All the court officials ran in front, but Xu Shichang was behind. Compared with the Qing Palace, Langrun Garden was more than 30 miles away from the capital. When King Yili of Qing received the secret protection from Yuan Shikai, the person who sent him the letter was still running wildly on the road. He wanted to slow down, but now this matter is so big, how can he slow down? So he had to rush to the Summer Palace and send someone to the capital to report the message. In fact, he was also thinking about how the Beiyang clan should handle itself after the change. Now that Guangxu has decided to leave the mountain, all he can do is to quickly control the situation in Beijing and immediately establish a constitutional constitution and hold a national congress.

Guangxu of Leshantang had already woken up, but he was very uncomfortable in Leshantang. He didn't wake up until the ministers knelt in front of him and kowtowed and shouted long live. He was now the emperor, the real emperor! Never eat cold food again, and never live in the cell again...

The ministers knelt in front of Guangxu for a long time, but could not hear the emperor say that they would get up. They just waited for someone outside to roll and crawl. "Emperor... Emperor...", and this awkward silence was broken. The person who came was Prince Chun Zaifeng. On Zaize's way to the Summer Palace, he sent someone to find him. After all, he and Guangxu were half-brothers. As soon as they arrived in front of Guangxu, they hugged Guangxu's feet and cried. Although Zaize, who was kneeling in front, felt that he was not wrong, he was very taboo about their brothers. Guangxu supported Zaifeng who was crying for a while. Seeing that the court officials who were still kneeling in front of him, he said, "All get up. Get up." Seeing that everyone still didn't dare to get up, he said, "The Empress Dowager suddenly suffered an accident, and the Empress was also disturbed. At this moment, they were all in Wanshou Temple. I want to go to Wanshou Temple to help the Empress Dowager guard the spirit."

Seeing the emperor speaking, all the ministers were all low and praised the emperor for being filial. However, after everyone praised him, Tieliang's voice sounded, "Emperor, the assassin has not been arrested now, so you must not go forward at this time!" As soon as he said this, all the ministers agreed, but did not expect Tieliang to change his subject and said again: "The current Empress Dowager's affairs are very likely to be done by Yuan's thief. Since Wuxu, this person has been trusted by the Empress Dowager, and has been able to steal the position. Now he has heavy troops in his hands and has ulterior motives. He was scolded by the Empress Dowager a few days ago and then returned to Tianjin. This time, the Empress Dowager was unexpected, and most of them were done by Yuan's thief. He also asked the emperor to issue an order to capture Yuan's thief to avoid future troubles!"

Tieliang's heart-killing words made Xu Shichang frightened, but everyone knows that he is close to Yuan Shikai. If he argues for Yuan Shikai at this time, it will not be effective. Maybe he will be taken down immediately. While he was nervous, Tong was speaking. He had a good relationship with Prince Chun and had a good relationship with Prince Qing. He was also a nobleman of the Qing Dynasty. He could speak, "Your Majesty, this is absolutely not possible! Yuan Shikai is now in charge of the six towns in Beiyang. Once captured, a major event will happen. Besides, this assassination has always been a trick of the revolutionary party. It has been twice last year, and this time it was their decisive. Now that he has suffered such a major change, it is better to call the military opportunity to discuss it quickly."

Na Tong still turned to King Qing in his heart, and the method seemed to be safe. As soon as he said this, Shi Xu, who had to be safe, or Yuan Shikai had a good impression of him, Zai Zhen, the Minister of Commerce of the Ministry of Commerce, and several other ministers who had received small favors from Yuan Shikai, immediately agreed. Everyone knew that although Guangxu came out, it was still possible to shake the court situation if such a puppet emperor who had been imprisoned for nearly ten years. Besides, even if Yuan Shikai was executed in the future, today's proposal would be a safe plan.

Tieliang's proposal was actually very consistent with Guangxu's intentions. However, although he was imprisoned, he also knew that the six towns in Beiyang were still in the hands of Yuan Shikai. Rampant killing Yuan Shikai would only cause him to rebel. Of course, he could also ignore these things, but thinking that he was still unstable, he felt that it was the most important thing to stabilize the throne first. Now he saw that all the ministers wanted to ask the ministers of military affairs to come and discuss. He said immediately: "Then send someone to summon all military affairs."

