Chapter 42 Takes over as Governor of Zhili

Yuan Shikai served as governor of Shandong for two years, and it is fair to say that he still worked very hard and performed his duties very conscientiously.

In particular, it has been particularly prominent in dealing with high-density incidents in the construction of the Jiaoji Railway, as well as in protecting the territory and the people and protecting foreigners in the Gengzi national disaster.

Previously, he led troops, did diplomacy, politics. He was trying it for the first time. This also accumulated rich experience for him to engage in politics in the future.

Although he was hated by some people for suppressing the Boxer Rebellion, he was still praised by the gentry and many people in Shandong.

In the second year of the governor of Shandong, he himself was very proud.

In the days that followed, he told others more than once that if he wanted to do things well, he must understand the situation, and he could not be shielded by illusions.

He is a governor, and he can't do everything himself, so how can he know the real situation?

His approach is to investigate one thing, and he always sends two groups of people who have nothing to do with it. If the results of the investigation are different, he will send another group of people to compare the results of the investigation.

He said that he did not distrust others, but investigating things is also limited by ability and conditions. For example, some people like to have preconceived notions, whoever sues first will be convinced, and whoever sues first will win.

In the past two years, his career has also been full of gains, and he has suddenly jumped from governor to governor; Moreover, he is the governor of the Gyeonggi region, and is known as the first governor of the world.

If you are not careful, there will be an unexpected gain, and you will have to keep the title of the prince.

Although this is a false title, Yuan Shikai attaches great importance to it. For many years, he liked to be called "Yuan Shaobao" by others.

Speaking from the heart, he did not fall into the bottom of his heart when he participated in the "Southeast Mutual Insurance", and he took a great risk.

He is different from Liu Kunyi, Zhang Zhidong, and his benefactor Li Hongzhang, those people poke holes in the sky, who can do anything to them? What is the relationship between a few people and Cixi?

I am different, the so-called killing chickens to show monkeys, maybe I need someone with a thin brain like myself.

Why did he dare to risk the world to participate in the "Southeast Mutual Insurance"? In addition to being influenced by Li Hongzhang and following the big gang, the most important thing is that his contradictions with the Boxers have become the same. There is no Boxer with him, and there is no Boxer without him, Yuan Shikai.

It was a big gamble, a big gamble that put everything on the line.

Although, during that time, he did a lot of remedies and sent large sums of money to the Empress Dowager Cixi who was in distress several times, and the matter seemed to be covered up.

But he himself knows better than anyone that there are many loopholes. It didn't take much effort to convict him of disobedience.

The odds of winning the bet are high, he can think of that. But to win such splendor and brilliance, he was still very unexpected.

After he became the governor of Zhili, his power was greater, and he was more handy, and he was proud.

Many years later, his grandson Yuan Jiacheng wrote in the preface to his book "Yuan Shikai of a Thousand Autumn Meritorious Crimes" written for Zhou Zuitian: "Grandfather, who are you? In my later generation, I have become an old man, and I am happy to meet the prosperous times, so I often stroll on both sides of the Haihe River, and see Dajing Road, new stations, plantations, mints, official silver numbers, persuasion venues, and women's teachers, all of which have your footprints; The police, the courts, the elections, there are also your figures: look around the Zhili Jingshi, the cement industry, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou railway, the Luanzhou media mine...... All these things are different, but the figure of my grandfather is getting more and more hazy,......"

Yuan Shikai's achievements in the Governor of Zhili, Zhou Zuitian listed them in the book "Yuan Shikai of a Thousand Autumn Meritorious Crimes".

First, the founder of China's police system.

On this point, Zhou Zuitian wrote: "Who is the founder of the Chinese police? It is estimated that 99 out of 100 people may not know about the questionnaire now, don't believe it, the founder of the Chinese police is Yuan Shikai, and the founder of the Chinese police system is also Yuan Shikai. ”

How did Yuan Shikai think of founding the police, it was really not that he wanted to rob this first credit and the right to invent and create. What's going on, he was forced, there is no way out.

