Chapter 929: It's a big fuss

No matter how many people are offended by changing the law, the core layer of the Qing Dynasty still supports Guangxu, after all, everyone knows that it is not possible to change the law. However, Kang Youwei's surprise in the West Flower Hall of the Prime Minister's Yamen can be regarded as annoying these core layers. Kill the red tops, there are a total of several red tops in power in the Qing Dynasty, this is for himself! The red-topped people can't figure out whether Kang Youwei and Guangxu are the same thing, if it is the same thing, their net worth and life will be worried.

This can be regarded as stabbing all the hornet's nests in the Qing Dynasty, and for a while, the discussion was raging, not only could the law change not be promoted, but many people also pointed the finger at Emperor Guangxu. There are ministers who resist the decree and disrespect, there are ministers who disobey the yin, and there are also ministers who run to the Summer Palace Cixi to cry in front of the car, and the sound of fainting and misleading the country seems to have sounded in Guangxu's ears. Emperor Guangxu put a lot of pressure on him, and even wrote a secret edict to Yang Rui, who was relatively stable in the reform faction, instructing him to properly plan good policies and promote the reform of the law. In the secret edict, it even appeared: "I can't keep the throne, let alone others?" The young Guangxu Emperor was already panicking.

Fortunately, Cixi still did not express his opposition to the change, and there was still hope for Guangxu's change, but less than a month later, Kang Youwei came up with a more fierce proposal and let his party members trumpet this plan. Kang Youwei suggested that Guangxu agree to merge the Qing Dynasty and Britain, France, and Germany, which were only a shell, into one country, and then elect a hundred capable people to jointly take charge of the taxation, military, diplomacy and other national affairs of the four countries, which is the so-called Treaty of the United States. In the original history, Kang Youwei also had this proposal, but he proposed to merge China, Britain, the United States, and Japan into one, and by the way, asked Ito Hirobumi to be the chief architect of China's reform. It's just that now that Ito Hirobumi is dead and Japan no longer exists, Kang Youwei has changed his strategy. After the nuclear attack, Britain, France, Germany and other countries, only a few million people remained, barely maintaining the state form, the Qing Dynasty merged with them, they must have readily agreed, Kang Youwei thought very beautifully.

Kang You thought that he could do things, but he didn't play it himself, but encouraged Yang Shenxiu, the imperial historian, to play about this discussion, and the result was that the mud cow went into the sea. Guangxu is not a fool, Hebang has such a strange idea, and Kang Youwei came up with it. And the proposal to elect a hundred people to control the full power almost didn't kill Guangxu, Britain, France and Germany are about to be wiped out, why should they meddle in the affairs of the Qing Dynasty, and a hundred people are in charge of national affairs, where do you put my Guangxu, Lao Tzu is a dictator. In order not to hit the morale of the reformers, Guangxu left this piece of music in the middle of the book, but he hated Kang Youwei more and more in his heart.

The discussion of Hebang was provoking Guangxu's belly, and something that made him even more angry happened. Wang Zhaozuo, the director of the Ministry of Rites, invited him to visit Britain, France, Germany and other countries to inspect the political situation of each country. Guangxu was very moved by the spirit of the king who was not afraid of radiation and devoted himself to the country, but the Ministry of Rites Waitabu and Xu Yingqi refused to send the fold on his behalf. Wang Zhao went to his cousin to hand over the recital, and Waitabu had no choice but to allow him to play on his behalf, but Xu Yingqi took the lead to impeach Wang Zhao by "roaring in the hall and taking advantage of the end to coerce." Guangxu, who knew the whole story, found a punching bag and directly ordered the dismissal of all the six officials of the Ministry of Rites, such as Waitab, Xu Yingqi, Kunxiu, Xu Huifeng, Pu Ying, and Zeng Guanghan. Wang Zhao rewarded the top of the third grade, and the candidate of the fourth grade Jingtang was used to motivate him.

Guangxu was angry, and it could be regarded as a lesson to those ministers who violated the yang and yin and added to the change of the law, but he also caused trouble. Waitabu is not an ordinary soldier, he is a relative of Guangxu, Waitabu's wife has a very close relationship with the Empress Dowager Cixi, and people went directly to the Empress Dowager to cry. Waitabu refused to help Wang Zhao play on his behalf, at best it was a matter of attitude, and there was no big mistake, Guangxu directly classified people as obstructing the change of the law, which was really a bit excessive. After Cixi learned about the situation, although she did not express her position, she was still a little dissatisfied with Guangxu's recent actions.

Guangxu didn't know that his father was no longer satisfied, and thought that he was doing well, so he summoned Tan Sitong again, and ordered Tan Sitong to walk with Liu Guangdi, Yang Rui, and Lin Xu on the military plane Zhangjing with the rank of Sipinqing, which can be regarded as building his own secretariat. At this point, there is actually nothing major, but the emperor has offended more people. But the Kang Da Sage really has the power to destroy everything! At such a sensitive time, he directly wrote to Guangxu and asked Yuan Shikai, who was in Tianjin to lead the new army, to lead troops into Beijing. As soon as this letter was revealed, everything was irretrievable, and even Guo Xing'a, who was watching the excitement in the Old Summer Palace, knew that the reform was completely over. Although some sensible imperial party officials immediately wrote to explain, arguing that after Yuan Shikai entered Beijing to meet His Majesty, he would immediately go to Henan to exterminate the bandits, but it was too late.

