The Hu family returned to Shanghai one after another and began to allocate funds to speed up the production of military materials throughout the country, and similarly, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo and other chaebols were also rapidly expanding their production capacity.

The war had reached the point where it was on the verge of breaking out, and the army was urgently prepared for war, expanding the total number of troops to 650,000 men, divided into 14 divisions and regiments.

Russia has stationed 730,000 troops in Manchuria in the northeast, Vladivostok in the Far East, and Oskmen in the northwest, accounting for 57 percent of Russia's total army, while the French side has increased its troops in South Vietnam to about 60,000 troops, and the number of warships of the French "Chinese fleet" stationed in South Vietnam has also increased to 43.

Led by France, they demanded that Lu Guangquan and the provisional military political axe immediately withdraw from Yanjing, hand over political rights to the "Guangxu Emperor of China", and demanded that the Chinese political axe compensate foreign merchants, churches, and citizens for the losses caused by the Boxer Movement, and the total amount of compensation was further increased to 130 million yuan, and at the same time demanded that China fully open up and allow foreign businessmen to invest in China's hinterland.

Russia additionally demanded that the Chinese [***] detachment withdraw from the Xinjiang Province and recognize that the Xinjiang Province belonged to the Yarkand Khanate, while China demanded that China must recognize the Korean Reading Power.

The demands of all three parties are very excessive.

It is impossible for Lu Guangquan to agree, but in China, there are too many opposition forces.

On August 14, 1900, Lu Guangquan announced the dissolution of the provisional political axe, and returned power to the Guangxu Emperor Zaiyan, who issued a decree to reappoint Hu Chuyuan as the new prime minister.

After receiving the appointment, Hu Chuyuan stayed in Shanghai for a few more days before taking a train to Yanjing.

August 17th.

Hu Chuyuan's special train arrived in Beijing, and immediately afterward, he took a carriage to Yingtai.

A large number of Manchu nobles were forcibly expelled from the Jingshi and imprisoned in the area of Jingyiyuan in Xishan, while more Manchus were forcibly escorted back to the northeast and dispersed.

The atmosphere in the capital was still so tense, no one was celebrating because of the departure of the Manchurians, the common people and businessmen were just worried about what to do with the business in the future, and they did not think about what the departure of the Manchus meant.

Everywhere there were soldiers who were forcing the surname to implement the braid-cutting policy, guarding the key points on the street, arresting people on the spot, cutting braids on the spot, and for a while, Yanjing City was full of people who were distributed, with bare foreheads and half long hair scattered behind them.

Hu Chuyuan's carriage was special, with a row of six silver carriages in parallel, as well as two gilded carriages, all with four tall and beautiful Iberian horses pulling the carriage in front.

Followed on either side were thousands of soldiers from the Fuwei battalion.

Although the specific time of his return to Beijing is kept secret, most of the people in Beijing already know it...... He is about to come back, and when he sees such a formation, people immediately understand that the real prime minister of the Great Qing Kingdom has finally returned.

The mutiny ended.

It's going to be the same as before.

The news spread quickly, and tens of thousands of citizens poured out on both sides of the avenue, cheering with emotion.

You can't overestimate the consciousness of the common people, they don't actually care who the emperor is, they just want to live that kind of stable and prosperous life, in the past ten years, especially during the four years when Hu Chuyuan served as the first and auxiliary minister, China has never been more prosperous, the merchants are prosperous, the people are rich, and the prosperity of Beijing is incomparable.

In Beijing and Hebei, Hu Chuyuan also made a large donation to build a school and a school, donated money to repair the temple, and revitalized the victims...... All of this gives him a special reputation.

At this moment, Hu Chuyuan's mood is extremely complicated, and it is naturally a good thing that people welcome his return, but it also shows that the flame of revolution is still completely immature.

He thought that Lu Guangquan should also understand.

The excitement of the people was getting higher and higher, and the common people, the squires and wealthy merchants of the Beijing division all followed on both sides of Hu Chuyuan's carriage, and if it were not for the strong resistance of the army, everyone really wanted to surround the carriage and worship this first auxiliary minister who could really bring prosperity and stability to China.

