Zhao Binglin, the imperial historian, took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire, and said that Yuan Shikai's appointment as the minister of military aircraft was worrying for two reasons:

First, Yuan Shikai is a changeable person, "good at constructing flesh and bones", and Emperor Guangxu "has been tied up for more than 30 years, and he is depressed for life, and Shikai was able to plant a private party and hold the court hostage." Fang Jinzhu Shaoguo is suspicious, it seems that this person who harbors evil intentions and ignores righteousness has been in the center for a long time, and he will have unexpected changes in the future. ”

Second, "Although there are many henchmen of Yuan Shikai today, fortunately they are all rich and wealthy people, and as soon as Shikai comes out of the military plane, he will be disbanded." If his party is deeply entrenched and he makes a decision, he will not be able to do anything about it, even if he wants to go to the regent. At that time, the only way to dare to be angry is not to speak, and to bow down and listen to what he does."

Therefore, it must be quickly repudiated, "to lay the foundation of the country and put an end to future troubles." ”

Shanxuan and Zai Ze secretly said to Zai Feng at the same time: "If you don't deal with it quickly at this time, you will be Yuan's henchmen in both the internal and external military and political aspects; In the past, what Yuan was afraid of was the Empress Dowager Cixi, and once the Empress Dowager died, there was no one to restrain him in Yuan's mind. "Advocate decisively getting rid of Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai is now simply pushed by the wall, and at this time, Yushi Chen Tian immediately hated Yuan Shikai.

He exposed how Yuan Shikai opposed and obstructed the Shangshu of the Du branch and the Zhenguo Gong Zaize to clean up the finances of Zhili, explaining that he was afraid that the messy accounts in his tenure as governor of Zhili would be exposed. It is also said that Yuan Shikai used the name of the Military Aircraft Department to generate electricity in an attempt to encourage the Empress Dowager Longyu to listen to the government, and his insidious intention was to provoke the relationship between the Empress Dowager Longyu and the regent.

Chen Tian, whose name is Songshan, was born in Guiyang, Guizhou in the Qing Dynasty. Famous scholars. Born in a scholarly family, he has been diligent and studious since childhood. In the eighth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1869), he and his brother Chen Can were the same as the imperial examination, and ranked first, and in the twelfth year of Guangxu (1886), he was awarded the Hanlin Academy to edit and revise the official imperial history. He is upright, not afraid of **, dares to speak out, has a very high prestige in the court, and his performance is extremely heavy, almost becoming "the last straw that pressed the camel".

Chen Tian is also a poet and has left many wonderful poems. In the office of the imperial historian, he participated in Yuan Shikai and made him famous all over the world.

Zaifeng, the young regent, no one knows what he's thinking? Everything seems to be turned blind and deaf.

But Mr. Yuan already felt a sense that he was being marginalized. Many of the affairs assigned to the Military Aircraft Department bypassed him, but were handled through Zhang Zhidong and others, and he had a premonition that there would be more than one bad luck.

On December 25, the imperial court reorganized the Praetorian Guard, which was directly under the regent Zaifeng.

At this time, all the military power was in the hands of Zaifeng's own brother, and Zaifeng was going to make a move against Yuan Shikai.

It turned out that the regent Zaifeng had already made up his mind to get rid of Yuan Shikai, but he was just waiting for the time to be ripe.

Yixuan heard the wind and hurriedly notified Yuan Shikai and asked him to go out and hide quickly.

Yuan Shikai had been mentally prepared, but when it came to the end, he was still frightened.

He changed into civilian clothes and fled to Tianjin alone, staying at the Li Shunde Hotel in the British Concession, and wanted to escape to Japan by boat through Yang Shixiang, the governor of Zhili.

Yang Shixiang thought that things would not be so bad, and in order to avoid suspicion, he did not come forward, but let his son Yang Yuying find Yuan Shikai Chen and say that it was amazing. persuaded Yuan Shikai to return to the capital, not to tell the truth, and was said to be absconding in fear of crime.

After Yuan Shikai weighed the pros and cons, he listened to Yang Shixiang's advice, mustered up his courage, and returned to the capital.

Zaifeng's original intention was to kill Yuan Shikai, and when he asked for the opinions of Yixuan and Zhang Zhidong, he was first opposed by Yixuan.

Yixuan said that it was easy to kill Yuan Shikai, but what if the Beiyang Army rose up to rebel?

Zhang Zhidong also did not agree to kill Yuan Shikai. He said that he did not agree to kill Yuan Shikai, not for Yuan Shikai but for the country.

He said: "The Lord Shaoguo is suspicious, and he can't be taken lightly than killing the minister." ”

all know that Zhang Zhidong and Yuan Shikai have a very bad relationship, and when he comes out to speak, it is naturally convincing.

Zaifeng didn't seem to have made up his mind to kill Yuan Shikai, he wouldn't know how difficult the Qing Dynasty was in his hands. If the killing of Yuan Shikai caused turmoil, it would really outweigh the losses. Moreover, the country may not be able to withstand such a toss.

In the end, the disposition of Yuan Shikai became "opening a vacancy and returning home to recuperate".

This edict was issued on January 2, 1909: "Yuan Shikai, Minister of Military Aircraft and Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has been repeatedly promoted by the previous dynasty, and has been rewarded by the Emperor of the Great. It is with his talents that he can use, so that he can gallop away, but Yuan Shikai is now suffering from foot disease, and it is difficult to walk and be incompetent. Yuan Shikai immediately opened the vacancy and returned to his hometown to recuperate, in order to show his compassion. ”

It was originally a dismissal, but it was politely said that he was taking care of his hometown to recuperate.

