Master Yuan, start!

The Lord refused the throne, but his subjects insisted on urging him to ascend.

This went on three times, and finally the lord "reluctantly" accepted and "reluctantly" ascended the throne of emperor.

However, Yuan Xiangcheng probably took into consideration that times have changed and the ancient practice of refusing and declining three times was too explicit.

Yuan Shikai had extensive research on Western politics, perhaps in an attempt to follow the world trend.

He wanted to use the republic and constitutionalism as a way to show his resignation and stop the slander from the world.

When they refused, what they were fighting for was not the blatant and naked throne, but using the fake republic to implement the real constitutional government!

Anyway, if it is a constitutional constitution, it will be established by the emperor, and there must be an emperor.

By taking this detour, the eating process doesn't look so ugly.

After all, after Yuan Shikai overthrew the government, he spared no effort to promote constitutional monarchy.

In the eyes of these people, the "republic" just proposed was probably just a cover for Yuan Shikai.

However, how could Syngman Rhee and these scholars who were eager to follow the emperor know that the trend of the times was unstoppable.

Whether it is the current needs or the hidden worries of the future, they all tell Yuan Shikai that this world must have a republic!

Thinking of this, Yuan Xiangcheng took a deep breath, glanced at everyone, and said in a deep voice:

"My fellow countrymen, if possible, Yuan Mou only wants to be a soldier and guard every inch of Chinese territory.

However, things did not go as planned. The gunshots of Russians on the banks of the Heilongjiang River forced me to stand up and save this country and this nation.

However, am I, Yuan Xiangcheng, here to save my country? Am I here to become an emperor, to abuse my power and oppress the people?"

Yuan Xiangcheng raised his arm, approached the crowd, clenched his fist, and said emotionally:

"My fellow countrymen, the Han people have been enslaved for nearly 300 years, and now we are finally saved.

No one can trample on this nation in the name of emperor anymore!

No one, no one!"

Yuan Xiangcheng quickly stepped back and took the wooden pole with the words "People's Republic of China" written on it from the flag guard.

He took down the flag, opened his arms, and used his chest to support the five big words "People's Republic of China", presenting them clearly and plainly in front of everyone.

"stand up!"

"stand up!"

"You stand up too!"

"All of you, stand up!"

Yuan Xiangcheng walked straight into the crowd while holding the "national flag". The people hurriedly moved their hands and feet to make a path with Yuan Xiangcheng as the center.

"From now on, all Han people in the world are equal!"

"It's a republic now, no kneeling allowed!"

Yuan Xiangcheng used his strong arms to pull up ordinary people one by one, and stretched out his right hand to squeeze the other person's hand hard.

"Remember, shake hands, this is the etiquette of the Republic!"

At Yuan Xiangcheng's stern shout, the children were the first to hesitate.

After they were pulled up by Yuan Xiangcheng, they turned their heads, looked at the crowd around them cautiously, and finally stood up slowly.

Next came beggars, prostitutes, and ordinary people.

Handshake, handshake, and handshake!

Shake hands with the beggar's dirty hands, shake hands with the prostitute's delicate hands, shake hands with the rough hands of ordinary people!

After hearing Yuan Jiuxiangcheng's desperate shouts and seeing him shaking hands with them one by one, these people truly memorized the word "Republic" in their hearts.

From now on, "Republic" means not kneeling when meeting an official, and "Republic" means that everyone is equal!

"Republic" means Mr. Yuan shaking hands with me!

The people were very excited when they saw this.

However, some power-hungry bureaucrats and intellectuals, represented by Syngman Rhee, were reluctant to take action.

On the contrary, they pulled the people around them and refused to let them stand up.

This group of bureaucrats and power-hungry scholars under the feudal dynasty fell into self-indulgence.

They thought that Yuan Xiangcheng's move was just part of the three-refusal-three-concession play.

They didn't even realize that behind Yuan Shikai's National Revolutionary Army stood Xu Shichang, Duan Qirui, Zhang Jian, Yan Fu and others.

This group of people were either Duan, the governor of a town, Xu, the prefect of a region, Zhang, the general manager of foreign commerce newly established after the reform, Yan, the minister of education at Beiyang University, and so on, involving all walks of life in the military, politics, academia, and business.

If Yuan Shikai wanted to ascend the throne and become emperor, he would look for someone to build momentum for him.

How could these people give up the opportunity to follow the dragon when it comes to them?

These ministers of the Yuan family now stood silently by with their hands raised, watching those who were advocating for the throne, as if they were watching a street circus.

However, a moment later, Yuan Xiangcheng's sharp gaze came over.

Facing Yuan Xiangcheng's gaze, they knew that it was time to take action.

Xu Shichang took a deep breath, walked past the people of the Red Confucian Society, bent down to Yuan Xiangcheng, and bowed deeply:

"All comrades of the Red Confucian Society and all officers and soldiers of the revolutionary army, implore President Yuan Shikai of the National Revolutionary Army to put the country and the nation first.

Abandon the title of Emperor, take on the title of President, and build a republican China! "

Upon hearing this loud speech, not only did Syngman Rhee widen his eyes, but the Qing court officials around him who followed him to persuade him to become emperor, including the former vice ministers and junior ministers, also froze.

