On the night of October 10, 1911, the Wuchang Uprising broke out, but I am afraid that no one at all levels of the Qing government thought that what happened next was out of control, and that this revolution would overthrow the rule of the Qing Dynasty.
Many people will find it incredible, to know that the previous Taiping Rebellion, the momentum is not small, even swept half of China, although the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a peasant uprising, but can make the Qing government tired of coping, which shows the influence of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Moreover, this uprising not only established the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, but also put forward a whole set of programs, systems, and policies, etc. Although the common people could not understand this god worship cult, they still had to win the hearts and minds of the people to a certain extent against the decadent Qing government and against Western aggression.
But the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, which swept through half of China and lasted for more than a decade, failed. But the Xinhai Revolution was finally victorious?
The Eight Banners of the late Qing Dynasty were useless, and had to use local armed forces, that is, regimental training held by various provinces, especially Zeng Guofan, who not only integrated regimental training from all over Hunan into the Xiang Army, but also developed the Huai Army and trained the Huai Army to come li Hongzhang in the future.
It was also by relying on these local strength factions of the Han nationality that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was finally snuffed out. Of course, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom still had great limitations, which in itself was a peasant uprising with great strength, but it was not organized enough and the direction of leadership was not clear.
Hong Xiuquan had not yet overthrown the Qing Dynasty, but only occupied some places, and began to be arrogant and arrogant, and began to enjoy the power that had not really arrived.
In fact, before the Xinhai Revolution, the local administration of the Qing Dynasty had already existed in name only, especially the death of Cixi, so that the Qing court had almost no backbone.
This led to the outbreak of the Wuchang Uprising, the little emperor could no longer control the situation, and Yuan Shikai held heavy troops but did not move, and with the success of the Wuchang Uprising, half of the country's mountains and rivers also declared independence one after another, and the Qing government had no way to do anything about it.
The Eight-Power Alliance entered Beijing, and the signing of the Xinugu Treaty made the Qing government lose the hearts of the people, and on the eve of the revolution, it was actually a point of imminent attack.
Whether it is an official or a soldier, in fact, they all know that the demise of the Qing Dynasty is inevitable.
But in fact, there is a question that can be discussed with you, if Cixi did not die during the Xinhai Revolution, then whether Yuan Shikai dared to stand still and bargain with the Qing court.
If you don't dare, then Yuan Shikai frantically suppressed, can the Wuchang uprising be successful?
Of course, there was no if, but the Xinhai Revolution actually ended in failure, although the Qing Dynasty was overthrown, it was still not complete, so the only remaining fruits of victory were quickly stolen by Yuan Shikai.