(2nd Update)

Returning to the study, Ye Kai closed the door alone and pondered.

The answer to the question is very clear to him, if you want the building to be stable, the key is to lay a solid foundation, without a solid foundation, even if the building is built high, no matter how gorgeous the decoration is, it will collapse and disappear.

Take the Empire State Building in the United States as an example, with a height of 447 meters, the foundation is 127 meters deep, accounting for almost one-third of the surface, and it has remained unchanged for 80 years and has become a symbol of the American dream.

This is also the principle of governing the country, especially the current situation at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the political system that lasted for more than 2,000 years laid 18 layers of hell, and the new system that replaced it was not adaptable, in this vacuum period that is rare for thousands of years, it is strange that China is not chaotic without a reliable system guarantee, and the people at that time did not have enough political wisdom, and the wise people could not make a voice, or the voice was too small, since 1912, the great chaos that lasted for nearly 40 years began.

Because of special reasons, Ye Kai can see all this clearly from God's perspective, but if you put yourself in their shoes, who knows? If it weren't for the bug identity of the traverser, Ye Kai probably wouldn't dare to promise with his chest: I will definitely not be able to become a small accomplice in the division of the country.

But in other words, it is precisely because of Ye Kai's special identity that he has given him a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change history, he must not only grasp it, but also be precise in every step.

Now, the difficulties are in front of them, the momentum of the petition group is getting bigger and bigger, the eyes of the entire capital have been mobilized, with the voice of the capital, their every move will be infinitely amplified, perhaps, in a short time, a great love affair affecting the whole country will be staged as scheduled.

In the abnormal era of the gentry, the government is the disadvantaged group this time.

And Ye Kai, as a member of the government, can he avoid this, you must know that what he is fighting against is the surging public opinion, a fanatical head, he is just a person with a mouth, can he really use his own strength to shake the wheel of history?

Ye Kai didn't dare to guess, this was the root of his long-term contemplation.

If he is the emperor, he can use the means of violence and power to launch a top-down reform, lead every step of the reform process with precise steps, and control the crisis within a controllable range, things will naturally be much easier, but this is impossible, his identity always restricts him, so that he can't do anything too radical, although Zaifeng has the first trust in him, but this time they can't be completely synchronized, because this petition involves the core issue - the distribution of power, especially the issue of imperial power, this time, it is impossible for Zaifeng to completely obey Ye Kai, and Zai Ze and Shanqi on the side of the royal family may also put forward dissent, and Yi-Xuan, who has just stopped, may also take the opportunity to make a comeback.

In short, the trouble is unprecedented, and Ye Kai needs to be cautious

Things happened faster than expected, since the petition group visited Liangfu, in just a few days, the situation has become more and more intense, after collecting the understanding of more than a dozen court officials, including Yi-Xuan, Dai Hongci, Lu Chuanlin, Rong Qing, etc., the banner of "quickly opening the Congress" has been erected higher.

And the next few major events that happened made the situation even more tilted to the side of the petitioner.

The petition group stayed in the capital for more than ten days, in addition to sending people to pay homage to the court officials, they also carried out propaganda work on the spot, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were a lot of hometown halls in the capital, and most of the people in these petition groups were respected gentry in the province, councilors, etc., they echoed, those people in the hometown association naturally responded very much, so along this human line, more people knew about the petition, the money was paid, the effort was contributed, one passed ten, ten passed hundred, just like that, the momentum of the petition became bigger and bigger, at the same time, The newspapers in the capital also moved to publicize the political propositions of the petition movement, and their attitude was also nakedly on the side of the petition group; since they were "good errands" attacking the government, these newspapers were indiscriminate, scolding the government, and strongly supporting it.

The publicity had an immediate effect, and many people joined the petition. Businessmen who went to the capital, Han residents in the outer city, and even the Eight Banners in the inner city also responded, and the ranks of the petition group snowballed bigger and bigger, from 100 people at the beginning, slowly developed to several thousand, and the number of people is still increasing, and the prestige of the petition group has reached its peak among the people of the capital.

This is not the end, if the previous appeal of the petition group is only limited to the scope of the people, then the division of the bureaucratic class has made the petition group grow a lot stronger, and the inspector Jiang Chunlin expressed sympathy for the petition appeal, and promised to write to the imperial court, requesting that the parliament be opened quickly, and at the same time, more middle and low-level officials have also fallen to the side of the petition group, so that the channel for reaching the heavens to hear is opened from the inside.

Of course, to make the official defect so quickly, it depends on the credit of another person, the main person in charge of the Qing Court's Constitutional Editing Museum, Yang Du.

Yang Du is not only a guest of honor in the field of constitutional government in the Qing court, but also an activist who greatly advocates constitutional monarchy, not only has extensive contact with top officials, but also has close friends and acquaintances with Liang Qichao overseas. At his instigation, as early as 1907, the imperial court appointed him to translate Western constitutional books and preside over the drafting of the outline of the constitution.

After gathering a new round of people, the petition group sent a huge number of representatives to rush to the Metropolitan Procuratorate that had been closed before, and once again asked the Metropolitan Procuratorate to play for them, facing hundreds of people blocking the door, in this case, the Metropolitan Procuratorate had to nod in agreement and promised to play these petitions together.

So when this petition, along with more than a dozen official memoirs, was placed on Zaifeng's table, he, as the highest person in charge of the empire, inevitably knew the whole thing about this matter.

His first instinct was to resist.

There were public voices in the front, and officials continued to play, and everyone shouted loudly, pushing the court to the opposite side of public opinion, and this series of chain reactions made Zaifeng subconsciously worried.

When each dynasty rotates, there will always be people at the bottom to subvert the top, and what is the majesty of the court? Since it has been said that the constitution will be established in nine years, and now it is starting anew, where is the credibility at the very least? If there is no prestige, no credibility, is it still called a real government?

Zaifeng's head swelled slightly, but what really made him feel pressure was another thing that followed.