A public figure like Yuan Shikai can not be credited at all? Can such a major and contradictory political orientation be said to change? How easy is it to make a 180-degree turn right away?

But now, things have come to this, it's not that he Yuan Shikai can do what he wants, it's not that he can do what he wants, but if he doesn't, he can't do it. No matter how difficult it is, what must be done must be done; The so-called does not depend on the will of the individual.

Fortunately, Yuan Shikai had already infiltrated in advance, and asked Liang Shiyi to arrange Lu Zhengshen, the minister in Russia, and others, and telegraphed to ask the Qing court to abdicate.

Lu Zhengxiang, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Russia, has sent a telegram to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to play on his behalf: "Now that there are many coups and people cherish democracy, it seems that it is better to track down the prince and edict the fathers and elders. Liu Jingren, the minister to the Netherlands, also sent a telegram with similar content.

Yuan Shikai has already handed over these twists and turns, so that the Qing court has no ideological preparation at all.

The imperial court will definitely propose, isn't it a decision of the National Assembly? Before the meeting was held, no decision was made, why did you ask to abdicate? This is also difficult to explain, thanks to the menacing offensive of the revolutionaries for a while.

January 16, 1912. Yuan Shikai and the cabinet ministers jointly folded the secret "Cabinet Please Quickly Determine the Great Plan", the main purpose of which is to ask the Qing Emperor to concede, which is equivalent to formally requesting the abdication of the Qing Emperor.

He said: "Since the Wuchang Rebellion, between the months and months, the people's army responded, several times throughout the country, but Zhili, Henan, has not rebelled, but the people's hearts are shaken, different from Hengyou." Chen Shikai was ordered to supervise the division, and the senior government was elected by the majority, and the cabinet was established according to the regulations, although the organization was not perfect, in the past two months, the soldiers have used their lives to recover Hankou and Hanyang, and take back Shandong and Shanxi."

|“ However, the scope of the battlefield is too vast, almost nothing can be raised, the soldiers are not enough, it is difficult to make expenses, there is nothing to do, the method of fund-raising, all the digging is poor, the overall situation is precarious, the danger is extreme, the imperial court is thinking of the country's steps, and the people are miserable.

"Repeatedly received calls from the minister and others saying that the people's army meant, all of them are united, adhere to the republic, and there is nothing else to discuss" and other words.

"All countries in the world, except for monarchies and democracies. Democracy, like Yao Shun Chan Rang, is to observe the people's hearts, and it is not comparable to the countries that died in previous dynasties. I inherit from dynasty to dynasty and respect the imperial lineage. However, he taught Confucius and Mencius, thinking that the rule of a hundred kings is that the people are important to the king, and the sages are law-abiding. And the people's army does not want to change democracy and reduce the respect of the royal family. Moreover, because of the scourge of war between the eastern and western countries, the loss of their trade is no longer superficial, and those who are still engaged in mediation are only engaged in political reform.

"If it is a long-term dispute, it will inevitably interfere, and the people's army will also be interested in the feelings of the court. Reading the history of the French Revolution, if you can follow the public opinion as soon as possible, how can the descendants of Louis have a legacy. The people's army fights for the form of government, not the throne, and the republic rather than the clan society. I, the queen mother and the emperor, how to endure the shock of the nine temples, how to endure the hunting of public opinion, will be able to look down on the general trend and conform to the people's will. ”

He asked the Qing court to convene an imperial meeting to decide whether the emperor would stay or leave as soon as possible.

Regarding the process of Yuan Shikai's pilgrimage, many historical books record it like this: "He knelt on the red felt mat, shrugged his shoulders, twitched his nose, and shed tears, while telling the Empress Dowager Longyu sitting on the kang intermittently, that 'sad' look is simply beyond words to describe." The Empress Dowager Longyu was silent, and could only wipe the endless tears with a handkerchief.

"The young and ignorant Emperor Xuantong sitting next to the Empress Dowager Longyu, I don't know who the short and fat old man kneeling on the ground is, I don't understand what he mutters, and I don't understand why the two adults are crying, and I wonder very much."

The last emperor Pu Yi, at this time, should have remembered, and the review of this scene many years later confirmed that the above scene was true.

Why is Yuan Shikai like this, almost everyone says that this is acting, acting for this orphan and widow.

As some historians said: "Yuan Shikai saw that the effect of the palace drama starring him was not bad, so he was overjoyed in his heart and kowtowed and resigned." When talking about the recital, historians often say: "Here, what will be the constitutional monarchy" promise, how can I bear to bear the compassion of orphans and widows, all gone, and the words are full of intimidation. ”

In order to become the president, Yuan Shikai must have cheated on the Qing court and the revolutionary party. However, Yuan Shikai's sad appearance in the court may not be pretended, perhaps, he is really sad, sad, and may even blame himself.

