Chapter 615 The Emperor and the Empress Dowager (1)
Guangxu was not concerned about it and said, "Qin Zheng, this time the boxing bandits were in trouble. The Gengzi country changed, and the great powers competed to deceive China, causing the court to be covered with dust. My Qing Dynasty was almost destroyed. Fortunately, you returned to China at the right time and saved the building when it was about to fall. His achievements were great. It was actually a blessing for my Qing Dynasty, so that you can return a loyal and righteous man like you."
Qin Zheng heard this and owed his body, saying, "The emperor has been too rewarded, we are just right at the right time. What's more, we are descendants of China, so we should do our best for China."
After hearing Qin Zheng's words, Guangxu couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, because his words just now were very high-level praise from the perspective of the feudal dynasty. If it were in the Qing court, officials who received such praise should look grateful and cry, even if they kneel on the ground, kowtow to himself, and show their loyalty to the court. As a result, Qin Zheng took it over in such a simple sentence.
However, Guangxu also thought that overseas Chinese lived overseas for a long time and did not know much about Chinese etiquette, so it was reasonable that he did not make his own wishes, and he should not be too concerned. So Guangxu said again: "In fact, with your achievements, it is not an exaggeration to take charge of the government even if you enter the military opportunity. Being a small governor of Shandong is indeed a waste of talent. However, the court is still in trouble. Letting you serve as governor of Shandong is still a temporary measure. After the court returns to Beijing, you will work hard and strive for governance. Then you will also have a place to use your skills. Therefore, I hope you will be diligent in local government affairs in Shandong, not slack off, waiting for the opportunity, and not letting you down."
Guangxu knew that Cixi would definitely send someone to eavesdrop on her conversation with Qin Zheng, so he said to Qin Zheng in detail, achieving the goal of not only giving kindness to overseas Chinese without touching Cixi's bottom line.
However, Qin Zheng's answer once again disappointed Guangxu. Qin Zheng said: "The emperor is too rewarding. In fact, we are very satisfied with being a governor of Shandong and giving the tribe members a place to settle down. There is no extravagant hope for the rest."
After two consecutive tests, Guangxu couldn't help but feel a little impatient and said, "After this difficulty, my Qing Dynasty has reached a point where I have to work hard to do my best. You have been overseas for a long time and are familiar with the laws of Western countries. I don't know what method should I do to strengthen myself."
Qin Zheng looked at Guangxu and said, "Does the emperor want to take reform and reform again?"
Guangxu did not reply, but just nodded slightly, because the word "reform" was a forbidden word in front of Cixi, so Guangxu just now only dared to say something about hard work, hard work, self-improvement and other words.
In fact, Qin Zheng did not understand Guangxu's intention, but the Time Travel Group would never intervene in the dispute between the emperor and the empress, and would not be able to support Guangxu, because both Cixi and Guangxu were the objects that the Time Travel Group wanted to overthrow. However, Guangxu was a sympathetic person after all, so Qin Zheng did not want to deceive him, nor did he want Guangxu to have unrealistic fantasies about the Time Travel Group. So Qin Zheng said: "The matter of reform is of great importance, and it requires thorough consideration and planning before action. We first returned to China, and the days are still short, and we don't know much about the current national conditions and people's conditions, so we dare not speak nonsense. However, Western countries are different from our Chinese national conditions, and their methods can only be learned from but not copied."
Qin Zheng's reply obviously cannot satisfy Guangxu, but he cannot say that Qin Zheng's answer is wrong. Therefore, he smiled bitterly and said, "At present, my Qing Dynasty is not enough to save the country without reform. I do not want to be the king of the country to destroy it, but unfortunately there is no one around me. Therefore, I hope you can be my strong support and make the Qing Dynasty prosperous and powerful, and you can also be remembered for the ages and be famous in history, so you will not return to the country in vain."
After hearing this, Qin Zheng knew that Guangxu had not given up his fantasy yet, so he said: "When we were overseas, we also heard that a few years ago, the Qing Dynasty had a reform move. At that time, the emperor used Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao's master and apprentice to preside over the reform."
The names of Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao are also taboos in front of Cixi, but Guangxu thought to himself that this was what Qin Zheng said, not himself, so he nodded, then peeked out of the door, and said, "It's true that this is true, I don't know what you think."
Qin Zheng said in a deep voice: "If the emperor thinks that reform and reform is what Kang Liang does, then he will be a big mistake. Kang Liang is very ambitious and talented, and he does not know the middle or the outside world. The changes he does are all nonsense."
Guangxu couldn't help but be a little surprised and said, "Why did you see it?"
Qin Zheng said: "The Kangliang reform was planned for 104 days, but more than 280 reform orders were issued, involving government affairs, economy, culture, diplomacy, and military aspects. There was no examination and demonstration in advance, and a strict plan was formulated; there was no rules on the way, so there was no point in the matter and no order. How could there be no reason to be unchaos when doing reforms in this way? Reform and reform are such a major move. Since ancient times, few people have achieved success in China's reform rituals. Therefore, it is necessary to be extremely cautious, think carefully, and then make plans and then move. What's more, China's territory is widespread, with a large population, and the customs and habits of various places are even and different, and there are thousands of threads, as messy as threads. It can be moved by one stroke. How can we do it randomly?"
