Chapter 804 Wang Hengyue, Chiang Kai-shek, Yuan Shikai!

"President, why did you arrive early!"

As soon as he saw the great president appear in front of him, Chiang Kai-shek was a little overwhelmed. www{《》www}

"yes, it's okay to be idle, I came early." Wang Hengyue walked in with a smile: "Kai-shek, I've been in North Korea for a day, and I heard about what you did in North Korea, it's very good." This time I came to the DPRK to inspect, I inspected mine, you do your thing, we don't care about each other. ”

Chiang Kai-shek laughed: "The president can ignore the Zhongzheng, but the Zhongzheng can't be the president." ”

Wang Hengyue smiled "haha": "You did a good job in North Korea, and you do have a few similarities with Yuan Shikai back then."

Hearing that the president suddenly mentioned Yuan Shikai, Chiang Kai-shek's heart "chuckled".

Wang Hengyue keenly captured the expression on Chiang Kai-shek's face, but he didn't see it: "Kai-shek, I remember that there was a coup d'état in North Korea, and it was Yuan Shikai who single-handedly pacified it. You're better at this than I am, tell me what's going on. ”

"Yes." Chiang Kai-shek didn't even want to blurt it out.

When the Sino-French War broke out, the situation in southern China was critical. In that year, Wu Changqing was transferred to lead the three battalions of the Qing Army to return to China for garrison, and the balance of forces began to tilt in favor of the Kaihua Party in North Korea. As the Qing army retreated in the war, the prestige of the Qing court in Korea was greatly reduced, and the royal family and pro-Chinese factions who had wanted to take refuge in the protection of the Qing court began to waver. The Kaihua Party and Japan decided to start a coup d'état because the Qing court had no time to look north during the war, and decided to start a coup d'état.

Before the coup d'état, Yuan Shikai had already sensed that the situation was different, and he sent a letter to Li Hongzhang about the impending tensions in North Korea and reminded him that the Japanese minister Takezoe Shinichiro would return to Seoul within ** days, and something might happen at that time.

On December 4, 1884, the Coup d'état broke out without warning. That night, Hong Young-sik, an important member of the Enlightenment faction and the then head of the post office, invited conservative ministers and foreign envoys to a banquet in the name of celebrating the completion of the post hall. The Japanese envoy Zhu Tiantuo was ill, and Yuan Shikai noticed that the atmosphere was different, so he could not refuse, and only Chen Shutang, North Korean Commercial Commissioner of the Chinese General Office, and Min Yongyi, minister of the old school, attended the meeting.

During the banquet, the members of the Enlightenment faction set fire to the hall, and the guests thought that someone was setting off fireworks and went out to watch.

At this time, the enlightened party members who were ambushed outside the hall rushed up and cut down Min Yongyi with a knife.

The party members took advantage of the chaos to enter the palace, falsely claimed that the Qing army was in rebellion, and intimidated and coerced the king Li Xi to write an edict of "the Japanese envoy came to defend me", and Park Yongxiao took the edict according to the predetermined plan to lead the Japanese envoy Zhu Tian to lead the troops into the palace, and moved the king and Concubine Min to Gyeongwoo Palace.

The Japanese army and the new army of the Enlightenment Party, who controlled the palace, summoned the old guards into the palace to wait for work, and executed one when they came. The next day, the Kaihua Party formed a new government and sent letters to the envoys of various countries in the form of a decree from the king, and those envoys who had already reached a tacit agreement with them cooperated in the act, promoted the king, congratulated the new policy, and the coup seemed to be completed.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, Yuan Shikai and others did not know that a coup d'état had taken place at first. After receiving Chen Shutang's report, Yuan Shikai immediately rushed to the post office with 200 troops, but it was already empty, and the door of the Japanese embassy was locked.

Yuan Shikai led his troops to patrol along the palace wall, met the fast Han army, asked him where he was going, and replied that he was ordered to enter the palace guard. When he inspected the palace gate, he found that the palace gate was closed. Until dawn closed, I still didn't know what had happened. It was not until the afternoon of the next day that the truth of the coup d'état was discovered, and when he learned that the ministers he knew had been killed, Yuan Shikai's heart was extremely heavy.

At that time, official documents between China and North Korea had to be sent to the Beiyang Yamen in Tianjin by Beiyang warships, and it took several days to exchange them at a time. …,

If instructions are routinely requested, the decision to deal with major incidents must be made by the highest levels of the Qing court in Beijing, and the delay in time is inevitable, and the opportunity to save the overall situation may be lost.

At this important historical juncture, Yuan Shikai showed the psychological quality of courage and decisiveness.

When the Kaihua Party announced the list of members of the new government, the Qing generals stationed in Korea were also discussing countermeasures. Wu Zhaoyou and Zhang Guangqian, two generals, both said that "without Beiyang's order, they dare not act rashly." Yuan Shikai's situation is urgent, and it is impossible to stand by. Chen Shutang conveyed to the crowd the advice of the envoys of the United States, Britain, and Germany asking the Qing army to suspend its action, and said that he had the same opinion, believing that this would prevent the division from becoming unknown and provoking itself. Kim Yoon-sik also sent a letter asking the Qing army to stay put, so as not to hurt the king who was held hostage by the Japanese.

As a result of the meeting, the Qing army did not move for the time being, and Chen Shutang and Wu Zhaoyou urgently sent a letter to Li Hongzhang to inform Li Hongzhang that there had been a coup d'état in North Korea, requesting additional troops and instructing countermeasures!

Yuan Shikai was in charge of liaising with the new Korean army that he had organized. That night, Yuan Shikai issued 600 taels of gold of good quality to the new army, and secretly agreed with the commanders of the left and right battalions, Jin Zhonglu and Shen Taizhao, to enter the palace the next day to jointly protect the king!

