The Republic is so violent

Chapter 4 The international turmoil caused by sibling love (4)
The Japanese said aggrievedly: Han Jun brought a thunderbolt into the palace, and Yuan Bing exploded, wounding many people and destroying several houses.

This landmine actually blew up nine palaces and at least two Qing soldiers. It took two full days of searching afterward to find the two bodies. It can be seen that the power of this landmine is extraordinary.

Such a powerful landmine was actually buried in the palace, Yuan Shikai's eyes were bloodshot with anger, he flung away the soldiers supporting him, and pointed forward with his long knife: Kill me!kill!All Japanese are not allowed to let go, kill them all!
Seeing that Yuan Shikai was really angry, the Japanese soldiers hiding in the house were frightened, and hurriedly asked the leader Shinichiro Takezoe for instructions: "Minister, Yuan Shikai is really in a hurry and is going to die. What should we do now?"
Shinichiro Takezoe was also afraid: We must be at fault for planting mines in the palace, Yuan Shikai, a fool, will not let it go, unless we...

Japanese soldier: Unless we do?
Shinichiro Takezo: Unless we return to the embassy through the back door now, and the embassy is our Japanese territory, then Yuan Shikai dare not do anything.

So the Japanese soldiers listened to Zhutian's command, concentrated their firepower, suppressed the Qing army's charge with a dense volley of guns, and then everyone turned around and ran to their embassy.

However, Yuan Shikai was so jealous that he followed the Japanese soldiers and chased after them. The road for Takezo Shinichiro to escape back to the embassy was blocked, so he had to flee to Incheon with the Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese fled, and Yuan Shikai found Li Xi back in an ancestral hall, who was so frightened that his lips and teeth were pale.

Li Xi is just stupid, far less clever than his sister Concubine Min.

When Li Xi was shivering alone in the ancestral hall, sister Concubine Min was sitting leisurely in the Qing army camp drinking tea.

How did sister Concubine Min come to the camp of the Qing army?
If it had nothing to do with Yuan Shikai, even if the Japanese were killed, they would not believe it.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Japanese, it was precisely because Concubine Min was already safe that Yuan Shikai ignored Li Xi's life and death, and brazenly attacked the palace.

(15) The Man in the Palace

Yuan Shikai's attack on the palace was completely beyond the expectations of the Japanese, and it was also completely beyond the expectations of the Chinese officials stationed in North Korea.

The Japanese were stunned and didn't know how to deal with it.

Chinese officials at all levels stationed in North Korea were also dazed, holding meetings and quarreling, scolding Yuan Shikai for being a fool, a fool, for attacking the palace and massacring Japanese soldiers, which would cause big trouble for the court!
Japanese historian Tetsujiro Sato defended Yuan Shikai, saying: However, Shikai had a lot of deep meaning in making such a violent move.

What's the meaning?

Mr. Sato explained: Assuming that the Qing Dynasty was defeated and the Japanese were victorious, the Sino-Japanese War was moved to 11 years ago...

Tetsujiro Sato means: Yuan Shikai’s action has postponed the date of the decisive battle between the Chinese and Japanese navies for 11 years. If Yuan Shikai hadn’t entered the palace and expelled the Japanese, then Japan’s plan to annex China would have been advanced by 11 years. .

Yuan Shikai ruined the good things of the Japanese.

It's not over yet, he did another thing that made everyone outraged.

He moved into the palace to live, just a wall away from the couches of King Li Xi and Concubine Min.

After living in the palace, another strange thing happened.

He moved in at night, and when he came out the next morning, his black hair had turned white.

This old man with a white head is really pitiful. I regret that Yi is a beautiful young man with three thousand feet of white hair. The reason is a worry. How did Yuan Shikai make himself into a non-mainstream?
Someone asked him: You are so young, why is your hair all white?

Yuan Shikai replied: I just like to play, and when I play, my hair turns white (Shikai was a young boy who traveled far away from home, so his hair is all white)...

