Master Yuan, start!

What Yuan Xiangcheng said had a very wide impact, and it involved the Bannermen!

"Of course not, Prince Chun, there is a witness." Yuan Xiangcheng took out another piece of white paper with fingerprints on it.

It was clearly written on it that the assassin's name was Agfa, and he was from the Manchu Red Banner. Because his salary was cut off and he had no source of upgrades, he did all kinds of sneaky things all day long, and he often shouted that he would teach those who had their salary cut off a lesson.

Who was the one who cut off the flag pay? Apart from the current emperor, who else dared to cut off the flag pay?

This is the truth, of course, but only part of the truth.

The deceased assassin was indeed named Agfa, and he was a member of the Manchu Red Banner.

But Yuan Xiangcheng would not tell everyone present, and the guarantor also said that the target of the assassination was Yuan Xiangcheng, not the emperor.

However, the bullet hit Guangxu's forehead. Who would believe it now that the target was not Guangxu?

Anyway, after tonight, this person will be "kidnapped" and disappear without a trace.

All that was left was the assassin's body and a Mauser rifle.

Calculating the time, it should be about time, right? Yuan Xiangcheng looked at the sky and kept estimating in his mind.

Sure enough, after seeing the certificate of guilt, Yi X looked up at Prince Li and found that he nodded to indicate that he knew about it, and he couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

The assassin is a Manchu, a member of the Red Banner?

It's not the external thieves who want to murder the current emperor, but the internal thieves who want to choose another Aisin Gioro!

The enemy is in the Eight Banners!

If this matter is confirmed, it is not as simple as the assassination of the emperor, but it is a question of whether the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia are loyal or not!

There have been assassinations of emperors throughout the history of the Qing Dynasty. Emperor Renzong Jiaqing was in danger twice. One time, it was a Han chef who acted on impulse, and the other time, it was the Tianli Sect who sneaked into the Forbidden City.

But both times were foreign invasions, and the Manchu and Mongolian guards around the emperor were still loyal.

What should I do? My son is in a coma, the capital is full of dangers, and it is unclear whether the Manchus and the Han are enemies or not. What should I do?

YiX frowned, not knowing what to do.

"Sir, it's not good!"

Just when the Imperial Hospital was in complete silence, Mingye's shouts were heard from outside.

"what's up?"

"My Lords, Mr. Yuan, that broker, that broker..."

As soon as Ming Ye entered the room, he knelt down and kowtowed, acting extremely frightened: "That broker was kidnapped!"

"What?" Prince Li Shiduo was extremely shocked. "There are also rebels in the imperial city?"

"Sir, there are only a few hundred National Defense Army brothers entering the capital this time. The patrol battalion under the Nine Gates Admiral is searching the capital for the assassin's accomplices. The people defending the imperial city are stretched thin, which is why the criminal was accidentally kidnapped by the thieves!"

"The palace gates are closed. Where can the thieves run to? Why don't you chase them?!" Yuan Xiangcheng pretended to be angry and said sternly.

"I'm incompetent." Ming Ye slapped himself and cried, "The thief, the thief has gone around in circles and nowhere to be found!"

"The National Defense Army has just arrived at the Forbidden City, so it's inevitable that they are unfamiliar with the terrain. We should not blame them lightly." Weng Tong was afraid that Yuan Xiangcheng would blame the soldiers and cause more trouble, so he quickly suggested: "Second Prince, Wei Ting, the palace is not safe either. The emperor is unconscious. What will happen? We need to make plans early."

"The Tieliang army in the west of Beijing cannot be mobilized, and the Eight Banners of Manchuria and Mongolia in Beijing cannot be trusted." Yi X muttered to himself, thinking about how to get through this thrilling night.

Seeing that Yuan Xiangcheng hesitated to speak, he immediately asked:

"Weiting, if you have any ideas, just tell me now. No matter what they are, as long as they can save the emperor and the Qing Dynasty, you can speak them out."

Yuan Xiangcheng was just waiting for Yi X to speak up. He laid so much groundwork, wasn't it just to create a situation where the Manchus and Mongols were not trustworthy and only Yuan Xiangcheng was reliable?

