While Kang Youwei was worrying about the past few days in his study, the door was suddenly pushed open gently, and a woman dressed in a Japanese kimono came to Kang Youwei's side with small steps, holding a tray in her hand.
"Kang Jun, I see you have been working hard these days, so I brought you a bowl of bird's nest soup. Drink it while it's hot."
Kang Youwei was originally upset, but looking at the young girl who came next to him, he felt much better.
He took the bird's nest porridge with a smile, took a spoon, and drank it spoon by spoon.
The Japanese woman put the tray aside, walked up to Kang Youwei with small steps, tapped him on the back gently, and then asked inadvertently: "I have seen your husband with a frown on his face these days.
Is there something troubling you?"
Kang Youwei originally did not talk about court affairs with the servants at home, but when he looked at the young beauty from the Japanese country next to him, he let down his guard.
"The court is very difficult. Although the emperor has a heart of betrayal, there are too many treacherous ministers in the court."
Kang Youwei was in a good mood, but when some Japanese women mentioned it, he remembered the troubles in the court again. He put the tea bowl in his hand on the table and started to sigh again.
"My lord, the emperor is the king of the Qing Dynasty, who dares to go against him?" the Japanese woman asked pretending to be innocent.
"Hmph, although the emperor is the sky, there is a bigger master above the sky."
Kang Youwei was originally ambitious and wanted to help Emperor Guangxu revive the Qing Dynasty and spread his fame overseas.
But as the reform progressed these days, he had clearly felt that Emperor Guangxu was powerless.
By now, Kang Youwei had also felt that he was determined to kill the enemy but was unable to save himself.
At this time, the Japanese woman rolled her eyes and suddenly asked innocently: "Since the ministers in the court are against the emperor, why doesn't the emperor kill them all? If it were one of his own, I think your husband can be the prime minister.
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After hearing the compliment from the woman next to him, Kang Youwei finally smiled again.
In fact, Kang Youwei also believed that he had a great strategy. If he really became the prime minister of the Qing Dynasty, he would definitely be able to lead the Qing Dynasty to rapid rapid development.
But this was just what he was thinking. Faced with the reality, he was still a little frustrated, "What do you, a woman, know? Now the military power is controlled by the Summer Palace, and the emperor is also powerless."
Thinking of this, Kang Youwei also felt that in the past, he relied on the emperor's reforms to become stronger, which was a bit whimsical.
Therefore, he had already made amends during this period. He sent his die-hard brother Tan Sitong to Tianjin secretly to meet with Yuan Shikai in Tianjin.
Although the current Governor of Zhili is still the old and cunning Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang is now old and his health is not as good as before.
So now many things in Zhili have been placed in the hands of other people by Li Hongzhang, and the task of organizing and training the new army has fallen into the hands of Yuan Shikai.
In fact, this is why Li Hongzhang believed that time was running out and he had already begun to look for a successor for Beiyang.
When he saw Li Hongzhang, he looked around him and found that there was no one who could satisfy him.
This is why Li Hongzhang inherited Nanyang's Liu Hai, who was accustomed to it. After Nanyang, he worked hard to make Nanyang's reputation spread overseas.
Nowadays, Li Hongzhang has a higher vision, so the more he looks at these talented people around him, the more dissatisfied he becomes. Comparing these people with bangs is simply not good enough.
In the end, it was really helpless. Among them, only Yuan Shikai had seen some things in the world and had some strategies, while the others were even worse.
Therefore, in the end, Li Hongzhang had already acquiesced in Yuan Shikai as the successor of Beiyang, so he left the matter of leveling soldiers, which was related to the lifeblood of Beiyang, to Yuan Shikai.
And Yuan Shikai was also a tyrant. When he saw that Li Hongzhang was interested in training, he immediately let go. When training the new army, he directly threw away the imperial court and turned the nearly 10,000 new troops into his own.
's private army.
And Li Hongzhang naturally knew everything about what Yuan Shikai was doing. If Li Hongzhang wanted to oppose it, even though Yuan Shikai seemed to have won over the new army, as long as Li Hongzhang gave the order, these people probably would not follow Yuan Shikai.
But Li Hongzhang just kept silent and let Yuan Shikai do the talking.
Because of this, Yuan Shikai became a decisive force near the capital.
Therefore, this time Kang Youwei placed his bet on Yuan Shikai. As long as Yuan Shikai could lead troops to the capital, he could also rescue Emperor Zhuang Xu's brother from danger.
At this time, the Japanese woman said softly: "Sir, my husband, I have heard from my contacts in the Japanese country that Nie Shicheng's troops have arrived near Tianjin."
Kang Youwei didn't care at first, but as soon as he heard this sentence, he immediately felt cold sweat breaking out all over his body.
Nie Shicheng led his army to the vicinity of Tianjin. It was very obvious that he was monitoring Yuan Shikai and the Huai army.