The commotion in Suwei Camp caused by the assassination of Changchun Bridge in the afternoon was soon spread to the capital. If Zhao Bingjun, who had always been paying attention to all the movements in the capital, was the second to know, Prince Su, who was in charge of the robbery camp, was the second to know. However, this robbery camp has always focused on affairs in the capital and is not as sensitive to things outside as Zhao Bingjun. Besides, although the police officer was changed to a patrol police, his clothes and signs had changed, and his style had not changed. When the news reached Shanqi's ears, the people sent by Yuan Shikai had already arrived.

The person who came was Zhang Yilin, who was a guest of Yuan Shikai. Because Yuan Shikai offended many censors this time, he left the capital and left him in the capital to appease the censors. Now he suddenly changed rapidly, and he could only come in the capital.

Prince Su didn't know what happened in Wanshou Temple, so he only invited Zhang Yilin to the living room to talk. Zhang Yilin knew that what he said was a top secret matter, but he couldn't understand King Su's trump card, so he could only chat with him about editing the official system, and then mentioned King Gong Fu Wei, and finally tactfully told the Beiyang issue that was willing to support King Su as Prime Minister of the Cabinet. Shanqi's first reaction when he heard this was that he didn't believe it. When Zhang Yilin was about to go further, he heard that someone was visiting. Shanqi heard that the person came and served tea to see him off. Zhang Yilin knew that the matter was serious, so he had to bow and leave.

Shanqi came to the study and saw Wang Zhao crying, and said, "Xiao Hang, you are..." Wang Zhao is the informant between Prince Su and the Reform Party. He was formerly in charge of the Ministry of Rites and was wanted for support for reforms. A few years ago, the Qing court pardoned the 18th Xu party members. He returned to the capital and asked him to meet Prince Su and Prince Chun to rescue Guangxu, but none of them succeeded.

Seeing Prince Su ask, Wang Zhao cried before he could speak, and then cried, "Lao Fu has passed away..."

"What!!!" Shanqi was shocked and grabbed Wang Zhao and said, "Where did the news come from?"

"A student said," the Qing court's amnesty for the Reformers of the year before yesterday. Although he had an order to make Wang Zhao regain his title, Wang Zhao did not become an official, but only opened a charity school to teach people the letters of the letters of the official language. "It was said that there was chaos in Wanshou Temple, and the Suwei camp was full of assassins. I went to Prince Chun's mansion again, but Prince Chun went out of the city."

In fact, Wang Zhaoyi said Shanqi believed it, but the matter was too big, so Shanqi had to ask more questions, especially the words that Zhang Yilin said just now were proof. Although the time was short and he did not say everything, Shanqi could still grasp the meaning. To be honest, keeping the royal Shanqi was to protect the country, but it was more important than keeping the emperor. Even if Mr. Guangxu came out, can the country be cured after he came out? Although Qingyuan was greedy, he was experienced and was not confused about major matters. And the people around Guangxu had no other ability except to instigate public opinion. Once they came to power, the country...

Shanqi was still unable to make up his mind after thinking about it. Wang Zhao was excited and rested. Seeing that Prince Su was just walking back and forth in the study, he didn't know what he was thinking, but he wanted to speak, but Shanqi stopped him. Shanqi walked for a while. After a while, he still felt that Yuan Shikai was an outsider after all. If he really deposed or killed Guangxu as he said, even if King Gong Fu Wei took office, the world would be in chaos. Even if he didn't kill him, he would be imprisoned like before, and the old Buddha's return to heaven could not be hidden. At that time, Kang Liang and others provoked public opinion and what should they do if Guangxu came out?

Thinking of the "public opinion", Shanqi suddenly realized that Guangxu was coming out of the mountain, and there was no one around him, either the old ministers of the Old Buddha or Prince Chun, but there was no one who had a Reform Party! If he had won over Kang Liang and others, then this public opinion could be used by me...

