History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
In the Republic of China period, every place basically had warlords fighting for themselves, they were all fighting for their own territory, robbing people, etc., all in order to expand their own strength, the famous ones were Yan Xishan in Shanxi, Li Zongren Bai Chongxi in Guangxi, Ma Jia in the northwest, Zhang Zuolin in the northeast, etc., all of which were famous warlords, but warlords also had good and bad, such as Yan Xishan, who is going to tell you today, is actually very popular in his chassis Shanxi, and really did something for the people.
It can be said that Yan Xishan is the lord who is not afraid of heaven and earth in Shanxi, because Shanxi is his master of the house, and he is the one who is afraid of him, that is, Yuan Shikai, and today I will tell you about the matter between Yan Xishan and Yuan Shikai.
Yan Xishan is a native of Shanxi, in his early years to follow his father to do financial speculation, but he has the desire to serve the country, so he participated in the Shanxi Wubei Academy, he was also lucky, not long after being admitted to the Wubei Academy, he was sent to the Japanese Non-Commissioned Officer School, at that time many famous generals were from this school, Yan Xishan met Sun Yat-sen here, joined the League, and was on the political stage.
After returning to China, he served in the new army in Shanxi, but privately he was also engaged in revolutionary activities, and finally, the Xinhai Revolution broke out, Yan Xishan and others announced an uprising, killed the governor of Shanxi, established a military government, Yan Xishan served as the governor, and then continued to fight against the Qing government in Shanxi, and when Puyi abdicated and the Qing Dynasty fell, Yan Xishan had already controlled the whole of Shanxi in the name of the governor, and his status was getting higher and higher.
Later, when Yuan Shikai became the provisional president, Yan Xishan's attitude changed, because he was on the side of Sun Yat-sen before, but he later supported Yuan Shikai and became the antithesis of Sun Yat-sen, and it was also with yuan shikai's support that Yan Xishan was appointed as the governor of Shanxi and in charge of Shanxi's military affairs.
Since he had defected to Yuan Shikai, of course, he would have to go to Beijing to meet the president, which was also a means for Yuan Shikai to win over people, before this, Yan Xishan had never seen Yuan Shikai, plus he had been in power for a long time, so he did not take Yuan Shikai to heart, but only thought that he would go to see his superiors.
However, when I arrived in Beijing, after hearing everyone's evaluation of Yuan Shikai, I was a little frightened, so I instructed the two retinues to say that if they went in for a long time, they would ask what was happening, and then they went in with confidence.
Although Yuan Shikai encircled Yan Xishan, but because it was also the first time to see him, so he had the heart to give him a dismount, so he sat there motionless, and also looked at Yan Xishan with a majestic gaze, which could not scare Yan Xishan lightly, because it was not possible to kneel and pray at that time, so Yan Xishan quickly bowed to Yuan Shikai three times, the attitude was very sincere, and after getting Yuan Shikai's permission, he raised his head.
However, the two also chatted casually, Yuan Shikai let Yan Xishan go back, after coming out, Yan Xishan wiped his sweat and said four words to his subordinates, "It is really terrible", which shows Yuan Shikai's shock to Yan Xishan. Later, Yuan Shikai received him several times, talked very happily, and Yan Xishan finally returned to Shanxi happily.