Chapter 25 of Part 4: Resurrection!

"Prince Qing, please go to the Summer Palace to send a message to the Empress Dowager, saying that if the Empress Dowager does not give me the power to serve, I am willing to abdicate and not be the king of the country that has been destroyed."

When Guangxu said this, the veins on his neck were leaping. When a gust of wind blew, his thin body was trembling slightly, as if a gust of wind could blow away.

The king's orders were not done. Yi Li gritted his teeth and came to the Summer Palace. After handing over the sign, he wandered back and forth outside the door.

"Bang!" Cixi picked up the teacup in front of her and slammed it hard on the ground.

"Okay, he doesn't want to be this emperor, and I don't want him to do it anymore. Just let him write a decree for abdication." Cixi's cold words seemed to suddenly come on a warm sunny afternoon, and the air in the room instantly solidified and frozen, cold.

"Empress Dowager, calm down! Yi Li has something to say." Seeing that the situation was not good, Yi Li quickly knelt down and said loudly.

"Get up, you are someone I can trust, just say something." Cixi reluctantly put away her anger, with a sneer on her face.

"Empress Dowager, now the new party is very popular in the court and the people of the country. All the people of the country want to seek reform and strengthen the country. I think this trend should not be underestimated. I have also read the memorial of Kang Youwei and did not mention the constitution. I have found a national assembly. I think the reform has many benefits, which can block the world's long mouths and watch the people in the court coldly. If the reform is really done well, isn't this the kindness of your kindness of the Queen Mother? Besides, why dare to challenge the Qing Dynasty? Isn't it just that the national strength has been strengthened after the reform?" Yi Li looked at Cixi's face carefully and said slowly in a low voice.

Cixi's face replied with a calmness, with a lazy expression on her face, and she hummed, "Okay, let the emperor do it, if you can't do it well, you'll talk about it."

"The Empress Dowager's Holy Wisdom!" Yi Lian was ecstatic. To be honest, Yi Lian also advocated reform. Although this person was a fool, he still had a vision.

After leaving the Summer Palace, Yi Li's sedan was running.

"Hurry! Hurry up!" The sedan chairman who was already jogging, was urging by Yi Li, and his steps were accelerated a little more. However, the sedan chair was still stable, and even if he put a bowl of water on it, he might not necessarily sprinkle a drop.

After entering the palace, the eunuch beside Guangxu was already waiting there. When he saw Yi Li, he immediately stepped forward to meet him and led Yi Li straight to Nan Study Room. Guangxu was walking back and forth in the Nan Study Room at this moment. The eunuch beside him was not careful and hindered his eyes. Guangxu raised his feet and kicked him and said, "Dog slave, go out, don't be in trouble."

"Your Majesty! You should be calm!" Weng Tonghe's voice sounded at the right time. In fact, Weng Tonghe was nervous at this time, but he just didn't put it on his face.

"Your Majesty! Great joy!" Yi Li rolled and crawled into the Nan Study Room. After Guangxu heard it clearly, blood in his body surged up instantly, and his hanging heart fell heavily. The strength seemed to have been taken away in an instant. He sat back and landed on the dragon chaise. His face was filled with excitement and flushed all over his thin cheeks.

At this time, Weng Tonghe couldn't help but feel excited. Weng Tonghe, who was full of confidence in the reform, stepped forward and bent down slightly at Guangxu. His tears instantly slid down and he said with a sob: "Master! Your opportunity to work hard to govern is here!"

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The wind and rain outside the window were rising again. Chen Congyun was outside the headquarters gate of Shanghai, and a figure was holding an umbrella and appeared tenaciously outside the gate again.

It has been a whole month, and Tan Sitong appears here every day, but today is the last day. Kang Youwei from Beijing has sent a telegram, and the emperor has obtained Cixi's approval and finally reform.

Although Tan Sitong was happy, he was very uneasy when he heard this news. Tan Sitong, who was from a family of officials, understood the strength of the conservative forces. Once the emperor's reform reached some bottom lines, the rebound of soldiers was huge. Tan Sitong was not as optimistic as Kang Youwei, so Tan Sitong wanted to make his last attempt and must meet Chen Congyun and clearly obtained the support of Emperor Guangxu from Chen Congyun, a party with heavy troops.

