Chapter 927: Still a struggle
Cixi and Yixin tactfully expressed to Guo Xing'a that the courtiers hoped to learn from the British and French models of reform, and Guo Xing'a happily expressed his support. The Anglo-French model in Europe is actually a relatively mature constitutional model, while the Manchurian model is not mature. Changchun actually crossed the river by feeling the stones, and he was still repairing and perfecting it. If Beijing can learn from the British and French models, it will not only diversify its political system, but also explore a different path, and Goxinga will certainly support it.
The foundation of the Qing Dynasty's reform is quite solid. Ever since the Qing army was defeated by the Qing Dynasty and Vietnam, many reformists have appeared among the people, who have actively carried out propaganda and organized activities, written books and lectures, introduced the experiences and lessons of foreign reforms, and founded many newspapers, periodicals, societies, and schools in various localities to create public opinion for the reforms. The so-called reform has become a trend, and both inside and outside the government and the opposition know that the Qing Dynasty must change. The reaction of public opinion was very positive, and there was "Shi Wu Bao" in Shanghai, and "Guowen Bao" edited by Yan Fu in Tianjin, both of which were important positions for propagating the reform and reform of the law. Tan Sitong, Tang Caichang and others established the Southern Society in Hunan and founded the "Hunan Journal", and Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others became the Qiang Society in Beijing and founded the "Chinese and Foreign Chronicles". The latter two had a limited impact, but they made the organizer famous, from a talented person to a fashion pioneer.
Weng Tongyi, Wen Tingshi and other central and important ministers organized a large number of officials in Beijing and launched a huge letter, directly playing Emperor Guangxu's request to change the law and become stronger. The exam-taking students in Beijing also followed the current political trend and played a bus to read a book. Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, who Guo Xing mentioned in a murmur, also organized a group of people, but the scale was too small, there were only about 30 people in total, and they didn't have any influence.
Cixi, Guangxu, Yixin and other Qing rulers had already made plans, and there were ministers such as Weng Tonggong and Zhang Zhidong from the central government, and the reform movement naturally unfolded vigorously. Emperor Guangxu promulgated the edict of "Ming Dingguo" in high spirits, and the reform of the law officially began. And the action is very huge, Guangxu has issued hundreds of edicts to change the law, fiercely demanding to remove the old and cloth the new. The content of the reform included a series of measures such as cultural and educational reform, economic reform, military reform, social reform, and political reform.
Guangxu's political reform mainly has four aspects, one is to open up the way of speech, the second is to streamline the organization, the third is to appoint new people, and the fourth is to open the Mao Qin Palace. The second article of streamlining the organization is completely a cliché, and the court has been talking about it all year round. The first article is not only to develop a newspaper ban, but also has no new ideas, Wu Zetian has done things to get ordinary people to read. The third and fourth are the most unpleasant places for Cixi. There is not the slightest logic in appointing a newcomer, and the incumbent official is not at fault, so why should he give way to the newcomer. And what criteria are these newcomers selected? How can you judge that they are better than the old men, and that the emperor is pleasing to them? Following the old system of the Kangxi and Qianlong dynasties and reopening the "Maoqin Palace", it touched the bottom line of many people. What does this mean, abolish the Military Aircraft Division? The ministers in the Maoqin Palace are all Guangxu's private individuals, what should the important ministers of the dynasty do. Maoqin Hall has become the center of the empire, and Guangxu is going to shuffle and seize power!
"How is Kang Youwei?" The first two inconsequential ones, Cixi agreed, and the newcomer also opened a hole for Guangxu, but the reopening of the Maoqin Hall was stopped by Cixi. Cixi still has hopes for Guangxu like a good baby, so she doesn't make any big moves, but she is a little concerned about Kang Youwei, who is quite eye-catching in public opinion, and Cixi still remembers Guoxing's muttering.
"Nanhai Kang, but a fool! In his early years, Kang was in a certain imperial history curtain in Beijing, and on the occasion of his current pro-government, he asked the queen mother to continue to fold the curtain, and his words were extremely biased, so the imperial history was dismissed. Kang lived in Beijing, and wrote to many dignitaries in Beijing, and he spoke a lot of sycophants, but because his talent was not enough to show off his talents, and he had no integrity, he was useless. After returning to his hometown, he wrote two books in a row, such as "The Examination of the New Pseudo-scriptures" and "The Examination of the Reform of Confucius", which was quite insightful in the new learning. Liu Kunyi, Zhang Zhidong and others are all admired, but they are not talented in talking about exaggeration, and their self-written books still have something that cannot be explained by themselves, and all the princes are disgusted with them. After a detailed investigation, it was learned that the book made by Kang was plagiarized from Liao Ping, Guangzhou, and was not Kang's talent. The princes of Jiangnan have long asserted that Nanhai Kang has no talent, has a poor character, and is only good at talking and bewitching himself, but he is just a fool! "Kang Youwei has also been very famous in Beijing recently, and Li Hongzhang really knew about him, and then he could only give Nanhai Kang a big white eye, this grandson is a big fool who plagiarized other people's theories.
"The emperor's program of changing the law is mostly not proposed by important ministers, and the method is quite intense, is it not from this person's handwriting?" Cixi was a little relieved about these juniors, but she was also afraid that Guangxu would follow these fanatical young people astray.
