Chapter 232 Disappearing Light

The Hu family returned to Shanghai one after another and began to allocate funds to accelerate the production of military materials across the country. Similarly, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo and other chaebols are also rapidly expanding their production capacity.

The war has reached the point of imminent. It is said that the army is preparing for the emergency, expanding the total number of the army to 650,000 people and dividing it into 14 divisions.

Russia has 730,000 troops in Manchuria in the northeast, Tstok in the Far East China Sea, and Oskemen in the northwest, accounting for 57% of Russia's current total army. France has increased its troops in South Vietnam, with about 60,000, and the number of warships of the French "Chinese Fleet" stationed in South Vietnam has also increased to 43.

Leaded by France, Lu Guangquan and the temporary military axu immediately withdraw from Yanjing, hand over their political rights to the "Emperor Guangxu of China", and demanded that the Chinese political ax beg for justice and boxing movement to compensate for the losses caused by foreign businessmen, churches and citizens, and the total amount of compensation was further increased to 130 million yuan. At the same time, it was required that China is fully open, allowing foreign businessmen to enter the hinterland of China to invest.

Russia additionally requires the Chinese [***] team to withdraw from Xinjiang and recognize that Xinjiang belongs to the Yeerqiang Khanate. According to this case, it requires that China must recognize North Korea's reading ability.

The requirements of the three parties are all excessive.

Lu Guang Quan can't agree at all, but in China, he has too many opposition forces.

On August 14, 1900, Lu Guang Quan announced the dissolution of the temporary political axe, and the power was returned to Emperor Guangxu, and Hu Chuyuan was reappointed as the new prime minister by the decree issued by the decree.

After receiving the appointment, Hu Chuyuan stayed in Shanghai for a few more days before taking the train to Yanjing.

August 17th.

Hu Chuyuan's special train arrived at the capital, and then he took a carriage to Yingtai.

The capital division is tightly controlled by the new army. In the state of military curfew, a large number of Manchu people were forcibly expelled from the capital division and detained in the area of Jingyiyuan in Xishan. More Manchu people were forcibly escorted back to the northeast and scattered.

The atmosphere of Jingshi is still so tense. No one is celebrating because of Man's departure. The people and businessmen are just worried about what to do in the future business, and they don't think about what Man's departure means.

There are soldiers everywhere who are forcing their surnames to carry out the braiding policy. They guard all the key points on the street, arrest people on the spot, and cut their braids on the spot. For a while, Yanjing City was full of people with bald foreheads and half a long hair on the back.

Hu Chuyuan's carriages are special, with a parallel row of six silver carriages and two gilded carriages, all of which have four tall and beautiful Iberian horses in front of them.

Followed by thousands of soldiers from the Fuwei Battalion on both sides.

Although the specific time for his return to Beijing is confidential, most of the people in Beijing already know... He is coming back. Seeing such a situation, people immediately understand that the real prime minister of the Qing Dynasty is finally back.

The mue is over.

It will be the same as before.

The news soon spread, and tens of thousands of tidal citizens gushed out on both sides of the road, cheering.

You can't overestimate the people's awareness. In fact, they don't care who the emperor is. They only want to be stable and rich. In the past ten years, especially in the four years when Hu Chuyuan served as the chief assistant minister, China has been unprecedentedly prosperous. Merchants are prosperous, the people are rich, and the prosperity of the capital is even more prosperous. Compared with Romb.

In Beijing and Hebei, Hu Chuyuan also donated a school to build a college, donated money to build a temple, and boost the disaster victims... All of these gave him a special reputation.

At this moment, Hu Chuyuan's mood is extremely complicated. It is a good thing for people to welcome his return, but it also shows that the fire of the revolution is completely immature.

He thought that Lu Guang Quan should also understand in general.

People's excitement is getting higher and higher. The people and the squires and rich merchants of the capital are all on both sides of Hu Chuyuan's carriage. If it hadn't been for the hard-line obstruction of the army, everyone really wanted to surround the carriage and worship the first assistant minister who could really bring prosperity and stability to China.

After all, this scene still happened. Hundreds of people suddenly blocked the way. Their identities were very special. A group of people could not afford to kneel and cried bitterly with their forcibly cut braids, as if they had been castrated and lost all their integrity and dignity.

"Your excellency... wait for me to make the decision!"

"Lord Hu, the country is in danger, morality is sluggish, and the society is in danger. I hope you can stand up and clear the military party to correct the national prestige!"

... Someone was desperately shouting loudly, holding his braids and weeping bitterly, as if the world was really on the verge of collapse, and he had to stand up and shout loudly.

"China's reform is today, and the rise of the Han people is today...!"

There are also some radical and angry young students shouting in the distance. They also want to wake up the people and persuade Hu Chuyuan to support the reform together with the people.

The street market is so noisy, full of all kinds of voices. In order to suppress other people's voices, the squire began to incite the crowd to beat the students standing on the podium, but the students were surrounded by the new army and pan-revetous organizations, and the two sides fought fiercely.

