Without waiting for Yixun and others to start blowing the news, the major newspapers of the southeastern provinces all published an article on the front page entitled "On the Absolute Monarchy of Imperial Power and the Constitutional Monarchy." The article criticized the autocratic imperial system for greatly hindering the development of society and was the fundamental cause of the country's poverty and weakness, eulogizing the constitutional monarchy system in England and the democratic republican system in the United States, and calling on the imperial court to reform the law more thoroughly and implement constitutional government to enrich the country and strengthen the army.

This article caused a great sensation in the government and the opposition, and there was a heated discussion in the north and south of the country!

After more than 10 years of unremitting propaganda, although the ideas of equality, freedom, democracy, and human rights have not reached the point of being deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, they are well known to everyone among the literate strata such as officials, gentlemen, and businessmen.

In addition, Yuan Qi has sent a large number of students to study abroad in recent years, set up industries, develop industries, build railways, and all classes of Qing officials, gentlemen, and businessmen are no longer what they used to be, and they are no longer what they were twenty years ago - they don't know anything about the world, Yelang is arrogant, and they regard themselves as the superior countries of the Lang Tian Dynasty, and they are all regarded as barbarians for all Western countries.

Although this article "On the Absolute Power of Imperial Power and Constitutional Monarchy" is not signed by Changle Jushi, it is not difficult to see Yuan Qi's attitude from the position of this article in the newspaper, which is undoubtedly a very clear signal sent by Yuan Qi - a signal to implement the constitution in the Qing Dynasty!

What would happen if the Qing Dynasty implemented a constitution? There is no doubt that once the constitution is enacted, the pattern of the imperial court will inevitably change dramatically, which will bring great changes to all strata, and directly affect the political and economic rights and interests of all strata, so they cannot afford not to care.

At the same time of the heated discussion, everyone paid close attention to the reaction of the imperial court, after all, Yuan Qi had already sent a signal of constitutionalism, obviously, this is a tentative signal, if the imperial court does not object, then the possibility of the Qing Dynasty to implement constitutional government will be very great, if the imperial court is against it, it is a little difficult to say.

The publication of "On the Absolute Monarchy of Imperial Power and Constitutional Monarchy" not only paid attention to the Qing officials, gentlemen and businessmen, but also the diplomats of Western countries stationed in the Qing Dynasty, who could not imagine what the situation would be like once the constitution was implemented in the ancient empire of the Far East, but one thing is certain, it will certainly attract worldwide attention!

Jingshi, Yixun doesn't know how to describe the joy in his heart, this article is too timely, he doesn't need to blow the wind at all, the princes of the clan and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty are already talking about it, now, all he needs is to push the boat with the water, he just needs to hype up the threat of Yuanqi, and then throw out the preparation of the constitution, he can get the water into practice.

With the impetus of the Yixin faction, the discussion of the constitution of the Beijing division was higher than a wave, many princes of the clan were panicked, and went to Prince Gong's mansion to inquire about the situation, the vast majority of them are against the implementation of constitutional government, the constitutional monarchy weakens not only the imperial power, but also weakens their rights, weakens the rights of the Manchus, although the Qing Dynasty has abolished the Eight Banners system, but in the eyes of all Manchus, the Qing Dynasty is still Manchu.

Yi Xun did not express his position on the princes of the clan who came to visit, but only exaggerated the huge threat of Yuan Qi and Yuan Qi's attitude towards the constitution, and then threw out a question - between the constitution and the opposition to Yuan Qi, what choice should the court make?

What does it mean for the imperial court to turn against Yuanqi? It means that the Qing Dynasty is about to stage a civil war, everyone knows that the imperial court is by no means the opponent of Yuanqi, the first battle of Tianjin and Beijing, the new army of Yuanqi not only fought the Xiyi Four Kingdoms Alliance, but also made all the princes of the clan and the civil and military officials of the Beijing Division frightened.

Even so, the princes of the clan and the civil and military officials were divided into three factions - the constitutionalists, the diehards and the wall-riding faction.

Xicheng District, Prince Zheng's Mansion.

Prince Zheng's Mansion covers a vast area, the atmosphere is majestic, the specifications are beyond the general palace, it is one of the four major palaces of the Beijing Division, because of the life of Chang Fujin, a long sedan chair and carriage were parked outside the palace gate, and the gate is also extremely lively, Su Shun came out of the sedan chair, and waited for the lady to get off the sedan chair this time and entered the gate together.

Prince Zheng's mansion was his home, but since he built the mansion, he has rarely come back, the third sister-in-law has passed away, he usually sent his wife to congratulate, this time he came in person, but it was the post deliberately made by the third brother Duanhua, he knew that this was something to discuss, so it was naturally inconvenient to refuse.