"Long live Lord has recently met with many reformers, all of whom are young juniors, and the edict has not been for a short time, but this Kang has not yet met the saint!" When Rong Lu did not lead troops, he also served in front of Cixi.
"Hmmm! Just don't mess around too much! If you govern a big country, you can't be in a hurry! Guangxu was not affected by the delusional people, and Cixi was finally relieved.
After Li Hongzhang, Rong Lu and others retreated, Cixi suddenly became nervous again, and she was relieved that a group of young people from the Restorationist faction were relieved, but she was even more worried that the imperial party would make trouble by changing the law. Although Yi Xun has returned to the throne, he can leave a strong political force for his own son, that is, the former hawk. After the hawks overthrew the Gongwang Party with the support of Cixi, they have not dispersed, they have always been attached to Cixi, but they also have their own careful thoughts.
After Guangxu became pro-government, these hawks all moved closer to Guangxu and formed the so-called imperial party, and the daily business was to conceive a fight, change the law and fight for power with the so-called post-party in power. Cixi did not reuse these imperial officials, although she was worried about their hidden worries about Guangxu as the core, but also because these Qingliu really couldn't do anything serious. The imperial party that cannot be in power is even more simply, they can't do practical things, and they can fight very well! And he himself drew a camp, but all the ministers who were used to take power, regardless of their relationship with Cixi, were all classified by them as the rear party. This way is also the tradition of these scholars, the Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty did this, no matter which side you are on, as long as it is not on my side, it is all enemies, and you will be given a disgusting hat.
Guangxu and the imperial party, these talents, have really grown a lot this time, and they really played a lot of tricks, and they blinded Cixi for a while. But the old lady was slightly suspicious, and then sent someone to investigate, everything was exposed, and these scholars of the imperial party were still too tender. The imperial party was too xenophobic, and at the same time it was not in power, so it naturally could not command outsiders, and everything had to be charged into battle by itself. Cixi checked the people who played and agitated before and after the change, and immediately grasped the whole situation. They don't care about the effectiveness of the change, what they want to do is to seize power and bring down the original faction in power. The people in power are all old people who have been grinding up for decades, and the reform of the law can naturally replace these old people, which is the only purpose of the imperial party.
"Queen Mother Lafayette, Long Live Lord sent someone to send a message, saying that he wants to dismiss Master Weng, and I implore Lafayette for permission!" Cixi felt that something was wrong and couldn't let the imperial party go on, and was about to summon important ministers to discuss countermeasures, so Cui Yugui sent a very unreasonable news.
Weng Tongyi is also the Minister of Military Aircraft, the Prime Minister, the Minister of National Affairs, the co-organizer of the university, the secretary of the household department and other important positions, it can be said that he is a powerful person, a very popular minister, and at the same time, he is also the emperor of Tongzhi and Guangxu, and the only person with some real power in the hands of the imperial party. During the wars against Korea and Vietnam, it was he who single-handedly directed the destruction of the Huai army system in order to avenge personal revenge and fight for central power, and to control the household department. The imperial party wants to seize power, Weng Tonggong is an indispensable and important figure, Guangxu suddenly wants to remove Weng Tonggong, which one is this singing!
"Let the emperor do it himself!" Cixi is not in a hurry, she has to wait and see what happens. Of course, Cixi's mood at this time was more conflicted, and she still trusted Weng Tongyi for many years. Weng Tongyi once served as the master of the Tongzhi Emperor, although he did not teach Tongzhi well, but Cixi ignored the past suspicions, and let him serve as Guangxu's master, and he wore many positions, which shows that he trusts Weng very much. Moreover, Weng Tonggong is a person who is closer to Cixi in the imperial party, otherwise Cixi would not have connived at Weng Tonggong to make it difficult for Li Hongzhang, what Weng Tonggong did has always been what Cixi wants to do. But Weng Tonggong is Guangxu's teacher after all, and the relationship with Emperor Guangxu is far closer than that of Guangxu and Cixi. No matter how the imperial party is said, it is also the imperial party, and Cixi will not give all the trust.
"The co-organizers of the university were not allowed to cooperate with each other when they came in to do things, so that the public opinion was not convinced, and they were repeatedly participated, and every time they were called, they consulted about the arbitrariness of the matter, and their joy and anger were seen in the color of the words, and they gradually revealed the paradox of seizing power, and it was difficult to win the cardinal's responsibility." Guangxu's edict to dismiss Weng Tonggong is very clear, and the reason for the dismissal of Weng Tonggong is because this teacher is not good at doing things and has a bad attitude.
How Weng Tonggong did not do anything unfavorably, Cixi didn't know at all, because Weng Tonggong hadn't done anything recently. If the attitude is not good, it is even more weird, Weng Tongyi in Cixi's eyes has always been cautious, and Weng Tonggong, who is well aware of etiquette, seems to be impossible to be rude in front of Guangxu. Cixi is not ready to investigate deeply, Guangxu wants to cut off her arm and care about her old lady. The old lady could only clean up the mess of Guangxu's temporary intentions, and first, she ordered Wang Wenshao, the governor of Zhili, to come to Beijing to see His Majesty immediately, to deal with the remaining problems after Weng Tonggong left office, and then to temporarily act as the governor of Zhili with Ronglu. Cixi could not understand the actions of the Imperial Party, but she did not know that the Imperial Party was now in danger, and they were about to replace the emerging reformers.