The failure of the loan made Guangxu furious, but he had nothing to do with these rebellious officials and traitors, and Britain would not borrow money from other countries if it did not lend money. These local powerful factions headed by Yang Feng united, not to mention the strength of the army and navy.
As a powerful country, I am afraid that no one except Britain and Germany can guarantee victory. Two second-class ironclads, a dozen large cruisers, nearly half of which are armored cruisers, plus twelve high-speed destroyers, this strength is not to mention unparalleled.
Guaranteed, it is enough to go out and challenge the next-level powers. Not to mention the economic blow that Yang Feng may launch, and the current political situation in China is very unsafe. No one can guarantee that this investment will be completed by the time
Can it be taken back? In this case, who is still interested in taking risks?
With no way to borrow money from abroad, Guangxu had no choice but to find ways to reduce expenditures. In desperation, he finally ordered the suspension of flag pay, which meant that the hard-core farmers would no longer be hard-core farmers. As soon as this order came out, people everywhere were filled with people.
Wailing, some even committed suicide, and most of them went to settle accounts with those treacherous ministers who bewitched the emperor. To be honest, Cixi was qualified to give this order. Decades of rule had made her status among the bannermen deeply entrenched.
Moreover, in the original history, after Cixi ordered the suspension of banner pay, some resettlement measures were taken, so the banner people did not have much dissatisfaction, but even so, some families were desperate and committed suicide.
Guangxu and his minions made the decision at the drop of a hat, and without any compensation measures, wouldn't this push millions of bannermen to a dead end? In addition, there are behind-the-scenes forces who are adding fuel to the flames, and the bannermen's troubles in Beijing are getting worse.
Some people even threw grenades into the palace. It was inevitable that Yang Fengqing had missed some weapons last time, so the people still had some stocks. In addition, there were assassinations of those treacherous ministers, which was particularly serious. The imperial edict to stop flag pay
Within two days of the promulgation, seven of Beijing's new rich were assassinated. Even Kang Youwei's younger brother Kang Guangren was hacked to death by bannermen on his way to court, becoming the first martyr of Guangxu's reform.
Of course, the gangster this time has nothing to do with Yang Feng. The person who is adding fuel to the fire this time is Yi Kuang. He has long been displeased with those talkative people. Anyway, the army in the capital is controlled by his son, and because Guangxu did not
The old man had money to pay his salary, but he had money in his hands. Everyone in the army, from the generals to the soldiers, was more or less favored by him. His control was very strong, and it was too easy to do something.
The death of Kang Guangren made Guangxu furious. In addition to arresting the murderer in Beijing, he also issued an edict to denounce the banner people for in vain of the country's blessings, having no intention of being loyal to the emperor and serving the country, and sitting back and watching the court's crisis without sharing its worries.
This edict made the bannermen completely despair of him. Damn, we just want to share our worries, so we have to eat well first. Since you, the emperor, don’t care whether we live or die, then we won’t serve you anymore. There are a lot of people who live in poverty.
Bannermen began to leave Beijing. Those who went south to seek relatives and friends, and those who went north to return to their hometowns. These people scolded them all the way, which was more powerful than Yang Feng's big loudspeaker broadcast. The image of the emperor as a foolish king surrounded by a bunch of treacherous ministers gradually deepened.
human heart.
In sharp contrast, the lives of the banner people in Fuzhou and Zhejiang are gradually integrating with the Han people. They even benefited greatly from the advantage of women not binding their feet, especially after a large number of textile factories were opened. These banner people
Almost all Chinese women have jobs. On the contrary, those Han women with small feet cannot stand in front of the textile machine for more than ten hours. A trend of letting go of their feet has arisen.
"Look, social customs are sometimes easy to change. As long as people can see the benefits that change can bring, they will change on their own without you telling them. You don't even need publicity. In the next ten years, people will
You will feel that foot binding is such an unreasonable thing." Prince Yang, who was inspecting a textile factory in Hangzhou, looked at the female workers in the workshop and said to Yuan Shikai next to him with emotion.
Brother Big Touou can be said to have achieved great results through hard work this year. Although people often reported that he accepted bribes and enriched his own pockets, this was a trivial matter in Yang Feng's eyes. As long as he could handle the things he told him, Prince Yang didn't mind.
There are corrupt officials under his command, but he cares about the incompetent officials under his command. You can be corrupt, but while being greedy, you must also make the people under your rule live a good life. If the people don't have enough to eat and you are still greedy, then it is not a pity to die.
In one year, Brother Big Head not only built his Hangzhou University for Prince Yang, but also completed most of the construction of Dinghai Port. Zhejiang's industrial scale has tripled. This has to be said to be a miracle.
What a miracle.
"It's true that poor families originally didn't want their girls to go to school, even if it was free, and would rather let them work in the fields at home. But after seeing that these factories like literate female workers, they began to take the initiative to send their children to school.
