In the spring of 1907, the Qing court decided to convert the three eastern provinces into provinces. After the news came out, the buyers went to Yixuan's house one after another.

In accordance with Yuan Shikai's opinion, Yixuan proposed that Xu Shichang be appointed governor of the three eastern provinces, and Tang Shaoyi, Zhu Jiabao, and Duan Zhigui should be appointed governors of the three provinces respectively.

Tang Shaoyi was Yuan Shikai's translator and right-hand man when he was in North Korea, and he worked under Yuan Shikai for most of the time after returning to China.

Yuan Shikai originally wanted to be the governor of the three eastern provinces, but Cixi did not approve it.

Zhu Jiabao, the word Jingtian. A native of Ningzhou Town, Huaning County.

Known for his stoic, clean and self-motivated. Good Huang Tingjian calligraphy, majestic and powerful. In the eighteenth year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1892), he was a jinshi. He was selected to edit the Hanlin Academy, and then appointed the priest of the Ministry of Rites, and later successively served as Zhili Pingxiang, Xincheng, Nanhe Zhixian.

After Yuan Shikai was appointed as the governor of Zhili, he was particularly appreciated, and was promoted by Yuan Shikai as "the first official in", promoted to the prefect of Baoding, and became Yuan Shikai's right-hand man. Later, he was sent to Japan to inspect government affairs, and after returning to China, he was promoted to Jiangsu as an envoy.

Seeing that all the people mentioned by the Minister of Military Aircraft were Yuan Shikai's henchmen, especially Duan Zhigui, who had no political achievements, he suddenly became a governor from a small Taoist, which was really rare, and he strongly expressed his opposition.

Lin Shaonian, who learned to walk on the Minister of Military Aircraft, is also determined to get this position.

On 20 April, the Empress Dowager Cixi announced the reform of the official system of the three eastern provinces, and General Sheng Jing was renamed the governor of the three eastern provinces, and each of the three provinces had a governor.

Xu Shichang was appointed as the governor of the three eastern provinces, and was also in charge of the affairs of the generals of the three provinces. Tang Shaoyi was the governor of Fengtian, Zhu Jiabao was the governor of Jilin, Duan Zhigui was promoted to political envoy, and the acting governor of Heilongjiang.

After this decree was promulgated, there was an uproar in the court, and the courtiers were greatly dissatisfied. In particular, Jiang Chunlin, Zhao Qilin, and Zhao Binglin, who have always had the courage to fight against the powerful and are known as the "Sanlin Company", are particularly angry.

Jiang Chunlin, the word Zhongmo, the number Xingcun, the late number Meiyang Mountain, Fujian Xinghua Prefecture, Putian County, Meiyang (now belonging to Hanjiang District, Putian City) people.

Seeing that the court is mediocre, the officials are corrupt, the public is bribed, the society is dark, and the people are not happy. Jiang Chunlin set up the grand ambition of Kuang Shi to save the evils, and in the article "Words and Aspirations", he clarified his ambition in the form of a question and answer between the subject and the object.

The guest asked, "What is his ambition?" The answer is "the inside is the official, and the outside is the county order". The guest asked again, why don't you want to be an official like the prime minister, Hanlin, Liubu, and Jiuqing, but want to be a "counselor"? He replied: "The gains and losses of the sole adviser to the government, the weal and woe of the people, the safety of the society, and the ability of the officials?" ”

Sure enough, after entering the office, he always fulfilled his promises, adhered to the principle of loyalty to the country and the people, was jealous of evil, asked for his life for the people, sacrificed his life for righteousness, and became a respected spokesman for the people.

In the thirtieth year of Guangxu (1904), Jiang Chunlin won the first place in the imperial history, supplemented the Jiangnan Provincial Supervision Imperial History, rotated the Xinjiang Provincial Government, and successively supervised the imperial history of Liaoshen, Henan and Sichuan provinces. As a speech official, he shouldered the heavy responsibility of supervising the government and the rule of officials.

