Master Yuan, start!

According to their social class, they can be divided into the court faction and the folk faction.

According to their ultimate goal, they can be divided into the faction of saving the Qing Dynasty and the faction of saving China.

Cixi, Guangxu, the Empress Dowager's Party, the Emperor's Party, the Westernization Conservatism Party, the Reformists, local governors, officials in the capital, scholars who came to Beijing, and the common people.

Each faction is a mountain. The small mountaintops gather around the big mountaintop, but do not completely obey the command of the big mountaintop.

Almost all the powerful figures from all factions across China went to the capital before the emperor's wedding.

In order to become the biggest winner in the upcoming game, Yuan Shikai had already sent people from Korea to sneak into the capital.

He opened a tabloid and used the name of royalties to connect with scholars;

Collect hot topics and interpret popular news to open up the sales channel for readers;

Publish storybooks and attract common people to read;

And now, the time has come to start harvesting.

The quality of the stories in Yuan Shen's tabloid is obvious to all, so the owners of major restaurants in Beijing read the tabloid on a daily basis and have long become loyal readers.

Therefore, any restaurant that opened a storytelling show would order storytelling scripts from these newspapers with different names.

Although the names of the newspapers are different, the people behind them are the propaganda department staff of the Red Confucian Society cultivated by Yuan Shikai.

They published different articles under different names, but each article contained their own agenda. Some praised the reform, some advocated delegating power to the people and promoting democracy, and some even claimed to be a republic.

But they were cautious and did not cross the danger line. They only talked about it and wrote it on paper, and did not incite scholars and common people to confront the government.

Since the second half of the year, the frequency of disturbances in restaurants has increased a lot. The slow-witted government in Beijing has also realized something, but it cannot find out where the root cause lies.

We can only discover and investigate each case, and we are exhausted from running around.

Color revolutions are nothing more than this.

But Yuan Shikai wanted to do more than that. He was not only provoking conflicts between Cixi and Guangxu, but also between officials and the people.

Moreover, through propaganda, he continued to raise people's expectations of Guangxu.

Let all those who are dissatisfied with the current situation plan to rely on the emperor to make changes after he takes power.

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The safety of the world depends on one person.

If a person always stays in a low position, no one will care about him and no one will have any expectations.

If Guangxu had always acted like a child emperor, no one would have had any improper thoughts about him.

However, his counterattack at the Winter Solstice Court Meeting gave many officials hope of turning the cold stove into a hot stove.

"What if, what if it works?"

"Could the governors of the eighteen provinces spare a few seats for me to take?"

All those who were loyal to Guangxu, or who longed for change, were holding their breath and trying to push up to see if they could lift the emperor up.

But what if the emperor, who is the focus of everyone's attention, does not do as well as the current empress dowager after ascending the throne?

Wang Mang legally took over the throne of the Western Han Dynasty with the expectations of officials and scholars all over the world.

However, within just 15 years, the vast Xin Dynasty was defeated by the rebel army and Chang'an was captured, and the dynasty came to an end.

Soon after, the Liu royal family rebuilt the Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shikai was not trying to help the Aisin Gioro family.

He wanted to create a situation where Guangxu would not be able to rule the country, but there would be no wise ruler in the world.

Therefore, Guangxu and Cixi could not be allowed to hand over power peacefully. They must make a complete break between them so that Guangxu and Cixi could not inherit Cixi's political prestige.

In this case, if Guangxu did not do well, the officials would not be able to invite Cixi back to rule again.

Although he had just arrived in the capital, Yuan Shikai was already studying the opponents who would appear after Guangxu took power.

So when he saw Syngman Rhee being driven away by the yamen runners, Yuan Xiangcheng looked at him deeply, then stopped talking and turned to walk towards the Governor-General of Haidong's residence.

In the official records of the Qing Dynasty, Yuan Shikai's six positions were "Governor of Haidong and other places, Admiral of naval and military affairs, and Governor-General of grain and pay", referred to as Governor of Haidong.

The people often called Yuan Shikai the Governor-General of Korea, and the Qing court did not try to correct this.

When Yuan Shikai went to Korea to take up his post, Empress Dowager Cixi granted him a house to use as his residence when he arrived in Beijing.

This can't be considered as preferential treatment. After all, he has become the governor, and it is common practice for the court to reward high-ranking civil and military officials with houses.

Yuan Xiangcheng entered from Yongdingmen, the southernmost gate of Beijing, and his destination was Mancheng in the north.

Since the reign of Emperor Shunzhi, the Manchu Qing Dynasty formed the practice of having the Eight Banners stationed in provincial capitals. In order to maintain the ruling status of the Eight Banners, an area was set aside in cities across the country for the banners to live in, which formed the Manchu city.

The city of Beijing during the Guangxu period can be roughly divided into three parts.

Nancheng, also known as Outer City and Hancheng, is where most Han people live.

