Master Yuan, start!

Ronglu, the great Manchu general, was killed.

The non-staff forces of the National Defense Forces are also expanding.

Let Cixi go south, so that Guangxu can't reconcile with the governor of southeast,

It also sowed the seeds of discord between important officials and Emperor Guangxu."

Yuan Xiangcheng listed one thing after another and unknowingly achieved so many goals.

"Very good," Yuan Xiangcheng muttered to himself in great surprise. "Once things in the capital are settled, we can return to the border areas and build our ideal country."

Chapter 151 Guangxu Ai Sisi W Lu: ￥4L Suo: Reaction

"No kneeling?"

Cheng Hou said from the side, "I didn't pay much attention at first. I just heard something about Shanhaiguan being a battleground for military strategists. Then there was the sound of the wind and I couldn't hear clearly."

This is Chenghou reporting to the two of them what he saw and heard along the way.

Guangxu put down the letter and looked up at his dear father, Mayi X, who was standing beside him.

"Oh, that's right!" Cheng Hou slapped his head, "Yuan Xiangcheng's braid is gone!"

"what?"

Guangxu and Yixun quickly turned their heads and stared at Chenghou. Now Yuan Shikai has entered the capital, but his braid is gone?

This is truly shocking news.

"Is this serious?"

"It's so true, it couldn't be more true. When Yuan Xiangcheng rode his horse into Shanhaiguan, I saw it with all my heart."

Could it be that he was not serving the king but was planning a rebellion? Yi X was horrified.

Guangxu also frowned, thinking about something.

That's not right. If Yuan Shikai intended to rebel, why would he go to so much trouble to rescue me to Korea and let the scholars who supported the reform see me?

However, the two of them did not expect that Chenghou was a person who loved to listen to operas. When he was sent back to Korea by Yuan Shikai, he knew that the situation in the capital had been determined, so he kept the situation in suspense again.

"This is what Yuan Xiangcheng's personal guard Ming Ye told me about this matter."

"He said Yuan Xiangcheng's braid got burned while he was operating a hot air balloon, so he shaved his head completely."

"Hot air balloon?"

Guangxu's eyes flashed, and he remembered the large Kongming lantern he saw in Seoul years ago.

"That's right. I personally witnessed Yuan Xiangcheng boarding a hot air balloon several times and dropping bombs into Shanhaiguan after taking off."

"You little brat, how can you not prioritize?" Yi X glared at Cheng Hou, then breathed a sigh of relief: "If that's the case, then it's understandable. I can just find a fake braid to wear in the future."

"But it seems that after entering the city, Yuan Xiangcheng ordered his men to carry the body of the bannerman leader De Xing'a through the streets."

"Carrying corpses through the streets, or bannermen?" YiX lifted up the [?转：棂0qi九忆伞榴心] and asked, "What's going on?"

"To subdue the surrendered troops."

"That's nothing." Without waiting for Yixun to reply, Guangxu waved his hand and said, "Being loyal to the evil queen and blocking the heavenly soldiers is a dead end. Even if he survives, I will punish him in the future."

Upon hearing this, Guangxu felt no sympathy for De Xing'a, who was of the same ethnic group as him. Yi Xin was almost the same. After seeing that Yuan Shikai was not in any serious trouble, he was completely relieved.

After all, it was the first time in the history of the Qing Dynasty that the Manchus had to rely on a Han Chinese to quell the internal turmoil, and the two men had little experience.

"It's been a lot of hard work." Yi X let out a long breath, as if to let go of all the tension he'd been feeling for a while. "It's been almost half a year since last year, and this has finally come to a successful conclusion."

Yi X recalled the thrilling days he spent in the capital, worrying about his son's throne, worrying about his son's wedding, and finally worrying about his son's life.

After Yuan Shikai raised his army, he became worried about whether he could successfully enter the pass.

"I just sent a telegram to the capital," Guangxu mentioned this matter. "Master Weng said in the telegram that Yuan Shikai has arrived outside Chaoyang Gate and wants to inquire about the reward."

