If a country wants to reform, it is absolutely very, very important, and it cannot be moved easily, but in the Manchu Qing Dynasty in 1870, a discerning person can know at a glance that if the country does not reform and change, and continues like this, it will be dead!

That's right, that's it, and this 'clear-eyed man' is not only a man of insight within the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but even a European power.

This is very interesting, the European powers also hope that the Manchus can reform, the reason is that they want to better control the Manchus, so these individuals, people of insight and European and American powers, they are also outsiders!

That's right, even if these individuals are 'gossiping', then what do they think about the Aixin Jueluo family?

As far as the Great Qing Kingdom is concerned, with the thinking of the Aixin Jueluo family, then this Great Qing Kingdom is their family's private property, just because it is private property, so they feel that they can pay compensation, they will pay compensation, and if they need to cut the land, they can cut the land, these things can be decided by themselves, as for what the people think, it doesn't matter.

By extension, they can not listen to what others say, there is no need for this at all, so now Cixi is going to reform, which shows that ......

The Manchus have reached the most dangerous moment!

To put it bluntly, even Cixi also felt that if there was no reform, then the Qing Kingdom would really be finished, and there were a large number of people who were arching this matter, and the representative of them was Prince Gong.

Prince Gong represents the faction of the old drivers of the Qing court, they actually have a relatively clear judgment on the entire political situation and the situation of the country, and the current situation is that there is no other way.

First of all, foreign affairs can't be done!

I set up a manufacturing bureau before. Then it was blown up by the French. So do it again?

Arguably. It's okay to do this, but obviously you have to have a good relationship with foreigners, you have to buy equipment or something, technology or something, and the most important thing is not to let them blow us up again......

Secondly, the local power cannot be retracted, and the Boxer Rebellion that Cixi engaged in before not only did not benefit the imperial court. Instead, the foreigners were killed, and as a result, these foreigners formed a coalition to come out.

Well, now there is one trick left, find a way from the system!

Why are Western countries so powerful?

And now there is a good learning object in front of me, that is the New Tang Empire of the United States!

Learn the New Tang Dynasty?

Isn't that right? Hasn't the Manchu Qing been spraying the New Tang Dynasty? Have you been scolding Li Mengyang, the emperor, how bad is it?

That's all right, but!

The current situation is that the Qing Dynasty was bullied by foreigners, and they were bullied to death, but in the New Tang Dynasty, they beat the foreigners down!

At least in the United States, one acre and three points of land. The New Tang Dynasty is riding on the heads of foreigners, so what does this mean?

It's obvious. It is definitely that some aspects of that country are stronger than our Qing Dynasty, although we are scolded in our mouths, but we also have to see the advantages of others, this is called shameless questioning......

Well, how the Qing court fought openly and secretly, it must have been very fierce, and the two factions of Prince Gong and Cixi fought extremely fiercely before, but now they have found a relatively acceptable common ground.

Constitutional monarchy!

"What is a constitutional monarchy?" Cixi once asked Prince Gong this.

"A constitutional monarchy is the hereditary replacement of the emperor." Prince Gong replied.

This is an explanation that Cixi can understand, the constitutional monarchy is actually not a hereditary replacement of the emperor, but now that it is said, at least Cixi can accept it, so does Cixi agree?

"What is a constitutional monarchy?" Cixi asked again, but this time the person asked was a little different.

This is Zhang Deyi, he has been staying in Europe before, Europe is now a constitutional monarchy except for France, and France is just a typical example of failure, just lost the war, and signed a treaty that humiliated the country...... Although France was also part of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the Qing Dynasty was no match for others.

So, how did Zhang Deyi answer Cixi?

"A constitutional monarchy is the hereditary replacement of the emperor!"

After Cixi heard this answer, she really asked Zhang Deyi, are you a good word with Prince Gong?

Zhang Deyi was very, very frightened at the time, he actually didn't see Prince Gong at all, although he was overseas, this money had something to do with Prince Gong, but this time he really thought so.

It should be said that in terms of the interpretation of the constitutional monarchy, the people of the Qing Dynasty at this time, even if they were the most knowledgeable, thought so, so in this way, this matter ......

Feasible!

Cixi decided, she thinks this matter is reliable, we need a system reform in the Qing Dynasty, and this reform is to change from the existing imperial system to the constitutional monarchy, so who do we learn from this change?

You know, it's not a shame to learn from the strengths of others, that's how everyone comes over, but there is a very important issue at the moment.

Originally, the object of learning was very simple, that is, the New Tang Dynasty Empire of the United States!

The main reason why I say this is that although we don't recognize this new Tang Dynasty and don't look down on it, this country is very similar to us, after all, it is all made by the people of the Qing Dynasty, although there are Han people over there, we are Manchus, but this Qing Dynasty to this day, the Manchu and Han divisions are actually not very clear, is there any difference between everyone?

To put it bluntly, everyone has a lot in common, culturally, and the psychological state of the people......

However, I am really unwilling to learn from this New Tang Empire, and the reason is that this is a country run by Han people......

