The Survival Wisdom of the Beiyang Era (113): The Little Prince of the Angler's Eye.
In the late autumn of the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu, the autumn mood in Gyeonggi was in full swing, and Yuan Shikai, who was thriving above the temple, suddenly received an urgent message from his old ally Prince Yi of Qing: "Prince Regent Zaifeng will have actions unfavorable to you, and it is best to quickly avoid it." Yuan Shikai panicked, the eunuchs under the imperial power, even if the tree has deep roots, it is not as good as the moment when the knife falls, fortunately, Yuan Shikai's Beiyang Group has long been all over the government and the public, Yang Shicong, who was then the superintendent of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway, sent a special train to Send Yuan Shikai to Tianjin overnight, here is the territory of the Beiyang department, the cautious Yuan Shikai is still not at ease, he drilled into the French Concession, plotting to escape, as the head of the Beiyang Group, Yuan Shikai was unwilling but helpless, he waited for a comeback.
At this time, Yuan Shikai's old subordinate, Yang Shihua, who was then the governor of Zhili, hurriedly stopped and twice sent his son to the inn where Yuan Shikai was staying to persuade him, and finally Yuan Shikai went to Beijing to stabilize the situation under his suggestion. When Yuan Shikai returned to Beijing nervously, he found that the Beijing division at this time had already been full of wind and rain in the city, he had been secretly beheaded by Zaifeng, he had already absconded in fear of crime, and under all kinds of rumors, Yuan Shikai cried and laughed. At the Tianjin Railway Station, General Ni Si of the Beiyang Military Headquarters said: "Quickly protect our lord and return to Beijing, who dares to stop him." In fear, Yuan Shikai waited for the final news above the temple: "Sin is not enough to die." Although when Yuan Shikai bid farewell to the Beijing Master and was ordered to "return to his hometown to raise his troubles", there were only a few Beiyang subordinates at the station, but the following year in Huanshang Village, where Yuan Shikai lived, it was a different situation, he was not only the head of the Beiyang Group, but also the head of the Yuan family.
There was a telegraph room in Huanshang Village, and during the three years that Yuan Shikai lived, there were more than 700 letters exchanged, and Yuan Shikai spent several hours every morning on it to deal with these so-called official affairs. Not only the old department of Beiyang, but even the important members of the Qing court, such as Duan Fang, who took over Yang Shijun as the governor of direct subordination, also personally visited Yuan Shikai in his residence, and the temple weather vane of the late Qing Dynasty had a great "wind of asking Yuan Shikai". After the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, Yuan Shikai became more busy, on the one hand bargaining with the Qing court, on the other hand, communicating and mediating with all parties, the ticking sound in the telegraph room continued all day long, Yuan Jingxue had seen the lights in Yuan Shikai's office more than once, still lit at three or four o'clock in the morning, the voice of the speech came out from time to time, the deepest impression was Yuan Shikai's old friend, the visit of Xu Shichang, then an assistant minister, but the theme was also the same to persuade Yuan Shikai to come out of the mountain. However, shouldering the big parents of the two families, Yuan Shikai needs to consider too much.
In the end, from the initial governor of Huguang to the final plenipotentiary of the Qing court, Yuan Shikai achieved his final demand and decided to go out of the mountain. At this time, Yuan Shikai's family members were very excited, and their happiness was overflowing in the face of the upcoming scenery life. Just the day before Yuan Shikai left, the whole family sat together to eat, Yuan Shikai saw the happy appearance of the family, and the big parent suddenly sighed rarely: "This time out, I'm afraid I can't come back well." In the final analysis, Yuan Shikai is certainly not a hermit who is indifferent to fame and fortune, and he cannot escape the red dust, because he is the head of the big family of the Beiyang Group, the old department has been suppressed, the group has fallen apart, how can he sit idly by, but he should not avoid that he is also the head of the family of the "little prince under the eyes of the angler", this family is his Yuan family.