1873 was destined to be an extraordinary year. Of course, the World Expo in Vienna is highly anticipated. Basically, as long as people who know this World Expo will definitely look forward to it...

There must be something more fun to come out!

Ordinary people really have this mentality, just like hanging or beheading. This is similar to things like this, because there is really a lot of fun at this World Expo.

As for new things and new inventions, since they are new things, there must be a sense of freshness and will make people surprised. And as new things, they will naturally be immature and prone to going wrong, so there will be no shortage of jokes.

If this mentality is told to the people under the Qing Dynasty, the people in the capital will definitely say:

Ah! The feelings you are talking about are the overpass! I’m there, come with me, take a look at you...

The World Expo = the sky bridge. Perhaps only the Chinese people can formulate this formula. However, no one cares about the World Expo in the Qing Dynasty. There is a big event made public. Many students, officials and gentry, and people from all walks of life have some opinions.

Nine years of constitutional establishment!

Not long ago, Empress Dowager Cixi, the real helmsman of the Qing Dynasty, announced an edict, that is, "Our Qing Dynasty, now we are going to carry out constitutional monarchy reform..."

Yes, this kind of Qing Dynasty is serious. The Aixin Jueluo family is really going to carry out a system reform!

Obviously, after looking around from Europe, of course, I read it as fast as possible, and the result was naturally very happy. Now, the government and the public are determined to carry out reforms, and in the past nine years...

This nine years have been studying Japan. The Meiji Restoration that Japan is still carrying out, and it has been decided for nine years. The entire reform process is step by step, and the time point is given, and as for... the current situation in Japan has changed, although the time point has not changed. But in fact, the Emperor is already in power. Of course, this is not very important to the Qing court.

In other words, it is not very important for the inspection team.

Yes, it is best to complete the task early and everyone is happy early. Europe has left, it is really gone.

Anyway, the reform plan of the Qing Dynasty has been introduced. Don’t worry whether it is copied by Japan or Britain, they are really planning to change it, and it must be changed!

As soon as this plan was launched, it really caused a great response. A large number of bureaucrats, princes, gentry, and students all had extensive discussions on this matter. It was basically a storyteller and it was almost gone.

"My Qing Dynasty has such courage to reform! It will prosper forever!"

"After the constitutional monarchy is established, our Qing Dynasty will surely reappear the grand scene of the coming of all nations!"

Basically, even the bureaucrats, even local officials, were in the limelight and began to praise this reform, and they praised it with great tribute. As for the reason, it is actually simple. The central government is already so determined to carry out reforms, so don’t you support it?

The local officials are very talented, and now they cannot really rebel. It is better to continue to be princes like this. What is the central government willing to do? Then let him do it.

But, however, there are also those who are honest.

"This reform is not a trivial matter. What is the constitutional monarchy system? More discussions need to be made... I pray that Your Majesty can think more and listen to the right words more... This is, if you can slow down..."

The person who submitted this memorial was Chen Baozhen. Although he is not very old now, he really dares to say this. To put it simply, this is for Cixi to listen to!

Isn’t this your Majesty?

By the way, this Majesty really needs to have it, because Tongzhi is already old now and he has to take charge of the rule!

The little emperor Tongzhi is really not young now, and he should really take charge of the government this year. You know, Cixi and Ci'an are behind the scenes. This is a temporary solution and not a serious thing. Now, at the age of the emperor, if you two don't "return the government", the problem will be serious.

Therefore, it is necessary to return the government. The young emperor Tongzhi was born in March. In fact, he should have taken charge of the government last year. This was delayed very late. Fortunately, the process of returning the government has been completed. In other words, the Qing Dynasty is now in Tongzhi and has little to do with you, Cixi.

But now, this is exactly the juncture of constitutional reform in the system. This matter is really too big. It is about the national system. So how can it be handed over to an emperor who has just grown up and has no political experience?

Even if he is stupid, he can't do this. What's more, the upper elites of the Qing court are not fools, so everyone has developed a solution.

Didn’t Cixi set up a supervision office before?

Then it's just right now. This supervision office has changed and has become an institution called the Constitutional Editorial Bureau!