At Yixuan's suggestion, Guangxu had previously contacted Weng Tong, who was far away in the capital, via telegram.

"That's what I said, but I haven't seen Yuan Xiangcheng's telegram," Yi X said, pulling out Weng Tong's telegram. "And there are some ambiguities in Weng Tong's telegram."

As he spoke, Yi X read out: "The capital has been recovered, and all officials shed tears. They only pray that the emperor will return to the court and implement benevolent policies again."

"Father is right," Guangxu also felt something was amiss. "The capital was recovered, but what about the evil queen? Has she been captured? And what about my little nephew, the emperor? He hasn't even mentioned her."

"Forget it, 8" Guangxu no longer entangled 4, and said to Yi X: "Yuan Xiangcheng has arrived in the capital, father , let's talk about Yuan Xiangcheng's reward first."

The rebellion was quelled. Although no official war report had been received yet, the general situation was clear, so Guangxu wanted to discuss it.

"Last time, Yuan Xiangcheng was conferred the title of first-class viscount. This time, we must at least raise his rank again, right?" Guangxu felt only gratitude towards Yuan Xiangcheng, so he said whatever he wanted.

"Then make him an earl, a first-class earl!" Yi X thought he was being very magnanimous.

"Father, Zeng Guofan, who suppressed the bandits, was even made a marquis. Isn't it a bit shabby to give Yuan Xiangcheng a first-class earl?"

Guangxu stood up for Yuan Shikai. In his opinion, since both of them were endangering the country, they could be granted the titles of marquis and three earls after suppressing the bandits. Why could Yuan Shikai only be granted the title of earl?

"We have to give him a higher reward, otherwise there will be gossip in the world." At this time, Guangxu did not make much difference between Manchu and Han people in his heart towards Yuan Xiangcheng, who saved his life.

"Then let him inherit the throne without interruption, which can be considered as additional preferential treatment." Yi X replied.

Throughout the Qing Dynasty, there were Han people who were granted the title of earl, but very few of them inherited the title without succession. The only one was Zhang Tingyu, who compiled the history of Ming Dynasty.

But in the end, this hereditary earldom title could not be preserved and was taken away by Qianlong.

So this earldom was given to Yuan Shikai for the first time in the Qing Dynasty.

"Then it's time to upgrade Yuan Xiangcheng's position," Guangxu suggested. "Korea can no longer accommodate him."

Yuan Shikai was promoted to earl, which meant that he had transcended the category of ordinary officials of the ninth rank and eighteenth grade. Above earl, officials were considered "super officials" in the Qing Dynasty.

Since he has reached a higher rank, he can no longer be the Governor-General of Korea, who is called the Governor-General but is actually the Governor-General.

Guangxu stayed in Korea for half a year and got to know the geography and customs of Korea. It was indeed like a province in the interior of the country and it was not suitable to have a governor-general. Instead, a governor-general should be appointed.

However, if we move it up further, there won't be much room for Yuan Xiangcheng.

Looking around the world, it seems that there is no suitable position for him except the Governor-General of Zhili.

After all, there is still no explanation for the matter of several southeastern provinces helping the Queen of Demons. It is estimated that it will not be resolved in a short time, and Yuan Xiangcheng cannot go to the southeast to take up his post.

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The Governor-General of Zhili, the hereditary first-class earl, the Minister of Beiyang, and some honorary titles such as Grand Secretary seemed to be good too.

The reason why Guangxu could trust Yuan Shikai was due to Yuan Shikai's previous performances in front of Guangxu.

First of all, Yuan Shikai never showed any desire for the throne.

What he wanted was to overthrow the feudal monarchy. He treated everyone equally, including Cixi and Guangxu.

Secondly, because Yuan Shikai had no desire to become emperor, he naturally shared the same goals with Guangxu at this stage.

They both have the same goal.