I can't speak immediately, otherwise it will be too deliberate.

"I dare not speak."

"Speak, the king allows you to speak!"

ear "minister"

"Speak, as the current emperor and father, I command you to speak!"

"Okay!" Yuan Xiangcheng seemed to have made up his mind and quickly bowed to Yi X and said:

Three, "Please have Prince Chun take the position of Regent. According to the Emperor's previous draft, a responsible cabinet will be established to exercise the Emperor's power in the event of the Emperor's coma, pending the future!"

Constitutional monarchy, here he comes!

Constitutional monarchy was one of the goals of the new policies implemented by Guangxu since he returned to the capital.

However, in China at the end of the 19th century, few people understood what constitutionalism was, nor did anyone understand why it was necessary.

There were emperors before and after the establishment of the constitution, so what difference does it make whether there is a constitution or not?

"Weiting, wasn't it already publicly agreed that after the world was unified, we would send ministers abroad to study the constitutional monarchy system, so that we could establish a constitutional monarchy?"

Although Yi Xin did not interfere in government affairs, he knew that there had been a debate in the capital about whether to establish a constitution or not.

After the Anti-Curtain Campaign, Guangxu returned to the capital and bestowed heavy rewards on his ministers.

Among them is Yang Shenxiu, who was one of the Six Young Masters of the Wuxu Reform in history. In this time and space, because he advocated that Guangxu should rule the country personally, he offended Cixi and was exiled to the Summer Palace to dig soil. He was not rescued until Yuan Shikai led the National Defense Army to Beijing.

Guangxu was grateful for his loyalty and conferred him the title of first-class baron and the position of Minister of Taichang Temple for his contribution in saving his master, so that he could consult on the reform.

However, Yang Shenxiu had never accepted new ideas, and in the original time and space he was not a key figure in the Reform Movement of 1898. He was simply loyal to the emperor.

During the Hundred Days' Reform in the original time and space, the person who played a key role among the people was Kang Youwei, and in the officialdom were Tan Sitong, Yang Rui, Lin Xu, Liu Guangdi and other four people.

These four people were deeply influenced by Kang Youwei's reform ideas, and were all granted the post of military secretary by Emperor Guangxu, and were called "the four ministers of the military" by people at that time.

But in this time and space, the Six Gentlemen of the Wuxu Reform are scattered all over the place.

Tan Sitong was outside the Great Wall and was taken into the service of Yuan Xiangcheng;

Yang Rui was in Huguang, following his benefactor Zhang Zhidong;

Lin Xu, who was born in Fujian, gave up literature and went into business because the imperial examinations in the south were suspended;

Kang Youwei became Liu Kunyi's official mouthpiece;

In other words, among the key figures of the Reform Movement of 1898 in history, only Liu Guangdi was still in Beijing at that time.

Gold will always shine. When Yang Shenxiu met with Guangxu on a daily basis, he felt that he lacked knowledge about reform.

It happened that Liu Guangdi, as a member of the Ministry of Justice, published his views on reform in a newspaper in the capital, and became famous overnight. Yang Shenxiu took the initiative to make friends with him.

After a few interactions, the two became familiar with each other, and Yang Shenxiu recommended Liu Guangdi to Guangxu.

When summoned, Liu Guangdi strongly advocated to Guangxu the reform proposal that "the national situation is difficult and critical, and there are accumulated evils at home and abroad. Without resolute efforts, there will be no way to govern the country", which was appreciated by the straightforward Guangxu.

The next morning, a eunuch rushed to Liu's house and first granted Liu Guang the title of fourth-rank official, promoting him three levels from a member of the Imperial Court to a fourth-rank official in one go.

He was then granted the position of military secretary and worked with Yang Shenxiu on the reform.

Liu Guangdi, who was deeply grateful for the emperor's kindness, often asked Yang Shenxiu to stay up late to review memorials and draw up opinions for Guangxu to decide.

"Reduce the number of officials, eliminate redundant personnel, cut costs, train the army, promote industry, reform the imperial examination system, relax the restrictions on the Eight Banners, and implement a constitutional monarchy."

These are the eight propositions put forward by Liu Guangdi during his tenure as military secretary, also known as the "Eight Points for Reform".

