Master Yuan, start!

The only difference is that a yellow sun and twelve-star flag is hung in the center just above Tiananmen Square.

From early morning, people who were going to participate in the funeral ceremony of Emperor Guangxu arrived in front of Tiananmen Square one after another.

"The King of Ceremonies, the King of Ceremonies!"

As the former Prince Li Shiduo stepped onto the temporary platform, he heard someone calling him from a distance. Turning his head, he saw Yiktang'a waving at him.

Shi Duo turned to Yuan Shikai and took the position of Minister of Mongolian and Xinjiang Affairs, which made many officials who had good intentions for the Qing Dynasty and some bannermen feel betrayed.

Therefore, in order to maintain their inner dignity, they felt ashamed to deal with a "traitor" like Shi Duo.

"I was thinking of sending someone to look for you!" Yiktang Aha let out a breath of hot air, moved closer to Shiduo and started chatting.

Although many Manchu elders were dissatisfied with Shiduo, Yiktang'a, who had experienced the betrayal of the Qing central government and was detained by the Russians, understood that Shiduo's actions were already intended to preserve the vitality of the bannermen.

What else can Shiduo do? To assassinate Yuan Shikai?

The world of the Bannermen was lost by the power-hungry Prince Gong Yi D. It was he who, out of his own selfish desire to retain power forever after the death of his father, the Emperor Yi X, colluded with the Russians to invade the Northeast.

Those gossipers who are now calling Shiduo a traitor would not be staying in the capital if they had any brains at the time.

The principled bannermen have all gone to the Hetao area to cultivate land. Now all those who remain in the capital are "bannermen" who have changed their surnames to Han ones, pure Han people!

As the sun rose higher, the crowds at Tiananmen Square grew increasingly noisy.

Guangxu's body was stuffed with ice and loaded onto a truck, which was parked right in front of Tiananmen Square.

As for the mausoleum, it was not built on the day he ascended the throne like the emperors of previous dynasties.

Guangxu actually has no mausoleum.

Historically, the Chongling Mausoleum of the Qing Dynasty, where Emperor Guangxu was buried, was only built after his death.

In this time and space, Guangxu has been struggling to survive since he fell into a coma. Although the construction of the mausoleum has started, the progress is not fast.

After the establishment of the Republic, construction was completely stopped, so that to this day, only the foundation of Guangxu's mausoleum has been laid.

More and more people from the north and south and reporters gathered to watch. Under everyone's gaze, a figure who was not tall but strong and powerful walked up to the Tiananmen Gate Tower.

The dark gray woolen republican suit was neatly ironed, with a standing collar and five gold-stamped edges on the cuffs, and three neatly arranged silver buttons inlaid on them.

When they saw Yuan Xiangcheng appear, everyone was quiet for a moment, and then the spotlights flashed violently.

I don't know who started the applause first, but gradually the applause became continuous and loud like thunder, and the foreign representatives who came to watch gradually stopped chatting.

"The Qing Dynasty finally fell."

Driven by a simple loudspeaker, Yuan Shikai's voice floated near Tiananmen Square.

"However, the Qing Dynasty has not yet been judged!"

Facing the crowds of people, Yuan Xiangcheng took out a letter he had written long ago and said in a high voice:

"I have often observed the governance of the Three Dynasties, and have always sighed deeply. Now, as I look back at the 268 years of the Qing Dynasty, how cruel it was!

They were a tribe in a remote corner of Jianzhou. Taking advantage of the decline of the Ming Dynasty, they pretended to be loyal to the king but actually tried to steal the throne. However, they usurped the power of China as barbarians and controlled the nine provinces with tribes. They have been losing their way for a long time.

When they first entered the Pass, they massacred people in Jiangzuo. Their bodies were hung on the city wall of Yangzhou for ten days, and their bones were buried in the streets of Jiading. This was not an army of benevolence and righteousness, but a group of jackals and wolves!

However, the Manchu Qing Dynasty still claimed to be the Mandate of Heaven and claimed to be orthodox. This was one of its crimes against the will of Heaven.

Because their founding was not righteous, they used harsh laws to intimidate the world. Dorgon issued an order to shave heads, allowing only the head to be shaved but not the hair; Shunzhi imposed a law that allowed fugitives to escape, capturing slaves and neighbors. They seized 5 hectares of fertile farmland in the capital, forcing the people of Yan and Zhao to flee like dogs and pigs. They established a willow-lined border to seal off the fertile plains east of the Guanzhong Mountains, allowing the Rus to invade the borders but leaving them to the wilderness. This was not something Jie or Zhou could do, yet Jianzhou did it. This is their second sin.