"Xiaohang, you have to notify Zhuo Ru about this!" Shanqi thought for a moment, made up his mind, and stopped.

"Prince, I think too. But now the Telegraph Bureau has been stopped!" Zaize went to the city to inform Prince Chun Zaifeng, but he also asked someone to stop the Telegraph Bureau. After the Boxern period, the Telegraph Bureau was taken to the official office, and the suspension was just a sentence on the official side. Wang Zhao went to the Telegraph Bureau to find that the door was closed. He could only turn back to Prince Su, and he knew that Prince Su had a way.

"No hurry. I'll go to the Japanese Embassy and ask them to telegram Zhuo Ru." Shanqi said that the official telegraph bureau said that closing the door was just for the common people, and the embassy and the Forbidden City were still open.

The news was fataler than the other. When it was midnight, all the news came together. The hope that Yuan Shikai had finally raised was slowly shattered again. King Yili of Qing replied to few calls and did not make any plans. Xu Shichang only said that he and the people who compiled the official bureau went to the Summer Palace to meet the saint. Later, King Yili of Qing and other military ministers left the capital overnight to Wanshou Temple. As for Prince Su Shanqi, Zhang Yilin went there once in the evening and stayed until the evening, and only said that the prince had rested and no longer saw guests. This... it was time, and he didn't believe that Shanqi could sleep.

"What should I do? Now there is no good way..." Yuan Shikai stayed up late at night, and his face became darker under the light. He only felt that Shanqi would not let go, and the Tianjin patrol police were afraid that they would not be able to enter Beijing, so there was no way to discuss this best strategy. And Zhong Ce, no matter how quickly the National Assembly was held, it would take half a year. During this period, an imperial edict was issued, and his head would be put to the ground. Should he do that?

Yang Shiqi also had a serious face. Although he had made three strategies, he had made three strategies, but he was both quick and wise, and he might not be able to withstand the scrutiny. Now Shanqi's position is clear. It would be difficult to control the capital smoothly. "Gong Bao, let's find Zhu Erdian first."

"Juldian?"

"Yes. The situation is not yet determined. As soon as Guangxu comes out, all the ministers will go to please him. Even if there is any discord for a short time, it will not be obvious. As long as it takes longer, those people will become in chaos. If Prince Su doesn't go along with us, it will be impossible to go along with Prince Chun Zaifeng and others, and Zaize. Judging from the news from the East China Sea, he will fight the first idea of ​​protecting Guangxu from the mountain. At that time, he will be with Tieliang and others. If he has the merit of protecting the sect, he may not be able to deal with Qu Zijiu's group of Qingliu. In this way, if Guangxu does not control the four sects in the capital, they will fight by themselves."

Yang Shiqi saw it thoroughly, but Yuan Shikai touched his forehead and said, "If they fight, they will fight, and that's after Guangxu cooked me."

"So, at this time, we have to look for Juerdian first, and then rely on the British to plead with each other. After passing the moment, when the limelight comes, they will surely fight."

The relationship between Yuan Shikai and the British was established in the year of Gengzi. In the northern provinces, only Shandong was the one who suppressed the Boxer Regiment, and did not send troops north when he was trying to serve the king. After Xinchou, Yuan Shikai did not follow Li Hongzhang's pro-Russian route, but was pro-British. He accepted Tianjin and the recovery of the railways inside and outside the pass, and also gave up a lot of benefits, especially Britain could actually control the appointments of some officials within Zhili [Note 1]. After that, Russia refused to withdraw its troops. After the Russian-Japanese War, Yuan Shikai also stood on the side of the British and Japanese, providing various help to the Japanese army. It cannot be said that because of Yuan Shikai's help, Japan won the victory of the war, but his help played a great role in the victory of the Japanese army. But now that Guangxu has come out of the mountain, he will never have the possibility of coming out again. Will the British protect him?

Yuan Shikai's face was still clear, and he thought about the six towns in Beiyang. The first three towns were stationed in Baoding, while the fourth town was in Machang, Qingxian, Zhili. The fifth town was in Shandong. In addition to Wu Fengling, Zhang Huaizhi, and Duan Qirui, who were his loyalists, may not be completely in line with him, such as the second town, the second town, Ma Longbiao and the first town, Fengshan, may not be completely in line with him. Especially when Guangxu came out of the mountain, he started a war without reason.

