. It is said that Yuan Shikai is the direct descendant of Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of the Ming Dynasty. , Yuan Chonghuan died; three hundred years later, Yuan (Shikai) destroyed the Qing Dynasty in retribution." That's all, Lishui native Pu Boxin is also troubled, and wrote a doggerel, which caused an uproar in the world: Huazhou is far away and cannot be set steeply, and the prestige of the supervisor goes back to Liaodong.The most confused person is Zhang Canghai, who recognizes the ancestors for others.Now, there are poems that Yuan Shikai hates especially.However, Yuan Shikai's heart was empty, he didn't want to watch it, but he had to watch it.He picked up the tabloid again to see what poem it was. The supervisor's lineage is Ben Masha, and the dragon and tiger clan is boasted by one generation; you are annoying all the younger brothers and sisters, and they don't want to be reborn in the royal family.Yuan Shikai didn't get angry anymore, he shook his head slightly, handed the newspaper to Hu Ying, and said: "In the future, I don't want to read such newspapers again." He said, turning his back on his back. What Yuan Shikai didn't want to see didn't necessarily mean he couldn't see it.Sometimes, the more he fears, the things he sees will happen one after another, making him have to ask if he doesn't want to. The annual Spring Festival is coming again, and President Yuan in Zhongnanhai will gather the whole family for a while as usual.Yuan Shikai didn't want to meet anymore, he had too many things on his mind and had no time to gather; he was even more afraid that gathering at this moment would not bring joy, but might bring unhappiness and sorrow.When so many people in Beijing are busy with the imperial system, there are many disturbances within Yuan's Xiaoqiang: the absurdity of "Shuntian Times", the fierce competition for the crown prince, the lace articles of tabloids, and gossip from remote provinces Language, all affect Zhongnanhai.Late last night, when Yuan Shikai was dizzy, Fifth Aunt Yang suddenly broke into Ju Ren Tang. Among the wives and concubines, the Yang family is the most favored. She has already replaced the great aunt Shen who is as important to Yuan Shikai as the ruler of Yuan Neifu.Although this little girl from Tianjin is not very outstanding in appearance and knowledge, she is very outstanding in her ability to manage family affairs.Yuan Shikai admired her very much, so naturally he favored her very much.Seeing her coming in, he asked, "It's so late, what are you doing?" What are you doing?" "That's all, that's all." Yuan Shikai said, "It's rare that you don't make me any more troubles, so I'm thankful." "What trouble did I cause you?" Yang said coquettishly. "Those who should be favored should be favored, those who should be knighted should be knighted, and those who should be lost can only be helpless. What else can go wrong?" "What did you hear again?" Yuan Shikai heard something in Yang's words, and his emotions It's not small, that's why I asked. "No. What can I hear?" Yang pursed her lips slightly, flickered her brows which were not too thick, and said, "My lord," she resumed the family's commonly used address for Yuan Shikai. "I want to ask you something: What do you think of Huan'er?" Yuan Shikai was very sensitive, he had already been troubled enough by the prince's troubles, and he didn't want to make any troubles. "What do you think of Huan'er?" Yang smiled faintly and said: "Don't worry too much, I just want to remind you: Boss, you have already spoken, and your six roots are incomplete; as for your second son, what poems are you presenting to Mingzhi? He just wants to be noble. Celebrity; Wu'er is really good at controlling power. In my opinion, our Huan'er is better than him, and he is smarter than him..." Yuan Shikai waved his hand to stop her.He didn't want to worry about the prince anymore.However, he forgot that the establishment of the crown prince is related to the empress dowager Ding. Whoever gives birth to a son who becomes the crown prince will be the future empress dowager, the number one woman in the world! Who can not pay attention? "You Go back, it's not time to talk about it, let's talk about it later." Yuan's Spring Festival banquet was still held, and all his wives, concubines and children were present.When Yuan Shikai came in, there was shouting in the banquet hall, but he couldn't tell what he was talking about? He took the seat of "head of the family" and everyone fell silent.Quiet to wait for him to speak.This is the norm.However, today Yuan Shikai did not follow his usual routine. After sitting down, he remained silent without even rolling his eyelids, as