Li Hongzhang is dead, and an era is over. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Jae-bong has not yet ascended the throne immediately, but he has been declared the crown prince by all parties, and the provincial representatives in the parliament have agreed.

Although there is a saying that the country cannot be without a king for a day, the old people of the Eight Banners also hope that Zaifeng will ascend the throne as soon as possible, but Zaifeng insists on ascending the throne only after Li Hongzhang is buried, and he also mourns Li Hongzhang with a princely ceremony.

In fact, the old people of the Eight Banners originally planned to let Zaifeng ascend the throne before Li Hongzhang temporarily, and they had already discussed it with Li Hongzhang, and Li Hongzhang's temporary last words were not a decision, but an explanation and an explanation.

Of course, the Eight Banners hope to let Zaifeng ascend the throne before Li Hongzhang dies and when he can still suppress the governor of Jiangnan, but unfortunately, death waits for no one, God did not give Li Hongzhang time, and Li Hongzhang did not give them time.

Li Hongzhang's mortuary was laid for seven days for foreign envoys, ministers, relatives and friends, and old friends in Beijing to pay respects to his remains, and he was buried seven years later, and was sent back to Jiangnan by warship for burial.

At this time, Zaifeng finally ascended the throne.

There are all kinds of bustles in the city of Beijing, and the faces of the flag people breathe a sigh of relief, but the Han people don't feel it, they can live how they should live, but even the flag people at the bottom are filled with a look of seeing the sun after the rain and the sky, and they have hopes.

The Han people, however, were indifferent, neither had any special feelings for Zaifeng's accession to the throne, nor did they have a special dislike, if they wanted to say that they must also have feelings, that is, the Qing Dynasty had changed another emperor.

The reason why the Xinhai Revolution and why the Han people rebelled is probably here, because they never saw hope.

Zaifeng was followed by the great feudal hero, Zhang Zhidong became the prime minister of the cabinet without dispute, and Yuan Shikai became the governor of Zhili and the minister of Beiyang, and he was a very popular minister. The parliamentary system was also determined, and after the first day of Zaifeng's accession to the throne, he also spoke in parliament and invited ministers from various countries to witness that in order to prepare for the constitution, China should follow the example of Western monarchies and establish a constitutional monarchy.

Guangxu's younger brother became the emperor, and a banner man became the emperor, and the Eight Banners forces recognized it. The Han people became prime ministers, and the Jiangnan forces could also accept it. The parliamentary system has given all provinces a say in Beijing, and the power of the governors of the provinces has also been expanded, so naturally they will not refuse. And the constitution's stance has also been accepted and praised by Westerners. It seems that the whole world is celebrating, but the common people don't seem to feel it. The so-called constitutionalism and the so-called civil rights, in the final analysis, are meaningful only when the people have an understanding in their hearts, and any power is not rewarded by others, but won by themselves.

What is the difference between the American system and the Indian system? Essentially, it's the same. The system of the Germans is not fundamentally different from that of Tsarist Russia, but the performance of these countries is very different, and the problem is not the system itself, but the people who built it.

"Hey, another new dress."

Yang Chao commented that this is his true feeling, he does not believe in the constitution and parliament of the Qing Dynasty, and then he can be the same as Western countries. The same system is played by different people, and the result is completely different. Even different systems, in the hands of the same people, may have the same effect.

Yuan Shikai, Zaifeng, Zhang Zhidong, these people, whether they play the republic or the constitution, in fact, what difference can there be, in the end, they still play the set they are familiar with, but they just put on a fresh coat.

Yang Chao was suddenly not so disappointed that Li Hongzhang failed to become president, he figured it out, the current level of development of this country is like this, and there is no difference between letting Li Hongzhang be president and making him emperor. Now that Li Hongzhang is dead and Zhang Zhidong is the prime minister, where can he go? As long as Zhang Zhidong is in power, let him do what he has to do.

On the contrary, Li Hongzhang forcibly became the president, can the Eight Banners forces agree? Even now, more than sixty percent of the governors across the country are banner people. At least half of these people are staunch imperial factions and firmly support the Aixin Jueluo family. At most, half of them can stay on the sidelines, and their hearts are also inclined to the bannermen to be in power.

Li Hongzhang's supporters are none other than the Jiangnan Governor, that is, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, and so on. In fact, they are not united internally, they just want to follow the example of the West, learn from the master of the art to control the country, and develop the Western industry. You must know that it is these Westernists who signed the Southeast Mutual Guarantee, and Kuijun, the governor of Sichuan, is also a banner man. After Li Hongzhang left Liangguang and went north, Deshou, who acted as the governor of Liangguang, was also a banner man.

