Ren Chao nodded with satisfaction, "Even so, we can't be careless." Immediately send an order to the whole army to secretly prepare for war and prepare for contingencies. ”

"Order!" The generals responded in unison.

In addition, he informed Zhou Tai of the DPRK and ordered him to prepare for a battle, and to be ready to return to China at any time in the event of changes in the country, especially to strengthen the control of the Korean royal family, and to adopt some tough measures if necessary. Inform Wang Jing that they must closely monitor the movements of the Japanese, these little devils have been honest for a year, but it is difficult to guarantee that they will not take the opportunity to come out and make trouble, and tell Wang Jing that once the Japanese take the opportunity to attack, they can appropriately abandon the Osumi Islands and other places, but they must hold the Ryukyu Islands. Ren Chao then ordered.

"Yes!" Yang Jichang responded respectfully.

"Now the situation is still a little unclear, and we don't have to be too public, just wait and see what happens, and prepare secretly." Ren Chao finally said.

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

Then everyone discussed the specific details, and after it was over, Yang Jichang suddenly remembered something before leaving, "Dashuai, those Luzon people offered to purchase 100,000 rifles and 150 cannons and other arms from us, you see?" ”

"Give them, why don't you do money-making deals, as long as they have money, they can give as much as they want." Ren Chao said casually.

Luzon is also known as the Philippines, which at this time was still a Spanish colony. By this time, Spain was in the wane, and only three colonies of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines in Asia remained of its former vast empire. And even these three colonies are not in trouble, and at this time, both Cuba and the Philippines are engaged in the war of independence. The succession of uprisings, large and small, has already caused Spain to be in a mess. Ren Chao had long been prepared to enter the South Seas, and the British Ren Chao couldn't afford to offend, but this Spain was different, so Ren Chao's first target was the Philippines. At this time, the Philippines was clamoring for independence, so Ren Chao sent people to the Philippines secretly to secretly support the Filipino people in their independence. Of course, Ren Chao is not a living Lei Feng. Naturally, they won't help them in vain, if you want arms, you can, as long as you have money, you can have as much as you want, and if you don't have money, you can exchange things for it, what rubber! Food and stuff like that are fine.

"Yes! I understand. Yang Jichang nodded and said.

Emperor Guangxu suddenly took out Li Hongzhang and sent him to Liangguang, and even Ren Chao understood what was going on. Naturally, it also aroused the vigilance of the diehards led by Cixi, and Emperor Guangxu originally wanted to appoint a cronie as the minister of Beiyang. Zhili Governor, but under the pressure of Cixi, Rong Lu was finally appointed as the Minister of Beiyang and the Governor of Zhili. Emperor Guangxu knew that his own forces could not confront Cixi head-on at this time, so in exchange for Cixi's concessions, he could only take a step back temporarily and appoint Rong Lu as the governor of Zhili.

Subsequently, after a period of preparation, the 27th lunar month of the 22nd year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (that is, August 6, 1896). Emperor Guangxu issued the "Ming Dingguo is Edict".

Edict:

Over the past few years, Chinese and foreign ministers have paid attention to current affairs. Multi-main change method is self-reliant. Several edicts were issued, such as opening the special department, cutting redundant troops, and changing the military department system. The establishment of the university and the small and small halls have been repeatedly approved, and the preparation is very mature, and it will be implemented after discussion. However, the atmosphere has not yet been opened. There is no consensus on the argument, or it is entrusted to the old and worried about the country, thinking that the old chapter should be adhered to. The new law must be eliminated, and all the beaks will be loud, and empty words will not help. Let's ask if today's situation is like this, the national situation is like this, if there are still untrained soldiers, limited salaries, no real learning, no good teachers, strong and weak are contrasted, and the rich and poor are suspended, how can we really control the soldiers with tart armor? If the country is uncertain, the order will not work, and it will be extremely corrupt, and it will lead to disputes at the door, fire and water with each other, and follow the accumulated habits of the Song and Ming dynasties, which will be of no benefit to the current politics. That is, in terms of China's great scriptures and laws, the five emperors and three kings do not follow each other, such as winter Qiu and Xia Ge, which are not mutually exceeding. With a special clear declaration, in the future, all the ministers at home and abroad, from the princes and scholars, should work hard, be angry and strong, and plant their roots with the study of sages and righteousness, and they must learn from the West to cut the current affairs, and pay attention to their strength, so as to save the disadvantages of emptiness and absurdity. Concentrate on it, keep improving, don't attack its fur in vain, don't compete with its mouth, turn useless into useful in the general period, and become a talent for economic change.