if he had a premonition that something was going to happen. --Yes, in Zhongnanhai, not only the crown prince is in trouble, but also the prince's "women" are also restless: when Yuan Shikai ascended to the throne, no matter how his original wife, Yu Shi, fell out of favor and lacked in style, the empress of the palace must belong to her, no one else Don't try to fight, you can't fight.There are still nine aunts and wives left, except for the fourth brother Wu and the old Zhang who died of illness successively, there are seven more.A few days earlier, Yuan Shikai had orally conferred the titles: the eldest concubine Shen, the second concubine Li, the third concubine Jin, and the fifth concubine Yang were all concubines; the sixth concubine Ye and eighth concubine Tai Guo and Jiuyi Tai Liu are both concubines.The conflict came, and the three concubines all pouted—it turns out that the concubines in the court are one level behind, "Everyone is the same person, why are we inferior to others?" So, the three concubines The belly of the concubine was full of anger, and she wanted to find an opportunity to explain it clearly. The banquet started, and the food was very rich. After serving two rice, Yuan Shikai greeted his wives and concubines as the master.At this moment, Mrs. Ye, the sixth aunt, stood up and said: "Everyone is gathered together, the family is happy, and the heart is very happy. I am a little bored, and I want to tell all the ladies and sisters. Please also My lord, let me be fair. My county has no objection to how Mrs. Yu should be sealed. We are divided into concubines and concubines. Why are there high and low? I don’t know. If you say it depends on birth Congratulations, we are no worse than anyone else, we are all people with both sons and daughters; we can’t distinguish between high and low according to the order of entry, right? I’m confused as to why, and I want to ask my lord and sister to give me a clear explanation. If I don’t know clearly Well, instead of living an inferior life in Beijing, it is better to go to the countryside and be a commoner. Then, I will lead my children back to Zhangde." Aunt Six broke the question, and Aunt Eight and Aunt Nine followed up and said, "Yes, we also have sons and daughters. If not, we can all go back to Changde with Sister Six." The fifth aunt is the "housekeeper" in charge. She felt that she shouldn't be causing family scandals at this moment, so she stood up and said in a loud voice: "Don't make trouble, okay? You should all be concubines, I don't want to be, You can call me whatever you like, okay?" The six, eight, and nine aunts were too unforgiving, and they went up and said, "What are you talking about? Do you really think we are fighting for your concubine? We just want to make a point. I know that I will die when I was born. I have never been glorious, so what can I do if I am a concubine..." When Yuan Shikai saw that his family was making a fuss, he put the chopsticks he picked up on the table, sighed, and said, "You are making trouble! Stop making trouble, okay? You all go back to Zhangde, back to Zhangde Let's go! Wait a minute, wait for my coffin to be delivered, let's go back together!" After speaking, he stood up, stared fiercely at his wives for a while, and then hurried out. three Yuan Shikai was not led by the nose by family disputes. He felt that those were trivial matters: his son dared not kill anyone.If you really kill someone, I can exile him to the frontier; if wives and concubines compete for favor, let them fight, if you can't push it away, I will give each of them a "concubine", if there is trouble again, I will kill them before they leave Send Zhangde to go.Yuan Shikai's top priority is to proclaim himself emperor, and only when he becomes emperor can he have more important things. From the family banquet to the office, he only pouted his beard for a while, and then calmly dealt with the things that should be dealt with. Yuan Shikai was tired, no matter from his eyes or his face, he looked very tired; due to his emaciation, the bones on his cheeks suddenly protruded a lot.People who are less than 60 years old are too old to look good.However, he is quite energetic, he wakes up early, goes to bed late, keeps kicking and mouthing -- he can't stop! There are not many opportunities to make a fortune in life, Yuan Shikai was lucky, he got it, but the biggest one. He can't let go of the greatest lucky opportunity, even if he fights to the death, he must fight to the end! Yuan Shikai's table was full of "tweeting books", which were sent from various provinces and regions in the past few days.It means that he already understood it, and he doesn't have to read it