Although Guangxu was very dissatisfied, but the overseas Chinese's military exploits were there, and they were able to defeat the Eight-Nation Alliance, defeat the German Far East Fleet, and defeat the Russian army's southward march, these achievements were not a fluke, which also shows that overseas Chinese are by no means vain, and Guangxu now understands a little bit that only when the country's strength is strong, then the force will be strong.

And for the current Guangxu, if he wants to get rid of Cixi's control, truly grasp the power, and act arbitrarily, he can only rely on overseas Chinese, so Guangxu also wants to try again, so he said: "I heard that Western countries may have law reformers, they all use the system first, and they have not seen it solve the land first, and Japan and my Qing Dynasty are both Asian countries, with the same national conditions and culture, and Japan follows the example of Western countries to change the law and innovate, enrich the country and strengthen the army, and I have not seen it solve the land, why do I have to solve the land first." ”

According to the understanding of the old time and space, Guangxu's main way to understand the world is to introduce books about Western countries published in China, but the authors of these books are mostly only half-aware of Western countries, and when introducing Western countries, they have a lot of personal feelings, so the narration and interpretation of many historical events are often seriously out of shape.

During the period of his Wuxu reform, Kang Youwei had sent many books to Guangxu to introduce the changes in various countries, but although Kang Youwei regarded himself as a saint, and his ideological propositions were also advanced in China at that time, he was a man who was good at seeking differences, and in order to prove his own theory, he did not hesitate to erase the facts and distort the evidence, so he introduced the law changes to Guangxu in various countries, in fact, in order to prove his own reform and innovation views, and carried a large number of private goods, which were far from the facts"Examination of Japan's Political Change" records the process of reform and reform from the first year of the Meiji era (1868) to the twenty-third year of the Meiji era (1890), and is particularly described in detail in the Japanese parliament, constitution, bureaucracy, elections, etc. However, he made many changes and fabrications to the historical facts of the Meiji Restoration in order to prove the proposed reforms. And Guangxu is basically convinced of this.

In terms of academic level, Qin Zheng can't catch up with Kang Youwei, of course, but he has more than 100 years of knowledge and knowledge than Kang Youwei, which is a summary of the experience of history and social development in the old time and space, comprehensive and detailed, and there are more than a few streets to throw Kang Youwei, but now the time is limited, and it is impossible to explain to Guangxu in detail the social and economic conditions of the capitalist revolution in Europe, as well as the background and behavior of the Meiji Restoration in Japan, so he had to say: " Although Japan and China both belong to Asia, and there are many similarities in culture, this is an appearance rather than substance; Japan is still an island country, with a small territory, surrounded by the sea, a narrow land, and few people, and insufficient resources and products, and it can only rob other countries of land and resources without being self-sufficient; moreover, Japan has a single nation, the same people's nature, and they are both tenacious and belligerent by nature, and they are both fierce and murderous by nature; while China is a mainland country, with a vast territory and abundant natural resources, it can be self-sufficient, and it has a large ethnic population, and the people of various places have different personalities, with the northerners being bold and the southerners being shrewd, so the national conditions of China and Japan are actually very different。 ”

After a pause, Qin Zheng said again: " The minister is not saying that China cannot learn from the Western countries to change the law and innovate, but to say that it cannot be completely rigid, China has its own national conditions here, so the laws of Western countries should be trade-offs, to remove the chaff and retain the essence, and combined with China's national conditions, so as to formulate China's law reform regulations, but this requires a comprehensive and true understanding of the laws of Western countries, understand those that are in line with China's national conditions, those that do not conform to China's national conditions, and those that need to be revised, and at the same time we must have a comprehensive understanding of China's actual situation, those systems are changed first, and those systems are changed later, only in this way can we formulate a comprehensive reform plan, and have a target, when necessaryIt is even necessary to carry out reform experiments in a certain place, and we must not ignore the actual situation, rejoice in the success, be greedy for more and seek speed, and be anxious for quick success. ”

After hearing this, Guangxu was also a little annoyed in his heart, because what Qin Zheng said was a great joy, greedy for more and faster, and eager for quick success, wasn't he talking about him? It can be said that except for Cixi, there has never been a minister who has taught Guangxu like this, but Guangxu has been a puppet emperor for nearly 30 years, so he can control his emotions and know that now is not the time to get angry, and although what Qin Zheng said is not to be heard, it seems to have some truth, but the mentality of Shi Enlalong's overseas Chinese has faded by half.

So Guangxu sank slightly, and decided to think about Qin Zheng's words seriously, and made a decision, anyway, overseas Chinese still have to live in Xi'an for a few days, and according to the convention, they should see the emperor again when leaving, so there will be a chance to meet Qin Zheng again in the future, Guangxu said: "Okay, Qin Zheng, you will retire first, and have a good rest in Xi'an for a few days, and I will see you another day." ”

Qin Zheng listened to it and saluted Guangxu again, and then retired to Guangxu.