After the eight articles were put forward, a new policy whirlwind was set off among the middle and lower-level officials in the capital.

Liu Guangdi and Yang Shenxiu were also known as the "Two Heroes of Military Affairs" and became famous.

But this whirlwind that stirred up the wind and waves hit the wall hard.

The Grand Council not only had Grand Councillors to do things on behalf of the government, but also had Grand Councillors who oversaw state affairs.

Although Weng Tong knew that he had to reform after experiencing the anti-curtain movement, he chose to slow down if possible and did not advocate radicalism.

There were only two ways for the Qing Dynasty to establish a constitutional government: either establish a royal cabinet and pretend to establish a constitutional government, but everything would remain the same.

Either that or they could truly establish a constitution and establish a bourgeois regime.

But this also means that the emperor will betray the landlord class, the Eight Banners leaders and the Han landlords.

Guangxu and Liu Guangdi had never learned the saying that the economic base determines the superstructure. They thought that once the imperial edict was issued, the world would be peaceful and prosperous.

Weng Tong had never studied it, and he didn't know the essence of constitutional monarchy.

But having been immersed in officialdom for decades, he instinctively realized that if all the "Eight Reforms" were really implemented, the Qing Dynasty would inevitably fall into chaos.

It is not appropriate to implement such a radical new policy when the rebellion in the south has not been quelled.

So he submitted a memorial to Guangxu, advocating that the action be postponed and that they start with "military training" and proceed step by step.

Guangxu naturally disagreed, but the situation in the court was no longer the same as before.

Weng Tong and Li Hongzao, who had originally been at odds with each other under Cixi, merged under the threat of the new reform forces.

Weng Tong became a banner of the "loyal and conservative faction" in Beijing. In addition, he was a sophisticated person, so Guangxu, who had just come to power, had no way to deal with him unless he removed him from his post.

But Guangxu was a man who remembered the past and was grateful for what he had done. He was unwilling to treat his master in this way, and for a time the situation in the court was deadlocked.

Liu Guangdi was unhappy about his policies being blocked, so he published an article in Shuntian Times to refute Weng Tong's slow-paced remarks. Weng Tong and the upright officials led by Li Hongzao were not to be outdone, and under the instructions from their superiors, they published articles to denounce him.

In this way, a confrontation arose between the "loyal radicals" and the "loyal conservatives".

The final result was that both sides took a step back and chose four of the eight reforms to be temporarily implemented for five years. If public resentment aroused and it was of no benefit to the country, then the reforms would be stopped.

If five is very successful after eight years, then the remaining four of six will be implemented after six unifies the world.

The first four policies to be implemented were "training troops, promoting industry, reforming the imperial examination system, and relaxing the restrictions on the Eight Banners."

Needless to say, military training is important, and the National Defense Forces have long proven the effectiveness of this approach.

If we look at the trend of promoting industry, we can see that it is actually a plus version of the Westernization Movement.

What really needs to be started from scratch is to reform the imperial examination system and lift the ban on the Eight Banners.

This also explains why during the years of the North-South split, scholars in the South who had no imperial examinations to take did not go to the North to take the examinations, but instead many went to Korea to study.

Because the imperial examination system in the north was reformed and new subjects such as astronomy, mathematics, chemistry, physics, and postal communication were added, traditional Confucian scholars had no experience and could only go to Korea, where the new subjects were most prosperous, for "tutoring".

As for the Eight Banners issue, due to the division between the north and the south, the generals in the southern Manchu city were surrounded by the surrounding governors and their armies, and had no choice but to express their "loyalty to Empress Dowager Cixi" and "loyalty to Emperor Baoqing".

Guangxu took this opportunity to cut off the salary of the Manchus in the cities south of the Yangtze River.

At the same time, Guangxu also took measures to reduce the banner salary by half, temporarily suspend its payment, lift the banner ban, and allow the banner people to make a living on their own.

These measures were undoubtedly beneficial to the Qing Dynasty, but a grain of sand in the era can be like a mountain on an individual's head.

Confucian scholars who have read the Four Books and Five Classics for decades will certainly not be able to overcome the complexity of modern science for a while.