Chapter 203: Forcing the Dumb Man to Speak
The full text of Yuan's revocation of the imperial decree is as follows:
"The government hall is under the order: the Republic of China was built, the changes are multiplied, the virtue is like giving, the hardships are great, the people who are worried about the country are afraid of the disaster, and many lords restore the imperial system, so as to eliminate disputes and plan for a long time. Since the ugliness, the words have been endless. It is extremely severe to be repeatedly reprimanded. Since the last year, the situation is different, almost unstoppable, pretending to be the Chinese national system, not the implementation of a constitutional monarchy, by no means enough to survive, Fu Youmoxi, Portugal dispute, will be the continuation of Vietnam, Burma, so there are most people advocating the imperial system, the words are reasonable, the officials and scholars, with this enthusiasm, the literature and telegrams, urgent appeal.
"To give the original status, there should be a responsibility to maintain the national system, and it has been repeatedly declared, and people do not forgive it. After the Acting Legislative Yuan agreed that the National Congress should settle the state system, the national representatives of the provinces and autonomous regions unanimously agreed to the constitutional monarchy, and unanimously elected it.
"China's sovereignty rests with the whole people, and since it is voted by the National Assembly, there is no room for discussion. However, in the end, he suddenly rose to the top of the throne, reneged on his oath, was morally faithful, and could not explain himself, so he resigned sincerely to show his feelings. It is the oath of the head of state, which is rooted in the position, and when it is contrary to the will of the people, the blame is severe, and it is unavoidable. and the changes in Yunnan and Guizhou, and the decision was made to be delayed, and all persuasion documents were not allowed to be submitted. The Legislative Yuan was immediately convened in advance with a view to convening a meeting at an early date to solicit opinions and turn the circle around.
"For the rest of his life, he had no intention of coming out, he was on the trail, he didn't know the chaos, the Xinhai incident started, the fallacy was pushed by the public opinion, he was reluctant to maintain, and he tried his best to support the crisis, but he knew how to save the country, but he didn't know anything else. In the annals of China's thousands of years, the disasters of the emperors and descendants can be collected through the ages, so why should they be alone and greedy for high positions? It is because the national representatives do not forgive the sincerity of their resignations, and some of the people's hearts are suspected of being rights-minded, and their temperament is estranged, which makes them fierce. Honesty is not enough to touch, clarity is not enough to candle things, it is not virtuous, how can it be especially for people? Suffering my souls, working my soldiers, so that the masses are confused, business is withering, introspection, good use, subservience to others, what a pity. The case of recognizing the imperial throne on December 11 of the previous year was immediately revoked, and the Qu Zhengshitang returned all the letters of recommendation to the Senate and the Legislative Yuan for referral, forwarding and destroying them. All preparations should be stopped immediately, and the ancients would be sincere in their own sins in order to negotiate the virtue of good life in heaven, cleanse their hearts and minds, and calm down their lives.
"Covering those who advocate imperialism, this map consolidates the foundation of the country, but patriotism is not the way to go, and it is enough to harm the country; Those who oppose the imperial system are also to express their political opinions, but they will not overkill and endanger the country, so they must stimulate their conscience, donate their opinions, work together, and help the times of difficulty, so that the Chinese of our country will avoid the scourge of fighting in the same room, and turn the obscenity into peace. In short, all parties are guilty, and one person is guilty!
"The present case of recognition has been withdrawn. If there is disturbance in the locality, the blessing and misfortune are all called by oneself, and the president of the Great Congress has the responsibility of ruling the whole country, and he cannot sit idly by and ignore it. Fang Jinlu Yan is in hardship, the discipline is Lingyi, the officials do not cultivate, the real talent has not entered, and when he thinks of this, he is worried in the middle of the night. In the long run, how will the country be? After that, the civil and military officials, must get rid of the accumulated habits, do their best, all should be reformed, each should fulfill their duties, the strength of the proceeds, no empty words, no private opinions, only to the comprehensive verification of the name, the letter reward must be punished, for the outline of the system, I will be the military and the people as a community! This order. ”
Yuan Shikai continued to engage in duplicitousness, and Mingli issued a decree to revoke the imperial throne, but he sent a telegram to the soldiers in front of the Beiyang Army, fabricating a lot of nonsense news, hoping to incite the Beiyang family to hate the enemy. For example, the National Protector Army has elected Cen Chunxuan as president, and the senior generals of the Beiyang Army will be removed from their posts and .......
The secret oracle says:
"The return of the book was forced by the situation, not the fundamental abolition of the imperial system. Cai, Tang, Lu, and Liang were forced to abdicate. The gentleman has been giving for many years, and the kindness is not thin, and each should stimulate the conscience, in order to be dedicated, and the wealth and prosperity are shared. If the status is not guaranteed, the life of the king will also be lost. ...... "Yunyun."
