Yuan Shikai was a very famous figure in the history of the late Qing Dynasty to modern times, he was originally the commander of the Qing Army, and later cooperated with Sun Yat-sen to overthrow Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and became the president of the newly established Republic of China.
The extreme expansion of the desire for power, Yuan Shikai began to reverse history, restore the imperial system, and establish the "Chinese Empire", and the world was in an uproar. The eighty-three days of emperorship were over, and Yuan Shikai was furious and suffered from uremia, and soon ended his life.
Looking back at that period of history, Yuan Shikai walked in the opposite direction of history, and after a short period of glory, he was destined to fall into the abyss and was destined to be spurned by history and the common people.
The reason why Yuan Shikai restored the imperial system and drove backwards was inseparable from his eldest son Yuan Keding's push and enthusiastic support. So, what happened to Yuan Keding's subsequent end?
In the fourth year of qing guangxu (1878), Yuan Keding was born in Xiangcheng, Henan. In Xiangcheng County, the Yuan family is considered to be a family of Hao. In this family, there were yuan yaodong, yuan jiasan and other high-ranking officials in the middle and late Qing dynasty. Among them, Yuan Jia's three officials went to caoyun and the governor of JiangnanHedao, the military governor of eight provinces, and also suppressed the Taiping Rebellion and the Twist army uprising.
The powerful door shade allowed Yuan Shikai's family to have resources that others could not enjoy, and he entered the way and finally became a military attaché.
Although Yuan Keding was born in Xiangcheng, he followed Yuan Shikai from an early age and traveled with his father. Because of his talent and cleverness, coupled with the influence of his father, Yuan Keding was obviously different from his father in his involvement in politics and military affairs. He has a talent, outstanding temperament, and looks very elegant.
The social turmoil at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, and the End of the Qing Dynasty. On February 12, 1912, Yuan Shikai forced the young Xuantong Emperor to abdicate, and in March he took office as president.
Yuan Keding, who was a small supervisor at the Kailuan Mining Bureau a year ago, became the son of The President of the Republic of China overnight.
In fact, before that, Yuan Keding's career was not very smooth. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, because of the shadow of his ancestors, he was named an alternate Taoist. After that, he successively served as a senator of the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, and a right minister, and he was always of a low grade and had almost no place to speak. With the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution, the official positions enthroned by the Qing government were completely meaningless.
The Xinhai Revolution sparked a positive response from all over the world, and the formation of a provisional government was put on the agenda. On January 1, 1912, Sun Yat-sen formed the Provisional Government of the Republic of China. At that time, Wang Jingwei had a certain position in Sun Yat-sen's side.
In order to change the situation, Yuan Shikai arranged for his son Yuan Keding to befriend Wang Jingwei and formed a brother with a different surname.
At that time, forced by internal and external pressure, coupled with Wang Jingwei's repeated lobbying, Sun Yat-sen ceded the provisional presidency to Yuan Shikai. In this matter, Yuan Keding co-opted Wang Jingwei and helped his father.
Just when Yuan Keding was preparing to show his fists, he broke his leg due to an accident, leaving him with a disability. In order to completely eliminate the hidden dangers, Yuan Shikai sent his son to Germany for treatment.
Because of his status as the president's eldest son, the German Emperor Wilhelm II attached great importance to him and regarded Yuan Keding as a guest of honor. The developed and advanced Germany dazzled Yuan Keding and was very pleased.
Seeing this situation, Wilhelm II took the opportunity to persuade Yuan Keding, advocating that imperial system is the right way for the country to prosper and develop, and suggested that the republic be abandoned. Wilhelm II was an ambitious figure who said these things because imperial Germany at the time was a minority in the capitalist countries and was often ostracized by other countries that advocated a democratic republic. He set his sights on the emerging China, hoping that It would restore the monarchy and become his ally. Before Yuan Keding returned to China, Wilhelm II wrote a handwritten letter to Yuan Shikai, persuading Yuan Shikai to declare himself emperor.
After returning to China, Yuan Keding told his father about what he had seen in Germany and fully encouraged his father to claim the title of emperor. Germany did not let Yuan Keding recover from his disability, but instead became a gas station for Yuan Keding to encourage his father to claim the title of emperor.
In December 1915, Yuan Shikai announced the establishment of the Chinese Empire. Yuan Keding seemed to be about to become the imperial prince soon. However, opposition swept in like a tsunami, and in March 1916, Yuan Shikai had to abolish the imperial system and restore the Republic of China.
More than eighty days of emperorhood was finally shattered, and Yuan Shikai was depressed and angry, suffering from illness and dying soon after. And Yuan Keding's dream of being a prince also came to an abrupt end. He fell into the notoriety of "deceiving his father and misleading the country".
After Yuan Shikai's death, Yuan Keding lost the big tree he was attached to, and he lived in seclusion in Tianjin, and after the brief period of the Kailuan Mining Bureau, he successively lived in the Summer Palace and Tsinghua Garden until the founding of New China. Later, with the help of Zhang Shizhao, Yuan Keding found an errand at the Central Research Institute of Literature and History, and his life was not good, often receiving support from his cousin Zhang Boju. In 1955, Yuan Keding died of illness at the age of seventy-seven.