The emperor has always been enthroned to give three resignations, Zhou Li "the main country five accumulation, three questions, all three resignations, all travel...", so when Zhang Xun asked for restoration, he said: "(Five years ago) the Empress Dowager Longyu couldn't bear to let the people suffer for the honor of a surname, so she issued an edict to run the republic, who knew that the people would not be able to make a living... The republic is not in line with our national conditions, and only when the emperor reinstates the throne can the people be saved..."Pu Yi expressed humility according to the guidance of the emperor Chen Baochen and said: "I am too young, I have no talent and no virtue, and I can't take on such a big responsibility."

Zhang Xun immediately praised: "The emperor is a wise saint, the world knows that in the past, the Holy Ancestor Emperor (referring to Kangxi) was also a chongling practitioner."

Pu Yi hurriedly followed Chen Baochen's instructions and said: "Since this is the case, I will make it difficult for me!"

So, Zhang Xun, Kang Youwei and others knelt on the ground again, shouting long live, and Wang Shizhen and others had to kneel down and cheer casually.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, Zhang Xun sent Liang Dingfen, a former minister of the Qing Dynasty, and others to bring the edict of the little emperor to confer the title of Li Yuanhong as a first-class duke and Kang Youwei's pre-written "Li Yuanhong's recital, please return the state government", and knocked on the door of the presidential palace on the fifth watch, asking Li Yuanhong to sign the recital.

However, he hesitated to address Li Yuanhong in the criticism, and began to want to call him "president", which was inappropriate; Later, he planned to call him "the minister", but the head of state of the Republic of China should not be called "minister" after all. In the end, Kang Youwei said: "It is better to call it 'the member', which is the most appropriate." When asked why, Kang Youwei said: "China is owned by Your Majesty, because of the Xinhai Revolution, Your Majesty for the sake of calming things, so he entrusted the world's major affairs to Yuan Shikai to manage, Yuan Shikai died, Li Yuanhong succeeded him, these two people are nothing less than Your Majesty's 'administrator', so it is called 'the best'!" ”

Poor Li Yuanhong looked forward to the stars and the moon, and finally looked forward to a savior, but he didn't expect it to be a disaster. Li Yuanhong, who wanted to use Zhang Xun's power to drive out Duan Qirui, was shocked when he understood Liang Dingfen's intention, knowing that he had been fooled: the front door drove away Duan Qirui's wolf, but the back door attracted Zhang Xun's tiger! He sternly refused, saying: "The position of president is entrusted by the people, and I dare not do it reluctantly." If the restoration is advocated by Zhang Shaoxuan (Zhang Xun's character) alone, I am afraid that China and foreign countries may not admit it, so how dare I promise it privately? ”

Liang Dingfen threatened: "The old things should be returned first." If the public refuses to approve, he may regret it. ”

Li Yuanhong simply closed his eyes and ignored him. Liang Dingfen couldn't, so he had to leave in a huff. The next day, Li Yuanhong sent a telegram to Vice President Feng Guozhang, who was living in Nanjing, to take over the presidency and fled to the Japanese embassy area in Dongjiaomin Lane for refuge.

Poor Lao Li was forced to power by Premier Duan on the front foot, and now he is forced to the palace again, and he, the president, deserves to be miserable.

Zhang Xun supported the restoration of the abolished emperor Puyi, appointed himself Minister of Parliament, Governor of Zhili, and Minister of Beiyang, and changed the sixth year of the Republic of China (1917) to the ninth year of Xuantong. Feng Delin was also full of ambition, fluttering, dazed, and didn't know why. He ordered some officers and men of the 28th Division to be transferred to Beijing to "praise the restoration of Xiang and defend the imperial family." But I don't want my subordinates, who have long been popular with the people, to secretly communicate with Zhang Zuolin's army, and no one dares to wade into this troubled water.

The emperor is sitting in the Dragon Court again!