Later historians conducted research around the strange incident of Yuan Shikai's graying overnight. Wu Zixu's head turned gray overnight when he passed Zhaoguan. It was because he would beheaded if he couldn't pass.
Really!
Yuan Shikai's Zhaoguan is the handling of state affairs.

Ever since Yuan Shikai moved into the palace, he took over all the government affairs of North Korea. Every day he sat in the middle of the palace in a big way, holding a sword in one hand and a pen in the other. Report the work to him in turn, and he will issue clear instructions on each matter and arrange specific implementation steps.

He was only 26 years old this year, and he had just matured physically for a few days. He had to handle the government affairs of the entire country at a young age, and he had to handle everything properly. How many brain cells in him would be exhausted ?It would be weird if the hair wasn't white.

In short, he regards himself as the overlord of North Korea.

Yuan Shikai squeezed into the palace, which stunned the ministers of various countries stationed in South Korea. Then the United States sent a note to the Qing Dynasty, hoping to find out what the Chinese living in the palace was doing:

In order to make a note of the meeting, the Minister received permission from the outside of the country to inquire about the surname of Yuan and the official position of the Chinese embassy in North Korea.It is heard that in this country, no matter what official meetings the ministers stationed in Gaoting have, they are willing to discuss with them, but they send the envoys they use to go there.According to the English translation, the official title used is minister in charge, and this country will have a document to know its minister in Gao in this matter, so I asked to refer to the staff sent by China to Gao, whether it is the minister in charge or the second or third class imperial envoy. Hope to reply immediately, check and implement.

The Americans couldn't figure out what Yuan Shikai was doing in his palace. King Li Xi was also very puzzled. In order to clarify this serious problem, Li Xi gave it to Yuan Shikai's three wives in one go.

Why did Li Xi give it to Yuan Shikai's wife?And one gift is three?

According to the Japanese historian Tetsujiro Sato: Since ancient times, beauties have loved heroes, and Concubine Min, who is unparalleled in beauty, was grateful to Yuan Shikai for saving her life, and admired Yuan Shikai's heroic demeanor, so she agreed with her body.Yuan Shikai pretended to decline, and accepted this beautiful gift with a smile.

In order to deceive others and at the same time find a reason for frequent trysts to open rooms, Concubine Min came up with a clever plan to give her sister to Yuan Shikai, so she went to Yuan Shikai to have a good time with her every day under the pretext of visiting her sister, but unexpectedly, just as the two When the passion was raging, unfortunately, Concubine Min's younger sister rushed in and held her down... Concubine Min's younger sister was so jealous that she would not allow Yuan Shikai to have any more love with Concubine Min.Concubine Min was very angry, and the consequences were serious, so Concubine Min secretly colluded with Yuan Shikai's eldest wife, Mrs. Shen, tied Concubine Min's younger sister to the leg of the table, and beat her up with a feather duster...Don't you dare to let me sleep with your husband? Damn you...

This legend has nose and eyes, but one detail is seriously distorted.

Concubine Min is an orphan and has no younger sister at all.

In fact, the girl who was presented to Yuan Shikai was the younger sister of another concubine in the palace, Concubine Jin. …It is probably Concubine Min’s idea to present this stunningly beautiful girl to Yuan Shikai. She certainly does not want another girl younger and more beautiful than her to appear in the palace and take away her favor...

The involvement of so many young and beautiful women showed that Yuan Shikai's life in North Korea was no longer an armed conflict, but an era of diplomatic warfare.The diplomatic war features intrigue and intrigue, and women are indispensable in the process.

This covert war will last for 11 years.

(16) Trouble brought by foreign wage earners
When Yuan Shikai was in South Korea, the first opponent he encountered was Mu Linde, a foreign worker.

Gold-collared Lao Mu.

Lao Mu is a foreign aid hired by the Qing Dynasty with a high salary, and is responsible for handling North Korea's taxation work, but Lao Mu is not so enthusiastic about his own job, and has been trying to change jobs in order to find a more decent job.