The North City, also known as the Manchu City, is where the Eight Banners officers and soldiers are distributed clockwise around the Forbidden City.

The Imperial City, also known as the Forbidden City, is located in the center of the city.

Yuan Shikai's governor's residence was granted in Manchengli, which means that after passing Yongdingmen, one had to pass Chongwenmen to reach the place.

As soon as I turned from Qinghua Temple Street to Chongwenmenwai Street, I heard the familiar sound of a pipa coming from a brothel on the corner.

Through the open window, Yuan Xiangcheng saw a shopkeeper wearing a melon-shaped hat inside the restaurant shouting to the audience:

"Greetings, gentlemen. Thank you for your kindness. Today, we have a new song in our shop. It is said to be written by a famous opera master who studied abroad and is very popular in Guangdong, Guangxi and Jiangnan.

So today I have specially requested the lyrics and score to perform for you all."

Just as he finished speaking, a graceful woman came up slowly, holding a pipa in her hands.

"Okay, let's listen to it!" Seeing the beautiful woman come on stage, the people below started to cheer.

"What's the point of listening to such lascivious music from Jiangnan? Boss, why not sing the military song of the Fifth Army of Jiashen, Chinese Men? That's the song that scholars like me should listen to!" Some people were unwilling to do so, and thought that they shouldn't indulge in beauty at such a time.

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"Forget about it, Brother Liang. Don't you see the light in everyone's eyes? Don't spoil the fun!" others advised.

Hearing this, the young man called Brother Liang could only drink a sip of wine angrily and watch the woman in front of him pluck the pipa strings.

"You know Formosa, that's not my real last name."

"I don't want to leave you, Mother."

“But they plundered my body.”

The melodious melody of the Five Sons' Song came out from the woman on the stage, and the lyrics did not contain so much hatred for family and country.

Some of them seemed to be just a child who was kidnapped by a criminal, crying to his mother about the pain he had experienced.

However, such songs can often touch the hearts of the listeners the most.

Lies don't hurt, truth is the knife.

The cession of Taiwan is an unhealable pain in the hearts of all Chinese scholars.

A few people in the restaurant couldn't bear the condemnation in their hearts and covered their faces and cried, while more people clamored to listen to a different song.

Yuan Xiangcheng didn't care who was crying inside, and quickened his pace to the governor's residence.

Unexpectedly, just as they settled down, a eunuch came to the door to deliver a message.

It is said that the Empress Dowager asked Yuan Shikai to meet her after he arrived in Beijing.

Meet Cixi alone!

His previous meetings with Cixi were either in front of the ministers at court meetings or when he was inspected by her during military parades, so this was the first time they met alone.

Without having time to think about it, Yuan Xiangcheng gave Xu Shichang and Ming Ye some important instructions and followed the young eunuch into the palace.

Enter the Meridian Gate, pass the Taihe Gate, walk past the Taihe Hall, and arrive at the Yangxin Hall.

"Your Majesty, the Korean Governor-General Yuan Xiangcheng has been brought here!"

"come in."

Yuan Xiangcheng followed closely, and followed the young eunuch Lin into the Yangxin Palace.

Cixi sat down at the table, eating a melon seed in one mouthful. When she saw Yuan Xiangcheng come in, she said, "Yuan Xiangcheng, you have done a good job in Korea."

"A thousand-mile horse needs a good horse trainer. Thanks to the Queen Mother's grace over the past two years, Xiang Cheng has been able to serve as an official in Korea."

“Has North Korea been cleaned up?”

"Since the defeat of the Japanese, the eight provinces of Korea have all obeyed the king and there has been no more unrest." Cixi learned all these things from the officials stationed in Korea, but Yuan Shikai still answered them in detail.

"When will the feudal lords be abolished and provinces established?"

"Within three to five years, North Korea will surely be incorporated into China's territory."

Having said that, Yuan Shikai could not give the credit for recovering Korea to Cixi or Guangxu. The abolition of the feudal system and the establishment of provinces had to be completed in his hands.

"Who did you work for before?"

"Commander of the Qing Battalion of the Huai Army, Wu Changqing."

"What about others?"

"Died in Seoul."

"Who is Wu Changqing to you?"

"Lord Wu is a good friend of my father, and the Yuan and Wu families are old friends."

"What is your relationship with Yuan Jiasan during the Xianfeng period?"

"It's my uncle."

"So, Yuan Xiangcheng, you are also the descendant of a loyal minister."

After listening to this, Cixi sighed twice and then fell silent. But after a moment, as if she remembered something, she asked again:

"Yuan Xiangcheng, I heard that you are accumulating private troops in Korea and aggressively expanding the Jiashen Right Army?"

"Her Majesty, the story of a massive military expansion is completely false.

The imperial court gave me a salary of 2 people, but later due to the need to fight against Japan, I made my own preparations and expanded it to 4.

This matter has been reported to the court, and all the military officials are aware of it!"