From the time Yuan Shikai accepted the throne to the revocation of the throne, there were only eighty-three days in total, which can be regarded as the shortest-lived emperor in Chinese history. After the emperor's play ended, the first to bear the brunt of the predicament was the Hongxian imperial faction. The fire at the city gate affected the pond fish, and the owner of the Ruifuxiang clothing store was also unlucky, and no one wanted the customized dragon robe and court clothes.
On March 25, Li Yuanhong insisted that Yuan order the abolition of his royal title. He said that if the unclear order was cancelled, he would have no face to act as a mediator between the North and the South.
On this day, the Senate unanimously passed the case of revoking and recognizing the imperial throne proposed by Yuan, just as the plenary session unanimously approved Yuan as emperor on December 21, the fourth year of the Republic of China.
It shows that the so-called senate of the Senate is nothing more than decoration, but it is just acting on orders.
On the same day, the court replied to Yuan Shikai, asking the provinces to return the letter to the provinces for self-destruction. Probably because he felt that there was no need for this Senate to exist anymore, he also asked for its dissolution.
On the same day, Li Yuanhong, Xu Shichang, and Duan Qirui respectively sent power to Lu Rongting, Liang Qichao, Cai Yi, Tang Jiyao, etc.
proposed: "The public goal has been achieved, and we hope to fight first and work together to deal with the aftermath." ”
This telegram was intended to be sent by Yuan Shikai on his behalf, and neither Li Yuanhong nor Duan Qirui agreed.
Soon received a call back from the Protector Army: the prerequisites for an armistice: First, Yuan Shikai abdicated. It's just that the abdication here is no longer a withdrawal from the emperor's throne, but a withdrawal from the political arena. Second, we must kill Yang Du and other thirteen people to thank the world. These thirteen people are: Yang Du, Yan Fu, Liu Shipei, Liang Shiyi, Zhu Qiling, Zhou Ziqi, Sun Yuyun, Li Xiehe, Hu Ying, Duan Zhigui, Yuan Naikuan, Zhang Zhenfang, Lei Zhenchun, they are also often called Yuan Shikai's Thirteen Taibao of the imperial system.
It is often said that there is one thing in this world that cannot be bought, and that is regret medicine. It's almost a president for life, wouldn't it be nice to be your president? It's a sigh that it's hard to fill, and you have to look forward to Shu. Now it is not only impossible to get Shu, but it is also difficult for Long to keep.
In Yuan Shikai's opinion, aren't you against me being the emperor? If I am not the emperor, can't I go back to being the president? How can there be such a good thing in the world? Besides, if a person who has lost the trust of everyone still believes what he says?
The situation was too bad and embattled, Yuan Shikai's fourth son, Yuan Keduan, took his mother and wife to hide at his father-in-law's house in Tianjin.
On 29 March, Yuan Shikai personally commanded the burning of more than 840 official documents related to the imperial system.
On 2 April, the Senate revoked the name of the General Representative of the People and the monarchy it had decided.
Yuan Shikai's emperor was inappropriate, and the anti-Yuan movement did not stop there, and then turned to the goal of ousting Yuan Shikai from power completely.
According to Yuan Shikai's will, Liang Shiyi sent a persuasion telegram to Liang Qichao, and on the 16th, Liang Qichao replied to Liang Shiyi:
"Feng Diantong is sorry! The brother's wish is peace, love peace, should be the brother's long-cherished faith, in vain to political slump, the benefit of despair, so tears from the gentlemen. To understand people with brothers, try to speculate on the future disasters that have been brewed and mixed for four years, and allow a glimmer of light? The occurrence and revocation of the imperial system, the three and the twilight, what the plan! It must be known that the people of the country are heartbroken, and they are insulting the people with their dictatorship and political skills, and they have been dishonest in the world for a long time, and a piece of paper only increases the sense of evil.
"With insults, how can I not have the fear of the abyss in my younger brother. The accumulation of arrears is not the blessing of the country, and everyone knows it; However, if the source of the disaster is not stopped, why should the hearts of the Anguo people calm their anger? The younger brother wants to be reluctant and unloaded, how can he go back to the southwest generals to listen? If the generals want to be reluctant and unload themselves, how can they return to the ears of the whole country? Xiang Cheng is still in power, and wants to erode my people as quickly as possible, in case the matter is not resolved for a long time, and others are forced to expel it for me, the shame is really unacceptable, and the guilt will be returned. Zhidi and Xiang Cheng have a good personal friendship, and they can't bear to be killed to bring disaster to the country, and beg for fists. Guangdong responds, the changes are urgent, and the brother should also be good at his own ......"
Liang Shiyi took Liang Qichao's telegram to Yuan Shikai for a mission, Yuan Shikai picked up the telegram, read it very carefully, and read it with approval.
Next to the sentence "is insulting the people with its dictatorship", Yuan criticized "the cabinet and the Congress", which means that this is the fault of the cabinet and the Congress.