And this is not entirely an excuse, because on October 7 of last year, Yuan Shikai took a five-day leave due to foot disease. In recent times, it is often called a foot disease, which makes people support the court.

's life was saved, in Yuan Shikai's view, this is a great luck in misfortune anyway.

But he was still like a frightened bird, and he didn't dare to be careless.

In order to prevent the Qing family from attacking him, he did not dare to stop in Kyoto, nor did he dare to take the Jinghan Railway train back to his hometown in Henan. Instead, he changed into civilian clothes and went to Tianjin first and stationed in the concession.

After staying for a few days and making strict arrangements, he only took the fifth and seventh aunts to Zhangde.

A book describes the scene of Yuan Shikai's departure from Tianjin as follows: "On January 6, 1901, when the weather was overcast, the wind was roaring, the water was dripping into ice, and the cold air was cold, Yuan Shikai took the train south at Tianjin East Railway Station.

"To the station to see off only from Beijing Yan Xiu, Yang Du and other three or four people, there is no special car, the former majestic pomp has changed into a deserted, miserable and miserable relatives, its mood can be imagined.

"He shook Yan Xiu's hand and said, 'It's so cold! 'Semantic puns, I really feel the coldness of eunuchs. ”

After Yuan Shikai was expelled, there was still a great repercussion in the imperial court.

Many people spoke out that the vacancy of Yuan Shikai was to reject Hanchen. Some people even say that this is a liquidation of the constitutional movement, because Yuan Shikai is an active promoter of the constitution.

Others are-for-tat, saying that these voices are from Yuan Shikai's henchmen. is demagoguery, creating chaos, and creating public opinion for the reactivation of Yuan Shikai.

There are even many people who advocate uprooting the Yuan Party to prevent its resurgence.

Imperial history Zhao Binglin secretly disbanded the Yuan party, deposed Yixuan, transferred Yang Shixiang, the governor of Zhili, and hired people without distinction between the Han and the Han to quench rumors.

Zaifeng summoned Zhao Binglin. Ask for specific comments. Zhao Binglin proposed to announce Yuan Shikai's guilt, and used Zhang Zhidong as the prime minister, indicating that he reused the Han people. Ling Chunxuan led the Praetorian Guards to consolidate the imperial court. Summoned the constitutionalists Kang Youwei, Zheng Xiaoxu, Zhang Jian, Tang Shouqian and Zhao Qilin to Beijing to become the regent's advisers and teach the emperor to read. In order to win the hope of people at home and abroad. It is necessary to make a bold move to "implement the constitution, grant amnesty to the party members, and show the world that it is for the public."

However, this opinion was opposed by Zhang Zhidong, who has always had a bad relationship with Kang Youwei, Ling Chunxuan and others, and he believed that Yixuan was old and serious, and under the current conditions of unstable people's hearts, it was necessary for people like Yixuan to stabilize the government and balance and appease all parties.

Zaifeng originally belonged to the royal family and nobles, and was very wary of the Hanchen forces, and finally accepted Zhang Zhidong's opinion.

But for Yuan Shikai's power, he can't help but be afraid. So Xu Shichang, the governor of the three eastern provinces, was transferred to the Ministry of Posts and Communications. He also took the opportunity of Jingcha to retire Zhao Bingjun, a waiter of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and so on.

Yuan Shikai's dismissal from his official position, in the final analysis, was the bitter fruit of what he did in the Wuxu Reform. It was also in the tide of Ding Wei's politics that he led the infighting in the court, leaving behind the sequelae and reaping the consequences.

In the years he has been an official, generally speaking, he has been working hard, and in that era, such an official was rare. His dismissal could not but be a great loss to the Qing court.

In the imperial court, there are also some people of insight who have seen this, for example, as soon as he opened the vacancy, there was a school attendant Yan Xiu who folded and asked the court to retract the order of Yuan Shikai to open the vacancy.

He counted Yuan Shikai's military training at a small station, the governor of Shandong to protect the territory and the people, and especially the political achievements of the governor of Zhili. He also commented on Yuan Shikai's role in promoting the constitution and serving in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. pointed out that Yuan Shikai is a pragmatic person, who is good at empty talk, talking words but not doing practical things, which cannot be compared.

Yan Xiu, a native of Tianjin, a Jinshi of the late Qing Dynasty, was a famous thinker and educator in the late Qing Dynasty, and a famous scholar in modern China... He has served as the provincial and township trial paper grinding officer, Guizhou Xuezheng, and the superintendent of the Zhili School Division. In August of the twentieth year of Guangxu, Yan Xiu was awarded the title of Guizhou Xuezheng. More than three years in Guizhou. During his tenure, he fulfilled his duties, rectified the political examination, and eliminated the accumulated shortcomings; set up an official bookstore to publish books; The reform of the academy curriculum and the establishment of a special economic department have made great contributions to the development of culture and education in modern Guizhou. He is known as the first person in Guizhou to spread new ideas.

He is not Yuan Dang, he is completely standing on a fair standpoint, speaking fair for Yuan Shikai, and he also has a certain degree of representativeness in the DPRK and China.

Of course, these grievances could not change Yuan Shikai's return to his hometown at this time, but they prepared public opinion for Yuan Shikai's comeback in the future.