The wave of history has finally once again rushed towards this ancient land with two thousand years of accumulated cultural heritage. The last time was that night four years ago. A gunshot was fired at the top of Wuchang City, and the march towards the Republic was rushing towards the Republic with unstoppable momentum.
Dispelled the decadent Qing Dynasty.
Overnight, the flags at the top of the city were changed, the pigtails were cut, and there were no more wars. Everyone was shouting about republic and thinking about its goodness. But if you grab a person and ask him what republic is, what is the answer?
Not coming up.
Just like a gust of wind blowing with confusion, it blows in confusion and blows away again in confusion.
This time, after three years, the wave of Junxian swept across the country again.
According to the sect's clear meaning, referring to Dongyi and Ying Kingdom, the premise of a monarchy constitution is to have a monarch. If this "jun" is designated as the one in the Forbidden City, it will reverse the course of history and will be washed into the garbage dump by the torrent of history.
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If we cannot reverse the course of history and still want a monarchy, we can only find a new monarch.
I secretly thought that in this world, besides Lao Yuan, who else is there?
Of course, Lao Yuan has been in the officialdom for decades and has always been very strict. He will not reveal his true thoughts easily. All he has to do is pretend not to know and let the sensible people below take care of it. In the end, he is "
"Public opinion" coerces the superiors, and they have to perform a trick of three requests and three resignations. At the same time, they say in a pretentious manner: "It's not that I don't want to, but the well-being of China has to be like this."
As for "sensible" people, there are mainly two parties, one is Yang Chengzhan, and the other is Prince Yuan.
Yang Chengzhan is an ideal, ambitious and talented person. He is a disciple of Wang Kaiyun. He is good at the art of emperors and is dedicated to the monarchy and the salvation of the country. When he was studying in Dongyi, he rejected Mr. Yixian's invitation to the alliance and made an appointment.
"My lord has established a constitutional monarchy, and I have succeeded. I hope you will help me. Your husband has called for national reform. If you succeed, I will give up all your ideas to help you. We are working hard for national affairs. Today, we should not interfere with each other."
According to Yang Chengzhan's observation, Lao Yuan was a promising emperor star, so the two coincided with each other. It was under this background that the "Preparation Committee" came into being. At the same time, with the same ambition
Mr. Yan Fu, who had the ambition to rule and save the country, also extended an olive branch at the right time.
When Yang Chengzhan was working hard to "create the emperor", the eldest son Yuan was not idle either. He was more interested than anyone else. Just imagine, if his old man became the emperor, according to the rules of hereditary succession, he, the eldest son Yuan, would be the crown prince.
, can you not be concerned about it?
For this reason, after thinking hard, Prince Yuan made a long-term plan of "taking two breaths and taking two steps". First, he must cheer up his old man and strengthen his determination to become an emperor.
Mr. Yuan knew that the old man liked to read the "Shuntian Times", so he paid for the printing himself. The layout was imitated by the real "Shuntian Times" and he produced a copy of the "Shuntian Times". There was only one copy per issue.
They were all articles in favor of restoration that Mr. Yuan spent huge sums of money to hire gunmen to write.
Lao Yuan was so excited to see it that he had to take time to take a look at it every day.
Secondly, Prince Yuan imitated Yang Chengzhan's "Six Gentlemen of Preparation and Security" and recruited seven people including Minister of Transportation Liang Shiyi to form an "emperor-making" organization known as the "Seven Evils".
People at that time collectively called the "Seven Evils" and the "Six Gentlemen of Cho'an" the "Thirteen Taibao".
With the full cooperation of the "Thirteen Taibao", the "Emperor Building" movement was in full swing. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, someone secretly punched him behind the back.
This punch came at the wrong time, and unexpectedly, it came not from the domestic opposition, but from the Dongyi Kingdom.
Isn’t it incredible?
The situation that can be seen with the naked eye is that when Lao Yuan becomes emperor, the north and the south will definitely fight a big war. A China that fights every day, a China that is not united, a China that has no intention of development, is in line with Dongyi's vision, and there is no reason to object.
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However, Dongyi State objected and took action.
In fact, regarding the matter of Lao Yuan becoming emperor, the Dongyi people were divided into two parties. One party agreed and planned to secretly support the South. The expected result was that the North and the South were inseparable and inseparable.
The other side believes that Lao Yuan is a "very dangerous" figure with skill, ability, prestige and military strength. If Lao Yuan really becomes the emperor and implements the monarchy constitution, it is possible to actually unify China. This is Dongyi
What the country never wants to see.
The Dongyi people's fear of Lao Yuan was not groundless, but was caused by Lao Yuan's punches and kicks.
When Lao Yuan was young, he had been stationed in the DPRK for twelve years. His wit, bravery, courage, and determination successfully shattered Dongyi's conspiracy to plot against the DPRK.
At the Pingjin Station, Lao Yuan trained China's first modern army, with many powerful generals under his command. Lao Duan, Lao Feng, Xu Shichang, etc. were all outstanding figures of the moment.
Moreover, when Lao Yuan was young, he was still an out-and-out practical, revolutionary, and fanatical monarchist.
In 1905, Lao Yuan, then Governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang, together with Zhang Zhidong, Governor of Huguang and other local officials, petitioned the imperial court to stop the imperial examination, promote Western-style schools, cultivate Western-style talents, and actively promote educational construction.
, established many primary schools, junior high schools, and universities. Lu Province University was founded by Lao Yuan and is still there today.
In the same year, Lao Yuan strongly recommended Zhan Tianyou to independently build China's first railway, the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway.
Lao Yuan established the first women's university in China - Pingjin Women's College.
The following year, Lao Yuan contacted a large number of people and began to strongly recommend the constitutional monarchy, and got the agreement of the old lady. Unfortunately, the innovation was too strong and affected too many people's cakes. In the end, he only got a verbal commitment to delay the implementation of the monarchy constitution for nine years.
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In 1908, the old lady went west. Within less than a hundred days, Lao Yuan once again wrote to Jun Xian. If Zhang Zhidong hadn't interceded, almost everyone would have been killed, and Lao Yuan was so frightened that he ran to Pingjin overnight.
The above only lists some of the results of Lao Yuan's advocacy of reform, but it is enough to show that when he was young, Lao Yuan was indeed an ambitious, idealistic and practical person. After the "Republic of China", Lao Yuan designated May 9th as a national humiliation.
On that day, he made an internal speech and said: "If you keep a low profile for ten years, you can give Dongyi a try."
For so many years, the Dongyi people have always listed Lao Yuan as a key subject of observation. Even Lao Yuan's adviser and spy chief Rihachiro Banishi discovered that Lao Yuan was a complete anti-Japanese at heart.
Therefore, after weighing the two sides, the Dongyi people still decided not to support Lao Yuan as emperor. Moreover, while the Western powers were fighting each other and he had no time to pay attention to the east, they were ready to wait for an opportunity to take advantage of him. This was a plan that killed two birds with one stone.