It is said that the Qing Emperor abdicated the throne, the Republic of China was built, and after a war between the North and the South, they agreed to elect Yuan Shikai as the provisional president, and on February 27, 1912, the provisional government sent Cai Yuanpei and others to Beijing to welcome Yuan Shikai to take office.
Over there, how could Yuan Shikai be willing to leave the old nest and be transferred away from the mountain? Therefore, I still keep flying to Nanjing, saying that I am actually very willing to cloud, but as soon as I leave here, I am afraid that there will be chaos. However, in the end, he agreed to go south. He gave his envoys a very grand reception... Unexpectedly, at night, something went wrong.
At about 18:00 on February 29, the artillery and heavy battalions of the Third Town commanded by Cao Kun started a mutiny because of the deduction of pay. Originally, at that time, it was stipulated that the army should allocate one or two salaries to other places, but Duan Zhigui actually withheld this money. Originally, there were not many people in the hand, but now this is also deducted, and the soldiers are not happy. (This picture shows American soldiers in front of the U.S. consulate, erecting sandbags and machine guns)
Along with the mutiny, Beijing was in chaos. The envoys had to avoid the Six Kingdoms Hotel in Dongjiaomin Lane, and the telegrams they saw were all bad news, and under the explicit hints, they also felt that old Yuan was indispensable here. On this night, smoke and flames soared everywhere, the killing sound was tremendous, the shops were robbed, and the people were covered in dust. The mutiny soon spread to Baoding and Tianjin. By the next day, something bigger had happened.
It turned out that Jiang Guiti, who had been the Twist Army and was later used to become a Beiyang general, also made a fuss. However, it seems that black eats black. Some soldiers of the Yi Army, on the pretext of maintaining order and arresting the rioters, snatched the money from many soldiers in the third town and got their own pockets. And the consuls of various countries were not idle, demanding that Yuan Shikai quickly solve the matter, otherwise, we would transfer our own troops.
The Americans set up machine guns, the Germans set up small guns... Some people say that the mutiny was planned by Yuan Shikai, and some people, including senior officials in the south, recalled that at that time, he was actually not so capable, he was idle for a few years, and some Beiyang generals did not listen to him. Before you also taught us to be loyal to the emperor, but now you have pulled the emperor off the horse, and many people can't turn this corner... Regardless of the situation at the time, Yuan Shikai was able to take up his post in Beijing and became the biggest beneficiary. (The photo of this article, the source network, if there is infringement, please contact to delete)