After all, this scene still happened, hundreds of lifters suddenly blocked the way, their identity was very special, a group of people could not kneel, holding their forcibly cut braids and weeping bitterly, as if they had been castrated, and wept as if they had lost all integrity and dignity.

"Your Excellency...... Decide for me! ”

"Lord Hu, the country is in danger, morality is in danger, and the society is in danger, I hope that the adults will come forward, eliminate the military party, and uphold the country's prestige!"

…… Someone was desperate to make a loud noise, holding his pigtails and weeping bitterly, as if the world was really on the verge of collapse, and he had to stand up and speak out.

"The reform of China is today, and the rise of the Han people is ...... today!"

In the distance, some radical and angry young students were shouting loudly, and they also wanted to wake up the people and persuade Hu Chuyuan to support the reform with the people.

The street market was so noisy and full of all kinds of voices that in order to silence the voices of others, the squires began to encourage the crowd to beat the students who were standing on the podium, but the students were surrounded by the New Army and the Pan-Dimensional New Organization, and the two sides fought violently.

In the end, Li Cunyi had to let the soldiers of the Fuwei battalion shoot and warn, forcing the two sides to give way to a passage, and let Hu Chuyuan's convoy leave smoothly and enter Yingtai.

Hu Chuyuan did not stop at Yingtai, and immediately entered the Forbidden City through the Xihua Gate.

The inner guards of the Forbidden City have been replaced, all of them are in charge of the Kyoto Guard Division reorganized by the new army, and all exits are watched very closely, and more than half of the eunuchs and palace maids in the Forbidden City have been dismissed, and even the Minister of Internal Affairs has been replaced by a person from the Fuxing Society, who is responsible for the entire Forbidden City.

Obviously, Emperor Guangxu was completely under house arrest.

Hu Chuyuan got off the car outside the inner palace gate silently, and still entered the Qianqing Palace wearing his official uniform of a first-class official, and there were several loyal eunuchs guarding the main hall, and they didn't even have the power to bind the chickens, what else could they guard?

All they have left is that indomitable integrity.

Hu Chuyuan has a special temperament, shocking people's hearts, he has been in a high position all the year round, he controls China's economy, politics and military, and he has a kind of aura of fear and awe in every minute and every second.

He walked into the palace gate step by step, and thousands of soldiers from the Fuwei Battalion guarded the surroundings, forcing the soldiers of the Kyoto Guard Division to temporarily evacuate with guns.

Now, as long as Hu Chuyuan is there, all security and guard authority is taken over by the Fuwei Battalion, which is officially known as the "Second Affiliated Security Brigade of the Special Service Security Bureau."

People are used to it, and they still call them "Fuwei Camp".

Hu Chuyuan's expression was solemn, and he forced those eunuchs in the hall to retreat with just his eyes.

Hearing the noise outside, Emperor Guangxu, who had been under house arrest for several months, rushed out eagerly, and the moment he saw Hu Chuyuan, he could no longer hold back the pain in his heart, grievances, confusion, and resentment...... Tears of condensation of various thoughts burst out of my eyes.

"Shousuke...... Yes! ”

Zaiyan's hands trembled uncontrollably, his eyes were flushed, his cheeks were trembling, and he was a little speechless with excitement.

Hope for the stars, hope for the moon.

He finally looked forward to a savior, he knew that Hu Chuyuan would not betray him, as long as there was still a little possibility, Hu Chuyuan would keep his throne...... That's what he thought.

Although he knew that the two mutinies of Lu Guangquan and others were the result of Hu Chuyuan's free indulgence, no matter what, Hu Chuyuan could at least barely control Lu Guangquan and the other generals of the New Army.

However, in a certain moment, when Zai Yan saw that Hu Chuyuan had already cut off his braids, he sighed in his heart, and felt that a bigger cloud was enveloping him, but he didn't say anything, just stared at him in fright.

Hu Chuyuan calmly met Emperor Guangxu Zaiyan, and he didn't stand up slowly until Zaiyan slowed down this moment and asked him to get up.

At this time, the twenty-nine-year-old Zai Xiang is no longer the previous Zai Xiang, and a certain surname in his heart still makes him a little weak, but he is a smart person after all.

He thought keenly in his heart, while asking people to sit on Hu Chuyuan.

