The personal eunuch beside the emperor rushed to the Tianyi Inn in the eastern suburbs and read out the emperor's holy decree, "The holy decree has arrived." Guozhi walked out of the room and knelt down to greet him, and said, "The grass people are here to welcome His Majesty the Emperor's holy decree." The eunuch stood in front of Guozhi and said: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, Xuanchuan Jinshi He Guozhi will come to see me immediately, and he will admire this." ”

"My emperor is Shengming, the grass people are ready to enter the palace immediately. After getting up, Guozhi entered the room and changed into a suite, and followed his personal eunuch into the palace. Guozhi entered the emperor's imperial study, and after seeing the emperor, he knelt down and said, "He Guozhi, the grass people, is here to meet His Majesty the emperor." ”

"He Qing, let's be flat," Emperor Guangxu said calmly as he sat down at the desk.

"Your Majesty Emperor Xie," Guozhi stood up and raised his head to look at Emperor Guangxu in front of the desk. Emperor Guangxu introduced Kang Youwei, who was sitting next to him, and said: "This is Prime Minister Yamen Zhang Jingkang Youwei. ”

Guozhi turned to face Kang Youwei and saluted, "I've seen Mr. Kang." ”

Kang Youwei stood up, looked at the country and returned the salute, and sat down again. Emperor Guangxu, who was sitting in front of the desk, called his personal eunuch to bring a stool, put it behind Guozhi, and said, "He Qing sit down." ”

"Your Majesty Emperor Xie gave me a seat," Guozhi sat down and waited for Emperor Guangxu to speak.

"You have published two articles on the past and the present, and their articles are cleverly conceived and sharply written. I appreciate your talent, and I am inspired to make the country rich and the people strong in my lifetime, so that it can achieve the rule of Zhongxing, if the country needs to be strong? Does He Qing have a good plan? ”

"If a country wants to be strong, it needs to change, change will be successful, and change will be abolished. The grass people have read the article written by Mr. Kang, and the strength of the East and the West is due to the establishment of the constitution and the opening of the National Assembly. The so-called parliamentarian and the people discuss the politics and law of a country. It is in the interests of the country to develop its industry, to revitalize its commerce, and to protect the assets of the nation. For the people, open the people's wisdom, build schools, and abolish the eight shares, this is already very good, if you want to comprehensively, protect foreign capital, exchange its trade, buy its guns and gunboats, strengthen the military, rectify the rule of officials, and the people's customs, it has reached the prosperous era of the Qingming Dynasty. ”

"That's it, I'll adopt it more, and you all step down."

Kang Youwei and He Guozhi withdrew one by one after saying goodbye. After withdrawing, Kang Youwei was very satisfied with today's discussion of national governance, so he said: "National governance, can you go to Kang's mansion to talk about it." ”

"Mr. Xie's hospitality is very honorable."

"The country's governance, civil and military all-rounders, I can get acquainted with you and talk about change for a long time, and the country's governance does not have to be restricted."

The next day, Emperor Guangxu summoned hundreds of civil and military officials in the Qianqing Palace, and the civil and military officials entered the Qianqing Palace in two shifts and stood in order according to the size of their official positions. Emperor Guangxu wears a yellow robe, the crown of the Xia Dynasty on his head, its crown has jade grass, bamboo silk for it, the edge of the stone blue piece of gold two layers, there is a red piece of gold or red yarn in it, decorated with Zhu Wei, prefixed with golden Buddha, decorated with 15 East Pearls. The emperor stepped into the court hall with one hand, ascended the Jinluan Palace, and turned to look down at the ministers, quite elegant.

The ministers looked up at Emperor Guangxu, knelt down three times and bowed nine times, and said: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

"Zhongqing is flat."

The ministers stood up, and Emperor Guangxu sat on the dragon chair and said to the ministers: "Last night, I read two articles on the essentials of ancient and modern changes, which are very good. ”

The eunuch outside the hall said: "Xuanchuan Jinshi He Guozhi has entered the palace." ”

He Guozhi wore a navy blue robe and stepped into the Qianqing Palace, worshiped Emperor Guangxu and said: "He Guozhi, a grass people, greets His Majesty the Emperor." ”

"He Qing is flat."

