What made Yuan Shikai feel the most chilling was that he was in the middle of the performance, and he resigned from the part-time job of the training department of the club, and he proposed it himself, and if he got it, he would approve it, who would let him take the initiative to apply?

However, he clearly stated in the prelude that the soldiers and horses of the 2nd and 42nd Towns and the defense areas were within his own Zhili, and that the Eight-Nation Coalition Army "had not yet been completely withdrawn, the overall situation had not yet been fully determined, the territory was vast, and the control and suppression depended on heavy troops."

However, the military power of these two towns was also reduced. The reason was that "now all armies should be under the command of the Ministry of War", and clearly sent Fengshan, the commander of the first town and the deputy commander, to take over the Beiyang military power handed over by Yuan Shikai.

Isn't this depriving oneself of military power?

Thinking that during the autumn parade of the New Army of the North and South, Tie Liang once looked at himself with such a look, this should be Tie Liang and others playing behind their backs.

For Tie Liang, Yuan Shikai felt that Su and himself were not on good terms, and it was nothing terrible for him to make some moves behind his back. Yuan Shikai was most worried about making Cixi, a narrow-minded old woman, suspicious, which would be a big deal.

The court infighting in the late Qing Dynasty was very famous, for example, the main war faction and the main peace faction against Japan. Westernists and Qingliu, reformers and diehards, and so on.

For the supreme ruler Cixi, this seems to be what she is happy to see. Because the two factions were opposed, the two groups supervised each other and restrained each other. Worship the supreme power in order to gain the support and approval of the supreme power.

In this way, the supreme power is further and more consolidated.

It would be good if the ministers were united and loyal to the supreme power, but if they were combined to elevate the supreme power, wouldn't the supreme power be marginalized?

Yuan Shikai actually did not participate in the struggle between the two factions. In the war against Japan, in terms of his personal intentions, he should belong to the main battle faction. It's just that because he is Li Hongzhang's person, he was forcibly classified into the Lord and faction.

And to participate in the southeast mutual protection in the Gengzi national disaster, he actually didn't want to join that faction, and he was incompatible with the other faction. It's just because I can't help myself, just because things are getting to where they are.

Yuan Shikai knew that in a political environment like the Qing court, it would not work without a backer behind him.

He started with Wu Changqing, and later relied on Li Hongzhang. After Li Hongzhang's death, he leaned towards Rong Lu and Yi Xuan. Now, Rong Lu is dead, and there is only Yilu left as a backer.

He thought that through this period of hard work, he had relied on Cixi, the most reliable backer.

Now it seems that this is just his own wishful thinking, and it is not easy for Cixi's backer to rely on.

Besides, the heart of the king is unpredictable, and the companion is like a tiger, this time Yuan Shikai experienced it himself.

Yuan Shikai's advice to himself was to stop for a while in the one-third of an acre of land in his own direct subordination. In the following days, he did so, but unfortunately, the trees wanted to be quiet and the wind did not stop.

Now, we need to take a closer look at Yixuan.

Yi Xuan, Qing Gaozong Aixin Jueluo. Hongli's great-grandson. Ai Xin Jueluo. The grandson of Yongxuan, not into the eight-point auxiliary country Gong Ai Xinjueluo. The eldest son of the cotton.

Manchu blue flag people, born in Beijing in 1838, succeeded Qing County Wang Mianmin as the heir, the first title of auxiliary general, later Jin Jue Beizi, Baylor, Tongzhi 11 years (1872) added the title of county king, as the former minister.

In the twentieth year of Guangxu (1884), he served as the general manager. Minister of State Affairs, Prince Jinjue.

Yixuan has made no achievements in his life, and his performance is mediocre, but because he can look at the direction of the wind and understand the general situation, he is an evergreen tree and tumbler in the political arena of the late Qing Dynasty.

This person said he was not level! He's really limited in level. But it's also strange that almost every major moment, he can stand on the right team and be invincible.

For example, in the Reform Movement, he was resolutely opposed to the reform of the law, and together with Li Hongzhang, he became the leader of the opposition.

During the Gengzi Incident, he resolutely advocated the suppression of the Boxers.

And when Zai Yi and other extremists took the lead, he could only pretend to be sick when he saw that Cixi supported the extremists.

As a result, he was neither killed like the loyal five ministers, nor finally liquidated like Zaiyi and his ilk.

In the Gengzi National Disaster, he and Li Hongzhang were both plenipotentiary representatives of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and they did the work of the great powers. did not investigate the first evil of the Gengzi incident, saved Cixi's life, and made great contributions.

He generally did not take part in the infighting of the court, and in his own words, who listened to me; This may have been an important factor in his ability to become a tumbler in the late Qing political arena.

It is said that the height is unbearable, but he seems to have never attracted anyone's attention in a high position. Not anymore, though. Because, Gengzi made great contributions to Bao Cixi in the national disaster, and he was more and more valued by Cixi.