When Hu Chuyuan sat down, Zai Yan said, "Shoufu, Brother Ling has already sent someone to bring a message to me...... I know in my heart that even you may have a lot of inconveniences right now, but I still want to ask if there is any way you can get everything back...... I promise that I will not pursue the generals who started the mutiny, I know that they just want to urgently reform, want to make the country richer and stronger, and in addition, the Manchurians have enjoyed too much over the years, lazy and incompetent, and indeed not worth reusing, let alone being treated well, I can understand all this. ”

Hu Chuyuan smiled helplessly.

The two have been together for more than ten years, and they are also monarchs and ministers, and they are also friends, so Hu Chuyuan especially doesn't want to promote this kind of change himself, and would rather be an irresponsible person and hand over this change to others.

He sighed helplessly, and said bluntly to Zaiyan: "Wechen do his best...... may be able to keep the emperor, but may not be able to keep the Manchurians. Your Majesty, let's say something special. ”

At this point, he paused for a moment.

Emperor Guangxu bowed slightly, asked the eunuch who accompanied him in the study to retreat, closed the door tightly, and then asked Hu Chuyuan: "Shoufu, what do you want to say?" ”

Hu Chuyuan replied: "Weichen thinks that since Taizong's law that Manchus and Han are not allowed to intermarry, the Manchus have always maintained it, but unfortunately, this method can protect the Manchurians, not the throne." The world is so big, there are more than 387 million people, and the number of people is only 2 million. Your Majesty, let's think about it in a different position, if you were a Han person, would you agree to let the Manchu people ride on the head of our Han people, from life to death, they will be supported by our Han people's hard-earned money, idle and idle, and will not do anything, in addition, there is a group of Manchus with a little ability, shouting every day that 'the Han people are strong, the Manchus will perish', doing everything possible to stop the Han people, discriminating against the Han people, and all the Manchus are discriminating against the Han people. What are the facts, the economic, political, military, and national defense of the Qing Dynasty...... If you are a Han Chinese, do you want to ask 'why', do you want to ask 'why'? Just because the Manchurians broke into Shanhaiguan and killed millions of our Han Chinese? ”

Just listening to these words, Emperor Guangxu's face suddenly turned pale, he knew...... It's all over, and Hu Chuyuan has been deliberately conniving at all this from the beginning.

He quietly clenched his fists, wanting to beat Hu Chuyuan to death for the sake of his ancestors and the "Great Qing Kingdom".

But he was a smart man after all.

There are two explanations for smart people, first, smart; Second, understand the situation.

He knew that it was too late.

At this moment, Emperor Guangxu finally couldn't hold back his crying anymore, grabbed the inkstone on the table, and wanted to smash Hu Chuyuan with the inkstone, but he didn't dare, and his heart was also extremely complicated to struggle.

In fact, he had long known that once China became rich and strong, and once the Han people became strong, the imperial power of the Manchu people would end completely, but he still had an expectation...... Hope that your kindness and hard work can change all that.

He wanted to know why the world was so unfair, and he was the one who made China truly change, but the blade of change turned to him?

Could it be that those Han people, as well as Hu Chuyuan, don't have eyes and can't see all this?

Seeing Emperor Guangxu sitting in the dragon chair and crying, hanging his feet and chest, Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything, nor did he persuade him.

Hu Chuyuan doesn't like to deceive people, he can not tell you the answer, he doesn't tell you the inner plan, but he won't deceive you.

He has always been a very special person, in fact, he has always had the idea of letting Zai Yan step down early, but there is no suitable opportunity, so when Lu Guangquan created this opportunity, he still agreed.

Before that, he had barely mentioned such an idea to anyone.