Kangxi established the Boxue Hongci examination, seemingly to honor literature but actually to imprison scholars; Yongzheng established the Grand Council, euphemistically claiming to be diligent in government, but actually to centralize power and make arbitrary decisions; Qianlong, in the name of compiling the Siku Quanshu, destroyed more than 100,000 volumes of classics, tampered with the classics and history, and severed the cultural heritage of China. His crimes reached heaven.

The burning of books by the Emperor Qin Shi Huang was not as cruel as this. This is his third crime.

The Kangxi and Qianlong dynasties hailed a prosperous era, yet the people were left with meager food. The Daoguang era advocated frugality, yet the treasury was empty. The land tax system was implemented, with each acre being taxed, making it heavier than the previous Ming dynasty. Land was enclosed and occupied, with the fertile lands going to the bannermen. From the Xianfeng era onward, the sale of official positions and titles, bribery, and corruption became rampant, leaving the people destitute. The people were left with little clothing, yet they were still taxed with lijin (lijin). Even when their crops yielded nothing, they were still levied with huohao (fire consumption) taxes.

Officials are corrupt and the people are starving. Isn't this like draining the pond to catch all the fish? This is the fourth sin!

The worst evil is locking the country's borders!

Shunzhi issued an edict banning ships from the sea; Qianlong refused British envoys, falsely claiming the Celestial Empire was rich in resources. Navy warships rotted in harbors, and firearms technology was abandoned at court. Then came the opium epidemic, with silver flowing out in torrents. Surrounded by foreign powers, China ceded territory bit by bit. The Treaty of Nanjing set a precedent for indemnities; the Treaty of Peking ceded millions of miles of territory.

I still remember Lin Zexu's words before the garrison: "Who will eventually become a threat to China? It will be Russia!" As expected, there was the shame of Aihui and the loss of Yili, and the entire area north of Heilongjiang fell into the mouths of bears.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty, with its own tribal interests, placed itself above the Chinese people, treated the Han people like dogs and horses, and regarded the territory as private property.

It is better to give gifts to friendly countries than to domestic slaves; measure China's material resources and win the favor of the great powers.

When the Taiping Rebellion rose up, they still held the idea of ​​"protecting the Qing Dynasty but not China". Their heart is despicable and their actions are despicable. This is the fifth crime!

The people are like water and the king is the boat. Water can carry the boat, but it can also capsize it.

The Qing Dynasty relied on horseback riding and archery but forgot about culture and education, and relied on power and intrigue to lose the support of the people. Although there were capable ministers such as Zeng Zuo and the new emperor Guangxu, they were ultimately unable to save the country from disaster.

When the guns of Shanhaiguan were fired, the whole country followed suit, and the Han people were able to enter the pass and go south.

The flag of the Republic is flying high, the people are united, and finally the Xuanyuan bloodline is seen returning.

He abolished foot binding and released chastity, cut off braids to restore Han rituals, swept away the chronic diseases of the Eight Banners, and returned the Nine Cauldrons to the people.

The imperial Qing dynasty relied on horseback and cavalry to oppress the Central Plains, ultimately losing the Mandate of Heaven; the republican China upholds the system of justice to carry on the great principles and begins a new era!

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"However, the past is gone. Now that the Qing Dynasty has been destroyed, our people, regardless of region or ethnicity, should fight for the rise of China!"

This last sentence, without any flashy words or loud shouting, made countless people feel their hearts surge.

Looking back on the past, the vanity and smoke are too unbearable to look back on. Looking at the present, the people are moving forward together, everything is new, and then thinking about the end, it is like a declaration for the future, the supreme dream that has been suppressed in the chest of a country and a nation for hundreds of years.

This passage sounds so refreshing that one can't help but imagine what the future will be like?

Applause rang out, and everyone even forgot the most important thing of this time, and cheered for Yuan Xiangcheng

Chapter 500 Posthumous Title

This ceremony is not over yet.

Yuan Shikai not only wanted to make the final judgment on the Qing Dynasty, but also wanted to make the final judgment on the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Yuan Xiangcheng knew what everyone was waiting for. After putting away the article he had written on the Qing Dynasty, he adjusted his breathing and looked at the people in the audience.

At the same time, footsteps were heard behind Yuan Xiangcheng.

The leather boots under Xu Shichang's feet hit the ground with a crisp tapping sound, like a magical drum rhythm, attracting countless hearts to beat together.

Looking at Yuan Xiangcheng standing in front of him, Xu Shichang's eyes were full of memories, as if he was remembering the scene of the three of them meeting in the small courtyard of Henan County Government more than 20 years ago.

