What? Guangxu asked Yuan Shikai to come to Beijing?" Zhang Yunfei said in shock.

He thought to himself: Guangxu is really a ill person and seeks medical treatment! Such a flamboyant edict from Yuan Shikai is afraid that Empress Dowager Cixi will not know?

"Yes!" Zhang Er replied: "It is said to be asking about the military parade! Listen to the words of General Manager Li Lianying, you must also participate in the military parade in Tianjin!"

"Military Parade?" Zhang Yunfei snorted coldly and said, "No need to go. Emperor Guangxu was so arrogant and confronting Empress Dowager Cixi. I am afraid that Empress Dowager Cixi has already taken action now! Of course, we don't need to go to Tianjin again!"

Zhang Yunfei said, cursing in his heart: Damn Guangxu, why can't he keep calm? I originally planned to wait for you to leave the capital and stay on my territory for a while to avoid the limelight. It would also let me take the emperor to command the princes! Now it seems that you can't escape the imprisoned life!

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In August and September 1898, the conservatives, Waitabu, the most fierce opposition among the conservatives, Xu Ying and other artificial members of the Later Party gradually convinced Empress Dowager Cixi to re-train.

The conflict between Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu continued to intensify with Emperor Guangxu's continuous provocation of Empress Dowager Cixi's bottom line. At this time, Empress Dowager Cixi had the idea of ​​preparing to abolish Emperor Guangxu. In addition, Emperor Guangxu was very disobedient, which increased the idea of ​​Empress Dowager Cixi re-electing an obedient emperor.

The attempt to coup gradually revealed, Emperor Guangxu, his followers and members of the reformists had to plan countermeasures. But at this time, Emperor Guangxu only realized that there was no trustworthy minister or general around him. He, who once thought that the emperor in the world, had just now awakened. It turned out that he was the Queen Mother of the Sun Wukong and Empress Dowager Cixi in Wuzhi Mountain, and that old Buddha Tathagata. How could Emperor Guangxu jump out of Cixi's palm?

From the beginning, Empress Dowager Cixi got this game. After the poor Emperor Guangxu jumped like a clown like a clown, he realized that he was just an actor in the eyes of others.

This is a political trick! In this regard, Emperor Guangxu is obviously far behind that of Cixi!

Waiting for death?

Of course it is impossible!

Kang Youwei also found this question: I want to strive for Yuan Shikai to train troops in the small station to borrow his force to defend the new policy.

However, Yuan Shikai was insidious and cunning. He speculated and joined the Strong Society. He expressed his support for the reform and reform and kept giving money to Ronglu. In the Beiyang armies in Ronglu, he led the local brigade of the Qing army. With this army, Yuan Shikai has now become a powerful faction in the army.

However, the reformists were confused by Yuan Shikai's surface phenomena and wanted to rely on him to protect the new policy. So Youwei recommended Yuan Shikai to Guangxu and asked Guangxu to "get Yuan to prevent accidents" to contact Yuan Shikai. Rely on his force to prevent incidents. He pointed out that this was the only way to rescue the current crisis.

Emperor Guangxu adopted Kang Youwei's suggestion and summoned Yuan Shikai for two consecutive days, granted him the assistant minister Hou to specialize in training and asked Yuan Shikai: "From then, you can do your own things with Ronglu", which means that you will not be controlled by Ronglu.

Yuan Shikai was originally a man who was good at ease in front of the emperor and empress, and was able to get along with each other. From the bottom of his heart, Yuan Shikai supported the reform, but after years of political defeat, Yuan Shikai became sophisticated.

At first, when Yuan Shikai received the summons from Emperor Guangxu and was granted the title of Right Minister of Works, he believed that his glorious era had arrived, and the emperor ordered him to take charge of the new army alone, and he was no longer controlled by Ronglu.

Since the start of training the new army, Yuan Shikai regarded the new army as his capital for his rise. Now the new army has become. Yuan Shikai believes that he has the strength at present and does not take other Qing army green camp soldiers seriously at all. Now he is less than an opportunity to increase his popularity.

Emperor Guangxu's summons to Yuan Shikai undoubtedly signaled that Emperor Guangxu would reuse Yuan Shikai in the future.

