Chapter 296: Southern Qing Dynasty
In June 1907, many provinces in northern China, especially Zhili, Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan, were controlled by Wang Bin because of the Beiyang Mutiny. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
First of all, Wang Bin sent troops to completely stabilize the territory under his control, and then sent a telegram to the whole country, saying that the Manchu government was hard to serve the people, and the Han people were ruled by the Manchu Qing for hundreds of years.
Now this old decaying court will be destroyed, and a new constitutional government will be established by the Han Chinese to lead China into the future.
Wang Bin's telegram can be said to be a direct hit at the sore spot of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, as a foreign race but established a dynasty to rule the Han people on the land of the Central Plains, such a thing happened for the Central Plains people who have always denounced the Manchus as barbarians, how could they swallow this breath.
Therefore, since the establishment of the Manchu dynasty, the anti-Qing matter has never stopped among the people, and this time Wang Bin directly erected the banner of anti-Qing, which is a huge good news for some people who are interested in opposing the Qing.
Immediately, many people in the newspapers and public opinion shook the flag for Wang Bin's move, saying that Wang Bin's move was in line with the times.
And none of these southern governors sat back and waited for the Beiyang family to completely take over the north, and then obediently bowed down to them.
Under the influence of the two top bosses, Zhou Fu and Ding Zhenduo, most of the governors in the south were traditional old-school bureaucrats with a strong sense of loyalty to the monarch.
These old-school bureaucrats are completely different from the emerging warlords such as Wang Bin, and they are told to do such things as rebellion, for fear that they will leave a "heavy" mark on the history of the Qing Dynasty.
In this case, Zhou Fu and others will only support the Qing Dynasty who has already arrived in the south to set things right, which is different from Wang Bin and others' telegrams to the whole country.
As soon as Zhou Fu and Ding Zhenduo began to bury their heads in sorting out military affairs, not only these southern governors, but even those who fled to the south no longer clamored to fight back.
Now Wang Bin's troops are in full swing, and after taking these places in Zhili, the morale of Wang Bin's subordinates has reached the highest point.
Two months after the mutiny, the southern army directly carried out a great purge, which was stimulated by Wang Bin, and the southern army purge can be described as very effective.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere of the new army in the south has changed a lot, and its appearance has also taken on a new look, which is much better than the previous atmosphere.
The governors of the south first sorted out the military style, and then cleared out a large number of officers who were inclined to the Beiyang First Department and the Hui Party by vigorous means, and then to a certain extent completely dealt a blow to the Hui Dang forces in the south and regained the control of the army in their own hands.
The rectification of the new army was not only done by Zhou Fu and Ding Zhenduo, but at the same time, the Jiangbei region, Yunnan, Guizhou, Huguang, and other places were carrying out a strict reorganization of the new army, and the speed of organizing and training the new army was greatly accelerated.
In addition to reorganizing the army, the Qing dynasty was also a heel to regain a foothold in the south, and with the strong support of Zhou Fu and Ding Zhenduo, and the prestige of some important Manchu ministers, the southern provinces carried out frequent exchanges and soon reached a reunification agreement.
The imperial court was re-established in the south, and the southern provinces formed an alliance against the threat from Wang Bin.
In fact, it is not difficult to see the attitude of this southern governor, after Wang Bin's mutiny, no southern governor expressed support.
In the eyes of many officials in the south, Wang Bin's mutiny sounded good about establishing a new constitutional government, but no matter what Wang Bin said, in the eyes of the governors in the south, Wang Bin's actions this time were an outright rebellion.
Rebellion has always been intolerable in the eyes of these veteran bureaucrats, let alone making them approve of the rebels' practices, or even bow down to them.
Whether it is Wang Shizhen or Wang Yingkai, when it comes to qualifications and prestige, these factors are either prestige and no qualifications, or qualifications are not prestige.
Wang Yingkai and Wang Shizhen have qualifications, but the prestige of the two of them can only be said to have great prestige in the early Beiyang series, but from the perspective of the whole country, the prestige of Wang Yingkai and Wang Shizhen can only be barely regarded as second-rate.
And Wang Bin has prestige but no qualifications, and the highest prestige among the Han people after Gengzi is Yuan Shikai, but now Yuan Shikai is already a dead man, replaced by Wang Bin, who defeated the Japanese in the recovery of South Manchu outside the Guan, and forced the Japanese to accept unequal treaties.
However, although Wang Bin gained great prestige from the whole country after this move, judging from the time Wang Bin participated in military and political affairs, it was only three years, how could he have such profound qualifications.
Therefore, when it comes to prestige and qualifications, these governors in the south want prestige and prestige, and they want to have qualifications, which are much better than Wang Yingkai and others.
Under such circumstances, there was a serious turmoil in the north, and naturally it was not necessary to expect the governors of the south to obey the Beiyang line, or to fall to the Beiyang.
After all, at this time, the governors of the north still had a banner to compete with Wang Bin and others, that is, the Manchu royal family who was still on the southern tour.
In particular, Wang Bin's mutiny shook the south and the Manchu Qing Dynasty greatly, and the entire southern bureaucracy refused to recognize the constitutional government established by Wang Bin.
Under these circumstances, the southern bureaucrats, who wanted to rebel, decided to keep the throne of the Aisin Jueluo family in the south after unanimous discussions.
Once the Aixin Jueluo family returns to Beijing with the help of their own people in the future, they will always leave some names and deeds for future generations to remember.
When I think of these southern governors, my heart is immediately full of energy.
But now that half of the country has been lost, and the regime that the Manchus are planning to re-establish in the south no longer has any face to call the Qing Empire, after deliberation, these people decided to change the name of the country and give it a more domineering, noble name.
As a result, several important ministers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and the governors of the south pondered in this way, and a new name came into being, called the Chinese Empire.
On July 8, 1907, three months after Wang Bin's mutiny, the southern governors formally reached an agreement to establish the Manchu Chinese Empire in Changsha, Hunan.
In addition, the Imperial Council was held in Changsha to decide on the state system of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, as well as the constitution and institutional issues.
After the news of the establishment of the Chinese Empire spread, the governors in the south directly telegraphed the whole country to pledge allegiance to this so-called Chinese Empire.
So in the history books of later generations, a so-called Southern Qing Dynasty was established. (To be continued.) )