At the end of March 1916, Yuan Shikai issued an edict to revoke the imperial system, the main content of which was that since the whole country did not like him to be the emperor, from now on, he should go back to be the president. But how can there be a turning back arrow when the bow is opened, Yuan Shikai will not step down, and the provinces will not be forgiven.

The Beiyang military was also in turmoil. By this time, in order to maintain his position, Yuan Shikai had to rely on Li Yuanhong, Xu Shichang and Duan Qirui to promote peace. Among the three people, Li Yuanhong and Duan Qirui had clearly opposed him to being the emperor, and his reputation was better than that of Yuan Shikai, and Yuan Shikai used the names of these three people to draw up six conditions for peace, hoping to solve this political and military crisis by comparing the way the north and the south negotiated peace in the late Qing Dynasty.

However, this is not what it used to be, and the independent provinces categorically rejected Yuan Shikai's peace conditions, unanimously saying that Yuan Shikai would not abdicate and that there was no room for negotiation to deal with the aftermath. At the same time, Yuan Shikai's hopes of obtaining foreign economic aid were also completely dashed, and the United States promised to borrow $5 million, but in the end only borrowed $1 million. Because the "Twenty-one Articles" did not pass, the Japanese side hated Yuan Shikai, not only did not give a penny, but also loaned Yuan Shikai's nemesis Sun Yat-sen. Later, the railway plan in Jilin Province Yuan Shikai also did not give the Japanese the slightest benefit, which means that the Japanese government's attitude towards Yuan Shikai was even worse than in the original history.

And Britain, President Yuan's traditional old friend, is in a passive position in the European war and is too busy to take care of itself. How can I still help this 'old friend'. In terms of politics and military, the old subordinates treated Yuan Shikai exactly as Yuan Shikai did to the Qing royal family, and Duan Qirui, who had been appointed secretary of state and chief of the army, took the first step after taking office to ask Yuan Shikai to hand over military power and organize a veritable "responsible cabinet". Feng Guozhang even relied on the name of negotiating peace with the Yuan faction in the south, overthrowing Yuan's army externally, negotiating conditions to demarcate territory, and contacting Yuan Shikai's other subordinates internally, forming a powerful faction and forcing Yuan to comply. On the issue of treating Yuan Shikai, Feng Duan and the two were surprisingly consistent, and Yuan Shikai's end seemed to be doomed.

Yuan Shikai, who was in Zhongnanhai, felt that everyone had betrayed his relatives, and it was his own body that had rebelled, and his uremia was getting worse and worse. As a last resort, Yuan Shikai asked people to draw up a "Case of the Beginning and End of the Imperial System", telling the causes and consequences of the imperial system, showing how he was controlled step by step by "public opinion", and he couldn't help but agree to restore the imperial system, and he felt that he had bitterness and grievances in the middle. This means that Yuan Shikai has decided to abdicate, and there are six preferential treatment measures, the first is not to pursue the past, the second is not to take away public power, the third is not to confiscate private property, and the fourth is freedom of residence. Fifth, the people of the whole country should be respected, and sixth, the government of the Republic of China will give 100,000 yuan in taxes and fees every year. Compared with the Qing royal family, his expenses are not too big. Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang intended to agree, but the Yuan faction in the provinces would not let Yuan Shikai go easily. After all, Yuan Shikai stole the fruits of the victory of the Xinhai Revolution that countless of their comrades shed their blood for. Now that the situation in the whole country is unanimously about to overthrow Yuan, the revolutionary faction headed by Sun Yat-sen will certainly not let go of this hard-won opportunity.

Unable to be recognized by all sides, Yuan Shikai would rather die on the throne of the emperor than give up his hard-won position. At the same time, Yuan Shikai also felt a little sad, for the throne under him, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang didn't even have the basic love for the robe. Yuan Shikai was unwilling, as a peerless hero, he could bear to give up the throne and return to his hometown. After all, President Yuan Da is only in his 60s, and he doesn't think that he will live long, as long as he can live, with his skills as President Yuan Da, he will have to rise again sooner or later.

The current state of the country is extremely unfavorable to Yuan Shikai, and the result of sitting on the throne is to be martyred for this throne. Of course Yuan Shikai was unwilling, but he was also reluctant to go abroad, after all, after leaving this country, it would be difficult to come back.

Changchun City, Young Marshal's Mansion.

Since the issuance of the reorganization order, all departments of the Northeast Public Security Corps have immediately taken action. Although the military region was created by Feng Yong's own organization, it can be seen from the Western Military Region that the military region is a larger establishment than the brigade. The recruitment of troops in all brigades and regiments has been carried out, and because it is expected that there may not be major combat missions in the near future, each military region has set up training bases for new recruits in its own jurisdiction. After all, the scale of the security corps is now larger. There is also a need for more recruits. It is impossible to rely solely on the recruit bases in Fengyong County and Changling County to be satisfied.

