Rebirth of the Northern Giants

The sergeants of the Dingwu Army were also helpless. In the Qing Dynasty, there was only the crime of blocking the road and robbery, but not the crime of blocking the road and begging for food.

Starting from the first echelon, for more than ten days in a row, every other day, a group of soldiers from the Wu Yi Army came to beg for food, which made Yuan Shikai extremely depressed and wanted to scold his mother.Fortunately, after more than ten days, Wu Yijun finally calmed down.Yuan Shikai couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that Ye Zhikui really couldn't be messed with in the future.

The second volume of Jingshi Fengyun Chapter 62 Reformation has begun

When Rong Lu was investigating Ye Zhikui's style of work in Tianjin, Kang Youwei, who had been tirelessly writing letters for six or seven years, was finally blessed with grace, and Emperor Guangxu decided to summon him in the Palace of Qinzheng.

On this day, he was in high spirits, his time was over, his fame had not yet been established, the scholar was getting old, and the opportunity came.He is like a dragon going out to sea, and a tiger going down the mountain. If he makes a move, it is a big deal, so he disdains to make a little improvement like the Westernization School. He wants to carry out the order as soon as he has the power. Do a good job in front of you.

When Kang Youwei came out of the court room waiting for the decree, he was full of ambition and despised the world.

The little eunuch who led the way led him around a few times. Why did Kang Youwei feel a little familiar? He seemed to have passed by here just now. Why did he not arrive at the Palace of Qinzheng after walking for a long time? just arrived!"

The little eunuch didn't even turn his head, and murmured, "I'm so anxious, isn't it almost here?" But he was thinking that this person is so ignorant and doesn't know the rules.If our family doesn't give you a little detour, our family has spent so many years in this palace for nothing.

It was the first time for Kang Youwei to go to the palace to face the saint, so he knew the rules there, so he put away his contemptuous expression just now, and walked obediently behind the little eunuch.

After Kang Youwei passed for a long time, he finally walked to the Qinzheng Hall in Xiyuan. The little eunuch gave him a blank look and went forward to report. After a while, the big eunuch shouted: "Kang Youwei, the head of the summoning department, stepped forward. See you!"

Kang Youwei patted the corner of his clothes, strode into the Hall of Qinzheng with his head held high, and when he entered, he saw Guangxu waiting for him with an excited expression on his face.

Guangxu stood up, stepped forward to support Kang Youwei and said, "Sir, you are a great talent, get up quickly, come here! Give me a seat!"

Kang Youwei took the opportunity to stand up, although he replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your compliment, I am ashamed of you!" But he sat down on the seat next to him.

Guangxu can be regarded as a generous monarch. If Kang Youwei met with Cixi, I am afraid that this set of actions alone would have displeased Cixi.Guangxu said with a smile: "Mr. not long ago, I have carefully studied the excerpts introducing the reform of the world's powerful countries. I also said that I listened to my father. My father agreed very much. I only saw the excerpts before. Today I finally see the real man. , I am very relieved, what else can you teach me, sir?"

Kang Youwei cupped his hands, and said in shocking words: "Your Majesty, my Qing Dynasty is about to perish!"

Guangxu was startled when he heard the words, and asked curiously, "Why did you say that, sir!"

Kang Youwei stood up and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, my Qing Dynasty is about to perish in the hands of those who are conservative and unwilling to reform. And our country is getting weaker and weaker, and it is easy to attract the prying eyes of other countries. In the end, our Qing Dynasty will surely perish! I am afraid that the emperor and all the ministers will not get it if they want to be Chang'an civilians!"

Guangxu frowned, and asked again: "Then what should I do?"

Without even thinking about it, Kang Youwei blurted out: "The emperor wants to rely on those old ministers to reform the law. It is tantamount to seeking fish from a tree. The emperor should abolish stereotyped imperial examinations and re-select new talents! Then reuse junior ministers."

Guangxu was taken aback, this was almost going to shake the entire political system.He couldn't help but said worriedly: "How can you hinder me!"

Kang Youwei burst into tears, and said: "Your Majesty, you are the ruler of the world. Your Majesty, you only need to dominate the whole world, and you can give orders like thunder. There is no feudal powerful prince in the Qing Dynasty, and even a general is the overlord. Your Majesty, you only need to Make up your mind, wherever the imperial decree goes, who in the four seas would dare to oppose it!"

