The Republic is so violent

Chapter 27
The famous actress Yang Cuixi suddenly disappeared from the stage. This was a major event in China's entertainment industry at that time. Almost all media reporters went to Tianjin to find Yang Cuixi's whereabouts. Everyone had something to eat.

As expected, all the paparazzi are detectives, but within three to five days, Yang Cuixi's whereabouts have been found.It is not uncommon to find out Yang Cuixi's whereabouts. What is uncommon is that these paparazzi even paid 2000 yuan for Yang Cuixi's ransom from the troupe with Duan Zhigui, and Duan Zhigui borrowed 10 taels of silver from Wang Zhulin, the chairman of the chamber of commerce, in his own name. The details of Zai Zhen were checked clearly.

BREAKING NEWS!
Tianjin "Ta Kung Pao" and "Shuntian Times" began to report on the case in detail.But overnight, Yuan Shikai's popularity rose again, beauty tricks, sexual bribery, this was originally Yuan Shikai's forte, and now everyone has finally seized the evidence.

At this moment, suddenly there was a person who rushed into the palace without being called—Cen Chunxuan!

Cen Chunxuan came here to report to the Empress Dowager Cixi that there are currently a few leaders who "exercise power, bribe public officials, and quote inhumans". At the same time, Yu Shi Zhao Qilin handed over his work:
"Duan Zhigui is destined to be relatives and nobles, and the discussions are boiling"

Stealing the three eastern provinces and changing them to governors was originally based on the importance of the land, and it was in danger every day.Such as Duan Zhigui, governor of Heilongjiang.

The minister heard that Duan Zhi was a lowly man. He first served Li Jingfang as an envoy, and then served Yuan Shikai as a servant, and then entered the military training school.Yuan Shikai didn't value his people and his talents at all, but he was good at catering to every detail, although Yuan Shikai couldn't help but be deceived.

Last year, Beizi Zaizhen went to the three eastern provinces and passed through Tianjin. Duan Zhigui came back to serve as an attendant, so he catered to Zaizhen with great care.He bought Yang Cuixi, a singing girl, at the Daguanyuan Theater in Tianjin for [-] gold, and dedicated it to Zaizhen.The incident was known to passers-by, and they borrowed [-] gold from Wang Zhulin of the Tianjin Chamber of Commerce as a gift to celebrate Prince Yi Kuang's birthday.Because Yi Kuang, Zai Zhen and others deceived the court, they had to deal with the governor of Heilongjiang.

...Duan Zhigui has no achievements to record, no talent to record, and has never introduced Taoist priests.In Yi Kuang and Zai Zhen's father and son, they are relatives and nobles, and they are under the influence of Yibi. They only know how to accept bribes, ignore the difficulties of the times, and ignore the big plans, which is especially heartless.Don't think about why the three eastern provinces are such important places, why they should be changed to governors when they are in danger, and why they are related matters, so they flexibly bribed and deceived the court. too ripe...

Things got serious, and Lao Yuan was in trouble.

The Empress Dowager Cixi read Zhao Qilin's impeachment memorial, and said with a smile: "Come here, take off Duan Zhigui's top-wearing flower feathers."

The unlucky Teacher Duan had no choice but to pick up the book again and go to class to teach Chiang Kai-shek tactics.

The matter is not over yet, the Empress Dowager Cixi ordered: Let Prince Jin Zaifeng and University scholar Sun Jianai form an investigation team to thoroughly investigate the case, no matter who is involved in the case, no matter how high his position is, how big his status is, how fat his belly is, All must be dealt with seriously!

(9) The dog bites the hedgehog and has nowhere to bite

The Empress Dowager Cixi knows how to employ people, and the investigation team she sent is absolutely objective and fair.

One must know that Prince Jin Zaifeng hated Yuan Shikai deeply. If Prince Qing's old relatives hadn't sidelined him, Yuan Shikai would definitely have been shot by him at the last constitutional reform meeting.Therefore, with this person present, the conclusion drawn would logically not favor Yuan Shikai.

But the things in this world are very difficult to say. Since ancient times, no matter how objective and fair the position of the investigation team is, the final conclusion can't escape these eight words:

There is a reason for the incident, and there is no factual evidence!
Prince Chun, who wished to swallow Yuan Shikai alive, personally investigated, how could it be such a result?

