On the afternoon of November 13, Zhang Wei landed on a plane at the Naha Port Air Base in the Ryukyu Islands. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ81．81zw．

And the governor of Taiwan Province and the chief of staff of the Taiwan Provincial Staff Department have long been waiting for Zhang Wei's arrival at the Naha Air Base.

Zhang Wei was very tired from the flight for several days, and decided to rest in Naha Port for two days before taking a warship to visit Japan.

By the end of November, Emperor Guangxu of the Great Qing Dynasty was already terminally ill.

On the afternoon of the 14th, Emperor Guangxu passed away in the Hanyuan Hall of Yingtai, Zhongnanhai, not only did not have a relative or minister around him before his death, but there was not even a eunuch or palace maid around him, and when he was present, his body was stiff and had been dead for a long time.

Because the Guangxu Emperor had no heirs, on the evening of November 14, the Queen Mother ordered that Prince Alcohol Zaifeng was the regent, and his son Puyi was the emperor, succeeded to the Tongzhi Emperor Zaichun, and at the same time inherited the Guangxu Emperor's mystery, one person and two rooms, the year name Xuantong, temporarily by the Guangxu Empress Longyu and Zaifeng regents.

The news of Emperor Guangxu's death was delivered to Zhang Wei that night.

After Zhang Wei's impression, the Guangxu Emperor and the Empress Dowager passed away one after another, so the news of the Empress Dowager's death should come tomorrow, so he decided not to go to Japan for the time being, and stayed in Naha Port to deal with the sudden incident at any time.

Sure enough, the news came the next night that at 17 o'clock on the 15th of the month, the Empress Dowager of the Great Qing Dynasty died of illness in the Yiluan Hall of Zhongnanhai.

At the first time of the death of Emperor Guangxu, Yuan Shikai got the news and knew that the time for the incident was coming, if he didn't do anything, the court would move him, and he didn't even have a chance to live, so he stayed in the Yamen, the governor of Baoding Zhili, and kept the palace closed, remotely controlled the towns to prepare for war, and waited for the opportunity to appear.

The regent Zaifeng hated Yuan Shikai very much because he opposed many of Yuan Shikai's new policy measures, and because of the Wuxu coup d'état (he suspected that Yuan Shikai had betrayed the reformers, causing Guangxu to be imprisoned to death by the Empress Dowager Cixi), he hated Yuan Shikai very much, and immediately wanted to remove Yuan Shikai from his official position after becoming the regent, and then arrest him and destroy him.

The opinion of the regent Zaifeng was supported by Pu Wei, Zaifeng, Zai Ze, Tie Liang, Liangbi, Shanqi and other young nobles, who were eager to weaken Yuan Shikai's power and concentrate state power and military power in their own hands; Zaifeng, Zai Wei, Zai Ze and others even hoped to kill Yuan Shikai directly and destroy the door.

The more radical Tie Liang suggested: "Lord Wang, now that the first town is stationed in Beijing, all the officers and soldiers are the sons of my Manchu nobles, loyal to the imperial court, and absolutely obey the orders of the prince, as long as he Yuan Shikai steps into the city of Beijing, the officers and soldiers of the first town have absolute certainty to kill him as soon as possible, and the remaining 7 towns of the Beiyang New Army will be gone, so there is nothing to fear, and the towns can be incorporated to completely eliminate this tumor." ”

Tie Liang's words made the regent Zaifeng's blood boil, which was exactly what he meant.

As a result, the regent Zaifeng successively visited Yixuan, Shixu, Zhang Zhidong and others, hoping to take Yuan Shikai and control the most elite Beiyang New Army of the Great Qing Kingdom under the imperial court, otherwise it would be a big tail and become a scourge of the Great Qing State.

Yixuan's greed for money is well known to everyone, he has long been fed with gold and silver by Yuan Shikai, and he will definitely support Yuan Shikai; Moreover, because of the favor of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Yixuan was named the last prince of the Qing Dynasty, and he had a lot of power in the court, that is, if the regent wanted to take Yuan Shikai, he had to discuss with Yixiao, and with Yixiao's consent, he could act.

Yi Liang strongly opposed the suggestion made by the regent Zaifeng, claiming that this would lead to the official coercion of the people, and that he Zaifeng would become a sinner of the Qing Dynasty, and his rhetoric was extremely fierce.

