Chapter 308: The Failure of the Law Change, Yang Hao's Rebellion (2)
Yang Hao's all-range strike, like a cannon, injured not only the banner people, but also the scholars who had been loyal to them for hundreds of years. If in the past two hundred years, there were still many people who were a little disciplined and insisted on being ministers rather than slaves in name, then those Qingliu inside and outside the court now are really shameless people who pretend to be confused.
At the end of the 19th century, China was no longer able to restrain the people's minds and continue its rule by ignoring the people. Even if the entire ruling class were to do so on its own, the process of constant aggression and partition by the greedy foreign devils would inevitably bring about a baptism of external shocks. With the background of the Chinese, it is only a matter of time before the collective awakening and rejuvenation is made.
Yang Hao just lit a fire for this process, and jumped many of these stages directly, without waiting for the entire nation to fall to the bottom of the abyss.
But his words were so vicious that they offended almost the entire class of scholars. After all, those who are in charge have their own teachers and ancestors, and most of those people are also Qing court officials, and they have formed today's pattern from generation to generation. If they admit Yang Hao's statement, it is tantamount to denying their ancestors and teachers, which is a great rebellion in Chinese moral concepts.
The literati care most about face, and they have done this kind of thing thousands of times, but they must not admit it openly. In order to protect this skin, they did not hesitate to risk their lives - most of course, it was someone else's.
It can be said that Yang Hao's declaration can be called upon to respond to none of the courtiers and bureaucrats, and it is difficult to pick one out of a thousand. Although there will be more literati in the opposition, they are still hesitant and difficult to make up their minds for a while. The main reason is the set of things they learned from the enlightenment reading. are deeply ingrained and unshakable. Agree with Yang Hao's theoretical proposition. They have to start all over again, just like everyone else.
That kind of pain. It's like the post-70s and post-80s failed to start a business, and they had to compete with a group of post-90s young people to compete for jobs again, and they had to try to keep up with the ever-changing professional knowledge. In the new era, there are not many so-called experiences that can come in handy, but they are old and burdened, and their energy can't keep up. The pain is indescribable.
Slightly more affecting. There are only the majority of young people under the age of 30, plus the few people who have been looking at the world since 20 years ago, including international students.
They have all witnessed the collapse of China's old order again and again under the impact of foreign guns and artillery, and continue to slide towards the end of complete collapse. However, they couldn't find a solution, and the so-called theory of governing the country and leveling the world in the book, and the experience imparted by the teachers and commanders, were almost useless.
Lin Zexu, Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang and others prepared for the Westernization Movement and established a strong navy, which originally seemed to have been effective. As a result, there was a war with little Japan, which they looked down upon. The original form has been completely revealed.
It can be said that they are all confused and hesitant.
That's when it happened. Yang Hao descended from the sky, and with a series of groundbreaking theoretical knowledge, they were enlightened and suddenly enlightened! Counting the details of the rise of the great powers from the outside in, analyzing the reasons for China's backwardness and being beaten, and then turning the powerful road of its propaganda into reality little by little, fully proves that the route it has opened up is the bright and smooth road that is most likely to succeed in changing China's status quo at present.
This allowed Yang Hao to successfully gather a large number of followers. The rest of the people saw another possibility from this, starting from their own deep-rooted ideas, thinking of influencing the change of the emperor's court, realizing a political system similar to that of Britain or Japan, and reforming the law.
The ideas are good, and the execution speed is also very good, but in less than 200 days, there are all kinds of tricks and mistakes. The true face of the Manchu court was exposed under the pressure constantly exerted by Yang Hao. Emperor Guangxu and a group of Qingliu were impatient and rude, and with the murder of Tan Sitong, the hypocrisy that was originally hidden under the robe was shown to the world!
The supporters who originally had a hope for them had to seriously consider at this time, if they can kill Tan Sitong today, will they kill me tomorrow? Tan Sitong is just a little more radical and wants to get the political party out directly. So the constitutional monarchy that the Qing court is in full swing to achieve a parliamentary power similar to the United Kingdom that overrides the king, and the power of the upper house composed of nobles will be subverted by the lower house, so is China still a China that is full of people?
The emperor's rights were greatly weakened, and he lost the right to appoint and dismiss the governors of the provinces, the right to dominate the country's economic wealth, the absolute right to control the army, and the right to cover the entire ethnic group without compensation! The patriarchal system inherited from the tribal system and even backward slavery of the banner people will no longer exist. At that time, the group of banner people will be easily subverted by the Han people, leaving only an empty emperor seat, and God knows which day they will be ousted from power!
Yang Hao has long listed the political systems of various countries in detail for the domestic elites to learn and refer to on their own. The British parliamentary system has been repeatedly commented on. The upper echelons of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were more inclined to the Japanese style of government in which the emperor and the senate and the various clans held the power in effect, and the Empress Dowager Cixi was also secretly manipulating the court. But don't forget the huge group of Chinese scholars, they won't agree at all!