On July 14, 1900, foreigners occupied Tianjin, the capital of Zhili. The Yamen of the Governor of Zhili, located on Hebei Street, has also become a pile of rubble.

Li Hongzhang, who had been the governor of the country for 25 years, took over the official seals of the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang again on the ruins on September 29 of that year, and sat sadly on the rubble and wept.

Because of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, he was scolded for more than five years, and now the scolding is still heard. He signed the Xinchou Treaty, which is difficult to repay even if he smashed the pot and sold iron, how would the Chinese people scold him, could Li Hongzhang not think of it?

However, he didn't provoke it, he didn't pull the, he had to wipe someone's fart. Share.

There must always be such a person, and someone has to do it, and when it falls on his head, he can only admit that he is unlucky.

If Cixi is guillotined, it will definitely not cost so much money. And if you return to Guangxu, you don't know how to write China's history.

Yuan Shikai must have lost his head, he was played around by Yuan Shikai, and he was promoted, but in the end he was betrayed by him. Guangxu will never forgive Yuan Shikai.

But could Cixi be willing to give up her life? Isn't it another civil strife?

Can the state still afford it? What do the common people and future generations think.

Don't look at the fact that everyone hates her now, but if she guillotines for the country, the old woman may become a hero.

There are two skins on the human mouth, and people's spitting stars can also drown him Li Hongzhang.

Can scolding kill people? Does Li Hongzhang's death have anything to do with the scolding of the whole country? We don't know. Anyway, a few days after he was appointed as the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang again, Li Hongzhang ended his life that had been debated by everyone.

There is another article when the "Southeast Mutual Insurance" agreement is concluded. If Cixi and Guangxu were both killed, everyone would have elected him as the president of a new type of country.

It is said that this matter, in. Mr. Shan is also very much in favor of it.

If this is the case, I am afraid it will not be Yuan Shikai's turn to be the first president of the Republic of China.

This may not be a good thing for Yuan Shikai, because he may not have the opportunity and conditions to reverse the wheel of history and leave a stench for 10,000 years.

Wang Jingwei's grandson, seeing the statues of his grandparents kneeling in front of the graves of the two people, said a very fair word: If you do bad things, you will be punished.

That's right, it's still what the author said earlier: everyone must pay for their actions, and if you don't want to pay the price, don't do things that people and gods are angry about.

Li Hongzhang was really interested in Yuan Shikai, and before he died, he did one last thing for him, recommending him to take over as the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang.

Of course, Liu Kunyi and Zhang Zhidong, who are highly respected, also highly recommend him.

By the way, let's go back to Yuan Shikai's creation of the police!

The Treaty of Xinchou stipulated that no troops could be stationed within 20 miles of Tianjin.

Ever since human agency has gradually replaced animal instinct, human society has fallen into a kind of self-contradiction. The reason for the contradiction is that people are not yet able to consciously do what they have to do.

In other words, if it is something that must be done, and people are unable or unwilling to do it willingly, how can it be? Isn't society caught up in self-contradiction?

Society always has to be tenacious to carve out the way for itself. Thus a power over society was created.

This is a force that reconciles conflicts, resolves disputes, and even uses violence to force people to do things they can't do consciously. This is the state apparatus, which we sometimes call the organ of violence.

With the state apparatus, there must be armed men to enforce this coercion.

Or, we can put it another way, the world needs order, and it needs people who maintain order. At least under certain historical conditions, this is a must.

It doesn't matter if the name of this group is an errand or an army. There must always be someone with weapons to maintain order, and if the garrison is not allowed, who will maintain order? What to do?

This is not difficult for Yuan Shikai, who has served as a diplomatic envoy and often deals with foreigners.

He had heard that there were police officers in foreign countries, and they did not have the same powers as the military.

In order to prevent the armed forces from using the barrel of a gun to carry out military coups, some countries stipulate that the armed forces cannot participate in the internal affairs of the state without special authorization, except for national defense.

Under normal circumstances, the only way to maintain social order is to rely on the police.