The Huanglongqi shop, which has been closed for more than five years, has resumed its old business, but the supply is in short supply for a while, and many families have to use paper paste to cope with the dragon flag. And those princes and nobles, the old and the young who had long been looking forward to the restoration of the Qing Dynasty, celebrated with crowns, and gathered in front of the palace to wait to meet the "emperor"; Those who did not have court clothes hurried to the second-hand clothes shop to buy court clothes, and those who did not have braids went to the costume shop to order wigs made of ponytails.

Under duress, the general public hung up the dragon flag and put on false braids, but they did not think that this restoration would succeed at all. When the newsboys on the streets of Beijing were peddling the "Xuantong Edict", they shouted: "Six sons buy antiques!" This thing will become an antique in a few days, and it is not expensive to buy an antique for six big coppers! This voice reflects the general public opinion.

During the Restoration, nothing was more precious than the braid at the back of the head. When Zhang Xun went to see the Qing Emperor, Taibao Shi continued to say that the braids were not in line with the times and persuaded him to cut them. Zhang Xun was very angry when he heard this, and said: "It is precisely because my soldiers have braids that it is difficult for traitors to get in. Now these traitors who are in turmoil, don't all of them have braids? ”

On the afternoon of the day of the restoration, after reporting that the streets were full of people with braids, Zhang Xun was overjoyed, slapped his legs and lifted his beard and laughed: "I said that people do not forget the old master, and today it is true." Otherwise, where would there be so many people with braids? This is what the people want! ”

As the "literary saint" of this restoration, Kang Youwei's braids are short and bald, and they hang down only six or seven inches, and they are fluffy like pampas grass. Everyone's braids were intact, and when someone accused him of not being a restorationist, Yasufuzi defended: "I have been living abroad since the end of the Wuxu period, and I have had to cut my hair and change clothes. Since the Xinhai National Change, this is the only time to return to the motherland and re-grow hair, more than five years ago, so the length is not full. Everyone asked him, after the Xinhai New Year, everyone else cut their hair, why do you want to grow your hair? Kang Fuzi said proudly: "I expected that there would be today!" ”

Kang Youwei not only had short braids, but his beard was also shaved off because he needed to disguise himself in Beijing and hide people's eyes. When the restoration was completed, Kang Fuzi hoped to get a seat as the first minister (chief cabinet scholar), and when Zhang Xun asked Xuantong for instructions, Concubine Jin thought it was impossible, saying that there had never been a beardless prime minister in this dynasty, and she was only willing to give him the position of vice president of the Bide Academy. After Kang Youwei learned about it, he was extremely disappointed, and hurriedly bought raw beard water from the pharmacy, smeared it two or three times an hour, and always took a self-portrait in the mirror, which was equivalent to the farmer's hope for seedlings. However, the general trend has gone, and there is no way to return to heaven after such hard work.

Kang Youwei was very unhappy in his heart, so he complained and scolded Zhang Xun and said: "Since I was arranged for a false position, why did you send a telegram to recruit me into Beijing?" After Zhang Xun heard this, he said angrily: "He doesn't have to do anything, so he got a ready-made position in Bide Academy, and now he is still not greedy enough, it is really a lack of corruption and conspiracy." After that, Zhang Xun also said hatefully: "If he slanders me behind my back, I must use barbaric means to deal with him." After hearing this, Kang Fuzi smiled and said, "Others are afraid of him, but I am not afraid of him." When asked why, Confuzi said, "He has a small gun by his side, and I have a big gun by my side!" Comparatively, it depends on who is more powerful! ”

The two civil and military saints were not convinced by each other. Zhang Xun said: "The old man's name is Zhang Xun, and today he has really established the immortal xun. Kang Fuzi said with a smile: "I am famous, and today I am also promising." And my name, not only to my own body, that is, to the country, but also has a special relationship, "The Mean" said 'rich from all over the world, noble as the Son of Heaven', my name is embedded with the words "have" and "for". After hearing this, Zhang Xun thought for a while, patted his leg and scolded: "Damn, you named it after the word 'promising', do you still want to be the emperor?" After hearing this, Kang Fuzi hurriedly said: "Don't dare, I really don't dare!" ”