The next morning, when the Enlightenment faction government issued a reform program, the residents of Seoul learned that the coup was carried out by the Enlightenment Party in collusion with the Japanese. The members of the old faction who survived the disaster ran to the camp of the Qing army, "crying bitterly and begging teachers", and asked for troops to be sent to the king, but everyone was still hesitant.

After sending letters to the king twice, asking for Jin to be sent and bring troops to defend the palace, Yuan Shikai believed that the situation was urgent and could not be allowed to happen, and urged to enter the palace to fight the chaos.

In order to dispel everyone's doubts, Yuan Shikai promised that "if you are convicted for provoking disputes, I will bear the responsibility alone, and I will never implicate you."

Seeing everyone's approval, Yuan Shikai immediately led a battalion of officers and soldiers and the left and right battalions of the Korean New Army to the palace.

As soon as he entered the palace, he was subjected to heavy fire from the defenders. The Qing army fought back decisively, the two sides launched a fierce battle, and the palace was in chaos in an instant, and Concubine Min and the prince took advantage of the chaos to escape from the palace gate and defect to the Qing army camp. Yuan Shikai attacked Jingyou Palace, found that the king had been transferred, and started a new round of fierce battle with the enemy army who retreated to the tower.

Yuan Shikai took the lead, even if the corpses were full of roads, he was not afraid and fought bravely. At the end of the stuck, hundreds of soldiers in the defenders who had previously been supervised and trained by Yuan Shikai defected and joined the Qing army, and the situation of the battle immediately took a sharp turn.

Taketian was the first to waver and led the Japanese army back to the embassy. Park Yong-hyo and other coup backbones also fled, and were chased and beaten by citizens gathered outside the palace along the way, and Hong Young-sik and others escorted the king out of the palace to take refuge in the North Temple. The battle lasted two hours, and the Qing army won a great victory, but unfortunately there was still no trace of the king.

Yuan Shikai offered a large reward to find out the whereabouts of the king, and only learned of his whereabouts at night, and immediately sent troops to rob him, but Hong Yingzhi tried to stop him from being killed.

The next day, the king moved to the military camp of Yuan Shikai's headquarters, summoned the former government members Kim Hongji and Kim Yun-sik, discussed the aftermath, formed a new government, and summoned envoys from various countries to inform them that the coup d'état had been quelled. Frightened by the angry people of Seoul, Taketim fled to the Japanese consulate in Incheon for refuge because the embassy was besieged by angry Seoul people for several days.

The coup d'état ended in a resounding victory for China and a crushing defeat for Japan. Yuan Shikai became famous in the first war, and at the invitation of the king, he lived downstairs in the side hall, and met day and night, and became the real power figure of the Qing court in Korea.

In fact, there was no huge difference in the strength of the two sides in this battle, with more than 1,000 people each. And Zhu Tian held the king hostage, controlled the palace, and the battle was dangerous, so he waited for work. Why the failure? Wang Hengyue asked as he listened.

"It's about the will of the leading figures on both sides. All battles are psychological warfare, and the strength of psychological quality determines the direction of the battle situation. Chiang Kai-shek quickly replied: "Taketian was a fanatical member of the Great Japanese Empire, and when he came to office, he actively supported the Kaihua Party." After the outbreak of the Sino-French War, he instigated the Enlightenment Party to stage a coup d'état and establish a pro-Japanese regime. On the eve of the coup, Takezoe had reported the coup plan to the Japanese government. Also on the desk of Japanese Foreign Minister Mutsu Munemitsu was a secret report that China would cede Taiwan to France. The Japanese government was greatly panicked, believing that Taiwan was more important than North Korea, and that it would do everything in its power to prevent France from seizing Taiwan. In order to ease the pressure on the Qing government to prevent it from yielding to legal persons at the negotiating table, the Japanese government decided to prohibit Takezoe from carrying out the Korean coup. However, Taketian was ruthless in daring to cut first and then play, and he launched a coup d'état without waiting for the government's approval. ”…,

Wang Hengyue listened carefully and nodded constantly, and Chiang Kai-shek immediately said: "And the core figure of the anti-coup side is Yuan Shikai. He spared no effort to safeguard the interests of the Qing court in Korea, and he had the courage to take responsibility, perseverance and courage. When the coup d'état was sudden and everyone was hesitating, Yuan Shikai took it upon himself and resolutely sent troops, which can be said to be a desperate and risky move."

Wang Hengyue sighed when he heard this: "It can be seen that whether it is Japan or China, its military actions are not approved by the government. If you succeed, you will bear serious responsibilities if you fail. Therefore, once this kind of reckless behavior is launched, it must be carried out in one go. In this test of the personal will of the leaders of both sides, Yuan Shikai won and Zhu Tian lost. ”

Yes, this battle contributed to the rise of Yuan Shikai, and for the next decade, he became the number one person in the Qing government in Korea. Under the remote control of Li Hongzhang, Yuan Shikai exercised power and power at the same time, and fully controlled the internal and foreign affairs of the DPRK. Chiang Kai-shek was also greatly moved: "At the same time, after this turmoil, the DPRK has accelerated the pace of reform, the call for independence has become increasingly loud, the centripetal force on the Qing court has gradually weakened, and for the Korean officials and people, a new page has been opened in history." On the Japanese side, a small defeat did not stop its ambition to expand and dominate, and the Japanese learned from the pain, and waited for the end, and ten years later, they took advantage of another civil strife in Korea to provoke the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese War! ”

"Although China wins, it will lose in the future, and Japan will win in the future although it is defeated. Wang Hengyue seems to have something to say:

"Kai-shek, sometimes I also want to have my own Yuan Shikai!"

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