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Song Xiaofei heard that Kang Youwei and Weng Tongyi wanted to assist Emperor Guangxu in changing the law, so he suggested that Li Hongzhang wait and watch the changes, and draw a clear line with Kang Youwei's so-called "reform of the law".

Li Hongzhang also thought it was "true" and said: "The old man also sent a letter to Zhang Nanpi (Zhang Zhidong), Kang Youwei has looked for him many times in the past, and Zhang Nanpi also thinks that this person has ill intentions, deceives the world and steals fame, does not understand what political affairs are, and is demagogic with the speculative mentality of Cantonese people doing business, and is not worthy of support. ”

It turned out that Kang Youwei, who was a man, visited Song Xiaofei in the seventeenth year of Guangxu, but was not appreciated, so he went south to visit Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, Zhang Zhidong was also a pragmatic person, and Kang Youwei was not welcomed, so he angrily returned to his hometown Nanhai to open the Wanmu Thatched Cottage School, gather apprentices to give lectures, and peddle his Datong ideal of Tuogu's reform.

In addition to lecturing, Kang Youwei wrote two strange books of "heresy": "Xinxue Apocryphal Scripture Examination" and "Confucius Reform Examination".

"Xinxue Apocryphal Scripture Examination" pointed out that "Zhou Li", "Shangshu", "Zuo Chuan", "Mao Poems", etc. were all forged by Liu Xin in the late Western Han Dynasty, and they all served Wang Mang's implementation of the "New Deal", so they were all "Apocrypha". This is the same as the face of some Wumao "brick houses", declaring that all theories in the West are in the service of the bourgeoisie, and then all democracy and freedom are fake. The implication is that don't read these books! What books to read? Of course, it is my advanced work!

So, Kang Youwei then launched the emperor's masterpiece "Confucius Reform Examination", in this book. Lao Kang became the spokesperson of Confucius, and Confucius became a flower girl for Kang Youwei to dress up arbitrarily. He said to Confucius at every turn, "All men are created equal", and the reader looked at it. I know that Kang Youwei is a thunder death and does not pay for his life, Confucius pays the most attention to the monarch, the ministers, the father, the son, the difference between the inferior and the inferior, the young and the old are orderly, "everyone is equal" Isn't it no king and no father? How could Sage Kong say such bastard words?

Therefore, after these two books were published in Guangzhou, Kang Youwei became an instant hit! The squires and landlords of the South China Sea couldn't stand it, so they rushed to the Wanmu Thatched Cottage to smash it, jumped up and scolded Kang Youwei for his great rebellion. Take someone to dig the ancestral grave of Lao Kang's family!

Kang Youwei couldn't stay in his hometown anymore and decided to try his luck in Beijing. At that time, the minds of the Chinese had been imprisoned by Confucianism for thousands of years, and Kang Youwei, who suddenly jumped out of a bucket and a half of water, would also feel fresh, he was like a lost dog in Beijing, and some open-minded officials sympathized with him and rescued him. Kang Youwei "divided" these people who helped him into "sages" and "great sages" according to the amount of money he subsidized.

Kang Youwei after getting acquainted with Concubine Zhen's cousin. He was asked to write a letter of self-recommendation to Emperor Weng Tongyi, introducing the reform and reform. Weng Tongyi took a look, this Kang Youwei's calligraphy is good, and it has the legacy of the Han and Wei dynasties. Very appreciative. In addition, Kang Youwei added pragmatic content such as mining, setting up factories, and building railways in the Tuogu reform, and Weng Tongyi also seemed to understand whether he understood it or not.

Of course. What moved Weng Tongyi the most was that Kang Youwei said in his letter: "Taixi emphasizes three hundred years of rule. Japan has been strong for 30 years, and China is the largest country. The people of the people, after three years of changing the law, can stand on their own feet, and then they can become rich and strong and control all nations. ”

This is enough to blow through the cow's buttocks, "three years can be self-reliant and prosperous" can not deceive Song Xiaofei, who is familiar with the national conditions, and can not fool the scheming Zhang Zhidong, but Weng Tonggong has never engaged in actual foreign affairs, thinking that building the railway is a matter of mouth, and it can come to a thousand miles a year.