All the editors and inspectors of the Hanlin Academy, the secretaries of the ministries and institutes, the guards of the gates, the alternate candidates for the provincial government and county, the children of the great officials, the descendants of the Eight Banners, and the military positions of the provinces, are allowed to enter the school, in order to produce a large number of talents, help the times are difficult, and they must not be perfunctory and selfish, so as to live up to the court's earnest admonition.

Make this encyclical known. Chin this.

During the reform period, Emperor Guangxu successively issued hundreds of edicts to change the law, removing the old and making the new.

In terms of politics, the Guangxu Emperor issued an edict allowing newspapers to "point out the pros and cons of Chen", and "Chinese and foreign current affairs are allowed to be based on the truth and Chang, and there is no need to be taboo". He also issued an edict that if any member of the court or ministry wanted to express his opinions, he could submit a letter and pass it on to the "hall officials" of the yamen. Ordinary people can go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to submit it; Streamlining the institutions, abolishing the Zhan Shifu (in charge of the queen's and the prince's family affairs), the General Administration Department (in charge of internal and external chapters) and other six yamen, and the provinces should also do the corresponding reduction; Newcomers were appointed, and Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi, and Tan Sitong of the Restoration faction were all appointed by Guangxu as "Military Aircraft Yamen Zhang Jingshang Walking" (secretary) to participate in the new policy. Following the old system of Kangxi and Qianlong, the "Maoqin Palace" was opened in the Forbidden City, making it actually an institution for the emperor to discuss system reform with the reformers.

Economic: Kang Youwei emphasized that China must build a country with industry and commerce in order to enrich the country and support its people; In addition, because there are many shortcomings in government-run enterprises, it also focuses on encouraging private enterprises, setting up the General Administration of Railway and Mining, and the State Administration of Agriculture and Industry and Commerce, and setting up sub-bureaus in various provinces, widely opening peasant associations, publishing agricultural newspapers, purchasing agricultural tools, formulating procedures for rewarding learning and agriculture, compiling foreign agricultural books, adopting Chinese and Western methods to effectively reclaim, issuing regulations for making tools and revitalizing crafts, setting up factories in various places, setting up commerce bureaus and chambers of commerce in various provinces, protecting commerce, promoting port commercial ports, and opening up the ban on Eight Banners for business. Promote production and encourage private enterprises to set up industrial and mining enterprises.

In terms of education, all colleges, ancestral temples, Yixue, and social studies in the Jingshi University Hall will be converted into schools for the study of Chinese and Western studies. Provincial capitals set up higher education halls, county towns set up secondary schools, prefectures and counties set up primary schools, encourage private schools to set up translation, medicine, agriculture, business, roads, mining, tea, sericulture accelerated schools; The royal family was sent to travel abroad, and students were selected to study in Japan, and the examination of the Eight Shares, the Township Association Examination and the Examination of the Birth of Children, and the Examination of History, Political Affairs, Current Affairs, and the Four Books and Five Classics were re-examined, and the Special Economic Department was set up to set up a translation bureau to issue the statutes for the award of books and inventions, and to sponsor talents.

In terms of military affairs, it switched to Western military training; dismiss the old, weak and disabled soldiers, reduce military salaries and expenses, implement regimental training, reduce green battalions, and organize militias; Issuing regulations for the construction of firearms; Prepare for the establishment of the Armed Forces University Hall; Wu Ke stopped testing bows and arrows and riding swords, and switched to testing guns. (To be continued......)

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Today is December 13th, and I believe that every Chinese person will not forget the incident that happened in Nanjing 77 years ago, let us deeply mourn the victims of the Nanjing Massacre and all the compatriots who were brutally killed during the Japanese imperialist war of aggression against China, so that this history of unyielding resistance will become the collective memory of our nation, a strong will to defend peace, and a source of strength to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Don't forget the national shame and revitalize China!