Speaking of this incident, Prince Jin Zaifeng himself was probably the most indignant.

It is said that when Prince Chun went out to Beijing to investigate, he opened a newspaper on the way, and suddenly his eyes popped out.

He saw a piece of unbelievable news.

Tianjin's "Ta Kung Pao" and "Suntian Times" all made corrections to Yang Cuixi's case. The corrections stated that due to a proofreading error, they reported Yang Cuixi's case the day before yesterday and mistakenly wrote Tianjin rich businessman Wang Xiying as Duan Zhigui. Yang Cuixi's redemption [-] yuan was wrongly written as [-] gold, and Wang Xiying bought Yang Cuixi only because there was a lack of a sweeping girl in the family, and she did not intend to curry favor with the powerful...

This... this... this is a ghost!

Obviously, Yuan Shikai put pressure on the media and forced the media to make corrections...

Then how to investigate this case?
I can only catch that girl Yang Cuixi and ask what happened.

Furious, Prince Jin went to the home of wealthy businessman Wang Xiying to arrest Yang Cuixi. He wanted to interrogate Yang Cuixi himself and obtain her confession.

The result of Prince Chun's interrogation is that there is such a strange thing in the files of the Qing court. The thing is torn from a piece of white paper at random, and a few lines of calligraphy are written crookedly on it. There is also a bright red handprint:

Yang Cuixi sold to Wang Wu as a handmaid

The presenter, Yang Cuixi, made a statement based on the facts.

Stealing himself to sing in the Tianxian Tea Garden, in the early February of the 33rd year of Guangxu, Wang Wuye told his mother that he would buy it for [-] yuan and use it as a maid.Shen Sui stopped performing at Tianxian Tea Garden on the third day of the lunar new year and returned to Dong'an County on the fourth day of the new year.Returned to Tianjin on the tenth day of the lunar new year and temporarily lived in the building of Wang Wuye's Japanese Concession.On March [-]th, he returned to Wang Wuye's residence to serve, and what he had was true, and there was no harm of falsehood.For this reason, I begged the imperial envoy to check and implement it.

Presenter Yang Cuixi (in charge)

March 33, Guangxu 29 years.

Holding this strange page, Prince Jin really wanted to cry.

Yang Cuixi refused to recruit, what else can you do?
Waiting for the big punishment - it's better to avoid it, don't make troubles, everyone go back to Beijing.

The Empress Dowager Cixi was delighted after hearing Prince Jin's report: I knew this was the case, and that Zhao Qilin was immediately dismissed as a warning.

But the matter was not over yet, seeing that even Prince Chun was protecting Yuan Shikai, the censors were in an uproar, so Jiang Chunlin walked out and questioned the investigation team:
The story of buying and presenting a singing girl began in a Tianjin newspaper, and Wang Xiying was a rich businessman in Tianjin, and Yang Cuixi was a famous courtesan in Tianjin. If they bought it as a maid in early February, the newspaper office is close at hand, so why misreported it?Handmaiden, another name for maidservant, buying a maidservant in Tianjin is worth tens to hundreds of gold, nothing more expensive, and Wang Xiying bought a maidservant for [-] yuan, she is so foolish.Yang Cuixi's beauty and art are intoxicated for a while, why is she willing to act as a maid?And if you are not good at labor, how can you be a maid?People can be deceived, can heaven be deceived?
Jiang Chunlin's letter was well organized, fresh in writing, accurate in argumentation, and upright. It would be even better if he could produce some more evidence.

However, Prince Chun just couldn't get evidence.

Not only Prince Chun couldn't get the evidence, but also those upright censors couldn't get it. The most undisputed thing about everyone's memorial is that Zhen Guogong Zaizhen had indeed stayed in Tianjin, and he was watching Yang Cuixi's performance. At the time, it was indeed drooling... But for everything behind, everyone can only rely on logical reasoning, but no matter how thorough your reasoning is, without factual evidence, no one can do anything against Yuan Shikai.

In fact, there is such a thing as evidence, in a place that no one can imagine.

(10) Gossip in the rivers and lakes
Many years later—all parties involved in Yang Cuixi’s case at that time, including Yuan Shikai, were no longer alive—a secret letter leaked out, and later generations learned the truth about Yang Cuixi’s case.

This is a secret letter written by Yuan Shikai himself.