He waited silently until Zai Xiang stopped his tears, and then said to Zai Xiang: "Your Majesty, in fact, you don't have to be too sad. Wechen never felt that the throne was a thing worth caring about, just as I might as well keep the position of the first and auxiliary minister in my heart. Life is so short, and you and I have lost so much as a person, a man, a husband, a father...... Life should be experienced. ”

Emperor Guangxu was speechless for a while, and after a long time, he said: "Shoufu...... You really don't miss all this? ”

Hu Chuyuan replied very sincerely: "I don't have nostalgia at all. However, the last time I was appointed as the first assistant was for a temporary transition, this time it was different, and since I agreed to make a comeback, I am ready to do my best. ”

Zai Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Shoufu, you still have your own way out, where should I and the Manchu people retreat?" China is so big that there is no place for suffering? ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "If the Manchu-Han intermarriage approved by Dolgon was continued by Emperor Shizu Shunzhi, for hundreds of years, perhaps there would be no so-called Manchu-Han dispute in the world, how could the emperor have the crisis he is talking about today?" The Manchus themselves are unwilling to integrate into the Han family, so why do they have to remember the throne of the Han family? ”

Zai Xiang argued dissatisfiedly: "Since the beginning of the Central Plains for two hundred and fifty years, the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, the country is rich and strong, and the taxes have never increased. ”

Hu Chuyuan replied coldly: "Maybe not, maybe there is, it doesn't matter." Weichen is also a Han Chinese, so Weichen came to ask the emperor this sentence, why do you want me to wait for 30,000 Han people to support millions of Manchurians? Moreover, these Manchus have nothing but arrogance and arrogance, and they can neither cultivate the fields nor know how to read and reason. Your Majesty, you will answer this question, why? If you say that the Manchu people are inherently noble, and we Han people are born to be the slaves of the Manchus, then Weichen thinks that between our monarchs and ministers...... Or rather, there is no need to say anything from now on. If the emperor thinks that Wechen is not a good courtier and is not suitable to be the chief assistant, Wechen will never be nostalgic, and will go back to Shanghai now to continue to be my billionaire, and he will never ask about Chinese politics from now on. ”

"You ......!!!"

Zai Yan was indignant, if it had been ten years ago, he would have immediately ordered the removal of Hu Chuyuan from all his positions and reputations.

But he also understood that he couldn't answer Hu Chuyuan's question.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Hu Chuyuan said: "Therefore, it has been wrong since Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty, and the policy of non-intermarriage between Manchu and Han remains unchanged, so it is decided that Aixinjue Luo will be overthrown by the Han sooner or later." Since ancient times, the reincarnation of heaven has changed once in three hundred years, and the Mongols forcibly occupied the Eurasian continent of the world, but they could not sit in the Central Plains forever, let alone be full of people? ”

Zai Yan hesitated for a long time and asked, "Now allow Manchu and Han intermarriage...... If we can salvage the situation, and if it is feasible, I am willing to abolish the empress, re-appoint a Han woman as the empress, and elect her heir to succeed her! ”

Hu Chuyuan said: "It's too late. Weichen said something unpleasant, but it was also true, the emperor ...... You and I will die eventually, a hundred years from now...... Especially after Weichen went into the wilderness, the Manchus would completely lose their place in the country, either to die, or to hide among the Han people, calling themselves Han people. Without him, the people hate it. People's hatred is like a jar of poisonous wine, once the layer of oiled paper on it is torn, the consequences will be unimaginable...... Buddha said that the reincarnation of cause and effect is not a failure to report, but the time has not yet come. After the Manchurians entered the customs, they killed too many people, it was too easy to get the world, the killing was too heavy, three hundred years of sitting and eating empty mountains, fish and meat all over the world, the cause and effect cycle, if this did not exterminate the clan, it was really a fluke. ”

Zai Xiang's heart trembled violently, his face turned pale, and after a long time, he asked, "Shousuke, did you expect this day a long time ago?" ”

Hu Chuyuan nodded without concealing it, and said, "These things are not in Weichen's consideration, and they are not something that Weichen can control. The emperor doesn't have to worry too much, Wechen has already been prepared in foreign countries, but it really can't be done, the emperor can withdraw from China with Wechen...... In fact, Wechen has always felt that a truly powerful China does not need our monarchs and ministers to evacuate as soon as possible and save their lives as soon as possible. ”

Zai Yan seemed to see a glimmer of hope again, and asked Hu Chuyuan: "If you and I join forces and work together, will we be able to turn the situation back?" ”

Hu Chuyuan shook his head very seriously and said, "Your Majesty, don't you understand?" Only a pedantic feudal and conservative society can recognize the Manchu right to rule, and an open and radical China, a China dominated by Han Chinese, will not recognize this. To put it plainly, either China will sink and be carved up by foreign powers, or China will be determined to reform and the Manchus will lose to the nationalist struggle. There are only two options, which one do you choose? ”

At this time, Zai Yan finally couldn't say a word anymore.

