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Chapter 304 The Reformation

Without Yang Hao's intervention, the trajectory and speed of the Qing court's reform would have been completely different. From the issuance of Emperor Guangxu's "The Imperial Edict" to the "Mingding Kingdom" edict, the conservative and reformists were both arguing and slowly exploring and advancing. The training of a new army alone was so slow that it was so delaying that it was hopeless.

After that, Emperor Guangxu took the risk under the instigation of Kangliang's gang of young men and women, and actually regarded Empress Dowager Cixi, who supported the reform, as a great enemy, and even pushed the conservative forces to the opposite side. As a result, the Hundred Days Reform was declared dead with six heads landing. The subsequent career was actually Cixi continued to promote it two years later, but it was too late.

Now, history has changed completely differently. Japan has been defeated and the reparations have not happened. Although the people realize the urgency of being beaten if they fall behind, most of them are still intoxicated by the feeling of self-feeling in the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom.

The court regarded Yang Hao as its biggest enemy, and its harm was even greater than that of Japan and the great powers. No one else, who made Yang Hao a Han man clearly refused to obey Wang Hua?

As a result, under the pressure of various external factors, the mutual constraints between the Qing court and the outside world were greatly reduced. Even Emperor Guangxu brought Li Hongzhang home, Empress Dowager Cixi did not say anything--in fact, the old woman was deeply dissatisfied with Old Man Li's inaction. A large part of the reason for Yang Hao's rise came from Li Hongzhang's indulgence.

Without Li Hongzhang and Weng Tonghe, the remaining Qingliu stable faction was basically speechless. The original six sons of Weng's family and the new young and strong faction quickly gained the upper hand.

However, the young reformists who lost Kang Youwei still emerged in many talents, making them prosperous. The most popular figure among them is Yan Fu, the editor-in-chief of Guowenbao and president. His talent and reputation are the world, second only to Yang Hao, who was a gunman in the entire era behind him.

The second most outstanding ones are Tan Sitong, Liang Qichao, Lin Xu, Liu Guangdi, Yang Rui, Yang Shenxiu, and Kang Youwei's younger brother Kang Guangren. In addition, there are the older generation Zheng Guanying, Wang Tao and others who echo each other from Shanghai, which can be said to be inspiring and grand.

These people are not one mind, nor are they the so-called "Six Gentlemen of Wuxu" in another time and space as a group of people. In fact, they have at least seven or eight groups of people.

Among them, Tan Sitong was a rebel who really wanted to overthrow the Qing Dynasty; Liang Qichao was a royalist who inherited Kang Youwei's thoughts; Kang Guangren was very dissatisfied with his brother's remarks; Yang Rui and Liu Guangdi were very disgusted with Kang Youwei; the others also tried their best to distinguish their relationship with Kang.

Now, coupled with the strong rise of Yan Fu, he is even more unique, making the Qing court's reform drama lively.

In the internal and external difficulties, Emperor Guangxu boldly used the young and strong school Qingliu and the reform school scholars to promote the young people who had just participated in the imperial examination and the imperial examination. In order to make them qualified to go to court to report things, he did not hesitate to add a hat of the fourth rank to them.

This will definitely make most officials who have worked hard for half a lifetime to come to power very unhappy, and there are many discussions between the government and the public. Emperor Guangxu was arbitrary and took advantage of the reform of the government agencies to carry out a gorgeous purge on officials inside and outside the court!

Among the officials of the third rank or above, the sixth ministry officials were resigned, and the capital had nothing to do but could do the officials who had to pay for their salary for nothing. They cut down thousands of them in one stroke!

In just a few days, Emperor Guangxu issued more than 100 "edicts" in one breath, and based on the contents previously dug out from various materials published by Yang Hao from newspapers or translated and published, he launched a radical top-down reform motion.

This is like in a large enterprise, the chairman suddenly issued more than 100 notices within one day, asking everyone to study within a specified period of time and do things according to their work. The worst thing is that the rules and regulations announced here need to change the previous working methods, and will also cause many of the original employees and management to be unemployed and laid off!

It is conceivable that the only result of doing this is that it is all messy! Not only will it cause strong resistance from the people below, but the management who is forced to be impatient will even put aside their hatred and join forces to try to deal with the chairman!

Emperor Guangxu was only twenty-three or four years old, and there was no Weng Tonghe around him, and the assistants of Li Hongzhang, who were as impatient as him and lacked practical experience. He blindly believed in his own imperial authority. As a result, he created a "big leap-forward" reform that was almost like a farce!

The governors and governors of all provinces are old foxes who have been ups and downs throughout their lives, and they can see the problems at a glance. However, most of them do not directly refuse to cooperate, but they all control the progress in an orderly manner, opening factories, setting up schools, and training new troops in their jurisdiction. The most critical political reform is not at all.

No one is a fool. Who doesn’t know that this thing is a stable ruling structure formed by China since the Han Dynasty, and belongs to the category of whom touches and whom dies. Reform? It’s not that easy!

Emperor Guangxu did not feel the danger. He was intoxicated by the extreme pleasure of Daquan in his hand. He was suppressed by Empress Dowager Cixi for so many years, and finally one day he could call the wind and rain like an emperor.

