Section 257 After the praying mantis catches the cicada and the yellow finch
Although the Wuchang Revolution was not long, and the confrontation between the two armies was limited to the vicinity of the three towns of Wuhan. But the influence is huge, and even brings about the removal of the old and the new in social customs. The actual political impact of the Wuchang Revolution far exceeded expectations. The reform of the political system brought about a new social outlook in China in the early years of the Republic of China. It is these new changes that have opened the floodgates to China's modernization.
In order to prevent Wu Chenxuan, a speculative revolutionary, from showing off the limelight, Qiao Fu, as the leader of the revolution, also delivered a speech in Nanjing, pointing out that "China's revolution last year was both a racial revolution and a political revolution," thus confirming the national democratic revolutionary nature of the Wuchang Revolution. Prior to this, the people of the Qing Dynasty claimed to be the people of the Qing Dynasty, and they all said "how is our Qing Dynasty", of course, the people of the Ming Dynasty called themselves "how is the Ming Dynasty", and the people consciously belonged to a certain dynasty. After the Wuchang Revolution, the concept of "Chinese" appeared in the national consciousness, and in this sense, the Wuchang Revolution was of great significance. As the mouthpiece of Shandong, Tieliu wrote an article affirming the equally important role of the revolutionary party and the Consultative Bureau in the Wuchang Revolution, so that the constitutionalists found an organization, and they originally did not have a good impression of the revolutionary party that relied on the Japanese and Nanyang Chinese, and the local national capitalists of the constitutionalists had a natural sense of closeness to Wu Chenxuan's six provincial regimes, and they could easily integrate into Wu Chenxuan's regime.
On February 2 of the second year of Xuantong, the Qing court held a pre-imperial meeting, at which the Manchu nobles decided to abdicate Xuantong in order to obtain preferential treatment from the revolutionaries. On 3 February, Longyu granted Feng Guozhang full powers to negotiate with the Nanjing Provisional Government on the terms of the Qing Emperor's abdication. Cao Kun demanded the second telegram of the republic, which was sent to "the princes of the near branches, the princes of the Mongols, and the ministers of various ministries and courts", declaring that "I would like to lead the whole army into Beijing and discuss the interests and disadvantages with the princes." This is also the foreshadowing of Cao Kun's forced palace incident.
On February 10, the Nanjing Senate passed the "Conditions for Preferential Treatment of the Qing Family" and the "Edict of the Abdication of the Qing Emperor" drafted by Zhang Jian. The first part of the preferential treatment is the preferential treatment after the resignation of the Qing Emperor.
On February 12, the Empress Dowager Longyu and the four-year-old little emperor held the last court ceremony in the Yangxin Hall and issued the edict of abdication. Until this morning, there were still people who wanted to prevent the abdication edict from being issued. Longyu said to the whole cabinet: "We have done this first, and I will see them again, so that there will not be any further delay." So the edict of abdication was stamped and printed, but unfortunately her only decisive decision was to face a group of madmen of the Zongshe Party who had lost their minds.
Zai Ze and Pu Wei actually led a group of Goshha to rush into the Yangxin Palace in an attempt to kidnap the little emperor, overturn the abdication decision, and even put forward the slogan of returning to the customs and starting anew. Although such an action is not worth mentioning, it has exerted unimaginable power in ordinary times during special times. Cao Kun and the others' Gong guards are training in the Fengtai camp, and the guards in the palace have been reduced to less than 200 people, which are completely ornamental. was Zai Ze and Pu Wei with "the revolutionaries searched for Bao Yi and Goshha, and wanted to pay for the traitors' blood debts." "Under the pretext of using horrific news to deceive these Goshha, these guys who have become crazy in the face of the call of death quickly defeated the resistance of the guards with knives in yellow coats, and their advance speed is actually faster than running, because the scattered guards actually became the vanguard of the rebels of the Zongshe Party, all the way to the Temple of Heart Cultivation. It's a pity that Zai Ze, Pu Wei and others must still fail, because the little emperor is not in this palace at all.