Entering the house, Mrs. went to the backyard with someone, and he went straight to the main courtyard with a familiar way, and when he heard the news that Su Shun was coming, Prince Zheng Duanhua did not put his brother and the prince on the shelf, and greeted him, and said with a smile: "The sixth brother is here." ”

After returning the salute, Su Shuncai smiled and said: "If there is something delayed, I am late, I hope the third brother will forgive me." ”

"Why should the sixth brother be polite with the brother." Duanhua smiled: "Let's go, let's talk about it closer." ”

After entering the house, Su Shun found that Prince Yi Zaiyuan, Minister of Military Aircraft, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, and Du Han, who were close to him, were all there, and couldn't help but smile, "You are all here, but because of the uproar about the constitution during this time?" ”

"Exactly." Zaiyuan said: "Now that Jingshi has different attitudes towards constitutionalism, what attitude should we have?" ”

"The constitution weakens the imperial power, and the queen mother will inevitably oppose it, and King Gong undoubtedly supports the constitution." Mu Yin said slowly: "Our attitude is very important....... ”

Su Shun nodded slightly and said, "What do you think?" ”

"King Gong praises the establishment of the constitution, which is nothing more than the implementation of the constitution, and he is the most qualified regent." Kuang Yuan said without thinking: "We support the constitution, it is harmful and useless, it is better to join forces with the queen mother to oppose the constitution." ”

Zaiyuan said: "This is indeed a rare opportunity to suppress the forces of King Gong's family. ”

"You haven't thought about it, if we do this, what will Yuanqi's attitude be towards us?" Su Shun laughed and said: "Queen Mother and Yuan Qi, which one should you choose, don't you want me to say more?" ”

Duanhua said: "I heard that Devil Six went to Shanghai secretly some time ago instead of recuperating in the house. ”

Yixun went to Shanghai? Su Shun's heart sank, "Is the news true?" ”

"You shouldn't be wrong." Duanhua said slowly: "I asked people to go to Majiapu Station to investigate, a few days ago, the train from Shanghai to Beijing did add a special carriage, and on that day, Mianyu, Yidao, Wenxiang, and Jia Zhen went to Prince Gong's Mansion. ”

In other words, this constitutional turmoil was simply promoted by Yi Zhixin and Yixun? Su Shunmu groaned for a while, "If this is the case, we should support the constitution even more, Yi Guocheng and King Gong have joined forces to promote the constitution, even if we join forces with the Queen Mother, we can't stop it." If Yi Guocheng is not sure, he will definitely call us for support. ”

The room was suddenly quiet, and after smacking it carefully, Su Shun's words did make sense, and after a while, Kuang Yuan hesitated and said: "But we support the constitution, and there is no benefit in the slightest." ”

"You should have a detailed understanding of English constitutionalism." Su Shun said: "Which prime minister of England is a member of the royal family?" ”

"Really?" Mu Yin was overjoyed and hurriedly asked.

"A constitutional monarchy is meant to limit the power of the emperor, so how can a member of the royal family be allowed to form a cabinet as prime minister?" Su Shun said slowly: "Yi Guocheng should be using King Gong. ”

After a slight sigh, Zaiyuan said: "King Gong is afraid that he may not know this, will Yi Guocheng and King Gong reach any agreement." ”

Duanhua said: "Since you want to support the constitution, the sixth brother should go to Shanghai and meet Yi Guocheng." ”

"No." Zaiyuan hurriedly said: "The constitutional proposal is becoming more and more intense, and the Queen Mother is only afraid that she will be summoned in the past few days, so she will send a telegram to express her attitude first, and then find an opportunity to go to Shanghai afterwards." ”

Shanghai, Zhennan Wangfu, Changle Book House.

"Although the article "On the Absolute Power of Imperial Power and the Constitutional Monarchy" is to respond to King Gong, it also shows Yuan Qi's attitude towards constitutionalism." Zhao Liewen pondered and said: "Do you need to send a few articles in succession to echo, and the momentum will be created, which is more conducive to King Gong's actions." ”

"There's no need to push too much." Yi Zhizhi said: "After the imperial court passes the preparatory constitution, it is not too late to respond, it is still necessary to give the imperial court a little dignity, and we can't let the government and the opposition think that we are forcing the imperial court to implement the constitution." ”

As soon as the words fell, Cao Gensheng hurriedly came in and reported: "The big shopkeeper, Jingshi Su Xiang called." ”

After taking the telegram and glancing at it a few times, a smile appeared on the corner of Yi Zhixiang's mouth, "Su Shun knows the general situation, and he called to express his support for the constitution." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Liewen hesitated and said: "Why didn't the big shopkeeper call Su Xiang in the first place, asking him to support the constitution?" ”

Yi Zhizu said bluntly: "I didn't call him because I was sure of it, and besides, I also tested him by the way." After speaking, he looked at Cao Gensheng, "Call back, now is not a good opportunity to implement the constitution, and the imperial court is preparing for the constitution ......." ”

Jingshi, Forbidden City, Yangxin Palace, East Warm Pavilion.

