Yuan Shikai defected to his adoptive father Yuan's sworn brother and regarded him as his own. He also arranged for Zhang Jian to teach him to read and promoted him many times. However, after Wu Changqing lost power and influence, Yuan Shikai bypassed him to please Li Hongzhang, humiliated Wu Changqing many times, and tried to overhead Wu Changqing and seize the relieving power, which made Wu Changqing very depressed. Li Hongzhang failed to protect him when he was exposed to prostitution, opium trafficking and embezzlement of military pay. Yuan Shikai was dismissed from office and returned to his hometown, and the whole abacus fell through.
Li Hongzhang promoted Yuan Shikai many times, and the two were commensurate with each other. Yuan Shikai was transferred to Zhejiang and didn't want to take office. He is afraid that if he is out of Li Hongzhang's sphere of influence, his promotion speed will slow down. After the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Li Hongzhang stepped down, and Yuan Shikai immediately abandoned him and went to Li Hongzao, where he formed an alliance with the Emperor. He betrayed again, laying the groundwork for the next betrayal. At this time, I began to approach the imperial party, and naturally I was close to the Reform.
During the Reform Movement of 1898, Yuan Shikai joined Kang Youwei's strong society and had a certain friendship with the reformists. In addition, Guangxu himself hoped to cultivate wings among young officials, so he promoted Yuan Shikai, thinking that he could entrust things. Later, Yuan Shikai betrayed Guangxu and told Rong Lu, the confidant of Cixi, to betray again.
Some people say that Yuan Shikai was the first hero of the Revolution of 1911, which is totally nonsense. Since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, China's revolution has struggled for 60 years, with the Heaven and Earth Society being the most persistent and Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing and others the most advanced. The anti-Qing alliance organized by various societies around the world became an alliance, which launched dozens of revolutionary uprisings and finally laid the foundation of the Revolution of 1911. What is the relationship with A Qing court officials? Yuan Shikai is just a peach picker.
During the Revolution of 1911, there were a large number of revolutionary troops in the north. The Yan-Jin allied forces planned the northern military uprising of tens of thousands of people. Wu Luzhen, the sixth town of Beiyang, and Zhang Shao, the twentieth town of Luanzhou, planned to remonstrate Luanzhou soldiers, and Yuan Shikai assassinated Wu Luzhen, which led to the leaderless northern revolution. Yuan Shikai played a role in balancing the two sides and profiting from it in the Revolution of 1911. What contribution did he make to the Revolution of 1911? Therefore, it is very fair to say in the history books that "a thief is a thief".
Prostitution, opium trafficking, perennial corruption of military salaries, and collusion with the manager of the old Qingji company, Prince Qing, contributed to the failure of the last reform in the Qing Dynasty. It's brazen to talk about saints after all.
Yuan Shikai also has many advantages. He hates it because he didn't pass the exam. He once wrote to his family that "if you can't finish learning, you will die unsatisfied" and was ridiculed by intellectuals in the system. Zhang Jian called him a disgrace to his ancestors because he didn't pass the exam. He boasted that you don't need a diploma, you just need talent. Gu Hongming laughed at him and said, "You have to learn to do everything in the world, and you have to pick and choose." Zhang Zhidong is a prime minister and a university student, but he is just a prime minister without the title of university student and is ridiculed by officialdom. He was also ashamed, so Yuan Shikai opposed the organizational system and had a rebellious spirit. He couldn't let go of the traditional sauce jar, so he promoted many students who returned from studying in the United States in North Korea, such as Tang and others, to accept western training methods, as if to say, "What does it matter if I don't pass the exam?" Your knowledge is less useful than that of westerners. Learn from westerners, I am better than you. "
However, due to his limited knowledge, he did not accept the western ideas, but only learned the method of overtaking in corners. Therefore, his coming to power was a tragedy of the Republic of China, and an ignorant petty peasant feudal bureaucrat was in the upper position.
He doesn't accept democracy, saying that China people sweep their own snow. How can they be democratic? Someone answered "it can always be cultivated", and Yuan Shikai disdainfully said "I'm afraid it will take hundreds of years".
When he proclaimed himself emperor, 1 193 votes were all passed. Voters need their real names to sign, and they are not allowed to go home without voting. Members of parliament were surrounded by plainclothes sent by him all day and were not able to leave until 9 pm.
Before he proclaimed himself emperor, all the powers expressed their support, especially attaching importance to Japan's attitude. Yuan Shikai is so fearless. He thought that Article 21 had been agreed, and the sooner the ink got wet, the more secure it would be. However, in the process of implementation, the opposition of China provinces could not be suppressed, which led to some surprises among friends. Yuan Shikai was forced to simplify the accession ceremony, which was even more embarrassing.
Later, Yuan Shikai blamed others for misleading him, but he did not declare himself emperor overnight. At least from 19 12, dreaming for three or four years may be Yuan Shikai's skill.
Some people can even whitewash Yuan Shikai's claim to be the emperor, saying that he is a constitutional monarchy and centralized in doing great things. This statement was almost rejected by his family. Why did Yuan Shikai, a constitutional monarch and loyal to his country, overthrow Emperor Xuan Tong? Didn't Emperor Xuan Tong have more fame and supporters than Yuan Shikai?
Most people who whitewashed Yuan Shikai think that the revolutionary party army is impossible to be hostile to Beiyang, but when it comes to this issue, I am afraid that "there were too many revolutionary troops at that time, and Yuan Shikai could not keep Xuan Tong".