Chapter Thirty-Four
Looking at each other in silence, only tears flow thousands of times.
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Hearing the sound, the emperor suddenly turned around and walked over with great strides.
Before he arrived, tears had burst out from his eyes. Ten years... it had been ten years! Although the emperor tried his best to control his emotions, he could still feel the strong emotional fluctuations and thought impact left by Guangxu in his body - the minister of distress is here!
"Sir Kang..., Zhuo Ru... you are here... I... I am very pleased."
"Emperor..." There was a burst of crying in the Yangxin Palace, and the three kings and ministers hugged their heads and cried bitterly. Yang Du listened quietly beside him. Liangbi and Wang Shang went to work outside the hall gate, which made people feel moved by the scene.
Wang Shang's eyes were red and he choked and said to Liangbi: "It's been ten years. The emperor has been thinking about Lord Kang and Lord Liang day and night. I was so sad that I saw it next to him... I finally reunited today, and I am in my heart..."
"Get up, get up quickly." After a long time, Lin Guangyu remembered that the two of them were still kneeling on the ground.
"The old minister is incompetent, and the emperor suffered ten years of suffering in vain... The old minister... The old minister... The crime deserves death." Kang Youwei burst into tears, and the past scenes appeared in front of him again: the living smiles and the kind and friendly face of the six gentlemen seemed to be able to touch with just stretching out his hand. However, this love became a memory when he parted, and meeting again was already in a dream.
"The past is like a passing cloud. I have finally survived for ten years of suffering." Lin Guangyu tried hard to create the atmosphere more relaxed. "I haven't seen each other for ten years, Zhuo Ru has become much older, but Mr. Kang's white hair has grown out..."
"For ten years, my ministers have accomplished nothing, but my hair is gray, which makes me laugh at the emperor."
Liang Qichao was depressed and his words were choked: "My memory is looking forward to the day when the king and his ministers have been together for a long time. It's a pity... Tan Fusheng has no chance to meet..."
"Looking at the door and thinking of Zhang Jian, I will wait for Du Gen for a moment. I will smile at the sky with my sword, leaving my heart and courage!" The emperor said one by one, saying a poem written by Tan Sitong on the prison wall. It was sad and heroic, and there was a hidden sound of gold and stone, and everyone looked solemn.
He wiped his tears with his sleeve: "Now I just want to do a good job, be worthy of my ancestors, and be able to comfort these loyal and wise ministers... Otherwise, how can I repay Tan Qing's spirit in heaven? I still have many things to rely on you..."
"The emperor's kindness is so kind to the emperor, and I have no choice but to devote myself to it until I die."
"During the great mourning period, I cannot change the policy that the Empress Dowager set during her lifetime, so I can only slowly plan it to avoid criticism from the public. In the past few days, Zhuo Ru and Mr. Kang have temporarily avoided the limelight at Yang Qing's house and studied the affairs of Jun Xian in the house. If there is a memorable memorial, I can ask Yang Qing to bring it. There are many people in the palace who are mixed with eyes and can easily leak news. I hope you and others can understand my painstaking efforts."
Lin Guangyu turned his head to Yang Du and said, "I know that you and Zhuo Ru have differences in how to establish a constitution, and there are many misunderstandings about the political and social affairs. In the past, I was not interested in who is not who is not. I just hope that in the future, I will work together with me to create a great cause."
Since the Qing court issued a preparatory constitutional edict, Kang Liang and other reformists who were exiled overseas were quite excited and decided to seize the opportunity to promote constitutionalism, so they planned to establish a constitutional congress in Japan as a political organization. Since Kang and Liang were still wanted, they entrusted Yang Du and Jiang Zhiyou as domestic initiators to elect Yang Du as Director-General and decided to set up their headquarters in Shanghai. However, good things have gone a long way. Yang Du, Liang Qichao and others first made trouble with each other due to political differences and competition for leadership.
Unpleasantness caused rifts - the Constitutional Council was renamed Zhengwen Society in Shanghai, but Yang Du and Xiong Fanyu and others came forward to organize a constitutional seminar to confront them. A few months ago, Chen Jingren, who was then the head of the Ministry of Law, wrote a letter to "convene the Congress within three years" to anger Cixi, which led to the disbandment of the Zhengwen Society. In response, Yang Du's constitutional seminar not only did not help, but was often sarcastic in newspapers. The emperor's statement was obviously directed at this matter.
