PS: There was something wrong with the computer, and now it's just turned on, I'm really embarrassed.

The events in the Gengzi period made Cixi, an old woman, understand that it was no longer possible to reform in this era, so from 1901 to 1906, Yuan Shikai supervised for six years and held a series of new policies.

During this period, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang power also further expanded: Yuan Shikai trained the six towns of the Beiyang Standing Army in Baoding on the basis of his own Wuwei Right Army, except for the Beijing Banner Standing Army, which was controlled by Manchuria's pro-Gui Tieliang, the other five towns were all controlled by Yuan Shikai.

After that, the Beiyang Standing Army was renamed the Beiyang Army and reorganized, with a total of 70,000 troops, but at this time, Yuan Shikai's strength had not yet reached its maximum.

Speaking of which, the Beiyang system at this time is indeed too eye-catching, and the new Beiyang army mastered by Yuan Shikai has gradually surpassed the old army and become the country's leading military force.

In particular, between 1905 and 1906, the country organized two autumn exercises, and in these two large-scale autumn exercises, the New Army attracted the close attention of public opinion at home and abroad.

In particular, after watching the autumn exercises, the British minister to China, Zhu Erdian, bluntly said when meeting with the ministers of the Qing court: "I see China's military as the only way to build a new army, and China's military commander is only Governor Yuan." ”

Especially after the Qing court set up a military training office at that time, Yuan Shikai served as the minister of military training, and then Yuan Shikai's henchman Xu Shichang was appointed as the commander-in-chief; Wang Shizhen is the chief envoy of the Military and Political Department; Feng Guozhang is the chief envoy of the Department of Military Studies; Duan Qirui is the chief envoy of the Military Orders Department.

Moreover, the training department is not only the highest leadership organ of the new army's training, but also the supervision organ of the new army's training, and its functions and powers are very extensive, but Yuan Shikai has the training department as the only family, and it is completely controlled by his own people.

After 1904, Yuan Shikai changed the "Wuwei Right Army" to the "Beiyang New Army", established three towns, totaling 63 battalions, and expanded the army to 25,000 people.

In 1905, it was changed to the "Beiyang Standing Army", three new towns were built, and the army was expanded to 80,000 people.

Except for the first town under the command of the Manchu Tieliang, the remaining five towns are Yuan Shikai's descendants, and the main generals are all drawn by Yuan Shikai, including Wang Bin, so the famous Beiyang Six Towns were formed, which is the basic strength of the new army in the late Qing Dynasty, and it is also the source of the later Beiyang warlords, and it is also the source of Yuan Shikai's power.

And Yuan Shikai had been in the Huai Army for many years and knew the importance of military power, so Yuan Shikai was bent on turning the army into his own private army, and no one could command the Beiyang New Army except him.

Therefore, each battalion of the newly built army was provided with Yuan Shikai's longevity card, and the generals had to ask the soldiers every day when they were assembled: "Whose meal are we eating?" The soldier replied, "Let's eat Yuan Gongbao's meal!" Then he asked, "Who should we contribute to?" The soldier replied: "Contribute to Yuan Gongbao!" "And the generals are only obeyed by Yuan's orders.

Moreover, in 1904, the Qing court set up a military training office, appointed Yuan Shikai as the minister of military training, and Yuan Shikai's henchman Xu Shichang as the commander-in-chief; Wang Shizhen is the chief envoy of the Military and Political Department; Feng Guozhang is the chief envoy of the Department of Military Studies; Duan Qirui is the chief envoy of the Military Orders Department. The training department is not only the supreme leadership organ for the formation and training of the new army, but also the supervisory organ for the organization and training of the new army, and its functions and powers are very extensive.

Since then, these recruits only know that there is Yuan Gongbao, but they don't know that there is a son of heaven.

Of course, this situation only appeared in the three towns, Tieliang's Jingzhen and Wang Yingkai's second town and Wang Bin's fifth town did not appear in such a situation, the soldiers of the fifth town only knew that all their benefits were given by Lord Wang, although Wang Yingkai's second town was originally loyal to Yuan Shikai, but later with Wang Bin as the general of Shengjing, Wang Yingkai began to clear Yuan Shikai's influence in the second town.

As for Jingzhen, not to mention, it was raised by the imperial court, and Yuan Shikai may be able to control Jingzhen in the early days, but it will be impossible after Tie Liang takes over.

Especially after Yuan Shikai and his family squeezed out Qu Hongzhen and Cen Chunxuan, Yuan Shikai's power suddenly reached its peak, but there are also many fears and dangers behind this peak.

Now Yuan Shikai is facing such a situation, after Qu Hongzhen and Cen Chunxuan were squeezed out, the imperial court immediately deprived Yuan Shikai of a number of errands.

At the same time as the imperial court made this move, Cixi also took the opportunity to set up the Ministry of War to strip Yuan Shikai's original military power, and it can be said that Cixi's move caught Yuan Shikai off guard.

Subsequently, the new army of the first, third, fifth, and sixth towns was handed over to the War Department for management.

Therefore, during this period of time, the Empress Dowager Cixi was afraid that the monarch's power would fall, and she was already suspicious of Yuan Shikai, so she did not agree to set up a responsible cabinet and retained the Military Aircraft Department.

So far, Yuan Shikai not only did not get the vice premier, but was forced to resign from his part-time job because of the reform of the official system, and handed over the Beiyang Army to the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.

However, before this, Yuan Shikai still saw a trace of signs more or less, so in 1906, Yuan Shikai, who was originally enthusiastic about promoting political reform, became the object of reform, and Yuan Shikai took the initiative to ask the Qing government to remove all his part-time duties, and handed over the command of the Beiyang Army, and supported the establishment of the War Department.

Yuan Shikai's move happened to reach Cixi's heart, but Yuan Shikai's concession did not win the trust of the young Zhuang faction in the Manchurian aristocratic ruling group, and the competition and secret competition between them became more and more intense.

Of course, Yuan Shikai was in a passive state, and the Shaozhuang faction adopted an aggressive offensive posture, they secretly instigated the official and the imperial history to impeach Yuan Shikai for high power, greed and mislead the country, and even maliciously predicted that Yuan Shikai would sooner or later usurp the throne and seize power like Cao Cao and Liu Yu in history.

Subsequently, the Qing court transferred Yuan Shikai to the post of Minister of Military Aircraft and Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Yixuan presided over the daily affairs of the central government.

"My lord, this move of the imperial court is simply a bright rise and a secret descending for Lord Yuan, I am fortunate to be fortunate to defend the family and the country, but I never expected that this imperial court would do such a thing in the back, and take over the army under the adult, this is simply bullying people, my lord!" In the conference room, Gu Chen said to Wang Bin above.

"Yes, my lord, especially this one, who transferred Lord Yuan to the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, although this is a promotion, everyone still knows that the power of the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is comparable to the position of the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang!" Liang Zilong on the side also spoke.

In the late Qing Dynasty, although the status of the central minister was much higher than that of the frontier minister, only the power of the frontier minister was the real power, so at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the reputation of the frontier minister was great, and these military ministers and the ministers of various ministries needless to say, although the status is high, how many people know about them? (To be continued.) )