It’s delivered inside.” Yuan Shikai said with a smile.
"Yes, the people don't need us to talk in their ears every day about what is good, what is bad, and what to do. Those are all false. As long as they see that the changes we want them to make will be good for them, they will
It will naturally follow the path we drew." Yang Feng nodded and said.
After inspecting the factory and returning to the governor's office in Hangzhou, Yuan Shikai said: "Your Majesty, now that you have established a vassal state, shouldn't it be time to sort out the officialdom of these three provinces? Especially in terms of the official system, we can definitely come up with something ourselves.
It seems a bit chaotic if we continue to use the current system, including those under the local government and the palace, and those acting local officials also hope to continue their management methods."
He was telling the truth. The old official system was still used in Yang Feng territory, including at the local level. The only change was to separate the judicial aspect. Some of the officials continued to use the old system, and some were elected by the local gentry themselves. These elected officials
They still had the word "agent" on their heads. After such a year, they found that the way they managed themselves was quite good, and the people also welcomed it. Now that King Zhennan has become a legitimate vassal king, naturally they are eager to
It is completely legal for a vassal king to appoint officials in his own territory after establishing the way for local officials to be selected. Wu Sangui did this not only in his own territory.
"No rush, no rush. If this is made into a system, the hope of those scholars will be lost. Why should we do such an offending thing? We can just wait and enjoy the results when the court takes action."
Yang Feng said with a smile, Guangxu's side has been discussing how to implement the New Deal these days. The first one is to abolish the imperial examination. Once he announces it, it will be logical for us to implement a constitutional monarchy here. Even the green insects will hate it.
It's not his fault, but because the three provinces of Fujian, Zhejiang and Taiwan have arranged work for them, even the caterpillars will be grateful to him at that time. Prince Yang has now passed the realm of grabbing territory, and now he is playing to grab people's hearts.
He has always wondered why people like Kang Youwei insisted on abolishing the imperial examination. It is said that as caterpillars, they betrayed their class. It can only be said that they are too selfless. Unfortunately, such people usually do not end well.
Yes, not only did they have to be beheaded at Caishikou, but they also had to fight against the cabbage gang of ordinary people while walking. If the eggs were not too expensive, they might even have to fight against rotten eggs. Moreover, they also cultivated countless rogues for the Qing Dynasty that they fought for.
Even Zhang Taiyan said that the so-called revolution was actually a rebellion by scholars, and he did not know that Tan Sitong and others knew so well, so how could they attack the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty.
After returning to Fuzhou after completing his inspection in Zhejiang, Prince Yang's best student had completed his study of knowledge. His whole temperament was different. He was exuding a holy light, and countless skeletons were vaguely visible.
, I guess Bonifaxiu has been studying Nechayev’s great works a lot these days.
"How do you see it? Do you have any thoughts?" Prince Yang asked seriously.
"Your Majesty, thank you. You allowed me to finally see the beacon of light on the dark sea. You made me understand the greatest thoughts in the world. You made me understand the true meaning of life." Bonifaxiu said.
He knelt down on the ground and kowtowed three times to Yang Feng with tears in his eyes.
"I'm very happy that you understand. These etiquettes are no longer necessary." Yang Feng helped him up and said calmly: "Although I am not a Filipino, we are all yellow people after all, and China and the Philippines have been friends since ancient times.
I am very sad to see you groaning under the iron heel of the colonists. The reason why I introduce this set of ideas to you is to let you understand that the contradiction between you and the colonists and landlords is an irreconcilable class.
Contradictions, your struggle is not a simple struggle for freedom and independence, but is essentially a struggle between two classes. This struggle must be cruel and cannot allow any compromise. Only by eliminating the exploiting class can the Filipino people gain real
For happiness, sometimes blood must be shed, no matter how much it is shed, only the red color of blood will make the dawn incomparably magnificent." Prince Yang said with a sacred look.
Bonifaxiu nodded vigorously and hugged the large pile of revolutionary works in his hands, especially Nechayev's revolutionary Bible. This thing was the golden finger given to him by Yang Feng. You must know that this book is in
It is impossible to find it outside. It has always been an internal secret of the Soviets. In fact, this is the complete version that he asked Sablin to get for him from the Kremlin. It was used to guide the revolutionaries in Southeast Asia. Now it is selfless.
The land was donated to Bonifaxiu, which shows how passionate Prince Yang is about helping the Filipino people.
"I won't keep you any longer. After all, your compatriots are still waiting for you to save them. You go back to the Philippines first, and then I will give you 10,000 rifles, 20 mortars, and 20,000 grenades as weapons.
, when the time comes, you contact Ye Anping and find a suitable delivery location, and my landing ship will deliver it directly to the coast for you." Then Prince Yang said. (To be continued...)