Guangxu was blown away, imagining that he is now the king of the world, but seeing a faint figure outside the window behind the dragon chair, Cixi suddenly flashed in his mind, the blood in his heart suddenly disappeared, and he waved his hands in a somewhat dispirited manner. : "I'm a little tired, let's listen to my master's teachings some other day!"

Kang Youwei was talking over there, ecstasy, ecstasy and passion!If this is in later generations, even if Kang Youwei does not become a speaker, but engages in pyramid schemes, he will definitely be able to earn a grand slam.

It's a pity that his Cantonese really made Guangxu's head buzzing. Guangxu didn't have much patience and thought it would be more convenient to read his notebooks.

Kang Youwei's voice stopped abruptly, and he had no choice but to get up and leave, but he retreated and shouted: "Your Majesty, the reform must not use those old ministers, the emperor can only promote junior ministers, and don't hesitate to reward them..."

At the beginning, Guangxu was excited by Kang Youwei, but after he calmed down, he thought it was wrong. What Kang Youwei talked about was some big principles, such as using stereotypes to pick scholars, and orders that everyone would obey, but he didn’t talk about how to implement them. No specific solution was given.

Guangxu was helpless, and it seemed that he had to go to his teacher Weng Tongsu to discuss it.

Weng Tongsu was writing the "Decree to Set the Country" for Guangxu. When he heard Guangxu talk about Kang Youwei and asked Kang Youwei to let him pass on the "Book of Suojin", he couldn't help feeling depressed. If the old man didn't pass on the letter for you, you would still sue the imperial court. The status is here.

Guangxu asked without any intention: "I heard that Kang Youwei had Mr. Weng pass on some 'Jin Shu' on his behalf. Where is he now?"

Weng Tongsu thought to himself, the papers I entrust you to pass on to the emperor every day are not thousands, but hundreds, I can remember them all so clearly, so he casually replied: "I have no relationship with Kang Nanhai."

Guangxu asked curiously: "Kang Youwei is very famous, why didn't Master Weng have any contact with him?"

Weng Tongsu stroked his beard and replied, "This man has ulterior motives and only wants to make his way upwards. I only found out after reading his book "Confucius Restructuring the System" recently! Don't be close to him!"

Guangxu was speechless!Neither agree nor disagree.

Not long after Guangxu summoned Kang Youwei, Cixi also summoned Li Hongzhang in the Summer Palace and asked how Kang Youwei was!

Li Hongzhang said directly: "Kang Youwei is an impetuous and naive scholar, like a person in the market who likes to fight for power and win lawsuits."

Cixi asked puzzledly: "If this is the case, why do foreigners praise and support him?"

Li Hongzhang replied angrily: "That's because Westerners don't understand our literati in the Qing Dynasty, and they regard our literati in the Qing Dynasty as knowledgeable researchers in their country. When those Westerners know that our literati in the Qing Dynasty are What kind of characters are there, I'm afraid they won't be able to escape."

Kang Youwei offended Ronglu and Weng Tongsu invisibly, and was not favored by Prince Gong, Li Hongzhang and others, so he was destined to fail in his wish.When he went home happily and waited for a promotion to make a fortune, the appointment from above came—Zhang Jingshang, the prime minister's office, was still a sixth-rank official.

This is why, on the surface, it is due to the opposition of ministers such as Ronglu and Gangyi, but Weng Tongsu and others do not support it, so no matter how much Guangxu likes him, he can only do so. Fortunately, he has given him another comfort Award, granting him "special performance".Kang Youwei had no choice but to continue his writing career!

When the capital turmoil started, Kang Youwei saw that his official was too young, so he felt that it was not good enough to recruit more talents and gather more popularity, so Qiang Xuexue began to move around and recruit people into the group. Eye.

Chapter 63 The Confrontation between Emperors and Empresses

On March 1895, 3, Guangxu promulgated the "Dingguo Shizhao" drafted by Weng Tongsu, which opened the prelude to the reform reform. The reformers all over the country were ecstatic. It is a big move to pull out the old and open up the new! All reforms are based on this edict, and the new policy will start on this day."

The young Guangxu planned his grand blueprint in the Forbidden City smugly, and looked forward to the future of the Qing Empire with piercing eyes. Yesterday, the queen mother said to him: "The emperor does things, and I will not stop him." Therefore, he is confident !