Weng Tongyi thought to himself, what Li Hongzhang has not done in twenty or thirty years of foreign affairs, he and Kang Youwei may be able to change the law in three years, how heavy a blow should this be to Li Hongzhang? So Xing Chong rushed to the Qianqing Palace to find Emperor Guangxu, and said to Guangxu, who was in his early twenties: "Kang is a talented person, and he is a hundred times more than a teacher, please ask the emperor to listen to the whole country." ”

In the eyes of Emperor Guangxu, Weng Tongyi is talented, Kang Youwei is a hundred times more talented than him, that must be the savior of the Qing Dynasty, plus Emperor Guangxu has no actual political experience, and he can stand on his own and strengthen the country in three years, compared with Song Xiaofei's twenty or thirty years, the time is greatly shortened, so he immediately decided to issue an edict to meet Kang Youwei.

Weng Tongyi hurriedly stopped to stop it, "Kang Youwei is still a person, according to the practice of this dynasty, the emperor is not allowed to summon officials above the fourth grade, and the teacher has invited Kang Youwei to join the staff. ”

During this period, Kang Youwei compiled two books, "Examination of the Political Change in Japan" and "The Story of the Political Change of Peter of Russia", introducing the experience of reform in Japan and Russia, and also got acquainted with Yang Shenxiu and Liu Guangdi, directors of the Criminal Department, and Yang Rui, secretary of the cabinet, and other imperial ministers. In September of that year, Kang Youwei was promoted to the Jinshi in advance, and the Guangxu Emperor appointed him as the prime minister Yamen Zhangjing, and later summoned him in the Qinzheng Hall of the Summer Palace.

Kang Youwei dedicated two books, "Examination of the Political Change in Japan" and "The Political Change of Peter of the Russian University", the content of these two books was carefully selected by Kang Youwei, and the Guangxu Emperor looked at the cold sweat on his spine, and felt that if he did not change the law immediately, the Qing Dynasty would be over, so he hurriedly asked Kang Youwei: "How to change the law?" ”

Kang Youwei said confidently: "It is advisable to change the law and the official system first, such as abolishing the six ministries." ”

The six departments began in the Sui and Tang dynasties, is the feudal dynasty of the central administrative body of the ministry, the household department, the Ministry of rites, the general name of the military department, the criminal department, the Ministry of industry, but also the basis of the entire Qing Dynasty official system, the Guangxu Emperor from the age of four to the throne, was the old man of the six departments of the ear calluses, Kang Youwei as soon as he opened his mouth, to remove the six departments, the Guangxu Emperor admired Kang Youwei's courage, let him continue.

Kang Youwei put forward four bolder suggestions:

Article 1: Establish a staff department. Following Japan's example of the establishment of the highest military leadership organ, which was personally controlled by Emperor Guangxu, he selected the world's tiger warriors, ministers who were not half-hearted, and his relatives wore armor and ruled them.

Article 2: Change the name of the year. The name of the era was changed to the first year of the Restoration. With the eyes and ears of the new world.

Article 3: Change the uniform system and change the old party mentality.

Fourth, the capital is moved to Shanghai. The reason is that the twilight in Beijing is too heavy. Only by moving the capital to Shanghai can it be conducive to changing the law.

Emperor Guangxu is really too young. Such a boring fake big empty suggestion turned out to be "all right".

The first suggestion: The Admiral of the Nine Gates and the Forbidden Army are all the people of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and half of the soldiers in the world are in the hands of Li Hongzhang. Second, changing the era name is not a joke, in ancient times, only major changes occurred or the emperor changed the era name. Article 3. Why do you change your clothes if you have nothing to do? Can a change of clothes change people's hearts? Immature! The fourth article is even more remarkable, not to mention whether everything will be fine when the capital is moved to Shanghai, just the three palaces and six courts, civil and military officials, you have to build a few more Forbidden City to live? It costs tens of millions of taels of silver to build a Summer Palace, and the treasury is empty, how much does it cost to move the capital to Shanghai? It's no wonder that the people of the world don't rise up!