Because of the opportunity to often attend state banquets, Lao Mu met Concubine Min, so he took the opportunity to persuade Concubine Min to promote Korean independence and break away from China, but Concubine Min was worried that the Qing court would not allow it, so Mu suggested that he should come forward and contact Russian envoy Weber, with the power of Russia against China.

Concubine Min acquiesced, and paid Lao Mu a salary of [-] yuan a month to let Lao Mu run for her.

By doing this, Lao Mu obviously lacked professional ethics, so after Yuan Shikai found out about this, he immediately called Beiyang and asked for Lao Mu's dismissal. Many copies of the article were copied and sent to King Li Xi, Concubine Min and the ministers of the court.

After reading this article, Concubine Min knew that Yuan Shikai was angry, so she had no choice but to suspend Lao Mu's salary. The monthly salary is 900 yuan.

After spending the 900 yuan, Lao Mu was at the end of his rope, so he had to go to Yuan Shikai again and begged Yuan Shikai to find another job for him in the Qing Dynasty. make trouble.

Lao Mu’s problem was solved in this way, but North Korea’s taxation work needs to find another person who understands. He replaced Mu Linde's position.

So Yuan Shikai had a new opponent-American Denis.

After Deni arrived in office and met King Li Xi and Concubine Min, he came up with a bad idea for the young couple.

Denis suggested that North Korea secretly send envoys to various countries to bypass the jurisdiction of the Qing Empire and take a substantial step away from China.

Concubine Min accepted Deni's suggestion and secretly sent an envoy, Pu Dingyang, to the United States. Without asking the Qing court for instructions, she submitted her credentials to the President of the United States without authorization.

This incident marked the first step for the "Korean Special Zone" to separate from China. How could Yuan Shikai allow it?Immediately interrogated King Li Xi and Concubine Min severely, demanding severe punishment of Pu Dingyang, but Concubine Min resorted to crowd tactics. Ask Yuan Shikai to fool the Qing Dynasty with her.

The two sides fought wits and fought with each other for ten years, and the final result was that the Qing government allowed North Korea to use Pu Dingyang again, but "it is not allowed to entrust important tasks or serve as an envoy again."

Because the incident was so messy, Yuan Shikai and the Qing Dynasty never bothered to find Deni's trouble, but Concubine Min didn't know why Deni didn't like it, and she secretly found a Japanese American named Li Xiande. People—Li Xiande is an American, but worked in Japan, and was laid off after losing his job, so he moved from Japan to North Korea, so he was called a Japanese American—planning to replace Deni with Li Xiande.

At this time Denis stopped giving Concubine Min any bad ideas, and came to Yuan Shikai to cry.

Yuan Shikai scolded this heartless Yankee severely, and then told him:
You are appointed by China, if South Korea wants to withdraw, you should first consult China to transfer back, if you send a representative without authorization, you should not obey, you can report to Han Ting at any time, and you must not explain yourself.

But Li Xiande came here excitedly, and brought a rich American Mr. Greyhound. Concubine Min ordered Deni's salary to be stopped, so Deni had to leave North Korea crying.

Li Xiande began to borrow foreign debts for North Korea to push North Korea to separate from China. Yuan Shikai immediately issued a statement:
…North Korea is poor and wasteful, and it is extremely difficult to repay the loan. It is not suitable for gentry and businessmen from various countries to sign contracts with this country and borrow huge sums of money. If there is a default in the future, China will not guarantee it.If countries demand debts from North Korean customs due to arrears, China will never allow it.It is a statement in advance, in order to show the friendship of harmony.

After publishing this statement, Yuan Shikai hurried back to his hometown in China to do an important thing—to find a husband for his fourth younger sister.

(17) The old girl who can't get married

Diplomatic wars are mixed in and out, and it is hard to explain clearly or understand clearly.And Yuan Shikai's family's hard-to-recite scriptures are even more dumbfounding when they are read.

(End of this chapter)