I asked the author what basis he had, and he certainly didn't, just a conjecture. Why?

First, Yuan Shikai is a big man and a man, why is it necessary to make himself so embarrassed in front of a weak woman?

Second, is it useful? It's definitely useless, Yuan Shikai is threatening suicide, and the Empress Dowager Longyu will not be moved to agree to abdicate because of this.

Third, Yuan Shikai is a human being, a flesh and blood person, and he has to say that he is still a person with a certain conscience.

Fourth, is the Qing court worthy of Yuan Shikai? The answer is yes. The declining court of the late Qing Dynasty did a lot of bad things, and it can be said that this court owes all the people of China, and owes many, many people, but I am afraid it does not owe Yuan Shikai.

You Yuan Shikai have made a lot of efforts, and it can be said that you have made immortal contributions to the Qing Dynasty, but you Yuan Shikai have not done bad things. For example, the last moment of the Korean garrison in Jiejie lost the national dignity and misled the imperial court, and he was responsible for the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War.

For example, giving gifts to high-ranking officials such as Yixuan ruined the discipline and social atmosphere of the imperial court. For example, forming a party for personal gain, employing people to allow others to be relatives. For example, engaging in conspiracies and tricks to frame Zhongliang. For example, the Beiyang Army was cultivated into Yuan. Family. army, many generals of the Beiyang Army only have Yuan Shikai in their eyes and do not recognize others. ……

From a Bai Ding who did not have any fame, he was promoted all the way to one of the top ministers in the court, didn't the Qing Dynasty treat you Yuan Shikai very well?

After doing so many bad things, isn't the heaviest punishment for you to let you fish and enjoy a few years of happiness? Didn't I reuse you in the end? You lied to Emperor Guangxu, shouldn't someone's younger brother avenge his dead brother? Didn't do anything to you.

Even if the regent Zaifeng is sorry for you, the orphans and widows of others haven't done anything to be sorry for you! And how do you treat people? If you simply stand on the standpoint of the Qing court, it will be effortless to pacify Wuchang for the Beiyang Army, and if Wuchang is pacified earlier, will there be a national chaos later? Of course, Yuan Shikai can't change the history of the fall of the Qing court, but can't it last for a while? If people don't need you Yuan Shikai, don't you still have to fish at home? And the fact is that inviting Yuan Shikai to come out, objectively speaking, only hastened the demise of the Qing court.

When Yuan Shikai came back from the front line, how did the Empress Dowager Longyu entrust you Yuan Shikai, and how did you Yuan Shikai guarantee it, but what did you do. Are you worthy of the trust and trust of orphans and widows? Yes, Yuan Shikai has made up his mind to have a showdown, but no matter how determined he is, people are afraid of meeting, and trees are afraid of peeling, when facing the poor mother and daughter, will he be very justified?

As a person with a little conscience, shouldn't you blame yourself? Shouldn't you feel sorry for what you did to be sorry for others? Therefore, Yuan Shikai's performance in the court is a normal thing. If this is not the case, Yuan Shikai may not be enough for these two people. In fact, in a certain sense, the Empress Dowager Longyu is also a poor person. Now, let's take a closer look at this woman.

Longyu (February 3, 1868 - February 22, 1913), a native of Manchuria with the Yellow Banner of the Yehenala clan, named Jingfen, nicknamed Xizi, the daughter of Guixiang, the younger brother of Cixi, the deputy capital of Yehenara, and the cousin of Guangxu. In the fourteenth year of Guangxu (1888), she was appointed by the Empress Dowager Cixi to marry, and the following year she became the empress, and after the wedding period, she lived in Zhongcui Palace, one of the six palaces in the east.

In the 14th year of Guangxu (1888), he was appointed by the Empress Dowager Cixi to marry Emperor Guangxu, and the wedding celebration was scheduled for the 27th day of the first month of the 15th year of Guangxu (February 26, 1889). Just when the harem was busy with the emperor's wedding, an unexpected thing happened. In the middle of the night on December 15, the 14th year of Guangxu (January 16, 1889), it was a snowflakes flying on a cold winter night, and a fire broke out in the Forbidden City, burning down the Taihe Gate in front of the Taihe Palace.

After the fire, Taihemen was reduced to rubble. Cixi made a categorical decision: the wedding took place as scheduled, and the empress had to pass through the Taihe Gate to re-enter the harem. How to solve the problem of the queen's entry into the second court, Cixi once again made a decision that surprised everyone: she actually ordered the craftsmen to work day and night to build the Taihe Gate color shed in the fire field! In the end, a Taihe gate was built that could be faked and messed up, so that people who had been walking in the inner court for a long time could not distinguish the truth from the fake at once.