After Li Jingxi, who had just been the prime minister of the cabinet for half a month, learned the news of the restoration, he hurriedly came to Zhang Xun and asked him why he did not notify himself and did not arrange a position for himself. Zhang Xun said with a smile: "Lao Jiu is not strange, in terms of qualifications, of course you have the hope of being the prime minister." However, your future is ruined by no braids. I'm thinking about you, it's really not worth it. "Humph! Some time ago, you were asked to enter the palace, and you pushed and ran away, thinking I didn't know? Now if you want to share the fruit, no way!

Other cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods have been concocted: Lei Zhenchun, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was the first to participate in the restoration, and I heard that the reason why Zhang Xun asked him to be the secretary of the Ministry of War was because his name was good, "Spring thunder is rolling and deafening"! This general Zhenwei, who was born in a small station, once served as the governor of Jiangbei and the commander of the seventh town, and was an old comrade of the restoration during the Yuan Shikai period. This time, he was named the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Lei Zhenchun wore a brand-new court dress and took a motorcycle to the palace to thank him. After arriving at the palace gate, before the car stopped, Lei Zhenchun jumped out of the car, and as a result, he fell four or five feet away, and blood came out of his forehead. The guards hurriedly stepped forward to help him and asked, "My lord, does it hurt?" Lei Zhenchun said: "If you are happy, you don't feel pain." After thanking, Lei Zhenchun was rewarded for riding a horse in the Forbidden City.

This time, he no longer used the famous couplet he wrote: "The family is poor, a thousand hooks, and you can't catch your relatives and friends; People are rich and noble, 10,000 guns, and they can't leave Wang Bagui Sun" in his heart, but wholeheartedly be his "Wang Bagui Sun".

Not all of them are in a state of mind. After Zhang Xun was awarded the title of "Prince of Loyalty", his minions were elated, but a secretary of his subordinates suddenly offered to resign. Zhang Xun was stunned and asked him why. The secretary said: "Since the marshal is the prince, he should call himself a slave to Xuantong, and we people should call ourselves slaves to the marshal." Although I am cold, I don't want to be a slave, and I don't want to be a slave of a slave. Zhang Xun was furious and scolded: "You haven't had the blessing of being a slave yet!" Just go if you want to. "Anyway, get the guy out of here.

In order to make the restoration prosperous, Zhang Xun wanted to perform a big drama in the Jiangxi Hall. Pu Dong, a descendant of the Manchu nobles who was pondering the drama at home and one of the "Four Sons of the Republic of China", received an edict from the palace, knowing that it should be the work that the restorationists came up with to shoot Zhang Xun's ass, and wanted to refuse it, but after thinking about it, it was better to sing "A Thousand Loyalties" to "see the tragedy", so that those birdmen know that they are not fuel-efficient lamps.

made up his mind, and he immediately consulted with Yuan Kewen, who was also one of the "Four Sons of the Republic of China". Yuan Kewen didn't even agree with his father being the emperor, let alone the clowns who turned back history? immediately said: "This play is good, just out of this grievance." ”

"A Thousand Loyalties" is a well-known tragedy, which is about the Ming Dynasty Zhu Di conquered Nanjing, Emperor Jianwen fled, from the emperor to the monk, all the way to see the loyal ministers were killed, the people suffered, the lives were ruined, and the tragedy was terrible...

On that day, Pu Dong and Yuan Kewen sang miserably and tearfully on stage. Everyone in the audience looked at each other, and Zhang Xun rushed over and rushed away angrily.

Later, Zhang Hanqing and two old friends got together in Beijing, and when they mentioned this interesting incident, they thought: "Why do these people still flock to it when they don't even look good at the drama?" ”