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Kang Youwei returned to China, originally, Li Jingfang had arranged a mansion for Kang Youwei to live in the capital, Kang Youwei sent a telegram, saying that Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang entered Kyoto to live in Xianliang Temple, and I wanted to live there when I returned to Beijing, Li Jingfang did not hesitate to change the residence for Kang Youwei and arranged to live in the wing room of Xianliang Temple.

The Xianliang Temple in Beijing was the "Ten Kings' Mansion" in the Ming Dynasty at the earliest, so it is close to the Forbidden City. After the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, it became the thirteenth son of Kangxi Yunxiang, that is, the palace of Prince Yi, Yunxiang believed in Buddhism, after the death of Yunxiang in the eighth year of Yongzheng, he respected his last wish to rebuild the house into a temple, Yunxiang said Xian after his death, Yongzheng Emperor Qinzhi gave the temple name, and named it "Xianliang Temple" according to its name.

This temple has the mountain gate, the stele pavilion, the front hall, the main hall, the scripture building, the east and west side hall, the layman's dormitory, etc., Kang Youwei lives in the layman's dormitory in the west chamber.

When Kang Youwei returned to Beijing, it was late autumn, the weather suddenly became cold, the north wind was bleak, and the goose-yellow ginkgo leaves rolled on the ground of the temple, but because Xianliang Temple was the residence of the important ministers of the imperial court of other provinces to enter Beijing to see the court, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Zhang Zhidong and other hot characters entered Kyoto to live here, Kang Youwei's mood was very good at this time, and there was a sense of "since ancient times the autumn is sad and lonely, and I say that autumn is better than spring".

As soon as Kang Youwei came back, Li Jingfang took the initiative to visit. Kang Youwei told him about his experience in Japan, and said that there are two things in Japan that China should learn from, for example, the Japanese prime minister is only interested in things that can strengthen the nation, such as making Shinto the state religion, because Shinto believes that the national character and the emperor are the same. It is believed that the emperor is a descendant of the sun goddess. Every time the Diet is convened, the Emperor sits under the canopy on the far right side of the Diet with a sword, and listens, "Whoever dares to disobey the Diet will be killed with the sword of the Son of Heaven!" Speaking of which, Kang Youwei also made a sword drawing and assassination action, which vividly interpreted the authority of the emperor!

This last sentence was actually made up by Kang Youwei. But Li Jingfang listened very helpfully. Li Jingfang also stayed in Japan for two years, serving as an alternate minister to Japan, during which Li Jingfang had a very close relationship with the Japanese government and the opposition, and it was during his time in Japan that he heard about Kang Youwei.

Kang Youwei expressed his high opinion at this time: "China can position Confucianism as the state religion, and the president can first worship Confucius, and then choose an auspicious day to ascend the throne and become emperor, and then formulate a constitution, and the rise and fall of the country." In one fell swoop! ”

Li Jingfang said: "Now that the republic has been written into the constitution of the republic, everyone knows it, and the imperial system will be restored at this time." Can anyone in the world agree? ”

"Chinese culture. For thousands of years, most people in the world are still accustomed to the emperor, and they don't know what the president is! Kang Youwei confidently took out a thick copy of "Japanese Political Examination" and handed it to Li Jingfang: "There is Lao Gongzi who will submit this book to President Lingtang." This is an investigation record written by Kang during his visit to Japan during his time in Japan, and he is full of heartfelt truths. Needles and disadvantages. ”

Kang Youwei's article is indeed brilliantly written, sprinkled with more than 200,000 words, Li Hongzhang read this book, there are both examples and reflections. Li Hongzhang felt that Kang Youwei at this time was much more pragmatic than when he advocated the reform of the law, and he was also quite moved by Japan's constitutional monarchy. Feeling that this system happens to be both democratic and centralized, it has overcome all kinds of drawbacks of the republican system very well, but Kang Youwei failed to change the law after all, causing the Guangxu Emperor to become a prisoner, Li Hongzhang still doubted Kang Youwei's ability, so he invited his old friend for many years, the chief writer of the "Power Daily", the British pastor Timothy Lee, to come to Beijing as a consultant for himself, and inquire in detail about the "constitutional monarchy" system.

