92 mutiny

In Beijing, the Jixiang Grand Theater is staged "Cosmic Front" by Mei Lanfang, the most popular flower in Beijing.

Mei Lanfang is only 18 years old this year, but she has eleven or twelve years of age. He is slim and beautiful. His ancestral skills, coupled with his intelligence and diligence, make him overwhelmed at a young age and walk alone in the Jutandanjiao world of Beijing. The song "Cosmic Front" is really sweet, clear and lingering, and these southern envoys listened to it intoxicatingly under the stage. Song Jiaoren, a 30-year-old talented man of the Hunan Talent Alliance, stared at the weak willow Jiaohua on the stage. He simply couldn't understand how a big man could be more charming than a beautiful woman!

Just as I could see it, I heard the roar, boom... a few cannons in the northeast, and some people were still suspecting, "This is probably a salutation!" The theater suddenly became noisy, and someone only heard someone say loudly, "No, there is a mutiny. Qiu Ba are going to enter the theater!"

With this sentence, everyone panicked and left the table and ran to the Taiping Gate one after another. The noises, crying and scolding and shouting were mixed together. The good theater was like a plague god and suffered a fire. The boss begged them to be quiet and sit down on the stage, but no one listened to him. The theater was in chaos. It's a mess.

At first, the special envoy sitting in the front row wanted to maintain a little prestige and sat still. Suddenly, the people outside shouted and the sound was louder. Then there was the sound of bullets, the cracking of the tiles in the room, and the sound of the collapse of the wall. All of them were getting worse and worse, and they panicked. Tang Shaoyi, who accompanied them to watch the play, stabilized their emotions and ordered the patrolmen who were responsible for security to protect the lives of the envoys. Five or six patrolmen set up bright bayonet knives, ate and drank loudly, drove away the listeners who were crowded next to them, escorted them out of the gate, and then sent them to the carriage. The three carriages were divided into five special envoys, including Tang Shaoyi and Cai Yuanpei, and a patrolman with live ammunition was sent to each car. The driver raised his whip, and the carriage left the Jixiang Grand Theater and ran to Xianliang Temple.

At this time, it was less than nine o'clock, and there was no light on the street. It was as dark as if heaven and earth had died, and the envoys sitting in the carriage were uneasy. Suddenly, they saw a pile of light not far ahead. After walking more than ten feet forward, I saw it clearly. I don't know how many soldiers with torches came out of there and shouted, "Gong Bao is leaving!"

"We don't care anymore!"

"Ratch!"

"..."

In the noise of the troops, there was a constant sound of gunfire, and then the team rushed to the gold shop, the silver number, the pawnshop on the street... separately. When the other shops saw the situation was not good, they closed the door one after another, and the parade and the audience on the street dispersed. Those who cried, shouted, and looked for their children were squeezed to the ground and shouted for help... in a mess.

Thirty or forty people were illuminated by the fire. They were all wearing messy military uniforms, knives, guns and sticks in their hands. They knocked on the door fiercely and shouted loudly, "All the valuable guys are thrown out. I'm going to break the door and kill people!"

In the shout, I saw something thrown from the window from time to time. The door of a pawnshop was knocked open, and there was a painful cry from it. The envoys were scared to death when they saw this scene.

Tang Shaoyi hurriedly said to the driver, "Turn left, turn left, and get out of that small alley!"

Three carriages drove into a small alley with a width of ten feet. It was dark and the road was not stable. The carriages turned around and bumpy, and the envoys sat in it, as if their internal organs were gushing out of their throats. Before I walked out of more than a miles, I saw another group of people, much more than the people just now. Many of them carried bags in their arms, boxes on their shoulders, and fired guns in the air, screaming. Obviously, this is also a group of ruffians who have plundered their belongings.

"It's really a mutiny!" Cai Yuanpei said to Tang Shaoyi sitting next to him with an uneasy look.

"There has been no stability in Beijing in the past two months." Tang Shaoyi's mouth also trembled a little. In the past two days, thousands of patrol officers have been sent to strengthen the vigilance because of the special envoys, but they have not been suppressed. I don't know which part of the soldiers are making trouble.

Tang Shaoyi said while directing the coachman to turn around again. I didn't go far, and I saw a team of ruffians knocking on the door and shouting in the distance. The coachman quickly avoided it. The convoy roamed the dark alley street for more than an hour and met seven or eight mutiny teams fighting against the house. It's like walking in a deep and unknown magic cave, and the envoys are frightened all the time. It was easy to return to Xianliang Temple, and they were already pale and panting. After saying a lot of sorry words, Tang Shaoyi said goodbye and left.

Fortunately, I finally escaped from danger, but there was another noise outside. Looking through the window lattice, a group of ferocious people wearing military hats and knives and guns raised their smoky torches and stood by the gate outside the low wall. Open the door, open the door!" The fierce shouts were accompanied by heavy knocks, and the special envoys were so scared that they dared not come out.

I only heard someone roaring outside: "This is the place where the south comes to live. Brothers, don't talk!"

Another person said, "What is the southern envoy? The more the southern envoy is, the more we will beat him.

Some people are still asking, "Why?"

Many people said miscellaneously, "Lord Yuan is going to the south. No one is presiding over the situation in Beijing. Let's make a scene with him to our heart's content!"

Cai Yuanpei was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat and said, "Listen, it seems that you want to be against us."

Song Jiaoren said, "We only have a few people. If they rush in, how to deal with it? Next door is a church, where there is the protection of foreign soldiers. The soldiers dare not go in. Hurry up and go there to hide. After dawn, find a way to go to the Six Kingdoms Hotel in Dongjiaomin Lane... This place is close to Lao Yuan Yu's house, so I will ask him to send troops to calm the chaos. Mr. Yuan can't wipe his face to people.