After Rong Lu's death, he had become the leading Minister of Military Aircraft of the Military Aircraft Division. His son Zaizhen is the secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, both father and son are noble, and the power is magnificent.

Yixuan and Yuan Shikai actually have no common ambitions, the two have a good relationship, the main thing is that Yixuan can be greedy, and Yuan Shikai can send.

For example, when Rong Lu was critically ill, Yuan Shikai heard that Yi Liang was going to lead the Military Aircraft Department, so he sent Yang Shiqi to send 100,000 taels of silver tickets to Yi Lu. Yang Shiqi once told Yixuan: "This small amount is just used as a small amount after the arrival of the prince, and it will have to be specially repaid in the future." ”

After Yixuan entered the Military Aircraft Department and became the leading minister, Yuan Shikai became more and more attentive, and every month, every year, every year, and every festival was given gifts.

In the event of the birthdays of Yixuan and Fujin, and even the marriage of Yixiao's son, the marriage of his daughter, and the full moon and first birthday of his grandson, the required funds are all pre-arranged by Yuan Shikai, and it does not cost the palace a penny.

Eating other people's mouths is short, taking other people's hands is short, what is the matter with Yuan Shikai, Yixuan is naturally doing his best.

The relationship between the two people is almost well known in the imperial court. Many people talked behind their backs, calling Yixuan Yuan Shikai's puppet and Yuan Shikai's agent in the imperial court.

Accompanied by a high position of power, Yixuan is even more insatiable and intensified.

In particular, after serving as the leading Minister of Military Aircraft of the Military Aircraft Department, he managed the affairs of the Finance Department and the Military Training Department, and integrated internal and external powers. Together with his son Zaizhen and the minister Na Tong sold the official mantle, he was ridiculed by the people at the time as "Qingna Company".

Officials of all sizes went to bribe him, and Prince Qing's mansion was like a city. He squandered unusually much, but he was still able to accumulate a huge amount of money and deposit 1.2 million taels of private property in the British HSBC Bank.

In the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu, Yixuan's seventieth birthday, the ceremony was opened. It has become a good time for officials to make friends, and Yixuan is even more aggressive in money and bribes. Worshippers from all over the world flocked to the road, and there was a long line of traffic in front of the palace. On this 70th birthday, Yixuan received as much as 500,000 taels of silver in cash, and the value of the gift was more than one million taels of silver.

On January 29, the sixth year of the Republic of China (1917), Yi Liang died of illness in the Tianjin Concession at the age of 79. The Minister of the Interior originally drafted the "philosophy", which was explained according to the name, and the person who knew it was called the philosophy.

Pu Yi disagreed, and personally chose the four characters and let the Internal Affairs Office choose as "fallacious, ugly, secluded, and powerful".

When Pu Yi's father Zaifeng heard this, he finally felt that he was also a clan, and he couldn't bear it, so he persuaded Pu Yi to open up the net.

Pu Yi still refused. Later, under the struggle of relatives and nobles, the word "secret" was given, and the secret person means "repentance before".

Li Yuanhong, the president of the Republic of China at the time, issued a decree allowing his son Zaizhen to inherit the title of Prince Heshuoqing.

It can be seen that in the eyes of the last emperor Pu Yi, Yi Liang is really a disaster for the country. Of course, that's an afterthought.

After the defeat in the First Sino-Japanese War, the three eastern provinces fell under the threat of aggression from Japan and Russia. In 1906, the situation became more and more urgent. Zhao Erxun, the general of Shengjing, asked the imperial court to send people to inspect the site several times and discuss countermeasures.

In November of that year, the imperial court sent Yixuan's son, Shangshu Zaizhen of the Ministry of Commerce, and Xu Shichang, minister of military aircraft, to the three eastern provinces to investigate the matter.

Zai Zhen and Xu Shichang passed through Tianjin and stopped for a few days, and Yuan Shikai entertained them with great warmth and thoughtfulness. and sent his cronies, Duan Zhigui, who had already become a Taoist, to accompany him, mainly to protect and assist in the investigation.

Zai Zhen grew up in a wealthy family of arrogant and lascivious royal nobles, and he is a standard son-in-law, a gentleman, who is not only good at fishing and hunting on weekdays, but also likes to watch dramas.

When I was watching a play in the Zhongzhou Hall, I saw Yang Cuixi, a courtesan who was both beautiful and beautiful, gentle and charming, and full of amorous feelings, and Zaizhen, the son, immediately fell in love with it. The heart is shaken, the mind is confused, and the self-control is not allowed.

Duan Zhigui was digging out his mind to climb the high branches, and when he saw that the opportunity came, he immediately ransomed Yang Cuixi with 12,000 taels of silver and dedicated it to Zai Zhen.

Zai Zhen was overjoyed and gladly accepted.

Soon, Duan Zhigui borrowed 100,000 taels of silver tickets from Wang Zhulin, president of the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce, as a birthday gift for Yixuan, intending to bribe a high position.