Chapter 39: Qing Dynasty retreats

After the customs agreement was signed, Yuan Shikai was indeed very depressed. The foreigners only care about their own interests and did not think from his perspective.

Once he becomes the president, he will slowly deal with the temporary politics in East China, and he will not be able to strengthen their strength without strengthening them.

The agreement signed by foreigners and East China Provisional Government, East China Provisional Government, pays 5 million taels of silver every year, and other tariffs are intercepted and used by the East China Provisional Government. If the customs are well operated, the income will be very considerable.

However, Yuan Shikai could only accept this fact. Xia Jun sent another telegram to urge him to force the Qing court to abdicate within one month, otherwise he would lead the army to Beijing.

Yuan Shikai had to increase the intensity of the palace. On January 21, tomorrow was New Year's Eve, Yuan Shikai ran into the palace and cried with Empress Dowager Longyu in the East Nuan Pavilion.

Yuan Shikai cried so hard that he denounced the revolutionary party's treason. Then he said that the revolutionary party was powerful and that Beijing would definitely not be able to defend it. Now he was going to move the capital and there was no suitable place, etc. Then he said that he fought hard and finally won the "Agreement on Preferential Treatment of the Qing Dynasty". Yuan Shikai gave the "Agreement on Preferential Treatment of the Qing Dynasty" to Empress Dowager Longyu, which meant that she would announce her abdication.

Empress Dowager Longyu cried sorrowfully. Puyi, a six-year-old man next to him, looked at Yuan Shikai, kneeling on the ground. The two of them cried in a mess, not knowing what happened.

Yuan Shikai had to say what he should say, so he left the Forbidden City.

Unexpectedly, when he just arrived outside the Sanyi Teahouse, three bombs were directly dropped from the teahouse. The first bomb was not thrown, the second bomb killed and injured several of Yuan Shikai's guards. The third bomb rolled under Yuan Shikai's carriage, but it did not detonate. Yuan Shikai's coachman quickly whipped and galloped away in panic, allowing Yuan Shikai to escape like a dog-loose disaster.

As soon as the assassination occurred, Yuan Shikai immediately thought of the Royal Family and the Clan Party. The one who wanted to die in the capital was the Royal Family and the Clan Party.

However, sixteen assassins were soon arrested. After interrogation, they found out that some of these people were members of the Tongmenghui and some were members of small northern revolutionary groups. They were dissatisfied with the Nanjing temporary government and surrendered the fruits of the revolution, so they thought of assassinating Yuan Shikai.

This assassination gave Yuan Shikai a chance. Empress Dowager Longyu, who had originally doubted him, trusted Yuan Shikai again and then immediately granted Yuan Shikai a title.

As a celebrity around Cixi, Yuan Shikai naturally gained the trust of Empress Dowager Longyu, because Empress Dowager Longyu was Cixi's nephew. However, the exposure of Liangbi and other royal family members made Empress Dowager Longyu lose trust in Yuan Shikai before.

The royal family and clan party did want to kill Yuan Shikai, but they were just taken first. Liangbi entered the Forbidden City the next day and suggested to Empress Dowager Longyu that Yuan Shikai would be removed first, so that the Beiyang army would be left without a leader. If the Beiyang army was held hostage by the Imperial Guard, the situation in the north could still stabilize the situation in the north and allow the Qing Dynasty to protect half of the northern country.

Yuan Shikai soon found out about this plan. When Yuan Shikai heard it, he felt a chill all over and hurriedly called Tang Shaoyi and asked Wang Jingwei to sneak back to Beijing.

After Wang Jingwei returned to Beijing, he quickly planned to assassinate Liang Bi with Yuan Shikai.

On January 25, as soon as Liangbi came out of the Forbidden City, a man came towards him. The man handed out a public letter from the yamen, saying that there was something urgent to report.

Liangbi just received the post in the sedan chair and heard a loud bang. Then, Liangbi's left leg was injured by an explosion, and the assassin died on the spot.

