Chapter 182: The Time of the Coup

One night at the end of December 1896, when everyone was preparing for the winter, no one could have imagined that an army would begin to move from inside the city of Beijing. And these troops began to assemble, and then poured into the city of Beijing. In Beijing, people continued to open the door and let them go, and they did not stop them, so it is obvious that there was internal and external collusion for a long time. As for the following, some of the various armies in Beijing have even joined this army, and they are obviously going to participate in this coup.

"Your Majesty, we have enough heat now, and we will give the Summer Palace a little fierce in a few days. It's not enough for us scholars to get up together this time. We might have to come with something tough. First of all, we must use the power of the army, otherwise if we do not have the power of the army, it will not work. We have already agreed with Yuan Shikai of the Tianjin New Army that this time we must launch the matter of killing the demon queen together. As long as we succeed in this mutiny, then we will definitely be able to kill the demon queen. Kang Youwei said.

And Kang Youwei still has some level, knowing that now that he has gathered enough people's hearts, he can use some violent means to clean up this Cixi. And Kang Youwei has already contacted Yuan Shikai, hoping that Yuan Shikai can lead the new army to enter the palace, and then kill the demon queen to regain the imperial power. If you want to reform when the time comes, that's your own business. And Kang Youwei has already dreamed of it, so while he has gained the trust of the emperor, he is also the father-in-law of the governor of Taiwan, so can't he reform casually? And he has already dreamed that he can be a Zhongxing hero of the Qing Dynasty, a marquis and a prime minister, and he will leave a name in history.

"Kill into the palace, Qingjun's side!" "Qingjun side!" "Kill me, the emperor is surrounded by villains, we have to go to the Qingjun side!" "Qingjun is on the side!" ……

Outside the palace, there was a sudden shout of killing. And this shouting made Guangxu feel frightened. Because the Qingjun side has been one of the reasons for rebellion since ancient times, and now someone actually comes to the Qingjun side, isn't it necessary for someone to rebel? And Guangxu's first thought was that someone was definitely carrying out a coup, but this time he was not ready to passively accept the coup, which made Guangxu feel dangerous. After all, he had just planned to carry out a coup d'état for Cixi. But now someone is about to carry out a coup d'état for himself, then I am afraid that he will say that he will come at himself and abolish himself!

"Rush! Storm the palace! ”

When Guangxu heard the news, he immediately felt at a loss, he wanted to use the pressure of the world's scholars to force Cixi to hand over power, but now it seems that Cixi is not a person who is willing to fail, he immediately launched a coup d'état to seize power. And this time Guangxu didn't experience this feeling at all, so he was very flustered now. And then Guangxu didn't know what to do, because in his heart he was not ready to accept the coup d'état at all. Now it's time to come. He actually panicked.

"Your Majesty, hurry up and get out of the palace and go through the back door!" Kang Youwei hurriedly said.

Kang Youwei pulled Guangxu and wanted to leave through the back door of the palace, but when they walked out of the Qianqing Palace, someone came immediately.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to go!" Rong Lu said.

"What? Did that woman of yours ask you to come? Guangxu said angrily.

"Your Majesty, this is your own father!" Rong Lu said with a smile.

"Are you rebelling?" Guangxu shouted.

"Your Majesty, you've done a lot of ridiculous things lately. Therefore, all our civil and military officials unanimously believe that you are no longer suitable to continue to be in charge of the imperial court, so we implore the Queen Mother to continue to come out and listen to the government. Then he continued to manage the government. And the emperor has a good way to cultivate his mind! Rong Lu said.

Soon, Guangxu was escorted to Yingtai and placed under house arrest. And then, all the post-party officials also began to meet together.

"Queen Mother, the emperor has been invited to Yingtai by us, what should we do next?" Rong Lu asked.

"Good. It is necessary to conduct a city-wide search of the mourning family, and none of those backbone elements who oppose the party can be spared. This time, the mourning family couldn't bear to see the emperor destroy the law of the ancestors, so they were forced to come out and listen to the government again, not because the mourning family was greedy for power. It's that the emperor is too much. If my ancestors and ancestors of the Qing Dynasty saw this scene, they would definitely support the mourning family to continue to come out to defend the law of my ancestors of the Qing Dynasty! Cixi said with a burst of grief.

Cixi's words made everyone's teeth ache, obviously she wanted to continue to be in power, but she actually made such a helpless look, what a hypocrisy! And everyone was very speechless about this situation, but they all quickly accepted it, because Cixi came out to listen to the government, which was in the interests of their post-party. It is even in the interests of those bureaucrats who are overwhelmingly landlord-born, so they will not have any opinions. What Guangxu did to reform the law this time was already Yan zhòng touched the interests of those landlords and bureaucrats, so naturally they would not choose to support it.

