A few days later, Tan Si and others were escorted to the Tianjin wharf, and Zhou Ding received an edict from the Empress Dowager Cixi.

The gist of the decree is: Tan Si and the others are bold, blinding the saints, fooling the people, reciting that God has the virtue of a good life, the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, and the six people will be sent to Qiongzhou, and the edict will order Zhou Ding, the prefect of Qiongzhou, to be strictly guarded, and he will not be allowed to leave Qiongzhou for a single step.

Zhou Ding gave thanks to the order, took six people on the boat, and returned to Qiongzhou.

Although these six people are a little two, they are all very idealistic, very revengeful, and very capable talents, if they can be included in the middle of the group, they will definitely be able to become his wall helpers.

The fleet immediately set off from Tianjin, and Zhou Ding saw that the prestige of the six people had reached a friendly attitude, and he was very happy, and set up a banquet to entertain the six people!

Soon, Zhou Ding began to regret: regret was too good to these six people!

Good guys, since these six people sat down, more than half an hour has passed, and the wine and food during the banquet have basically not moved.

A few people are like ducks, croaking and talking, first talking about the successful fall of the Japanese emperor and the history of Japan's rapid development, and then describing the various bright prospects after the successful reform of China's law.

The purpose is to the effect: ask Zhou Ding to rescue Emperor Guangxu!

Zhou Ding has not spoken, everyone is a little dissatisfied, and the words are a lot more ugly, the implication is: If Zhou Ding does not save the emperor, he will be unkind and unjust, and he will be in vain.

Not only that, Zhou Ding also found that except for Tan Sitong, the reputation of the other five people has become neutral again!!

Zhou Ding regretted: If he knew this, he should have let them live a prisoner life first.

Everyone has been talking for so long, Zhou Ding already knows in his heart: if you want to subdue these people for your own use, you must persuade them to give up that unrealistic idea, otherwise, they can only add chaos to themselves, and it is better to have nothing!

At this time, Tan Sitong stopped everyone and said, "Everyone be quiet and listen to what Master Zhou has to say!" ”

The ears calmed down, and Zhou Ding said in his heart: Since this is the case, I will try, with the prophetic foresight of history, and the insight beyond more than a hundred years of them, I don't believe it and disagree with these guys.

With a long breath, Zhou Ding stood up and said: "I heard what everyone just said, what you just said makes some sense, but it's not all right!" ”

Everyone argued again, Tan Sitong waved his hand to stop everyone, and asked, "Please Mr. Zhou speak clearly!" ”

Zhou Ding said lightly: "Japan has successfully fallen and the emperor is in power, Japan has indeed entered a period of rapid development, and in just 30 years, Japan has changed from a poor and desolate island country to a powerful country that overwhelms the Qing Dynasty, all thanks to this merit!" ”

Seeing that Zhou Ding agreed with their ideas, everyone was very happy and signaled Zhou Ding to continue.

"And yet!" Zhou Ding's voice changed: "The current situation of the Qing Dynasty looks very similar to Japan thirty years ago, but in fact, it is very different!" ”

Kang Guangren asked: "What's the difference, the reason why Japan has successfully changed the law is because there is an emperor who has worked hard to make the country prosperous, and now my Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty is better than the Japanese emperor!" ”

Zhou Ding smiled faintly and stretched out three fingers: "The time, the place, the people, don't occupy any of them!" ”

Several people asked rhetorically: "How is the time, place, and people?" ”

Zhou Ding was still personable and said methodically: "Let's talk about people first!"

At that time, the ruler of Japan was the shogunate, and as long as he was pushed to the shogunate, the emperor could take power.

But what about the Great Qing Dynasty? The power of the Qing Dynasty was the Empress Dowager Cixi!

Actually, you were wrong from the start, you chose the wrong enemy!

And you ask yourself, do you plan to let the Empress Dowager Cixi obediently stay in the harem for the elderly after the successful change of the law?

The current emperor is the nephew of the Queen Mother, if the Queen Mother doesn't like him, how can she make him the emperor?

