Liu Hai stood aside. After listening to Liu Kunyi's words, he also echoed a few words.
After that, he swore that he would never do anything in the capital again and would just let them do whatever they wanted.
As soon as Liu Kun saw Liu Hai's change of attitude, he was quite satisfied. This time, his purpose of coming was finally achieved.
As soon as Liu Kun felt relieved, he turned his attention to Tan Sitong, so he asked: "That Tan Sitong just wanted to hold you hostage, what are you going to do with him?"
After hearing this, Liu Hai thought for a while, this Tan Sitong will still be useful in the future, and he cannot be disposed of now.
But Liu Hai couldn't say these words to Liu Kun, so he could only find a reason.
"Tan Sitong's father is the governor of Hunan. You don't look at the monk's face, but the Buddha's face. After all, he is an official in the same dynasty. I don't want to go too far. I think this matter can be forgotten for now."
When Liu Hai said this, he looked up to the sky and sighed, "For the sake of my colleagues, I can't put him back. I will temporarily imprison Tan Sitong in the house until everything is calm, and then send him to her father. This can be regarded as the most benevolent and righteous act."
Already."
Liu Kun nodded when he heard this, feeling that Liu Hai had handled it well, because as Liu Hai expressed his attitude, the situation had become very obvious, and the new faction had lost its last support.
If Tan Sitong is put back, I am afraid that Tan Sitong's life will not be saved in the end. It is better to keep him in the mansion and wait until the storm has passed before sending him to Hunan. By then, Liu Hai will be able to get along with the Hunan governor.
"You did a good job on this. It seems that you have really improved and are not as impulsive as before."
Liu Hai quickly said a few words of modesty.
Next, Liu Kunyi sent a telegram to the Empress Dowager Cixi in the capital through the telegraph office of the Governor of Liangjiang, explaining the current situation and the change of bangs to her.
Let’s not talk about bangs for the moment, let’s talk about the Empress Dowager Cixi who is in the capital. Now is a time of extreme anxiety.
As the emperor grew older, although Empress Dowager Cixi still controlled the power of the court, she had clearly felt that her power was beginning to tilt towards Emperor Guangxu.
In addition, Emperor Guangxu's reform this time, to be honest, has offended many conservatives.
In addition to the conservatives, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others were very naive at the beginning, but they actually offended a large number of powerful factions such as Li Hongzhang.
When Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao established the Qiang School to promote the reform and reform, important people like Li Hongzhang took the initiative to show their kindness and donated 3,000 taels of silver, but they refused on the grounds that Li Hongzhang had a bad reputation.
, and threatened that he would never take any money from traitors.
This is simply a slap in Li Hongzhang's face. For Li Hongzhang in his life, the failure of the Japanese war can be said to be a great shame and humiliation for him. If it were not for his junior bangs, he would not have the shame to live in the world.
Therefore, this time the Huai army controlled by Li Hongzhang had parted ways with the Weixin faction.
Not to mention, Kang Youwei was so naive that he publicly advised Emperor Guangxu, "Kill one or two ministers of the second or third rank who are obstructing the new law, and then the new law will be implemented."
Kang Youwei's words directly pointed the finger at Military Minister Ronglu.
Who is this Ronglu? He is Cixi's most trusted confidant, a veteran in officialdom, and he has a lot of troops. How can he allow you, a scholar who has no power to tie a chicken, to threaten him? In the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi's reform failed due to his status as prime minister.
, not to mention you, Kang Youwei, the head of a small Ministry of Industry?
This was great. Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao had completely offended the two most powerful factions in Beijing.
Not to mention, after Kang Youwei received the support of Emperor Guangxu, in order to strengthen his momentum, he began to randomly reshape history and even compile a chronology.
This offended Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang who also supported the reform. At that time, Zhang Zhidong publicly stated that "Kang and Liang wanted to protect China but not the Qing Dynasty."
Now take a look, this reform by Kang and Liang has completely offended almost all the powerful front groups in the Qing Dynasty.
You mentioned that now, Emperor Guangxu wants no soldiers, no money, no money, how can he still change the law?
It's not over yet. Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao are not fools. As the political reform progressed and the situation changed, they also felt the danger.
Tan Sitong, who was sent to the Liangjiang area, never returned. This made Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao a little suspicious. Could it be that Tan Sitong saw that the opportunity was not right and hid?
Kang Youwei and others are now like frightened birds, they already feel that the end is coming.
However, for the sake of their own lives and future, these people also decided to take another risk. Their idea was to launch a palace coup, depose Cixi, and hunt down the ministers.
However, since they now have no military power, they once again turned to Yuan Shikai.
As long as they had Yuan Shikai's support, they could transport thousands of troops to the vicinity of the capital via trains from Tianjin and the capital, and launch a surprise attack on the Summer Palace.
Therefore, they once again sent manpower to contact Yuan Shikai and told him to immediately mobilize troops in the capital, and their own side would be the coordinator. When the major event was completed, Yuan Shikai would be among the military aircraft.
