Beijing Zijing City, Hall of Care

"Go to court!" A sharp voice sounded in the Hall of Heart. (eng.com_)

After the Qing court's civil and military officials entered the Yangxin Hall in succession, they kowtowed to Emperor Guangxu on the dragon throne in the court: "Long live my emperor!"

"Everyone is flat!" Emperor Guangxu sat upright on the dragon throne and said.

"Thank you, the emperor!" The ministers kowtowed again, stood up and bowed to each other.

"I heard that Tang Jian rebels and colluded with the governors and governors of several southeastern provinces to rule the river, and tried to rush the army north and point straight to the capital. Is it true?" Emperor Guangxu asked.

An old minister with a gray beard stood up, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is true. Tang Jian colluded with the rebels and intended to rebel. Fortunately, Lord Yuan discovered it early, otherwise the Qing Dynasty would fall into their hands!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, Tang Jian is in Fujian and the governor of several southeastern provinces also followed Tang Jian's horse. Rebels from all over the country cut off their hair, canceling the rituals of the Qing Dynasty for hundreds of years. It was simply a disgrace to the ancestors!" An old minister also said heartbrokenly.

"Your Majesty, we several old ministers jointly recommended Yuan Shikai and Yuan as the Grand Marshal of the Army, and led our troops south to eliminate the rebels!" Another minister also said.

"Yes, let's recommend Lord Yuan as the Grand Marshal of the Army. I hope the emperor will approve it!" The two ministers who had just spoken also knelt down and said.

After seeing that the three old ministers in the court who were extremely important begging Emperor Guangxu to grant Yuan Shikai the Grand Marshal of the Military and Horses, the rest of the civil and military officials knelt on the ground and said in unison: "I beg the Emperor to grant Yuan the Grand Marshal of the Military and Horses!"

Emperor Guangxu looked embarrassed. If he had appointed Yuan Shikai as the Grand Marshal of the Military and Horses, wouldn't all the soldiers and horses of the Qing Dynasty be handed over to Yuan Shikai? This would be like depriving the military power of several other noble ministers of the Qing Dynasty.

Emperor Guangxu was unwilling to do so. After the Reform Movement of 1898, he spent several years to win over several ministers with some military power. Although this amount of military power and Yuan Shikai's more than 100,000 Beiyang New Army was not important, this was his personal military power after all.

Emperor Guangxu was suppressed by Cixi for so many years and finally had his own army. Emperor Guangxu deeply understood that only with soldiers in his hands could he not become a puppet emperor. He was slowly planning to gradually develop his own power in the past few years, hoping to regain power from Yuan Shikai.

But at this moment, Tang Jian suddenly turned against him and disrupted his plan.

Emperor Guangxu knew that most of the civil and military officials who were kneeling in the court were Yuan Shikai's confidants. They forced themselves like this just to let Yuan Shikai take control of the military power of the entire Qing Dynasty.

Emperor Guangxu had no other choice. He hoped that he could hear voices supporting him in this court. Therefore, Emperor Guangxu turned his attention to the reformists. In the entire court, only the reformists led by Kang Youwei were still standing in their original place. Obviously, they did not join the crowd with Yuan Shikai.

At this moment, Emperor Guangxu could only seek help from Kang Youwei. As a cabinet minister, Kang Youwei had no military power, but according to the new law, he still had the power to quarantine.

Emperor Guangxu asked, "I wonder if Lord Kang has any suggestions?" Emperor Guangxu's implication was very obvious. He felt that it was inappropriate to hand over all the military power to Yuan Shikai in this way.

Kang Youwei coughed lightly, and just as he was about to stand up, he met Yuan Shikai's gaze. His eyes met, and Kang Youwei saw murderous intent in Yuan Shikai's eyes.

Kang Youwei remembered what Yuan Shikai said to him during a late-night visit last night: "Mr. Kang, if you disagree tomorrow, I will immediately depose Emperor Guangxu and establish a new emperor. You know, I have this ability."

Kang Youwei thought about it all night last night. In the Qing Dynasty, only one is capable of abolishing Emperor Guangxu. One is Tang Jian and the other is Yuan Shikai. The only one who can restrain Yuan Shikai is Tang Jian.

But now that Tang Jian rebelled, all the power in the court fell into the hands of Yuan Shikai. Now, seven or eight out of the civil and military officials in the court are Yuan Shikai's followers. Yuan Shikai held heavy troops. As he said, he was fully capable of abolishing Guangxu and establishing a new emperor.

However, Kang Youwei, he relied on Emperor Guangxu and survived in this political arena. Once Emperor Guangxu abdicates, Kang Youwei will no longer exist, and the new law will not be implemented.

"Master Kang, do you have any suggestions?" Emperor Guangxu asked again when he saw that Kang Youwei was losing his mind.

Kang Youwei was reminded by Emperor Guangxu and woke up from his loss of consciousness. He hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "The emperor is wise and wise, Lord Yuan is the one who wants to be the Grand Marshal of the Army!"

Seeing that Liang Qichao and Tan Sitong were still moving behind him, Kang Youwei pulled the corners of their jackets hard. Liang Qichao and Tan Sitong had to kneel down reluctantly.

Emperor Guangxu saw that Kang Youwei, whom he trusted the most, actually agreed with Yuan Shikai. He felt sad and tears kept flowing in his eyes.

