There are different opinions about the merits and demerits of Yuan Shikai. Some people say that he is a "lone husband thief" and a "national thief", while others think that he has contributed to the modernization of China and is a real reformer.

Work:

From 1 and 1903, he began to engage in China's military modernization, and made a lot of useful attempts in China's military reform, military education, building and managing the army, and modern police system. Take over Beiyang, abolish the old army, reorganize the police, and separate the military and police in China. The establishment of patrol system in the late Qing Dynasty was the beginning of the modernization of Chinese police system.

2. Yuan Shikai gave consideration to the development of industry, agriculture and commerce, and made great contributions to the industrialization of China. During his administration, he promulgated and implemented a series of economic policies that are beneficial to the development of China's national industry. After Yuan Shikai came to power, the central finance also improved greatly, from borrowing in the early years of the Republic of China to saving 20 million yuan a year.

3. While adhering to a strong central government, Yuan Shikai tried his best to safeguard China's sovereignty and territorial integrity and national interests. The Qing emperor gave preferential treatment to abdication, which ensured the transfer of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Qing government to the government of the Republic of China and maintained the continuity of sovereignty and territorial scope.

By:

1, Yuan Shikai stole the achievements of the Revolution of 1911 and deliberately restored the monarchy. He used his supreme ruling position and military power to strengthen dictatorship. 19 15 12 February 12, Yuan Shikai announced that he accepted the throne, overthrew the republic, restored the monarchy, and changed the Republic of China into the "Chinese Empire". In the fifth year of the Republic of China (191.

2. 19 15 On May 25th, Yuan Shikai signed Article 21 of the unequal treaty, demanding that the Republic of China agree to Japan's status in China and expand its occupation of northeast China.

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An objective evaluation of Yuan Shikai

1, American historian Fei Zhengqing commented on Yuan Shikai's History of the Republic of China in Cambridge. "Although Yuan has personal ambitions and is eager to realize his own views on how China's political system should be organized, he is not an extreme egoist and does not ask others to yield and flatter."

2. Jerome Chen, a Canadian historian in China, believes that "Yuan Shikai's declared goal is to establish a strong central government. If this means ignoring the democratic principles of the Republic, then he is prepared to develop in this direction. Yuan Shikai's desire to build China into a powerful country unified by him is a reflection of his patriotism or nationalism. "