On September 1, 1891, Wang Zhaoshu, the director of the Ministry of Rites, invited Emperor Guangxu to travel to Japan and other countries to investigate the national conditions of various countries and their livelihoods, which was beneficial to the new laws of the country. But Waitabu and Xu Yingqi refused to send it on their behalf, and Wang Zhao impeached him here, not respecting the saints, which is really a great rebellion. Waitabu had no choice but to allow him to play on his behalf, and Xu Yingqi played the impeachment of Wang Zhao for "roaring in the summer hall and taking advantage of the end to coerce." On September 4, 1898, Emperor Guangxu ordered that Waitabu, Xu Yingqi, Kunxiu, Xu Huifeng, Pu Ying, Zeng Guanghan and others be dismissed from their posts in the Sixth Hall of the Ministry of Rites on the grounds of obstructing the reform of the law. Wang Zhao rewarded the top of the three products, and waited for the fourth grade of Jingtang, and encouraged him with Zhao. On September 5, 1898, Emperor Guangxu summoned Tan Feitong and ordered Tan Huitong, Liu Guangdi, Yang Rui, and Lin Xu to walk in Zhangjing, the military aircraft, with the rank of Sipinqing.

Waitabu. Yehenara, a native of the Blue Banner of Manchuria, was not convinced by the dismissal of Waitab, and rushed to Tianjin the next day to cry to Rong Lu, the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, to express his helplessness in his heart, hoping that Rong Lu would take advantage of his special relationship with the empress dowager to take care of him. Rong Lu, the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, knew the purpose of his visit when Waitabu entered the door, and he was warmly entertained inside the gate. That night, the lights were bright. Rong Lu said earnestly in the face of Waitabu: "Lord Huai, this official heard that your wife and the Queen Mother are the same family and relatives, you can talk to your wife, maybe you can impress the Queen Mother with this, and the Queen Mother can also help you with this." ”

"Yes, what Lord Rong said is very true, and I will rely on Lord Rong a lot in the future."

"Well said, well said."

Waitabu's wife was related to the Empress Dowager Cixi, and both were surnamed Yehnara. His wife often goes in and out of the Summer Palace, taking advantage of the conditions of the Summer Palace to wait for banquets and tours, and when she entered the Summer Palace and saw the Queen Mother, she said: "The Queen Mother, the Queen Mother," ran forward and knelt down crying and said: "The Queen Mother, please be the master of the slave family." ”

"Isn't this Mrs. Braff? The mourning family stays in the palace all the year round, you haven't been in the palace for a long time, and there is no one in the mourning family to speak, get up and talk back," the queen mother looked at Mrs. Braff, sitting in front of the stone table, watching the lake and mountains.

Mrs. Bluff was full of grievances, and after seeing the Queen Mother, she had to spit out the grievances in her heart, so she said: "Queen Mother, the emperor dismissed my husband from the post of king, and appointed a group of Han people as important positions, this emperor is also true, always turning his arms outward, deposing our Manchu official positions, and not letting those Han people control the government, isn't this to kill us Manchus?" ”

"Enough, you don't talk more here," the Queen Mother was a little annoyed at this time, and faced Li Lianying behind her, and said, "Little Lizi." ”

"The minions are here."

"Go and ask the emperor to come to see the mourning family quickly," Li Lianying looked up and saw the queen mother's unhappy face, and said, "Chirp." Then he got up and ran towards the emperor's diligent palace.

Emperor Guangxu entered the garden, bowed and saluted, and said, "Queen Mother." ”

"Emperor, do you want to give up the Qing Dynasty to those Han people."

"The queen mother, the emperor is also for us, the turbulent Qing Dynasty, to open the government and set up advisers."

"I heard that you want to go to Japan, why did former Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito arrive in Beijing? The mourning family is not allowed. ”

"The Queen Mother."

"The mourners have said that they are not allowed. Mrs. Braff, Little Lizi, let's go back to Cining Palace. Emperor Guangxu stood in place and looked at the departing Queen Mother, with all kinds of helplessness in his heart, turned around and took heavy steps back to the palace. He instructed Yang Rui to make detailed plans for the difficulty of changing the law, and ordered Kang Youwei to wait. Kang Youwei entered the palace overnight to meet the emperor in the imperial study. Kang Youwei met the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a plan that is feasible." ”

"What's the solution? Hurry up. ”

Kang Youwei looked left and right and said, "Please let the emperor retreat." ”

After the emperor retreated, Kang Youwei said: "Launch a palace change, put the queen mother under house arrest, and the emperor will be in charge in advance, so that the law can be successful." ”

After the emperor heard this, Long Yan was furious and said, "Kang Youwei, you are bold." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister knows that you are a filial son, and only by doing this policy can your throne be stable, and the Qing Dynasty can be stable, otherwise it will be difficult to change the law.

"But far water can't quench the thirst of the near, He Qing is far away in Sichuan, who else can rely on at present?"

"Zhili according to the inspector Yuan Shikai."

