Without Yang Hao's involvement, the trajectory and speed of the Qing court's reform would have been completely different. From the issuance of the "Edict" by Emperor Guangxu to the edict of "Ming Dingguo", in the middle of three years, the old school and the reformist faction were arguing and slowly exploring and advancing. Just the training of a new army is procrastinating and despairing.

After that, Emperor Guangxu took a desperate step under the bewitchment of Kang Liang and a group of stunned youths, and actually regarded the Empress Dowager Cixi, who supported the reform, as a great enemy, and even more stubbornly pushed the old school forces to the opposite side, and as a result, the Hundred Days Restoration ended with six heads falling to the ground and announced his death. The follow-up cause, on the contrary, Cixi continued to promote it two years later, but it was too late.

Now, history has changed completely, Japan has been defeated, and the reparations have not happened. Although the people are aware of the urgency of being beaten if they fall behind, most of them are still intoxicated with the sense of self-righteousness of the Celestial Empire.

On the contrary, the court regarded Yang Hao as the biggest enemy, and his danger even surpassed that of Japan and other powers. Without him, who made Yang Hao a Han man, and made it clear that he was unwilling to obey Wang Hua.

So under the persecution of various external factors, the mutual constraints inside and outside the Qing court were greatly reduced, even if Emperor Guangxu sent Li Hongzhang home, the Empress Dowager Cixi did not say anything - in fact, the old ladies were also deeply dissatisfied with the inaction of the old man Li. A large part of the reason for Yang Hao's rise comes from Li Hongzhang's connivance.

Without the Qing court of Li Hongzhang and Weng Tongyi, the remaining Qingliu moderate faction was basically speechless, and the original six sons of Weng Men and the new Shaozhuang faction quickly gained the upper hand.

And the young reformers who have lost Kang Youwei are still talented and prosperous. One of the most showy characters. It is none other than Yan Fu, editor-in-chief and president of "Guowen Daily". His talent is known all over the world. is second only to Yang Hao, who has an imposter who has been a gunman for a whole era behind him.

Secondly, it is more outstanding. There are Tan Sitong, Liang Qichao, Lin Xu, Liu Guangdi, Yang Rui, Yang Shenxiu, and Kang Youwei's younger brother Kang Guangren. In addition, there are the older generation of Zheng Guanying, Wang Tao and others echoing each other from Shanghai, which can be described as a moment of smoke and a grand view.

These people are not of one mind, nor are they the so-called "Six Gentlemen of Wuxu" in another time and space as a group of people. In fact, there are at least seven or eight groups of them.

Among them, Tan Sitong was a rebel who sincerely wanted to overthrow the Manchu Qing Dynasty; Liang Qichao is a royalist who inherited Kang Youwei's thoughts; Kang Guangren was very unimpressed with his brother's remarks and actions; Yang Rui and Liu Guangdi were very disgusted with Kang Youwei; The rest of the people also tried to distance themselves from Kang.

Now. Coupled with a strong rise of Yan Fu, it is even more unique, rendering the drama of the Qing court's reform of the law extraordinary.

Under the internal and external difficulties, Emperor Guangxu boldly used the scholars of the Shaozhuang faction Qingliu and the Restoration faction, and promoted the young people who had just participated in the imperial examination. Even in order to make them qualified to go to the court, he did not hesitate to add a hat to them that he wore on the top of the fourth grade.

This will certainly make the vast majority of officials who have worked hard for half their lives to come to power very unhappy, and there are many discussions between the government and the opposition. Emperor Guangxu was arbitrary, and in the name of reform and reform, he took the opportunity of reforming government institutions to carry out a gorgeous purge of officials inside and outside the imperial court!

Among the officials above the third grade. Six Lang officials opened a group of reforms, and there were officials in the capital who had nothing to do but eat for nothing. Cut down thousands with a single brush!

In just a few days, Emperor Guangxu issued more than 100 copies of the "edict" in one go, and launched a reform initiative from top to bottom in accordance with the content that Yang Hao had previously published in the newspaper or translated and published.

It's like in a large enterprise, the chairman suddenly issued more than 100 notices in one day, asking everyone to study within a time limit and do things accordingly. The most terrible thing is that the rules and regulations announced here need to change the way of working in the past, and many of the original employees and management will be unemployed and laid off!

It is conceivable that the only result of going on like this is that it is all messed up! Not only will it cause strong resistance from the people below, but the management who is forced to be anxious will even put aside their grudges and join forces to try to get the chairman down!

Emperor Guangxu was only twenty-three or fourteen years old, and there were no old and serious ministers like Weng Tongyi and Li Hongzhang around him, and the rest of the people were as impatient and lacking practical experience as him, blindly believing in his own imperial authority, and as a result, he created a farce-like change "Great Leap Forward"!

The governors of the provinces are all old foxes who have been up and down all their lives, and they can see the problems at a glance. However, most of them did not directly refuse to cooperate, but they all controlled the progress in an orderly manner, opening factories, schools, and training new troops in their own jurisdictions. The most critical reform of the political system has not been changed at all.

No one is a fool, and who doesn't know that this thing is a solid ruling structure that has been formed in China since the Han Dynasty, and it belongs to the category of who touches and who dies. Reform? It's not that easy!