After hearing Qin Zheng's words, Guangxu was speechless for a while. Although he was seized and imprisoned, he was almost abolished. A large part of the reason was due to the reckless actions of the reformists such as Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, Guangxu always regarded Kang Liang as a pillar of the world and saved the world. Sometimes Guangxu would fantasize that he would take power one day and invite Kang Liang back from overseas to re-chasing the reform, so that the Qing Dynasty would be rich and strong, and revive the world. After the Gengzi Kingdom changed, after fleeing, Guangxu thought more than once that if the reform of 1898 was not interrupted, the Qing Dynasty would probably be a new and prosperous scene, and such a thing would never have happened.
But Qin Zheng bluntly depreciated his mind's dry materials to almost be worthless, which also made Guangxu very dissatisfied. Moreover, although the reform orders issued by the Reform Movement of 1898 were all proposed by Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others, they were also issued by Guangxu. Therefore, Qin Zheng's accusations and defamation actually considered Guangxu.
In the old time and space, there was a considerable period of time when the reform of 1898 and 1898. Liang Qichao was too high, believing that although the reform of 1898 and 1898, the reform of 1898 and 1898 was failed, it opened up China's ideological enlightenment and ideological liberation movement. In fact, after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894, the thought of reform of 189 and 1898 had become the mainstream of Chinese society. Therefore, the reform of 1898 can only be said to be a coincidence that this kind of thought was promoted, and it was a bit exaggerated to say that it was opened.
Of course, it cannot be said that the reform of the 1898-year-old has no progressive significance, but after all, a reform act that only lasted for 104 days can really play a role in China's ideological offensive. To say that the real role of the reform of the 1898-year-old was mainly to fix the impression of the conservative and stubborn Qing court, and to promote the transformation of intellectuals from reform to revolution. It transformed many intellectuals who still had fantasies about the Qing government into revolutionaries. However, this effect should be more accurately the impact of the coup in the 1898-year-old, rather than the influence of the 1898-year-old reform itself.
On the other hand, although the historical school defined the nature of the reform of the 1898-year-old Reform was a bourgeois reform movement, Kang Youwei, who led the 1898-year-old Reform, and Liang Qichao, in essence, was still traditional Chinese intellectuals. Their understanding of the West was only from newspapers and books in the concession. Before the failure of the 1898-year-old Reform, no one in the so-called reformist faction had experience in going abroad for examination. Because he was Kang Youwei, the spiritual tutor of the reformist faction, he only went to Hong Kong once. After the failure of the 1898-year-old Reform, Kang Youwei got the opportunity to go abroad and traveled to Japan and Europe and the United States, but his thoughts became increasingly conservative.
During the Reform Movement of 1898, the Reformists, including Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, actually had no understanding of the systems and systems of Western countries. Of course, even if they were half-understand or not, compared to China at that time, the Reformists' ideas were indeed progressive, but the Reformists' ability, knowledge, political means, and even moral standards could only be described as ridiculous. Therefore, the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898 was a good thing in a sense, but in fact, it made Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others famous. If Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao and others were really allowed to preside over the reform, China would not be prosperous and strong, and within a year, China would be in chaos. The Gengzi Reform might happen ahead of schedule.
Although Guangxu was unwilling to be the king of the country to be destroyed and tried to reform and strengthen, he was essentially a feudal monarch. Before the Wuxu coup, he was always a wise monarch except in front of Cixi. Of course, there would be no mistake. At this time, he couldn't help but have a thought that Chinese overseas were too arrogant, but he still suppressed his unhappiness and said, "So, according to your opinion, where is the urgent task of the Qing Dynasty's reform?"
Of course, Qin Zheng could hear Guangxu's dissatisfaction, and thought that he wanted to be the wise king of Zhongxing at this point. However, since Guangxu asked this, he might as well show some practical information. As for whether Guangxu could understand it, he would not care. So Qin Zheng said: "The urgent task of China today is land."
Guangxu was stunned for a moment, not expecting that Qin Zheng would give him these two words.
Qin Zheng continued: "The fundamentals of the country lies in the people, and the fundamentals of the people lies in the land. Although we did not return to China for a long time, we also learned that some of the land annexation in China is very serious. Seven or eight out of ten lands in the world are occupied by big landlords, powerful people, and gentry. The farmers only have one or two lands. If those who have no land, the country will be unstable. They have been warned by all dynasties. Naturally, China's top priority is today. If the land problem is not solved, no other changes will be useful."
As a feudal emperor, Guangxu certainly did not understand the harm of land annexation, but firstly, Guangxu had no intuitive understanding of land annexation, and most of them were viewed from historical books; secondly, in Guangxu's view, only effective reforms in Western countries were the key, such as land, or conservative thinking. When Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao presided over the Reform of 1898, they never mentioned solving land annexation. It seemed that as long as the reform was successful, the problem of land annexation could naturally be solved.
Chapter completed!