The Survival Wisdom of the Beiyang Era (101): Plotting is in people.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival of the third year of xuanun reunification, the remote and lonely village of Huanshang became lively, and Wang Shizhen, Duan Zhigui, Zhang Xun and other Beiyang elders gathered here to wish Yuan Shikai a happy birthday. The people who were watching the play were laughing and scolding each other for being unhappy, and suddenly Yuan Shikai received an urgent telegram, which turned out to be a call from his old ally Prince Yi of Qing: "The new army in Wuchang Hubei is in turmoil, and The co-commander Li Yuanhong is the governor of the capital and is attacking Hanyang." This was enough important news, everyone fell into contemplation for a while, Yuan Shikai seemed to smell the arrival of the opportunity, did not know that the Hubei New Army had already taken the three towns of Wuhan at this time, and more than ten provinces after the Wuchang Uprising also surged with the storm.
At this time, the Great Qing Dynasty Was also in a mess, and the regent Zaifeng, who received the news, was shocked and urgently summoned the military minister to discuss. The foreman Qing Prince Yi Li did not ask about his advanced age, and Na Tong also vigorously pushed back, and at the same time suggested: "It is none other than Yuan Shikai." Yuan Shikai's close friend Xu Shichang also threw out at this time: "Only Yuan Weiting has the ability to calm down." Zaifeng's face was full of displeasure, and then he reprimanded: "Yuan Shikai is a sinner of the former emperor, how can he be used?" In the end, only Yin Chang was summoned to lead the Beiyang army of the two towns to go to Hubei, and the Yangtze River Water Division also went to help on the same day, but the actual situation was that Yin Chang had never experienced the battle front, and among those who understood the military, Tie Liang sat in Jiangning, and the Janissary Army co-commander Liang Bi was too young, and no one could deter the tiger-wolf Beiyang Army, and there was no momentum to oppose the Beijing Division.
Later, in the closed-door meeting of the imperial family, the highly respected Prince Su Shanqi, stroked his beard and was silent for half a minute, and told Zaifeng with great seriousness: "Yuan Shikai will subvert the Great Qing, and he must do something in advance." At the same time, Prince Shanqi of Su also proposed his own plan to Zaifeng, that is, to first let Yuan Shikai go out of the mountains to clean up the mess, and if he failed, he just used the excuse to get rid of it, and if he succeeded, he would have another cup of wine to release the military power. Zaifeng pondered for a moment and gladly accepted, and then instructed: "This matter must be careful. "For Zaifeng, the curtain of killing people with a knife has been lifted, please enter the urn and wait for Yuan Shikai to come out of the mountain."
However, Yuan Shikai was dismissive of the qing court's viceroy of Huguang, and he was also waiting for the opportunity, and secretly Chen Cang was his final plan. He confessed to Feng Guozhang, a confidant who came to persuade him: "Hua Fu, we are our own people, the imperial court does not give me full power, I will not go out of the mountain, I would like to ask you to serve as the commander of the first army of the Beiyang Army on the front line, Yin Chang must be replaced, you must remember not to be too hasty." Later, Yuan Shikai also frankly said that the new army in Hubei was powerful, the Qing army on the front line was scattered, and it was inconvenient to control the inconvenience and fear of incidents, and only his own Beiyang concubines could really fight with one, otherwise it was the next policy to take the lead in the war. Feng Guozhang was full of confidence after listening: "The palace security is well arranged. ”
In the end, Feng Guozhang became the commander-in-chief of the Qing army on the Hubei front, and Duan Qirui's Beiyang Army was organized into a second echelon and gathered in the rear to rush to the aid at any time, and the Beiyang Army's troops were invincible, and Yuan Shikai also rose to fame, and in the wuchang uprising, he was responsible for the merits of supporting the world, and his desire to kill people with a knife was disappointed, and Yuan Shikai, who was secretly Chen Cang, was about to ascend to the top of the world.