Finally, after a moment of silence, they chose to stand up and perform the "Republican Ceremony" with the people around them.

That's it

Since Huang Taiji established the Qing Dynasty in 1636, the Manchu Qing Dynasty ended his 1896-year reign in 260.

Since the Eight Banners entered the Pass and massacred the Chinese in 1644, in 1896, the Chinese land, which had been poisoned by the Qing Dynasty for 252 years, ushered in a new life.

Republic, Republic!

Chapter 309: The First Year of the Republic

After the republican ceremony of tens of thousands of people in the south of the Forbidden City, the work of dealing with the old affairs of the Qing Dynasty and preparing for the founding of the country was also carried out in full swing.

First, Yi D, the eldest prince, the concubines in the palace, a group of diehard Eight Banners princes and relatives, etc. were named one by one by the revolutionary army holding the clan list.

About a thousand high-ranking nobles of the Eight Banners were arranged to live separately in the Prince Yu's Palace and the Prince Su's Palace, which were adjacent to the Forbidden City, after their identities were verified.

try to find!

The male relatives are in the Prince Su's Mansion, and the female relatives are in the Prince Yu's Mansion. They will be dealt with after Yuan Xiangcheng has time.

As for the remaining hundreds of thousands of middle and low-level bannermen, Yuan Xiangcheng did not waste any words. He first ordered an inspection to see if these people had blood debts on their hands.

Those with blood debts were arrested on the spot. Some typical figures were selected and executed at Caishikou, and the rest were sent to the Northeast to build railways.

Those who had no blood debts and wanted to continue crying in front of the Taimiao, and those who were unwilling to change their names and cut their braids were dealt with in different ways.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were about 100 million people in the Eight Banners of Manchuria, 30 people in Mongolia, and 20 people in the Han Army Banner.

Nearly half of them are in the capital, and the rest are scattered all over the city.

The eight banners of the Han army in the capital were allowed to stay in the capital without any changes after changing their surnames to Han.

The Eight Banners of Manchuria were moved to the Hetao area in batches in the order of Plain Yellow, Plain White, Bordered Yellow, Bordered White, Blue, and Red, to contribute to the construction of the Northwest.

The Blue and Red Banners, totaling about 185 million people, were exiled to a small place called Baotou on the Qiantao Plain in the eastern part of the Yellow River's Jizi Bay, to dig canals and reclaim wasteland.

The two white flags, totaling about 13 people, were exiled to the west of the Jizi Bay of the Yellow River, a place on the Houtao Plain called Dengkou in Chinese and Bayannur in Mongolian, to start farming.

The two yellow flags, which had the largest number of people and the most diehards, numbered about 15, followed the Yellow River southward, stopped on the east side of the Helan Mountains, and cultivated land in Ningxia on the Xitao Plain.

Of course, this was a major project, and the northwest was not under Yuan Shikai's direct control.

But Yuan Xiangcheng was not worried about not being able to send it out.

In recent years, under the development of a man named Wang Tongchun, Hetao has continuously built water conservancy projects and irrigated large tracts of farmland.

However, there were few people outside the Great Wall, and with the additional fields, there was an urgent need to find people to cultivate them.

To this end, Yang Changjun of the Chu faction once secretly recruited people in Henan, Shanxi and other places.

This time, Yuan Shikai simply broke the paper window and sent more than 40 Manchu Eight Banners in the capital to serve as labor for Yang Changjun.

The core members of the Chu faction are few in number and are all from Hunan.

But before that, most Hunanese people were in Jiangnan, working for Liu Kunyi.

Therefore, when the Chu clan first ruled the northwest, they had to rely on local religious forces.

But the differences between the two sides are too great, southerners and northerners, believers and non-believers, which leads to frequent frictions.

Therefore, Yang Changjun urgently needs to supplement core personnel.

The last time they were given a group of defeated Hunan troops, he accepted them generously and even sent someone to thank Yuan Shikai.

This time, placing the Manchus in the Xitao Plain where Christians gathered was a win-win situation.

There was no reason for Yang Changjun to refuse.

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After making perfect arrangements for people's future, the protection of cultural relics in the capital was also put on the agenda.

Original time and space 1912-1949-0 "七6qsanliu中D…t: Countless cultural relics were lost from the Forbidden City. Later, dozens of countries around the world had treasures collected by the Qing Palace.

The Forbidden City was protected by the revolutionary army with its gates closed. Except for Guangxu who stayed in the Imperial Medical Bureau with a few doctors.

All the remaining people, including the previous generation, the previous generation, and even the concubines of Emperor Jiaqing, were driven out of the palace and placed in the Prince Yu's Mansion.

The revolutionary army recruited dozens of old eunuchs who were familiar with the internal affairs of each palace, as well as well-known antique appraisers in the capital.

All the eaves and beams of the houses, tables, chairs, calligraphy and paintings, and rare treasures in the Forbidden City were counted and catalogued, intending to leave a clear and concise statistical record of the cultural relics in the Palace Museum's collection for future generations.

The cultural relics of the Forbidden City are not only found in the Forbidden City.

It is an integral part of the forbidden palaces such as the Summer Palace and the Old Summer Palace near the capital, and cultural relics are exchanged between them all year round.