Next to the sentence "Xiangcheng is still in power, and he wants to erode my people as fast as possible", Yuan criticized: attack Sichuan and Hunan first. It is meant to be the first hand of the Protector Army.
Next to the sentence "If you work others to drive me away, the shame is really unacceptable", Yuan criticized: "The enemy country is jealous, and he is not a great man?" ”
In the end, Yuan said at the end of the telegram: "Rein in the army." The implication is that the two sides should rein in their armies as a top priority.
Since Yuan Shikai accepted the throne, there has not been a day of peace, which can be described as frustrated and difficult.
At the beginning, it encountered obstruction and interference from the international side. The government had to make a verbal promise not to ascend the pole within the year. Immediately afterwards, Cai and Tang led Yunnan to become independent and protect the country and overthrow Yuan. Yuan was forced to announce a postponement of the imperial system. Later, Yuan was overthrown by Yuan, especially Feng Guozhang and other five generals. Yuan was forced to revoke the case of recognizing the imperial system under domestic and foreign difficulties and desperation.
Yuan Shikai is undoubtedly a hero, with a talent for change, and good luck, he should always be handy. If you can judge the situation and take advantage of the situation, even if you can't become China's Washington in this life, you will definitely have a beautiful scenery.
It's a pity that at the end of the day, Li Lingzhi was dizzy. Since becoming president, he has assassinated dissidents, is narrow-minded, and his methods are especially worse than those of the Empress Dowager Xi, and his political corruption is even greater than that of Xun Qing.
Many people like Yuan Shikai don't take the common people seriously. Don't you know, after all, water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat. Yuan played with people everywhere, created public opinion, used force without permission, and was good at wielding power, but at his last moment, the people's public will defeated him, and Cai Yi's 3,000 weak soldiers defeated him.
Some people say: Yuan Shikai's qi will be finished after he is fifty-eight years old, and he used to have good luck, so he is handy, invincible and smart, invincible and smooth; When the number of qi is exhausted, there is no way to be stupid, and no way to be confused.
In fact, those who deceive people are also deceived, and those who kill people are also killed, and they rule the world with power, and in the end they must be betrayed and separated, and they will be proud for a while, infamous through the ages, and the difference of one thought will leave a stench for eternity. Too much power is often not good. As someone said: the improper use of power is the worst thing that can be done.
On 26 March, Yuan Shikai's old friend Tang Shaoyi sent a telegram from Shanghai to persuade him to retire, calling both Mr. and Deacon, with harsh, sharp and sharp sentences.
The telegram said: "Mr. Yuan Weiting of Beijing: The White House has been separated for many years. Recalling that he had asked the deacon to be dismissed from his post, he was severely reprimanded, that is, he lived in Shanghai, and he never made a reckless statement or suggestion on political affairs. Sitting is also a long time without a note, what a sin! What a sin! All the deacons' disloyalty to the administration of the "Covenant" over the past few years has been watched by the world, and the deacons are aware of it.
"Since the occurrence of the imperial system, as well as the Yunnan and Guizhou incidents, the whole country has been in an uproar, and it cannot be all day long. Although Yi Ya does not want to speak, and the state affairs are important, it is difficult to ignore them. Recently, I learned that the decree revoking the recognition of the imperial system and still holding the office of president. In the deacon's mind, he thought that he was perfunctory. The first in the world is regarded as a shameful mourning, which is unprecedented in Chinese and foreign history. Try to get a glimpse of the truth, and now there is a person in the whole country who believes that the deacon can really fulfill his oath and sincerely supports the republic? Yi is also convinced that the deacon's current military and financial resources are sufficient and temporarily superior to the rebellious provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guizhou. But the force can not be convinced, there is a clear precept in ancient times.
"This righteous act cannot be solved by force. Those who are the fierce enemies of the deacons are covered in the hearts of the whole country, and once the hearts of the people are gone, there is no way to save them. The only good plan is to ask the deacon to retreat with perseverance. It is true that there are provisions in the "Covenant" for those who inherit the law, and there is no one who is the emperor. Or do you ask the deacon to pay deep attention to the danger of the past, Gengzi's attack on the embassy, and Renzi's plundering of the mall. Etiquette is arrogant, Su He forgives the original, and is ignorant, so he dares to give the last advice and adopts it very fortunately. Shao Yi knocked. Yes. ”
Tang Shaoyi and Yuan Shikai made friends in North Korea and worked together for decades, since the founding of the Republic of China, Tang served as the prime minister of the cabinet and was bullied by Yuan and stepped down, he moved from Beijing to Shanghai, ran an industry, hid in business, and never asked about politics.
He never took Yuan Zheng. The senior adviser provided by the government to him, perhaps because he didn't want to hurt the relationship with Yuan Shikai in vain, never spoke ill of Yuan after leaving. This time, I finally couldn't hold it back, and I really couldn't stand it. There is a saying among the people that forced the dumb to speak, did it mean Yuan Shikai and Tang Shaoyi?