"Master! That person is coming again, it's still raining outside?" Ruan Xiaozhen, who was in her early thirties, held a teacup and gently placed it on the coffee table beside Chen Congyun, who was lying on the chair with his eyes closed, and said softly. The woman's heart is still soft, why is Chen Congyun's heart not soft?

"I smiled at the sky with my own sword, and I will stay with my liver and gallbladder!"

"If there are no walkers, there is no way to seek the future, and if there are no dead, there is no way to repay the Holy Lord!" Tan Sitong asked Liang Qichao to escape and think that he would choose the way to repay the Holy Lord. Scenes in history books appeared in Shen Congyun's mind, making Chen Congyun frown again and again with heartache.

"Reforms of all countries are all caused by bleeding! Today, China has not heard of bleeding due to reforms. This country is not prosperous! For example, please start from Sitong! Tan Sitong, Tan Sitong! Bleeding is necessary, but your blood should not be shed!" Chen Congyun suddenly sat up, opened his eyes and walked to the window. The wind and rain outside were getting even more intense. Tan Sitong's thin body held an umbrella and trembled slightly in the wind and rain.

"Mr. Ouyang, go and invite Mr. Tan in!" Chen Congyun sighed softly, turned his head and said to Ouyang Quan who was drafting a manuscript in front of the table.

"Sir, you may see him at this time..." Ouyang Quan put down his pen and walked to Chen Congyun and whispered.

"It doesn't matter. Even if I don't see him, people will still be on guard against me. Humph! Liu Kunyi, Yuan Shikai's recent expansion has been very fast! Two towns! There are 30,000 people." Chen Congyun sneered, Ouyang Quan was stunned for a moment, sighed helplessly, slowly walked outside, and told the guards at the door a few times.

The guards trotted and arrived at the gate. The heavy gate opened with a bang. The guards said to Tan Sitong: "Come in! The military throne wants to see you."

Tan Sitong, whose face was a little blue in the wind and rain, instantly burst into rosy rosy on his face.

"Aqi! Aqi!" Tan Sitong sneezes a few times and walked into the study tremblingly. When he saw Chen Congyun looking at him with his eyes, he calmly turned his clothes straight and bowed to Chen Congyun, "Tan Sitong, have seen Lord Shen."

"Sit!" Chen Congyun smiled faintly and pointed to the seat opposite. After Tan Sitong bowed and sat down, he sneezed several times in succession. At this time, Ruan Xiaozhen came in with a bowl of ginger soup that Chen Congyun ordered.

"Resurrection, drink a bowl of ginger soup to warm up before talking."

Tan Sitong took the ginger soup, smiled at Chen Congyun, blew the hot air, and after drinking it one by one, Ruan Xiaozhen took the bowl and turned around to greet the two maids.

"Mr. Shen! I..." Tan Sitong was about to speak, but Chen Congyun raised his hand and interrupted: "The clothes are wet, so let's talk about it later, so as not to let the cold air come out."

The little maid served Tan Sitong to change her coat. After Jiang Tang was sweating, a layer of sweat appeared on Tan Sitong's face. A hot towel was handed up in time. Tan Sitong was not polite, and after wiping it, he returned it to the maid, he sat down in front of Shen Congyun solemnly.

"Mr. Shen, you have guessed the purpose of Sitong. In fact, Mr. Shen refused to see me, and the answer was already very obvious, but Sitong still came to see you with the last glimmer of hope."

Chen Congyun sighed softly and said with a wry smile: "China is going to change, but your reform can only end with unnecessary bloodshed and sacrifice!"

"But Lord Shen, you have 100,000 soldiers in your hands! As long as you come out and shout, express your attitude, the emperor's reform will greatly increase!" Tan Sitong said anxiously.

Chen Congyun smiled and said, "Do you remember Sun Yat-sen back then? When you were in Tianjin, you, Kang Youwei and Sun Yat-sen came to my house to ask for a meeting at the same time. Sun Yat-sen's companion was Lu Haodong, who had already sacrificed his life in the Guangzhou uprising. At that time, Sun Yat-sen encouraged me to launch a mutiny and overthrow the court! They chose a fierce road! I told him that the way is different and I don't plan for each other. Today I will give you this. You and I are never a car on the same road. The only thing I can promise you is that once the reform fails, my people will try their best to ensure your safety. Resurrection! The future is long! How should China go on? Keep it open and reveal it well, and wait for it!"