In the face of the imminent expansion of various military regions, the teaching team of the Changchun City Headquarters has once again expanded in scale, and the new batch of soldiers and trainees has exceeded 5,000. That's about the size of two regiments. No one in the current teaching team dares to underestimate it, after all, the two deputy captains are sent out by the brigade political commissars of each brigade, which can be described as a high authority. Therefore, all departments consciously regard the teaching team as a brigade-level establishment. Moreover, the teaching team, which has trained thousands of people, has also summed up a set of practical training regulations for the training of soldiers in the teaching team. Although the personnel were constantly being transferred, the fanatical worship of Feng Shaomarshal within the teaching team did not decrease in the slightest. Feng Yong has always served as the captain of the teaching team. For the entire security corps, the teaching team is like a school, a school dedicated to teaching students to spread Feng Yong's ideas perfectly. Feng Yong is not a god, but he needs a force that is fanatical about his loyalty to him to realize his ideals.

Feng Yong has extremely strict control over the power in the army, even the Zhang Xiaoshan Department of the Western Military Region, which was the first to be separated, through the Political Department, Feng Yong has an understanding of the middle and battalion-level military and political commanders of the Northwest Military Region. Feng Yong can't say that he has 100% control over their troops, but if Feng Yong doesn't agree to transfer troops, even if Zhang Xiaoshan wants to mobilize troops above the battalion level, it will be extremely difficult. These are the results of the work of the political departments of the military districts. In the absence of war, the military chief has less power than the political chief, and has no right to interfere in the activities of the political chief. Now Feng Yongbu has not established a political party, he has no beliefs, and his rule can only be completed through ideological control.

Headquarters of the Northeast Public Security Corps. Feng Yong was carefully checking the information in his hand, which was transmitted from Beijing's secret stabbing distribution. Now Sijiu City is very lively, and all forces are waiting for Yuan Shikai to step down so that he can share the cake. However, the forces of all parties felt that the conditions put forward by Yuan Shikai were tricky, and none of the forces dared to answer them clearly, which made the political arena of the entire city of Beijing in an extremely strange state.

"Young Marshal, the person we secretly stabbed has contacted Yuan Keding, the son of President Yuan. The conditions we proposed have now been sent to President Yuan. Yuan Ke promised us that he would definitely persuade President Yuan to agree to our conditions. Jing Tong said cautiously. He didn't know how he could know so much about the affairs of the capital when he didn't leave the gate of the young marshal. seems to know the general trend of the country well, and has already arranged a backhand to contact Yuan Keding. Before the fall of Yuan Shikai's Hongxian Empire, reap greater benefits.

Now Yuan Shikai's position is stormy, and Yuan Keding's dream of "crown prince" is also doomed to collapse. The notice issued by Yuan Shikai even had comments about the son bullying his father, which made Yuan Keding's life more and more difficult. Yuan Keding couldn't imagine what would happen to him after his father stepped down. Therefore, this period was actually the most hesitant and helpless time for Yuan Keding, because of the forgery of the Fengtian Times and the promotion of the imperial system, President Yuan Da did not want to see him. The position of the general office of the Kailuan Coal Mine is now also criticized, and it is only a matter of time before it steps down. Now Yuan Keding no longer wants to be the crown prince, he just wants to keep his glory and wealth. And at this time, the secret assassins who came up secretly became Yuan Keding's hope. He had also heard of the name of Young Marshal Feng in the Northeast, after all, the local forces that could attract the attention of the great powers, Yuan Dagongzi also paid attention. Although the specific situation is not clear, the Feng family headed by Feng Yong is indeed the largest family in the three eastern provinces.

Feng Yong promised that once President Yuan Da stepped down, he would take Yuan Keding's family to settle in the Northeast, and the Jilin Provincial Government guaranteed him a stable life. Of course, all this is conditional, after all, Yuan Keding in this period was criticized by the people at home and abroad because of Yuan Shikai's edict. And there are many inconveniences to live abroad, although the Northeast is a bitter cold place, but the materials are quite abundant, as long as the property in their hands is not lost, the rest of the life is still no problem.

