114 years ago today, on October 14, 1911 (August 23, 1911 in the lunar calendar), the Qing government appointed Yuan Shikai as Governor of Huguang. On October 12, 1911, Yuan Shikai dismissed Ruicheng from his post and ordered him to atone for his crimes and seek credit. He ordered Army Minister Yin Chang to go to Hubei quickly, and all Hubei armies and reinforcements would be deployed. He also ordered Navy Admiral Sazhen's ice soldiers to quickly sail towards the Wuhan River. However, the crisis cannot be supported by Yin Chang. On the 14th, censor Shi Lvjin petitioned Yuan Shikai and Cen Chunxuan to use Yuan Shikai and Cen Chunxuan, who were working at home. Although Zaifeng was extremely reluctant, he had no other choice. On the same day, the Qing court appointed Yuan Shikai as Governor of Huguang and Cen Chunxuan as Governor of Sichuan. The imperial edict said: "The governor has received the favor of the country for generations, and he should take care of the overall situation and spare no effort to handle difficulties." At the same time, Qing Prince Yi Kuang sent Ruan Zhongshu to Zhangde to persuade Yuan Shikai to come out of the mountain. On the 15th, Yin Chang passed by Zhangde to meet Yuan Shikai. Because the power given by the Qing court was only to "control dispatch", the Beiyang Army and Navy under Mengchang and Sa Zhenbing could only be "dispatched together". Yuan was actually Yinchang's deputy, so Yuan Shikai replied on the 15th, saying that he could not respond to the order, saying that he could not respond to the order. On the 18th, the Qing court urged Yuan Shikai to set off quickly, and urged Cen Chunxuan to set off quickly. On the 19th, the Qing court ordered all land and land armies along the Yangtze River to be under the control of Yuan Shikai. On the 20th, Xu Shichang was ordered by Yi Kuang to travel from Beijing to Zhangde to meet Yuan Shikai. Yuan Shikai, through Xu Shichang, asked the Qing court to open a parliament, organize a responsible cabinet, tolerate the Wuchang Incident personnel, lift party bans, assume military power, and grant lenient military expenses as conditions for leaving the country. On the 21st, the Qing court filed a petition from Yuan Shikai, ordering the recruitment of 12500 able-bodied men to serve as the Hubei patrol army, and ordered the branch to allocate 4 million taels. Wang Shizhen, deputy commander, was appointed to handle Hubei's military affairs, and the manager recruited additional new troops and arranged various matters behind the road. He also ordered Feng Guozhang to go quickly to Zhangde to discuss everything. On the 24th, the Qing court petitioned Yuan Shikai again, ordering the Jiangning New Army to transfer 36 guns and all bullets to Xinyang. 25th. The Qing court again followed Yuan Shikai's petition and appointed Feng Guozhang as President of the First Army to quickly advance to the enemy, and Duan Qirui as President of the Second Army, and began to conquer one after another. He also listened to Cen Chunxuan's petition and ordered the addition of eight battalions to enter Sichuan on the right day, and extracted 1 million taels of silver. On the 26th, the Qing court ordered Fengtian and Zhili to cooperate with Yuan Shikai's 13000 fast guns and 54 cannons. On the 27th, he ordered the First Army of President Feng Guozhang and the Second Army of President Duan Qirui, the Commander of Jiangbei, to be under the control of Yuan Shikai. Everything was ready. On the 30th, Yuan Shikai went south from Zhangde to take up his post.