Zhang Xun's restoration is a small episode in the tense and exciting Republic of China drama, which is not long and wonderful. After Zhang Xun entered Beijing, the Qing court and the imperial family cheered, as if the serious illness had finally healed and seen the light of day; the powerful groups were also very happy: there were still live targets to carry out military exercises.
For a time, Zhang Xun, Puyi and the 5,000-braid army were like freshly baked poop, attracting shell langs from all sides to come to remove the poop, and even the Chinese Air Force participated in actual combat for the first time, and bombed the Forbidden City. Dr. Sun Yat-sen was even more obligated and quickly organized a rebellious force, but before it was organized, Zhang Xun was eliminated by Duan Qirui. The Manchus were once again overthrown.
Everything has a cause
The State Council led by Duan Qirui and the presidential palace led by Li Yuanhong have been in constant dispute. In 1916, Duan Qirui advocated taking advantage of the fact that Germany would be cool in World War I, and also sent troops to participate in the war to take advantage of a little advantage. Li Yuanhong was instructed by the Americans to oppose sending troops to participate in the war, and the two men said that the public was reasonable and the wife was reasonable, and they did not give in to each other.
As a result, Duan Qirui was caught by Li Yuanhong, and it turned out that Duan Qirui's plan to send troops to attack Germany came from his "secret diplomacy" with Japan, which was exactly what the Beiyang government and the broad masses of the people, who had been bullied by Japan, were taboo, so Li Yuanhong dismissed Duan Qirui from the post of premier as a civil servant in the name of the president. Although Duan Qirui was the strongest, he did lose money this time, so he left Beijing and came to Tianjin, ready to see the jokes between Beijing and Li Yuanhong.
The provincial overseers under Duan Qirui saw that the boss was being bullied, and without waiting for the old Duan's orders, they all shouted that they would swear to the Northern Expedition and give Li Yuanhong some color to see. For a time, Li Yuanhong and the National Assembly, who had no team, seemed to be very famous, but they began to panic for the rest of their lives, and in the era when even the emperor said that the class would end after class, was not a sheep naked and exposed to the wolves?
At this time, the powerful warlord Zhang Xun came to President Li Da, patted his chest and shouted: President don't be timid, there is an old Zhang, Duan Qirui dared to create the first time I did not agree. Li Yuanhong immediately relaxed his heart and exchanged cups with Zhang Xun as brothers.
But turning his head, the old slippery head Zhang Xun found Duan Qirui again and gave a suggestion: Duan Brother Mo was angry, Li Yuanhong did not know the current affairs too badly, if you can see me, I will go to Beijing to clean him up and give you a sigh of relief; but there is one, after Old Zhang cleaned up Li Yuanhong, we must implement the constitutional monarchy, you see my braid, has always been reserved for the Xuantong Emperor.
After Duan Qirui listened, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Is this old Zhang a savior sent to me by heaven? So he said to Zhang Xun: This is too appropriate, as long as you can clean up Li Yuanhong, you can do anything! That's annoying Brother Zhang!
So, at the invitation of Li Yuanhong, on July 1, 1917, Zhang Xun led his 5,000-braided army through Duan Qirui's territory and took the diehard leader Kang Youwei into the city of Beijing.
The siege of the city was dismal to see the dragon fighting, and the sound of cannons was heard in the sound of cicadas
After Zhang Xun led the Braided Army into the city of Beijing, the first time was not to protect the Parliament and Li Yuanhong, but to dissolve the Congress, and then sent people to find Li Yuanhong with the edict of the "First Class Gong" given by Puyi, saying: Li Zong... Well, Li Yuanhong, the emperor has given you a first-class duke; in addition, you have to sign this fold. Zhang Xun's emissaries handed Li Yuanhong a handwritten "Recital Fold", which read: Li Yuanhong please return the state government.
Li Yuanhong suddenly ran countless grassland animals in his heart, and he was fooled by this old braid! Li Yuanhong refused to sign and took refuge in the Japanese embassy district the next day, which left Zhang Xun unable to find him.
Zhang Xun came to the palace, bowed to the twelve-year-old Puyi three times and nine times, carefully helped him to the dragon chair, and announced the reopening of the Qing Dynasty. For a time, the imperial court began to solemnly seal a large number of officials, many people were full of complaints because the official position was inappropriate, and Kang Youwei was also very dissatisfied with the emperor and Zhang Xun because his official title was small.
Zhang Xun, as the head meritorious servant, even printed a name thorn on himself, which had the previous official position and the official position now conferred by the "emperor", with a total of five characters: the former Viceroy of Liangjiang and the Minister of Trade and Commerce of Nanyang, the former Governor of Jiangsu, the former Inspector of the Yangtze River and the Overseer of Anhui, the current Governor of Directly Subordinate to the Governor and Minister of Commerce and Commerce of Beiyang, the Former Minister of Parliament of Qin, and Zhang Xun, the Prince of Zhongyong of Jin.
In Beijing, every household began to hang the Manchu Flag, looking for wigs to braid, and also found feudal dresses such as long shirts worn by the Qing Dynasty, which had long been made into a kennel. The city of Beijing instantly returned to ancient times, and everyone moved so fast that it seemed to be participating in a costume play with a daily salary of 100,000 yuan.
It successfully aroused the patriotism of the various factions
As soon as the news of Zhang Xun's restoration came out, it immediately made headlines in the hot list of the whole country and even Southeast Asia. Dr. Sun Yat-sen was the first to raise the banner repeatedly, preparing to gather people and horses to organize the north. Li Yuanhong felt that this time was more frightening than Duan Qirui's departure, and Li immediately called Duan Qirui: Let's not be angry here, someone is going to take our company headquarters to the pot, you hurry back to clean them up.
Duan Qirui saw that things were proceeding perfectly according to his own route, and felt that the heat was almost over, so he decided to go out and clean up the chaos.
On July 4, the third day of Puyi's ascension to the throne, Duan Qirui arranged for a rebellious army, and in less than a day, the army drove to the city of Beijing.
The incident of Zhang Xun's restoration also occupies a place in history, but the battle in which the rebel army overthrew Zhang Xun's braid army did not even have a word position in history, because there was really nothing to say, lackluster.
Zhang Xun's 5,000-braided army was divided into ten battalions, and before the battle could begin, six of them were reversed. The remaining four battalions faced a huge rebel army and did not know how to feel, and finally symbolically resisted for a while and were scattered by Wu Peifu and Feng Yuxiang. This is a war, it is clearly catching voles!
Due to the huge difference in strength between the two sides, the people all watched this rebellious war with a relaxed mentality of watching the drama. Qin Guoyong, the principal of the Nanyuan Aviation School in Beijing, probably felt that there was no danger in this battle, and took the initiative to ask Miao to personally fly an aircraft to bomb the enemy army.
The headmaster dropped three small shells of one foot in length over the Forbidden City, one of which was thrown into the street, injuring a palanquin; one fell on the edge of the pool in the Imperial Garden, destroying a corner of the pool; and the last one landed on the eaves of the Longfu Gate on West Long Street, but it did not explode, but it frightened several eunuchs in the room below who gambled for money.
It is said that this is the first actual battle of the Chinese Air Force.
Before the battle was over, Zhang Xun and Kang Youwei had magically disappeared. Soon, Zhang Xun appeared at the Dutch Embassy in Dongjiaomin Lane. Duan Qirui, in view of the fact that Zhang Xun had evidence that he had promised his restoration, even if it was his own ruse, Duan Qirui did not dare to rush to Zhang Xun. Eventually, Zhang Xun died of illness in Tianjin in 1923.