December 30, 1908, the eighth day of the lunar month. After a heavy snowfall, the city of Beijing has not cleared up for a long time, the dark and heavy lead clouds will wrap the sky tightly, and the streets will be quietly deserted at night, but a few bleak wisps of moonlight are projected in the thick clouds, and the bronze paint on the plaque of the Yamen of the War Department in the Iron Lion Hutong is solemn and treacherous.

The abnormal weather has bred a lot of ridiculous rumors, just as this oppressive and heavy air weighs heavily on the shoulders of the dying empire, some people in the War Department say that this is the old queen mother's divine power, and she is still looking at our Qing Dynasty from the sky, and she will not be blind.

Ye Kai at the banquet looked Tairuo, these statements, he naturally regarded them as nonsense, however, for the uncrowned empress who dominated the fate of China for half a century, Ye Xingxin was deeply touched, and the merits were commented by his descendants, but it is undeniable that it was her lagging and even stupid decrees again and again that put a death clockwork on this huge empire, leaving a bad card for the successor The Qing Dynasty died.

For these, Ye Kai can only sigh, if it weren't for God's tricks, Ye Kai, an unlucky guy who graduated from a third-rate university, is destined to be swept away by the rolling torrent of history, and will not leave a single ink, and Ye Kai, who traveled to the end of the Qing Dynasty, has a new identity here, the head of the Military Science Department of the Ministry of the Army, the future famous general of the late Qing Dynasty, Aixin Jueluo Liangbi.

Although the surname is Aixin Jueluo, it is a distant branch that can't be played with the royal eight poles, the ancestors have long been torn off the yellow belt, Liangbi was poor when he was young, and during his study in Japan, he had many intersections with revolutionaries, and he was an outlier in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty.

The banquet in the lobby of the War Department deviated from the festive tone from the beginning, and there was a subtle atmosphere at the table, and his eyes swept over the people on the table in front of him one by one, and all the expressions he saw in his eyes were worried, Ye Kai pulled the corners of his mouth, and quietly revealed a playful smile.

"What an eventful Laba Festival" In the embarrassing atmosphere of a group of officials in the War Department, Ye Kai poured himself a drink, as if he was outside the matter.

Having been immersed in the politics of the late Qing Dynasty in college, he naturally knew the reason for the intriguing banquet at this moment, and the same dramatic expression in front of him was like a barometer, which truly reflected an unprecedented upheaval from the power of the Forbidden City.

A month ago, Emperor Guangxu died, followed by the Empress Dowager Cixi Bintian, the almost white-hot competition for the throne, and finally ended with the end of the prince Puyi inheriting the unification and his father Zaifeng being the regent and supervising the country

The various cliques in the DPRK and China are intertwined, and the high-ranking and powerful War Department is exempted?

In addition, not long ago, Murcha Tieliang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, quarreled with the regent Zaifeng at the imperial meeting, if it weren't for the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty who were watching, he Tieliang was almost blasted out by the regent, the situation was different, a month ago, Zaifeng was still the little alcohol king in front of Lafayette, and he was not as good as him as the secretary of the War Department in terms of seniority, and now he is already the regent of the country on behalf of the monarch, why is Tie Liang still so ignorant? Everyone can foresee that I am afraid that a catastrophe will soon befall his army scholar, just as the so-called tree falls and scatters, thinking of this, it is not difficult to understand why many people are puzzled.

"Liangjun Division, why did you say that the old queen mother passed the throne to the Zaifeng family? This power also allows Zaifeng to hold it, the old queen mother is broken, the queen mother is still there, according to the rules, the queen mother should also train the government, no matter how bad it is, there is still the old Qing king, which is his turn to carry Feng, Lord Tie can touch the mold this time! A blazing voice broke the awkward atmosphere at the table, and the person who spoke was named Wu Jiliang, who was also a hall official of the 12th Division of the Army.

Ye Kai glared, and hurriedly raised his voice and shouted: "Wu Junsi, what are you teaching, you are not afraid that outsiders will hear it!" Naturally, this is for everyone here to listen, and the words are what you say, and it has nothing to do with me. You must know that the overall situation has been decided, and complaining at this juncture is tantamount to giving people a handle, this crime is not big, it is not small, it is nothing to lose the top, and if you don't do it well under the butcher's knife of power, you will lose your head.