one by one.So, after accepting it, he put it on the table, and he only needs to know which provinces have come and which provinces have not come.Now, his family's nonsense has confused him, and he is so confused that he doesn't know what to do? It's also a kind of enjoyment to simply push the book and read it.Yuan Shikai calmed down, straightened out the books, pulled them in front of him, and looked down one by one.He didn't want to look at it, but he saw something wrong, which made him furrow his brows that had just opened--the endorsements of the "National Congresses" in all provinces are "with the public opinion of the people... Words such as "zhiwanshi" and so on, with no more words and no less words, the content of the same words is like a piece of printing.Yuan Shikai shook his head: "Masters of copywriters up and down! Where are the words in your belly, why can't you change it to three or five words? That's it, people won't call me the director?" Yuan Shikai decided to put Yang Both Du and Liang Shiyi were called over, and they were severely reprimanded, asking them to play word games more elegantly in the future. The next day, before Yuan Shikai approached Yang and Liang, the Senate Council presented a "general recommendation letter" in the name of "general representative of the National Congress", and this "general recommendation letter" was not a speech It is in the form of a memorial.Yuan Shikai was so surprised that he didn't know what to do. There was no one who sent the report to socialize, so he unfolded it and read it carefully word by word. This "General Recommendation Book" was drawn up by Yang Du and Sun Yuyun, and carefully polished by Ruan Zhongshu. It is an excellent article with rich literature and emotion.Yuan Shikai read it over and over again. He was moved and excited, and tears flowed out of his eyes——Pushing the book pushed Yuan Shikai to the sky, and first changed the accustomed "big president" to "my holy lord" He described Yuan Shikai as the emperor as "one person celebrates, and the people rely on him", "Yan and the emperor, and Kechang later", "Gai Wei responds to the sky and obeys the people, so that the people return and the sky agrees." "At this time, the catastrophe is over, the whole country is united, and the heaven and earth are ordered. The three episodes belong to my holy master. My holy master is stubborn and humble, but he still has no place to live. The sky is only the glory of the emperor, and the saint has no heart to benefit the world. But the heavens give birth to the earth, and all the people must return to the virtue of one person." All the compliments that could be found were searched, and finally the words were added as if they were begging on behalf of the people: ...Today, the heavens are united with the people, and the whole country is united to build an empire, and the people return to prosperity, and the whole country is united to promote the emperor.My Chinese civilization, etiquette and righteousness, is an ancient country of five thousand years of imperial system, my emperor is wise and holy, and he is the head of state for hundreds of millions of people.Fu Wei inherited the emperor's family, bowed to public opinion, ascended to the great treasure and supervised the herds and herds, and acted as the supreme and managed the world.Emperor Xuan is the god of the gods, and should be built to inherit the heavens, and the rules of Si's successors will truly caress the people and live forever. Yuan Shikai was drunk, so drunk that he was ecstatic.He closed his eyes, as if there were endless subjects kneeling in front of him, their hands on the ground, their buttocks facing the sky, and the voice of "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" sounded. Yuan Shikai was drunk for a while, and seemed to be sober again.He knew in his heart, how did this "general recommendation book" come from? At best, he could only give Yang Du and Sun Yuyun a reward of two oceans each for Liang Shihua, any more would not be worth it.Yuan Shikai did not forget the real "Suncheon Times", nor did he forget the statement of his brother and sister.Sure enough, if those noisy things continued, he would not be safe.Thinking of this, he felt a cold wind blowing, making him shiver all over.He hurriedly found Ruan Zhongshu, first showed him the "President's Letter of Recommendation", and then said: "Dou Gong, I would like you to draft an approval document and send this memorial back." Ruan Zhongshu doesn't need to read carefully, that text already has his "efforts", he just doesn't understand what kind of heart the "Holy Master" wants to use to send it back?" Is it the same...or... ..... Yuan Shikai shook his