李鸿章临死前,曾力荐袁世凯,称其为“环顾宇内人材,无出袁右者”。袁世凯果真用他的“倒行逆施”证实了这一点,只是华盛顿没有做成,而是当了百姓间的笑柄“袁大头”。 袁世凯投机的本领颇为高超,为此曾获赠“投机政客”的美名。袁氏早年跻身于维新行列,逢人便谈维新说变法,可就在大是大非面前,袁世凯出卖了维新派,成了告密者。维新变法的失败换成自己成为冉冉升起的政坛新 Before Li’s death, he tried to recommend Yuan Shikai and called it “looking around Yu insiders and without Yuan’s right.” Yuan Shikai really confirmed this with his “retrograde executions,” but Washington did not make it, but instead he became the laughing stock of “Yuan Tau” among the people. Yuan Shikai’s ability to speculate is quite good, for which he won the reputation of “speculative politicians.” In his early years, Yuan was among the ranks of the reformers. Everyone talked about revising the changes, but Yuan Shikai betrayed the reformers and became informers. The failure of a new reform method has replaced itself with a rising political arena