Contradictions, irreconcilable from the very beginning. Tan Sitong's case was used to prove that the Qing court would not have carried out British-style political reforms at all. The so-called constitutional monarchy, in the end, still has to ensure that the emperor's power is not controlled, and the Manchus still have an absolutely high position, so it is still a fart!
The change of law became a farce, and with the success of Tan Sitong's robbery, it was staged to the climax of the first stage. The enthusiasm for changing the law suddenly cooled down all over the country, and in the excerpts issued by the governors of the provinces and the court officials, the words were suddenly secretive, and the clouds and mountains were covered with fog, and they refused to let people grasp the handle lightly.
At this moment, Yang Hao followed up and revealed his ideal state power structure system to the whole country. It did not follow the British constitutional monarchy, but focused on clarifying the functions and powers of the country's ministries, departments, departments, sections, and central, provincial, government, state, county, and so on.
Among them. The power that was originally concentrated in the hands of officials such as the prefect, the prefectural order, and the chief secretary was greatly dispersed. An absolute leader is split into a leadership group of at least five people. Every decision pursues the basic idea that the minority obeys the majority.
At the same time, those who could only be small officials for generations, and even those who simply had no status, no rank and no benefits, also had a formal establishment rank and salary. At the same time, they also have a clear assessment method and promotion strategy, and they have become national civil servants like county officials, and they no longer have no chance to climb up in their lives.
This is an earth-shattering change! As soon as the newspaper came out, it was immediately robbed! When it came to printing up to 1 million copies, demand was still in short supply. Some nimble illegal tabloids were immediately reprinted and reprinted for profit. In just a few days, tens of millions of printed editions and countless hand-copied editions have spread to almost every county and township in China!
There's so much good news here!
According to Yang Hao's structure, as long as the existing officials pass the assessment, they can immediately be transferred to civil servants. Although the constraints are great, even if it is a small soap, he has the opportunity to become a county official, and no one will let go of such an unprecedented opportunity!
Although under the current system. They make more money, but their power is not guaranteed. Most struggle to feed their families. Now they have enough salary and can support their families without corruption, which is very rare. There is a fly in the ointment, and we must always be careful to be surpassed by others, which must be learned often. But it's all small things compared to the benefits.
What is even more concerned about this is the hundreds of thousands of donors across the country. Most of these people are studying but can't pass the imperial examination, they have paid the same hard work as others, but they can only spend money to get an embarrassing identity without kowtowing, and the kind of grievance is really indescribable.
But now, they can follow up with the same officials, and they are serious officials, and they have the power to manage some of the affairs. What a sea change!
In this way, there can be at least hundreds of thousands or even millions of people who are civil servants! Compared with the existing system of only 30,000 officials in the country, it has expanded dozens of times.
This mention yƬ directly hit the deadly acupuncture point of the Chinese! Since ancient times, Confucianism has taught scholars to learn and excel. Why are readers superior? Can be an official!
Regardless of whether a civil servant is an official in their conception or not, it must be true that this is always a decent position.
As a result, almost the entire Chinese scholars cheered for Yang Hao! Civilians who are not scholars will see that in the next innovation, the various schools that will be established no longer pay attention to their origins, and education from elementary school to middle school is free! As long as they are admitted and graduated, most of them can become officials, and the enthusiasm in their buried bones is immediately ignited!
Even if they can't catch up in this life, their sons and grandchildren can always catch up, right? Such a good policy, that must be supported!
Everyone's enthusiasm was aroused, and the farmers and businessmen were mobilized, and the streets and alleys and fields were all talking about this unprecedented big news.
As for the emphasis on reminding them later in the article, all officials and civil servants must be supervised and impeached by independent people's congresses at all levels, and they are selectively ignored. Since ancient times, there have been countless imperial histories, who can really control the officials?
Yang Hao's article crushed the reform movement that the upper elites of the Qing court had worked hard for for more than half a year in one fell swoop! No matter how many "edicts" Emperor Guangxu issued, no one cared or took care of them. You're still the same old thing, buddy can't get any benefits, who cares about that!
Li Hongzhang, who returned to his hometown in Hefei, was silent for a long time after seeing the newspaper. Secretary Luo Fenglu sincerely admired and admired: "Fu Xiangyuan's thoughts can be described as deep, could it be that he had long expected today's changes?" ā
Li Hongzhang rarely smiled bitterly: "The old man didn't expect that Yang Hao's kid to have this hand!" If he really does it, there is nothing else to do in this world! ā
On the side of the Qing court, after a short period of aphasia, he suddenly jumped like thunder!
Emperor Guangxu didn't care about any prestige and decency, and shouted again and again in a rage: "It's back, it's back!" Now the surnamed Yang has finally torn off his disguise and openly slandered the court! Such a rebellious retrograde is unbearable! This fang had to be removed! ā
He immediately issued an order and ordered the New Army, Wu Yijun, and Shandong Governor Li Bingheng to act as one to destroy the Yang rebels! (To be continued......)