Seeing a group of men forcing a forty-four-year-old widow and a six-year-old child, the surrounding eunuchs and palace maids lowered their heads and couldn't help crying, and the princes of Beizi also bowed their heads in shame, few nobles were willing to accept the humiliation today, but everyone who could come also thought that they couldn't let the Beiyang officers bully their wives and children and widows, but at this moment they found that they were not so strong, and in the face of Duan Qirui's aggressiveness, no one stood up and said anything. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Wang Yongan watched from a distance, without pity or schadenfreude, he only felt that history was so interesting and so cruel, he was fortunate to witness history, and he was fortunate to see the advent of an era.

The Empress Dowager Longyu hugged Pu Yi and cried again and again, but to no avail, Hu Weide walked to Longyu's side and urged: "The Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, the people below and the officers outside are waiting for you." ”

Longyu had no choice but to get up and announce the abdication edict: "Today, the hearts of the people of the whole country are towards the republic, the southern and central provinces are the first, and the northern generals are also the last, the people's desire is the destiny of heaven." Yu is also in his heart, how to endure the honor of a surname, and the likes and dislikes of the people. It is to use the general trend of the appearance, the internal examination of the situation, the special emperor to make the ruling power public to the whole country, positioning the republican constitutional state, comforting the heart of the sea to be disgusted with chaos and hope for governance, and far from the ancient saints of the world for the righteousness of the public. Yuan Shikai was previously elected prime minister by the Senior Affairs Yuan, and when the old and the new were metabolizing, it was appropriate to have a way to unify the north and the south, that is, Yuan Shikai would organize a provisional republican government with full powers and negotiate a unified method with the people's army. In the general period, the people were blocked, Haiyu Yi'an, and the complete territory of the five ethnic groups of Manchu, Han, Mongolia, and Tibet was a great Chinese country, and the emperor was able to retreat and relax, travel the years, and receive the good gifts of the people for a long time. ”

After announcing the abdication, the Empress Dowager Longyu handed over the edict to Hu Weide, sat lonely on the dragon chair, and hugged the little emperor Puyi tightly.

Hu Weide said a few words of comfort to the Queen Mother, but Long Yu's face showed a miserable expression, and the little emperor Pu Yi sat on the side without saying a word, for a six-year-old child, Pu Yi was already stunned by everyone's expressions. Subsequently, Longyu took Pu Yi and a group of palace maids and eunuchs and yellow belts to retreat, and Hu Weide also led the ministers out of the palace, got into a carriage, and went straight to the Shida Hutong Diplomatic Building, and handed over the edict to Yuan Shikai.

Yuan Shikai took the edict and sighed: "Fortunately, the country is complete, and I have not lost an inch of territory in this revolution. Wang Yongan was shocked after hearing this, he never thought that Yuan Shikai's first sentence after receiving the edict was to be glad that the empire ended but did not lose the country, even if history has no more bad reliance on Yuan Shikai, but his performance at this time alone is enough to prove that in Yuan Shikai's heart at this time, the country is the first, and he is in the second.

Yang Du said: "The reporters are all here. ”

Yuan Shikai nodded with the edict in his hand, and suddenly asked Yuan Naikuan to bring a pair of scissors, and after Yuan Naikuan brought the scissors, Yuan Shikai called Wang Yongan to his side, and said with a smile: "Jingyun, wait a while for me to cut my braid in public, we will be a republic in the future, and we don't need to keep this braid anymore." ”

Wang Yongan smiled and nodded, and suddenly asked, "Is there still a shaving order to be issued?" ”

Yuan Shikai shook his head and said: "There is no need to force this, they can cut their braids if they want to, and they don't need to cut their braids if they don't want to." ”

Wang Yongxin said that you have cut your braids as a big president, and the people below must have cut their braids one after another, but you wouldn't have thought that the people who oppose braids will be Han Chinese, and those who support braids will be Manchurians.

Subsequently, Yuan Shikai walked up to reporters and officially announced that China had ended the imperial system and become a republican country, and he would serve as the president of the Republic of China.

Wang Yongan stepped forward at this time, Yuan Shikai took off his military hat, turned his head, Wang Yongan held his braid in one hand and scissors in the other, and with a click, cut Yuan Shikai's braid. Yuan Shikai, who had a yin and yang head, touched the back of his head, feeling a little cold, and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, well, cut your braids, and say goodbye to the past completely." ”

The end of the braid also announced the end of the Qing Empire, after which China ended the 5,000-year-old imperial system, entered a new system, and became the first country in Asia without an emperor. At this time, there were only three independent countries in Asia, the Japanese Empire, the Qing Empire, and the Kingdom of Siam, and although the other countries were all in the form of kingdoms, they were all colonial kingdoms, not independent states. Therefore, the establishment of the Republic of China was also the establishment of the first republic in Asia, and China also became the first country in Asia to abandon imperial power and choose democracy.

Of course, many young people in later generations will think that the Republic of Lan Fang, which briefly existed in Indonesia in history, was the first republic in Asia and even in the world, but neither Chinese nor foreign historians think that the Republic of Lan Fang is a real country. The structural composition of the Lanfang Republic is similar to the gangster structure, the big boss dies and the second boss does the big control, the second boss dies and the third boss does the big control, and more importantly, it does not have the standards of a country, because it does not have a national constitution, national flag, national anthem and governance program, so except for some Chinese, no one thinks that the Republic of Lanfang is a country.

That night, Yuan Shikai entertained guests in the presidential palace (formerly the prime minister's office), everyone was drunk, Wang Yongan was not good at drinking, and he was drunk home very early. After waking up the next day, I learned that Yuan Shikai had promulgated the list of the prime minister of the Republic of China and the twelve ministers of the cabinet early in the morning, they were:

Prime Minister: Tang Shaoyi (Beiyang Department)

Chief of Army: Duan Qirui (Beiyang Department)

Chief of Navy: Liu Guanxiong (Beiyang Department)

Chief Foreign Affairs: Lu Zhengxiang (Beiyang Department)

Chief of Internal Affairs: Cho Byung-kyun (Beiyang Department)

Chief Financial Officer: Xiong Xiling (Beiyang Department)

Director of Education: Cai Yuanpei (Revolutionary Party)

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry: Song Jiaoren (Revolutionary Party)

Minister of Culture and Sports: Chen Qimei (Revolutionary Party)

Chief of Industry and Commerce: Zhang Jian (Jiangbei Department)

Chief of Transportation: Shen Yunpei (Jiangbei Department)

Chief Justice: Chen Zhaotang (Jiangbei Department)

Chief of Health: Xiao Xiangshan (Jiangbei Department)

In the afternoon, Yuan Shikai immediately announced the establishment of the four general bureaus, and announced the directors of the four general bureaus, namely:

Director-General of Customs: Liang Dunyan (Beiyang Department)

Director of Religion: Zhou Ziqi (Beiyang Department)

General Directorate of Railways: Sun Yat-sen (Revolutionary Party)

Director of Auditing: Wei Wenkang (Jiangbei Department)

Wang Yongan looked at the list carefully, and after seeing Cai Yuanpei's name, he couldn't help but say to Zhang Jian: "Although Cai Yuanpei used to be a revolutionary party, it seems that he has not participated in the revolution for four or five years, and after the Wuchang Uprising, he did not come back to participate in the revolution, how did he become the chief of education?" How can he be considered a revolutionary? My father-in-law is digging a pit for the revolutionary party, and as soon as the government is established, he will cheating people, and I think the Congress will definitely make a lot of noise. ”