"Master Shen,..." Tan Sitong wanted to say that Chen Congyun stood up and raised his hand and said, "Okay, let's talk about this. Finally, let me say one more thing, history is the most fair! Rights and wrongs, merits and demerits are left to be commented by future generations!"

Beijing! June 11, 1898!

Emperor Guangxu promulgated the "Mingding Kingdom's Imperial Examination", which opened the prelude to the Reform Movement of 1898!

"The reforms have been around since ancient times! The Five Emperors and Three Emperors do not follow each other, just like winter fur and summer vegetation, the power is not two!..."

June 15th, the fourth day of the Reform Movement of 1898!

Cixi sent someone to call Guangxu to the Summer Palace.

"The Ai family has drafted an edict. The emperor took a look and felt that the recruitment was completed." After Cixi finished speaking, she didn't look at Guangxu and turned around and left.

"The emperor has the right to issue the edict. Cixi has already drafted it before she can show it to Guangxu. Guangxu still cannot accept it. Such an emperor is still thinking about reforms, so he should first think about saving his life." Guangxu did not hear what Chen Congyun said in Shanghai, and he could not see the sneer on Chen Congyun's face.

Weng Tonghe was dismissed from his post and returned to his original home! He was dismissed! At the beginning of the reform, Cixi kicked her back to her hometown and broke one of Guangxu's arm. All officials who were awarded the third rank or above would come to the Empress Dowager to thank her! The Minister of Justice Chongli was the commander of the infantry, and the Minister of Rites Huaitabu managed the affairs of the Eight Banners, Purchase, Three Banners and the Ball Camp in the Summer Palace; Gangyi managed the affairs of the Jianrui Camp. At the same time, the Ministry of Revenue finally paid off the military pay owed by Chen Congyun under the intervention of Cixi. In addition, one million taels were allocated as a commendation for the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. The Sino-Japanese War of 1894 had ended for three years, and Chen Congyun's new army received the commendation, which was a wonderful irony to say it.

The reform has just begun. People with a little bit of mind should be aware of the mystery of this arrangement. Unfortunately, Guangxu was blinded by the power to be obtained in the future and temporarily. When Weng Tonghe was on the road in a miserable way, Guangxu could not even send him a trip.

A carriage! A long-lasting, the old Weng Tonghe was on the road alone. When the distant Beijing City was about to disappear, Weng Tonghe turned around and knelt down to the Beijing City!

(I won’t say much about the content of the Reform Movement of 1898)

The new policy measures did not touch the feudal autocratic system, nor did they touch the economic foundation of the feudal system - feudal land ownership. Such an incomplete reform only increased the freedom of speech, publishing, and association in politics, introduced some policies to promote the development of capitalism in economics, and adopted some measures to crack down on old feudal studies and promote new studies in culture and education. In general, the Reform Movement of 1898 was a capitalist reform of a certain nature.

Even such a degree of reform made the officials and gentry who were determined to be a strong country in the whole country ecstatic. The one who reacted the most strongly was Hunan Governor Chen Baozhen. He had been calling for reform, but Chen Congyun, who had to restrain himself, seemed very quiet.

The Reform Movement of 1898 is a reform that the Reformists strive to carry out without angering the conservatives. It is really ridiculous. Only those with bad brains will do things with such thoughts. But that's how things happened.

On September 4, Emperor Guangxu ordered that all the six officials of the Ministry of Rites who openly destroyed the reform were dismissed. On September 5, Tan Sitong, Yang Rui, Liu Guangdi, and Lin Xu were appointed as Zhang Jing of the Military Affairs Office as the fourth-rank minister!

The conflict between the reformists and the conservatives reached a climax!

On the same day, in front of Cixi in the Summer Palace, people knelt on the ground, burst into tears, and begged Cixi to "train the government!"

The next day, Ronglu dispatched troops to control the traffic between Tianjin and Beijing!

On September 14 and 17, Guangxu issued secret edicts to Kang Youwei, demanding to find ways to save the crisis of reform. On September 18, Kang Youwei, Tan Sitong and Liang Qichao discussed countermeasures. It was decided that Kang Youwei would go to the British Embassy and request the intervention of the great powers. Tan Sitong visited Yuan Shikai overnight, persuaded him to serve the king, kill Ronglu, and get rid of the old party.