Your opponent is not the Empress Dowager Cixi, but the stubborn feudal forces. ”

"Why, does Mr. Zhou think that the Queen Mother should not return the imperial power to the emperor?" The person who asked the question was Lin Xu.

Zhou Ding shook his head and said: "The matter is urgent, the stubborn and conservative forces of the Qing Dynasty are too large, if you want to succeed in changing the law, you must win over and divide the stubborn forces.

But you are seizing power at this time, so you can only let the queen mother and the feudal forces stand together.

The Queen Mother waved her hand gently, and Yuan Shikai, who you had worked so hard to cultivate, immediately stood on the side of the Queen Mother! Without military power, how can you be undefeated?

Think about it carefully: If it weren't for the Queen Mother's intention to connive at your trial changes, you think: Do you have a chance to start? ”

Although everyone disagrees with Zhou Ding's statement of 'winning over the Queen Mother', it is undeniable that it was the Queen Mother who made the move that led Yuan Shikai to rebel, and Yuan Shikai's rebellion was the main reason for the failure of the reform.

Yang Shenxiu stood up and said, "What Mr. Zhou said just now is just 'hindsight', but I still want to hear what Your Excellency said about the location and time!" ”

Zhou Ding picked up his wine glass, drank a glass to himself, and continued: "The territory of Japan is so big, barely worth one of our provinces, and the will of the king can easily reach the people.

But what about the Great Qing Dynasty?

For the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's will had to be carried out through thousands of courtiers throughout the country.

The officialdom of the Qing Dynasty was like a forest, and the officials of lower grades were like leaves, which had to be attached to the branches, and the branches had to be attached to the trunk, and the trunk had to be attached to the roots. Between the roots of the tree, the roots are intertwined, and the whole body is moved.

The content of the reform is very good, learn from the advanced technology of the West, vigorously develop industry and commerce, if it can really be implemented, China's prosperity and strength are just around the corner!

However, the change did not take care of ...... To put it mildly, it harms the interests of most officials.

Your role is just to advocate, without the support of officials, who will organize the study? Who will build the factory? Who will do the business? ”

Everyone was silent, and Tan Sitong stood up and said: "The words of the virtuous brother are deafening, if the officials of the Qing Dynasty can open their eyes and see the world, why should the country be?" ”

Zhou Ding picked up the wine glass, touched a glass with Tan Si, and said, "Brother Fusheng just called me Mr. Zhou, I thought you didn't recognize me as a brother?" ”

Tan Si drank it all together, and said in a smug voice: "Foolish brother is ashamed! Brother Xian hasn't said Tianhe yet, you might as well continue, I'll listen to you! ”

Zhou Ding drank the wine in his glass, put down the wine glass and said: "Today, other powers in the world are staring at the Qing Dynasty with burning eyes, for them, the Qing Dynasty has a vast territory and a dense population, if it is not for the backward technology, it should be one of the top two powers in the world.

The Qing Dynasty is now the fat in the mouths of many powerful hunting countries, once the Qing Dynasty rises, this piece of fat will inevitably fly away, and even become a tiger, and take murderous revenge on the country that gnawed it.

Therefore, the great powers of the countries are not willing to make the Qing Dynasty stronger, as far as I know: the hunting rifle countries want to implement a technological blockade of the Qing Dynasty, and all advanced technology and advanced weapons will not be sold to the Qing Dynasty! ”

Liu Guangdi got up and said: "Now that Japan can independently produce foreign guns and cannons, no matter how bad we are, we won't be worse than the Japanese, right?" Can't you become stronger? ”

Zhou Ding nodded and said to Liu Guangdi: "Brother Pei Chuen said well, but have you ever thought that Japan has learned Western technology and slowly become stronger."

Before the First Sino-Japanese War, Japan's warships were all bought from other countries, and for this, Japan owed a huge debt!

If Japan hadn't won the Qing Dynasty and received huge compensation, the country would have gone bankrupt long ago! ”

Everyone was silent for a long time, and Tan Sitong asked: "I don't know what Chongde thinks about China's way out!" ”