In the past few days, Guoan has come all the way to the capital and wandered in the capital for several days, but he didn't know who to report the matter to, like a headless fly, running around and hitting a wall. At first, he wanted to enter the Imperial City directly, but was blocked from the Imperial City by the soldiers defending the city. He faced a general guarding the city and said: "The grass people have an urgent matter to meet Lafayette, and it is not easy to delay." ”

The general despised him for a long time and said, "Who are you?" ”

Guoan bowed and saluted, "He Guoan." ”

"Get out, get out, roll as far as you want, don't get in the way of your grandfather here." Guoan was pushed out by the general like this, and only returned to the inn in a gray manner. Although he did not lose heart this time, he continued to visit the princes and nobles or the court officials, but these princes and nobles and court officials avoided him. Guoan goes to disgrace every time, these are powerful people in the capital, who wants to see a powerless and powerless nobody? So being shut out is inevitable. Guoan didn't return to the inn until late at night, facing the faint candlelight, he was thinking at this time, "I have no relatives in the capital, and who wants to see him, a Nanchong scribe?" Will you never be able to turn over? Maybe this is my fate, there is a floating cloud in front of me. At this time, he suddenly thought of Master Li, the secretary of the Criminal Department, who was personally raised by his father, and had a very good relationship with his father. The next day, he went to the Criminal Department to see Lord Li, in the Criminal Department he did not see Lord Li in front of the gate of the Li Mansion, it seems that he is not in the Yellow River heart will not die, until nightfall, looking from afar, seeing Lord Li's official sedan chair to the front of the mansion, straight forward, shouting: "Lord Li." ”

was blocked by the officers and soldiers on both sides, and said, "Master Li, can you see it if you want to?" Go away. The officers and soldiers who came from both sides dragged him away.

"No, no, I want to see Lord Li, I want to see Lord Li, Lord Li, I am He Guoan, He Jiehao's son, you can't see it, Lord Li, Lord Li." Guoan shouted when he was dragged away.

At this time, Master Li poked his head out and asked the house slave next to him, "Who is this person?" ”

"Back to my lord, he said his name is He Guoan."

At this time, Master Li pondered for a while, and felt that this person seemed to have heard about it there, so he called the sedan chair man in front of him and said, "Stop the sedan chair." After getting out of the sedan chair, Master Li stepped forward and said, "You two should stand down." ”

The officers and soldiers on both sides let go of Guoan, and Guoan turned around and knelt down, saying, "Lord Li." ”

Master Li leaned over and said, "What do you say is your name?" ”

"He Guoan, a scribe in Nanchong, Sichuan, is working under the current Nanchong prefect Guo."

"Who is your father?"

"My father, He Jiehao."

"It's the eldest son of the teacher, quick, quick, hurry up and follow the official into the mansion to talk." In this way, Master Li invited Guoan to his mansion and said, "Guoan, sit." ”

"Lord Xie gives me a seat," Guoan sat aside, and then Lord Li asked, "I don't know if the teacher is good?" ”

"My father has always been well."

Master Li looked at Guoan, who was sitting on the side, and said, "Guoan, how long have you been in the capital?" ”

"It's been some time since I came down to the capital, and I have something important to see Lafayette, and I asked Master Li to introduce me for me."

"What is so urgent?"

At this time, the national security was a little difficult, and in order to meet the Empress Dowager Cixi, she couldn't take care of it so much, so she could only tell the truth, and said: "Guozhi, this younger brother of mine is recruiting troops and horses at home and preparing to start an incident. ”

Master Li was shocked when he heard this, and got up and said, "This is a disaster to destroy the door!" Suddenly, he felt a chill down his spine, a cold sweat flowed, and he said: "The rule of the country is a rebellion, and it will be beheaded all over the house, do you know?" It's a great dishonor for you to do that. ”

"Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, and there is no other choice between loyalty and filial piety."

After Master Li got up, he stepped forward, stood in front of the gate, pondered for a long time, and said: "Guoan, this official will tell you the truth, the queen will go to Tanzhe Temple on September 16 to offer incense, this matter is very important, if you do this, the infamy behind you will roll, you have to think about it." ”

"Guoan knows."

"Since you have something to do, it is inconvenient for the official to stay with you for a long time," and then Master Li called the house slave and said, "You go to the account room and get some silver taels." Not long after, Lord Li stuffed the silver taels he took into Guoan's hands.

Guoan looked at Lord Li and said, "Lord Li." ”

"Presumably the coils on your body have been exhausted, these silver taels are not much, and this official means a little, take it," and then turned his back to him.

Guoan accepted the silver taels and looked at Lord Li who was facing away from him, but Lord Li just waved his hand, and Guoan withdrew. After Guoan exited the room, Li Dacai turned around, looked at Guoan's departing figure, and said: "This person is neither a gentleman nor a villain, the city is very deep, be careful, be careful." ”

On this day of September 16th, the Empress Dowager Cixi sat in the phoenix and went out of the city, followed by hundreds of guards, the ceremonial guard was solemn and quite royal prestige, so it was moved to the Tanzhe Temple, accompanied by palace maids on both sides, and it can be said that the momentum was huge on this road. He Guoan arrived at Tanzhe Temple a day ahead of schedule and waited for the arrival of the Empress Dowager Cixi's holy car. Seeing that there are many officers and soldiers who come to the Qing Temple, all the idle people and so on all exit the temple, the presiding officer of the temple and the monks in the temple come to kneel to greet him, see Luan driving to the gate of this temple, the presiding officer of the temple looked at the Empress Dowager Cixi Luan and said: "Tanzhe Temple presiding over the monk of the Liyin Buddha Sect led the monks in the temple to welcome the Empress Dowager Cixi Lafayette. ”

At this time, Guoan rushed out to stop before Luan drove and said, "Lafayette, the grass people have something important to report." At this time, everyone present was stunned, and out of nowhere, a nobody appeared, so bold that the holy car was startled, and the officers and soldiers rushed forward to drag Guoan down. The Empress Dowager Cixi just gave up. Guoan desperately shouted: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, at this time, it is about the safety of the Qing Dynasty, Queen Mother, Queen Mother." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi turned around and said, "Leave this person behind." Guoan immediately rushed forward, kept kowtowing, and said, "Empress Dowager Xie, Empress Dowager Xie." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi stepped forward and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"He Guoan, a scribe under Lord Guo, the prefect of Nanchong, Sichuan."

"Why are you so shocked to see the mourners?"