head. "You tell them that I have sworn an oath to the Senate that I will do my best to promote the republic; you also tell them that I only know how to save the country and the people in my heart. The president puts saving the country and the people as the most important thing, and he does not hesitate to sacrifice everything to do it. But asking himself about his achievements is not enough, and how can he ignore the great things about morality and trustworthiness? I can’t bear to live on the representatives of the people who love me It is difficult to force me. I still hope that the general representative of the National Congress and others will carefully plan and consider it, and recommend it separately to strengthen the foundation of the country. Dou Gong, this is mine..." When talking about this work, Yuan Shikai was begging the people with sincerity and fear, and the old man burst into tears. Yuan Shikai spoke emotionally, and Ruan Zhongshu nodded sympathetically.However, the old copywriter was thinking in his heart: "Yuan Xiangcheng, Yuan Xiangcheng, you are acting again. Others don't understand you, don't I understand you? When you were deported to Shanghai, we met on the way to Shandong. You didn't even have a meal. When you didn’t have anything to eat, you still kept saying you wouldn’t accept my gift. If I hadn’t helped you with Sichuan funding, would you have been able to get to Shandong? Now you’re playing that trick again. In fact, you dream of becoming the emperor, and you can’t wait to be enthroned today. I just want to put on a face!" However, Ruan Zhongshu has been dragged by Yuan Shikai all these years, and he can't forget his feelings.He said reassuringly: "Boldness, the president's heart, knows best; the things he occupies are from the bottom of his heart. If he is bold enough, he will approve the document immediately, and just send back the president's letter." Yuan Shikai heard Ruan Zhongshu's words so resolute, but he was afraid that he would "die" what he said, and the fake show would be sung for real, and the next step would be difficult.He hurriedly said: "Dougong, you must tell them: "The Constitution" contains that the sovereignty of the Republic of China is based on all the people. Since the National Congress voted to switch to a constitutional monarchy, the president has no room for discussion. There is nothing to be afraid of. A king who is born for the people, his destiny is not easy, and only those who have made great achievements and virtues are enough to live there. This president has been in politics for 30 years. After many incidents, he has made no achievements at the beginning. , has been through 4 years. There are many sorrows and troubles, and there are clusters of mistakes. Asking for faults is not enough, trying to rule the world, how can there be merits enough to say? The previous hidden traces on Huan had no ambition to come out. On the basis of the theory, I have to force myself to support it and sacrifice my life to save the country. However, in the winter of 1911, when I was a political figure, there was no meditation on the country and planning at the top, and nothing to help the people's livelihood at the bottom. Your Majesty, how safe is your heart..." Yuan Shikai's expression was very deep when he said these words, and his sincerity made people feel sad. "President, you have the guts to fully understand your hard work. It is an excellent approval document with reason and reason if you put what the president said into words without embellishment. After you have the guts to record it, please ask the president Take a look, just send it. On the afternoon of the day when General Dai's letter was presented, Yuan Shikai's "Decree" was handed down.Yang Du took the decree and the returned "general recommendation letter" to the representatives of the provinces and read it respectfully. Some people became suspicious: "I was asked to wait to raise my hand to reform, why did I send back the recommendation letter and return the order?" Once again, make it clear that you only want to be the president, otherwise, you will be promoted." Yang Du understood that this was Yuan Shikai's cutscene, to put some makeup on his face.Therefore, he said to the representatives: "President Sheng Deqian Chong, so there is this decree, but the public opinion of the whole country has become unanimous, and it is not convenient for the president to follow the public opinion. It should be submitted by the Senate in the name of the general representative. : The second push to wear a book." The representatives suddenly realized.Therefore, the people who promoted it were drafted again, and then flattered Yuan Shikai's "contributions" and "virtue", and expressed his sincerity - these are all manuscripts that Yang Du, Sun Yuyun and others have already drafted, and they are just typed by hand. Say hello -- it's a pass.Then someone copied it out and submitted it up. Yuan Shikai smiled as soon as the push-up book came up.He felt that the bow was fully drawn and could no longer be drawn.If you pull it again, it will break, and after three things, it will be counterproductive.As a result, Ruan Zhongshu worked again and issued another presidential "order".First of all, I expressed an attitude that I have to follow the public opinion, what to say: ...But when the national situation is extremely urgent, the sincerity of the people is almost boiling and cannot be suppressed.If my emperor still insists on retiring modestly, resigning and not living, the people's livelihood in the whole country will really be afraid of falling into the abyss.If the position is overhanging, there will be tens of thousands of clumps.Is it advisable to stick to the small details, so that the country is in danger? And the Ming Dynasty believes that the king who is born with the people, only those who are meritorious and virtuous can live there. Those who are open-minded like a grain, but don't know their impact is beyond their limits. After abducting a big bay, he still confessed that he was willing to be the emperor. After the "Shen Ling", it was set up for Yuan Shikai's own evaluation of merits, creating a situation that "China is not peaceful and strong without Yuan", and he himself made up his mind to save the people from the fire and water.Finally, with a straight belly, he said to the Chinese people: The rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of every man. Give him patriotism, and he is behind others? But billions of trillions are promoted, and the responsibility is heavy. How to benefit the people's livelihood? How to revitalize the country? How to refresh politics and enter civilization? Little energy, what is the burden? The above sincere statement is not because of humility, but because of anxiety and lingering, some people can't control themselves.However, the stricter the national blame, the more eager the expectation, so that I can't explain myself, and there is no excuse to evade.The creation of Hongye is a heavy task, so it should not be carried out in a hurry. All ministries and institutes should be in charge of their own affairs, and make detailed preparations together. Once the preparations are completed, they will be submitted for implementation... Four Yuan Shikai is going to be the emperor, although he has not ascended to the throne to declare the world, all internal and external affairs must be handled according to the emperor's "statutes". Changed to "Yu". On December 11, he was called "Yu", and on the 12th, a yellow satin cushion was added to his chair. On the 3rd, he received congratulations from civil and military officials above the Jian level led by Neishi Ruan Zhongshu in Huairentang; Then, Fengtian General Duan Zhigui was the first to call himself a minister, and Nagao Arigao, the former Japanese adviser to the presidential palace, also presented himself as a "foreign minister"; afterward, he issued a series of "Chengshitang policy orders": Do not allow "disorderly people" to spread rumors to incite and collude with the change of the state system, otherwise, they will be punished by law enforcement and a lot of money will be lenient; Feng Li Yuanhong as Prince Wuyi; The room clearance conditions will never change: Specially appointed Pu Lun, the imperial family of the Qing Dynasty, as the president of the Senate; Amendment to the Organizational Order of the Government Affairs Hall; Specially appointed Feng Guozhang as Chief of Staff; Old couples and seniors are not allowed to be ministers; The Legislative Affairs Bureau of the Zhengshitang ordered the retention and abolition of laws and regulations since the Republic of China; Xu Shichang, Zhao Erxun, Li Jingxi, and Zhang Jian were named "Four Friends of Songshan Mountain", and each was awarded a frame of Songshan Photo; 6 people including Long Jiguang and Zhang Xun were specially appointed first-class princes, 9 people including Tang Xiangming were first-class marquises, 12 people including Zhang Xiluan were first-class uncles, 4 people including Zhu Qinglan were first-class sons, 6 people including Xu Shiying were first-class men, Li Zhaozhen and other 2 He is a second-class man; Lu Zhengxiang is specially appointed as Secretary of State and also Minister of Foreign Affairs; Yuan Shikai worked hard with good intentions! He wanted to confer titles, and the princes and uncles were all conferred in