At this time, Yuan Shikai believed that China was an imperial power country after all. Although Cixi had a great influence on the dynasty, women would have to be returned to Emperor Guangxu sooner or later. Cixi was in her prime and Yuan Shikai's speculative target was tilted towards Emperor Guangxu.

Yuan Shikai also knew that Empress Dowager Cixi might have a coup. According to the news, she was preparing to take action during a military parade. Yuan Shikai had a perfect embroidery because as long as he had Yuan Shikai's protection during the military parade, who would dare to disobey? With his 10,000 new army, Yuan Shikai asked himself that no one could compete with him near Zhili. Besides, Yuan Shikai protected the emperor, and was on the side of righteousness, with an absolute advantage!

Yuan Shikai promised that the most important purpose of Guangxu was to increase his popularity. Once a coup broke out during the military parade, Yuan Shikai would be a hero who saved the country. In addition, the power of the new army would surely achieve the new political star after the Qing Empire, namely Li Hongzhang and Zhang Yunfei. This is what Yuan Shikai wants most at the moment.

Another point is that after learning that Emperor Guangxu agreed to the constitutional monarchy, Yuan Shikai understood that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If Yuan Shikai's force and his contribution to protecting the emperor, then when the parliament was held in the future, Yuan Shikai might have taken the position of Prime Minister of the Cabinet.

Ambition exploded at this moment!

Yes, if the situation follows Yuan Shikai's estimated direction, Yuan Shikai will gain the greatest benefit. However, the mistake is that Emperor Guangxu is calling Yuan Shikai into the capital to see him. How can this not arouse the alertness of Empress Dowager Cixi?

As soon as the imperial edict was issued to summon Yuan, the government and the people were shocked. Wang Zhao immediately looked for Xu Zhijing and asked him why the emperor asked Yuan Shikai to summon him.

Xu Zhijing replied: "Please call Yuan to resist foreign aggression."

Wang Zhao asked in surprise: "Even so, wouldn't the Empress Dowager be surprised?"

Xu Zhijing replied: "When the Empress Dowager asked, she said she could just ask about the military parade and the palace. How could she be frightened?"

Wang Zhao said: "Why do you need to order the imperial edict to enter the capital when asking about matters? It is a big taboo to lead military officers to enter the capital!"

After hearing this, Xu Zhijing was shocked and knew that he had done something stupid, so he hurriedly filed a note and asked the emperor to order Yuan to station in Guide Prefecture, Henan to suppress the bandits, with the intention of concealing the plan to summon Yuan to the capital to prevent the Empress Dowager from being shocked.

Unfortunately, Emperor Guangxu had already reported to Empress Dowager Cixi at that time. Emperor Guangxu explained to Empress Dowager Cixi to inquire about the October military parade and the construction of the palace. However, the party members who were plotting a coup were too sensitive to leading soldiers to Beijing. After all, they were doing force to force the palace by force, how could they not know that it was powerful?

Emperor Guangxu, who was furious, no longer cared about Empress Dowager Cixi's guess and questioning. After summoning Yuan Shikai twice in succession, he issued an edict: "Now the training of troops is important. The Zhili Censor Yuan Shikai is diligent in his work and the school is serious. He is the waiter of the minister to be a special officer in military training. All matters should be handled at any time."

This edict not only promoted Yuan Shikai but also caused him to escape from the control of the Beiyang minister Ronglu and directly responsible to the emperor. His intention to "soothe" was very obvious.

Rong Lu and others were "very surprised" about this and immediately mobilized their troops to prevent them from changing.

Of course, Empress Dowager Cixi would not take it lightly.

During the public analysis of foreign media, he claimed that the summoning Yuan Shikai to Beijing was the key. He wrote: "After summoning Yuan's edict was called to thunder, it was clear that the case of stealing bells was settled."

Emperor Guangxu's actions were greater than that of Empress Dowager Cixi, and the gossip news around the capital was even more rumored, much more serious than when Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to abolish Emperor Guangxu when she wanted to parade in Tianjin.

The rumors were even more outrageous. Emperor Guangxu was actually saying that Emperor Shikai was going to order Yuan Shikai to raise troops to save the king and defeat Ronglu and Li Lianying, and sent troops to surround the Summer Palace and kill Cixi.

Such a traitor can be circulated among the people to see the struggle between emperors and empresses for a long time, and those who make a little noise will exaggerate themselves.