Timothy Lee gave Li Hongzhang a detailed description of what is a constitutional monarchy, "The world's earliest constitutional monarchy, originated in the United Kingdom, under the premise of retaining the monarch, through the constitution and legislation of parliament, establish the sovereignty of the people, through the authority of the monarch, to protect the authority of the constitution and the law, the people live within the scope of the law, and ensure social order." ”

Li Hongzhang asked: "How many countries in Taixi are constitutional monarchies now?" ”

Timothy Lee said: "Now all the remaining monarchs of Tessie are constitutional monarchs, and Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Spain, and other countries are all constitutional monarchies. ”

Li Hongzhang said: "What do you think of China's adoption of a constitutional monarchy? ”

Timothy Lee said: "Japan inherits the Han and Tang cultures, and if a constitutional monarchy can succeed in Japan, I personally think it can also succeed in China." ”

Hearing Timothy Li say this, Li Hongzhang strengthened his determination to turn China into a constitutional monarchy, he asked Li Jingfang to test the attitude of the senior generals of the Huai Army, such as Liu Mingchuan, Ding Ruchang and other generals who have followed him for many years, they all want Li Hongzhang to be the emperor and give them wives and sons, they all support Li Hongzhang to implement a constitutional monarchy, Liu Mingchuan patted his chest and said: "I persuaded him to be the emperor at the beginning, if anyone dares to object, I Liu Liumazi is responsible for exterminating him!" ”

Li Hongzhang also telegraphed to Liu Kunyi, Zhang Zhidong and other governors, and after the chaos of these two republics, these old ministers of the empire also expressed their support for Li Hongzhang's constitutional monarchy, and Li Hongzhang made the worst plan, that is, Manchukuo did not agree, so he sent troops to recover Manchuria.

At this time, Li Hongzhang felt that as long as he won the support of one more person, he could rest assured and boldly try to establish a constitutional monarchy in China, and this person was Song Xiaofei who held a new army of 100,000 people, so Li Hongzhang asked Li Jingfang to go to Tianjin Station to find Song Xiaofei to convey his intentions.

On that day, Song Xiaofei was not in the training ground, but went home to take care of Yu Xiaowan. At noon, Yu Xiaowan's stomach was very competitive, and gave birth to a white and chubby son to Song Xiaofei, who weighed seven pounds when he was born, Song Xiaofei was very happy, and he finally became a father, which is an indescribable joy, he has been running around all these years and rarely being with his family.

At this moment, Song Xiaofei was holding the crying baby, staring at his son's white buttocks with kind eyes, and a sense of stability and happiness arose. Song Xiaofei's main wife, Qiu Yi, and the two concubines brought back from North Korea, Kim Hyun-joo and Lee Min-jung, were all standing beside him, looking at this newly-born little life, with a smile on their faces.

Mrs. Qiu Yi was still a little jealous, and said to Xiao Wan: "My sister is a blessed person, my lord and I have been for so many years, and my stomach is not angry, so let you take the lead." ”

Song Xiaofei laughed and said, "When I finish training this batch of recruits, I promise to have a big fat son with each of you." ”

Kim Hyun-joo and Lee Min-jung said, "We're going to have two." ”

After a while, Ruan Zhongshu, Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Liu Buchan, Deng Shichang, Lin Taizeng and others all came to congratulate with gifts, Song Xiaofei said, "You can come here, and you still bring so many things, it really makes you break the bank." ”

Ruan Zhongshu said: The eldest brother usually cares for us, and today he is happy to add a noble son, which should be. ”

Feng Guozhang took the opportunity to say: "On weekdays, the eldest brother is strict and does not allow us to drink, but today we will not return if we are not drunk!" ”

The group laughed, Song Xiaofei didn't like to sweep everyone's interest, and said: "It's hard for you brothers on weekdays, today I will prepare a little wine banquet to treat everyone, you drink happily." Choo Yi heard this, so she took Kim Hyun-joo and Lee Min-jung to prepare for the dinner.