At this time, although the Forbidden City was in chaos, a Jiangnan canopy boat in the pool outside the Xihua Gate was quietly leaving, and a man, a woman and a child in the cabin were the most honorable regent of the Qing Dynasty, the empress dowager and His Majesty the Emperor. It turned out that Zaifeng received the news that the previous assassination was also done by those mad dogs of the Zongshe Party, and they also planned to kidnap the emperor and go to the northeast to re-establish the country. The handwriting on the letter paper gradually became clear, which surprised Zaifeng, and after closing the door, Zaifeng was relieved and boldly talked to Xiao Er. In the morning, Zaifeng hurriedly entered the inner court and hurried out, but did not come out again after returning to the Wuying Palace, because although the Wuying Palace is not the inner court, it is also within the scope of the palace. Because of this, the people of the Zongshe Party did not find any signs of Zaifeng leaving the palace. When the chaos started, the targets of Zai Ze and the others were first of all the queen mother and the little emperor of the inner court, and although Zai Feng was the regent, he didn't pay much attention to it. Just sending a dozen henchmen to the Wuying Hall to search for the regent is actually more like warning Zaifeng not to act rashly.
Zaifeng and the others saw it clearly in the attic of the Wuying Palace, but those guys dressed in Goshha were light and strong, obviously Lianjiazi, although the number was not large, but the other party came prepared, and only seven or eight personal guards Zaifeng Tieliang and others were not opponents. However, Zaifeng did not mean to panic, although he was curious, Tie Liang and the others did not ask Zaifeng the reason for this.
There was a muffled sound of "ping-pong", and a Goshha fell like a piece of stake in the courtyard in front of the Wuying Palace, and the rest of the guys hurriedly hid behind the tree, and the steel knives and other blades in their hands were lost, and they took out the pistols and bombs hidden under the placket. The leader was a dark and thin middle-aged man in his forties, who quietly poked his head out when he saw that there was no movement, wanting to see the situation, maybe it was just a headshot caused by the character of one or two guards.
At this moment, the windows of the Wuying Hall and the left and right wings were opened, and several guys who looked like soldiers wearing trumpets were holding a kind of gun that they had not added to the short tube, and the long magazine protruded from the back of the muzzle to the left. The leader, who saw the situation clearly, secretly screamed bitterly, although he was not afraid of the frontal gun fire behind the tree, but he could not guard against the shooting from both sides at the same time.
"Rush." The black thin man gave an order, and more than a dozen Goshha raised their pistols and shot while running, and some wanted to pull the bomb in their hands, but at the same time, the black thin man who gave the order kicked the ground and rushed out in the direction of the gate, already knowing that it was a dead end, he planned to sacrifice others to save his own life.
Behind him, there was a rush of gunfire, like rain hitting silver plates, but the black thin man didn't have the time to identify the model of the gun, he knew that as long as the gunfire stopped, he would not be spared. The gate was already close at hand, and he was about to leap over the threshold, but he saw two fellows in the same clothes turn out from behind the gate, and one of them even smiled and nodded at him, but the short-barreled gun in their hands greeted him more warmly, and the black thin man who was beaten danced and blood burst out, like a bag of potatoes thrown from the shoulders to the ground, fell heavily on the ground and fell with his brothers.
In the distance, the sound of whining people had begun to be heard from inside the Taihe Gate, mixed with one or two gunshots, and it seemed that Zai Ze and they had discovered the trick of the golden cicada to get out of its shell. The guy who looked like a shopkeeper had now changed his number, packed up the bullet casings with the twelve soldiers who had just shot, and walked quickly in front of Zaifeng.
"Lord, have you ever prepared?"
"Hmm" The pungent smell of blood and gunfire in the courtyard made Zaifeng very uncomfortable, and he just nodded lightly.