Cixi was the ruler of China for decades, and she herself came to power through a coup d'état, and she knew all too well about these little tricks. Whether Guangxu changed the law or dealt with the minister, Cixi could tolerate it, but the transfer of troops into Beijing had already touched Cixi's bottom line. Qingping world is bright, what do you want to do when you are idle and have nothing to do when you transfer troops into Beijing? This is not a change of law, this is a coup d'état, and it is a coup d'état that will kill people to the point of blood, who do you people want to kill? The stupid Guangxu didn't know that the danger was coming, so he actually agreed to Kang Youwei's invitation, and really called Yuan Shikai to lead troops into Beijing. Guangxu's idea was very simple, he also wanted to catch some troops in his hands, that's all. Zeng Lian, a real loyal minister in Hunan, also wrote at this time accusing Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao of "dancing and slandering saints, gathering people to do evil, and pretending to practice religion", and asked Guangxu to kill Kang Youwei to thank the world, but unfortunately Guangxu did not listen.

Guangxu once again planned to open the Maoqin Hall and set up an adviser, but was still vetoed by the Empress Dowager Cixi. And this time Lafayette's attitude was very cold, and his eyes towards Guangxu also became cold. If Guangxu could be smarter, he would be able to appreciate the changes, but unfortunately he was afraid of his strict father since he was a child, so he just ran away in disgrace and didn't think of anything. Guangxu's reaction was slow, but the reaction of public opinion was not slow at all, the reform was about to fail, and rumors that the queen mother and important ministers were dissatisfied with the change were already flying all over the sky. One of the many rumors is the most powerful, saying that when Guangxu and Cixi went to Tianjin for a military parade in mid-September, Cixi would use the power of her confidant Rong Lu to directly depose Guangxu in Tianjin.

Guo Xing'a seems to be the most rumor about deposing Guangxu, just with these things that Guangxu has done in the past two months, Cixi can abolish him at any time in Beijing, why go all the way to Tianjin. The Restoration faction took this rumor very seriously, not only did they study the method, but also revealed the news to Guangxu through Tan Sitong, which made the little emperor panic all day. Guo Xing'a asked people to check it out only to find out that this rumor actually came from Kang Youwei.

"What does this old boy want to do?" Goxinga smelled danger, the radicals of the Restorationists wanted to play big!

Guangxu didn't have Guoxing's intelligence network, and after getting the news that Cixi was going to depose him, Guangxu panicked like an old dog. Guangxu, who was hesitant and had no plans, may have been addicted to writing secret edicts, and wrote a secret edict to Yang Xu, and it was a very bluffing edict. However, the content of the edict is not very powerful, Guangxu just said that he and Cixi had a conflict, and hoped that Yang Rui would help think of a way to do both, not only to keep himself from continuing to change the law, but also not to offend the Empress Dowager Cixi. The reason why Guangxu engaged in the edict was only because according to the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, ministers were not allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of the imperial family. Yang Rui put forward a series of plans, the most important of which is that "Kang can't go, and the disaster can't stop", wanting to directly drive away Jingkang Youwei. Guangxu is still a little hesitant about whether to get rid of Kang Youwei, he doesn't like Kang Youwei, but Kang Youwei's reputation among the people is quite high, and if he leaves, I'm afraid that public opinion will be even more unfavorable.

How to deal with Kang Youwei, Guangxu is still hesitating, but Yuan Shikai, who has already entered Beijing, he still has to see it. Guangxu summoned Yuan Shikai, the direct subordinate envoy who commanded the new army, at the Summer Palace, and after the interview, he was promoted to the alternate of the squire. Guangxu felt that this was also a special opportunity, and he should have a general who could listen to him. Yuan Shikai is indeed very close to the Restoration, and he also wants to be Guangxu's henchman, but the conditions do not allow it! The Qing Dynasty now has 70,000 new troops, all scattered around Gyeonggi, and Yuan Shikai is not the commander-in-chief of the new army, he leads only a part of them, not even a third. The commander-in-chief of the new army is Rong Lu, the red-topped son threatened by Kang Youwei, Yuan Shikai is just Rong Lu's subordinates, and he also has two colleagues, Nie Shicheng and Dong Fuxiang, both of whom have stronger troops than him. However, Kang Youwei felt that both of them were martial artists and despised them very much, so he selected Yuan Shikai and recommended him to Guangxu. Yuan Shikai felt as if he was sitting on the fire, and the taste of being roasted was unpleasant.

At the same time that Guangxu met Yuan Shikai, he was still urging Rong Lu to return to Tianjin quickly. His idea is to weaken the power of the Hou Party in Beijing, but he is still tender, Yuan Shikai is in Beijing, you have been driving Rong Lu away, what does this mean, what are you going to do? Rong Lu was a kind-hearted person, and readily agreed to return to Tianjin, but under the pretext of bandits harassing Zhili, he dragged Yuan Shikai with him. This is actually a good way, Rong Lu and Yuan Shikai left together, and the clouds of the day dispersed. But Guangxu made two mistakes, and he still wanted to be close to Yuan Shikai, which made others more and more awkward. Guangxu even called Yuan Shikai for the second time, and let Yuan Shikai and Rong Lu do their own things, which was equivalent to letting Yuan Shikai break away from Rong Lu's team. This is too obvious, the Guoxing Adu of the Old Summer Palace seems to hear the sound of sharpening knives in Beijing.