Yes, editors and editors are editors and reviews this constitution. In this bureau, it is really a gathering of heroes. Basically, the real power factions, power factions, princes, ministers, such as Prince Gong, Prince Chun, Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang, Guarjia and Wenxiang, all of these individuals have come in. These individuals are important personnel and are also very active in reform.

These are all firms in the reform, and these individuals, what should Cixi do?

Yes, Lafayette is the empress dowager. Now that she has returned the power, she should be an old lady. But for this reform, she must take the helm. You must know that for Prince Gong, although he is a reformist, if Prince Gong does something to deal with her Cixi in the constitutional reform process, then in the future...

So, no matter what, Cixi must control the editorial board, so what should she do? Maybe Prince Chun is her person, but it will definitely not work if she is a Prince Chun who lacks ability, so she has to arrange someone!

Zhang Zhidong!

This young man is good, Cixi really took a fancy to him at first sight. This young man is so talented and handsome... Well, these are all objective facts... and Zhang Zhidong was promoted very quickly and entered the editorial board.

Moreover, although Zhang Zhidong is young now, he is a newcomer to Qingliu. Isn’t the Li Hongzao smelly before? This time, Zhang Zhidong just came up.

As for the entire arrangement, it can be seen that Cixi’s intention in the editorial bureau, but... if it were Li Mengyang who came to see it, then wouldn’t this editorial bureau be the future Development and Reform Commission?

Of course, Chen Baozhen could not know any causal and effective strategic department like the National Development and Reform Commission, but this did not affect his understanding of the bureau at this time. It is obvious that although the emperor took power at this time, the editorial and review bureau was the actual highest authority, and all major policies and guidelines had to come out from this place. Therefore, in his memorials, many of the words were said along the side of Cixi, using words she could understand.

Chen Baozhen is also a Qingliu person and a very potential "newcomer". So now he is presenting a memorial, hoping that the highest level is considering this matter...

"Chen Baozhen is arguing about the righteousness of the court... Although his original intention is good, he... is the governor of Qiongzhou!"

In other words, I was sent out directly!

The fates of the two Qingliu, Chen Baozhen and Zhang Zhidong, are completely different, and this actually reflects the strong attitude of the Qing court. We want to reform and constitutional monarchy!

The reform of the political system has reached a point where it must be put on the road. Then, the timetable has been developed for nine years of constitutionalization. So how should we do the specific steps?

The latest reform regulations of the Qing court, that is, the specific reform plan and steps, were issued again.

Advisory boards must be opened in all regions, from the state government!

What kind of institution is this?

The Advisory Council, after posting this article to various places, no one understands it, but fortunately, there are some explanations, so it is natural that you need to consult and discuss. Simply put, it is to select some individuals and then ask them to investigate the local government.

That is, some supervision rights are given!

You really don’t know about this. It was not true in Chinese history before, because it actually has a very modern democratic flavor, which is equivalent to a local parliament!

Then this matter...

When this thing is taken out, the local officials have a headache, because in the past, they did not have such supervision. Moreover, in the current situation of the Qing Dynasty, the local people are already like the Kingdom of **. What can they do?

But now that such an advisory board has been created, then this matter...

How could Cixi support this political reform so much? You see, just such an advisory board can control local powers slightly. Perhaps this power cannot be returned to the central government, but at least it can restrict those local officials.

Yes, the old lady Cixi has seen politics, so she is not so naive. She thinks that these advisory boards can completely face the central government because it is very simple. That is, the people in these advisory boards are all chosen by the local government.

That’s right, the local government naturally needs to choose the local government, and who is the one who chooses it. At the beginning, of course, they were some local gentry, otherwise who else could there be? You said you chose someone who sells candied haws from the streets and let him supervise the official in the yamen? It would be great if he didn’t scare him to pee!

Li Mengyang has not received any news about the Consultative Council, but when he learned that the Qing Dynasty was about to establish a constitution for nine years, he could basically infer that this Consultative Council was about to be a matter of time.

Then?

This consultation board is quite interesting anyway. Li Mengyang is really familiar with this history. So, since the Qing Dynasty has left according to the script, then...
Chapter completed!