The harmony on the surface can't solve the deep contradictions and grievances, Li Yuanhong and Yuan Shikai should have planned something in private. Because soon, Yuan Shikai sent a telegram again to invite Zhang Zhenwu to Beijing.

Yuan Shikai said to Zhang Zhenwu very seriously that he was about to discuss and study the Mongolian reclamation matter, why did he leave? Invite Zhang Zhenwu to Beijing to discuss the plan.

Zhang Zhenwu once again believed it and took Fang Wei and more than 30 brothers to Beijing. When leaving, Li Yuanhong also brought 4,000 yuan as road fare.

Zhang Zhenwu was very satisfied, but how did he know that their group of more than 40 people had just arrived in Beijing on the front foot, and Li Yuanhong's telegram to Yuan Shikai had arrived on the back foot.

Zhang Zhenwu agreed with the revolution as a primary school teacher, and after the uprising, he served as the deputy director of the Military Affairs Department. went to Shanghai to buy guns and swallowed up huge sums of money...... Yuan Hongai could not, endured and did not dare, Fu begged Zhang Zhenwu to set up the Fa, and his entourage maintained the same evil, and begged to be executed ......".

In any case, it was the honeymoon period with the Revolutionary Party of the South. Yuan Shikai definitely doesn't have a good impression of the revolutionary party, but Yuan Shikai still has to think carefully about killing the heroes of Wuchang's first uprising.

He called back and said: "The original telegram bewitched the sergeants, colluded with bandits, sabotaged the republic, and plotted against each other, which is close to empty words, and does not seem to be a crime." He asked Li Yuanhong to give an additional explanation to confirm whether what Li Yuanhong said was true.

Li Yuanhong really couldn't wait, and immediately called back again, explaining that "Zhang is not only a harm to the whole of Hubei, but also a harm to the whole world." At the same time, he also sent Rao Hanxiang and others to Beijing by express train to meet Yuan Shikai, "Tell Yuan that the Hubei army has arranged a compromise, and there is no other danger, please be executed on the same day."

Yuan Shikai saw that Li Yuanhong was ready, so he issued a military order to execute Zhang Zhenwu on August 15, 1912.

On August 14, 1912, Zhang Zhenwu hosted a banquet for the League and Republican dignitaries at the Dechang Hotel, hoping to "eliminate the party's views and jointly safeguard the overall situation."

On the evening of 15 August, in order to enhance the relationship between the north and the south, he hosted a banquet for Beiyang generals Jiang Guidi and Duan Zhigui at the Liuguo Hotel. After the banquet was dispersed, Zhang Zhenwu, Feng Sihong, and Shi Gongjiu took three carriages back to Ludu.

When passing through Zhengyangmen, the lurking military police suddenly intercepted it. According to Yuan Shikai's military order, Zhang Zhenwu was tied up and escorted to the Gyeonggi Military and Political Law Enforcement Office of Yuhuang Pavilion in Xidan Pailou.

Before his execution, Zhang Zhenwu still held out a glimmer of hope and demanded an open trial and a verdict based on the charges, "how can you kill people out of thin air."

Lu Jianzhang, the director of law enforcement in charge of prison and punishment, waved Yuan Shikai's order, "The president's military order only 'establish a correct law', and did not order an interrogation." After saying that, he walked away without looking back.

Zhang Zhenwu said angrily: "Unexpectedly, the republic is so dark! ”

At 1 a.m. on August 16, 1912, Zhang Zhenwu was tied to a stake at the Law Enforcement Department, and was shot six times in his legs, shoulders, brain, abdomen, and chest. That night, Fang Wei, a close confidant of Zhang Zhenwu and head of the Hubei "General School Regiment," was also arrested at the hotel and immediately shot.

This is the "Zhang Zhenwu case" that shook the Republic of China.

On the third day after the Zhang Zhenwu case, 20 Republican congressmen in the Senate headed by Zhang Bolie put forward the "Questioning the Case of Shooting and Killing Zhang Zhenwu, the leader of the Wuchang Uprising," accusing the vice president of demanding murder on the basis of non-crime and the president of changing the law without permission and violating the law by order.

The press published comments one after another, accusing the case of being contrary to democracy and the rule of law. The "Minli Daily", which was sponsored by Yu Youren, believes that "the republic depends on the rule of law, but the law can kill people, and orders cannot kill people; But the magistrate can enforce the law and kill by life, and the president cannot give orders to kill by life. Today, the people who have made the first contribution to the Republic of China, the president and the vice president are the title of criminal constitution, which means life and death! ”

"Asia Daily" commented: "Even in the authoritarian and dictatorial Qing Dynasty, after Wang Zhaoming plotted to assassinate the regent, the evidence was ironclad, and the result of the trial was only imprisonment, but in the Republic of China, which advocates the rule of law, without trial and evidence, the next order can kill people, even the Qing Dynasty is not as good!" "Mocking Yuan Shikai, the president of the Republic of China, is exactly the same as an autocratic emperor, their order is the law, it is the holy decree;

"Although the Republic of China was established, the rule of man is still there." Commentators in the Asia Daily also criticized Yuan Shikai and Li Yuanhong by comparing the laws of the Republic of China with those of the Qing Dynasty in relation to the Zhang Zhenwu case.

In the face of the Senate's questioning and the pressure of public opinion, Yuan Shikai immediately threw out Li Yuanhong and released a telegram between them, explaining that Zhang Zhenwu was executed on the order of the vice president.

Li Yuanhong never dreamed that the telegram he and Yuan Shikai had secretly discussed would be revealed to the world. In fact, he should have thought of it, a treacherous person like Yuan Shikai is enough to help you kill people, can he still carry the black pot for you?