He really got it all.

This is a choice that has no choice at all, and when China is carved up by the great powers, the Manchus will inevitably die, and when China becomes rich and strong, the Manchus will inevitably die.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but continue to cry bitterly, feeling more and more wronged.

For the sake of China's prosperity and strength, he has done his best to save every tael of silver spent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and to use the money for civil affairs as much as possible, donate money and materials, and build education with Hu Chuyuan, donate funds to schools, and water conservancy.

During the years he was really in power, he was also the only emperor who did not build a royal garden, and even his own imperial tomb was saved a lot of money in terms of specifications.

He also hated Hu Chuyuan very much, he trusted Hu Chuyuan so much, but Hu Chuyuan knew that there was a problem but never talked to him.

He finally understood that he was just a pawn of Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan sat indifferently in his seat, waiting silently.

After a long time, he was hoarse when he heard Zaiyan's voice, and Hu Chuyuan said: "Is the position of this emperor so worth caring about?" Your Majesty, how can there be a family in this world that can sit on the throne forever? The Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han dynasties, the Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties have all passed the clouds, does the emperor really think that Cangtian will open up to Aixinjue, Luo, and Daqing alone? We are mortal after all, and the changes in the situation in the world are far beyond our control. The reincarnation of the world, there must be a beginning and an end, Your Majesty, if the number of qi is exhausted, when it is time to end, you should not have another incident, otherwise it will only cause a bleaker ending. Listen to me, it may be a better choice to settle the family business outside the home as soon as possible with Wechen. ”

At this time, Zai Xiang has gradually calmed down again, Hu Chuyuan and him analyzed the general trend of the international community one by one, the rise of nationalism is already the general trend, and it is not something that he and Zai Xiang can control at all.

No matter how strong they are, they are just ordinary human beings, not gods.

All they can do is to adapt to the situation, take advantage of the situation, take advantage of the complicated ethnic problems in the country, and try their best to pursue a policy of multi-ethnic coexistence, and not engage in a useless struggle against the overall situation.

It really didn't work, so Prince Zai and Prince Alcohol withdrew from China and looked for a new place to live.

As long as you have money, where is life different?

If you really want to miss your homeland and don't want to leave your homeland, why did you need to enter the Central Plains in the first place?

The two kept talking about dawn, no matter whether Zai Yan really agreed in his heart or not, he would accept it, but he still asked Hu Chuyuan to secretly find a way to leave him a way out, buy family businesses in the United States and North Korea, and temporarily store them in the name of Prince Zaifeng.

As for domestic affairs, he will also try his best to cooperate with Hu Chuyuan, first find a way to stabilize the situation, and then think about the future.

In the early morning, Hu Chuyuan left the Forbidden City safely and returned to Yingtai Zizheng Garden in a carriage.

Attack Guangxu...... This has always been something that Hu Chuyuan can't do.

Sitting in the carriage, Hu Chuyuan silently closed his eyes and thought in his heart, he hoped that Zai Yan could really wake up, if China wants to be rich and strong, the national consciousness must awaken, and the national consciousness will awaken, and the Manchurians will have no way out.

He's got it clear now, and it's too late.

Even if Emperor Guangxu wants to reverse the situation, it is completely impossible, and if he wants to do something at this time, the fate of Zai Xiang and the Manchu people will only be more bleak.

Therefore, it is the best choice for the royal family to find a way to make a sum of money and leave China.

As for those ordinary Manchurians...... The price to be paid is to be paid after all, the cycle of cause and effect, there is a cause and there must be an effect.

With Hu Chuyuan's financial resources, status and understanding of life, he can not care about these things, but there will definitely be other people who care very much, and Hu Chuyuan does not plan to get along with these people.

He's not a god, he's just a master at taking advantage of situations.

Or rather, he seems to be a good person...... Not a good guy at all, so to speak, he is too good at taking advantage of the situation.

(To be continued)