At that time, Yuan Xiangcheng was still traveling around to study, and was very distressed because he could not pass the examination to become a scholar.

He and his younger brother Shiguang lost their father at a young age. Although they had passed the examination and were able to go to Shuntian Prefecture to take part in the provincial examination, in order to supplement the family income and earn money, they had to stay in the county government office in Chenzhou, Henan, helping with clerical work with only two months left before the examination.

After the three met, they hit it off and talked all night long, becoming close friends.

It was also thanks to Yuan Shikai's financial support, otherwise the two brothers would have almost not been able to raise enough money to go to the capital to take part in the provincial examination.

But now, he has grown from the poor and penniless young man named Xu to the Prime Minister of the Republic Government.

The young man from the Xiangcheng Yuan family, who was so generous that he was willing to donate a hundred taels of silver to help the Xu brothers go to Beijing to take the imperial examinations just because of a pleasant conversation, is now at the top of the world.

Let yourself continue to stand by the side of this young friend and keep moving forward!

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Xu Shichang took a half step forward, stood in front of the simple loudspeaker, and shouted to the crowd below: "Since ancient times, emperors have always had posthumous titles when they died. Although the Qing Dynasty is a pseudo-dynasty, the last emperor should have a posthumous title.

Now, the President must clearly explain the rules!

After Xu Shichang finished speaking, the Chinese and foreign reporters on both sides of the Tiananmen Gate Tower, who were originally tired of holding heavy cameras, quickly perked up and adjusted their lenses.

There were also bursts of discussion coming from downstairs of Tiananmen Square.

Everyone knows the big one is coming.

The President, or the Republican government, had a consistent and clear attitude towards the Qing Dynasty.

That is, to belittle it as much as possible.

The attitude expressed in the speech just now was the same as usual.

However, the President's attitude towards Emperor Guangxu, the "master of revival and reform" who was once highly expected by everyone, has always been unclear.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, all previous discussions and evaluations of the Qing Dynasty seemed to have intentionally or unintentionally omitted this last emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Some people think that this is because of the special circumstances. After all, the President once served under Guangxu, and evaluating Guangxu is evaluating his own past deeds.

Some people also think that the President was concerned about the friendship between the emperor and his subjects and did not want to involve Guangxu.

But no matter what, if there were excuses before, now that Guangxu is dead, there is no reason to delay the final judgment on him.

After all, the history of the Qing Dynasty was already being compiled, and well-known historians from all over the country were gradually recruited to Tianjin to begin organizing the daily records, records and other materials left by the Qing Dynasty.

Since ancient times, history has been compiled from the back to the front. The closer the time, the more complete the historical materials.

We must first give the evaluation of the Last Emperor before we can continue to practice.

"Prince Li, what kind of temple name and posthumous title do you think will be given?" Yiktang'a asked, touching Shiduo beside him.

"What kind of temple name and posthumous title should be given..." After hearing this, Shi Siduo couldn't help but ponder.

After the establishment of the republican government, as the president, Yuan Shikai traveled back and forth between the north and the south, and his contact with himself became less and less.

Therefore, after not seeing Yuan Xiangcheng for a long time, Shi Duo was somewhat unable to grasp what was in his mind.

However, one thing is certain, there is no need to think about the temple name.

The Qing Dynasty has lost its country and ancestral temples, so how can it have the right to give it a temple name?

As for posthumous titles, since ancient times, they have been divided into three levels.

The highest posthumous title, the middle posthumous title, the lowest posthumous title, or they can also be called the good posthumous title, the average posthumous title, and the bad posthumous title.

The so-called beautiful posthumous title is an evaluation of the emperor that is the utmost praise. Wen, Wu, Jing, Cheng, Kang, Zhao, Mu, Xiao, Huan, Zhuang, etc. can all be considered beautiful posthumous titles.

This is basically the case with Emperor Wen and Emperor Wu, who were the founding emperors of every dynasty.

A posthumous title of "ping" means that the emperor was mostly mediocre, or it may express sympathy, such as "ai", "shang", "yin", "dao", "huai", and "min".

The last few emperors of dynasties throughout history were basically given these posthumous titles.

As for bad posthumous titles, they are mostly critical in nature and are generally used for monarchs who were extremely licentious, cruel and tyrannical during their reign, causing the country to decline or even destruction.

In fact, there are very few emperors with bad posthumous titles in history, such as King Zhou of Shang and King You of Zhou. However, among the hundreds of emperors after Emperor Qin Shi Huang, only 9 had bad posthumous titles.