Coupled with overseas forces such as the Revolutionary Party and the Royalist Party, the result of Li Hongzhang's forcible presidency is likely to be the early outbreak of civil war in China.

Therefore, after figuring it out, Yang Chao felt that the current situation was okay, at least let the Westernists come to power, although the ideas and means of the Westernists were not the most effective, and they built all kinds of heavy industries almost all of them were government-run, but in this era, it is unrealistic to let China directly engage in heavy industry.

Then let the Westernists slowly develop heavy industry, and the people develop light industry independently, in ten years, coupled with China's large size, there should also be a considerable industrial base. After the First World War, after the power of the Western world decreased, China's current status should rise correspondingly, although it may not be able to sit on an equal footing with the foreign powers, but it should have the power to protect itself.

If we persist in this way for another 20 years, after World War II, China's international status should also rise to the level of a great power.

Let the Westernists take power, although slowly, but always advancing, although slow, but always turning.

Let this big country turn around safely in history, this is Yang Chao's greatest wish.

After Zaifeng ascended the throne, he gave a speech to parliament and established a new leadership team, and the country began to function.

The first thing was to formulate the era name, and the cabinet led by Zhang Zhidong finally determined the word Hongxing, hoping that the Qing Dynasty would be able to flourish again. Then the name of the era was passed by the parliament, and then in the form of the emperor's will, it was announced to the world.

The second thing is to fill the official vacancy, which can also be said to be a great meritorious hero, because only meritorious ministers can be appointed by the new dynasty, which is an eternal old rule.

However, the form of appointing officials is somewhat different, and the cabinet proposes a list for the emperor to choose.

The emperor will meet the selected local officials one by one, which is still the old set of rules of the Qing Dynasty.

To Yang Chao's surprise, he was also among the emperor's receptions.

"Xiaomin Yang Chao, knock to see Your Majesty!"

The kowtow of all evil.

"Aiqing is flat, although Denglai Qingjiao Dao is not a feudal official, he is also a third-grade member after adding the rank of inspector. It's not a small people! ”

Zaifeng was obviously in a good mood, and even talked to Yang Chao in a joking tone.

Where Yang Chao was willing to kneel, he immediately stood up.

"Sit down!"

Zaifeng immediately ordered, and an old eunuch immediately moved a chair.

The Eight-Nation Alliance, the Boxers, such a big mess, these eunuchs also survived, and they were really tenacious.

Yang Chao is not as restrained as other officials, he only dares to sit on half of his ass when he sits on a chair, he sits down steadily, and the eunuch next to him stares at him.

Zaifeng said to the eunuch: "Lord Yang is well versed in foreign affairs, but he is not familiar with the etiquette of my Celestial Empire, so don't be harsh." ”

The eunuch hurriedly bowed and stepped aside.

Zaifeng said to Yang Chao again: "Yang Aiqing, I remember what happened when you were in Germany. Tell me, what reward do you want? ”

The Emperor's Reward?

Yang Chao didn't care too much, the Eight-Nation Alliance had turned the palace upside down, the Forbidden City had been looted by tens of thousands of foreign soldiers, and there would definitely be nothing left here.

Of course, there is no shortage of treasures in China, but Zaifeng has just ascended the throne, what can he scavenge?

Therefore, Yang Chao was not very interested in Zaifeng's reward, so he said: "The country will be in trouble, and the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, and even the major palaces will be plundered by foreign soldiers. The ministers did not dare to ask for a reward. But the minister has some things that he wants to offer to the emperor. ”

The eunuch next to him changed his face again, thinking that this little platform was too ignorant, and it was already a great gift for the emperor to receive him, but he dared not to reward it, and in turn to offer it, he didn't look down on the royal treasure.

Zaifeng laughed: "Yang Aiqing is really straightforward. However, Aiqing thought that the Eight-Nation Coalition had robbed me of the Qing Dynasty, and he was too underestimated to underestimate the foundation of my Qing Dynasty! ”

Yang Chao's heart couldn't help but move, and the tone outside the words of Zaifeng sounded like the treasure of the Qing Dynasty was far from being robbed?

In an instant, he figured it out.

The rich landlords in the countryside know how to dig a cellar for their families, and the rich merchants in the city also know how to build a mezzanine in the wall.

Thinking of this, I figured out a lot of things, such as those secret treasures in the Qing Palace after passing through the Anglo-French alliance and the Eight-Nation Alliance, and then being turned over by the poor Feng Yuxiang Northwest Army, Pu Yi can also steal thousands of treasures from the Kangqian period, and when the bald guy goes to Taiwan, he can also use a boat to pull it, among which there are some treasures that have been collected by the palace for hundreds of years, I am afraid that the reason is here: the Qing Palace has a secret room.