Only twenty-five or sixteen, is the youth and beauty of the Empress Dowager Ci'an is a little lazy crooked on the kang, these days she is a little restless, Yuanqi major newspapers published "On the Absolute Power of Imperial Power and Constitutional Monarchy" article has been reprinted in the northern provinces of the big newspapers, Jingshi's discussion of the constitution not only did not subside but became more and more enthusiastic, it is obvious that there are people behind this matter to support or even add fuel to the fire.

What is a constitutional monarchy, she didn't know much about it, but in the past few days, she has figured out that the constitutional monarchy in England is actually to cut the imperial power and make the emperor a puppet, which she can't tolerate, but Yuan Qi's attitude She also has to think carefully, the court can't stand the toss now, and she doesn't want to toss, she just wants the wife to let the little emperor grow up smoothly, and the most fundamental reason is that the current imperial court can't compete with Yuan Qi at all, whether it is military strength or economic strength!

"Empress Dowager, King Gong is here." A eunuch came in and whispered.

Prince Gong Yixun came at her call, Ci'an hurriedly sat up and said, "Let him in." The palace maid who was waiting with her hurriedly put down the hanging bead curtain, and the dense bead curtain blocked the line of sight, and she could only see the figure on the other side of the bead curtain, but it did not affect her speech at all.

Yi Xun entered the room, kowtowed: "Chen Yi Xun respectfully invites the Queen Mother Sheng'an." After getting up, he knelt down in front of the bead curtain, he now understood that Yi Zhixiang wanted to get rid of Yi Guifei's painstaking efforts, and if he really had to face the two queen mothers, everything would become complicated.

"Recently, there have been a lot of constitutional proposals in Jingshi, has the emperor heard of it?" Ci'an's voice was mellow and sounded very pleasant.

"Back to the Queen Mother." Yixun replied: "It's all because of the article "On the Absolute Monarchy of Imperial Power and Constitutional Monarchy" published in Yuanqi Newspaper, not only the officials of the Beijing Division are hotly discussed, but also the nobles of the clan, the princes and ministers are also talking endlessly, and they are worried. ”

Worried? Is this an indication of attitude? Ci'an said slowly: "Uncle Huang is worried, but can he have a countermeasure? ’

"Back to the Queen Mother." Yixun said in a respectful tone: "Yuan Qi's move is intended to be a temptation, if the court does not respond, Yuan Qi will inevitably go one step further, with the current situation, the court is really not suitable to turn against Yuan Qi."

However, the implementation of constitutional government is detrimental to the imperial power, and it is not feasible to do it as a last resort, and the ministers think that for the sake of today's plan, it is best to be false and wrong, delaying time, so that it can not only appease Yuan Qi, but also buy time for the development of the imperial court. ”

Listening to this recital, Ci'an frowned, "How to be false and wronged?" ”

"In the past few days, the minister has studied the constitutional system of England in detail, and consulted the diplomatic envoys of Western countries in Beijing." Yi Xun said calmly: "In fact, the constitution of Western countries is not achieved overnight, and the ministers secretly think that the imperial court may wish to propose a preparatory constitution, and the emperor will be in power after nine years, and the time for preparing the constitution will also be set at nine years ......." ”

Preparing for a constitution? Ci'an frowned, "The period for preparing for the constitution is set at nine years, can you appease Yuan Qi?" ”

"If Yuan Qi can't be appeased, the imperial court can completely argue with the Western constitution." Yi Xun said slowly: "Once the imperial court proposes to prepare for the constitution and sets a time limit, the officials and gentlemen of the world will inevitably go to the imperial court. ”

After a slight hesitation, Ci'an spoke: "Since it is a preparation for the constitution, there must be a series of measures to prepare for the constitution, otherwise how can the world be convinced?" ”

Yi Xun knew that this queen mother was not a simple person, and she had already prepared, so she immediately replied calmly: "The imperial court has been changing the law and innovating and implementing the new policy, and it can be said that the new policy measures are measures to prepare for the constitution." ”

This reply can be said to be bit by bit, Ci'an thought for a while, and felt that this method was indeed feasible, not only to appease Yuan Qi, but also to attract the hearts of the people, but also to buy time for the imperial court, thinking of nine years, she said slowly: "The emperor will not reach the age of pro-government until nine years later, can the preparatory period be extended for another two years?" ”

Hearing this, Yi Xun hurriedly said: "The Empress Dowager Mingjian, nine years is already the limit, and if it is really set at more than ten years, it will make Yuan Qi and the court of Tianxia Jue lack sincerity." ”

Ci'an wanted to try her best to buy two more years for Zaichun, and when she heard this, she knew that there was indeed something wrong, although this thing seemed to be feasible, but the stakes were very high, and she didn't dare to take a rash statement, and after a little hesitation, she said: "This matter, Uncle Huang is going to show it one by one." ”

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