Yuan Shikai stepped forward with a big golden sword and laughed loudly: "Haha, since all the ministers praised me, Yuan, then I, Yuan, will take it as my best! What does the emperor think!"

Emperor Guangxu held back his tears and nodded, "If all the ministers report nothing, then let's leave the court!"

Emperor Guangxu did not wait for the eunuch Sili to finish the word "retreat the court", and then fled from the nine dragon thrones and ran towards the harem.

"Emperor, Emperor!" Liang Qichao and Tan Sitong quickly wanted to keep Emperor Guangxu, but Emperor Guangxu ignored the two and disappeared directly from their sight.

Seeing that Kang Youwei patted his knees and stood up, Liang Qichao stepped forward and asked, "Teacher, why do you do this?"

Kang Youwei sighed and said, "Oh, people are in the court, and they can't help themselves!"

"Hey, Lord Kang, thank you! If you have time in the evening, go to Yuan's mansion. Tonight, Yuan holds a big banquet to entertain all the ministers!" Yuan Shikai walked over and patted Kang Youwei's shoulder heavily to show his gratitude.

Kang Youwei inadvertently avoided Yuan Shikai's hand and bowed: "Thank you for your kindness. Guangsha (Kang Youwei's name is a good example) has business tonight, so I won't be with you."

"Haha, that's okay, it's okay, we need to communicate more in the future when we have time!" Yuan Shikai smiled disconcerted and turned around to greet other ministers, "Hey, Lord He, you must come tonight, Lord Tang, be kind, wait for you tonight... Haha, that's, that's... "

After Yuan Shikai and others gradually left, Liang Qichao questioned Kang Youwei and said, "Teacher, you didn't tell your students that whether you are a person or an official, you must be upright and upright, but you are condescending to the nobles and join the Yuan Shikai!"

"Bastard! What do you know? Kang Youwei said angrily.

Liang Qichao looked crazy and smiled and said, "Haha, yes, I don't respect my teachers and elders. It's a bastard, but you help the evil, so what is that?"

"You!" Kang Youwei was so angry that he couldn't speak.

"Who doesn't know in the court now? Yuan Shikai colluded with the Russians to frame the Beiyang Fleet and attempted to eliminate dissidents, which led to Tang Jian's injustice! Although Tang Jian had coerced the emperor during the Wuxu Coup, and his methods were quite bloody, Lord Tang was also loyal and patriotic and supported the reform. Later, he defeated the United Fleet, took back Taiwan, and promoted our country's power! Now he said that Tang Jian was a traitor, hehe, I think that Yuan Shikai was the biggest thief who stole the country!" Liang Qichao sneered.

"Yes, I agree with Brother Liang's opinion. It is obvious that Yuan Shikai took the opportunity to eliminate dissidents and framed Tang Jian. In the past, Tang Jian was in the court to restrain Yuan Shikai. Now, Yuan Shikai openly seized power in the Palace of Peaceful Hearts. Does he have any emperor and new laws in his eyes?" Tan Sitong also agreed.

"Oh, you are still too young, and many of them can't understand!" Kang Youwei sighed heavily, "I do this for the Emperor!"

"Hmph, I think you are a teacher, you are so confused!" Liang Qichao said angrily, "Brother Tan, let's go find the emperor!"

After watching Liang Tan and the others walk towards the inner palace, Kang Youwei said with a heartache: "Will you stay with me if you don't agree with Yuan Shikai? If you don't agree with Yuan Shikai, the emperor will be in danger, and we reformists will not be able to escape death!"

After Liang and Tan were angry that they parted with Kang Youwei, they went directly to the inner hall and asked about a small eunuch in the inner hall. The eunuch said that the emperor had gone to Yingtai.

The two walked to Yingtai and saw Emperor Guangxu drinking alone.

"See the Emperor!" Liang and Tan said to him.

"Get out, get out of here. You reformists and Yuan Shikai are both birds of a feather. They all want to take over the world of our Aixin Jueluo family! Haha, they are all birds of a feather!" Emperor Guangxu cried and cursed.

"us……"

"What are you? They are all the same, everyone is the same!" Emperor Guangxu interrupted Liang Qichao and said angrily. Emperor Guangxu may have drunk a little too much and walked shakingly.

Tan Sitong wanted to help Emperor Guangxu, but he didn't expect Emperor Guangxu to push Tan Sitong away at once, and he collapsed on the ground alone, constantly pouring wine into his mouth.

Emperor Guangxu was a little dazed and while drinking, he muttered to himself: "Haha, it seems that the stupidest person in the world is me. I think that with the help of your reformers, you can help me regain power, but I didn't expect that your reformers were so useless, so I let Tang Jian and Yuan Shikai take advantage of the opportunity. Finally, I drove away the wolf and welcomed the tiger again. Haha, it was ridiculous, ridiculous!"

Liang Qichao said: "Although Tang Jian's methods were too ruthless at that time, it was only possible for Tang Jian to implement the reform measures smoothly!"

"Tsk, what reforms are, what bullshit, only you literati believe in these high-sounding reasons. If it weren't for you to help me regain power, I wouldn't want to do any reforms. The reforms are just to win people's hearts. Only you stupid literati believe in these reasons! Haha, I just want the Qing Dynasty to rename Aisin Gioro!" Emperor Guangxu smiled madly.
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