In the past, Yang Chao thought that those were all re-looted after the catastrophe, but many of them didn't make sense, such as many calligraphy and paintings collected by Qianlong, who went through hardships and were finally in the Forbidden City.

But later generations have rarely heard of any secret treasures in the Forbidden City, whether it is a bald guy or New China, there is no publicity, when tourists visit, there are many places that can not be visited, it seems that this kind of court after six or seven hundred years is indeed not to be underestimated, I don't know how many ulterior secrets are hidden inside.

"Whether Yang Aiqing likes antique calligraphy and painting, or jewelry and jade, it can be said. I will not skimp on reward. If you offer family heirlooms and the Kaiser, I naturally can't let the heroes suffer. ”

Zaifeng said very much, obviously he is very confident, it seems that the number of secrets in the Qing Palace is amazing.

Yang Chao thought for a while and smiled: "The minister likes pearl jade, amber jade, etc., and he can't be on the table!" ”

In fact, the most valuable thing in the palace is not precisely these things, but calligraphy, paintings, antiques and the like, but those things are too extravagant and too difficult to serve, maybe in addition to these eunuchs who have been passed down from generation to generation in the Qing Palace, it is really not easy to find people who know how to preserve reasonably, at least Yang Chao does not have these people around him, so he can only ask for something that is easy to preserve.

Of course, that's not the only purpose.

"Hehehehe."

When Zaifeng heard Yang Chao's words, he also laughed, and he naturally knew that Yang Chao wanted these things, and they were not the most valuable things.

He immediately instructed the eunuch: "Go and get some pearls, jade, jade, and amber, and you must get the best products!" ”

Yang Chao said again: "But the minister does have treasures to present to the emperor." ”

Zaifeng was also curious at this time, what Yang Chao insisted on offering could not be ordinary. Although he doesn't like diamonds like Westerners, he also knows that the diamond that Yang Chao gave to the Germans last time is very valuable, and the family that can have this kind of thing is by no means an ordinary family.

It is no secret that Yang Chao was born in Nanyang, but no one knows who belongs to Nanyang, and those families in Nanyang are all nouveau riche in the eyes of the mainland. But Nanyang has had Chinese since the Tang and Song Dynasties, and who dares to guarantee that there are no low-key families that have been around for hundreds or thousands of years.

Yang Chao seems to be from such a family, but he is afraid of the punishment of the Celestial Empire, and he doesn't dare to show up.

Zaifeng also wanted to peek at the heritage of this family through the treasure of the Yang family, so he nodded and asked with a smile:

"I don't know what Yang Aiqing plans to give to me?"

Yang Chao smiled: "Porcelain! ”

"Porcelain?"

Zaifeng wondered, where in this world can the porcelain compare with those in the secret room of the Qing Palace?

"Song porcelain! One hundred pieces of Song dynasty porcelain. ”

Hearing this, Zaifeng's face did not change color, but he couldn't help but gasp in his heart.

Song porcelain is not absent in the Qing Palace, but it is definitely rare, and it is not easy to take out a hundred pieces of Song porcelain at once, even in the Qing Palace.

"It's really a big family. I'm afraid it's been a long time since I arrived at the big family in Nanyang, and I haven't shown up for hundreds of years, but at this time, I have appeared in the Qing Dynasty, what are my intentions? ”

Zaifeng couldn't help but be alert to Yang Chao's identity.

Later, Zaifeng also tasted the porcelain presented by Yang Chao one by one, it is indeed Song porcelain, the quality is quite complete, and the most important thing is that many are in pairs, in pairs, and even have a set of ten large porcelain plates, which can not be found in the Qing Palace.

Although these porcelains are all folk songs, let Zaifeng judge that the Yang family has no past background and should not be the Ming Dynasty royal family living abroad. These folk porcelain may indicate that they bought them for generations, but these are Song porcelain, which means that at least in the Song Dynasty, their family went to Nanyang.

But it's been hidden so far!

What kind of family is this?

After Yang Chao returned home, he also tasted Zaifeng's gifts, or rewards, one by one.

Jasper Ruyi that can be embraced, such a big jade, it is rare in later generations, walnut-sized pearls, I don't know how to grow, and the watermelon-sized Hetian jade Maitreya, this is a whole piece of carved Hetian jade. There is also amber, a large piece, not processed, well, this thing is generally used as a medicinal herb by Chinese, and only by Westerners is a gemstone.

Admiring more than a dozen pieces of fine jewelry, Yang Chao did not completely focus on the jewelry itself, but scanned it with his watch while watching.

While scanning, he shouted: "Old Nine, Old Nine." Can this be made? ”