Yuan Datou announced that he would ascend the throne on the 13th, which undoubtedly surprised the whole country. It makes people feel that Yuan Datou seems to be in a hurry. And this fully proves that everything is a conspiracy of the Beiyang government where Yuan Datou is located. It is further confirmed that Emperor Guangxu was killed by Yuan Datou. This has caused the whole country to be agitated, and the situation has become more and more turbulent.

Although, the domestic situation has made the Beiyang government a little anxious. However, Yuan Datou didn't care about this. His attention was completely focused on the ceremony of sacrificing the heavens and enthronement. In his opinion, as long as he sits on the throne justifiably, he will be able to win the hearts of the people, and then use the powerful army in his hand to sweep away those opponents step by step, and finally control the whole world.

Therefore, the entire Beiyang government did not care at all about the rebellion in various places. In addition to the Northern Army, the Beiyang Army is currently China's most powerful military force. With the main force of the Northern Army being held back by Russia and Japan, the Beiyang Army will be able to dominate the whole of China.

On November 13th, Yuan Datou's enthronement ceremony officially began. The Temple of Heaven is a place to worship the heavens, and the last user is Yuan Datou. On November 13, 1908, he held a solemn ceremony to worship the heavens here, and made a rehearsal for his planned enthronement as emperor. Yuan Datou hoped to arouse the support of the Chinese people through the ritual of worshipping the heavens at the Temple of Heaven.

The festival begins before the early hours of the morning. The mound altar was renovated, and beside each balustrade stood soldiers in uniform, with feathers in their heads, and spears in their hands; More than 200 musicians on both sides of the road wore star-blue robes and held antique (pre-Qin) instruments; In addition, there is a large number of civil and military officials, all of whom are wearing sacrificial robes.

At dawn, Yuan Datou, dressed in uniform, rode in a carriage and was escorted by cavalry to the gate of the mound wall, and then was carried to a temporary tent inside the wall by eight sedan chairs. Instead of the Emperor's dressing hall, there was a change of robes.

Yuan Datou ascended from the south to the second floor of the mound and stood north, and when the bonfire was lit, he bowed deeply four times according to the command of the priest, and the civil and military officials also bowed together, and at the same time the plate containing the blood and hair of the beast was brought to the altar.

After offering silk. Yuan Datou knelt on the first layer of the mound. The music of sacrificial meat played, and the beast blood and beast hair were immediately withdrawn, and a cup of hot soup was delivered to Yuan Datou. Drumming and music, followed by the priest reciting prayers, some people danced in the music, and Yuan Datou raised his wine to the sky. After reading each prayer, Yuan Datou kowtowed four times to the altar, and the civil and military officials also kowtowed together. The entire ceremony lasted an hour.

After the ceremony, the master of ceremonies read out the edict of Empress Yulon. Yuan Datou officially ascended the throne and became emperor, and the country name was "Hua".

Afterwards. Yuan Datou met with foreign envoys to China in the Forbidden City. However, with the exception of the British Minister to China, Sir Zhu Erdian, the Japanese Minister to China, Hayashi Quansuke, and the Russian Minister to China, the rest of the envoys in China were opposed to Yuan Datou's plan to usurp the throne. More importantly, although Yuan Datou ascended the throne and became emperor, he was not recognized by the local powerful faction. The area controlled by the Beiyang government is still only south of the Great Wall and north of the Yangtze River. Thereinto. Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, was a clear opponent of the Beiyang government.

"Your Majesty, congratulations on becoming the ruler of this ancient country. The British Empire has always regarded His Majesty as our friend. We will provide support to Your Majesty to the best of our ability. Sir Jurdian smiled. He hoped that Yuan Shikai's Beiyang government would be able to control the situation in China. In this way, Britain's interests in China can be guaranteed.

"Sir Excellency, thank you so much for your support and that of the United Kingdom." Yuan Datou's face was full of smiles.

"Your Majesty, your country is facing a serious threat, and neither the Northern Army nor the Southern Governors have recognized your legal status. But. The Japanese Empire will recognize Your Lordship over China as soon as possible, and we will continue to hold down more than 100,000 elite Northern Army for Your Excellency. However, we hope that Your Excellency will be able to purchase a batch of weapons and equipment to increase the strength of the Beiyang Army. Japanese Minister to China Hayashi Gonsuke smiled. Although he kept saying that he was helping Yuan Datou. But in reality, it was just a matter of trying to sell Japanese weapons.

The Japanese Army is gradually changing its equipment. The old standard weapons, such as the Golden Hook Rifle and the Meiji 31 75mm Field Gun, were replaced by the Type 38 rifle and the Meiji 38 Type 75mm field gun. Those reequipped weapons, if they can be sold, are also a lot of wealth. This will be very helpful in alleviating Japan's fiscal crisis.

Yuan Datou couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, these little Japan are obviously here to take advantage! However, the support of the Japanese is very important to him, not to mention anything else, the Japanese Army dragged more than 100,000 elite troops of the Northern Army on the front line of the Yalu River, which can be regarded as solving a big problem for the Beiyang Army. If more than 100,000 elite Northern Army went south, it would bring great pressure to the Beiyang Army.