In the days since the publication of the "Shangyu", he had little sleep every day, but he was always energetic, as if he had endless energy.

The civil unrest in southern Shandong was controlled in Caozhou, and the wounded petition regiment in Qingzhou did not further intensify. The Qing Dynasty was calm for many consecutive days, which made him and his close ministers have an illusion that the trouble was probably so great?

On August 21, 1895, the situation between Beijing and Tianjin changed suddenly! A group of opposition celebrities led by Yan Fu suddenly announced publicly that they would establish a "Democratic Socialist Party" and actively participate in the overall national reform cause. Under the constitutional monarchy, they sought to seize seats in the ruling party.

Immediately afterwards, another group led by Tan Sitong announced the establishment of the "Republican Party", and also required to participate in the reform and contribute to the complete realization of China's reform and strength.

The two parties have elaborated their program principles in newspapers in detail, actively seeking more knowledgeable people to participate and jointly promote the national democratic process.

The hammer was smashed out, and a stone caused a thousand waves, which immediately changed the passionate reform movement completely!

Whether in the Democratic Socialist Party or the Republican Party, their Party Constitution and Program require the implementation of the basic concepts of equality, freedom and democracy. They advocate the improvement of the status of the people at the bottom of society and the right to provide advice and participate in national decision-making affairs.

This first of all, it has to deny the current status of the bannermen's status and overturn the old bureaucratic system. The masters must face supervision from the masses at any time, and may even impeach or even vote for their illegal acts!

Can this thing work? Is it a big mess?

For a moment, the two parties suddenly became the target of public criticism! The conservatives were considered to be targeting venting their anger. Countless pieces filled the court like snowflakes, and they demanded that such perverts be arrested to deal with the law to face the sound!

But neither Yan Fu nor Tan Sitong were alone without any power to fight back. A large group of supporters had gathered behind them, especially newspapers and publications across the country, which were almost not controlled by the Qing court. The entire set of theoretical articles occupied all the pages overnight. The call for support from the people was even more rampant!

Yang Hao, the spiritual leader, certainly, would not remain silent. He not only strongly praised the establishment of the two parties, a major historical reform, but also affirmed their political demands, which is in line with the correct trend of China's pursuit of a powerful path. On the world, have not all the powerful countries also established similar political systems?

Whether Yan Fu or Tan Sitong are all talented people, the government power formed by people like them is naturally more energetic than the old and stubborn people. If China wants to be self-reliant, it must water it fresh blood.

The shadow of the famous tree, Yang Hao's words, was equivalent to the final conclusion of the establishment of these two parties, and also added an invisible amulet to those involved in the two parties.

But the consequences of doing so would be the complete anger of the Qing court!

A few days later, Emperor Guangxu issued an edict to denounce Yan Fu and Tan Sitong, ordering him to go to Beijing to apologize immediately, dissolve the two parties and make his own mistakes.

Of course, the two of them refused to obey, and even refuted them in the newspaper, questioning whether the so-called reforms of the court were falsely fooling the Chinese people, or whether they were fundamentally needed to further consolidate the rule of the bannermen, plunder the wealth of other nations, and deprive the Chinese people of their rights?

This is equivalent to directly revealing the Qing Dynasty's face and touching their forbidden zones, and the conflicts are completely intensified!

The Empress Dowager Cixi, who seemed to be prosperous in the Summer Palace, has actually been clearly controlling the situation through the Qing court's exchanges. She no longer stands aside from the principle of discussing the correctness of the Qing Dynasty's rule so blatantly. She said to her hard-core confidant Sun Yuwen in an understatement: "There must be a rule for reform, and the court's righteousness should not be discussed absurdly."

Sun Yuwen immediately met the emperor himself and conveyed spiritual instructions to Emperor Guangxu without hesitation, directly accusing the emperor of frivolous and recklessness, which made such a crazy and rebellious person disturb the audio-visual and the government.

Emperor Guangxu could only respond to his orders. Turning his head, he sighed and ordered that Yan Fu and Tan Sitong all rebels and their accomplices be arrested and handed over to the Ministry for consultation.

It’s just that it is easy to issue an imperial edict and it is difficult to enforce it. Yan Fu lives in the US concession, and Yang Hao disagreed. He couldn’t even get in even the Qing court’s big guards wearing a hundred yellow jackets.

Tan Sitong is different. This talented young man honestly believed that to do such a big thing, there was no need to hide it, and openly placed the gathering point of the "Republican Party" in the Hunan Guild Hall in Beijing.

Just when Emperor Guangxu issued the order to arrest people, the secret spies of the "Huaxing Association" informed him immediately. Yang Hao even sent a telegram to persuade him and a group of party members to temporarily hide in the US concession, and not delay them from continuing to carry out the revolutionary cause.

Tan Sitong refused sternly, but he and his personnel were dismissed. Soon after, the Qing court broke into the door and arrested him. He was sentenced to death without much interrogation and was beheaded at the right time!

Yang Hao has been paying attention to the progress. Seeing that Tan Sitong is as strong as historical records, he secretly praised in his heart and ordered the people lurking in the capital: "Save him at all costs!" (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!

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