Yang Shiqi looked at Yuan Shikai's appearance and roughly guessed what he was thinking. However, he didn't dare to speak at this time. The strategist was just providing strategies. The real thing to make the decision was Yuan Shikai.

"Let's take a step by step. Let Zhongren (Zhang Yilin) ​​go to the British Embassy first tomorrow morning, and then go to Prince Su's Mansion to see." Yuan Shikai's face was very quiet at this time, and there was no sign of any turmoil. After he ordered, he said, "Also. Call Wu Fengling over."

On the night of June 6, many people couldn't sleep. Of course, Yang Rui didn't sleep. After the conference was held for seven days, the direction and strategy of the next step was determined, representatives from each province went back, and he kept looking through the reports sent below, including Shandong, Shaanxi, Fujian, and Sichuan. Anyway, all provinces across the country have sent more or less detailed or brief reports; and the contents are related to the countryside, either agricultural technology, land rent, output, or land comparison, forests

There are all kinds of things to say. The most detailed one is a rural work report written by a Shandong named Lu Wan. This person was sent by a management training class in Shanghai, and he is also from Shandong. He is responsible for immigration work, familiar with the place, smart people, and solid things to learn. Therefore, the report submitted not only analyzes the land and economic situation in the countryside, but also investigates the clan, religion, and thoughts, which opened Yang Rui's eyes. There was a dialogue between him and the people and his conversations were very interesting:

Question: How did the heaven make it?

Answer: I don’t know, but everyone says it was made by the Jade Emperor.

Question: Where did the land and people come from?

Answer: I don't know.

Question: Why can people live?

Answer: Because people eat.

Question: But why do people die when they get old?

Answer: A person’s life (life) is determined by the Jade Emperor, and no one can survive the Jade Emperor’s deadline

Q: Does rain have energy?

Answer: Yes

Q: Who gives energy to rain?

Answer: The rain was sent by the Dragon King by the Jade Emperor, and the Dragon King's magic power was found in the rain.

Question: Why does it rain on the Dragon King?

Answer: Nothing is gone without water, and no one can survive. The Jade Emperor asked the Dragon King to rain to save the people (the people) [Note 2]

The dialogue is simple and unpretentious, but it makes people understand what the farmers are thinking and what their concepts are. Yang Rui closed the report and didn't want to finish reading it all at once. However, he thought that he would still let the member named Lu Wan come to Shanghai to talk to him personally. After all, many things in the report are dead. Thinking of this, Yang Rui started writing notes - because everyone works during the day, but he likes evenings, so he can only write down notes and explain to the documentary office if he has any requirements.

Wang Jitong came just when Yang Rui finished writing the note.

"What a big thing happened!" Wang Jitong said this in the first sentence, and then said: "Cixi is dead!"

"What?!" Yang Rui was shocked when he heard this. Didn't this old witch die until 2008? "Then...what about Guangxu?" He remembered that Cixi and Guangxu died together. Now that Cixi is dead, is it that Guangxu has returned to heaven with him?

"I don't know!" Wang Jitong shook his head. Although the telegraph bureau in Beijing was not open to the public, the news from Beijing could still be spread to Tianjin. Tianjin University of Law and Political Science has a high-power telegraph station, and the information could be spread to Shanghai soon. "Weisheng said that the Eight Great Hutongs came to pay back the guests earlier today, but there was no one at all in the evening. Several relatives who had already checked in also ran away. He only heard people who asked them to leave saying that Cixi was stabbed and was dead."

Yang Rui was a little excited at first when he heard this. He heard this slowly and said regretfully: "This should be done by the two of them."

Wang Jitong also guessed that it was the two of them who did it, but he and Yang Rui thought differently, but said: "I don't know what happened to them yet. Weisheng is asking if the assassin has caught it."

"Just tell him not to investigate and pay attention. This is not like killing a few ministers, but this is killing Cixi," Yang Rui shook his head and said in a frustration: "How can they... how can they... do this! Who asked them to do it! Sun Wen?"

