The largest prisoner in the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai was afraid that he would not dare to move him, and during his imprisonment he asked for peace every day
During the turbulent and chaotic period of the Republic of China, there were warlords inside and invasions by great powers. War is raging, and ordinary people are living in deep trouble. Miserable. The Chinese nation is in a crisis of life and death. At this critical juncture, many patriotic benevolent people stepped forward and threw themselves into the revolution. But there are also some of them who use the revolution as a shield to achieve their own ulterior motives.
Yuan Shikai is such a man dressed in the cloak of revolution, shouting in his mouth to support the democratic republic, but in his heart he is calculating how he can use the power of revolution to achieve the goal of restoring himself as emperor. At that time, Yuan Shikai held military power in his hands, and there was no one to compete with him in terms of strength. However, there was a prisoner who made Yuan Shikai feel afraid but did not dare to move him, and during his imprisonment, he asked for peace every day. What kind of person is this prisoner? And what is the origin?
Late Qing Dynasty
After the First Opium War in 1840, the ruling power of the Qing Dynasty had declined. Because of the weakness and incompetence of the Qing government. Under the coercion of the Western powers, a traitorous treaty was signed. The Second Opium War once again plunged the Chinese nation into danger. Step by step, China entered a semi-feudal and semi-colonial situation.
The Qing government was corrupt and incompetent, allowing outsiders to slaughter at will. Ordinary people can no longer suppress the anger from the bottom of their hearts. Start rebelling. The Xinhai Revolution of 1911 brought the ruling power of the Qing Dynasty to an end.
Since childhood, he was influenced by his grandfather and was dissatisfied with the Qing government
Zhang Taiyan was born on January 12, 1869 in Yuhang, Zhejiang Province, on a scholarly site. His maternal grandfather, Zhu Youqian, was his initiation teacher. Because I like to read. The family was wealthy, so they had a lot of books. There are a lot of books that I don't read at a young age.
Zhang Taiyan's maternal grandfather had always been dissatisfied with the weakness and decay of the Qing government. Advocating nationalist ideas. Because Zhang Taiyan was often with his maternal grandfather, he was influenced by his maternal grandfather and became more dissatisfied and disappointed with the Qing government. The flame of revolution was slowly taking root in his heart.
Early Civil Country
After the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, the Provisional Government was established in Nanjing. Sun Yat-sen was elected interim president. The Republic of China was formally established in 1912.
The dream of industrial salvation was shattered and the government at that time was extremely disappointed
After the victory of the Wuchang Uprising in 1911, Zhang Taiyan returned to Shanghai, and told Huang Xing that the goals of the revolutionary army had been completed, and the significance of the revolutionary party no longer existed. The League should also be dissolved. In addition, it also published "Jie Political Party" in the "Guanghua Daily".
In January 1912, after Sun Yat-sen became the provisional president, Zhang Taiyan was invited to serve as a privy adviser to the Presidential Office. Later, because he did not like to live in Nanjing for a long time. Back in Shanghai.
Later, after the success of the North-South Conference, Yuan Shikai became the official president. Zhang Taiyan was appointed as the envoy of the three eastern provinces. What he advocates is industry to save the country. All, full of confidence to go to the northeast to set up an industry. However, when it is really implemented, it will not get any support from the government. Extremely disappointed.
Opposed to Yuan Shikai's restoration, he was placed under house arrest
In 1913, Zhang Taiyan published "Refuting the Proposal on the Establishment of Confucianism" to show strong opposition to the proposal to "make Confucianism the state religion". Later, after returning to Shanghai from Changchun, he married Tang Guoli in June through Cai Yuanpei as a matchmaker.
After the Second Revolution was suppressed by Yuan Shikai. It completely exposed Yuan Shikai's ambitions. In August 1913, Zhang Taiyan came to Beijing specifically to find Yuan Shikai to theorize in person, but Yuan Shikai avoided seeing him. In a fit of rage, Zhang Taiyan hung the great medal given by Yuan on a fan, held a fan in his hand, and stood at the Xinhua Gate and scolded Yuan Shikai.
In 1915, Yuan Shikai was excitedly preparing to restore the emperor, and was so disturbed by Zhang Taiyan that he felt afraid that Zhang Taiyan would call him a stumbling block on the road to becoming emperor. He had the intention to get rid of him, but he was afraid of causing too much public opinion and doing him bad. All he wanted to do, the best way was to imprison Zhang Taiyan first. All his tricks tricked Zhang Taiyan into going to longquan temple in Beijing and imprisoning him.
During his house arrest, Yuan Shikai treated him like a guest of honor
Because Zhang Taiyan was very prestigious at that time, Yuan Shikai was afraid of the pressure of public opinion from the outside world, and during the period when Zhang Taiyan was imprisoned, he did not dare to treat Zhang Taiyan in any way. Instead, it treats you like a distinguished guest.
Zhang Taiyan was allocated 500 oceans a month, and specially equipped with cooks and servants to serve him. It also stipulates that no matter how Zhang Taiyan gets angry, he must unconditionally resign himself to it. In terms of living and living, what he wants to eat, everything must satisfy him. Moreover, Yuan Shikai also made a strange rule for the cook and the servants: go to Zhang Taiyan to bow three times a day and ask for peace. Forgetfulness cannot be neglected. If it is found that someone violates the law, the loan will be severely punished.
Zhang Taiyan is also not polite to such treatment, since you give me silver, I will take it. One piece as overhead. A piece is hidden privately. Those who served him were also quite slippery, knowing that Zhang liked to eat lightly, and every time he ate, he deliberately put vegetarian dishes close to Zhang. And put the meat dishes of big fish and big meat in a distant place. In this way, the meat dishes at each meal are almost intact. He was beautifully enjoyed by those who served him.
After Yuan Shikai's death in June 1916, Zhang Taiyan regained his freedom.
He died of illness on June 14, 1936.
Mr. Zhang Taiyan is a relatively authoritative master of sinology in China, and he is a scholar-type bourgeois revolutionary. His evaluation is also very controversial.
In terms of politics, he also had meritorious deeds and made great contributions to the overthrow of the Manchu Qing feudal dynasty in the early days. Later, he opposed the democratic republic and the Communist Party. In his later years, he made certain contributions to the anti-Japanese resistance.
This can not say who is right and who is wrong, objectively speaking, this should be in a different era. Everyone's political views are different.