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Buddha incense pavilion in the Summer Palace

Chongli, Huaitabu, and other important party officials in the capital gathered around Empress Dowager Cixi to discuss the recent actions of Emperor Guangxu.

Waitabu said, "Empress Dowager, if the emperor ordered Yuan Shikai to enter the capital, he would be promoted to Yuan Shikai's official position, so he would be prepared to make some moves!"

Waitabu meant that Emperor Guangxu was going to attack them, but naturally he couldn't speak so clearly. He had to say some tactful official words, right?

Empress Dowager Cixi didn't say anything, but Gangyi, the commander of the Jianrui Camp, spoke, and only heard him say in a silly voice: "Aren't you just a slave in the Han army? What's so great? If Yuan Shikai dares to be proud, my Jianrui Camp will definitely knock him down!"

Chongli, Waitabu and others were sighing, and God knew how this Gangyi climbed to the position of the commander of the Key Camp.

Even Empress Dowager Xi frowned after hearing this and sighed that this tough and righteous person was also a fool. However, Cixi liked to use fools!

Chongli said: "Yuan Shikai has been in charge of the court for a long time and is well aware of the way of using troops. He is also an acting military minister. The strength of the new army cannot be underestimated. If he stands on the side of the emperor, it will be a great disaster. Empress Dowager Lao Fu thinks twice!"

Empress Dowager Cixi nodded and said, "I heard about Yuan Shikai and the Ai family also fought Ronglu. It is a war material, but she is very good at engaging in the camp and needs to be wary!"

Waitabu asked, "The Queen Mother means..."

Empress Dowager Cixi glanced at the few people and said, "Originally, the Ai family did not plan to take action during the military parade. Now that the emperor is going to take action against the Ai family, the Ai family naturally cannot sit still and wait for death!"

Since Empress Dowager Cixi heard that Emperor Guangxu and Yuan Shikai wanted to counter her, Empress Dowager Cixi completely gave up Emperor Guangxu in her heart, and the last trace of original feelings were also torn off.

Although I don’t know how powerful Yuan Shikai’s new army is? Since it is a new army built by the foreign team, it is naturally much stronger than the existing Eight Banners soldiers in China!

Not afraid of ten thousand, just fear of what to do!

Chongli said: "That's right, the empress dowager originally wanted to give the emperor a chance, but he didn't want to show off with the emperor for a long time, but now the emperor wants to attack the empress dowager. If he doesn't take the empress dowager seriously and his ancestors and the country seriously, we will have no scruples. Chongli, the minister, respectfully asks the empress dowager to discipline the country!"

As Chongli took the lead in kneeling down, everyone naturally knew that Empress Dowager Cixi was the best to save face. Who didn't understand the right and wrong of this matter? So they knelt down and asked Empress Dowager Cixi to instruct the government.

Empress Dowager Cixi immediately appointed Chongli as the commander of the capital infantry. Waitabu was in charge of the Eight Banners of the Old Summer Palace, the Three Banners of the Baoyi Banners and the Bird Gun Battalion, and Gangyi was in charge of the Knife and Rui Camp. Chongli, Waitabu, Gangyi and others were all real diehards. At the same time, they ordered the governor of Zhili Ronglu to secretly monitor Yuan Shikai's new army trends. After this mobilization, the party had firmly grasped the defense of Beijing, but Emperor Guangxu did not have a trustworthy general.

The struggle between the old and new forces has reached a point of tension.

However, now the emperor is dealing with, and even Empress Dowager Cixi cannot abolish Emperor Guangxu for no reason, so their subordinates naturally have to be cautious.

Excuse!

That’s right, the Hou Party needs an excuse at the moment!

Sure enough, my mouth is coming!

Since Liu Guangdi and others entered the Military Affairs Office, Kang Youwei and other reformists became more active. Kang Youwei discussed with Liu Guangdi and suggested that Emperor Guangxu open the diligence hall, so that the reformers could enter the place and discuss political affairs.