As soon as Cixi died, all the history behind it was chaotic. Yang Rui was completely unsure of what would happen in the future. As a time traveler, what feared the most was historical changes. How could those technologies, knowledge, and thoughts not compare to the insight into known history? He grabbed his hair and felt that he had ruined women in his life - for a woman in college. She skipped too much class and angered an associate professor, and she didn't have enough grades, so she was considered a graduate student. Later, she was stimulating that she was dismissed from her job and refused to do it. She just wanted to do business and make money, and then she went through time in a daze. A woman she met in the Northeast could not control her lower body. She thought it was a time travel benefit, and she almost paid for her life. Now, you love me, but my good history was a mess. How could her life be changed?!

Wang Jitong rarely saw Yang Rui going crazy, and thought he was trapped by love. He was not easy to talk to while on the side. He only calmed down for a while before saying, "It turns out that Beijing will save people first, and we have to deal with it. At least we have to judge what the future situation will be like. I don't know whether Guangxu died or not. If Guangxu was not dead, the situation would be difficult."

"Okay, let's notify everyone to have a meeting." Yang Rui grabbed it wildly, and his heart calmed down.

At three o'clock in the middle of the night, except for Mr. Hua Feng, the other two gathered over, and the topic was discussed on Cixi's death, but there was another question in it: Is Guangxu dead dead? If he died, then the rule of the Qing Dynasty might be stronger. Of course, Guangxu's failure to die raises another question, whether Yuan Shikai will rebel against it? If he rebels, in the chaos of the world, will the revival take advantage of the chaos to take a piece of territory to develop, and then wait until Yuan Shikai destroys the Qing Dynasty, then look at the situation, or surrender or observe the wind.

"According to the data we have counted, Beiyang's loyalty to Yuan Shikai is not as high as the Manchus said. The reason why they said this was to take military power from Yuan Shikai." Wang Jitong refuted the so-called Beiyang as Yuan Shikai's private troops in the newspaper - the front line of controller intelligence in his hands. Although these things are slowly being handed over to Yang Rui, the previous information is still on his side, and Beiyang is the focus of the revival, so there is still a lot of understanding of the situation inside.

"Beiyang is still a team that serves as soldiers with pay, but his salary is not higher than the original Huai Army. At the beginning of this year, it was said that because Yuan Shikai could not afford four million taels of silver to pay military pay, the troops almost mutiny. The Times said that Beiyang's "living conditions, diet and hygiene were extremely bad in the military camps." Censor Li Zhuohua also specially participated in the incident of a large number of soldiers being abandoned due to abuse of soldiers in the Beiyang army. This shows that the soldiers were not Yuan Shi.

Kai's loyalty. As for the officers, the treatment may be more favorable than the Huai Army. The sixth towns are governed by Fengshan, the first town is a bannerman, the second town is Ma Longbiao, the second town is a Huai Army, and the sixth town is Zhao Guoxian, the sixth town, is unlikely to rebel with him. Only the third, fourth and fifth towns are his people. Duan Qirui does not count. Wu Fengling and Zhang Huaizhi were promoted from small soldiers, especially Wu Fengling is said to be the son of his family's servants, and he is very loyal to him.

However, even if these three towns want to fight, the troops are not enough. Although Zhang Huaizhi's fifth town is full, it is not very helpful in Jinan. And Duan Qirui's third town, due to the Russian-Japanese war, a mixed association has been transferred to Jinzhou, leaving only one association in Baoding. However, Baoding has the first town of Fengshan and the second town of Malongbiao. The two towns are half a town, which has no chance of winning. Finally, it is the fourth town of Wufengling, which is stationed in Machang, Qingxian County, but even if it is opened to the capital, the more than 10,000 people are not the opponent of the Qing Dynasty in the capital. The sixth town and the imperial guards have a total of more than 30,000 people."

