Towards peace and harmony: After Yuan Shikai killed Ma Sanjun, why did Rong Lu say that the middle hall was this middle hall?

As a very popular historical TV series in recent years, "Toward Peace" has left a deep impression on the audience. The actors used their superb acting skills to vividly restore many historical "famous scenes" ".

In the first episode of "Toward Peace", when Yuan Shikai visited Li Hongzhang and Li Zhongtang, he met his former friend-Ma Sanjun. At this time, Ma Sanjun was Li Hongzhang's personal bodyguard, and Li Hongzhang Seeing that the two of them were familiar with each other, he planned to send Ma Sanjun to Yuan Shikai's account to assist him in forming a new army. Li Hongzhang's move had two purposes. First, he could build a closer relationship with Yuan Shikai, and secondly, he could install Ma Sanjun's "star" "True Eye" went to monitor Yuan Shikai's every move, but things did not happen as Li Hongzhang imagined, because Ma Sanjun was soon killed by Li Hongzhang. What was the reason for this?

And why does Lord Zhongtang still monitor a rising political star like Yuan Shikai? Li Hongzhang's life was very brilliant, but there were failures in the later part of his life - the Chinese diplomatic corps represented by Li Hongzhang signed many unequal treaties. Later, the Qing Dynasty suffered a disastrous defeat in the Sino-Japanese War. Li Hongzhang felt that he would not be able to sign any more treaties. An equal treaty would have been ruined and would have brought eternal infamy, but the Treaty of Shimonoseki was signed in the end.

After this incident, Li Hongzhang was exhausted physically and mentally. He began to look for his political successor and retreated behind the scenes. It was obvious that Yuan Shikai was a rising political star he supported, and at this time, the power fell to the new Lord Zhongtang. ——Rong Lu’s hands.

In order to consolidate his position and beat Yuan Shikai as a backup, Ronglu made plans for Ma Sanjun next to him... Then why did Ronglu only touch Ma Sanjun?

Ma Sanjun is the link between Li Hongzhang and Yuan Shikai

First of all, Ma Sanjun worked as a bodyguard for Li Hongzhang and is considered a close person of Li Hongzhang. Furthermore, Ma Sanjun is currently serving in Yuan Shikai's company. The fact that he was in charge of the dispatch of grain, grass, money, and money was placed so heavily on Ma Sanjun, which shows that Yuan Shikai attached great importance to Ma Sanjun.

So Ma Sanjun is a confidant to both Li Hongzhang and Yuan Shikai, and Ma Sanjun also reports Yuan Shikai's every move every moment, so Ma Sanjun is very worthy of Ronglu's fuss.

Sure enough, through investigation, Ronglu discovered that Huaijun's money was often missing inexplicably, and the missing part was embezzled by Ma Sanjun. After discovering the fact that Ma Sanjun was embezzled, Ronglu and There is no rush to close the net, but waiting for an opportunity.

When is the time? Ma Sanjun was killed during the military parade. Later in Li Hongzhang's political career, he advocated the establishment of a new army. Yuan Shikai also attached great importance to this when he took over the baton from Li Hongzhang.

In order to safeguard the results of the military parade, the imperial court appointed Ronglu to personally inspect the results of the military parade. Yes, Ronglu was going to expose the fact of Ma Sanjun's corruption during the military parade, but at some point the stubborn Ma Sanjun was caught raping a woman from a good family and was arrested. Seeing this, Ronglu directly questioned Yuan Shikai. He neglected his duties and lacked discipline for his subordinates. Only then did he slowly reveal Ma Sanjun's crime of corruption and directly handed Ma Sanjun to Yuan Shikai to ask how to deal with it.

The helpless Yuan Shikai was like a mute who had eaten Coptis chinensis - he couldn't tell the pain. Ma Sanjun was Li Hongzhang's man. Killing him would also represent a break with Li Hongzhang. If he didn't kill him, it would be a disservice to the new man. The Lord of Zhongtang looked down upon him and was unable to gain authority in the army, so he had no choice but to kill Ma Sanjun.

After killing the people, Ronglu said to Yuan Shikai: "This middle hall is the other middle hall!" The purpose of this sentence is to hit Yuan Shikai, "Li Hongzhang is no longer able to do it. Now I am the boss. In the future, you will Only by being obedient will you be rewarded!" The forbearing Yuan Shikai worked in a low profile and finally took over the power from Rong Luzhong.