"Newspaper, Queen Mother, we have arrested many people who oppose the party, and almost all of them have been arrested. Except for Liang Qichao, who escaped alone, everyone else was arrested by us. When the Queen Mother came out again to preside over the overall situation, he took the initiative to be loyal to the Queen Mother, and took the initiative to lead people to search for the Opposition Party, which allowed us to arrest the vast majority of the Opposition Party very smoothly. Therefore, the minister thought that he could pardon Yuan Shikai and even reward him! After all, this matter is not too involved, after all, many people in the world are involved. Rong Lu said.

Rong Lu's meaning is obvious, this time the matter should not be too involved, as long as those backbone elements of the Restoration Party are arrested. After all, tens of thousands of scholars in the world participated in this change this time, but the vast majority of them are people who hope to take the opportunity to make a fortune in political capital. Therefore, Rong Lu's meaning is obvious, that is, to erect a advertisement, willing to take the initiative to cooperate with the Queen Mother, and then let everyone take the initiative to join the Queen Mother, so that everyone can give up Guangxu.

"Well, that's what the mourning family means. Although the rebellion against the party this time was vigorous, the vast majority of scholars were also blindly obedient, so the mourning family would not delve too deeply. But those backbones who oppose the party, that is absolutely not to be let go, they have bathed in the grace of the Qing Emperor for many years, and they don't think about how to serve the court, and they actually think about what to destroy the law of the ancestors, which is really innocent. Those backbones who oppose the party must be killed by the mourning family! And Yuan Shikai, who was able to take the initiative to help the mourning family arrest the rebel party, not only has no fault, but also has merit, and will continue to serve as the president of the new army, and he will be rewarded in the future. Cixi said.

And Wang Guorui didn't expect that this time and space he cooperated with Cixi to clean up the Restoration Party, but Yuan Shikai was also involved. Although Yuan Shikai did not betray the Restoration Party at the first time, he immediately followed the search for the Restoration Party after Cixi launched a coup d'état, and he was also betrayed. However, he is not protecting himself, after all, the strength in his hands is not the opponent of the Empress Dowager Cixi at all. At present, the Empress Dowager Cixi has more than ten times the number of troops of Yuan Shikai, and Yuan Shikai's thousands of new troops will not be Cixi's opponent at all. Moreover, Yuan Shikai is also a generation of heroes, so he naturally took the opportunity to get off the broken ship of the Restoration Party, and instead got on the big ship of Cixi to attack the Restoration Party in turn. As a result, not only is there no fault, but there is also merit!

"Queen Mother, are all those rebels beheaded?" Rong Lu asked.

"Behead, all of them will be beheaded by the mourning family, and tomorrow they will be pulled to the vegetable market to behead the public, and they must be shown to the people of the world, so that they can see that anyone who changes the law of their ancestors without permission will definitely die!" Cixi said.

"Then is that Kang Youwei also going to be beheaded? After all, he is the father-in-law of the one surnamed Wang in Taiwan! Rong Lu asked.

And Cixi was silent for a moment, and said helplessly: "Give the Taiwanese surnamed Wang some face, and don't kill him." Send this Kang Youwei to Taiwan, and cancel Kang Youwei's nationality in the Qing Dynasty, and he will never be able to enter the territory of my Qing Dynasty! ”

"Okay!" Rong Lu replied.

And then, everyone also began to look for a candidate for the new emperor, after all, this Guangxu was no longer suitable to be an emperor, so everyone also began to discuss the candidate for the new emperor. However, things may not be so smooth.

"The Queen Mother, the ministers of various countries have sent a note to our Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen, and they say that we will abolish the emperor if we don't build it." Rong Lu said.

When Cixi heard this, she immediately exploded and said, "These foreign devils are too lenient, right?" ”

Cixi really didn't expect that these ministers would actually want to protect Guangxu and prevent him from being abolished, which is really too lenient. You must know that Cixi launched a coup d'état, that is, she is going to have a complete fall out with Guangxu, if you can't abolish Guangxu this time, then I'm afraid it will be very unfavorable to yourself next. So Cixi heard that the ministers of various countries actually supported Guangxu, which made Cixi really feel very dangerous. After all, if Guangxu is still on this throne for a day, then he still has the righteousness of imperial power for a day, so this is tantamount to letting a sword hang over Cixi's head at any time, which is very dangerous.

"Queen Mother, the ministers of various countries have strong words, obviously this matter has not been discussed!" Rong Lu said.

"These foreign devils, what bastards!" Cixi said angrily.

In the end, Cixi still didn't have the courage not to listen to the words of the foreign devils, after all, she didn't have Wang Guorui's courage and strength, so she could only agree with the idea that the foreign devils would not abolish Guangxu. However, Guangxu was also imprisoned in Yingtai, and the suspension bridge was cut off, and he could only rely on a small boat to enter and exit, which was completely trapped. Next, it was the time when Cixi once again lowered the curtain to listen to the government. (To be continued......)