After Yunnan declared independence, it was established as a military government. Prefecture. About the military and political. The candidates for the governor of the prefecture, Cai Yi and Tang Jiyao, pushed each other, and due to Cai Yi's insistence, Tang Jiyao was finally elected as the military government. Governor.

After the establishment of the Yunnan Governor's Office, Tang Jiyao hired Ren Kecheng, the former envoy, and Chen Rongchang, the former Shandong envoy, as counselors. Former MPs Zhao Fan, Yuen Ka-k-chan and Cheung Yiu-tsang are among the senators. Yunlong was appointed as the secretary and director, Zhang Zizhen as the chief of staff, Yu Enjiao as the director of the military and political department, Chen Tingce as the director of the civil affairs department, Ding Guangguan as the director of the judicial department, and Chen Jun as the director of the finance department and salt transportation envoy.

Military. The government made four propositions:

(1) To work with the people of the whole country to support the republican system, so that the imperial system will never occur in China;

(2) To delineate the powers of the central and local governments so that the people of the provinces can develop freely;

(3) To build a constitutional form of government in accordance with the name and the reality to adapt to the trend of the world;

(4) To consolidate diplomatic relations with good faith and enhance the qualifications of international organizations.

At the same time, the oath is sworn in four points:

(1) The duty of the same person is only to ask Yuan, God helps my people, fortunately there is help, and all the things that are built should be let the virtuous people with the early aspirations of the Ming Dynasty, and the idea of personal rights will be eliminated;

(2) There is no division between the north and the south, and the province, regardless of whether it is A or B, is the same as the territory and the same people, but it is equivalent to the material and the work, and they work together, and never participate in the regional concept and start the split;

(3) The psychology of saving the country is the same, but if it can help me open my eyes, I should be cited as a comrade, and all the opinions of the former parties will of course be dissolved, and there will be no bias;

(4) The five major ethnic groups are in the same republic, and the Yuan family offended the Republic of China and became the public enemy of the five ethnic groups, and there is no racial boundary among all of them.

On December 25, when news of Yunnan's independence reached Beijing, Yuan Shikai was furious. He should be well aware of the geographical environment of Yunnan, and the use of troops against Yunnan may not be as smooth as the pacification of the Second Revolution.

However, he knew that it was necessary to use thunderous means to solve the Yunnan problem as soon as possible. He can't help but wonder how much public support he has for becoming emperor, and once all localities follow suit and respond to Yunnan, the situation may get out of control.

As a result, Yuan Shikai ordered on December 29 to dismiss Tang Jiyao, Ren Kecheng, and Cai Yi.

“…… When Cai Yi and others were discussing the occurrence of the national system, they entangled with high-ranking military officers in Beijing and first signed their names, advocating the establishment of a constitutional monarchy, and then asked for leave to go abroad for medical treatment. However, Tang Jiyao and He Kecheng have local responsibilities, no matter whether this power is called, whether it is coerced by others, or fabricated by traitors, it cannot always be maintained, and the blame is deserved. Cai Ye was secretive, I don't know how to suspect it, I should be resigned from my post and take away the medal, and the local magistrate of the province will order him to come to Beijing and wait for the investigation! This order. ”

He also wishfully ordered Zhang Zizhen, commander of the First Division, to act as the general of Yunnan, and Liu Zuwu, commander of the Second Division, to act as the Yunnan patrol envoy, and ordered them to escort Cai, Tang, and others to Beijing to punish their crimes.

On January 5, the fifth year of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai issued another decree to the provincial governors to tell the people:

“…… In the past, he had no intention of coming out, unfortunately the whole country collapsed, and the world was shaken, so he resolutely took saving the country and the people as his own responsibility, supported for four years, and prepared for hardship, I really don't know what joy is in honoring the throne. Isn't it as if the people look up to them very much, blame them very strictly, and dare to be at ease with the same people? The responsibility lies in the best of his best, at the expense of one body, only to know the country, the emperor and the queen of the earth, and to learn from this heart.

"Knowing that the rioters and the arrogant will never seek the country; However, if there are outstanding talents among the envoys, they can govern the country and protect the people, and they are believed in by the people, and they are very willing to listen to them, and they can be relieved of this arduous shoulder, which is not a fortunate thing; However, it can calm the overall situation, and who to look around is seen by wisdom and foolishness. The people are not guilty, they cannot be lifted to the weight of the whole country, and they are allowed to be tested, and they are forced to deal with this, and there is no way to shirk it.