groups, but the king was only conferred on Li Yuanhong, and he even issued a canonization order.As for the canonization order of "Prince Wuyi", Yuan Shikai racked his brains-- Yuan Shikai was most afraid of people scolding him for taking power from the Qing emperor. Although he betrayed the 1911 Revolution, he still wanted to praise the heroes of the 1911 Revolution.In this way, a situation was created: Yuan's Chinese Empire did not develop on the basis of Aixinjueluo's Qing Empire, but developed on the basis of the Republic of China.Li Yuanhong can be regarded as a representative figure of the Revolution of 1911. If Li Yuanhong is held back, Li is both a hero of the Republic of China and a prince of the empire. Yuan Shikai cannot be regarded as a traitor to the Republic of China.Furthermore, holding Li can stabilize all the people who participated in the Revolution of 1911.Therefore, the canonization order has become a popular and wonderful article: Restoration of China, started Wuchang.Tracing back to the foundation of creation, it really depends on the inspiration of mountains and forests.All those who made meritorious service in the first uprising of 1911 have great meritorious deeds, which are still outstanding today.All the classics of rewarding mediocrity in the past are allowed to be Gallen.Admiral Li Yuanhong set up a festival upstream, called on the southeast, defended the center, worked extremely hard, tried his best to protect the overall situation, and never turned back.In the battle of Gui Chou and Gan Ning, the supervisors were responsible for preventing and suppressing, and they made great achievements.According to the twenty-seventh article of the contract, Tepei Rongshi is given to Zhao Xunlie.Li Yuanhong authored the canonization of Prince Wuyi, led the mountains and rivers, and shared weal and woe with the same. The name of the pan was Maodian, and Wang Qi respected it. After everything was settled, Yuan Shikai ordered Secretary of State Lu Zhengxiang to lead the civil and military officials in Beijing to drive a long team of cars to Li's house in Dongchang Hutong to congratulate him. Li Yuanhong is not Yuan Shikai's "confidant", nor is he willing to "keep the festival" for Yuan Shikai, he has his own plans. recent.Li Yuanhong had a relatively close relationship with the Progressive Party. The Progressive Party had already discussed with him the anti-Yuan issue. He also saw that the monarchy movement was unpopular and would fail sooner or later.After Yuan Shikai's defeat in the future, it will be a matter of course for him to succeed the president as the vice president.If he accepted the throne today, he would not only become a traitor to the Republic of China, but also be buried for the Yuan Dynasty.Li Yuanhong would not do such a stupid thing.As early as early September, when the Senate was discussing the change of the state system, he was not in office, and repeatedly resigned from the post of Senate President, and asked to be relieved of the position of Vice President, and he had to "return to his hometown to recuperate".Yuan was not allowed, and he asked to move out on the pretext that his wife was ill and that Yingtai was cold.Only then did Yuan Shikai agree and donate his private Dongchang Hutong to him.Since then, Li has not been paid the vice president's salary and office expenses, and has been pretending to be deaf and dumb all day long, like a walking corpse.Now, Yuan Shikai has honored him generously, and although he is favored, he is not surprised. Holding the canonization order, Lu Zhengxiang came to Li Yuanhong and said respectfully, "His Royal Highness, Prince Gongxi, His Royal Highness, Prince Hexi! Greetings to His Royal Highness..." Li Yuanhong, who had just stepped into the age of "knowing the destiny", had already been notified of the conferment and congratulations, but he was not excited. It was not until the Secretary of State walked into the spacious living room that he turned cold and refused to accept the seal. Said: "Song Qing (Li Yuanhong's word Song Qing) is not talented, and dare not be honored for nothing." After that, he closed his eyes, sat on the chair of the grand master, and never spoke again.Lu Zhengxiang wanted to say something else, but seeing that Li Yuanhong had already fallen silent, he could only lazily back out. In the afternoon of the same day, Yuan Shikai sent another set of royal clothes.Li was sent back by someone.Yuan Shikai was annoyed: "It's such a big air, I won't accept the title of king! One more order can give him the title of General Fuguo. This word reached Li Yuanhong's ears, but Li still shook his head and refused to accept it. As for Li Yuanhong's failure to enshrine