Before this, Guangxu accepted Kang Youwei's suggestion and met Yuan Shikai twice, awarded the title of Minister, and entrusted him to specialize in military training. At night, Yuan Shikai received Yuan Shikai's verbal promise, and Kang Youwei was in a state of ashes with the British Minister. As a result, Yuan Shikai turned around and reported to Ronglu!

On September 19, Cixi returned to the Forbidden City from the Summer Palace.

On the 21st, Cixi officially launched a coup, and the Hundred Days Reform died. That night, Liang Qichao fled with the help of the Japanese Embassy. Kang Youwei fled, but Tan Sitong did not want to escape. As a result, after breaking up with Liang Qichao, several masked men in black suddenly appeared in the room. They knocked Tan Sitong out with a stick and put them in a sack and left. This is Chen Congyun’s promise! Chen Congyun didn’t want Tan Sitong to die foolishly, so he would have asked Zhao Xinglong to send someone to look at Tan Sitong, the silly boy.

Shanghai on the 23rd!

Outside Wusongkou, all the warships of the Nanyang Fleet caught fire, and thick black smoke rolled, and for a moment, black clouds were densely covered with the sea surface of Wusongkou.

"Military Gate! Shen urgently ordered us to prepare to set sail. What's the matter?" In the command room of the Great Wall, all the generals of the Nanyang Fleet gathered together. Deng Shichang took the lead in asking.

"Everyone, Lord Shen received a secret decree from the emperor that the conservatives wanted to destroy the reform and held the emperor hostage, and ordered our Nanyang Fleet to take charge of the blockade of the Bohai Bay and cover the Vietnamese security forces on the landing of the Shandong Peninsula. After cooperating with the Vietnamese security forces to control the Beiyang Fleet, they immediately covered the main force of the Vietnamese security forces going north and landing in Shanhaiguan, seeking to attack the capital from north to south and rescue the emperor! Lord Shen said that although the emperor is weak now, he is a wise ruler who is determined to be enterprising and hardworking. If we don't assist the emperor and make achievements, when will we wait?"

"Military Gate, why didn't we propose to Lord Shen that our Nanyang Navy would suppress the Beiyang Navy in the port, and the Vietnamese security forces would directly land in Shanhaiguan, and quickly land in the capital. After all, the capital was found? It is important to know that the rescue soldiers were like putting out fires." Deng Shichang asked somewhat puzzledly, and Liu Buchan said sternly: "We just need to abide by the military orders! Why do we need to ask more questions?"

Shandong, Dezhou. Inside the front command center!

The aftershocks of the front-line commander-in-chief were also holding a military meeting.

"Next, I will issue the General Staff combat order! Hu Yu, your unit's mission is to quickly advance westward with a brigade's troops, occupy Shijiazhuang, control the Luhan Railway, and then attack Tianjin. Liu Yongfu personally led three divisions of the First Army, and went north from the eastern line to annihilate the Xiaozhan garrison. At present, Yuan Shikai is in Beijing, and the new army in Xiaozhan has no leader, striving to annihilate them in one fell swoop. Cao Yi led a team of troops out of Jinan to run for Weihai, cooperated with the Vietnamese security forces to land and take down the Beiyang Navy in one fell swoop."

Anqing, the most depressing thing among the new army was Wang Chao. The newly promoted division commander was about to show his strength, but Chen Congyun stayed in Anqing and ordered to take action overnight, take down Enming, and then send out the troops of Yijiao to cooperate with the Jiang defense fleet to occupy Jiujiang and monitor Zhang Zhidong in Wuchang.

In Vietnam, two infantry divisions led by Li Yaozu had already arrived in Wuzhou, and waited for Chen Congyun to kill to Guangzhou.

In Shanghai, Chen Congyun sat alone in a corner of the General Staff War Room, lying on the chair, waiting quietly. The staff in the war room were busy in an orderly manner, and no one looked at Chen Congyun more.

On the 28th! Liu Guangdi and others were beheaded at Caishikou!

The news came out that Shen Congyun issued a power nationwide in Shanghai in the afternoon of the same day!
Chapter completed!