"Action." Several soldiers tacitly set up the little emperor and the Empress Dowager Longyu who were hugging at the door, Zaifeng, Tie Liang and the guards dared to follow closely, went out of the courtyard gate, turned left and went down the steps, which was the dividing line between the inner court and the outer court, and also a cecum of the moat, but a small boat was parked there, and the sharp-eyed Tie Liang even saw that this was a cruise ship in Yingtai in the South China Sea, but it was modeled after the canopy boat in the south of the Yangtze River, who knows how it sailed into this waterway. Several people got on the boat, but the guards of Zaifeng and the two were left behind. The soldiers who wore the number were also divided into two teams, except for the two people who supported the boat, the shopkeeper trotted away with three soldiers and followed the yacht. Several other soldiers pulled up three Oriental cars, lowered the sedan curtains, and ran as fast as they could, while Zaifeng and Tieliang's guards were forced to trot through the end gate to protrude from the front of the palace, which naturally attracted Zaizawa to follow them.
The boat quickly and flexibly twisted in the river, and entered the South China Sea after a while, but did not stop at Yingtai, but went straight to the west bank, but they did not dare to stop when they got ashore, and hurriedly looked at Dongjiaomin Lane under Zaifeng's arrangement to see if there was a chance to take refuge.
However, they walked to the south entrance of Xihua Street with one foot deep and one foot shallow, but there was a barricade in front of them, a group of soldiers in gray military uniforms were fortifying there, seeing their arrival, a bald fat man wearing a general's uniform happily stood up from the bench, pulled the rifles held by the soldiers to the side with his hands, and hugged his fist at Zaifeng and others.
"A few nobles, I will be waiting here for a long time. Please come with me, everybody. "He smiled like the bald head of Maitreya Buddha, but his eyes were full of greed.
"Fat Cao, you really have a kind, those guys just now are probably your people. It's a pity that Zaize is as stupid as a pig, and they have used you as a traitor for nothing. Of course Tie Liang knew this, he was also a loyal dog in Beiyang back then, and Cao Kun and Cao Zhongshan were also.
"Be bold, dare to call our general by name, I'll kill you a rabbit." A short-tempered officer was about to whip Tie Liang with a horsewhip, and Tie Liang wore an ordinary cloth robe, and he did not show the demeanor of the Qing Minister of National Defense at all.
"Hey, hey, your uncle, what is this for? You bastard, when did my name become Cao Fat? Cao Zhongshan was carrying a civilized stick in his hand, and suddenly stopped the officer who was about to draw Tieliang. How do I educate you turtle grandchildren? We are a civilized army, a civilized people, we must have quality, we must be civilized, ah, how can we move the whip at every turn? Are you still a slave to these Manchurian bitches? ”
"Bang" Cao Zhongshan's civilized stick suddenly hit Tie Liang's stomach, the painful Tie Liang bent over into a shrimp shape, Cao Zhongshan easily split Huashan with a blow, this stick was full of strength, and a stick was pumping on Tie Liang's back.
"Smack... Yes! ”
Tie Liang immediately fainted when he was beaten, and fell to the ground, spitting out some blood foam from his mouth. Cao Zhongshan threw the broken civilization stick on Tie Liang, and said with a smile, "See clearly, civilized people must use civilization sticks, so that civilization can be talked about." It's so refreshed. Hahaha, bunnies learn a little. ”
Cao Zhongshan then rushed to Zaifeng Yile, "Lord Wang, don't let the little emperor wait, how about we set up the Fengtai camp first?" Zaifeng flicked his sleeves and followed Cao Zhongshan's adjutant angrily, Longyu took Xiao Xuantong's little hand and followed from behind, and even Tieliang was put on the door panel and carried away.
Walking out of Xihua Street, Cao Fatzi looked back at the Forbidden City that had begun to smoke, touched the oily bald head, smiled honestly, turned around and left, leaving only the bloodstains of Tieliang just now, which ended this short history of the escape of the Qing Emperor.