Really crossed? I became the Guangxu Emperor? How could it happen to me?

Shaking the nasty pig tail on the back of his head, it took Ding Yuntong a whole night before he had to accept the fact that he had really crossed over and became the Guangxu Emperor at the end of the Qing Dynasty.

In his previous life, he did nothing, spent his whole life in a half-dead factory, and soon after he retired, he had uremia, had no money to go to dialysis, and he was unwilling to wait for death, so he took Chinese medicine indiscriminately against the Compendium of Materia Medica. When I woke up, I found myself a child, and I had the memories of a child. Although the memory is a bit chaotic, the main events are still clear. Looking at the antique incense burner in front of the bed, Ding Yuntong fell into deep thought.

It is now the first year of Guangxu, it should be 1875, I was somewhat interested in history in my previous life, and I know that this year is a very important year, and many major events have happened.

Japan to the east has only been revived, and it has already bared its fangs. In the same year, the Ryukyus were forced to stop paying tribute to the Qing Dynasty and began to make trouble in Korea and Taiwan.

To the southeast, France forced Vietnam to sign the Treaty of Saigon, taking full control of the southern part of Vietnam.

To the southwest, the British shili had already begun to penetrate into Tibet.

In the northwest, Agubai was divided, Zuo Zongtang was preparing for the westward expedition, and above the imperial court, the dispute between "coastal defense" and "plug defense" was in the ascendant.

In Europe, it was in this year that the major European powers began to follow the example of Britain and implement the gold standard, pegging their currencies to gold, so that China and India, the silver powers, will completely lose their economic autonomy in the future.

And he is the Guangxu Emperor who just ascended the throne at the beginning of this year, a five-year-old baby, and the queen mother of the two palaces listened to the government.

Ding Yuntong has always been an angry young man in his previous life, and he often grits his teeth with hatred for China's history of being bullied in modern times, and he has the intention to kill thieves and have no way to serve the country! Now that God has made himself emperor, can't he change all this by using his familiarity with the course of history? It would be so happy to end the privileges of the Manchus, realize the integration of the Manchus and Hans, concentrate power in their own hands, establish a real Chinese empire, and defeat the great powers.

Thinking like this, Ding Yuntong unconsciously showed a smile, but immediately became awe-inspiring: he is young now and has no power, but even if he grows up in the future, he will be Cixi's puppet. And although he is the soul of the Han nationality and has no feelings for the Manchus, he is the emperor of the Manchus after all, and if he wants to reform, he is afraid that he will not be able to keep his throne. In addition, time is pressing, and in a dozen years, Japan will rise, and I am afraid it will be too late for anything.

On second thought, the only way to do this is to establish one's authority through victory in a foreign war, and then to implement reforms step by step.

It is necessary to start now, to make changes to the entire Qing Empire, but what about the power, where does the power come from?

It seems that the only person in history who has had the opportunity to suppress Cixi is the Empress Dowager Ci'an, which should be her chance to gain power, because from a historical point of view, Ci'an himself has no desire for power. As for how to rely on her to suppress Cixi, this has to be carefully considered.

After thinking about it a lot, it was almost dawn, and a palace maid came in to wake him up, dress him, and wash him. At this time, the eunuch who was waiting with him also came in, this person's name was Fan Changlu, he was the subordinate of the great eunuch Li Lianying, the nurse was driven away as soon as he entered the palace, this Fan Changlu was in charge of his own daily life, and he would follow wherever he went. However, judging from memory, this person is quite loyal.

According to the rules, after washing, you should go to the queen mother of the two palaces to ask for peace, in the past, you had to go to Zhongcui Palace to ask Ci'an for peace, after all, she is the nominal lord of the six palaces, and then go to Chuxiu Palace to see Cixi, but today Cixi "Holy Communion is not safe", Ci'an passed the word and asked the little emperor to go to Zhongcui Palace first.

Ding Yuntong sat in the warm sedan chair, watching the faint morning light climb up the eaves of the palace hall slightly, the entire Forbidden City was empty and quiet, only the eunuchs on duty were cleaning the stone pavement on the road, there was a rustling sound, the carved gallery and painting building were surrounded by a big red wall, a dignified and brilliant, majestic and deep. That Fan Changlu followed the sedan chair in small steps.

After a while, he entered Chuxiu Palace, and when he arrived at the hall, Fan Changlu patted him on the back, Ding Yuntong quickly knelt down, and said in a milky voice: "The ministers invite the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother." ”

At this moment, the curtain of the inner room was raised, and a strong musky smell came to the nostrils. A weak voice sounded: "Come in." ”

Ding Yuntong entered the back room and saw Cixi lying on the bed, her face was pale, her body was covered with a thick quilt, and a sweat towel on her forehead, staring at herself, Ding Yuntong hurriedly lowered her head.

Cixi asked Ding Yuntong to sit down, and then the two had a casual chat, talking about some things in life and school.

After a while, Cixi looked a little tired, so she let Ding Yuntong come out.

Looking at the gate of Chuxiu Palace behind him, Ding Yuntong let out a breath, and his depressed mood relaxed slightly. In terms of blood, he is both Cixi's nephew and her nephew, because Emperor Tongzhi has no heirs, he insisted on changing himself to Cixi's son, and he can't even recognize his biological father. This woman is the first difficulty in whether she can change history.

