On 2 January, Feng Guozhang, Jiang Guidi, Zhang Xun, and other northern generals sent a telegram expressing their support for the establishment of a constitutional monarchy. If a republican form of government is adopted with the opinion of a minority, it will be opposed to it to the death and will not hesitate to fight to the end.

The air suddenly became tense, and the battle was about to break out.

Yes! What's going on in the South? The approach is truly incomprehensible.

Why is this happening? I'm afraid it will be up to the historians to answer.

On the face of it, there should be a number of reasons:

First, the South needs a unified organization and command, especially militarily, to end fragmentation.

This should be the common understanding of people of insight in the south, and it is also a problem that has been trying to solve.

In Shanghai, Huang Xing was elected as the generalissimo and Li Yuanhong as the deputy generalissimo. But after the news reached Wuchang, Wuchang quit. On the one hand, Wuchang is the holy land of the first righteousness, what qualifications do you have in Shanghai to nominate the generalissimo? Besides, the generalissimo can't be Huang Xing! came to Wuchang to command the war, but did not take back Hankou, but also lost Hanyang, crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and killed so many soldiers in vain? If you listen to Huang Xing's withdrawal from Wuchang, wouldn't this holy land of righteousness be lost long ago?

Wuchang immediately openly denied the generalissimo elected by Shanghai.

Wuchang is the holy land of Shouyi, and the attitude from the holy land cannot but attract attention. As a result, after the recovery of Nanjing, the generalissimo was re-elected in Nanjing, the center of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. The people are still the same two, and the order has changed. Li Yuanhong is the generalissimo, and Huang Xing is the deputy generalissimo.

In this way, Wuchang is satisfied, but the generalissimo has to come to Nanjing to take office! Li Yuanhong didn't want to leave his one-third of an acre of land, so he entrusted Huang Xing to exercise the power of generalissimo on his behalf.

Huang Xing also has a temper! If you don't do it, you can't leave home, and if you are a deputy, you can't leave home, are all good things yours? Huang Xing refused.

In this way, the problem is still not solved, and Huang Xing can't be elected as the generalissimo again and again!

It was at this time that the total of the League. Reason, Revolutionary Leader. Sleeve middle. Mr. Shan is back. It's really time to come back, so choose it. Mr. Mountain be this generalissimo! There will be no objections from Wuchang, right?

I have to ask for my opinion in advance. Of course Mr. Shan was willing, and he hurried back to China to preside over the overall situation.

When Hu Hanmin persuaded him to go to Guangzhou, didn't he say, "If I don't go to Shanghai and Nanjing, then all this foreign affairs will be presided over by no one else"!

But after staying abroad for so many years, you must always be more knowledgeable, how can the head of the Republic of China be called a generalissimo? Doesn't it give the impression that it has become a military regime? What do Chinese people think and foreigners think, aren't they asking for trouble?

Why do you choose a generalissimo? If you want to elect, you will also elect a president! As a result, Mr. Nakayama was elected as the provisional president.

Second, the information is not smooth. Although at that time, there was already a telegram, but there was no one from the southern parties to preside over it, and the communication between the parties was still not smooth under the conditions at that time.

North-South negotiations were in Shanghai, but the generalissimo or the representative of the president was in Nanjing. It is difficult for the deputies in Nanjing to know immediately what Wu Tingfang has negotiated, and it is unlikely that Wu Tingfang and his side will find out what the deputies of various provinces in Nanjing are doing.

Otherwise, after Yuan Shikai suddenly turned his face, Wu Tingfang would not have been so angry at first.

It will not be easy to conclude that Yuan Shikai turned his hands into clouds and covered his hands into rain. Nor will they immediately send a note to the consuls of various countries to win external sympathy and occupy the moral high ground.

In the case of poor information, some mistakes, misunderstandings, etc. are difficult to avoid.

Third, the matter of making Yuan Shikai president is a very private matter. In the south, except for Huang Xing, Li Yuanhong, Wang Jingwei, Wu Tingfang, and other leading figures, the rest of the people who know about it are very limited.

Some of the representatives of those provinces, including Nanjing, may not all be clear.

This matter is really unspeakable, let everyone know that everything Yuan Shikai did was to be the president, how could he meet people? Can Qing Tingrong get him? What did the brothers of the Beiyang Army think of him? Yuan Shikai is also a good-faced person. Although, this is the case, but there must be some decoration, and the family can't be stripped naked and stand in front of everyone.

