Chapter 201 Intervention in the government
Emperor Guangxu was tired of being with Zhenfei all day long and snolded the queen, which made the Empress Dowager Buddha very dissatisfied. This is not enough. Guangxu also discussed some military and state affairs with Zhenfei.
The old Buddha can listen to politics by himself, but she does not allow other women to talk about the government!
In September, Ye Zhichao was defeated in North Korea and lost Pyongyang. Emperor Guangxu, who was the main battle, lost his face and lost his soul. He hid in the deep palace and dared not meet his ministers.
At this time, a Mr. Qian named Zhou Charter defeated the mixed brigade in Hufeiling, killed Major General Yichang Oshima, and won a valuable victory. This victory not only maintained the face of the Qing army, but also the face of Guangxu of the main battle.
It was Zhenfei who told the emperor the news and urged the emperor to add an official title to Zhou Charter to show her favor.
Emperor Guangxu adopted Zhenfei's suggestion and made Zhou Charter the commander-in-chief of Yizhou. Later, Zhou Charter led the army to eliminate the mixed brigade and recapture Pyongyang in one fell swoop. Zhenfei once again spoke to Guangxu and added Zhou Charter as Prime Minister in North Korea, who was fully responsible for North Korea's military and politics.
Guangxu was very hesitant about Zhenfei's suggestion. The position of Prime Minister in North Korea seems to have no practical significance, but this title has far-reaching implications. After Zhou Charter obtained this title, he became the grass king of North Korea. Although his grade is not high and only has the third grade, his actual power is greater than that of Zhili Governor-General of the Qing Dynasty! Because no one can restrain him in North Korea!
Moreover, Zhou Charter rose too fast. More than half a year ago, he was an unknown soldier! In a blink of an eye, he became a feudal official. There are many people in the court who are jealous of Zhou Charter! Even if it is not involved in the internal quarrel between the emperor and the empress dowager, those people will be jealous and hate Zhou Charter.
The princes and ministers will not agree, even the Qing schools that Emperor Guangxu relies on will not agree, not to mention the Empress Dowager Buddha!
However, Zhenfei urged Guangxu to award the title of Prime Minister in North Korea to Zhou Charter! Zhenfei told Guangxu that Zhou Charter could be trained into a Xinjiang minister with heavy soldiers, echoing Guangxu and competing with the powerful ministers of the Empress Dowager Buddha.
Princess Zhen wants to turn North Korea into a base for Emperor Guangxu! You know, Guangxu, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, did not have his own territory in the Qing Dynasty, and all the feudal officials were empress dowager!
Emperor Guangxu was moved by Zhenfei and finally agreed to Zhenfei's suggestion and proposed the appointment at the imperial meeting.
As expected, there was an uproar at the imperial meeting. Zaiyi, the king of Duan County, jumped out first and accused the emperor of violating the ancestral system.
Then came the Taijian Qinglius, whom Guangxu relied on. Out of their loyalty to the emperor, they discouraged the emperor from taking back their orders. The Taijian Qinglius opposed this appointment from a moral level. In their opinion, a person who cut his braids would suffer from virtue. If he was only given a military position, it would be fine. However, the General Manager in North Korea The minister is similar to the king of North Korea. One who has moral problems is not worthy to be a king! The strongest opposition is Zhenfei's brother Zhirui and her teacher Wen Tingshi.
The Lord Baylor clearly expressed their opposition, and even Guangxu's teacher Weng Tongyu was silent. Of course, the important ministers of the Westerners are even more opposed.
Of course, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are not one-sided.
Two people agreed. One is Yehenarajin, the left servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies. He guarantees Zhou Charter with the life of his family. He is the master of Zhou Charter, and everyone is not surprised.
And the other person was greatly unexpected. He turned out to be Yuan Shikai, the former Prime Minister in North Korea!
Yuan Shikai did not explain his reason. He just expressed his approval of the emperor's decision.
The empress dowager in the garden remained silent and did not explicitly object or agree.
This makes Guangxu's courage suddenly increase.
Therefore, Guangxu arbitrarily and issued an edict appointing Zhou Charter as Prime Minister in North Korea amid public opposition.
This is a rare arbitrary decision by Guangxu. The last time it was on August 1, he issued an edict to declare war on Japan.
The garden is very quiet, and the Empress Dowager Buddha is still silent. This made Guangxu very uncertain.
He vaguely felt that the silence in the garden seemed to be the calm before the storm.
Sure enough, not long after, the Empress Dowager Buddha suddenly issued a decree, reprimanding Zhenfei for "interfering in the government" and "Xi Shanghuanating"! Dressed with a staff, he was demoted to a nobleman.
The Empress Dowager Buddha was furious! She improved the family law of her ancestors and peeled off the clothes and boards of the emperor's concubines in public, which was the first time since the Qing Dynasty.
She is humiliating the imperial concubine, and even more humiliating the emperor!
He is not convinced!