Wang Jitong only analyzed the commander according to the commander. When Yang Rui asked what would happen if the commander was killed by the subordinate commander, he took out a list of officers led by the commander of the six towns of Beiyang, the bidding and the battalion. The second and sixth towns of the officers were analyzed. Only then did Yang Rui believe what he said, "The loyalty of Beiyang by Yuan Shikai is not as high as the Manchus said." As for soldiers, if the soldiers do not have political commissars, if they want soldiers to be completely loyal to the commander, unless they were fought in the war, or like the Hunan Army, the Huai Army were all fellow townsmen and clans, the reliability would be questioned.

Zhang Taiyan didn't say anything, and kept listening to Wang Jitong's analysis. After Wang Jitong finished speaking, he said: "China's war has always been a main force. As long as it has a name and people's hearts are inspired, it will be created. If Guangxu is not dead, Yuan Shikai wants to rebel, and the most trouble is that his reputation is Wuming. In addition, Guangxu's reputation is much better than Cixi, so it is still difficult to raise troops to enter the capital. However, Cixi and Guangxu died together, and at the same time, there was no arrangement for whom he inherited the throne. If the chaos in the capital was in trouble, he could enter the capital to protect the new emperor ascend the throne. What is most worried about now is that Guangxu is not dead, and then the court ministers will protect him from coming out. In this way, the people in the Qing Dynasty can gradually be won. What is the great disadvantage for us? If Guangxu is not dead, we should find a way to force Yuan Shikai to rebel."

Zhang Taiyan's idea was different from Yang Rui. He just thought that the more chaotic the country, the better, and then the revival would take advantage of the chaos. The Qing Dynasty stepped down from power. Yang Rui thought that before he was ready, the Qing Dynasty would not be in chaos. In this way, he would not fight one warlord and then another warlord. It is not difficult to fight a warlord, but there are often foreigners behind the warlords, and it would be very troublesome to involve them. Just imagine in the Xinhai period in history, if a revolutionary flag could be used to recover a county town, but if a warlord fights in melee, the cost of unification would be high.

"Yuan Shikai should not force the rebellion." With this idea, Yang Rui said: "Before we are ready, there is nothing wrong with the Qing Dynasty on the dragon throne. Once the country is in chaos and the great powers are divided, it will be difficult for us to pack up."

"But this way, the Qing Dynasty could step down early." Cai Yuanpei said, he was gentle and elegant, but he was an angry young man, especially the death of Zou Rong made him hate the Qing court even more.

"It was five years ago, and we couldn't be anxious about some things." Yang Rui said. The ideological work of subordinates is easy to do, and the ideological work of comrades at the same level is difficult to do. Cai Yuanpei initially believed in democracy, but now he understands that it is not necessary to do revolutionary democracy. However, his hatred for the Qing Dynasty is getting deeper and deeper. "If the Qing Dynasty falls, the governors and governors from all over the country will be equal to the king. Then there will be warlords fighting in the spring and autumn, similar to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Then foreigners support various warlords in the back and instigate everyone to fight. In order to fight, foreigners need to support them, and they will continue to sell the country. If they sell it later, there will be nothing left."

"If this is not the case, when Guangxu holds the throne, it may be possible that the Qing Dynasty will collapse." Cai Yuanpei said again, he was still very persistent.

As the power of the Revival Society grew, there were more and more sayings about early acts. Although the gentry's crazy anti-constitutional madness a few days ago scared them, now chaos is about to arise and such thoughts emerge again. According to the revolution in the funeral, this behavior is called left-leaning opportunism, while Yang Rui should be called right-leaning surrenderism. For some reason, Yang Rui suddenly had such an idea in his mind.

"There is indeed a possibility. I am afraid that Guangxu will settle down." Zhang Taiyan also said. Guangxu's reputation was much higher than that of Cixi, and the revolutionaries often talked bad things about Cixi. The bad words of princes and ministers were so bad that Guangxu was not criticized by him as "not distinguishing beans and wheat". Everyone was very sympathetic to him, which was really bad for the revolution.

PS: Note 1: For example, Li Hongzhang's former subordinate Mei Dongyi was dismissed, but the British believed that Mei protected the lives and property of missionaries in the Gengzi year, so they put pressure on Yuan Shikai. The final result was that Mei Dongyi was still in office.
Chapter completed!