In addition, since it is a democratic republic, the president must be elected through a legal procedure, not that one person, but a few people who can have the final say.

In any case, this approach is logically unjustifiable.

Besides, in the eyes of many revolutionaries in the south, Yuan Shikai was the enemy, the greatest enemy. The betrayal of the reformers may not be forgotten by the newcomers. After a long time of changing his life and letting Yuan Shikai be the president, can the revolutionaries accept it for a while?

Regarding the deal of making Yuan Shikai president, not only others, but also in the beginning. Mr. Shan may not even know.

Why did Huang Xing and Li Yuanhong choose the generalissimo, didn't they keep the president for Yuan Shikai? If the . Mr. Shan knew from the beginning that he should not let the deputies elect the president, so why did he poke this hornet's nest if he had nothing to do?

However, in . Mr. Shan must have known soon, so he said something when he was sworn in and tried to make amends.

"Overthrow the Manchurian autocracy**, consolidate the Republic of China, and strive for the happiness of the people, the public will of the people, abide by it, be loyal to the country, and serve the public. When the autocratic system fell, there was no chaos in the country, and the Republic of China stood out in the world, and was recognized by the nations. ”

This doesn't look like an inauguration declaration, what does it mean, I know that this president shouldn't be me, and when the lord comes out, I'll make room.

This was not enough, and on the day of the swearing-in, he immediately sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai: "Beijing Premier Yuanjian: When I arrived in Shanghai the day before yesterday, all comrades organized a provisional government. The government instructed each other and asked the reason for it, and it was very difficult to act because the southeastern provinces lacked unified organs, so the organization of temporary ** was a necessary condition for survival.

"The review of the text is difficult, and it is incumbent on me to do so, so I have to serve temporarily. The public side is in charge of its own affairs, that is, it knows that billions of trillions are in the future, and the current position cannot but be avoided. Therefore, although the text is temporarily inherited, the heart of waiting for the empty position can finally be revealed in the future. I hope to make a big plan as soon as possible to comfort the aspirations of 40,000 people. ”

Mr. Zhongshan may feel that he did not say it thoroughly, and the next day he sent a telegram to Yuan Shikai: "Wen can't bear the Civil War, and the lives are ruined, so he does not object to the move to negotiate peace." Although democracy and the monarch do not wait to be counted, the king's hard work is cooled by others.

"If the power of the king, without working at war, to achieve the will of the people, to protect the harmony of the nation, the Qing family will also be happy, and it will be a matter of justice to count the good in one fell swoop, and promote the merit and ability.

"Wencheng is recommended by the provinces, the oath is there, and the heart is not enough, and the day is learned! If the text is tempting, it will be misunderstood. ”

From Mr. Zhongshan's remarks, we can read at least three meanings: First, not only did he not know about the president's promise to Yuan Shikai, but he also just knew about the North-South joint talks. Therefore, he is not opposed to peace talks. Didn't he say it when he first arrived in Shanghai? "If the purpose of the revolution is not achieved, there will be no peace negotiations"!

Second, Mr. Zhongshan is sincere, his personality is noble, and his mind is also very open-minded.

Third, compared with when the League was first established, Mr. Nakayama has made great progress on the national issue. Because when formulating the program of the League, there were such words as "expel the Tartars and return them to China." China is not only Han Chinese, but also belongs to all ethnic groups of the Chinese nation, including the Manchus.

Why the Manchurians? Where are they expelled? Now, however, Mr. Nakayama's reference is "to protect the harmony of the nation." In the Xinhai Revolution, there were many people who shouted anti-Manchurian slogans, which was narrow-minded compared to Mr. Zhongshan's broad-mindedness.

Yuan Shikai decided that the revolutionaries were lying to him, and felt that he could not be fooled again, so of course he would not believe it.

In the face of Mr.'s sincere heart, he called Mr. back in a mocking tone and said: "Sun Yat-sen Junjian: On the issue of the monarchy and the republic, what is the decision of the referendum?" There is no way to predict. Interim Politics. Fu Zhi said, did not dare to hear, falsely accepted the reward temptation, and was so ashamed that he did not dare to be, but he hoped to forgive and learn from it. ”

The national system still has to wait for the referendum of the National Assembly, how to talk about the temporary**, how to talk about who will be the president, don't tempt this imaginary thing. There is nothing wrong with this statement, but it is all official words, clichés, and high-sounding words, that is, there is not a word of truth, not a word of truth.