After about six years in office, dozens of impeachment seals were written, and the scope of impeachment ranged from the Minister of Military Aircraft, Shangshu, Shilang, Governor, Governor, and even the Imperial History (the top boss who supervised the Imperial History), and as many as 15 people were named. The impeachment involves crimes such as forming a party for personal gain, betraying the country for glory, unfair law enforcement, embezzlement and corruption, preying on the common people, and extravagance and immorality. The righteousness is strict, and the sound shocks the government and the opposition.

Zhao Qilin, a native of Mingdao Township, Xiangtan County, Hunan. Qing Guangxu Renchen (1892) Jinshi. He once served as Henan Province, Jiangsu Province, Shanxi Province, and Inspector of Imperial History. The popularity is high.

In the first month of the 32nd year of Guangxu (1906), when Zhao Qilin was 47 years old, he supplemented the imperial history of Henan Province, and in September, he took charge of the imperial history of Jiangsu Province, and in November, he also served as the governor of Shanxi Province. In just over a year in office, he made 11 appearances, calling for clarification of the rule of officials, the prohibition of opium, the reform of education, the relief of disaster victims, and the emphasis on practical results. He praised the good and depreciated the evil, took a clear-cut stand, and dared to speak up

Zhao Binglin, named Zhu Yuan, is a layman. He was born on November 16, 1876 in Shaoshuile Village, Quanzhou, Guangxi.

Throughout his life, Zhao Binglin was deeply influenced by Confucianism's ideas of Datong and Jingshi, and during the turbulent period of great changes, he was able to accept a part of the advanced Western culture, and he was not bound by ancient laws in governing history and being an official. Moreover, Zhao Binglin cherished the heart of worrying about the country and the people, paid close attention to the social reality, actively joined the WTO, and tried to benefit the world.

In 1906, Zhao Binglin served as the imperial historian of the Imperial Procuratorate, and he dared to speak out in case of trouble, was not afraid of the powerful, dared to give direct advice, and had the courage to impeach, and was known as the "iron-faced imperial history".

The situation was very unfavorable to Yixuan and Yuan Shikai.

And at this time, something that threatened Yixuan and Yuan Shikai even more existed. On 29 April, a well-known figure entered the court on his own without approval.

This person is Ling Chunxuan, who has just been transferred to the governor of Sichuan on March 3.

Ling Chunxuan word cloud steps, Guangxi Xilin people. During the Wuxu Reform, he supported Guangxu, actively served the king in the battle of the Eight-Nation Alliance, and was meritorious in escorting the westward escape, and was greatly favored by Cixi.

When he was transferred to the governor of Sichuan, he was sick and was seeking medical treatment in Shanghai.

This person is a strict politician, does not recognize his six relatives, and often participates in the impeachment of subordinates who violate laws and discipline and neglect their duties, and is called "official slaughter". and "Tu Tu" Zhang Zhidong, "Min Tu" Yuan Shikai, and called the world's three slaughters.

Ling Chunxuan was known as the "Governor of the Liver and Gallbladder" because of his loyalty to the imperial court, his courage to act, and his fearlessness of the powerful.

and the "Governor of the Mind" Yuan Shikai, the "Governor of Thought" Duan Fang, and the "Governor of Articles" Zhang Zhidong are also known as the "Four Governors" by the world at the same time.

He was down there, and his ears were stuffed with the actions of Yixuan and Yuan Shikai and others. This time, he came for Yixuan and Yuan Shikai, and wanted to "make knees and explain all kinds of critical situations in detail" in front of Cixi and Guangxu.

He felt that as soon as he entered Sichuan, it would be difficult to meet the king in the future, so he planned to take a detour to Beijing in the name of going to work.

Because this intention has been decided, when he arrived in Wuhan, he immediately called to invite him to the Hajj, and took a car north without waiting for the resumption of the call.

Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu summoned Ling Chunxuan for three consecutive days.