Liangbi's assassination shocked the Qing court. In order to protect Liangbi, the Qing court hurriedly invited Western doctors to undergo amputation surgery. Liangbi only injured one leg by the blow and could continue to serve the court.

At this time, there was no one in the Qing court. Yuan Shikai was in power and sent all the Manchus home. Only Liangbi, a wise and capable talent, was left.

Therefore, Liangbi was also regarded as the last hope by the Qing court. Empress Dowager Longyu refused to abdicate. It was obviously because of Liangbi's obstruction that Empress Dowager Longyu had some hope and luck.

"Not blown to death!" Yuan Shikai said shocked in the secret room of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Wang Jingwei replied: "Yes, godfather."

"Yeah! Let me think about it." Yuan Shikai walked around and for a few times, then suddenly clapped his hands and said, "I have it."

Wang Jingwei listened attentively and saw Yuan Shikai saying, "Go and call Zhao Bingjun to come, let him see Liangbi in the name of visiting, and find a skilled Chinese medicine doctor to remove fire poison for him."

"Attack him with yào?" Wang Jingwei asked in a low voice.

"No," Yuan Shikai nodded and said, Wang Wei couldn't help but admire this godfather again.

About half a day later, Zhao Bingjun went to see Liangbi in the name of visit, and brought a Chinese medicine doctor to remove the fire poison for Liangbi. Liangbi was not very careful, so he asked the Chinese medicine doctor to cup him, etc.

As a result, Liang Bi was in pain that afternoon and died after two days.

On the same day, Empress Dowager Longyu rested in the bedroom, and saw a little eunuch running in hurriedly and shouting sadly: "Qi Bi, Lord Liang Bi is gone..."

"What! What's wrong with Liangbi?" Empress Dowager Longyu sat up in shock.

"Mr. Liangbi is here." The little eunuch replied.

"How did you get there?"

"I was poisoned to death with yào."

"Who is it?"

"It's Zhao Bingjun..."

Queen Mother Longyu was almost frightened when she heard this and quickly ordered a meeting to discuss abdication the next day.

The next day, the only one who came was Zhao Bingjun, and all the Manchu ministers were sent home by Yuan Shikai. Empress Dowager Longyu cried and said to Zhao Bingjun: "Zhao Bingjun, go and tell Yuan Shikai that everything is easy to discuss, and it is important to save my mother and son's life."

News of the Qing Dynasty abdication came out, and the Imperial Guards lost control soon and blocked the city of Beijing in the first month of this year.

The Imperial Guards threatened to hang Yuan Shikai and other cabinet personnel on the building of the four major cities. At this time, Feng Guozhang began to stand up and speak for the Qing court for some reason.

Yuan Shikai hurried to see Feng Guozhang and said to him in a slight manner: "Do you know where the heroic Xiang Yu was defeated? He was defeated by the kindness of a woman and the failure of not knowing the overall situation."

Feng Guozhang's position was immediately changed after Yuan Shikai's training.

On that day, Feng Guozhang went to the Imperial Guards camp, and the Imperial Guards soldiers surrounded him. Feng Guozhang said that the revolutionary army is powerful, and you go to fight against the revolutionary army, who will protect the royal family in the capital? The Imperial Guards soldiers said that the Qing Dynasty was gone, and the Imperial Guards would definitely disband. It would be better to fight to the death than to sit back and wait for death.

Feng Guozhang then stepped onto the platform with the "Agreement on the Preferential Treatment of the Qing Dynasty in the North and South" and announced that the Imperial Guards would never be disbanded, and the treatment of officers and soldiers would be the same. If they did not believe Feng, they could send two representatives to follow him day and night. If Feng could not do it, they could take Feng's life at any time.

In fact, these imperial guards riots were just reluctant to give up generous treatment.

A mutiny was eliminated like this. Beijing City, which had just celebrated the New Year, was filled with a sense of confusion and excitement. People found that someone had started cutting their braids on the street.

