Neither sorrow nor death. Yuan Shikai's death was announced.

There are different opinions about the cause of death of Yuan Shikai. But there are nothing more than two theories: anger and death. However, most of them are vague and cannot make convincing conclusions.

In recent years, we have read a lot of materials for this purpose, and even visited Xiangcheng, the hometown of Yuan Shikai, Henan Province, many times to learn about the local customs, visit the elderly and learn the most vivid, simple and human "living materials". We believe that Yuan Shikai's death should have a more reliable conclusion.

Yuan Shikai was born in a scholarly family and an official family. Yuan Shikai's historical ancestors can be traced back to his great-grandfather Yuan Yaodong.

Yuan Yaodong is a student of Yao, who is another name for the students of official, state and county schools under the imperial examination system. Yuan Yaodong died before he was 40. It is said that he was exhausted from reading, but his wife Guo lived to be over 90 years old. Guo comes from a big family. Under her education, all four sons are more promising. His eldest son, Yuan Shusan, Yuan Shikai's grandfather, was Alin Gong Sheng, who worked as a trainer in Chenliu County. The second son Yuan Jiasan was born as a scholar. Because of his meritorious service to the imperial court, he was promoted to an imperial envoy and governor of grain transportation. He was in charge of military affairs in Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces. The emperor awarded many "certificates" and gave him flowers and a yellow jacket. The third son, Yuan Fengsan, was ordered by Yuzhou; Only the fourth son, Yuan Chongsan, did not become an official.

Yuan Shikai's grandfather, Yuan Shusan, has two sons. Yuan Baozhong, the eldest son, is the biological father of Yuan Shikai. Born as a tribute, donate a tongzhi. He is not an official, but he is keen on studying Zhu Cheng's Neo-Confucianism. Because he is the eldest grandson of Yuan Yaodong, he presided over the housework and managed the land as the eldest son of his peers in Yuan Dynasty, and he was the "local emperor" who dominated Xiangcheng. The second son of Yuan Dynasty, 1858 Juren. At that time, Nian Jun and Taiping Heavenly Kingdom were active in Xiangcheng. Yuan started his career with the foundation. He was very witty in battle and often won the appreciation of the imperial court. Later, he was promoted from a doctor to a Taoist priest, and the official reached Jiangning Salt Law Road. Yuan Shikai's two uncles, Yuan Jiasan's sons Yuan Baoheng and Yuan, were also officials of the Qing government. 1850 Yuan Baoheng entered the examination and was edited by Hanlin. He followed his father Yuan Jiasan for a long time and made great contributions. After returning to Beijing, he successively served as the left assistant minister of the household department, the right assistant minister of the official department and the left assistant minister of the criminal department. Yuan was named as a cabinet book and alternate road because of his meritorious service to the court. 188 1 year was transferred to Tianjin by Li Hongzhang to handle the coastal defense camp.

1September, 859 16 Yuan Shikai was born. Just then, Yuan Shikai's uncle Yuan's wife Niu also gave birth to a son, but died soon after birth. Yuan Shikai's biological mother, Liu, had insufficient milk after delivery, while Niu Niu's milk was very abundant, so Yuan Shikai was breastfed by Niu Niu from menstruation. The Niu family regards Yuan Shikai as one of their own and loves him very much. Yuan Baozhong, the biological father of Yuan Shikai, saw that his younger brother was nearly 40 years old and had no children, so he adopted Yuan as his adopted son on 1864 according to local customs, and Yuan lived with Yuan when he was young.

1866, 7-year-old Yuan Shikai went to Jinan with his stepfather Yuan, and two years later he went to Nanjing, where he lived for six years. 1In July, 873, Yuan died of cholera. This winter, Yuan Shikai returned to his hometown with the coffin of his heir cow. 1874 Yuan Shikai's uncle Yuan Baoheng came back from the northwest and found Yuan Shikai's unusual behavior and took him to the northwest. Later, Yuan Shikai went to Beijing and Kaifeng with Yuan Baoheng. 1In May of 878, Yuan Baoheng died of illness again. Yuan's family is very sad, and Yuan Shikai is very unhappy.

Xiangcheng, located in the Central Plains, has a profound cultural background, especially numerology, integrity and witchcraft, which was very active in society at that time. After losing several relatives, Yuan Jia, who was sad, began to think seriously and found that all the men in Yuan's family died of dissatisfaction. Yuan Yaodong, Yuan Shikai's great grandfather, died before he was 40. Yuan Jiasan died in 1863, which is the longest life span of the Yuan family, and only lived.

57 years old; Yuan Shikai's biological father, Yuan Baozhong, was 5 1 year old, his heir father, Yuan Cai, was 49 years old, and his uncle lived to be 52 years old. After counting the life span of the deceased ancestors, the living Yuan family put forward that the maximum life span of Yuan family men is 57 years old. Yuan Shikai was psychologically hinted that although Yuan Shikai paid great attention to health care in his later years, he eventually failed to live to 58 and died at 57.

There are many such examples in history. Most ancestors of Zhao Kuangyin in Song Taizu died young, even though they lived a long life, they were 465,438+0 years old. Song Taizu's life expectancy is only 49 years, although he worries about it every day. If explained by today's biology, it should be genetic or genetic. Of course, people didn't understand this at that time. In order to prolong life, the Yuan family invited a Feng Shui gentleman and proposed that the solution was to live in separate rooms. At that time, Yuan Shikai was less than 20 years old, which cast an indelible shadow on his mind, and the Yuan family, who lived under one roof for four generations, collapsed.

