Yuan Shikai (1September 85916-191June 6), Han nationality. Weiting, named Rong 'an, was born in Xiangcheng, Henan Province, so it is also called Yuan Xiangcheng. The military and political figures in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China were the originator of the famous Beiyang warlord in China's modern history, the president of the Republic of China, and were all-powerful in China politics. 1859, 16 In September, Yuan Shikai was born in Yuanzhai Village, Wangmingkou Town, Xiangcheng City, Henan Province. Most of the parents and grandparents were dignitaries in the Qing Dynasty, and their weight was on one side (uncle Yuan Jiasan started by supervising the Anhui Yong Regiment to suppress the Nian Army and worked hard for the Governor of Grain Transportation. Father Yuan Baozhong is a local gentry. Yuan's uncle once led troops in the A-3 army to patrol the salt road in the south of the Yangtze River. Yuan Shikai adopted Baoqing as his heir since childhood. When I was a teenager, I followed my father to Jinan, Nanjing and other places to study. After Baoqing's death, he went to Beijing to study with his third son and assistant minister Yuan Baoheng.
1876 (the second year of Guangxu) and 1879, Yuan Shikai failed after having obtained the provincial examinations twice and decided to leave school and join the army. 188 1 May, Yuan Shikai went to Dengzhou, Shandong Province, and took refuge in Wu Changqing, Baoqing's sworn brother, as the business office of Jun Qing. Wu Changqing is the commander-in-chief of the Huai Army, commanding the sixth battalion of the Qing Army to be stationed in Dengzhou, and supervising Shandong's defense. .
The Yuan family began to flourish in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty. Yuan Shikai's uncle, Yuan Jiasan, served as the governor of grain transportation and participated in the movement to pacify the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Nian Army. He is an important general of the Huai army, and laid a good network foundation for Yuan Shikai and others to enter the official career in the future.
Yuan Shikai also joined the ranks in the Qing Dynasty and praised the Westernization Movement and the New Deal. He rose from a Taoist priest and governor to a military plane, and even became the prime minister of the cabinet, becoming the number one power minister in the late Qing Dynasty. When the Republic of China was founded, Yuan was elected as the first president, and even became emperor in 19 16, but he finally failed.