After Yuan Shikai received this letter, he was so frightened that he was out of his wits. This was not an attack on the army, but a search for death.
If it were in history, since Li Hongzhang is not in Zhili now, Yuan Shikai would still have some rights.
But as history changed, Li Hongzhang still sat firmly as his governor-general of Zhili.
Although the current Yuan Shikai, with Li Hongzhang's connivance, almost trained thousands of new troops into his own private army, he probably does not have the courage or ability to mobilize these troops to go north.
By now, Yuan Shikai had felt that those New-only factions had gone crazy. In order to save his wealth, life, and power, Yuan Shikai decided to draw a clear line with these New-only factions.
Therefore, on the second day after receiving the letter from the capital, Yuan Shikai took the letter and hurried into Tianjin to see Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili.
When Li Hongzhang received the letter from Yuan Shikai, he was also shocked. He did not expect those who worked for the new party to be so bold.
I don’t know what these people were thinking. Not to mention that they couldn’t accomplish anything, they could really imprison the Empress Dowager Cixi.
But think about it again, with Ronglu in charge of the capital's heavy troops, and with Li Hongzhang outside, supporting him from afar, are these people still the turtles in the urn?
Li Hongzhang took the letter and thought about it, and felt that there was no need to hide it for them.
Therefore, Li Hongzhang comforted Yuan Shikai with a few words, telling him that this time he had done meritorious service by reporting the case, and that the past matters would be forgotten.
After receiving Li Hongzhang's words, Yuan Shikai finally felt relieved and left the Zhili Governor's Mansion with ease.
But Li Hongzhang did not dare to neglect after Yuan Shikai left, and immediately sent an urgent report to the Empress Dowager Cixi via telegram.
After receiving this memorial, Empress Dowager Cixi was so angry that she originally had some nurturing feelings for Emperor Guangxu, but now they have completely disappeared.
At this time, Ronglu, who was a close confidant of Cixi, also saw the Empress Dowager Cixi's thoughts.
So during this period of time, while Ronglu secretly arranged his troops, he continuously went to the Summer Palace to speak to the Empress Dowager Cixi.
As more and more news came from Emperor Guangxu, Empress Dowager Cixi's patience gradually reached its limit.
At this time, the "Liu Langguan of the Ministry of Rites" incident was reported in the court. Emperor Guangxu didn't know what he was thinking. At this critical moment, he actually thought of appointing a private person in the court.
He actually dismissed six important officials from the Ministry of Rites in one fell swoop and replaced them all with the new-minded officials.
This is simply the last straw that breaks the new sect's back.
By this time, Empress Dowager Cixi could no longer bear it.
If it were Emperor Guangxu alone, the result they were waiting for now would be that the Weixin sect would be wiped out in one fell swoop. Fortunately, there was still a vague hand helping them behind their backs.
And it was this hand that sent them the most urgent information, telling Emperor Guangxu, Kang Youwei and others that Empress Dowager Cixi was about to launch a coup.
After Emperor Guangxu received the information, he was already in a state of confusion. However, he thought about it after reluctantly calming down his mind.
Although he is the emperor, there are countless people who belong to the Empress Dowager Cixi in the Forbidden City. I am afraid that his every move is under surveillance, and it is absolutely impossible to escape.
The only solution for now is to send a message to Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, asking them to escape temporarily, and then find ways to rescue him in the end.
Therefore, Emperor Guangxu wrote a secret edict to Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao that night, asking them to take shelter temporarily.
After Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao received this secret order, after much thought, they really didn't think of where to hide.
In the end, Kang Youwei's Japanese concubine gave him an idea, telling him that he still had some connections in the Japanese consulate, so it was better for everyone to go to the Japanese consulate to take shelter temporarily.
Kang Youwei was now in a critical condition and sought medical treatment. Regardless of whether there was any conspiracy, since there was a way to survive, he got in. So that night, Kang Youwei took Liang Qichao and several of his concubines and secretly escaped to the Duke of Japan.
embassy.
Don't tell me, they really made the right move this time. As soon as they entered the embassy, earth-shattering events happened in the capital.
On September 21, 1898, the Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly ordered the closure of the Nine Gates. Then, under the escort of soldiers, the Empress Dowager Cixi left the Summer Palace and re-entered the Forbidden City.
After Cixi entered the Forbidden City, she immediately ordered the capital to implement a curfew and no one was allowed to roam the streets.
Then the Empress Dowager Cixi sent a decree to Emperor Guangxu to temporarily reside in Qianqing Palace and not to move around at will.
Emperor Guangxu, who was in the Qianqing Palace, was completely despairing. He knew that he could not escape this time no matter what.
When the Empress Dowager Cixi did not enter the capital, he still had confidence in his heart. Now that the Empress Dowager Cixi has entered the Forbidden City and regained power, the confidence in Emperor Guangxu's heart has disappeared without a trace. Now the only thing he thinks about is to be able to preserve his life.