Emperor Guangxu did not feel the danger, he reveled in the extreme refreshment of the power in his hand, and was suppressed by the Empress Dowager Cixi for so many years, and finally one day he could call the wind and rain like an emperor.

In the days after the release of the "Edict", he slept very little every day, but he was always energetic, as if he had inexhaustible energy.

The civil unrest in Lunan was accused in Caozhou, and the wounded soldiers petition group in Qingzhou did not further intensify their actions, and the Qing Dynasty was calm and calm for many days, which made him and his close ministers have an illusion - probably the trouble will end like this?

On August 21, 1895, the situation between Beijing and Tianjin changed abruptly! A group of opposition celebrities headed by Yan Fu suddenly openly announced that they would establish a "democratic socialist party" and take an active part in the great cause of the country's overall reform. Under the constitutional monarchy, it seeks to seize the seat of the ruling party.

Immediately afterwards, another group headed by Tan Sitong announced the establishment of the "Republican Party", which also demanded to participate in the reform of the law and contribute to the complete realization of China's transformation and strength.

The two parties have elaborated on the principles of their programs in their newspapers and actively sought the participation of more people of insight to jointly promote the democratic process in the country.

This hammer smashed out, and one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the hot law change movement completely changed the taste!

Both the Democratic Socialist Party and the Republican Party have in their party constitutions and platforms called for the implementation of the basic principles of equality, freedom and democracy. It advocates the advancement of the people at the bottom of the social ladder and the right to contribute to the decision-making of the State.

First of all, it is necessary to deny the status quo of the high status of the banner people, and overthrow the old bureaucratic system, and the big men must face the supervision of the people at any time, and even launch an impeachment or even a vote for their illegal behavior!

Will this thing work? It's about to make a big fuss!

All of a sudden, the two parties became the target of public criticism! The conservatives can be regarded as the target of venting their anger, and countless folds of snow are piled up in the court, demanding that such rebellious people be arrested and brought to justice, so as to set the record straight!

But whether it is Yan Fu or Tan Sitong, they are not lonely people who have no power to fight back. Behind them had gathered a large number of supporters, especially newspapers and periodicals throughout the country, almost all of which were not controlled by the Qing court, and the entire set of theoretical articles occupied all pages overnight. The call for support from the people is even louder!

Yang Hao, the spiritual leader and pioneer of reform, certainly did not remain silent, and he not only vigorously praised the historic renewal of the establishment of the two parties, but also affirmed their political demands, which are in line with the correct trend of China's search for a strong road. Throughout the world, have not all the great powers established similar forms of government?

Whether it is Yan Fu or Tan Sitong, they are all a generation of talents, and the government force composed of people like them is naturally more energetic than those who are old and old. If China wants to strengthen itself, it must be watered with fresh blood.

The shadow of the famous tree, as soon as Yang Hao spoke, it was equivalent to closing the coffin for the establishment of the two parties, and at the same time, it also added an invisible talisman to the people who participated in the two parties.

But the consequence of this is the complete anger of the Qing court!

A few days later, Emperor Guangxu issued an edict reprimanding Yan Fu and Tan Sitong, ordering them to immediately go to Beijing to plead guilty, dissolve the two parties, and declare their mistakes.

Of course, the two refused to listen, and even refuted it in the newspapers, questioning whether the so-called changes of the imperial court were false stories to fool the people, or whether they fundamentally wanted to further consolidate the rule of the banner people, loot the wealth of other nationalities, and deprive the people of their rights?

This is tantamount to directly uncovering the face of the Manchus, touching their forbidden area, and the contradiction is completely intensified!

The Empress Dowager Xi, who seemed to be raised in the Summer Palace, had in fact always had a clear control of the situation through the Qing court's dealings, and no longer stood idly by to the principled issue of such a blatant discussion of the correctness of Manchu rule. She said to her hardcore henchman Sun Yuwen lightly: "There must be a rule to change the law, and the righteousness of the court cannot be discussed." ”

Sun Yuwen immediately confronted the emperor in person, unceremoniously conveyed spiritual instructions to Emperor Guangxu, and directly reprimanded the emperor for being frivolous and rash, so that such a rebellious and reactionary person disturbed the public and the government.

Emperor Guangxu could only obey the order, turned his head, sighed, and ordered Yan Fu and Tan Si to rebel and their comrades to be arrested and handed over to the Division.

It's just that the decree is easy to issue and difficult to execute. Yan Fu lived in the American Concession, Yang Hao disagreed, and he couldn't enter the Qing court's inner guards wearing a hundred yellow jackets.

Tan Sitong is different, this talented young man honestly believes that there is no need to hide it to do such a big thing, and openly places the gathering point of the "Republican Party" in the Hunan Hall in Beijing.

Just when Emperor Guangxu issued the order to arrest people, the secret agents of the "Huaxing Society" immediately informed him, and Yang Hao personally sent a telegram to persuade him and a group of party members to temporarily go to the US Concession to take refuge, and not delay them to continue to engage in the revolutionary cause.

Tan Sitong awe-inspiringly refused, but dismissed him and all the personnel. Soon after, Qing court minions broke down the door and captured him. Almost without much interrogation, he was sentenced to death and beheaded at a later date!

Yang Hao has been paying attention to the progress, and seeing Tan Sitongguo's uprightness as recorded in history, he secretly admired it in his heart, and even ordered the personnel lurking in the capital: "Save him at any cost!" (To be continued......)

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