"Your Majesty Emperor Xie," Guozhi stood up and looked up at Emperor Guangxu above the court. Today, the civil and military officials in the court were dumbfounded, and they all said one after another: "Where did this mountain village man come from, and he dared to spread wild on the court." These officials looked at He Guozhi and were very surprised, but despite this, because his father had been an official in the court for many years, although these officials did not know him, there were still some officials who knew his father, and one of the high-ranking officials in the court stepped forward and looked at it carefully, and said, "Isn't this the rule of the country?" ”

"You know him."

"I know, this official was personally picked up by his father, Master He. You don't know, I went to He Yuan when I was still a magistrate, and he was only eight years old at the time. ”

"You said he was the son of He Jiehao." At this time, these officials changed their views on the rule of the country and said: "This child, like his father, has a bright future. Guozhi turned around to face these gazes behind him, which was very strange.

"Guozhi, this official and your father have been officials in the same dynasty for many years, and they know your father's personality very well, don't let this damage your future," the high-ranking official stood up and tried to pull Guozhi into their camp.

"My lord, I wonder what you mean by that?" Guozhi turned to face the high-ranking official.

"The laws of the ancestors, how can you allow you to change them at will, and such changes are not messing with the rules and regulations of the ancestors. The rule of the country, don't offend the imperial relatives and relatives because of this, and ruin your father's official reputation and morality in the court, you are still young and don't know the depths, and it is still too late to rein in the precipice. ”

When Guozhi heard this, his heart was excited, and in the face of these civil and military officials, he said: "The country is in danger, the survival of the nation, in order to keep our official position and glory and wealth, we are vain and wronged in the court, for fear of offending the powerful and seeking perfection, blindly sticking to the rules, so selfish, so how can our Qing Dynasty improve itself?" How to erect the Forest of the World? The surrounding enemy countries are eyeing us, and the Western powers have set off a frenzy to carve up China, and if there is a real day, we will become the sinners of history. Officialdom is corrupt, the people's customs and what our country has become, the army is sluggish, morale is low, officials are prostituting and prostituting is prevalent, and even hotels and inns have become their best places. Born in sorrow and dying in peace, is this the observance of the laws of our ancestors? It is imperative to rectify the official and popular customs, improve the state law, develop education and the economy, and strengthen the military to change the law. Open the annals of history, throughout China, since Pangu opened the world, three emperors and five emperors, they passed the change to create the country of China, thus changing the backward primitive slash-and-burn era, resisting the strong enemy The people live and work in peace and contentment. Since King Ping moved east to Luoyi, the world was in turmoil, the princes were in dispute, and the war of annihilation of large countries and small countries was inevitable. In order to make their own country strong, various vassal states have changed their laws, such as Li Kui's reform of Wei, Korea's Shen Buxian's reform, and Qi's Zou Ji's reform of the law, making them the overlords of one party. As for the Qin State, it was originally a country in the west, surrounded by Han, Wei, and Zhao, and there were Yueshi and Qiang in the northwest, as well as the Xiongnu in the north, and there were ethnic minorities such as Yiqu in the interior. The Qin State can be annexed at any time, coupled with the fierce customs of its people, constant infighting, and national chaos. From 356 to 350 B.C., the Shang Dynasty changed the law, abandoned the well fields, emphasized agriculture and mulberry, rewarded military merits, and implemented a comprehensive reform of unified measurement and the establishment of the county system, which strengthened its combat and laid the foundation for the later expansion of the territory. In the Song Dynasty, the country was poor and weak, divided power, concentrated imperial power, and served as prime minister for many positions. The privy envoys, the governors, and the three envoys divided the military, political, and financial powers of the prime minister, and their official positions continued to increase, resulting in a bloated organization, which was redundant officials. In order to prevent warlords from separating their territories, peasant uprisings, resisting the southern invasion of northern nationalities, stabilizing social order, and constantly expanding the army, redundant officials and redundant troops led to an increase in fiscal expenditures, a serious phenomenon of land annexation, a sharp decline in fiscal revenues, financial revenues beyond their means, and an empty treasury. Vigorously reducing the military power of military generals, and leading generals did not have the right to transfer troops, resulting in soldiers not knowing generals, slow mobilization of troops, and delays in fighters, resulting in a disastrous defeat in the battle with Liao and Western Xia. From the fourth year of Zhiping to the first year of Xining, Wang Anshi changed the law and established the system, enriched the country and strengthened the army, and wanted to change the status quo of poverty and weakness. In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the annexation of land was serious, the princes, royal families, relatives, eunuchs used their privileges to surrender, beg, buy and other means to occupy a large number of land, forced labor and miscellaneous taxes were heavy, uprisings in various places continued, Mongolia, Jurchen often Koubian, the border was restless, the south rebellion continued, internal and external troubles, coupled with the Yellow River repeatedly burst, tens of thousands of people were displaced, the people were born in the water and fire and did not dare to speak, its disadvantages are five, the clan is arrogant, the official is open, the government is followed, the border is not repaired, and the money is scarce. During the Wanli period of Shenzong, Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the cabinet, reformed, rectified the rule of officials in politics and strengthened the centralization of power; In terms of military affairs, the Great Wall was built to resist foreign enemies, trade was opened, water conservancy was newly built, and the Yellow River and Huai River were controlled, and the canal was also governed; On the economic side, land was inventoried and a whip law was introduced. The desire for a strong country, the rejuvenation of the nation, and the change of law are the only ways to enrich the country and strengthen the army. The ministers of the court were speechless and dumbfounded. Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao stood behind Guozhi, looking at Guozhi in front of them and not knowing what to say at this time. Emperor Guangxu also listened to it with a deaf voice, and said: "Well-founded, well-said, Kang Qing." ”

