However, Zaifeng and Empress Dowager Longyu, who inherited the legacy of Emperor Guangxu, had a resolute attitude and repeatedly stated that Yuan Shikai would never consider using it.

These things have reached Yuan Shikai's ears from different channels, and he has more and more resentment towards Zaifeng and the Empress Dowager Longyu. I told myself more than once in my heart that I would have to return a tooth for a tooth if I had the opportunity.

On this day, the local state capital came to the Yuan family's mansion again, and he had been here several times. Every time he left, Yuan Shikai had to give him a generous gift. Although they had to excuse themselves, they were still disrespectful in the end.

This time it was different from the past, and it actually brought a heavy gift, and the title also changed, a mouthful of a palace guard.

When leaving, Yuan Shikai still prepared a heavy gift, but the other party resolutely refused to accept it. Repeatedly said that the mountains are not close to the water, and the water is not close to the family, and when the palace guard comes out of the mountain, please think more about his hometown, and Yuan Shikai is no longer reluctant.

When sending his hometown parents away, looking at the humble smiling face of the prefect, Yuan Shikai sighed infinitely, and said in his heart that this person was still powerful and powerful. At this time, he was even more eager to go out of the mountain.

One day in June 1911, an uninvited guest came to Huanshang, who was Yuan Shikai's former teacher and Zhang Jian, the head of the constitutionalists.

Although, because Zhang Jian took the initiative to write a letter to Yuan Shikai because of the constitution, Yuan Shikai also replied politely, and the page in the past should have been turned over.

But Yuan Shikai didn't know Zhang Jian's intentions at first, and his conversation flickered, and he only said some scenes. Later, seeing Zhang Jian's attitude was very sincere, he strongly advised him to put aside his personal grievances and grievances, put state affairs first, and prepare to go out of the mountain to serve the country.

Yuan Shikai also said what was in his heart: "One day, by the emperor's grace, Shikai will be ordered to serve the dogs and horses, and Shikai should do his best to die with all his might." ”

After all, he was his own teacher, and Yuan Shikai didn't see him, and he also talked to Zhang Jian. said that he didn't want to go out, although he was fishing in a cloth, he always had the ambition to serve the country. It's actually very uncomfortable to have nothing to do all day.

Sincerely: In the past two years, he has also reflected on himself many times, and felt that many things he had done in the past were very inappropriate, especially when he was young. In North Korea, if students could listen carefully to the teachings of their husbands, their later lives would have been much more relaxed.

Yuan Shikai may not have said it in his heart, but he knew that Zhang Jian must be comfortable listening to it.

At the end, Yuan Shikai said to Zhang Jian: "I know that there are people in the court who are extremely jealous and suspicious of me, and there is still a lot of resistance, I know." Please also ask the gentleman to dredge up a lot and convey my sincerity. ”

repeatedly said: If he is given a chance, he will definitely live up to expectations.

Yuan Shikai's remarks made Zhang Jian particularly satisfied, thinking that Yuan Shikai "regarded the great progress 28 years ago, far above the princes of Lulu".

Zhang Jian went north to Beijing, passing by here and stopping by the way, he repeatedly promised Yuan Shikai that this time he went to Beijing, he would go all out for Yuan Shikai to go out of the mountain.

The two talked about it in the middle of the night, and that night, Zhang Jian stayed in Yuan's house. Of course, Yuan Shikai was given a grand reception, and when he left, he gave him a heavy gift.

Although Yuan Shikai is anxious about the resurgence of Dongshan, he still has to try his best to hide it in front of some people.

For example, Duanfang, the two are sworn brothers, and their relationship is quite harmonious. It turned out that when they were both governors, the two of them were one south and one north, and they cooperated quite tacitly. Abolish the imperial examination system together and initiate the constitution together.

Especially during the political tide of Ding Wei, the two echoed each other from afar, sharing the same fate through thick and thin.

But Yuan Shikai is a scheming person, and he has reservations about no matter how good his friends are.

On this day, he received a letter from Duan Fang, in which he told Yuan Shikai that everyone was doing their best for him to return to the rivers and lakes, and concluded that it was only a matter of time before Yuan Shikai went out of the mountain, and suggested that Yuan Shikai be mentally prepared.

Duan Fang, a philosopher. Manchuria is a white flag person, the word Wuqiao, the number Tao Zhai, and the Zhongmin. In the eighth year of Guangxu, he was promoted to supervise Huguang, Liangjiang, Fujian and Zhejiang, and was transferred to the governor of Zhili in the first year of Xuantong, and was later impeached and dismissed. Since the first year of Xuantong, he has been supervised by the Sichuan-Han and Guangdong-Hanzhou railways. He is the author of "Tao Zhai Ji Jinlu" and "Duan Zhongmin Gong Manuscript", etc., and is one of the famous collectors in China.

Although Duanfang is not a royal family, after being full of nobles, Yuan Shikai is still wary. In the letter to Duanfang, he said that he was sick and should be one of the people who was about to die, and he had long been accustomed to ignoring things outside the window and not asking about political affairs. "Not enough to talk about fame and career", "often suffer from dizziness and palpitations, and also decay".

I am grateful for the trust of my best friends, but I am going to let my friends down.

Duan Fang is one of the straightforward and cheerful, after receiving Yuan Shikai's letter, he believed it. On the one hand, he was worried about Yuan Shikai's decadence, and on the other hand, he was also worried about Yuan Shikai's body, and within a few days, he made a special trip to Huanshang.

