No matter what the various evaluations and merits of Yuan Shikai and the Empress Dowager Longyu are in history, at least in terms of the peaceful transfer of power, they are meritorious to history, because with this abdication edict, it is not an exaggeration to say that China has lost 5 million people.

More importantly, this abdication edict is recognized by international law, which means that Western countries cannot deny the rationality of this abdication edict, so they cannot deny the rationality of the content of the edict, which also blocks their attempt to split China.

Look, this is the important meaning of jurisprudence, you Western powers will look at this abdication edict very unhappy, but you can't deny it if you are unhappy, because you deny the abdication edict, you are denying the legitimacy of Emperor Xuantong and Empress Dowager Longyu.

If you want to deny the legitimacy of these two people, then you have to deny the legitimacy of Cixi's rule, because both of these people were chosen by Cixi.

But if you deny Cixi, you also deny the treaties that Cixi signed with you, and you must know that they are all treaties that are absolutely beneficial to the West.

The problem is that, after all, Cixi ruled the Manchu Qing for fifty years, which is recognized by all nations, and if you want to deny Cixi's right to rule, you simply have to deny the right to rule the Qing Dynasty, which is a chain that must be removed one by one.

However, from the first Opium War to the present, how many treaties have been signed between the West and the Qing Dynasty, and if you deny the Qing Dynasty, you will naturally deny the legitimacy of the treaties in your own hands.

Therefore, the abdication edict of the Empress Dowager Longyu is not only unquestionable to the Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, Hui, and Han ethnic groups, but even the Western powers have to pinch their noses and admit it, although they really want to break up China's territory.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lotian subconsciously sighed and picked up the wine glass to drink, but when it reached his lips, he found that the wine glass was already empty.

"Master, I'll pour you wine!" Zaichun poured full sake for the master very filially, and at this time, Xiao Le Tiancai found that Zaichun was sweating on his forehead, and it turned out that he had been fanning himself just now.

Looking at Zaichun's filial piety, Xiao Letian's heart softened, he knew that the relationship between master and apprentice, the first road of armed power would not work, and it seemed that he could only consider the second path chosen by Yuan Shikai and Empress Dowager Longyu.

But is the second way really that easy to take? Everything in the world has advantages and disadvantages, and the peaceful transfer of power can indeed make the country shed a lot less blood and die a lot at that time, but without the baptism of war and the elimination of a large number of local factions, then the final consequence must be civil war.

This is very easy to understand, after decades of operation by the Manchu local governors, each province has its own independent armed forces, and everyone wore the same hat when the Manchus were there, but the Manchus were gone, who would obey whom?

Although Yuan Shikai inherited the Beiyang forces and had the most powerful army in his hands, in the eyes of the Chinese at that time, you, the great president, were actually one of the warlords.

The emperors took turns to do ...... No, no, no, it should be the president who will take turns to come to my house this year, and the warlords of all departments will sing and I will appear on the stage, wearing the hat of a Republic of China, and it is not the civil war.

Even when President Chiang was in power, there were still many factions in the military and political circles, and all of them were very related. The Central Army was Chiang Kai-shek's, the Northeast Army was Zhang Xueliang's, the Northwest Army was Feng Yuxiang, the Jin Sui Army Yan Xishan, the Northwest Hui Ma Jiajun, and the Gui Department Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were all well-known.

There are also many other factions, such as the Hubei army, the Jiangxi army, the Zhejiang army, the Guangdong army, the Hunan army, the Sichuan army, the Yunnan army, and the Guizhou army...... Wait a minute.

These armies are not only distinguished by place names, they all have their own origins, which can be directly traced back to the late Qing Dynasty, and each army has its own history and heritage, as well as its own connections.

Nominally listen to Lao Jiang, but when he really sees the old superiors and old subordinates, he can't let go of the old feelings of the past, and the warlords everywhere have their own interests, for example, Yan Xishan can build the railway in Shanxi into a single specification and size.

How can such an army be undefeated, one person with a trumpet, and one by one!

This kind of warlord faction and even civil war situation, in fact, has a lot to do with the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China peaceful handover, sometimes think about it, no war is not a very good thing, just like this winter is a warm winter, no cold is you can burn a little less coal, but a large number of insect eggs can not freeze to death, next year there will be a locust plague will be bitter.

The warlord melee caused even greater evil, that is, it gave the Japanese the opportunity to break through one by one, and without a strong unified government, the Japanese could encroach on it step by step, and finally break out into a full-scale war of resistance.

The number of people who died in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression is 35 million after research by later generations of scholars, and the property loss is more than 560 billion according to the price at the end of World War II at that time.

Call...... Xiao Letian spit out the turbidity in his heart, he shook his head painfully, this road will not work, it will not work at all! For the time being, it will be less bloodshed, but there will be too many troubles, and the national conditions will be too complicated, so in the end, foreign enemies can only take advantage.

Even if I can keep Japan at bay, as long as China is in chaos on its own, God knows whether it will be the Russians or the British, or the Americans who will invade China in a full-scale way?

All countries on this earth believe in the law of the jungle, and if you don't take advantage of it, won't you become a bastard?

The second road was also blocked by Xiao Letian, and he denied the two roads in a row, which made him extremely unhappy.

If you can't set the tone for the future strategy, you can't handle the matter in front of you correctly, and on the surface, it seems that it is a problem of more than 10 million taels of bonds, but this problem can affect the direction of the government and the grand strategy of Xiao Letian.

Jae Chun's heart is getting colder and colder, he has already seen the word rejection on the master's face, it seems that the hole master of the household department is not interested in helping, he said with a strong smile.

"Master, don't worry too much, if you really can't use my shares in Fusang Bank to mortgage a sum of silver first, four million is four million, anyway, this is also money unexpected by the imperial court...... People still have to rely on themselves, and they have to find a way to get through the difficulties by themselves......"

"My two mothers both believe in Buddhism, and they have taught me since they were young that individuals have their own cause and effect, and individuals also have their own destiny.

"The Qing Dynasty has not been smooth in recent years, but it has also come over one hurdle after another, and the court can't be unreasonable...... To paraphrase the common people, who can expect anyone to pay their own bills? Their own fate, their own cause and effect, their own back......

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