This...... The two reasons seem to be opposites, right?

That's right, the Qing court is so contradictory now, on the one hand, they think that everyone is similar, but on the other hand, they are still fortified in their hearts to guard against the Han people!

So who to learn?

It didn't take long for me to find a target, and that was Japan, which was now undergoing the Meiji Restoration!

At this time, China and Japan were quite friendly, and Japan was now undergoing a top-down constitutional monarchy reform, which was the whole process. There is also legislation. We can all learn from it. And. We're all yellow, and Japan didn't learn from us before, so we all have cultural commonalities.

I have to say that the rulers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were not stupid, and the method they found was actually very low in terms of cost, and this method was still relatively reliable.

Thereupon. This plan has been decided, we want to reform, we want to learn from Japan, and we want to build a constitutional monarchy, so how do we do it?

A lot of things are like this, maybe the total is very good, the plan is good, but when it really comes to the implementation stage, it may be difficult to make the trip, so. The real implementation details are very important.

"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict...... Jingshi has now set up a supervising administrative office. I hope that the local governors will be able to put forward their unique views on today's political affairs......"

This is a holy decree, and this holy decree is directly issued to the hands of local governors, and the meaning is very simple, that is, the central government has now set up an organization, and this organ does not do anything else, but to carry out structural reform, and now this institution needs local officials, you can put forward some opinions, that is, how can we reform this reform in the Qing Dynasty.

So how to change it? In other words, do you have any local opinions on this specific process?

To put it simply, it is Cixi and Prince Gong, at this time, these reformers, well, they have all become reformers, they need local officials to write a recital, and the local system reform can't be bypassed.

So how do you write this recital?

"The old man has been suffering from frequent illnesses recently, and there is really nothing he can do about it...... this is Zeng Guofan's reply.

"The minister doesn't read much, and I'm afraid that I will miss the right thing......" This is Zuo Zongtang's reply.

"The minister's words are not good, it really hinders the view......" This is Li Hongzao's words.

Don't even write! No one writes!

And for these reasons, Zuo Zongtang started studying at the age of 5, and he didn't read much?

In fact, there is a particularly interesting method in the Manchu political arena, to do one thing, or not to do one thing, but the reasons given are ridiculous, such as the current Zuo Zongtang, but doing so is actually sending a message.

I'm just going to do it, there's no reason! How do you love it......

Or I just don't do it, there's no reason! How do you love it......

That's what it means, because this kind of reason is simply too, and the subtext is like this, it's just that everyone can't say it too clearly.

The Manchu Qing often did this in the political arena, the emperor, the courtiers, everyone understood this meaning, so since this is the case.

Aren't you doing that? Never mind!

“…… Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang ......, and joined the administrative office to listen to the ......"

Another holy decree has brought over the most important big man in the local area, Zeng Guofan, he is here to supervise this government affairs, you can watch it!

So to write or not to write this time?

Or don't write!

In fact, locally, they can't write such a recital at all.

At this time, the local officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were already all princes, so they said that they had made trouble with the Boxers before, and these guys had reached an agreement with the foreigners in private, and you were going to fight the Beijing Division, no problem, as long as you didn't fight us.

It's okay, these agreements are not too public, and it can be seen from this that the local officials all have their own ghosts.

But they didn't write this recital, not because they were afraid that the reform of the imperial court would succeed and threaten their local power, but because they wanted not to be seized by the imperial court!

It's as simple as that, because this is reform, it's about change, and the other meaning of change is that it's different from before, and if it's different, the future is right or wrong, and whether it will be bad, no one knows.

So, as a member of the party, you are now going to talk nonsense and say that if there is a problem with the reform in the future, isn't it your responsibility? Can this party still be a big man?

The local governors are all people who have been in the officialdom for a long time, how can they not see these things?

So what would Cixi do in such a situation?

Send an expedition to Europe to study the constitutional monarchy!

What does that mean?

Don't you do it? That old lady will do it herself!

Don't say it, Cixi is really firm enough, and she has really become a reformer now.

This inspection group, naturally, is composed of some of the most trusted princes and grandchildren of the Aixin Jueluo family, let them go out to see, they will not lie to people, right? And what you see, you can bring it back very well, and if we want to reform in the Qing Dynasty, we will definitely use it.

It was very good to think, but when the delegation was going to board the boat in Tanggu......

Bang! (To be continued......)

PS: Well, Hong Kong's economy has a little problem now, that is, the rent is now greatly reduced, especially the commercial rent, which is a leading indicator, that is, an indicator before the house price...... The house over there hasn't fallen yet, but the volume of transactions has shrunk dramatically...... Then, Hong Kong Youth went to support Li Chaoren, hehe...... Okay, the black car can't say much, anyway, they are now begging for benevolence, as for what will happen in the future, anyway, the Hong Kong government is holding on now, holding on...... Well, the black car really can't say more, really, everyone didn't say anything when the black car Oh, okay, finally ask for support! Thanks a lot!