However, Emperor Guangxu finally did not forget that the Empress Dowager Cixi was not dead, and felt that the change was such a big thing. You still have to be supported by your "father". Emperor Guangxu's head at this time has been blown by Kang Youwei and Weng Tongyi's "three years of self-reliance and prosperity" cowhide to blow "fever and fever", he feels that he has been in power for almost four or five years, and it is not interesting to be a puppet emperor, and now there is Weng Tongyong, Kang Youwei and a group of people to support. We should try to fight for power from the "pro-father". However, Emperor Guangxu was too timid to go directly to the Empress Dowager Cixi to tell him about it, so he summoned the foreman of the Military Aircraft Department at that time. Prince Qing asked him to tell Cixi: "I am going to change the law and renew it." If the Queen Mother still does not give me the right to do things, I am willing to abdicate this position. Unwilling to be the king of the country. ”

Prince Qing ran to the Summer Palace and told the Empress Dowager Cixi as it was.

On that day, the autumn sun was bright, the water on Kunming Lake was not prosperous, the Empress Dowager Cixi was holding a white curly-haired lady dog, squinting her eyes and sitting on a rattan chair by the lake while basking in the sun, while listening to Empress Longyu's complaints: "The soul of Emperor Guangxu was taken away by the little demon girl of Concubine Zhen, and you don't care about Lafayette?" ”

When the Empress Dowager Cixi heard that Emperor Guangxu was threatening herself with abdication, she remembered that her son Emperor Tongzhi did the same, and was furious, stood up and slammed the noble lady dog in her hand to the ground, and the poor pet dog's head hit a hard stone, screamed twice, and died of anger, Cixi was full of anger, and said: "Changing the law and reforming, didn't the mourning family have ordered people to do it in Shandong?" Why is the emperor so impatient? You go and tell the emperor that he doesn't want to sit on this throne, and the mourning family doesn't want him to sit on it for a long time! ”

Li Lianying, who was standing behind her, was instructed by Empress Longyu and took the opportunity to say: "Lafayette is angry, it's not worth it to be angry!" Recently, the news of the emperor's reform and change in the palace has also been spreading. It is said that this Kang Youwei met Weng Tongyi through Concubine Zhen's cousin, and he bewitched the emperor. ”

Although she is also a woman in the harem, after the Empress Dowager Cixi took power, she maintained great vigilance and disgust for the harem to interfere in politics, and when she heard that this change was still related to Concubine Zhen, she trembled with anger, and sat in a sixteen-person sedan chair, and took Li Lianying, Empress Longyu and a group of eunuchs and palace maids to the residence of Emperor Guangxu - the Palace of Yang Xin in the Forbidden City, to find Concubine Zhen to settle accounts.

The Empress Dowager Cixi did not let the eunuch report, and angrily led a group of people into the Yangxin Palace, and entered the Lisi Gate, the Empress Dowager Cixi saw Emperor Guangxu and Concubine Zhen in the square pavilion under the rockery, you and me, Concubine Zhen turned sideways, sitting on the lap of Emperor Guangxu and laughing. Emperor Guangxu took a dark purple grape in his hand, peeled it and sent it to Concubine Zhen's open mouth.

Emperor Guangxu and Concubine Zhen didn't notice that the Empress Dowager Cixi was standing outside the pavilion until Li Lianying shouted: "Lafayette has arrived!" ”

Concubine Zhen was frightened, and hurriedly stood up from Emperor Guangxu's lap, came over to kneel down, and Emperor Guangxu also hurriedly knelt down and saluted: "Erchen greets his father." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi didn't like Concubine Zhen in the first place, but today she saw Concubine Zhen sitting on the lap of Emperor Guangxu, and she had nowhere to get out of her stomach, so she immediately scolded Concubine Zhen angrily: "As a concubine, you behave so frivolously, what kind of body has you become!" Drag down the cane and hit twenty! ”

No matter how Emperor Guangxu begged for mercy, Cixi just didn't let go, Li Lianying ordered the two eunuchs to take Concubine Zhen out, and dragged her back until the flesh and blood of her little buttocks were blurred.

Then, the Empress Dowager Cixi sharply questioned Concubine Zhen: "The mourning family heard that you have often discussed political affairs in front of the emperor recently?" ”

According to the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, it is a big crime to kill the head in the harem, and when Emperor Guangxu heard the Empress Dowager Cixi ask such a question, he felt that Concubine Zhen's life could not be guaranteed, and he was so frightened that he sat down on the ground. (To be continued......)