If you want to say "interference in the government", no one can compare with the Empress Dowager Buddha! He just suggested that the emperor promote a foreign minister, and the Empress Dowager played between the emperor and the palace minister of the Manchu dynasty. To say "Xi Shang Hua", the Empress Dowager Buddha can use naval and military money to repair the garden for her, but he just played with a Western camera!
The body was whipped, although it was painful, but what made him more painful was her husband, the emperor who vowed to work hard, watched her being stripped of her clothes and be whipped, but he didn't say a word!
Concubine Taara, hates the empress dowager, hates the culture and military minister who has no backbone in the dynasty, and even hates Zhou Charter, who lives far away in North Korea!
Everything is because of Zhou Charter. Why did he win the war? Why recover Pyongyang? Why serve this court controlled by an old woman! Why did he serve a cowardly emperor?
If Zhou Charter is not able to show off in North Korea and let the court be completely defeated, can the empress dowager in the garden still be so majestic?
The emperor can't even protect his beloved woman! And she used to love the emperor so deeply! For the sake of the emperor, she did not hesitate to carry the name of "interference in politics"! Once upon a time, she thought that the emperor could hold up a sky and make the decision for her!
A little maid stood behind her and waited carefully: "Little master, let's go back. Be careful that it's freezing."
He looked at the eight-treasure glazed well in a daze and remained motionless.
A little eunuch hurried over and faced him: "Little lord, the emperor is coming."
He stood up slowly.
Emperor Guangxu walked quickly along the corridor with an angry face. The little eunuch knelt down in a hurry, but was kicked four feet by Guangxu. The little eunuch was so scared that he got up and knelt on the ground: "Damn it! Long live my lord, please forgive me!"
He sighed secretly in his heart. As the supreme husband of the Buddha, she was still so calm, so capricious, happy and angry. No wonder the old Buddha refused to let go. No one can be relieved by such an emperor. Based on this, those princes and ministers dare not risk their lives on the emperor!
He bowed his knees to the emperor and said blankly, "Your Majesty, why do you have to embarrass a subordinate?"
"The subordinate?" Guangxu scolded, "In this Forbidden City, no one regards himself as a subordinate. They are servants in the garden. Who wants to be my subordinates!"
He sighed again, this is her husband, her emperor! I don't even have the patience to keep a low profile. If this word spreads to the garden, I don't know what will happen.
"Your Majesty, please take care of yourself." He said with a bow.
"You also taught me a lesson!" Guangxu's face turned red: "Okay, okay, you can teach me a lesson. Your brother and your teacher don't pay attention to me!" Guangxu said and threw a stack of medals at his feet: "This is the Zhou Charter sponsored by you! See for yourself what he has done!"
He glanced at the medal on the snow and said lightly, "Your Majesty, I dare not interfere in the government."
"Look! I ordered you to look at it!" Light-xu's eyes almost spewed fire.
A chill surged in his heart. The man ordered him to "interfere in the government", but once the old Buddha was angry, he would only hide far away.
He slowly picked up the medal, which are two chapters for impeachment of Zhou Charter, one from Zhirui, the right servant of the Ministry of Ceremonies, and one from the university scholar Wenting style.
Two chapters impeach the three major crimes of the Zhou Charter. First, Zhou Charter not only cut off his braids, but also all his officers and soldiers cut off their braids and destroyed the ancestral system, which was suspected of anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty. Second, after Zhang Jun occupied Pyongyang, he refused to obey the dispatch of the imperial court, sat down and sat down as the Japanese army occupied Liaodong, refused to attack and occupy Seoul in the south, despised the court, and supported the soldiers to self-respect! Third, the Zhang army retreated 30 kilometers from the Linjin River. At the same time, the Japanese army also retreated from the Linjin River. The two sides broke away from contact. Zhou Charter was suspected of secretly contacting the Japanese army!
Both chapters believe that the signs of Zhou Charter's conspiracy are extremely obvious. He used the existence of the Japanese as an excuse to preserve his strength, ignore the safety of the court, and even blackmail the court. The chapter speculated that Zhou Charter had reached a secret agreement with the Japanese army, and the two sides lived in peace. Once the Japanese army captured Shandong and threatened Zhili, Zhou Charter was very likely to take advantage of the fire to rob and enter the Yalu River in the north to capture Fengtian.
Finally, Zhirui and Wenting demanded that Zhang Jun's commander Zhou Charter be immediately taken to Beijing and punished for the crime of collaborating with the enemy, so as not to raise tigers.
Obviously, the emperor believed Zhirui and Wenting's sayings. He can't believe it, because less than five days after the edict issued under the addition of the Zhou Charter, the flames of war actually burned to the mainland of the Qing Dynasty. Lushun Port, known as the Oriental Fortress, was lost, and Liaodong fell into the hands of the Japanese.
All this seems to be explained by Zhou Charter's in North Korea. If Zhou Charter obeys the order and leads the army to Seoul, it is impossible for the Japanese army to concentrate its forces to capture Liaodong!
There is only one explanation, and Zhou Charter has reached a secret agreement with the Japanese!