On January 15, 1912, when everything was ready, Zheng Yuxiu suddenly received an urgent order from the Beijing branch of the League to abandon the assassination of Yuan Shikai. Because the latest situation shows that it was the royal nobles headed by Liangbi and Tie Liang who really hindered the peace negotiations between the north and the south, not Yuan Shikai. Zheng Yuxiu acted overnight, and according to the usual clues, he notified eight comrades-in-arms, but the comrades-in-arms who did not receive the notice still carried out the assassination of Yuan Shikai as planned, and Zheng Yuxiu had no choice but to rush to the scene.

On January 16, 1912, Yuan Shikai came out of the Donghua Gate of the Forbidden City and went to his new office, the New Yamen of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When his horse team was about to march to the intersection of Donghuamenwai Street and Wangfujing Street, three people ran out of the Sanshun refreshment spot on the north side of the road and threw three ** the size of condensed milk cans at him. Because Yuan Shikai's carriage was running fast, the first and second ** were thrown late and fell behind the carriage. Yuan's guards and horses were wounded, and more than 20 people were injured, among whom his bodyguard Guan was sent to the hospital on behalf of Yuan Jinbiao and died; The third ** did not fry.

**Another reason why the throw was not accurate was that there was a wooden guard box on the side of the road blocking the assassin's view. The three assassins ran back to the tea shop after throwing away **, and the police immediately arrested ten people: Zhang Xianpei, Huang Zhimeng, Yang Yuchang, Tao Hongyuan, Xue Rong, Li Huailian, Xu Tonghua, Fu Sixun, Huang Yongqing, and Xiao Sheng.

Weapons were found from Zhang Xianpei, Huang Zhimeng, and Yang Yuchang, and they were executed on the same day. Zheng Yuxiu relied on her intelligence and skillfully evaded the pursuit. Later, he went to some foreign friends who were journalists, and in their name released the remaining seven arrested comrades-in-arms on bail.

Zhang Xianpei (1890-1912), a native of Majiang County, Guizhou Province, was a modern Chinese democratic revolutionary, a member of the League, born in an official family, and graduated from the Beijing Army Noble School. Later, he served in the Geodesy Bureau of the Military Advisory Office, and in 1911, he joined the assassination department of the Beijing-Tianjin Alliance.

Huang Zhimeng (1888-1912), a native of Kaiping, Guangdong, was a modern Chinese democratic revolutionary, a member of the League, and a graduate of the Beijing Army Surveying and Mapping School. In 1911, he joined the assassination department of the Beijing-Tianjin League.

Yang Yuchang (1885-1912), a native of Sichuan, was a modern Chinese democratic revolutionary and a member of the League. In 1910, Yang Yuchang was admitted to the Beijing Army Surveying and Mapping Academy with excellent results. In October of the lunar calendar of that year, he left his hometown and went north, and met Huang Zhimeng and Zhang Xianpei in Wuchang. In 1911, he joined the assassination department of the Beijing-Tianjin League.

The catastrophe did not die, Yuan Shikai was not lightly frightened, and he was stunned to see the orphan and widow, taking the opportunity to danger and the recurrence of the old disease and said that he could not get sick. Zhao Bingjun and Hu Weide and others were sent to deal with the Qing court, but they hid behind the scenes.

The assassination incident was very bloody and terrifying, which vibrated greatly on all parties, and also helped Yuan Shikai in some ways. Previously, in order to scare the royal clan relatives and make them surrender as soon as possible, Yuan Shikai had people spread around the capital, which was full of revolutionary parties. Now it has been verified, and everyone can't help but believe it.

In addition, some royal relatives and nobles saw that Yuan Shikai was not active in suppressing the chaotic party, and created public opinion that Yuan Shikai had colluded with the chaotic party and colluded with it, and now the rumors are self-defeating.

It's easier said than done to let a dynasty out of history.

On the 17th, the Empress Dowager Longyu convened a public imperial meeting of the clan kings to discuss whether to implement a republic. At the meeting, Yixuan and Bei Zi Pulun advocated self-abdication and the promulgation of a republic. Pu Wei, Zai Ze and others vigorously opposed it, and the two sides argued endlessly.

The Empress Dowager Longyu just hugged the little emperor of Xuantong and cried, and the meeting broke up without results. The same meeting resumed on the 18th, again without results.

That night, Liangbi, Pu Wei, Tie Liang and others gathered dozens of people to Qingwangfu to attack and besiege Yiliang. I mainly want to do the work of Yixuan, because Yixuan has a great influence among the royal family.

However, no matter what kind of threats and intimidation these people have, Yixuan is the same proposition.