Song Xiaofei invited Duan Qirui and them to the living room to take a seat, at this time, the housekeeper came to report that Li Jingfang, secretary general of the presidential palace, was visiting, Song Xiaofei was quite surprised, he gave birth to a son, Li Hongzhang didn't know so soon. But he didn't have time to think about it, after all, he was Li Hongzhang's son, so he hurriedly went to the door to welcome Li Jingfang into the living room and asked him to "ascend to the kang" and take a seat.

Li Jingfang unceremoniously "ascended to the kang" with Song Xiaofei, and saw Ruan Zhongshu, Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Liu Buchan, Deng Shichang, Lin Taizeng and others sitting on the Taishi chair below, and said: "The general works hard for state affairs day and night, and Bo Xing is really admired. ”

Li Jingfang is not Li Hongzhang's biological son, in the first year of Tongzhi, that is, in 1862, Li Hongzhang was forty years old, had no children under his knees, and succeeded Li Jingfang as his heir, but Li Jingfang was promoted from a famous teacher, and he also learned English with Zhu Jingshan, Bai Dick and others. Li Hongzhang later gave birth to his son-in-law Li Jingshu, who still regarded Li Jingfang as his heir and called him "eldest son". Li Jingshu is more honest and responsible, but he is not as talented as Li Jingfang and understands the world, so Li Jingfang feels that if Li Hongzhang becomes the emperor, the possibility of him inheriting the throne himself is still very promising, so he is particularly active in constitutional monarchy at this time.

Song Xiaofei is a few years younger than Li Jingfang, and he has some friendships, but he doesn't know Li Jingfang's intention at this time, and said: "Brother said that I laughed, I just added a fat boy today, and my brothers are all here to say hello." ”

Li Jingfang suddenly realized at this time, and said: "Congratulations, congratulations, I thought you were talking about business." I didn't have any gifts here, so I gave this ring to my nephew, which my father bought for me from Nanyang. ”

After speaking, Li Jingfang took off a ruby diamond ring on his left hand, and Song Xiaofei said: "How can I let you break the bank like this." ”

Li Jingfang said: "It's all my own family, don't be polite to me, otherwise I will be embarrassed to live in the house tonight." ”

As soon as Song Xiaofei heard Li Jingfang say that he would live in his house at night, he guessed that he had something important to discuss with him, and said: "Here are all his own brothers, there are no outsiders, if Brother Boxing has something serious, just talk about it first, and the brothers should be drunk for a while." ”

Li Jingfang nodded and said to Song Xiaofei: "Originally, I just came to you today, everyone is here, it's better, then I won't beat around the bush, Kang Youwei has returned to Beijing at the invitation of his father, have you heard?" ”

Song Xiaofei has been concentrating on military training in Tianjin for the past two years, and he cares little about Beijing's affairs, Kang You hates to be low-key for this trip, and it is the first time he heard that Kang Youwei is back, so he asked: "What is he doing when he comes back?" ”

Li Jingfang said: "The president intends to hire Kang Youwei as an adviser to study the matter of constitutional monarchy. What do you think? ”

Duan Qirui was taken aback, stood up and said: "The word republic, when we were training the army, we often instilled it with the students, and suddenly returned to the emperor's old path, I am afraid that the army's heart is unstable!" ”

Li Jingfang said: "It is a constitutional monarchy, not an emperor, but the authority of the monarch to protect the majesty of the constitution and laws, which is the most advanced system in the world today, and this is the case in the United Kingdom!" ”