If it wasn't for his own handwriting, no one else would be able to write such a strange letter:

Your Excellency, the fourth younger brother of Wuqiao, during the two days of high school and high school, read on March [-]th and April [-]th, and copied twice a letter of favor, worshiping and listening.

When the big plan came, a certain pivot secretly promised to introduce it, and it was pre-arranged for Taiwan.The big conspiracy started, and the crowd responded.It is very dangerous for the old man to be trapped. Fortunately, the old man is usually kind and generous, and he has a lot of help.Boxuan and Juren put in a lot of effort, anger is the answer, and they join forces to prevent blockage, Guoquan is also powerful!On the [-]th, the old man was alone, and it was decided to send it out. The first plan was to send it out, and it was announced the next day.

Publicly cited Su He's original intention, and the elder also stepped forward to explain it, quite agreeable.After the great plan is gone, the position of Duke Su will be taken a step further.For Su's plan, you can take advantage of this to come to the north and spend a few months in the Ministry of ups and downs, so as to clarify your mind and make a great use of it in the future.

Damou refused to go, and it was discussed on the [-]th that there should be a confrontational technique.In short, Yijuan is getting weaker and weaker, unable to do anything.It's better not to come and not to heal.

When raising Wu to enter Zheng and Zhang, the superiors disagreed, and people had excuses, saying that he overthrew the elders and rejected Beiyang as a plan to return to politics.As a result, the great slander, Wujin's supply, and some people have said that the Yellow Crane may go away from now on!

Yugong was quite crowded at the beginning, but this time the full opening was short, because of a certain trick, he is now relieved.

Guessing the situation silently, the boss must not move, and the classmates may not be very stable!People's hearts are too dangerous, it's really scary.

The old man is kind-hearted, understands the truth, has a long experience, and has a far-reaching reputation. If he is overthrown, who will replace him?There is no second today, and the sages of the two palaces must be learned from.Why don't you measure yourself?This reply hastily, please Taian.Pray and pay C!Such as the little brother's name and heart seal.obeisance.

If anyone can understand Yuan Shikai's letter, it is definitely not an ordinary person.

This letter was originally written by Yuan Shikai who suffered from a low level of education, so it was written in a tangled and tangled manner, making it painful to read. However, Yuan Shikai used a lot of slang words, which made it even more incomprehensible. .

There are only two people in the world who can understand this letter.

One is Yuan Shikai himself who wrote the letter.

The other is the fourth brother of Wuqiao who received this letter and his lord, Duanfang, governor of Hunan Province.

Duan Fang's talent is really not to be underestimated. Brother Laohui rebelled three times. The first old leader Wang Xiufang, the second old leader Ma Fuxing, and the third old leader Gong Chuntai. He is the nemesis of the Hui Party. While defeating the Hongjiang Society of Liulongshan with ease, he also communicated with Yuan Shikai in black language and communicated in cryptic language. He was indeed extremely energetic.

To understand this strange letter, one must first decipher the slang words and hidden language in the letter:
A certain pivot——refers to a few.

The elder——Prince Qing Laoqing.

Big conspiracy - Cen Chunxuan.

Boxuan - for the succession of the world.

Chrysanthemum man - Xu Shichang.

Guoquan - for Chengxun.

Su He - Zheng Xiaoxu.

Zhang Gai——Zhang Jian, the last number one scholar.

Yu Gong—Zai Zhen, the Duke of Zhen.

Wujin - Sheng Xuanhuai.

……

Correlate these names with events, and we'll see.

The case of Yang Cuixi was a trap carefully designed by Yuan Shikai. He first released false news to the paparazzi, saying that Duan Zhigui had used sexual bribery in his mind, which deliberately caused the appearance of Hongji, Cen Chunxuan and others. When the time comes, he will investigate , but there is no such thing, so the fate of Hongji and Lao Cen will be a bit miserable.

In fact, the result was just as Yuan Shikai expected.

The Empress Dowager Cixi ordered that the bastard and upright official Huo Hongji be expelled from Beijing together with his disciples. Although Prince Qing, Lao Qing, was not very clear-headed, the royal family was more confused than him, so Lao Qing still stayed at the military plane , but sent Prince Jin Zaifeng to stare at him.

This is the last important appointment and dismissal made by the Empress Dowager Cixi. In the future, she and Emperor Guangxu will run desperately towards death to see who can win the first historical event.

(End of this chapter)