Regardless of the various evaluations and merits and demerits of Yuan Shikai and Empress Dowager Longyu in history, at least in the handover of peaceful regimes, they are of great contribution to history. With this abdication edict, it is not an exaggeration to say that China has lost five million people to death.

More importantly, this abdication edict is recognized by international law. In other words, Western countries cannot deny the rationality of this abdication edict, so they cannot deny the rationality of the content of the edict, which blocks their attempt to split China.

Look, this is the importance of legal principles. The Western powers will be very unhappy when they see this abdication edict, but you can't deny it even if you are unhappy, because if you deny the abdication edict, you will deny the legitimacy of Emperor Xuantong and Empress Dowager Longyu.

If you want to deny the legitimacy of these two people, then you have to deny the legitimacy of Cixi's rule, because these two people were selected by Cixi.

But if you deny Cixi, you will also deny the treaties signed by Cixi and you. You should know that they are all treaties that are absolutely beneficial to the West.

The problem is, after all, Cixi ruled the Qing Dynasty for fifty years, which is recognized by all nations. If you want to deny Cixi's rule, you might as well deny the rule of the Qing Dynasty. These are rings on a chain, and they must be removed one by one.

But from the First Opium War to how many treaties have the West signed with the Qing Dynasty? If you deny the Qing Dynasty, you will naturally deny the legitimacy of the treaty you have in your hands.

Therefore, the abdication edict of Empress Dowager Longyu was not only unquestionable by the Manchu, Mongolian, Tibetan, and Han people, but even the Western powers had to pinch their noses and recognize them, although they really wanted to break up China's territory.

Thinking of this, Xiao Letian subconsciously sighed and picked up the wine glass and wanted to drink it, but when he reached his lips, he found that the wine glass was empty.

"Master, I'll pour you wine." Zaichun was very filial to pour sake into the master. At this time, Xiao Letian realized that Zaichun's forehead was covered with sweat. It turned out that he had been fanning himself just now.

Looking at Zai Chun's filial look, Xiao Letian felt soft inside. He knew that he would fight against the master and apprentice. The first path of armed power would not work. It seemed that he could only consider the second path chosen by Yuan Shikai and Empress Dowager Longyu.

But is the second path really that easy to walk? Everything in the world has its pros and cons. Peaceful handover of power can indeed make the country shed less blood and die less people at that time. However, without the baptism of war and the large number of local factions were eliminated, the final consequence must be civil war.

This is easy to understand. After decades of operation by the local governors and governors of the Qing Dynasty, all provinces have already had their own independent armed forces. When the Qing Dynasty was there, everyone was wearing the same hat, but the Qing Dynasty was gone, who would submit to whom?

Although Yuan Shikai inherited the Beiyang forces and had the most powerful army, in the eyes of the Chinese at that time, you, the president, was actually one of the warlords.

The emperor took turns to do it... No, no, no, the president should take turns to do it this year. The warlords of various departments will come to my house after singing and appearing. They are under the hat of the Republic of China, and they are not doing the civil war.

Even when President Chiang was in power, there were still many factions in the military and political circles, and those factions were very related. The Central Army belonged to Chiang Kai-shek, the Northeast Army belonged to Zhang Xueliang, the Northwest Army Feng Yuxiang, the Jinsui Army Yan Xishan, the Northwest Hui Army Ma Family Army, and the Guangxi Army Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi were all well-known.

There are many other factions, such as the Hubei Army, the Jiangxi Army, the Zhejiang Army, the Guangdong Army, the Hunan Army, the Sichuan Army, the Yunnan Army, the Guizhou Army, etc.

These armies are not only distinguished by place names. They all have their own origins, and they can be directly traced back to the late Qing Dynasty. Each army has its own history and heritage, and also has its own connections.

In name, I listened to Lao Chiang, but when I really met my old superiors and subordinates, I couldn't give up my old friendship in the past, and warlords from all over the country have their own interests. For example, Yan Xishan could build the Shanxi railways into one size alone.

How can such an army be invincible? Each person has a horn and a whistle.

This kind of warlord faction and even civil war is actually closely related to the peaceful transition between the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Sometimes, thinking about it, it is not a good thing to have no war. It is like this winter is a warm winter. Without cold, you can burn less coal, but a large number of insect eggs cannot be frozen to death. The locust plague will be a bit more painful next year.

The warlord melee caused greater consequences, which was to give the Japanese the opportunity to defeat one by one. Without a strong unified government, the Japanese could erode them step by step, and eventually a full-scale war of resistance broke out.

How many people died in the War of Resistance Against Japan? After the study of the scholars, the relatively unified number is 35 million. The property losses are calculated based on the prices at the end of World War II at that time, which are more than 560 billion.

Huh... Xiao Letian vomited a mouthful of turbid air in his heart, and shook his head in pain. This road is not good, and it cannot be done at all. For the time being, it seems that there is less bleeding, but there are too many problems and the national conditions are too complicated. In the end, foreign enemies can only take advantage of it.

Even if I can suppress Japan, as long as China is in chaos, God knows whether the Russians, British, or Americans are invading China in full.

All countries on this earth believe in the laws of the jungle. If you don’t take advantage of it, you will become a bastard.

The second road was blocked by Xiao Letian, and he denied it two roads in a row, making him extremely unhappy.

If you cannot set the tone of the future strategy, you cannot handle the things in front of you correctly. On the surface, it is a problem of more than 10 million taels of bonds in the Ministry of Revenue, but this problem can affect the future direction of the government and will affect Xiao Letian's grand strategy.

Zaichun's heart became colder and colder. He had already seen the word rejection on his master's face. It seemed that the master of the Ministry of Revenue was no longer interested in helping. He forced himself to be energetic and said with a smile.

"Master, don't worry too much. If it really doesn't work, just use my shares in Fusang Bank to mortgage a sum of silver first. Four million is four million. Anyway, this is also an unexpected money from the court... People still have to rely on themselves, and they have to find a way to overcome the difficulties themselves..."

"My two mothers believe in Buddhism. Since I was a child, I taught me that individuals have personal causes and effects, and individuals also have personal destiny. Even in the prosperous era, will those who should be poor and poor still not be able to survive?"

"The Qing Dynasty has been unhappy these years, but it has come one by one. The court cannot be unreasonable... To put it in the words of the common people, who can expect who will pay the bills for him? His own destiny, his own cause and effect, he will be punished..."
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