He insisted: "What do you hairy children know, is it useful to shout nonsense? The Qing Dynasty will die at the hands of you people who do not know the height of the sky and the height of the earth, and who do not know what is going on. Excluding Han people all day long, can we Manchurians manage such a big country alone? The country has come to this point, I don't know how to maintain the foundation of my ancestors? Big. What a benefit to me and my family. You think you're doing this for the good of our family, but you're actually harming us all. You say Yuan Shikai is not good. That's not right, I don't object to it, but the one who can help us now is Yuan Shikai. Do you have to let everyone die with you? Save it, listen to an old man's words! ”

Yixuan's reasonable words failed to impress these extremists and fanatics. These people took advantage of the situation to initiate the organization of the Zongshe Party and launched a large-scale campaign.

Liangbi, a native of Manchuria with the Yellow Flag, a minister in the late Qing Dynasty, the leader of the Zongshe Party, and the eighth grandson of Belba Yala, the youngest brother of the Qing Taizu Nurhachi. The ancestor was originally a clan, and during the Shunzhi period, the seventh ancestor Gong Adai (the younger brother of Beizi Baiyintu) was attached to the Prince of Rui Dolgon. old

was cut off, imprisoned, and deposed from the clan, until the fourth year of Jiaqing, he ordered to restore the clan and give him a red belt.

He lost his father at an early age, and his mother Hang Atan depended on each other, and received an orthodox education of loyalty and filial piety since he was a child, and his mother was extremely filial.

As a descendant of the royal family, Liangbi does not have the decadent temperament of the children of the Eight Banners, and he does not have the hobby of teasing birds and walking dogs. He studied in Japan and entered the infantry section of the non-commissioned officer school. After returning to China after graduation, he joined the training department and served as the deputy envoy and director of the Department of Military Studies of the Ministry of the Army. The Praetorian Guard was established, and he served as the first co-commander and the commander of the white flag.

Liangbi is upright and arrogant, known as a great ambition, and is the leader of the flag soldiers in the late Qing Dynasty. He was not only a "brand-new military talent" among the banner people, but also had outstanding talents, and participated in a series of military activities in the late Qing Dynasty to revitalize the military and strive for strength. Special attention was paid to recruiting military talents, such as Wu Luzhen, Ha Hanzhang, Shen Shangqian, Lu Jingyuan, Zhang Dijun, Chen Qicai, Feng Gengguang, Jiang Baili, etc., all of whom were recruited, and Tie Liang and others were called Qing Dynasty cadres.

In October of the third year of Xuantong (1911), after the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, Liangbi opposed both the use of Yuan Shikai and the revolution, hoping to "establish a constitution to make up for the revolution and save the overall situation".

On 19 January, the Zongshe Party issued a manifesto advocating the deposition of Yuan Shikai and the formation of a "wartime imperial cabinet", with Tie Liang as commander-in-chief, to organize an army loyal to the Qing dynasty to fight a decisive battle with the revolutionary army.

At this time, although Liangbi's position as the unified capital of the Praetorian Guard has been replaced by Feng Guozhang, he still has a wide network in the Praetorian Guard, and Tie Liang has been in the army for a long time, and his influence in the army is about second only to Yuan Shikai, so the Zongshe Party has a lot of momentum.

Yixuan insisted on this, some people said that he had received three million taels of silver from Yuan Shikai, and he was dying for Yuan Shikai.

With Yuan Shikai's work style, it is normal to give Yixuan a heavy gift, but I am afraid it is not worth sending so much.

No matter how great his ability to move, because of his corruption, his prestige among the royal family is not very high, and his energy is also limited. Yuan Shikai used a lot of silver, and he didn't necessarily spend so much on Yixuan.

Yixuan may be helping Yuan Shikai, but he may be more knowledgeable.

Yuan Shikai was very anxious, he was afraid of changes, and he was afraid of long nights and dreams. On this day, his good friend British Minister Juerdian came to visit.

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(1852-1925), a British diplomat, was born in Ireland and was the son of a farmer. He attended Queen's College in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and holds a Master of Arts degree.

In the second year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1876), he came to China and first worked as a trainee translator at the Beijing Consulate.

In 1888 he was promoted to librarian of the Legation in Peking and in 1891 he became secretary of the Chinese language. In 1896 he was appointed Consul General of Seoul, and in 1898 he was promoted to Acting Minister to China, in 1901 he became Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in China.

After his retirement in 1920, he attended the Washington Conference. He died in 1925 at the age of 73.

Yuan Shikai and Zhu Erdian are old friends, and their relationship can be traced back to Yuan Shikai's tenure in Korea before the First Sino-Japanese War. Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi died one after another, and Yuan Shikai, who was highly suspicious because of his high position, was demoted out of Beijing, and Yuan was once disheartened. It is said that Zhu Erdian also wrote to persuade him to cheer up and recuperate.