The prophecy of the last pillars of the Qing Dynasty came true, and the empire fell ten days later

Mondo Health Updated on 2024-01-29

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the dynasty was exhausted, the edifice was crumbling, and some people tried to turn the tide, but the laws of history were cruel and ruthless. The predecessors opened up the territory, the descendants indulged in pleasures, the edifice has become irreversible, how can individuals turn the tide?At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide and martyrdom;At the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the building was in decline, there was a Qing Dynasty clan queen who loved Xinjueluo Liangbi and was full of emotion. Liangbi was born from Bayala, the younger brother of the Qing Emperor Nurhachi, who was brave and good at fighting when he was young, and made great achievements, but died young. A hundred years later, the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty were like paper tigers under the artillery of the great powers, and Liangbi was born in this last days. Emperor Guangxu ascended the throne at a young age, and the power fell into the hands of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and the troubles at home and abroad deepened, and anti-Qing ideology surged.

Liangbi has no guidance from his father since he was a child, and he is dependent on his mother, but with the blood of loving the Shingio Luo clan, yearning for the ambition of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, and the desire to save the country from danger, he studied tirelessly, Xi to reform the constitution and implement a new policy. Under the circumstances, this idea could be called "doing what you know you can't do". In the twenty-fifth year of Guangxu, Liangbi, who was 22 years old, went to Japan to study with other students, but many of them advocated revolutionaries, and Liangbi was incompatible with the crowd. However, he was not a gentleman, he lived a frugal life, dressed plainly, only loved to wear a yellow belt to show his identity, worked hard, made remarkable achievements, and formed a deep friendship with the revolutionaries. Four years later, Liangbi returned to China after completing his studies, and finally could be guided by the honor of the descendants of Aixin Jueluo, and stood up to save the Qing Dynasty from the crisis of the last days.

Divisions arose within the Qing Dynasty, and Yuan Shikai tried to get rid of a number of other forces, including Liangbi, in order to secure his dominance. Liangbi rose to prominence in the Qing Dynasty, and with his talent and loyalty, he was quickly promoted to the eighth standard commander of the army, and successively served as the director of the Department of Military Studies, the advisory officer of the Revision Law Museum, and the management of the Praetorian Guard. Not only was he brilliant, but he was also favored by the Qing court, which wanted to counterbalance Yuan Shikai by promoting his own clan. Liangbi devoted himself to saving the Qing Dynasty through the New Deal reforms, devoting much of his time to training new troops, codifying new laws, and promoting bureaucratic reform. After the death of Emperor Guangxu and the accession of Emperor Xuantong to the throne, Liangbi has become the de facto leader of the army and navy. Emperor Xuantong was young and innocent, his father Zaifeng served as the regent, and his uncle Zaitao was the military advisor.

Liang Bi thought that Zaitao was not familiar enough with the military and went abroad with him to investigate, during which he traveled to many countries in Europe and the United States, broadened his horizons, and had more thoughts about the new policy and the new army. According to the "Qing Historical Manuscript", Liangbi "attaches great importance to talents, from generals to soldiers, they are all absorbed", so he is quite popular in the army. However, such an outstanding talent appears to be isolated among the children of the Eight Banners, which has aroused the fear of all parties. Since he advocated royalism and opposed the revolution and the abdication of the Qing emperor, he disagreed with Yuan Shikai and others, and the situation became tense. In October 1911, the revolution broke out in Wuchang, which meant a new beginning for China, but it was a nightmare for Liangbi and others. He resolutely opposed the abdication of the Qing Emperor and established the Zongshe Party, showing his determination to fight the anti-Qing forces to the end.

This made Liangbi the target of public criticism, and Yuan Shikai and other forces wanted to get rid of this outlier of the Qing family. They proclaimed that they would "rather die than accept a republic". Liangbi's remarks became a hot topic of the era, and even evolved into a slogan that resounded all over the world: "Erliang will not die, and the captives will not die." The "Erliang" here refers to Liangbi and Tieliang, of course. Liangbi was a staunch supporter of the imperial system, which can be understood as loyalty to the Qing Dynasty, but it also revealed a foolish side. The aura of danger was approaching, but Liangbi was unaware. On January 26, 1912, when Yangbi and the other members of the Jongsha Party were returning home from a meeting, a bomb was suddenly dropped in front of him. The assassination was carried out by the revolutionary Peng Jiazhen, whose name will forever be remembered by posterity.

Peng Jiazhen died in **, and Liangbi was urgently sent to the invited Japanese military medical department**. The building was about to fall, the beams fell first, and although Liangbi barely supported it for two days, he eventually passed away. Before dying, he looked back on his 35 years of life and sighed: "Those who bombed me are also heroes." If I die, the Qing Dynasty will die!On February 12, 1912, the "Edict of the Abdication of the Qing Emperor" drafted by Zhang Jian spread throughout the country, and the Qing Dynasty was completely destroyed. Pu Wei, who was as committed to protecting the emperor as Liangbi, was still shouting unrelentingly, "With me, the Qing Dynasty will not die", but to no avail. Looking back on Liangbi's life, people can't help but sigh that if such a person is born to rule the world, he will definitely become a courtier who can make a difference.

However, to achieve achievements on the stage of history, in addition to ability, we also need to know how to judge the situation and follow the trend. From the perspective of future generations, it is easy to draw confusing conclusions, but anyone in the current of history may feel lost, and no one can be sure that their choice is absolutely correct.

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