Tuo, and the court could not live without a king, Yuan Shikai wanted to canonize the fallen little emperor Puyi as Prince Yide, and stated that "the preferential treatment conditions of the Qing Dynasty will never change."Probably because of the "never change" preferential treatment conditions, the old Qing court was willing to "serve" Yuan, and the Qing Household Affairs Office picked up the signboard again, and Pu Lun knelt down in front of Yuan Shikai to read a message from the Senate Council.What did you say at the beginning? Yuan Shikai didn't understand, but he heard the last paragraph clearly. It said, "Now the representatives of the people of the whole country decide on the constitutional monarchy, and the current president is elected as the emperor of the Chinese Empire. It is a plan to get rid of the old and renew it, so as to achieve long-term peace and stability." The plan, all my royal family, strongly agree with" and other words.Yuan Shikai was very happy to see that the Qing Dynasty was so flattering, and immediately ordered Pu Lun to be appointed as the dean of the Senate to replace Li Yuanhong, "and reward the prince's full salary to show his excellence." Just when Yuan Shikai was in a hurry to become a knight, Yuan Naikuan, the chief executive of the Yuan family and his nephew, ran to the inner house in a hurry, found his wife Yu and the housekeeper's fifth concubine Yang, and said, "Madam, fifth concubine, my nephew has a piece of paper." It's a big deal, and I'm here to report it." Yu Shi is a wooden person who doesn't speak much. She is the same as in the past, she just smiles lightly to everything, and doesn't say "yes" or "no".Yang's is different. If you have nothing to say, you still have to talk, let alone come to your door to talk.He said in a high voice: "Naikuan, you are a person who goes to the Three Treasures Hall for everything. These days, you are so busy with things outside that you don't touch the ground. Why are you here in the inner house?" He said that it was because of external affairs that my nephew came to the inner house in a hurry. "Yuan Naikuan is the manager, and he is also a member of the younger generation. He does not shy away from speaking, "If there is a problem outside, I need the inner house to help." "It's so funny, I don't know what's wrong!" Fifth Aunt said, "If you gentlemen find it difficult, what good solution can the inner house come up with?" "It's like this," Yuan Naikuan said, "in order to ascend to the throne, there is a preparatory office for the grand ceremony. My nephew was given the post of director of the accounting department of the preparatory office by some kind of god. What kind of director is it? We don’t need to ask about the money needed for the external celebration. We can just say that the emperor’s dragon robe is not to hide from his wife and concubine... I was wrong, wrong. I don’t want to hide from the empress and empress. Madam, the money is getting old!" Yang pursed her lips and smiled.I thought to myself: "The horoscope is still a bit short, so I called the empress, what kind of thing? She said: "Dragon robes should be done, and the government can't afford dragon robes?" Yuan Naikuan said: " Yes, yes. It can be done, but it’s hard to do it right now.” He turned his face to Mrs. Shi and said, “I went to the market to inquire about it. Naturally, Shandong giants are responsible for making dragon robes. Only the Ruifuxiang established by the eunuch can undertake it. Among other things, the dragon robe must be made of red gold thread, woven with dragons, decorated with pearls and embedded with gold steel diamonds; there must also be a flat sky crown that hangs around. , use a string of oriental pearls every time, and the crown and eaves must be decorated with huge pearls. These two items alone cost about 600,000 silver dollars..." Yu smiled and said, "Don't talk about it, I don't understand. Let's talk about serious business. What do you want people like me to do?" 袁乃宽点头"是是"，才说："府库一时拿不出这许多，想请娘娘和贵妃带个头，府上的姨太太--不，贵妃们、皇子、公主们都先借出一些银钱来应应急。当然啦，事后我一定负责偿还的，绝不亏待大家。、" 杨氏笑了。"乃宽呀，亏你是自家人，人家胳臂肘子往里弯，你到好，向外弯了过去。咋就把主意一打便打到我们头上了?" "这不是为了皇上爷光彩，为了能够早日登极吗?"袁乃宽朝杨氏凑了凑，又说："贵妃夫人，咱这是为公府库上解难，库一k自然心里有数。不敢瞒娘娘和贵妃，小侄今日特地找到您门上，自有小侄的用意。筹这个款，人家不白咱，那自然要归娘娘和贵妃夫人了。"杨氏一听有油水，心里热了。"说吧，我们拿多少?" 袁乃宽伸出5个指头。"50万怎么样?"二氏忙说："让我们办办看吧。" 袁肚凯妾多子女多，人头一份，各尽所能。惟独次子克文和三女叔祯，圜为不赞成帝制，不愿出资，一家人总还是凑了数十万元。袁乃宽拿着，跑到瑞蚨祥，与店主人签订了做龙袍的制约，约定阳印取。 Fives 隆冬．北京又是一片冰封世界；穿越长城吹来的塞外之风，令走在火街小巷中的男女都把脖子往下缩了又缩。只有国家大事，丝毫不受雪风的影响，最高峰又发出申令： 民国5年(1916年)改为洪宪元年。自1916年元旦起总统府改为新华宫，总统府收文处改名为奏事处，总统府护卫总指挥部改名为大内总指挥处。 距离袁世凯要登极做洪宪皇帝的时刻只有5天了，除了绝大多数人惊讶之外，一小部分人感到慌张；慌张得失措的人，该算大典筹备处的大员们。 筹备处长朱启钤，得算一位胸怀若谷的人，他手下那批处员，诸如梁士诒、周自齐、张镇芳、杨度、孙毓筠、唐在礼等等，那一位不是呼动风雨的人物!