The wish is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. The innocent and lovely children don't know that the mouth of a politician is like a public toilet, and the words spoken are the people who come and go in the toilet, and they will never be the same.

Guangxu only had a dream for three days, and only three days later, Cixi's confidantes such as Ronglu, Yikuang, and Gangyi ordered officials who were willing to be used as gunmen to write a letter to impeach his teacher Weng Tongsu, saying that Weng Tongsu There is no way to harm the country, to form a party to mess with the government, to rebel against power, and to cause corruption in the household department.

Therefore, a decree was issued from Cixi, who was sitting in the gazebo beside Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace, admiring lotus flowers——

Weng Tonghe, a scholar who co-organized the university, has not agreed to cooperate in many things recently, so that the public is not convinced, and people have participated in it many times.And every time he is called to the right, he consults about the incident, whether he is free or not, his joy and anger are seen in his words, and he gradually reveals his power-grabbing madness and rebellion, and it is absolutely difficult to win the cardinal's responsibility.He should have been investigated and punished severely, but Gu Nian had been in Yuqing Palace for many years, so he couldn't bear to be punished hastily, so he immediately returned home to show his safety.

There was a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and Guangxu felt chills all over his body. Weng Shi, who was his right-hand man, was kicked out of the capital in such a despondent manner. Li Hongzao was old and sick, who else could be trusted in the Military Aircraft Department?

At the same time when the emperor's teacher Weng Tonghe opened the vacancy, Cixi transferred Wang Wenshao to Beijing to act as the governor of Zhili with his confidant Rong Lu, who was in charge of the safety of the capital.

The old minister Guangxu didn't trust him, and the young minister Guangxu could only be promoted to the third or fourth grade at most. Guangxu's brains were gone, so he could only look at the papers handed over by the courtiers all day long, and then make up his own mind, and pass if he thought it was good. Let it go if you don't think it's good, like this, you can decide the country's major affairs just like a child's play.

In Tianjin, news from all over the capital flew into Ye Zhikui's room like snow flakes. Ye Zhikui kept writing letters with Li Hongzhang, Nie Shicheng, Ye Zhichao, etc. Among them, a letter from Nie Shicheng made Ye Zhikui vigilant. An organization called Yihequan, fortunately, he dealt with it properly and extinguished it in time.But Ye Zhikui knew that the Boxers were about to rise.

Fortunately, Ye Zhikui had a gun in his hand, so he didn’t panic. After Wu Yi’s army marched and trained, the perseverance, endurance and combat effectiveness of the soldiers had been significantly improved. This surprised Ye Zhikui. After discussing with the staff, Wu Yijun decided on a strategy of marching and training every half a month.

Ye Zhikui gradually expanded the scope of training, intentionally or unintentionally, gradually approaching the capital from Tianjin. Because marching and training became a routine military activity, the people and officials in the Beijing-Tianjin area gradually became accustomed to it, without the initial surprise !

Wu Yi's army was appreciated by Rong Lu, and the imperial court also tried to create such a pacesetter unit, so all weapons and ammunition were given priority. From time to time, he asked the Ministry of War or the Governor's Mansion for weapons and ammunition, and proposed to Ye Zhikui the policy of using half of the ammunition and keeping the other half, quietly hoarding a large number of guns and ammunition.

In view of the increasingly tense situation in the capital, Ye Zhikui suggested to Wang Wenshao, who had not yet resigned, "Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau is an important military base. The original force is too weak, so heavy troops should be sent for protection."

Wang Wenshao thought so, so Ye Zhikui dispatched two teams of [-] soldiers from the new army to take turns to guard.

The Tianjin Machinery Manufacturing Bureau, which can produce guns and ammunition, fell under Ye Zhikui's "protection" in this way.

On the 5th, Kang Youwei came to Tianjin from the capital to learn from Timothy Lee, the spiritual leader of the Reformation School. Timothy Lee was an out-and-out Englishman. Under "protection", he hired foreigners to join the government in an attempt to influence the development of China's political situation. Unfortunately, he met old foxes such as Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong, and Zuo Zongtang at that time, so he failed to achieve his wish.

This time, he met Kang Youwei, and as soon as they met, Timothy Li enthusiastically covered Kang Youwei's hand and said, "Kang, you are Ito Hirobumi of China!"

Kang Youwei was flattered, and replied: "You are too generous. I am a loyal reader of the "Wanguo Gazette". The reform ideas you published on it deeply attracted me. You are my teacher."