Emperor Guangxu agreed and planned to go to the Summer Palace on August 23 to ask Empress Dowager Cixi. On the 27th, Kang Youwei learned that Emperor Guangxu decided to open the Maoqin Hall, and he found someone to make a copy that night to recommend the Reformers to enter the Qin Hall. Song Bolu made the bill on the 28th that the bill was written by Kang Youwei, and Wang Zhao made a copy on the 29th. He recommended Kang Youwei, Kang Guangren, Liang Qi, Huang Zunxian, Xu Zhijing, Mai Menghua, Song Bolu and others respectively. The court's attempt to open the Qin Hall was soon spread.

"Open Maoqin Hall, choose the new policy for the special preparation of the special policy for ten people entering the hall!"

As soon as the storm came out, not only did the country shake, but even foreigners were very concerned.

The Emperor Guangxu tried to convince the empress dowager with the "story of the previous dynasties" in the Qing Dynasty, but in fact he wanted to use the Maoqin Hall to introduce new people and get rid of the empress dowager's control.

Empress Dowager Cixi was also very sensitive to this and wanted to investigate the matter of opening Maoqin Hall. The memorials of Song Bolu on August 28 and the memorials of Wang Zhao on the 20th 9th were both "stand-off" on the same day because the empress dowager's consent was still required to obtain the consent of the empress dowager.

On the 29th, Emperor Guangxu was severely rebuked by the Empress Dowager, and these two confessions were meaningless.

At this time, Emperor Guangxu further felt that he and the Reformers were in danger, so he issued two more decrees, one for a clear or secret decree, and ordered Kang Youwei to leave Beijing and go to Shanghai to supervise the official report.

Kang Youwei was just a Zongli Yamen Zhang Jing, and it was also a small errand to supervise the official report, but Emperor Guangxu issued a clear edict to promote the execution and also made a special statement that he had summoned Kang Youwei only once.

The secret edict was entrusted by Emperor Guangxu to come secretly, asking Kang Youwei to "go out quickly and delay."

These two edicts indicate that the situation was even more dangerous. Kang Youwei saw the Ming edict the next night and said, "knowing that disaster was done." The "missation" he mentioned refers to the Qing court's imperial edict and the order of Kang Youwei on August 22. He did not know that "missation" had been done at that time and later on. On the third day of the September 3rd, Emperor Guangxu had lost the power to deal with political affairs and was dealt with by the empress dowager.

Since the third day of the September 19th, he has "made a plan for the preparation of the measures, presented a loving and polite view, and then handled it after the meeting." This change shows that Emperor Guangxu can no longer handle daily affairs by himself. He can only "develop a plan" and then ask the empress dowager for instructions. He can only handle it after the empress dowager's consent. The power has been transferred to the empress dowager.

It can be said that in fact, there has been a coup on the third day of the New Year.

However, the Reformers were obviously too happy. What they did not expect was that Emperor Guangxu went to the Summer Palace and was actually under house arrest. The reason why he had not taken action was because the Later Party did not want to alarm the enemy, but was preparing to destroy the Imperial Party and the Reform Party in one fell swoop.

The wind direction has changed!

The most sensitive fencemen in the capital suddenly felt something was wrong, and they stayed at home honestly, while the people also closed their mouths!

State affairs!

At the critical moment, Emperor Guangxu specially issued a secret edict to Kang Youwei, saying: "Recently, I have looked up at the Empress Dowager's wishes, and I am unwilling to change the law, and I am unwilling to dismiss such old and foolish ministers. I will use a brave and wise man to make a decision on politics... Now I ask you what good ideas do you have... You and others will make a discussion with Lin Xu, Liu Guangdi and other comrades to secretly submit the memorial."

Even the Guangxu Emperor had a secret order, and the reformists naturally knew that the situation was serious.

When the reformists heard that the diehards planned to launch a coup in advance and deposed Guangxu, they decided to make a desperate move, allowing Yuan Shikai to return to Tianjin, raise troops to support the king, kill Ronglu, and send troops to surround the Summer Palace and kill Cixi.

They placed the fate of the emperor, their own destiny, and the fate of the entire new policy on Yuan Shikai.

On September 15, Yuan Shikai asked Guangxu for training and returned to Tianjin. As soon as he left the capital, he learned that the troops inside the capital were mobilized.

Yuan Shikai didn't know the signs of this coup? So he hurried back to Tianjin and met a confidant general halfway through, saying that the guns of the new army in Xiaozhan were confiscated by Ronglu, saying that it was to check the wear of the guns.
To be continued...