"The minister is here."

"You go and draft the constitution and inform the whole country."

After Kang Youwei heard this, he celebrated with joy, knelt down and said: "My emperor Shengming, the minister will draft it immediately." ”

After that, the eunuch stood up and read the holy decree, and said: "Spread my will, and seal Sichuan Jinshi He Guozhi as the secretary of Dali Temple and a cabinet scholar, and give him three dazzling feathers." ”

Guozhi knelt down and thanked: "Thank you Emperor Your Majesty, my Emperor Shengming." ”

After retiring from the dynasty, Emperor Guangxu left the rule of the country alone in the Qinzheng Palace. After Emperor Guangxu entered, he sat in the hall, and his desk was full of chapters, and then he knelt down after entering the country, and said: "The minister is here to see His Majesty the Emperor." ”

"He Qing is flat."

"Emperor Xie Wu," Guozhi got up and saw these pieces on the desk, and said with some concern: "Your Majesty, you have to pay attention to the dragon body!" ”

"Since then, since the beginning of the reform, there have been a lot of pieces sent to the cabinet from various places, and I need to review them, so it is not easy. I am not the king of myself, but the king of the world, you come to see a piece of music sent by a man in Hunan, and I have suppressed him. Emperor Guangxu handed this recital to Guozhi, who took the recital in the emperor's hand, looked at it for a while, and was suddenly shocked, and said, "I want to kill Mr. Kang." ”

"Yes, he listed Kang Qing's top ten crimes, all of which are capital crimes, and now is a critical moment for change, so I suppressed it."

"This is a holy act."

After Emperor Guangxu listened to the words of Guozhi, his heart was much more relaxed, and he said: "The most important thing is to rectify the rule of officials. ”

After Guozhi got up, he knelt down and said, "The minister accepts the order." ”

"The opium smoking of official prostitutes is very serious, I want you to seal up all the tobacco houses and brothels in the capital, and clean up the officials, so do it immediately, there is no time to delay."

"Commandment."

"Stand down."

"The minister retired," Guozhi withdrew from the Qinzheng Hall and went to the Yamen of Dali Temple, and the master came forward to greet him and saluted: "My subordinates came to greet Lord He." ”

Guozhi looked at the master and said, "Who are you?" ”

"The subordinate is the master next to the adult, Su Chang."

"Master Su Chang."

"The subordinates are here."

"Gather all the officers and soldiers of the government and go to the Tianyi Inn in the eastern suburbs with this official to get people."