Shi Xu, Zhang Zhidong and other military ministers also strongly opposed the opinion of the regent Zaifeng, believing that such a move may lead to the Beiyang Army being forced to take action, causing Xiao Sui, and even the Western powers and the Xia Empire will also intervene, which will lead to turmoil in the Qing Dynasty; Moreover, Yuan Shikai's son-in-law is the governor of the Peninsula Special Administrative Region, if Yuan Shikai is innocently killed, if he leads his troops into the customs, he will be able to enter Beijing in less than 5 days, and the consequences will be comparable to the entry of the Eight-Nation Coalition into Beijing.

The regent Zaifeng was very unwilling, but he decided to wait for the new emperor to ascend the throne before dealing with Yuan Shikai; As long as Yuan Shikai is secretly disposed of and becomes an established fact, the new officers and soldiers of Beiyang will definitely not rebel for the sake of their own future and glory, and the imperial court will smoothly take over the command of each town and put an end to the trend of the tail not falling.

Subsequently, Yuan Shikai was rewarded, understood the cause and effect of the incident, and broke out in a cold sweat, fortunately he did not stay in Beijing, otherwise just the officers and soldiers of Tieliang First Town stationed in Beijing might have taken their own lives.

Soon, news came out of the imperial court that the new emperor would ascend the throne on November 19; At the same time, an order came that Yuan Shikai must enter Beijing to attend the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor.

Yuan Shikai discussed with his staff and several town rulers that if he went to Beijing to attend the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, he would be secretly executed in Beijing without explanation, and if he did not go to Beijing to attend the emperor's enthronement ceremony, the Qing court would use the excuse to remove his official position and take back the military power in his hands. And inform everyone of what the regent Zaifeng did.

After hearing this, everyone was filled with righteous indignation, and they all complained about Yuan Shikai, and decided to follow Yuan Shikai's action, rather than being killed passively, it was better to take the initiative to fight back.

Seeing that everyone supported his actions, Yuan Shikai immediately announced a coup d'état on the day before the emperor's accession to the throne to overthrow the Qing court and establish the Chinese regime in accordance with the plan reached with the Xia Empire.

Everyone is Yuan Shikai's descendants, and they more or less know that he has already received the support of the Xia Empire, so they all respond positively, be a favor, and do at least one dragon merit in doing so.

Yuan Shikai issued a combat order, ordering Wang Shizhen to be the chief of the general staff, sit in Nanyuan and command the troops to occupy Beijing and coerce the Qing court; ordered Feng Guozhang to be the head of the 6th Army, and would lead 5 towns south along the Yangtze River; Duan Qirui was ordered to be the governor of the frontier to maintain the security of the frontier, prevent the Russian Empire from taking advantage of the opportunity, and ensure a smooth transition of power.

ordered the 3rd and 4th towns stationed in Nanyuan and Tongzhou to attack Beijing at 9 a.m. on November 18; The second town in Baoding rushed to Beijing at 9 a.m. on the 18th; The officers and soldiers of the above three towns eliminated the green battalion soldiers and the officers and soldiers of the first town in Beijing in the shortest possible time, and surrounded the Forbidden City; The 5th Town, stationed at Shanhaiguan, rushed to Tianjin at 9 a.m. on the 18th, and if necessary, could enter Beijing to maintain stability, and if necessary, continue to take the train south and then go west to occupy Xi'an.

The 6th town stationed in Jinan, the 7th town stationed in Kaifeng, and the 8th town stationed in Taiyuan will occupy the provincial governor's yamen, the feudal division yamen, and the zhensi yamen at 9 am on the 18th, seize the power of the provinces, and then declare the independence of the provinces and coerce the Qing court.

At the same time, Duan Qirui, the frontier general, appointed him as the governor of the frontier, and sent a telegram at 9 a.m. on November 18, declaring the independence of the frontier special region, and sending officers and soldiers from nine towns to the customs to maintain stability, of which four towns were stationed around Beijing under the command of Wang Shizhen, and the remaining five towns were under the command of Feng Guozhang, waving troops south to occupy Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province and Hubei Province.

In addition, the troops led by Wang Yingkai were notified to board the ship in advance, and it was necessary to start the 6th battle against Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang provinces at the same time at 9 a.m. on November 18, and jointly occupy the provinces south of the Yangtze River with Feng Guozhang, the minister of the 6th Army, declare the independence of the provinces, and coerce the Qing court.

The relevant personnel were ordered to prepare for action according to the plan.

(To be continued.) )