In the face of criticism, Li Yuanhong had no choice but to repeatedly publish telegrams, throwing out Zhang Zhenwu's 15 major crimes, including "embezzlement of public funds, supporting troops for self-defense, conspiracy to incite rebellion, and recruiting concubines."

However, in a republican system, although a formal parliament has not yet been elected and a formal law has not been enacted, it is unjustifiable that the president ordered the killings to be overstepped in any way. Zhang Zhenwu's case became the first law of power bullying after the founding of the Republic of China, and it was also the first major injustice case.

The reason why the revolutionaries pushed Li Yuanhong out as the supreme leader was because they themselves had no reputation and were afraid that they would not be able to convince the public. On the other hand, he is also optimistic about Li Yuanhong.

Among the senior officers of the army, Li Yuanhong has the best reputation. He is peaceful and kind, and he is also very good to his subordinates and soldiers, and has great prestige among soldiers and middle and lower-ranking officers.

In other words, it wasn't just to catch him, no, it was carefully considered, so I made a lot of effort to find him.

Speaking of his contribution to the republic, Li Yuanhong is not the first major contributor, but at least greater than the contribution of the "three armed forces".

Needless to say, to shoulder the burden of the governor, with his own strength, instigated the navy to defect, what a great merit!

Wuchang is exposed to the fire of the navy, how many shells can the navy withstand!

Everyone calls him a mud bodhisattva, in fact, it mainly means that he has a good heart.

At first, he didn't manage much, which is normal, he was forced to do it, how much enthusiasm can he have? Besides, at that time, the "Three Martial Arts" may not let him take care of things.

Later, it was different, showing his leadership skills in the position of governor.

Previously, whether it was the revolutionary party, the constitutionalist, or even the Beiyang system, Li Yuanhong had a very high prestige. Moreover, this prestige is getting higher and higher, and it can be called like the sky.

However, after the killing of Zhang Zhenwu, Li Yuanhong's reputation can be said to have plummeted.

The saying that is often heard is: people can't look good, look at Li Yuanhong's loyal face, this person is poisonous, his stomach is bad, and he is more poisonous than a poisonous snake.

How embarrassed and embarrassed Li Yuanhong is. On the one hand, he wept bitterly and expressed his remorse, "handled Zhang Zhenwu's aftermath preferentially," and even "blamed himself" and sent a telegram requesting that he be dismissed from the post of vice president, hoping to recover some of the impact.

Li Yuanhong is not a politician like Yuan Shikai, his remorse may not be sincere, and after all, he still knows that he is wrong and knows to admit his mistakes. Unlike some politicians, who are always justified and always right.

However, people cannot be resurrected from death, and the great mistake has been forged and cannot be reversed.

Yuan Shikai thought he had a plan, and pushed Li Yuanhong out at a critical moment, thinking that this time he was killing three birds with one stone, which not only hit the revolutionary party, but also made Li Yuanhong stink; It also alienated the relationship between the revolutionary party and Li Yuanhong.

Actually, he himself is not much better.

After all, people died in the hands of you Yuan Shikai, and Li Yuanhong asked you to kill you? Are you stupid? Lack of heart? He's the vice president, you're the president, who listens to whom?

The Provisional Covenant Law has clear requirements for the protection of the right to life, even if Li Yuanhong does not understand the law, you Yuan Shikai do not understand the law.

Zhang Zhenwu has a lot of mistakes, is it impossible for a person who sacrificed his ancestral property for the revolution to be corrupt? Even if you, Zhang Zhenwu, are not corrupt, shouldn't you report the use of the huge amount of money to the administrative authorities?

Also, which ** can accommodate your mercenary self-respect?

How can a person who has been a teacher not know how to respect people? Not to mention the vice president and the top local head, just an ordinary person, he can't expose his scars and reveal his old bottom at every turn!

In the chaos in the sixties of the last century, there was often a "Jielaodi Combat Team", is this Zhang Zhenwu the ancestor of the "Jielaodi Combat Team"?

What a work! Can you be proud of your achievements?

But then again, even if Zhang Zhenwu has more and more problems, has he committed a capital crime? Even if he commits a capital crime, the crime is unforgivable, and he must go through the necessary judicial procedures!

You, Yuan Shikai, are engaged in judicial reform in Tianjin and independent trials by the courts, how can you kill people casually when you come here? What's more, it's still the hero of Shouyi who kills, what are you going to do? Can people still believe you?

Some people say that Zhang Zhenwu wrote three suicide notes before his death, among which he wrote to Li Yuanhong like this: "Yuanhong's foot: I can build the Republic of China by hand, since the uprising to the present, it is really a time to come, and death and life have been put aside for a long time. But hate not to die on the battlefield, but to die at the hands of revenge.

"A good love is neither possible, nor can it be endured. If you love me again, please kill my whole family, so that the family will gather in Jiuquan, and Zhenwu is grateful. Treating heroes with their feet is really sacrosanct.

"The ancients were cunning and the rabbit died, and the lackeys cooked; The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden. Thinking of this, my liver and intestines are torn apart, and I don't want to live in a dark world. The president does not hand over the court but gives military orders, does not kill with a knife but shoots him, does not go to the court but goes to the dark room, and after his death, he knows that he should be a male ghost to ask for his life. ”

Looking at this last words, especially from the sentences of "a good love can neither be forbearable, but also forbearable", and "the president does not hand over the court but gives a military order, and does not kill with a knife but shoots him", it is more like a ghost who came back to beg for his life. It should have been made up by posterity.

If you can see things so clearly, you won't let out the dark sigh of the Republic of China, and you won't let Yuan Shikai play with it.