If this is really the case, then under Li Hongzhang's suppression and Nie Shicheng's surveillance, Yuan Shikai may not be able to do anything.
The result of this is that he is still alone in the capital, and the final result will not be any different from the original.
Kang Youwei became more and more frightened when he thought about this. After analyzing the situation in his mind, he found that Emperor Guangxu had no chance of winning in the face of Cixi's counterattack.
"Is your information accurate?"
The Japanese woman said aggrievedly: "Since I am married to my husband, my body and mind belong to him. I have tried my best to find out for my husband, and finally found out this news. How can my husband doubt it?"
After Kang Youwei heard this, he thought about the same reason. Since a Japanese woman married him, according to Japanese tradition, he would definitely be loyal to him, and it was reasonable to plan for himself.
Therefore, Kang Youwei immediately believed the woman's words, but it was precisely because he believed this Japanese woman that he felt that he was already in danger.
At this time, Kang Youwei couldn't sit still any longer, so he immediately drove away the Japanese woman and ordered his servants to go find Liang Qichao, Tan Sitong and others.
After leaving Kang Youwei's study, this Japanese woman looked back, and then a disdainful smile appeared on her lips.
This man with great ambition and talent, greed for money and lust, also wanted to control the entire Qing Dynasty. Compared with his master, this man was not even worthy of carrying shoes.
Besides, Kang Youwei was walking back and forth in the study, thinking about what he should do next.
What measures should be taken to turn the tide and ensure that Emperor Guangxu's position is not shaken.
As a result, after thinking about it, he realized that without military power, he really had no choice.
In the capital, Ronglu controlled tens of thousands of Dong and Nie's armies. In addition to these armies, there were also tens of thousands of trained troops who had been trained personally.
In this situation, what can you do?
When Kang Youwei was anxious, people from outside came in to report Liang Qichao, and took Kang Youwei with them to wait outside the door to ask for a meeting.
Kang Youwei hurriedly told people to come in.
Liang Qichao and several others entered Kang Youwei's study and were about to salute Kang Youwei.
Kang Youwei hurriedly waved his hands and said to them: "No, you guys, sit down quickly. I have news to tell you."
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Liang Qichao, Tan Si and others looked at Kang Youwei's anxious face and knew that something big had happened, so they hurriedly took their seats.
At this time, Kang Youwei said: "I got the exact news that Nie Shicheng's troops have arrived in Tianjin and put Yuan Shikai under surveillance."
Everyone below was excited when they heard the news. If this was really the case, then it would be very obvious that the Empress Dowager Cixi was fully prepared to attack Emperor Guangxu.
Only Liang Qichao was here, and he was relatively calm, "Teacher, is the news accurate?"
"There shouldn't be anything wrong."
After listening to Kang Youwei's words, Liang Qichao suddenly felt fierce in his heart. He stood up and slapped the table and said: "The matter is already critical. If we don't take measures, we will be wiped out."
When Liang Qichao said this, he bowed his hands in the direction of the palace, and then said: "It doesn't matter whether we live or die, but the emperor must not make any mistakes."
After Liang Qichao finished speaking, he agreed to stand up and reconcile. "At this critical juncture, we had to take a risk."
After Tan Sitong said this, he handed over to Kang Youwei and said: "Teacher, when you reach this point, you don't think you can win unless you have a plan! I still have some friends in the world who asked them to organize and raid the Summer Palace in the past few days.
, as long as the Empress Dowager Cixi is killed, they will be leaderless and Han De will finally let the emperor come out to take charge of the overall situation."
Liang Qichao's eyes lit up when he heard this, "This is a way. If successful, the situation can be reversed."
But Kang Youwei, who was sitting on it, shook his head and said, "You are thinking too simply. The area around the Summer Palace is heavily guarded. Let alone a few Jianghu people, it will take a lot of effort to send troops to attack."
Kang Youwei's words were like a basin of cold water, dousing the fighting spirit of Liang Qichao and Tan Sitong.
But Tan Sitong still did not give up. He thought about it and a friend of his suggested to him a few days ago that although Li Hongzhang supported the Empress Dowager Cixi in the north, Liu Hai publicly expressed his support for Emperor Guangxu several times in the south.
As long as bangs can respond to Emperor Guangxu, Empress Dowager Cixi will not dare to act recklessly.
"Teacher, I do have a way to quench thirst by drinking poison, which can temporarily alleviate the current crisis, but I don't know if I should talk about it."
"If there's anything you shouldn't say now, just say it."
"It's better to send someone to contact Liu Hai in the south. Liu Hai has a high position and has control over the Nanyang Navy and hundreds of thousands of Hunan troops. As long as he supports the emperor, half of our major problems will be solved."
As a result, as soon as Tan Sitong finished speaking, Liang Qichao stood up and objected, "This matter is definitely not feasible. Liu Hai is a majestic figure. Once he is allowed to enter Beijing, it will be like Dong Zhuo's chaos in the late Han Dynasty."