"Now that President Yuan is in a precarious situation, and the appointment he issued may not be valued, I believe that it is no problem to get us the identity of a Mongolian overseer or a Fengtian overseer as Yuan Keding. As for whether the government that came to power later admits it or not, as long as we have the strength, they will admit it if they don't admit it! "Young Marshal Feng has long taken a fancy to the vast Mongolian steppe. Instead of cheapening the Russian old Maozi, it is better to let yourself take advantage of it first. With Jilin and Heilongjiang as the frontier and the Mongolian steppes as the backing, the strategic depth of the territory controlled by the public security corps is there. Moreover, the threat to the Russians from the control of the vast Mongolian steppes was greatly strengthened. After all, the junction between Russia and Mongolia is too wide, and the Trans-Siberian Railway, which stretches from east to west, is not far from Mongolia.

As for the Fengtian Overseer, although Feng Yong wanted to get it, it was unrealistic to think about it. But if he can't do it, it doesn't mean that others can't, his son Feng Delin is one of the two giants of Fengtian, and it is a legitimate thing to succeed the Fengtian overseer. After all, the form of Fengtian is tense now, Zhang Zuolin's troops occupy an absolute advantage, Feng Delin is suppressed very much, although there is a threat from the security corps, the possibility of a full-scale outbreak is not possible for the time being, but first seek a good position for his own Laozi, and then sort out the situation in Fengtian in the name of justice. As for Zhang Zuolin's troops, it is unlikely that they will be eliminated, unless all the 28th Division is concentrated, and Feng Yong will be able to destroy the 27th Division with the assistance of ordinary forces, but how much it will cost, that is, Feng Yong himself has no bottom in his heart. Since it is unrealistic to eliminate, the only way to do this is to force Zhang Zuolin away. With his name and strength, he was squeezed out of the three eastern provinces.

It is not known what Yuan Shikai's expression was when he saw Feng Yong's conditions, but the next day, that is, on March 30, the Republic of China government issued the Northeast Edict.

"Zhang Zuolin was transferred to the Chahar overseer, and the 27th Division was moved from Mukden to Chahar." "Appoint Feng Delin as the supervisor of Fengtian and supervise the military affairs of Fengtian."

"Transferred to Heilongjiang Overseer Feng Yong as the Mongolian Overseer, Governor of the Mongolian Army."

The three amnesty decrees were issued, but the independent provinces of the country did not react, after all, in their eyes, the northeast is a bitter cold land, and there are no people. It doesn't matter who makes the Overseers. But the forces in the three eastern provinces are in an uproar, although everyone knows that Yuan Shikai's government is about to end, but it hasn't collapsed yet! That is, the order he issued is likely to be agreed to by the subsequent government. This makes Zhang Zuolin embarrassed, he is absolutely unwilling to transfer out of the Northeast, after all, he has been operating in the Northeast for more than ten years, and the relationship network in all aspects has been dredged, and now the 27th Division in Fengtian has the upper hand, and it is not impossible to take Fengtian Province. However, the government of the Republic of China also suddenly appointed, and suddenly made Feng Delin the nominal master of Fengtian, which made Zhang Zuolin unjustified and unsatisfactory in whatever he did to let Fengtian go. This is something that Zhang Zuolin cannot tolerate. Just when Zhang Zuolin was about to give a heavy gift to open up relations with Beijing. A telegram sent him a mixed blessing. It also brought his actions to a temporary halt.

On March 31, 1916, President Yuan Da issued an edict of abdication, and the Hongxian Empire collapsed after 92 days of existence. Presumably with the original history, President Yuan Da was the emperor for nine more days. I don't know if it's the reason for Feng Yong's butterfly effect. However, although Yuan Shikai's Hongxian Empire existed for a longer time, the general trend of history did not change because of the extension of his reign.

In the end, Duan Qirui, Li Yuanhong and other giants of the Beiyang government jointly agreed to Yuan Shikai's conditions, after all, even the Beiyang government, the Manchu royal family, which had ruled China for many years, was not wiped out, let alone President Yuan Da, who "made great contributions to the Republic of China". Moreover, Li Yuanhong and Yuan Shikai have a love for each other, Duan Qirui and Feng Guozhang are Yuan Shikai's henchmen, if they kill Yuan and are used by people with intentions, it will become their political stain, and it will be unfavorable for them to take over the authority of the Beiyang government in the future.

Yuan Shikai withdrew from Zhongnanhai, wanting to fade out of people's realization, and after the domestic contradictions subsided, he was planning to make a comeback. As the first president of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai is deeply forbearing, he sent his son Yuan Keding's family to the Northeast, on the one hand, Yuan Keding is indeed not suitable to appear in the Gyeonggi area, and secondly, he also has a good relationship with the warlords in the Northeast through his son to raise political capital for his future comeback. After Yuan Shikai stepped down, he also understood that in these years, only those who control the army can be as stable as Mount Tai.

(To be continued)