Therefore, knowing that Little Japan was taking advantage of the fire to rob, Yuan Datou had no choice but to pinch his nose and admit it.

"Your Excellency, come down to the Minister of War Wang Shizhen. We happen to need a batch of weapons and equipment. Yuan Datou smiled. After poisoning Emperor Guangxu and strangling the Empress Dowager Cixi, Yuan Datou got a batch of wealth from the Empress Dowager Cixi. These treasures are worth a lot of money. Originally, he was going to use it to expand his armaments and war, but now that he was threatened by small Japan, he had no choice but to buy weapons from them.

"Yes, Your Majesty the Emperor." Lin Quanzhu nodded, and seemed very satisfied with Yuan Datou's acquaintance.

As soon as Lin Quanzhu left, the Russian Minister to China, Lang Sovici, came over. At present, Russia is completely at a disadvantage in the war with the Northern Army, and the Trans-Siberian Railway has been sabotaged by the Northern Army, making it very difficult for the Russian army to send troops to Eastern Siberia. If the Beiyang Army can cooperate with the Russian army and launch an attack on the Northern Army from the south, then the pressure on Russia will be much less. Therefore, Lang Sovici hopes to be able to promote the union of the Russian army and the Beiyang army.

It's just that Yuan Datou is not a fool, although he hates the Northern Army very much, but he also knows that the Russians are not easy to mess with. In the unlikely event that the two families jointly destroy the Northern Army, the Russian army will probably attack the Beiyang Army immediately. When the time comes, the weak Beiyang Army will not be able to withstand the attack of the Russian army.

Yuan Datou actually hoped to reconcile with the Northern Army, and assigned all the places north of the Great Wall to the Northern Army, and used the Northern Army to resist the attack of the Russians. In this way, he will be able to rule the Huahua world in Guannai in peace. It's just that the Northern Army is not a fool, and obviously will not agree to Yuan Datou's proposal.

Yuan Datou dealt with Lang Suo Weici a few words, and then left him to Duan Qirui, the chief of the general staff of the Beiyang Army, to deal with, and he went to talk to other ministers, hoping to get their support. However, what made Yuan Datou unhappy was that the other ministers had very ambiguous attitudes. Yuan Datou knew that this was mainly because they were not optimistic about the Beiyang Army. If the Beiyang Army can recapture Shanhaiguan in the next war and suppress the local governors in the south, they will see the strength of the Beiyang Army. When the time comes, the attitudes of these countries will change.

The day after Yuan Datou ascended the throne as emperor, Britain, Japan, and Russia successively recognized Yuan Datou's Beiyang government as the sole legitimate government of China. This allowed Yuan Datou to successfully seize the control of the whole of China.

Of course, not all Chinese agree with Yuan Datou's rule. On November 13, the day when Yuan Datou ascended the throne in Yanjing City, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, publicly telegraphed to ask Yuan. Zhang Zhidong declared in the telegram that Yuan Datou was a thief who not only killed the emperor, but also plotted to usurp the throne, which was a heinous crime. He called on the whole world to form the army of King Qin, march to Yanjing City, and defeat Yuan Datou in one fell swoop.

The strength of Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, has been weakened a lot compared to before. Although the strength of the Hubei New Army is strong, it has only four towns and less than 50,000 soldiers so far. Yuan Datou's Beiyang Army has expanded to more than 600,000 people, more than ten times that of the Hubei New Army. Even if the combat effectiveness of the Beiyang Army is not strong, but with absolute superiority, it is impossible for Zhang Zhidong to defeat the Beiyang Army.

In addition to Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, the local governors in the south also expressed their opposition to Yuan Datou. Zhang Renjun, the governor of Liangguang, Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and Ding Zhenduo, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, all telegraphed against Yuan Datou. It can be said that the entire south of the Yangtze River, except for the two rivers controlled by the Beiyang government, other provinces have opposed Yuan Datou.

However, even Zhang Zhidong, Zhang Renjun, Cen Chunxuan and Ding Zhenduo combined, they are not Yuan Datou's opponents. The army under these governors was only 200,000. Among them, except for Zhang Zhidong's Hubei New Army, which has strong combat effectiveness, the rest of the troops are just a rabble. But even so, the opposition of the entire province south of the Yangtze River has made the situation tense in China, and some countries have even declared whether China will break out into a civil war like the United States.

In addition to the governor's office in the south, the government in the north also made it clear that it was against Yuan Datou. It can be said that the whole world is against Yuan Datou.

In addition to these local powerful factions in China, there is also a political force that has also stepped onto the stage of history. That is the Confederacy far away. Sun Dacang openly declared that Yuan Datou was plotting to usurp the throne and acting perversely, and was the enemy of all China, and the alliance would fight Yuan Datou to the end. However, although the League has launched a series of uprisings before, they have not succeeded. This time, their chance seems to have come. (To be continued......)

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