Looking at the back of Qin Zheng leaving, Guangxu couldn't help sighing, slowly pushed away his left hand, and held a small scroll of paper in the palm of his hand, which was a secret edict written by Guangxu to Qin Zheng, which was to make overseas Chinese force Cixi to return to power, help himself to be pro-government, and then promote the reform of the law, and promised to reuse overseas Chinese. If Qin Zheng's response can satisfy Guangxu, then Guangxu will find an opportunity, such as giving Qin Zheng something, and take the opportunity to stuff the secret edict to Qin Zheng. But Qin Zheng's answer did not meet Guangxu's requirements at all, so Guangxu finally did not take out this secret edict.

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"Oh! That Qin Zheng actually said that Kang Liang's change was nonsense. Cixi half lay on the bed, closed her eyes slightly, and said slowly.

"Yes, Lafayette, that's exactly what the surnamed Qin said, and the servants are all telling the truth. Li Lianying stood at the end of the couch and bowed.

Cixi said again: "What else did Qin Zheng say?"

Although Cixi did not personally receive Qin Zheng, she also arranged to listen to the conversation between Guangxu and Qin Zheng, and made a detailed record.

Li Lianying then recited: "Qin Zheng also said, 'Kang Liang changed the law in 104 days, but issued more than 280 reform orders, involving various aspects of government affairs, economy, culture, diplomacy, and military. Reform and innovation, what a major move, since ancient China to change the law, few people have succeeded, can know its difficulty, so it is not extremely cautious, the whole is deliberate, and it is not feasible to plan and then move, not to mention that China's territory is vast, the population is large, and the customs, habits, and people's hearts are different in various places. ”

Cixi listened, sat up from the bed suddenly, and said: "That's good, this Qin Zheng really has some knowledge, it seems that among the overseas Chinese, there are indeed characters, but the ridiculous emperor still treats Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao as treasures, but I don't know that these two people are clearly messing with me in the Qing Dynasty." He sighed again and said, "It's a pity that if the overseas Chinese had come back a few years earlier, and they would have presided over the law change, the Great Qing Kingdom would not have made such a fuss." ”

Li Lianying didn't dare to answer, and listened on the side. At this time, Cixi gently looked at the palace maid Rong'er beside her, Rong'er knew that Lafayette was going to use cigarettes, and immediately lit the fire eyebrows, held the cigarette pouch with her right hand, and gently sent the cigarette holder to Cixi's mouth, shook the cigarette eyebrows with her left hand, and lit the cigarette with her hand on the smoke eyebrows of the open flame. Cixi held the cigarette holder, closed her eyes slightly, and after smoking a cigarette, another palace Juanzi immediately handed over a cup of tea, Cixi drank a few sips, let out a long breath, and leaned back on the soft couch, and said, "Keep reading." ”

Li Lianying hurriedly read it again, and when she remembered that Qin Zheng said to Guangxu that China's biggest problem at present is the land problem, and only by solving the land problem can other changes be carried out, Cixi opened her eyes sharply and said in a low voice: "Well said, this is what Lao Cheng said about the country." ”

Cixi has been in charge of the Qing court for more than 40 years, her understanding of the land is much deeper than Guangxu, it is the master who knows that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, Cixi is very aware of the severity of the land annexation in the Qing court, and knows the harm of land annexation to the dynasty, so Guangxu thinks that Qin Zheng's suggestion is still old-fashioned, but Cixi does not think so, Qin Zheng is really to the point.

The impact of land annexation is mainly in two aspects: first, after the peasants lose their land, their ability to cope with the crisis is greatly reduced; second, because the land is concentrated in the hands of the big landlords and the powerful, they can avoid paying taxes either explicitly or covertly, which will cause a large reduction in the financial revenue of the central court, so once a natural disaster occurs, it will cause a large number of displaced people, and even a peasant revolt will break out, and the imperial court will not have enough money to relieve the disaster or use military force to suppress it, which will often lead to the collapse of the dynasty in the end.

The luck of the Qing court is that although the foreign powers opened the country with guns, but after all, it was pulled into the international trade system, although the sea tax is not high, and in this way can obtain a fairly stable customs income, in addition to the 30 years of the Westernization Movement, the Qing court also founded a number of modern enterprises, some of which can still be profitable, but also to the Qing court to bring a certain amount of income, to ensure the operation of finance, so the Qing court can be in the case of serious land annexation, but also free from strong maintenance.

However, it is not a long-term strategy to maintain this kind of avoidance after all, the crisis has not really been resolved, and the contradictions are still accumulating, and sooner or later there will be an outbreak, but Cixi has no intention to solve the land problem, which has been proved by countless facts in the early dynasties, and those who try to solve the land problem, no matter who ends up are often miserable, the emperor and the ministers are the same. Therefore, it can only be delayed for one day.

Of course, Cixi also heard that overseas Chinese carried out land reform in Shandong, forcibly expropriated the land of landlords, Haoqiang, and squires, and distributed the land to farmers. Cixi even felt that overseas Chinese were small family knowledge, and for the sake of a few acres of land, they actually offended the local squires, so it seems that although the force of overseas Chinese is strong, it is not difficult to deal with.

And now it seems that this is obviously not the case, but the way for overseas Chinese to solve the land problem. And no matter whether this method of overseas Chinese is right or wrong, at least Cixi will never dare to do it. Therefore, for a while, Cixi's heart was also full of thoughts, and she unconsciously thought of God.