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At the time of the mutiny, Yuan Shikai's staff were eating in the hotel. Suddenly, when they heard the noise, the staff thought that the citizens were setting off firecrackers near the New Year's Day. After judging that it was the sound of a rifle, everyone ran to the hotel lobby to ask what was going on.

Yuan Shikai also went downstairs. When he saw the fire and candle, the electric light suddenly went out. Yuan Shikai was panicked and asked, "What's the situation outside the Xizhi Gate? Has the Xizhi Gate been closed?"

Yuan Shikai is actually a little nervous. Most of the four brigades of the imperial guard are flagmen. Except for part brought by Feng Guozhang, they are all stationed in Xiyuan. It is unstable quickly, and I'm afraid that they will change together.

At this time, Song Jiaoren came to the door. Before Yuan Shikai could speak, Cao Kun was dressed in military clothes and pushed the door to enter. He saw Yuan Shikai and said, "Report to the president, the mutiny, has been..." He saw Song Jiaoren sideways, stared at his eyes, and paused for a moment, "The humble job request to lead the office. Go to the war to suppress the mutiny.

Yuan Shikai ordered him: "If you want to dispatch your own army, you must guard your own defense zone. You must not go to mutiny without permission. As long as you guard your own garrison area and don't ask the soldiers to come in, Beijing City will not be in chaos. I have my own way to deal with the mutiny.

"Why don't you send troops to suppress it?" Song Jiaoren asked urgently.

"Mr. Song, if you don't find out the reason for the mutiny, I'm afraid the soldiers sent out will follow the mutiny." Yuan Shikai said.

Although Yuan Shikai secretly knew about Cao Kun's mutiny outside, he was also busy making some preparations in order to make a look in front of Song Jiaoren. He put on short clothes, put on breeches, put on a pair of green casual shoes, packed up a few boxes of soft clothes, made some sundries to wear around, and let Song Jiaoren stay with him. He chose a few protectors and left. It seems that Yuan Shikai is not sure whether the mutiny outside is true or not. If it really makes a big deal, he is also ready to escape.

In fact, although there are many reasons for the mutiny, the most important point is that he does not want Yuan Shikai to go south. He just practs and let it go, and it will be done.

When being pressed step by step by the south, Yuan Shikai was of course willing for the army to take a little action, so that the excuse that he could not leave Beijing was proved by facts.

Duan Qirui's attack on Xiangyang was a punch in the hearts of the Southern Party. As for the Beiyang Army's mutiny in Beijing at this time, it also has its own background.

When Feng Guozhang led the Beiyang army to conquer Hankou and Hanyang, Hankou was looted by the Northern Army, the houses were destroyed, the corpses were exposed every day, and the wild dogs were singing. At that time, a reporter once asked Sergeant Beiyang, "Everyone said that you looted. Is there such a thing?" The soldier said, "Yes, we can't eat it if we don't grab it. The revolutionary army is popular everywhere, and every family offers food. When our generation comes, the people are strong and clear, and they can't even buy things with money. What should we do if we don't grab it? From this dialogue, we can see the situation of the Beiyang Army at that time.

The violence of the Beiyang Army in Hankou was severely criticized by Chinese and foreign public opinion. In addition, before the Qing Emperor abdiced, it was almost all the Beiyang Army who fought against the revolutionary army. The Qing Emperor abdiculated and the revolution was successful. From time to time, the public and private groups in the south exposed the crimes of the Northern Army's resistance to the civilian army. After Yuan Shikai was elected president, there were rumors about the dissolution of the Beiyang Army, so the Beiyang Army fell into the moment, which was both disappointed and suspicious. In fact, before the peace, Liao Shaoyou, the secretary of the north, and representatives of Huang Xing signed a draft contract, which specifically stated: "The soldiers and soldiers of the Northern and Southern Han dynasties enjoy the preferential treatment they deserve, and do not bear the responsibility of harming the enemy in wartime." This could have been regarded as a guarantee. However, this is a secret clause, which has not been made public and popular in public. Most of them are rumors that are not conducive to the Northern Army. Therefore, during the mutiny, the rebels shouted while looting, "No, no, no. The country doesn't need us. Let's go home early."

The direct cause of the mutiny of the soldiers in the third town is the rate cut. The battalion system is determined by the Ministry of War. Those who go out to defend the defense will be given a subsidy from the date of departure as usual to comfort the warriors and give preferential treatment to the recruits. After the incident, they will return to the original defense, and there will be no allowance. After the Xinhai Uprising, the first and fourth towns of the Beiyang Army were ordered to go to the front line, and each soldier was paid one or two allowances per month according to the pay. The third town went from Changchun to Beijing for defense, and also increased the allowance according to the practice of expedition. The peace agreement was reached, and the two and four towns returned to defense, so the regulations were cut. The third town is still in Beijing and has not returned to Changchun, the original garrison area, so it is not on the list of the pay cut. Somehow, it is said that the third town also has to cut the pay, so the soldiers are rumored.

The soldiers of the third town mutinied in the Dongyue Temple outside Chaoyang Gate. First, they robbed fruit stalls outside Chaoyangmen, and then joined the soldiers in Chaoyangmen and looted them separately. All gold and silver jewelry stores, restaurants and foreign grocery stores were looted, and Dong'an Market, Dongsi Pailou and other places were set on fire. The tragedy of the region is especially better than the Gengzi Eight-Nation Alliance.