There was also a new year calendar from Nanjing. Yesterday was the year of Xinhai, and on the right was the first year. The people were confused. Will it be called the year of Xinhai, or the first year, or the third year of Xuantong...

On January 30, on the seventh day of the first lunar month, the Qing court issued an edict to officially abdicate, and the Qing Dynasty, which had ruled China for more than 260 years, died.

When the news reached Hangzhou, Xia Jun still couldn't fully accept the result because he did not agree with the "Qingfang Preferential Treatment Agreement". Therefore, he did not sign the agreement during the previous negotiations, but signed it in Nanjing's temporary government.

However, Xia Jun was not in a hurry, and he calculated the account slowly in the future.

This New Year, Xia Jun held a Chun Festival party. At the party, the art team came from the army to perform. The art team sang the songs copied and rectified by Xia Jun, "Singing the Motherland" and "Soul of the East China Military" and other songs. The lyrics of these songs were modified by him.

In addition to the staff of the East China Temporary Political Department, many industrial and commercial personnel were invited to participate. In addition to singing, the performances of this evening were also brought up.

These sketches are mainly used to popularize political policies for the people. The stories are related to political policies. There are sketches about farmers' duty-free policies, sketches about helping poor households, sketches about encouraging industry and commerce, and sketches about changing dynasties and encouraging people to restore the clothes and clothes of Han people.

Considering that Mandarin is not popular in various places, Xia Jun asked the recording to make it happen and then the local dialect dubbed in the local dialect, and then the projectionist took it to the countryside for screening.

However, on this Chun Festival, Xia Jun's East China Provisional Affairs was sued in court, and the Qing court's postal minister Sheng Xuanhuai.

The incident was caused by the confiscation of the Steamship Merchants Group when the East China Provisional Political Department confiscated Shanghai. Not only did it confiscate its official shares, but also Sheng Xuanhuai's shares were confiscated.

Then the East China Provisional Government captured Jiangxi and confiscated the steel plant of Hanyeping Iron and Steel Company in Pingxiang. Except for the private stock market, the others were confiscated by the East China Provisional Government.

In a fit of anger, Sheng Xuanhuai sued the East China Provisional Political Department to court. As a result, the People's Court of the East China Provisional Political Department really accepted it, so the two sides went to court on the fifth day of the first lunar month.

After trial, the People's Court of Provisional Affairs of East China determined that Sheng Xuanhuai was an official of the Qing Dynasty. He did not respond to the Provisional Affairs of East China during the revolution and was a hostile force. The confiscated property was not returned.

Speaking of Sheng Xuanhuai, we have to talk about Hu Xueyan. Hu Xueyan, who was the most wealthy person at the time, was killed by this person. As a result, Hu Xueyan's money house was run, and the huge industry was defeated due to the inability to turn over the capital. Soon after, Hu Xueyan died in anger.

Last year's road protection campaign was also caused by Sheng Xuanhuai's announcement that the railway was state-owned. Although it was not the main reason, he could not escape responsibility.

The East China Provisional Affairs Office has been very tolerant of not arresting and prosecution of him. It is simply a fool to ask the East China Provisional Affairs Office to return his property.

Shipbuilding China Merchants Group is a freight company, and Xia Jun doesn’t care much, but there is a talent among them, that is, Zheng Guanying of Shipbuilding China Merchants Group, who is one of the three heroes of Shipbuilding China Merchants Group.

Zheng Guanying is already seventy years old and has been in charge of the Steamship China Merchants Group twice. Under his leadership, the Steamship China Merchants Group has escaped from difficulties twice and gained a place in the freight competition with foreign companies. This time, the third time he returned to the Steamship China Merchants Group was returned as Sheng Xuanhuai's confidant and had no right to preside over the overall situation.

Xia Jun plans to dig this person to the East China Ocean Shipping Company, specializing in the transportation management of domestic ports and Yangtze River waterways.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty had announced its abdication, and the next thing was the affairs of Nanjing Provisional Government and Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Political Government, and Xia Jun could develop with peace of mind.

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Chapter completed!