With the sound of a gunshot, the Xinhai Revolution kicked off and the Wuchang Uprising broke out. At the time of the uprising, Puyi, the Xuantong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was only six years old, completely without the ability to govern, and the court was in chaos.
Because there were no effective defensive measures, Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang were quickly captured, and at this time, the Qing Dynasty was in a passive position, and in desperation, the Qing government could only ask Yuan Shikai to come out of the mountains again to seize power.
He was ordered to lead the army to attack Wuhan at a time when the qing dynasty was in danger of survival, and he lived up to expectations, he effectively resisted the attack of the revolutionaries, and the two sides were deadlocked in Wuhan, but he had two hearts and privately reached an agreement with the revolutionaries to force Puyi to abdicate.
In order to obtain the "preferential conditions for the Qing Dynasty" of the Republic of China government, the Manchu Qing imperial family agreed to this and announced their abdication in February 1912, although the rule of the Qing Dynasty was coming to an end, there were still many loyal ministers who served the Manchu Qing and fought in the front line in a vain attempt to restore, most of whom were Represented by Doroth Shengyun.
Doroth Ascended to his people
Born in a family of eunuchs, Doroth Shengyun was a yellow flag bearer of the Eight Banners of Mongolia, who was influenced by the traditional feudal etiquette and family style from an early age, and was determined to be loyal to the king and serve the country and seek good things for the people.
In the eighth year of Guangxu, he participated in the township examination and raised people. In the twelfth year of Guangxu, the prime minister of state affairs Yamen Zhangjing. Subsequently, he was given the title of Duke of Doroth for his meritorious service, and from then on he began his career.
He has sought many well-beings for the people all his life, and he is also the initiator of Shaanxi University Hall, creating the Gansu Provincial Excellent Normal School in Lanshan Academy, similarly, in addition to attaching importance to education, he also presided over the establishment of industry, despite all difficulties, and built the Yellow River Iron Bridge, which is known as the "first bridge of the Yellow River in the world".
But it is also such a character, but it offends Cixi, the most powerful woman at the moment. On the occasion of Cixi's seventieth birthday, civil and military officials at all levels of the court were meticulously planning to make preparations for the empress dowager's birthday gifts, and the various magnates at that time even spared no expense to the people's wealth, constantly scavenging the people's fat and people's ointment, and ordered the provinces to donate money to wish Cixi a happy birthday.
However, there was one person who behaved very differently, that is, Doroth Shengyun, who not only did not want to donate money, but also asked to stop donating money, which was nothing more than considering the overall situation of the imperial court and the current situation, and did not want the people to live in the depths of the water, but in the end it caused the dissatisfaction and anger of Empress Dowager Cixi.
In addition, at that time, he opposed the constitutional monarchy, and was soon dismissed from his official position on the grounds of "disrupting the New Deal", and soon the Qing Dynasty was already in a situation of internal and external troubles, although it was a constitutional reform, it was an incomplete reform after all, and eventually caused dissatisfaction among the people.
An uprising broke out in Wuchang, and at the critical juncture Doroth Shengyun was reactivated, taking over the military power and becoming the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu and the prime minister of the Shaanxi-Gansu military.
In order to restore the Qing Dynasty, he asked the Mongol tribes for help
After being reappointed by the Qing court, Sheng Yun was loyal to the Qing Dynasty and tried to save the Qing Dynasty from danger. He ruled the northwest for several years, and he could be said to be familiar with the local terrain, taking advantage of such a great advantage to defeat the revolutionary army.
Under his leadership, the New Army in the Northwest became more and more courageous in the war, and the momentum was like a bamboo, and it continuously captured more than ten cities. Just when he and the soldiers were fighting on the front line without hesitation, they received the news of the abdication of the Xuantong Emperor Puyi, and the military was in turmoil, seeing that the Qing Dynasty was gone, and the soldiers were unwilling to continue to fight with the revolutionary army.
Shengyun's loyalty to the Qing Dynasty can be said to be unparalleled, although at the time of the defeat of the Qing Dynasty, he never forgot the Qing court, and even wanted to lay a piece of the world for Puyi at any cost in a vain attempt to restore the Qing Dynasty.
Therefore, he began to ignore the news that the emperor had abdicated, and continued to lead the army to fight, thinking that as long as he attacked Xi'an, he could help Puyi to restore, but at this time, the army's heart was broken, many soldiers fled, and the Shaanxi-Gansu Qing army, which had lost the sense of battle, no longer had the momentum of the past, but was defeated, and Shengyun also had to lead his cronies out of the siege.
After that, he also knew that there was no place for him in the Central Plains, and set his sights on the distant Mongol tribes, hoping to use the power of King Qin to help Puyi restore the throne.
On the way from Shaanxi to the Mongol tribes, encountered a rare heavy snow, fell into a white snow, the group after half a year of groping to the Mongolian tribe, but unfortunately, the Mongolian tribe turned away the Shengyun people.
The restoration plan failed, and the thoughts were sent to Japan
The Mongol tribes refused to allow the ascension to be discouraged, and secretly plotted a new feasible path for restoration. After carefully analyzing the situation in china today, he fled to Japan in desperation and joined the Sectarian Socialist Party in Japan in an attempt to help Puyi's restoration through the support of the Japanese.
At this time, in the international situation, a major event occurred, the outbreak of the First World War, Japan quickly occupied Qingdao, Shandong, which also brought the dawn of restoration to Shengyun, and immediately joined forces with the qing princes to quickly launch a restoration operation along the coast.
At that time, he also tried to persuade Zhang Xun, the governor of Jiangnan, to complete the operation together, but in the end, the operation was terminated because Yuan Shikai was informed in advance, and the first restoration plan went bankrupt and failed.
It was not until Yuan Shikai's death that things took a new turn for the better, and he thought of his partner Zhang Xun, who had fought together in the past, but Zhang Xun was afraid that the restoration operation would fail again, so he sent a signal to the Japanese for help. ShengYun held talks with the Japanese prime minister in the temple and tearfully recounted the suffering of the Qing Dynasty and the misfortune of the last emperor Puyi.
In his earnest plea, the Japanese decided to help the lonely widow of the late Qing. In this way, Sheng Yun returned to China from Tokyo with the support of the Japanese and a large amount of funds, and with the support of the Japanese, Zhang Xuncai finally made up his mind to restore.
After a period of intense planning and arrangement, Puyi finally achieved a restoration in 1917, and Shengyun was also awarded a university scholar because of his meritorious restoration.
But the tide of the times has rolled in, no one can stop, as a product of the old era of the Qing Dynasty can only eventually be doomed, only 12 days on the throne, Puyi was once again ousted from the throne, and finally by Feng Yuxiang expelled from the Forbidden City, he and Sheng Yun in the Tianjin concession to live hard, hope that the future can make a comeback.
Although Shengyun dedicated his life to the Qing Dynasty, for the people, it was useless to the people, and all he did was out of his selfish desire to restore the Qing Dynasty, did not take into account the living conditions of hundreds of millions of people, and ignored Japan's ambitions to invade China.
Throughout the life of Doroth Shengyun, it can be said that he was a loyal subject, even in the "exhausted mountains and rivers", he never gave up the idea of restoring Puyi, this loyalty is a kind of foolish loyalty.
But from another point of view, he is very conservative and pedantic, did not take seriously the current situation, did not accept the change of the times in time, and ran for restoration all his life, but it was difficult to stop the wheel of history from rolling forward.