Yang Du's face suddenly turned red. He had no personal holiday with Kang Liang. On the contrary, he and Liang Qichao were good friends who knew each other. The reason why the two major constitutionalists had such a big difference is because Yang Du hoped to rely on Yuan Shikai and others to complete the constitution, but Kang Liang still placed his hope on the emperor and his relatives. Now that Yuan Shikai is dead, the emperor is in charge of the rule, there is naturally no need to distinguish between right and wrong in the middle.
Seeing Yang Du's embarrassed expression, Lin Guangyu smiled: "I just hope that you can work together like the five ministers' constitutional investigation report that year. Zhuo Ru, you can't see the article "Comparison of Constitutionalism between East and West Countries" by Yang Du, but I can't see it either?"
"The emperor is wise! Thanks to Xizi at that time." This is the emperor's reminder of Liang Qichao not to forget Yang Du's promotion of constitutionalism.
Several people reluctantly bid farewell to the Forbidden City, but they felt that their eyes suddenly became clear. Ten years of hardships, breaking through them is a new world...
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There were more and more officials from all over the country who arrived in Beijing. In the old Qing Dynasty, non-Beijing officials were allowed to purchase real estate in the capital, so all the luxurious hotels in the capital were taken over by these well-known officials. In order to ensure safety, Shanqi was exhausted, and sent a large number of patrol police to maintain public security. All kinds of news were circulating on the market, but the news that Kang and Liang had quietly arrived did not cause any trouble. Among them, except for Shanqi receiving a secret order to protect them, the rest of the big figures only stared at the future political situation.
Xu Shichang, the former governor of the three eastern provinces and the current minister of military affairs, came with a minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, with a look of dust and anxiety. As Yuan Shikai's friend in distress, Xu Shichang was extremely poor at that time, but fortunately, Yuan Shikai helped many people to get a high school Jinshi and merged into the Hanlin. He naturally wanted to pay his condolences to Yuan Shikai. The officials who were receiving the station were crowded with reporters from all walks of life, and all wanted to take out something from his mouth. But the old fox was very cunning. After getting off the train, he didn't say a word, and entered the palace as soon as possible, first mourning to Cixi, and then met the emperor in the Yangxin Hall.
Facing the emperor's majestic face, Xu Shichang also muttered in his heart: A few days ago, one shocking news after another came, first the empress dowager passed away, the emperor took power, then Yuan Shikai died, the palace was banned from the fire, then the internal military aircraft was transferred to the government to remove the governor of the three northeastern provinces, and later he was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce... A series of major events were dazzling, and the emperor's motives could not be guessed at all. Many people stared at him, hoping to see clearly the future direction of major politics in his ups and downs - so before others arrived in the capital, Beijing-China public opinion had already pushed him to the forefront.
Looking at his flickering eyes and listening to his respectful but boring greetings, Lin Guangyu smiled: He knew that he wanted to ask about Yuan Shikai, but he was not convenient to speak directly, and he didn't point it out at the moment, and only showed him the manuscript made by Zhang Zhidong. The first was an edict issued by Zhang Zhidong. Xu Shichang had seen it halfway. Although he was skeptical, he still pretended to read it respectfully. The second was a full manuscript made by Zhang Zhidong. Except for the high-sounding part of the edict, there was only a word of disaster.
The whole military plane surrounded the next to him was silent, focusing his eyes on his face, hoping to know what he was thinking. The hall was so quiet that it could be heard that a needle fell to the ground. While reading the manuscript, Xu Shichang was thinking about the cause and effect of the matter - we couldn't walk into the bottomless muddy water of the imperial court on the first day.
He had already vaguely heard the wind about miracles and disasters. The emperor took out Zhang Nanpi's manuscript and asked the entire military officers to accompany him. Even if he dared not believe it, he had to believe it. Although his eyes were still on the paper, his mind had already pondered the reply two or three times.
"The old minister is very grateful to the emperor. With the help of the gods, it can be seen that the emperor responds to the heavens and the people are looking forward to the people. The ancestors are very lucky and the country is very lucky." With such unnutritious praise, the other few originally expected him to speak some high-profile arguments, but they are unavoidable to be disappointed at the moment. However, the emperor smiled knowingly: It is indeed a smart person, and dealing with smart people is really worry-free.
"I know that you and Yuan Shikai have a close relationship. Half of Yuan Shikai's achievements are all due to your plan and assistance. Now I am ordering you to join the military and serve as the Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, so I hope that you can play your strengths, magnify Yuan Qing's career, and repay his unfulfilled ambitions..."
After all the words were said, what else could you say? Xu Shichang was so excited that his knees softened: "I thank God for your kindness."
Chapter completed!