"The people are well aware of the psychology of the mob and the fanatics, and will eventually fight fiercely, and the changes in Mexico and Portugal will be the continuation of Vietnam and Korea, so they seek to change the national system, hoping to achieve long-term peace and stability, and the exchange of letters and telegrams, and the urgency of love words, which is nothing more than out of patriotic sincerity. It is not ignorant of the situation of the people and the difficult situation of the times, but they are lucky enough to do so, and they have great desires, that is, they will ruin the lives of the people and overthrow the motherland, and they will not care about it. If you know that the country does not exist, what is the right? Such a move was expected by the people for a long time, but fortunately it was discovered that it was still early, and it was not difficult to eliminate it at any time. The officials and people of all provinces, pretending that the state system has been decided by the people's deputies of the whole country, unanimously agree with the monarchy and constitution, and wear the same honor, the fundamental plan, how can the order be changed overnight, and there is no room for further discussion.

"To Jiang De, since he is respected by the people and respected by the officials, how dare he wander again and bring disaster to the whole country. Gou is the leader of the rebellion, and the only way to do it is to enforce the law to thank the people. The civil and military governors of the provinces earnestly showed and told the people, respectively, to be obedient and disobedient, to love their wealth, not to be instigated, and to be self-defeating. The governors of all provinces are capable of ensuring law and order, and the soldiers, especially those who are well aware of the righteousness, are responsible for guarding the localities, and they are expected to be patriotic and diligent, fulfill their duties, and treat the people as if they were wounded, and give them earnest admonitions. This order. ”

Yuan Shikai gritted his teeth with even more hatred for Cai Ng, and ordered all deployments in the name of the Political Affairs Hall, and all those related to Cai Ye were dismissed, and those related to Cai Ye in the provinces were also dismissed. As a result, Yunnan employees in provincial offices and Cai Yi's former subordinates were persecuted.

Yuan Shikai also ordered Shen Jinjian, the Hunan patrol envoy, to confiscate the property of Cai Yi's native in Hunan. And Cai Ye has been an official for many years, although he is famous all over the world, he has no assets. Cai's family, the old lady and his wife, had already prepared, but they didn't know where they were hiding. Only one brother runs a carpentry factory, and he has already separated from Cai Yi.

Cai E himself only had a small stake in the Huachang company run by Yang Du, so he confiscated the shares.

On the one hand, Yuan Shikai made a big move against Cai Yi, and on the other hand, he wanted to use softening means to make Cai Yi "the prodigal son turn back". He knew that Cai Ye was a person who valued love and righteousness, and Li Jingxi was Cai Ye's old boss, and he also pulled Cai Ye up. Yuan Shikai found Li Jingxi and planned to send Li to Yunnan to do Cai Yi's work when the situation permitted.

For this reason, Yuan Shikai specially rewarded Li Jingxi mink fur, and after Li accepted Yuan's mink fur, he had a thanksgiving fold: "The mink coat is very bright, the discretion is just right, the whole family is amazed, and Wangque is panicked!" and so on.

At the same time, Yuan Shikai found Xiong Xiling, who had been neglected for a long time, to Beijing, and Xiong Xiling arrived in Beijing on January 16, the fifth year of the Republic of China.

Xiong Xiling is a good friend of Cai Ng, and when Xiong was the prime minister, he once sponsored Cai Que as the governor of Hunan. Yuan Shikai asked Xiong to go south and go to Yunnan to persuade Cai to "repent and surrender", but he could "not investigate the past".

In addition, he also wanted to send Yunnan natives Zhu Jiabao and Ding Huai to preach consolation envoys for Yunnan, asking them to "tempt Yunnan officers to be disarmed and return, and all of them will be exempted from punishment." ”

Xiong Xiling went to Beijing and behaved very numb.

When he arrived in Beijing, a reporter greeted him outside the station and asked him his opinion on the issue of the national system, and he touched his head and said: "Before I came to Beijing, I had not heard of it, but I saw the declaration of the Preparatory Security Council on the road, and I realized that there was such a thing. ”

The reporter asked him what his attitude was towards the New Testament.

"I'm not a lawyer, I didn't study law, so I don't have a problem with that," he said. ”

These words are outrageously denied, Xiong Xiling has forgotten that he accompanied the five ministers to inspect constitutionalism during the Guangxu period, and he was still an expert in constitutionalism at that time.

Xiong Xiling is a native of Phoenix, Hunan, and when he formed the cabinet, people sometimes called the Xiong Cabinet the Phoenix Cabinet. So, when he entered Beijing this time, he was jokingly called "Youfeng Laiyi", which was the auspicious fortune of Hong Xianchao.

However, this phoenix had his own plans, and on February 8, he went south to dredge up under the pretense of dredging, and never returned.