Among the nobles, Duanfang is the most open-minded one, and was once known as one of the "three talents of the banner people". (The other two are Da Rong (Qing) and Xiao Na (Tong)

He was loyal to the imperial court, and advocated change, advocating the Manchu and Han families. In the Wuxu Reform, he actively supported the reform.

At the beginning of the Hundred Days Restoration, he was appointed as the supervisor of the State Administration of Agriculture and Industry and Commerce, which was born in the reform of the law.

The ability of the end side is very strong, and the Guangxu Emperor set up this bureau to promote the circulation and prosperity of agricultural commerce. Although the decree established the Ministry, it did not mention the office premises, staffing, funding sources, etc.

However, in less than 10 days, the commander of the Duanfang Light Pole made the bureau officially open. After the failure of the Wuxu Reform, the bureau was abolished and Duan Fang was dismissed.

Some people say that it was because he was recommended by Cixi's favorite minister Fortitude, and some people say that it was because he was a timely tribute to Cixi's coup d'état. Singing praises to Cixi: "The Queen Mother knows people and is good at appointing people,...... In the imperial dining room, the food was reduced, and the money was saved for relief. ”

Duan Fang did not rely on betraying the reform faction to protect himself like Yuan Shikai, and used a song "Song of Persuasion" to arrange Cixi's sycophants, but also saved his life and career, and his talent was rumored to be a good story.

When Duanfang was in Gengzi, Cixi fled west to Xi'an, and he was acting in Shaanxi, giving his own office to Cixi and his cadres. arranged life and office, deeply liked and gratefully liked by Cixi, and rose step by step.

He felt that he and Yuan Shikai were particularly compatible. The two talked for a long time after they met, and no one knew what they talked about. I only know that the two of them are very happy, and they have booked two family affairs. One is that Yuan Shikai's second daughter married Duanfang's nephew, and the other is Duanfang's eldest daughter married Yuan Shikai's fifth son, Yuan Kequan.

Duan Fang also brought a handwritten letter from Sheng Xuanhuai, Minister of Posts and Communications, to Yuan Shikai, which contained the following sentences: "Fang knows that the sages and generals of the past dynasties are rare and matched, and the situation is difficult at this time. ”

Sheng Xuanhuai's letter was very straightforward.

Yuan Shikai also praised Sheng Xuanhuai in his reply, and wrote humbly: "My younger brother was sick with his left foot, his right arm was sick, his head was dizzy and palpitations, he suffered from insomnia, his spirit was declining day by day, and his ambition was needless to say. Inherit the expectations of the eldest brother, and it should be remembered in the heart.

"But after a long period of illness and decay, my heart is against the world, and I am willing to be a villager for more than a year. There is love, no shame. My brother is sick and dizzy, and he can't have a Danzhuang book, so he dares to pray for forgiveness. ”

Yuan Shikai and Sheng Xuanhuai didn't know their hearts, he was afraid that Sheng Xuanhuai was deliberately tempting.

In fact, Sheng Xuanhuai strongly advocated that the railway was state-owned, but he didn't expect to cause such a big disaster. He sincerely hoped that Yuan Shikai would get out of the mountain quickly, because in his opinion, if Yuan Shikai came forward to deal with the railway trend, the matter would definitely settle down quickly.

Yuan Shikai is here, he is really living the heart of a villain.

When sending Duan Fang away, Yuan Shikai didn't expect that this time he said goodbye to Duan Fang, but it was a farewell. Duan Fang actually did not approve of the state-owned railway, and seeing such strong opposition from all over the country, he was even more convinced that his idea was right. Now he is very reluctant to do the errand of the Minister of Railways.

As for the railway trend, his idea was to settle it peacefully and through negotiation, but he had no choice but to allow it. Accustomed to feudal autocracy, the Qing court had not yet learned to settle disputes with the people peacefully and through negotiation. Believe only in might, believe only in repression, believe only in resorting to force.

In their view, there is absolutely no concession to the demands of the people. If you retreat a foot, the other party will advance a foot, and it will be endless, and the prestige of the court will be gone.

Duan Fang couldn't disobey his orders, he could only passively slack off, and finally became a victim of the Qing court and died, which is really a pity.

learned from Duanfang that the matter of his comeback was almost complete, and said that Zaifeng and the Empress Dowager Longyu had already revealed their mouths. It was the best news he'd heard in a while. But he also knows: the world is changing, who knows what changes will be encountered?

No matter how anxious he is, he can only wait. Although, particularly eagerly.

In August of this year, in a passage in his "Rebuilding the Monument of the Baiquan Ancestral Temple", there is a clear expression: "The dragon and the tiger leap man is strange, and every breath is almost a small domain, in order to nourish his phosgene." And the sages and sages who have the strategy of the world are often self-indulgent, such as the Kangjie people. Today, Yu is fortunate to have spare time, no worries about personnel, and although Ju people (Xu Shichang) live in the court, they do not forget the hills and ravines, but they have to pay tribute to this.

"Remembering the high traces of Sun and Ruan is almost unattainable. The times are troubled and turbulent, and I don't know what to do, if it weren't for Shen Xiong's handsome talent, it would not be enough to be honest. The wind of the Italian is the tree, the talents are thriving one after another, and the world depends on the health of the world. ”

When we pay tribute to and remember the ancients, we can't help but sigh for the present. Although at the time of the ups and downs of the "stormy situation", the court in power was "not enough to be chaste", only a "talented horse" like himself could "the world change" "rely on it".

Yuan Shikai can't wait to go out of the mountain and show his ambitions.