Guangxu regained the throne, implemented reforms, and enriched the country and strengthened the military.

Yuan Shikai helped Guangxu regain the throne, implemented reforms, watched the reforms fail, and after constitutionalism became discredited, he promoted a republic to replace it.

In Yuan Xiangcheng's view, this is a necessary and indispensable step.

Without the blood of a generation of young French people shed in World War I, France would not have fallen so quickly in World War II.

Without the July bloodshed that abandoned their illusions, the Bolsheviks would not have chosen to seize power by force in October;

Without the failure of the urban revolution theory in China, the rural revolution theory would not have become the core idea of ​​the Chinese revolution.

If the world is not allowed to see that the path of constitutionalism is a dead end, there will still be many people in the world who have illusions about the imperial system.

It is 1890 now, not 1911, and the Qing Dynasty is far from being despised by everyone. After all, 20 years is enough to cultivate a generation of people who are committed to revolution.

But the scholars today were born at least 20 years ago, in 1870, an era when the imperial system was still the absolute mainstream.

It can even be said that if Yuan Shikai was willing to rebel and become a Han emperor, many people from all over China would respond, but being an emperor was not what Yuan Shikai wanted.

Yuan Shikai did not mind being labeled a traitor, but what he feared was that China would once again enter a period of feudal autocracy.

Once you have tasted the feeling of being an emperor, how many people can give it up?

Even if Yuan Shikai was a wise ruler, his descendants might not be the same. Instead of changing from an imperial autocracy to a constitutional monarchy, it would be better to go straight to a republic in one step.

Therefore, he could only truly convince the people of the world by personally putting Guangxu on the throne and then blocking the road to constitutionalism step by step.

Only by making people all over the world disappointed with constitutionalism can Yuan Shikai's path to a republic be recognized by the vast majority of people.

However, Guangxu was obviously unaware of this and was still thinking wholeheartedly about Yuan Shikai.

"Then let's decide it this way." Guangxu made up his mind and asked Chenghou to send the telegram.

However, Chenghou had only been out sending the telegram for a few hours when he rushed back into the house.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Master Yuan and Master Weng in the capital are taking action!"

"What's going on?" Yi X picked up the telegram and checked it. "How could these two people, who were fine, cause trouble?"

One is his son's teacher and the leader of the civil officials in the court; the other is the benefactor who saved his son and a military general. How could these two be related?

After carefully examining the telegram, Yi X realized that Weng Tong and Yuan Xiangcheng had some disagreements over the issue of "joining the enemy".

Naturally, he didn't take it seriously. He had simply served as an official under the Evil Queen. He couldn't just send all the ministers home because of this. If that happened, how would the six ministries and nine officials function? Wouldn't chaos break out immediately?

However, after reading the telegram, Guangxu agreed with it in his heart. He also looked down on those officials who colluded with the bandits.

If Si was truly loyal to the emperor, he should have robbed a carriage with Yuan Shikai and fled Beijing together that day, instead of taking the evil queen's salary and claiming to be loyal to the emperor.

But he could only think about it. After all, he knew nothing about the affairs of the court and needed the help of these people to familiarize himself with the affairs.

"In this case, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for Yuan Xiangcheng and the ministers in the court to stay together." Yi X pondered.

In Yi X's eyes, this is not a multiple-choice question. Although Yuan Shikai is important, the disaster has been resolved now, so naturally the group of civil officials is more important.

If Yuan Shikai were to remain in the capital, or even in the surrounding areas, he would have conflicts with the court officials.

cHowever, Guangxu thought differently from his father. He felt that Yuan Shikai's behavior of forcing court officials to write confessions was very much to his liking.

J Yuan Shikai could have won the admiration and love of all officials with the power of a great victory, but as soon as he entered the capital, he fell out with the civil officials and important officials. This was clear evidence that Yuan Shikai was willing to be a lone minister.

It’s to make myself believe him!

There have always been powerful ministers who usurped the throne, but there has never been a lone minister who became emperor!