Survival Wisdom of the Beiyang Era (187): Teapot boiled dumplings.
A year after the collapse of the Qing court, Yuan Shikai's president was able to straighten out, and at the grand inauguration ceremony, Yuan Shikai, who was more than half a hundred years old, showed his old attitude, and the man who was once passionate was now faltering, and he was no longer the Yuan Shikai of Xinhai years ago. Tired, tired of the denunciations from all sides, tired of all kinds of cat-and-mouse games of cutting off dissidents, he felt that his attempts were just a senseless struggle, from the sword and light sword shadow above the temple to the soldiers above the battlefield, the advanced temple structure was about to be destroyed, and there were only two roads in its place. One is to regain the dictatorship, which can see results in the short term, but in the long run, it is a reversal of the era, which will inevitably mislead the country and the people. The other is to expand freedom, but will face more chaotic temples, the advantage is to trial and error in advance, as a forerunner will be able to stay in the future. Unfortunately, Yuan Shikai has changed, and the chaos of looking at the chicken flying and the dog jumping has just stimulated his ambition and impulse to rule the world.
Subsequently, Yuan Shikai, who was fed up with the grievances of the two courts, decided to kill the killer, and indeed tangled in Yuan Shikai's spit: "In the past two years, it has not been a donkey or a horse, and ordinary people cannot endure it, and it has decayed to this point, so what hope is there?" In Yuan Shikai's hopes, the phrase "let my compatriots and grandchildren stop being other people's cattle and horses" is even more poignant. However, yuan shikai, such an old and spicy courtier, naturally will not be reckless, he sharpened his knife and prepared to fight back against the Alliance, but he needed a breakthrough, so that he could achieve his purpose more legally in procedure, that is, to liquidate the Alliance that had been stirring up trouble, and kick the Alliance out of the Parliament. This breakthrough point was naturally indispensable to the appendage of Xiong Xiling, then the prime minister of the cabinet, and at this time Yuan Shikai's cunning and hidden patience were fully displayed, because he already held a hole card of Xiong Xiling in his hand, which was enough to make Xiong Xiling bow down to him. After the fall of the cabinet helmed by Tang Shaoyi, Xiong Xiling, then finance minister, resigned and was appointed by Yuan Shikai as the governor of Rehe.
However, Xiong Xiling, a man who loves manors, rushed into the summer resort in Chengde after coming to Rehe, and directly moved his office to this royal summer resort. Even if he stayed inside, Xiong Dudu also counted the royal treasures in the manor, and also gave a generous one, and on his own initiative, he gave a folding fan used by the Qianlong Imperial Palace to Jiang Guiti, the elder of the Beiyang Army, because the gift was too expensive, and Jiang Guiti, who had seen the scene, did not dare to accept it privately, and he immediately secretly reported Yuan Shikai and handed over this cultural relic gift. Yuan Shikai was confused with understanding, he first waited until Xiong Xiling moved to Beijing to form a cabinet, and then secretly arranged for personnel to go to Rehe to investigate and secretly visit, collect and summarize various materials, and after getting the black materials, Yuan Shikai deliberately hid it and did not send it, waiting for the day when it needed to be used, this summer resort treasure theft case, which also became a breakthrough for Yuan Shikai to counterattack the Alliance.
In the end, Yuan Shikai threw out a killer at this critical juncture, he first summoned Xiong Xiling to the presidential palace for discussions, Xiong Xiling just arrived, Yuan Shikai was temporarily ahead because of the visit of the foreign minister, there was no one around the room, Xiong Xiling inadvertently looked at Yuan Shikai's desk with a dozen files, wrote "Investigate the Chengde Summer Resort treasure theft case", Xiong Xiling suddenly looked pale, like a needle felt. After the foreigners left, Yuan Shikai slowly returned, looking at Xiong Xiling, who looked nervous, Yuan Shikai pretended to be concerned, and then suddenly spoke sharply, and said in a straight face: "State affairs are difficult, only because the alliance will deliberately make it difficult, not to disband it, the cabinet is constrained, the president is difficult to perform his duties, Bingsan, what do you think?" At this time, Xiong Xiling, who was sweating coldly on his forehead, only echoed in unison, and then bowed down and signed the dismissal of the members of the Alliance, it seems that Yuan Shikai won a great victory in the struggle with the Alliance, and he did not know that Yuan Shikai, who tore his mask, would completely become a puppet of desire.