A scolding made the scene tense, and after hurriedly drawing a clear line, Ye Kai sighed first, with a serious look, and spoke in a roundabout way: "Wu Junsi, Liangbi is a straight person, he doesn't speculate and forgive in his words, behind closed doors, our War Department is a family, to put it in my heart, Lord Tieliang can't keep it this time, as for whether Zaifeng should be the regent or not, how can we guess the old queen's thoughts." ”

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, Ye Kai's words directly made everyone present speechless, in fact, they may not know the stakes, but they didn't expect things to develop so suddenly, and now they have been punctured all of a sudden, naturally like frost hitting eggplant, they can't stop sighing.

Staring at these ugly faces, Ye Kai's eyes darkly cooled, and he sighed slightly, and a thin cold sigh quietly sank to the bottom of his heart.

The Qing Empire, which experienced the Gengzi War, was like an anthill that was about to collapse, and it was already full of holes, but fortunately, the Qing court was not inactive, a political, economic, educational, cultural, and military drastic reform was in full swing, if the people were united, the monarchs and ministers were united, the Qing Dynasty may not end so quickly, however, unfortunately, it was the internal strife of their own people that exhausted the last trace of strength of the Qing Dynasty, and with the fall of the Qing Empire, the era of warlords and lives was quietly opened.

The constitutionalist, the royal family, the Yuan party, the Qing stream, the radicals, the conservatives, the royalist Qing court forces appeared as scheduled, the building will fall, and now, the pot of muddy water in the capital has just been boiled

"Don't talk about this, today's Laba Festival, let's not ask about political affairs, don't ask about political affairs, eat porridge and eat porridge."

The New Year is approaching, and the palace has sent Laba porridge to officials above the fourth grade in the capital as usual, however, how can a bowl of porridge be appeased? The War Department was already mixed, with various factions and departments intertwined, but now it is full of thousands of horses.

"The edifice will fall, the hearts of the people are different, how can such a country not die, but it will only suffer the people of later generations, and there will be no China in chaos for 40 years."

Although there are many reasons for the fall of the Qing Dynasty, it is nothing more than stupidity and incompetence, but it is undeniable that compared to division and turmoil, a unified country can never be underestimated, especially at the moment when the great powers are feeding, the autumn leaves and begonias that can no longer be restored have become the eternal pain in the hearts of the Chinese children.

If you follow the wheel of history, three years later, on the eve of the collapse of the Qing Empire, the three no-generals who "do not accept gifts, do not eat invitations, and do not form parties" resolutely stood up when no one in the dynasty responded to the war, but was assassinated by the revolutionaries, and before he died, he issued a doomsday sigh of "those who kill me, heroes, I die, and the Qing Dynasty will die", and the last attempt to save the declining dynasty ended in vain, and the imperial wall that was about to collapse was splashed with a touch of blood and sadness.

"I definitely don't want to eat this bitter fruit again." With a shaky determination, the liquor was drunk, and his heart burned like fire, Ye Kai closed his eyes, and thoughts surged in his chest: "For the sake of the Chinese people in future generations, I must take power in my hands and clear all obstacles to the top of power with the face of a dictator. ”

The piercing words drifted silently in the air, if history is destined to be cold-blooded and silent, then don't expect Ye Kai to treat people softly. Using the power of his fingertips to become a trend, long sleeves and good dancing, for the sake of the other side of his heart, Ye Kai doesn't mind being such a character.

The hazy moonlight was set off by the dark sky, like an unopened dagger, nailed to the lobby of the War Department Office through the iron window, the highest military organ of the empire that was established less than three years after the abolition of the War Department, but it had already been under the constraints of the system, festering and deteriorating day by day, and the dying Yellow Dragon Empire tried its best to change the law to become stronger, but it was in vain after all, and it had to be helplessly pushed all the way by the tide of history, and accurately walked towards the end of death.

After a turmoil, the dinner table was already full of excitement, the banquet was over, everyone withdrew from the table and said goodbye, Ye Kai sighed, stood up and prepared to go home.

As soon as he took two steps, a figure walked over quickly and stopped Ye Kai.

"Good master, you stay." The person who spoke spoke in a shrieked voice, and if he looked closely, he called a thousand, and the little eunuch continued: "Tao Beile invited you to go to the Baylor Mansion, saying that there is something important to discuss." ”

"Taubel?" Ye Kai frowned, and after a while, a stirring spirit suddenly hit his head, "Zaitao!" ”

In my memory, the famous Tao Belle is not only the royal noble, but also the younger brother of the regent Zaifeng, the uncle of the current emperor, who studied in Germany and belongs to the young Zhuang faction in the imperial family.

But what are you going to do at such a late hour? Ye Kai couldn't help muttering, but soon he had a plan in his heart, and a smile that knew his heart gradually appeared on his face.