The Yuan family believes in the art of destiny, and the culture there is also very convinced, and Yuan Shikai is no exception. Yuan Shikai decided to judge people by their appearances. After the Revolution of 1911, Yuan Shikai was appointed President of the Republic of China, and Wu Dingchang, who majored in economics at Keio University and returned to China to take the foreign academician exam, was recommended to be his chief financial officer. When Yuan Chuan saw Wu, he said to the left and right, "This man has cheeks behind him, so does Cao Cao." Talents were not reused, and Wu Dingchang later became only the director of a mint. In his later years, Yuan Shikai was abdicated by Regent Zai Feng because of foot disease, and he lived in seclusion in Zhangde, which made him more obsessed with fate and the art of integrity. It is said that a famous local fortune teller also said that Yuan would not be over 58 years old, so Yuan anxiously asked if there was any trouble. Master said it was difficult! Only the dragon robe can be dissolved. Without saying anything, Yuan sent someone to get rid of Master. And 19 16 Yuan Shikai happens to be 57 years old.

I am also convinced of Yuan Shikai's integrity. Before Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor, he changed the Grand Presidential Palace to Xinhua Palace, and invited Lu Mou, a famous geomantic master from Shandong, to Beijing to see geomantic omen. After careful investigation, Lu said that some twists and turns at Xinhua Palace Gate are inevitable, but it can be remedied by building a toilet on the left side of xinhua gate and collecting its gas. Yuan Shikai thought it was unsightly to build a toilet at the entrance of Tang Palace, so he didn't build it. But after he proclaimed himself emperor, there were many voices of opposition. Finally, Yuan Shikai built a toilet. Another scholar concluded that although there are many Yuan family officials, their life span is not long, and they will not exceed 58 years old. The reason is that the burial place of ancestral graves is not the right cave, so Gao Lu's life span is very short. Later, Yuan Shikai asked Kan Yujia to choose Zhang Deyang, Henan as his former residence and burial place after his death, and never returned to his hometown in Xiangcheng, Henan.

Yuan Shikai has a superior jasper carved teacup given to him by korean king. Every time Yuan wakes up from his sleep, he must first drink a cup of fragrant tea in this cup. Once a tea boy sent tea to Yuan Shikai, and when he saw that Yuan was still snoring and sleeping, he went straight to see President Yuan in bed. After watching for a while, his eyes became blurred. Finally, President Yuan became a big animal. The soul of the tea boy flew outside, and Yuan Shikai's beloved teacup fell to the ground, and the teacup was broken. The tea boy panicked and was afraid, so he ran to the foreman, who told him a good idea.

When Yuan Shikai woke up, he saw that the teacup was broken. He angrily scolded the tea boy loudly and asked him what was going on. The tea boy mumbled a few words on purpose before timidly saying, "I dare not say, but I'm afraid the president will blame me." Yuan Shikai opened his eyes wide and said, "Just say it!" The tea boy said, "Just now, I saw that it was not the president who was sleeping in the bed, but a big golden dragon with jade claws. Jinlong glows all over and is about to fly. " Hearing this, Yuan Shikai's anger disappeared and he became unusually calm. He took a worthless thing from the bed and gave it to the tea boy. He said to the tea boy, Don't tell anyone about it.

Yuan Shikai lives in the deep mansion of the presidential palace, and his subordinates and relatives try their best to deceive him. Yang Du, a good friend, strongly advocated that a constitutional monarchy was the most suitable state system for China, while a republic was the least suitable for China. Submissions from subordinates demanded that Yuan Shikai be proclaimed emperor, and the submissions piled up like mountains. A group of Beijing officials, such as Liang Shiyi, Zhu Qiqian and Zhou Ziqi, initiated the establishment of provincial people's petition groups to support the monarchy. In Beijing, there are also petition groups for chambers of commerce, rickshaws, beggars and prostitutes. Family members and servants also pretend to be superstitious in order to achieve God's will. In addition to the tea boy seeing Jinlong, there are many signs that Yuan Shikai proclaimed himself emperor. 19 14 years ago, Ding Jinjing, who was far away from the grave of Yuanzu in Xiangcheng, Henan Province, reported that Yuan Baozhong, Yuan Shikai's biological father, had a wisteria growing beside him, which was more tortuous and shaped like a dragon than that in Zhang Xu. After hearing this, Yuan Shikai rewarded Fending and repeatedly told him not to tell anyone about it. To this end, Yuan Shikai also sent his eldest son Yuan back to his hometown to verify the authenticity. Yuan wrote in Xiangcheng: "Vines grow fast, thicker than children's arms, and the color is fresh as blood, or destiny has returned. This is a test! " Yuan Shikai was overjoyed after reading the letter, and wrote back to his son to recruit grave keepers and build walls to prevent cattle and sheep from trampling.

At that time, an astronomer in Beijing also wrote to Yuan Shikai, saying that he observed the astronomical phenomena day and night for many days, and found that after midnight, Emperor Xinglang took a certain latitude, and after careful exploration, he discovered that it was a city in Henan. Now Dixing has come to the north and will arrive in Beijing in a month. This is a sign from heaven, so you can be emperor! Therefore, Yuan Shikai at that time seemed to be the only choice in his life under the strong appeal of all walks of life.