Yuan Shikai's life may be destined to be a tragedy, otherwise his biological father would not adopt him to another person, or else he would not be able to pass the provincial examination several times.
1895 was the first year after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War. At that time, Yuan Shikai was already training new soldiers between Tianjin and Tanggu. Ronglu and Li Hongzhang, the then military ministers, finally appointed Yuan Shikai to expand the army training. This was really the case.
The New Army, which eventually developed into the Beiyang New Army, was the main force of the army in the late Qing Dynasty. Almost all the Beiyang warlords originated from this New Army, including Xu Shichang, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Wang Shizhen, Cao Kun, and Zhang Xun
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Small station training was a turning point in the development of China's new army, and it was also the turning point of Yuan Shikai's career. Since then, his reputation has skyrocketed, and his position has skyrocketed, but he can never surpass Li Ningyu. In Li Ningyu's eyes, Yuan Shikai will always be just a
A training officer who presides over military training.
In 1898, the 39-year-old Yuan Shikai was finally promoted to the right minister. During the 1898 Coup of the same year, the main figures of the Guangxu Emperor's party placed their hopes on Yuan Shikai's new army and asked him to send troops to besiege the Summer Palace where the Empress Dowager Cixi lived. However, Yuan Shikai betrayed in the end.
He did not take action against the Empress Dowager Cixi, which resulted in the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898. Emperor Guangxu completely lost power and was placed under house arrest.
However, it was because of the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 that it had a decisive impact, and it is still controversial even in the 21st century.
After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, they were bound to be suppressed. Empress Dowager Cixi was furious and ordered the arrests, and finally killed the Six Gentlemen.
However, Yuan Shikai later promoted himself to the governor of Shandong and led the entire Beiyang New Army to Jinan to suppress the Boxers. It was precisely because he demolished railways everywhere, ordered people to pull out telegraph poles, and drove away the Boxers, thus destroying the
The lack of social stability made it impossible for the Boxers to gain a foothold in Shandong, and they finally fled collectively to Tianjin and Beijing.
Later, the Empress Dowager Cixi's use of popular sentiment led to her connivance with the Boxer Rebellion, and the Eight-Nation Allied Forces war broke out. In the end, the Far East Group came forward to solve everything. However, because Yuan Shikai was Li Ningyu's enemy, he was allowed to take over as Zhili
The governor-general and minister of Beiyang suddenly became a powerful figure in the country.
Although the Eight-Power Allied Forces incident was finally subsided with the help of the Far East Group, the late Qing government was also forced by internal and external situations to gradually implement the New Deal.
Yuan Shikai immediately expressed his strong support. In addition, with real power in hand, Yuan Shikai established various martial arts schools in various places and hired a large number of Japanese officers as instructors. Finally, six towns in Beiyang were organized into an army, with more than 12,500 soldiers in each town.
Except for the banner soldiers commanded by the Manchu nobles in the first town, the other five towns were all under his control. The most important generals were almost all direct line officers during the military training period of the small station.
During this period, he also learned to imitate the initial development of the Far East, vigorously expanded Beiyang's industrial and mining enterprises, built railways, and rectified local political power. At first, it was quite effective, but it was mainly to form a huge Beiyang military and political system headed by him.
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The expansion of the power of the Beiyang Group in the late Qing Dynasty posed a serious potential threat to the hereditary status of the Manchu Qingui Group. Some imperial censors repeatedly impeached Yuan Shikai for his high power and position, and even predicted that Yuan Shikai would be Cao Cao. At such a critical juncture, Yuan Shikai's side
Keep a low profile and wait for the opportunity, while paying attention to the development of the situation.
However, he never handed over the military power of the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th towns of the Beiyang Army. Everything was within his jurisdiction.
But after a mysterious figure returned from overseas, and after a long conversation with him, Yuan Shikai, a thief who stole the country, began a new journey, which also led to the premature outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising not long after.
The only reason why Yuan Shikai's life is a tragedy is because when he stepped onto the political stage and began to prepare for a performance, China's feudal system had already reached the end of a long and dark era. It was also because he first emerged around the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895.
After the war, he took advantage of the decline of the Huai clique warlords to train the new army in a small station. He later used this as capital to sabotage the reform movement. Finally, amidst the cheers of Chinese and foreign reactionaries, he successfully climbed up to the prestigious position of Governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang.
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Yuan Shikai was a man with keen awareness. Whether it was the decline of the late Qing Dynasty or the upsurge of the people's revolution, he had his own set of countermeasures to continue to maintain his rule.
He once wore the mask of a "new radical reformer", and then he talked about the Westernization theoretical program of "Chinese learning as the body and Western learning as the application!", with the new army as the tough core, and using the "New Deal" as an excuse to organize a huge
Beiyang military and political group.
This Beiyang Group is the continuation of the Huai clique warlord group, the result of the New Deal, and a product of the gradual shift from the policy of partition to the policy of preservation during the imperialist invasion of China. However, Yuan Shikai caught them all and relied on the major power groups.
, sparing no effort to grow rapidly, while pretending to support the crumbling feudal Zhuanzhi dynasty, while destroying the booming Korean revolution.
But his life was destined to end in disgrace, and it was not as simple as withdrawing from the political stage, because he provoked a person who should not be provoked and could never hide from him.
Although death is terrible, some people die, but he is still alive. However, this person will never be Yuan Shikai, because Li Ningyu will make his life worse than death. At the same time, those who have been betrayed, tortured, and oppressed by him
People who have been humiliated and deceived...
We will always remember him, he is Yuan! Shi! Kai!
A person's name makes people feel sick to their stomachs when they hear it, but it is people like this who can reflect the magnificence of others.
Duan Tong's return this time was originally just to accompany the late Qing Dynasty to its demise. It was not that the Far East would take any measures, but some things and some people could no longer sit still.
After the outbreak of revolutions in various parts of the country, the late Qing Dynasty fell directly into the desperate situation of collapse. This was a new situation and conditions inevitably caused by historical development, which gave Yuan Shikai the opportunity to play the role of a "doomsday hero". After hearing that Duan Tong was about to return to China,
After that, he immediately quickly assembled the military and political forces of the Beiyang Group, and while speeding up contacts with domestic constitutionalists, he planned to seize all the last powers of the late Qing government.
There is nothing wrong with catering to the trend of the times, but one should not use pretense to seize the fruits of the revolution.
Because while Yuan Shikai was shaking hands and treating the revolutionaries cheerfully, in order to strangle the revolutionaries as soon as possible, he continued to strengthen his personal power, directly undermined the legal system, and shamelessly trampled on democracy. In order to pursue his personal interests, he took steps to press the late Qing Dynasty.
The government kills all national vitality.
“Unify the country,” “save the country and save the people,” “defend the republic” are such nice slogans!
As the revolutionaries made concessions to Yuan Shikai, they only received a disastrous blow in the end. The revolutionaries, filled with grief and anger, could only lead the remaining forces to flee abroad in a hurry.
Those progressive people who helped the tyranny finally fell in front of the feudal tyranny promoted by Yuan Shikai. It was easy to be stunned with fear!
But can he really change the course of history at will?
Of course not! Because the broad masses of the people have seen through his true face. He is a feudal traitor who talks about benevolence, righteousness and morality, betrays his promise, and breaks his promises. His final fate will be his own death.
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