Yunnan used a remote corner to confront Yuan Shikai, and in terms of the situation, the strength and weakness of the situation are known to everyone to be very different. In the second revolution, the Kuomintang held almost half of the mountains and rivers, and as soon as Yuan opened fire, it quickly failed. And today's Yunnan and the Kuomintang at that time are not at the same level at all.

Of course, Yunnan also has its favorable conditions. In terms of geographical factors, Yunnan has many mountainous areas, and most of the towns are condescending, easy to defend but difficult to attack. The army in Yunnan was brave and good at fighting, and was extremely able to bear hardships and stand hard work, which was incomparable to the Beiyang Army.

At a military meeting, Tang Jiyao made a comprehensive analysis of the entire strategic situation and said:

"The northeast of Yunnan is adjacent to Sichuan, Guizhou and Guizhou, and the situation of the division is very important. In terms of the topography of the three provinces, Guiyang is the gateway to southern Yunnan, Chenyuan is the west gate of Hunan, and Yunnan is the foundation, striving to conquer the east, and taking Changsha through Xinhua with a Shangchenyuan; Take Changde from Chenyuan Xiayuan Shui, take Changsha, and go north to Yuezhou to pass the risk of Dongting to have Wuchang; Changde takes, and the north strangles the tiger to cross Jingzhou to refer to Xiangyang. There is Wuchang then the news of the Yangtze River, there is Xiangyang then the news of the Central Plains, not out of the tenth month, the southeast trend belongs to Yunnan.

"This is the best policy! The danger of Yunnan is not in Yunnan but in Xishu, with Yunnan as the foundation, and the eastward movement is carried out in a big way, with a trip to Syria, Shanghai into Chongqing, Kuixia Yichang, Wuhan, and a trip to Ningning far beyond Chengdu to catch up with Qin and Long, if so, then to the southwest and ignore the northwest, the world will be seen and heard, thinking that the soldiers of Yafu will descend from the sky. This is also a good idea! Ruofu Nanning, Guangxi Xinqiao, Wuzhou, the upper reaches of the Xijiang River, from Yunnan to the east, stationed in Wuzhou, with a group to the east of Guangzhou, the city is far away, the field is fertile, the south ring of the sea, the north of the five ridges is blocked, the north can shake the left of the Jiang, the east can enter Fujian and Zhejiang, with a force from Wuzhou to Guixiu over Heng, Yong, Fuxiang straight down, Changyue vested, Wuhan shocked, this middle strategy also, so according to the above discussion, the timing of my development can be divided into three: (1) Our army has completely reached the three provinces of Guizhou, Guizhou and Shu. (2) Our army reached Wuhan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Qin, and Long from Guizhou, Guizhou, and Shu. (3) To take a defensive position with the troops of Fujian and Zhejiang, enter the troops of Qin and Long to coerce the right side of Yuan's army, and then move north with the main force of Wuhan. Today, it is planned to use two strategies at the same time, and three ways to go out. ”

It was at this military conference that three important issues were debated, one of which was: What type of organization should be established after the uprising against Yuan? At that time, some advocated the establishment of the Marshal's Office, and some advocated the establishment of the military government. Prefecture.

However, this is equivalent to a separate center. Yang, Cai Yi and Tang Jiyao all thought it was inappropriate. Neither can arrange to fight for Yuan, nor can the world think that they are fighting for power and position, and "should show the world to the public". Therefore, it was decided to retain the local system, merge the local official system "generals" and "patrol envoys" sent by Yuan Shikai, restore the governor's office, and convene the provincial council.

Second, after the uprising against Yuan, what should the righteous army be called? At that time, some advocated calling it a thief army, and some advocated calling it a rebellious army, and finally decided to use the national protection army suggested by Li Zichang. The meaning of protecting the country is to maintain the national system of the Republic of China, so that it will be more famous.

Third, who should be the governor of Yunnan for the Protector Army? Tang Jiyao pushed Cai Yi, and Cai Yi pushed Tang Jiyao.

Tang Jiyao's reason is very sufficient, saying that Cai is his senior (Cai is the third phase of Japanese non-commissioned officers, Tang is the sixth phase of Japanese non-commissioned officers), and he is one year older than him, Cai has always been his commander, and he returned to serve as the governor of Yunnan because of Cai's recommendation, Cai "has a big name at home and abroad", so he sincerely recommended Cai to be the governor of Yunnan.

However, Cai Ye also has a reason to push Tang Jiyao, it is all thanks to Yunnan to protect the country and rejuvenate the teacher, Tang is from Yunnan, Cai himself is from Hunan, the momentum of the host and guest has been achieved, and he cannot take the lead. What's more, Tang has been the governor of Yunnan for three years and has a foundation in Yunnan, so he sincerely pushes Tang as the governor.

The humility of the two sages is touching and has become a good story in the history of the Republic of China.