Yuan Shikai left a very disgraceful stroke in the history of China because of the restoration of monarchy. But objectively speaking, Yuan Shikai's ability is outstanding. He is not only good at governing the country, but also can lead troops to fight. He was a court official that the Qing government relied heavily on in the late Qing Dynasty. In the early days, Yuan Shikai made military achievements for his participation in pacifying the coup in Shen Jia, North Korea, and was gradually reused by the court. After the coup was put down, Yuan Shikai, who was only 23 years old at that time, helped the North Korean government to train the new army, which laid the foundation for Yuan Shikai's later station training.
1895, Yuan Shikai wrote to Emperor Guangxu, outlining the reform plan, the most important of which was to train the new army, which was finally approved by Emperor Guangxu. Yuan Shikai officially started training new recruits at Tianjin Railway Station. The so-called recruit training refers to the establishment of a new modern army in China by drawing lessons from the advanced military system, military training methods and military equipment of western countries. Because Yuan Shikai trained the new army to run the army strictly, the system was complete, the rewards and punishments were strict, and the army took on a new look, greatly improving its combat capability and standardization and modernization level. Yuan Shikai also took the opportunity to cultivate his own power, the Beiyang Military Group, and turned himself into a powerful figure with military power in the Qing Dynasty.
1908, Guangxu and Cixi died, Puyi succeeded to the throne, and Zai Feng assisted the government. Zai Feng had a deep fear of Yuan Shikai, so he took the opportunity to drive Yuan Shikai off the stage. Yuan Shikai was also very sensible and retired voluntarily, but in fact he still firmly controlled the power of Beiyang Military Group.
19 1 1 After the outbreak of Wuchang Uprising, anti-Qing armed movements everywhere were unstoppable. Seeing that the situation was critical, Zai Feng could only mobilize Beiyang Army to resist armed uprisings in various places, so he had to appoint Yuan Shikai as Governor of Huguang and ask him to come out to suppress the uprising. Yuan Shikai took the opportunity to force the last king Puyi to abdicate, completely ending the rule of the Qing government.