After a while, Ding Yuntong came to Zhongcui Palace, and as soon as he entered the palace gate, Ding Yuntong ran up, did not stop, ran directly into the inner room, and got into the arms of Ci'an, who was sitting on the bed. In terms of appearance, Ci'an is not as charming as Cixi, but she is also dignified and beautiful, and she looks like a real virtuous woman. She lovingly wiped Ding Yuntong's sweat and asked people to take out some snacks.

Ding Yuntong was also not polite, and said: "Xiexie Emperor's mother." And he began to eat it. His name is the emperor, but in fact, he doesn't eat well, and the eunuchs in the imperial dining room can't eat much because he looks small. Just be lazy, put a bunch of things on the table when eating, just a little in front of you that can be eaten, and the rest are outdated and broken. So I still think the dim sum here is delicious.

After eating, I talked about another conversation, and it was time for morning reading. Ding Yuntong said goodbye to Ci'an, and hurried to the imperial study of Yuqing Palace.

Several teachers have also arrived. One of them was the later famous Weng Tongyi, a native of Suzhou Prefecture, born in the tenth year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, that is, in 1830. Ding Yuntong knew that this person was quite loyal to him, and he was an honest official and not corrupt, which was rare among officials in the late Qing Dynasty. However, this person is a complicated person who often ignores the overall situation of the country for the sake of political struggles.

There is also a teacher who is Xia Tongshan, the right attendant of the military department, who is responsible for teaching Chinese with Weng Tongyi. In addition, there are several Manchu teachers such as Boyan Namohu. In general, it is mainly Weng Tongyi, and his professors are also extremely conscientious, explaining classics such as "University" and "The Mean" without tirelessness and detail.

Ding Yuntong also felt cruel when he thought about it, for a five-year-old child, he began to instill this kind of Confucian classics, and the emperor was really not easy to be.

Weng Tongyi felt that today's little emperor was very quiet, listened very seriously, not as impatient as before, and sat upright from beginning to end, like a little adult. He rejoiced in his heart: Young Monarch Shengming, I am hopeful of the Qing Dynasty.

Look at the time has passed, it's almost time to go to court, and I won't talk about this lesson anymore.

Ding Yuntong came to the East Warm Pavilion of the Yangxin Palace, which is the legendary curtain listening to the government, that is, after the emperor's throne, there are two queen mothers' thrones, separated by eight yellow screens in the middle.

He sat down on his throne, and the chair was extremely uncomfortable for him, too tall and too wide, and he sat on it with his feet dangling and not being able to lean back on the chair, and it was very tiring to hold on to the armrests with both hands.

The queen mother of the two palaces has also sat down behind the screen, and the Cixi still insists on listening to the government even though she is sick, which shows that the desire for power is too strong.

Ding Yuntong looked around at the ministers, including Prince Yicheng, Yixun, Yiyun, Yixian, Yixin, Baylor Zaishu, Zaizhi, the former ministers Boyan Namohu, Jingshou, the ministers of military aircraft Wenxiang, Shen Guifen, Li Hongzao, the ministers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Yinggui and Chonglun, the Hongde Hall walked Xu Tong and Weng Tonggong, and the south study walked Pan Zuyin and Huang Jue, etc., but also gathered together.

Ding Tong took a closer look and found that Prince Yixin and the Minister of Military Aircraft Wen Xiang and Shen Guifen were the so-called Westernists, and the others were conservative. Even Weng Tonggong, in history, only advocated innovation after the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War.

At this time, the group was discussing the notes handed over by Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili, and Zuo Zongtang, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu.

Zuo Zongtang advocated the immediate recovery of Xinjiang, which was occupied by the Agubo army in Central Asia, believing that only by recovering Xinjiang could Mongolia be kept, and that Mongolia could defend Beijing.

Li Hongzhang believes that Xinjiang is remote and desolate, and it is not worth spending a lot of money for this barren land, and it is better to spend energy on dealing with Japan, which is a big trouble. He didn't say to give up, but he just enveloped Xinjiang as Tibet, and the budget should be mainly by sea. Li Hongzao and others agree with this view.

The two sides were at loggerheads for a while, but Ding Yuntong was familiar with history and knew that Zuihou's conclusion was a typical Chinese golden mean: equal emphasis on coastal defense and blockade defense.

This is actually the same as not saying anything, what everyone should do, and there is no discussion of a strategic direction of the empire at all. But this is not surprising, Cixi only knows how to compete for power and profit, and he can't actually analyze anything about national affairs, listening to what you say is reasonable, what he said is right, Zuihou can only be with the mud.

However, if he is in power, with his understanding of the future historical trend, including the law of political and economic development, and the grasp of the future national policy of the Shijie powers, he can formulate the most reasonable national development jihua.

But all this must be built on the basis of power, and he found one thing, the Empress Dowager Ci'an almost didn't speak, and Cixi arranged all the order-making work, indicating that Ci'an was named the Lord of the Six Palaces, but her character was weak, and it was impossible to suppress Cixi. And he, the emperor, didn't even have a chance to interject, and those ministers simply ignored their existence, as if there was no one on the dragon chair at all.

It seems that his seizure of power needs to think carefully.