Ling Chunxuan cried bitterly as soon as they met: "In recent years, relatives and nobles have seized power, bribed public banks, and caused Chinese and foreign countries to follow suit, and discipline has swept the ground. If we do not try to refresh politics and reorganize the discipline, we will be afraid that the day when the people's hearts will be separated, even if we want to barely maintain it, we will have no way to redeem it. ”

Pointed the finger at Yixuan and Yuan Shikai Group.

He had already made preparations and participated in the impeachment of more than 20 senior officials at once. Seeing that the Empress Dowager Cixi did not have a clear attitude, she further proposed: "The ministers are not overwhelmed by the love of dogs and horses, and they intend to stay in the capital and be a vicious dog for the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, I don't know what the intention is?" "Strongly asked to stay in Beijing to serve, monitor and guard against Yixuan, Yuan Shikai and others, and protect the imperial court.

The Empress Dowager Cixi was greatly moved when she heard this, and said to Ling Chunxuan: "Your words are too heavy, when my mother and son are touring the west (referring to the Eight-Nation Alliance's westward flight into Beijing), if you don't take care of it, I'm afraid I will starve to death, how can I have it today?" I have long regarded you as a relative, and in recent years, what you have done outside the world cannot be done by others, so I have not been able to call you to come to Beijing, and you should know this intention. ”

Ling Chunxuan said: "For example, when planting a tree, the minister prunes the branches and leaves outside, but the root of the tree is in the government. Prefecture. If the root soil is loosened by someone, and the branches and leaves are repaired, and the wind is together, the root is overthrown, and the branches of the tree are overturned, what good is it? Therefore, the minister is fundamentally important, and he must not ignore it. ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi nodded and said, "What you said is extremely true. ”

On May 3, Ling Chunxuan was appointed secretary of the Ministry of Posts and Communications. On the day he took office, he played the squire of the ministry in front of Cixi, and Zhu Baokui, the descendant of Yixuan. He has evidence of Zhu Baokui's corruption in his hand, how can such a person let him be his deputy?

Cixi played on the occasion and immediately dismissed Zhu Baokui, causing a shock in the court.

As we said, aren't the senses who spend money on them greedy? I have to get back the money I bought from the officials.

Everyone who bought officials from Yiqiao was uneasy, and everyone defended themselves.

As early as the end of September 1906, the imperial historian Chen Tian had participated in the "greedy and tyrannical" of Yixuan and Yuan Shikai, and exposed that Yixuan accepted a bribe of 100,000 taels of silver from Yang Shixiang, the governor of Shandong, through the hands of Yuan Shikai, so Yixuan was willing to be Yuan Shikai's puppet.

Because there was no conclusive evidence, there was no follow-up.

On May 7, Zhao Qilin, one of the "Sanlin Company" of the imperial history, played a single title, and ruthlessly participated in Duan Zhigui and Yixuan father and son, and also affected Yuan Shikai.

In the compromise, Duan Zhigui's illegal behavior of offering Yang Cuixi and giving Shouyin was described in detail, and it was pointed out that Yuan Shikai did not know people, and promoted bad people like Duan Zhigui from miscellaneous servants to Taoists.

"In Duan Zhigui, there is no merit to be disciplined, there is no talent to record, and he has not been introduced to the Taoist, who specializes in the fate of the emperor, and suddenly becomes the governor, which can be described as shameless;

"In Yixuan, Zaizhen father and son, in the position of relatives and nobles, they rely on the specialty, only to collect a little bit of the legacy, ignore the difficulties of the time, ignore the big plan, especially heartless!

"I don't think about why the three eastern provinces are such important places, why they are in danger, and what is the relationship between the governor and the governor, and then the traffic bribery, bullying the imperial court, blatant and no scruples, the so-called true Confucius is tolerable and unbearable!"

Zhao Qilin's performance triggered the Yang Cuixi incident that shook the political scene of the late Qing Dynasty.