然而，他们却一个一个锁着眉，形如热锅上蚂蚁--只有5天了，按照政事堂的奉策令，以赤色为新朝的代表色，所有宫檐屋顶一律改用红瓦。就这一件事，还不得够忙活的，遍布北京城的王府、院宫都不算，光是故宫里的那九千余间殿宇还不够忙活的，何况有些殿堂的宫檐屋顶还不只一层，而当年修建时又全是以黄瓦为主!"奉策令"还决定把袁世凯就任大总统时要用的太和殿改名承运殿，殿内园柱一律改涂红色，中间八大柱加髹赤金，并饰以盘龙彩云；御座扶背各处一律雕龙，上披彩龙黄缎；御座前雕龙御案，案前左右两侧各列古鼎三座，古炉三座，御座后设九折雕龙嵌宝屏，两侧各设日月宝扇一对......光是这些，能是三天五天完成的事?除子御用銮仪暂向清室借用外，连同登极、祀天所用仪仗、卤簿等费用共达两千余万元!朱启钤等虽系花钱大手，在这么多钱、办这么多事面前，也不得显得笨拙、无能。然而，这又是非办不可的事。大典筹备处的人能不愁，能不忙?!除此之外，"奉策令"又决定将中和殿改为体元殿，将保和殿改为建极殿。 新朝仍用色国旗，上端加绘红日一轮，表示"五族共戴一君。" 万事布置下去了，袁世凯忽然又想到"要有一颗玉玺!"是的，当个小小的芝麻官还得有一块印在身上；当上皇帝了，照中国的传统，他得有玉玺在身。想到玉玺，袁世凯便对隆裕太后很有意见。当初，当上大总统时，他曾去找她索取玉玺，她没有给他，还告诉他"此物早在元顺帝北逃时带走了，国朝和前明都没有传国玉玺。"又告诉他"这是孝钦显皇后说的。"袁世凯只好于生气，却也没有办法。事实上，关于玉玺的事，他也只是听传说，并未目睹。此事便丢下了。今天，袁世凯要做皇帝了，玉玺尤显重要。可是，隆裕皇后也早作古了，再去追问，也无下落了。他只好把梁士诒找来，要他"想个万全之策，把这事办妥贴。"梁诒找到大典筹备处长朱启钤，内务科主任阮忠枢和文牍科主任陈燕昌，商量许久，终于决定刻一块纯金的"代用玉玺"，上镌"诞膺天命，历祚无疆"8个字，又刻了金印五颗。两项合起来，共用去银元72万余圆。袁世凯终于满意地微笑着点点头。 当个皇帝，也真不容易!光是为了登极盛典，他袁世凯便觉得竞有办不完的事。有的事，该自己去想，想出着人去办；有的事，是找上门来的，别管你乐意不乐意，你都得去办。为了要首先在军事：实现"强杆弱枝"的计划，趁着改制封爵，他把心腹都拉到高位来了，他们也都向他表示过"尽心效忠"的；他要把于比影响极大的老家伙拉人怀中，把徐世昌、赵尔巽、李经羲和张謇封为"嵩山四友"，前位都是做过清朝总督的，后一位虽没做过总督，却中过状元，又做过袁世凯的老师，都得列入"天子不得而臣"的故人中，故封册巾明明写上优礼五条，即：朝谒刚免其跪拜称臣；人宫时赏乘朝舆，到内宫换乘肩舆；哩帝临朝时，设矮几赐坐；赏穿特种朝服；每人给岁费2万元。袁世凯也试图通过这些手段，拉拢一批新旧军政人士，那想到舅情并不顺心如意-- 大典筹备处警一科主任张二钰匆纽来到居仁堂，瞅着宾客先后都走了，神兮兮地走到袁世凯面前，行了一个深深地鞠躬礼，然后说："有件大事要向......"口张着，竞一时不知该说什么才好? 袁世凯摇了摇头，说："有什么事，只管百说。现在，逊、发有刽认真计较礼节的时候，明白吗?" "是这样，"张士钰说："京城中，无论官民，都在兴高采烈迎接一个大喜的时刻......" 袁世凯虽然皇帝梦做得正浓，但是，《顺天时报》的教训他没有忘。他知道，反对帝制的人也绝非少数。他虽然不怕，但他却警惕。张士钰这声调他便有点不愿听："把你想说的大事如实说来吧，别的事先丢下。" 张士钰愣了一下，不得不简炼了话题。"不乐意实行帝制的人，京中也有。有的人还很有来头和影响，并且包括衙门中的官员。现在......"张士钰把话停下了，这表明话有点碍口。 袁世凯很平静，除了实现顺利登极之处，天底下没有大事，没有值得他往心上放的事。所以，他不计较张士钰说什么。"只管说，别吞吞吐吐。" "有些人已经辞职，"张士钰说："有的人一时辞职有困难，便借着故请假。总之，他们都想离开北京，到远离京城的地方去。" "到那里去?"袁世凯有点惊慌。 "不知道。总是要出京的。" 袁世凯背过身，思想有点沉："要走的，肯定是反帝制派。他们能到那里去呢?"袁世凯不能不虑及反对派的去向。因为，在中国的南方，袁氏政权并不巩固，许多地方还有革命党，他们还在活动。万一这些人和革命党联合了，联合起来肯定是反对我......袁世凯想到这里，着急了。"怎么能让他们辞职呢?更不允许他们外出。"袁世凯对张士钰说："你去告诉政事堂，筹备大典期间，任何人，不许以任何借口辞职!你告诉北京警事厅，立即安排相应军警，把守车站、码头，所有在职军政人员，谁也不许外出。" 张士钰答应着，退出了居仁堂。 于是，北京城倾刻出现了紧张状态：大批军警和便衣闯进车站，禁止所有官吏出京。 six 登极改元的日子近了，袁世凯的心情反而十分困惑。一件事 他想不通："中国人在中国的土地上当自己的皇帝，管你外国人屁事?你们跑出来咋咋呼呼干啥?"外国人对中国国体变更，许多日子以来便说三道四，后来竟发展到日、英、美、俄、意等5个国家的公使出来干涉。袁世凯厌烦了，他想投靠外国人，现在外国人干涉他了。前天，就在大典筹备处慌慌张张作准备时，日本公使竟单独照会中国外交部，抗议中国政府对缓办帝制的答复无诚意，要求于15日内给予满意答复。怎样才叫"满意答复"?谁心里也没数。袁世凯把兼着外交总长的国务卿陆征祥找到面前，忧心忡忡地说："子欣呀(陆号子欣)，我想问问你，外国人的态度，到底是个什么斤两?你得说个底儿给我。" 陆征祥深思一阵，说："早几天，5国政府提的问题，你业经看到了。那基本上是他们的最后意见。" "就让咱们暂缓帝制?"袁世凯不相信这是事实。 "是的。"外交总长说："这个意见，最起作用的是日本人。" "日本人?!"袁世凯有点气愤。"日本人往天说的话就不算数了?算......算......"他真想说一声"算放屁!"但却没有说出口。袁世凯毕竟自觉身份不同了。 袁世凯不说出口，陆征祥却心里明明白白，他说的"往天说的话"是指的早些时中国驻日公使陆宗舆送来的报告，日本政府对中国帝制采取不过问的态度。不久，日本首相大隈发表谈话说："中国推行共和失败，转而回到帝制，乃是一种极其自然的趋势。中国改行帝制，新朝皇帝必须具备统一全国的力量。从这一点看来，袁世凯做皇帝乃是一种必然的结果。这是中国的内政，日本不拟干涉。"陆征祥理解袁世凯的心情，连他自己也对日本人的出尔反尔极反感。但是，外交总长还算冷静，他对日本人不像袁世凯那样迷信。陆征祥想了想说："日本并不是君子国。中国人吃过亏的。"袁世凯瞪了陆征祥一眼，似乎觉得他的话说重了。陆征祥却淡淡地一笑，说："历史上的教训，咱们得记住。12年前，日本人出兵朝鲜时，就表示绝不入侵中国。结果，我们不是招来了一场甲午之役吗。今天，日本人到是进步了，坦诚地做到出尔反尔。"袁世凯摇摇头，阻止了陆征祥翻腾陈谷子烂芝麻。他问："当务之急，该咋办?" 怎么办?该怎么办?能怎么办?陆征祥心里也没有数。 中国的政局是受世界政局影响的。早时，在中国起着举足轻重作用的英国人，是牵着袁世凯往前走的，朱尔典导演了一出"南北议和"的戏，袁世凯当上了大总统；而今天的英国，却不是当年了，欧洲战争激烈，英国精疲力竭，尽管他们还想支持中国帝制，但已无力兼顾，他们只好把东方势力让给日本。日本也非当年的日本，他们远离欧洲战场，正可以在中国趁火打劫。所以，他们怕中国乱了，劫不到实惠。在中国大部分省奉命投票赞成帝制时，日本代理驻华公使小幡便伙同英、俄两国公使到中国外交部，提出缓办帝制的"三国联合劝告"，理由是："中国改行帝制，难保国内不引起骚动。因此，三国政府希望中国政府暂缓实行。" 袁世凯正在发着"帝梦"的高热，怎么会答应缓办呢?便指使陆征祥据理说明不能缓办原由。陆征祥照办了，但是，没有用。到了11月11日，外交部把日、英、法、俄四国公使请来，陆征祥对他们的"劝告"作了诚实的答复。陆说："现在全国已有20个省区投票赞成君。立宪，如有少数暴徒反对，无论何时何地，我们都有足够的力鼙消灭他们。至说实现帝制的时间，我可以向诸位保证，本国政府决定在年内不变更国体。请各友邦放心。" 解释也无用。次日，意大利又加入了劝告行列。外国人干涉越来越烈，陆征祥作为外交总长，也越来越觉得压力大。袁世凯想要他拿办法，他竟束手无策。二人对面，竞陷入了沉默之中。 回国述职的日本驻华公使日置益回到北京了，他显然是带有最特殊的使命来的。日置益一回到北京就拉着英、法、俄、意四国公使来到中国外交部，提出第二次"劝告"。这一次，不是"劝"和"告"，而是采取强硬态度了。日置益对着中国的国务卿兼外长怀着敌意的说："前此我们几国已向贵国政府提出有关帝制的劝告，我们认为还不到时候，中国有些人对你们还缺乏信任，希望你们缓缓再说。贵国政府声言不急于从事、并担保中国境内治安你们完全有力量、有信心。我们希望你们说的全是实话。为此，日本与四国对中国目前局势决定采取监视态度。"说着，把一份完全符合外交程式的文书交给陆征祥。征祥不敢怠慢，立即送给了袁世凯。袁世凯一见此情，打了个寒颤："这那里是劝告，明明是警告。"他认识到问题严重了，他原来想以英、法牵制日本，现在，英、法等国不仅没有牵制住日本人，反而被日本人牵住了。"日本人对中国不是反对帝制，而是以反对帝制为影子来进行对中国讹诈。如得不到满足，他们不会善罢甘休的。"袁世凯想发怒，但又不敢，只好软瘫在太师椅上。 正是外事搅得晕头转向之际，内事也发生着巨大的变化：云南竞在袁世凯的洪宪改元尚未实行之际宣布独立了，他们成立了军政府--罢除将军巡按使名义，合并军巡两署，组成了都督府，公推唐继尧为都督，并且接二连三发出"全国通电"、"祭天誓文"、"讨袁檄文"等一系列文告，坚决反对袁世凯改元称帝，号召全国人民站起来，一致反对袁世凯。尤其是那篇讨袁檄文，是以"云南中华民国护国军军政府都督唐继尧、第一军司令官蔡锷、第二军司令官李烈钧"的名义发出的，开宗明义，说"国赋袁世凯粗质曲材，赋性奸黠，少年放僻，失养正于童蒙，早年狂游，习鸡鸣于燕市；积其鸣吠之长，遂入高门之窦......袁氏身奉先朝，职为臣仆，华山归放，仅及四纪，载瞻陵阙，犹以肃恭，故主犹存，天良安在?顾藐然以槽枥余生，不自揣量，妄欲以其君之不可者而自为其可，是何异饰马牛之骨，扬溲勃之灰，以加臭乎吾民，以淫污乎当世，而令我令公先德，皆为其贱淫，白璧黄金，尽渲其瑕秽，此尤我元戎巨帅，良将劲卒，硕士伟人，所同羞共愤，深恶痛绝，而不能曲为之宥者也。汇此种种，袁氏之恶，实上通于天，万死不赦......"檄文详详细细摆了袁世凯十七条罪状，有理有节，铁证如山。檄文最后说："凡兹官吏，粤若军民，受事公朝，皆为同德。义师所指，戮在一人，元恶既除，勿有所问。其有党恶朋奸，甘为逆羽，杀无赦!为问谍，杀无赦!抗义行，杀无赦!故违军法，杀无赦!如律令。" 檄文发出，云南除唐继尧都督留守之外，蔡锷率一军向四川进发，李烈钧率二军向广西进发，一个声势浩大的护国反袁运动从云南点起了熊熊烈火。 五国公使的警告，云南护国的首倡，袁世凯不敢贸然了，原来确定的在1916年元旦举行的登极大典不敢举行了，只在内部改称中华帝国，改元洪宪元年(但上海各大报纸却仍用"中华民国"年号)，对外仍用中华民国，并且通过外交部通知各国公使："在云南战事未削平之前，暂不决定登极日期。" 中南海内，萧墙祸起! 中华民国，萧墙祸起! 袁世凯垂头丧气："皇帝这大位，这么难取呀?!"