Finally, Li Cunyi had to ask the soldiers of the Fuwei camp to shoot and warn, forcing the two sides to give up a passage, and first let Hu Chuyuan's convoy leave smoothly and enter Yingtai.

Hu Chuyuan did not stop at Yingtai and immediately entered the Forbidden City through Xihuamen.

The maids of the Forbidden City have been replaced, all of which are under the responsibility of the Kyoto Guard Division reorganized by the New Army. Each exit is very tight. More than half of the eunuchs and maids in the Forbidden City have been dismissed, and even the Minister of Internal Affairs has been replaced by the Fuxing Society, who are responsible for the whole Forbidden City.

Obviously, Emperor Guangxu was completely under house arrest.

Hu Chuyuan got out of the car silently outside the inner palace gate and still entered the Qianqing Palace in his official uniform. There were several loyal eunuchs guarding the hall. They didn't even have the power to bind chickens. What else can they guard?

All they have left is their unyielding integrity.

Hu Chuyuan has a special temperament, which is shocking. He is in a high position all year round, and he controls China's economy, politics and military. He has a fearful and awe-inspiring aura in every minute and second.

He walked into the gate of the palace step by step, and thousands of soldiers of the Fuwei camp guarded around and forced the soldiers of the Kyoto Guard Division to temporarily evacuate with guns.

Now, as long as Hu Chuyuan is there, all security guards will be taken over by the Fuwei Camp. The official name of this battalion is "Second Affiliated Security Brigade of the Secret Service Security Bureau".

People are used to it, and they are still called "Fuwei Camp".

Hu Chuyuan looked so strict that he forced the eunuchs in the hall to retreat with only his eyes.

Hearing the noise outside, Emperor Guangxu, who had been under house arrest for several months, rushed out eagerly. The moment he saw Hu Chuyuan, he couldn't help the pain in his heart, grievance, confusion, resentment... Tears of all kinds of thoughts came out of his eyes.

"The first assistant...ah!"

Zaitian's hands trembled uncontrollably, his eyes were red, his cheeks were trembling, and he was so excited that he couldn't speak.

Looking forward to the stars, looking forward to the moon.

He finally looked forward to the savior. He knew that Hu Chuyuan would not betray him. As long as there was a possibility, Hu Chuyuan would keep his throne... He really thought so.

Although he knew that the two mutinies of Lu Guangyuan and others were the result of Hu Chuyuan's free indulgence, in any case, Hu Chuyuan could at least barely control Lu Guang Quan and other new army generals.

However, in a certain moment, when he saw that Hu Chuyuan had already cut off his braids, he thumped in his heart. He felt that a bigger cloud was covering him, but he didn't say anything, but just stared in shock.

Hu Chuyuan visited Guangxu Emperor Zaitian calmly. It was not until Zaitian slowed down and let him get up that he slowly stood up.

At this time, the twenty-nine-year-old Zaitians is no longer the previous ones. A certain surname in his heart still makes him a little weak, but he is a smart person after all.

He thought keenly in his heart, while letting Hu Chuyuan sit down.

When Hu Chuyuan sat down, he said, "Shoufu, your brother has sent someone to send me a message... I know in my heart that even if it's you, I'm afraid there are many inconveniences at present, but I still want to ask, how can you make everything return... I promise that I won't pursue those generals who launched the murision. I know that they just want urgent reform and want to make this country richer and stronger. In addition, Manchu people have also enjoyed too much for so many years. They are lazy and incompetent. They are really not worth reusing, let alone being kind. I can understand all this.

Hu Chuyuan smiled helplessly.

The two have been together for more than ten years, and they are also ministers and friends. Therefore, Hu Chuyuan especially does not want to promote this kind of change with his own hands. He would rather be an irresponsible person and leave this change to others.

He sighed helplessly and said bluntly, "I will try my best... or may not be able to save the emperor. Your Majesty, let's say something special."

At this point, he paused for the time being.

Emperor Guangxu nodded slightly, asked the eunuch accompanying him in the study to retreat, and closed the door tightly. Then he asked Hu Chuyuan, "Shoufu, what do you want to say?"

Hu Chuyuan replied, "Weichen thinks that since the law of Emperor Taizong that Manchu and Han can't get married, the Manchu people have certainly maintained it all the time. Unfortunately, this method can protect the people and not the throne. The world is so big that there are more than 367 million people, and there are only two million people. Your Majesty, let's change our position and think about it. If you were Han people, would you agree to let the Manchu people ride on our Han people's heads? They will be raised with our Han people's hard-earned money from life to death. They are idle and can't do anything. In addition, there is a group of Manchu people with a little ability, shouting 'If the Han people are strong, the Manchu people will die' every day. Speech, do everything possible to stop the Han people, discriminate against the Han people, and all Manchu people are discriminating against the Han people. What is the truth? The economy, politics, military and national defense of the Qing Dynasty are all supported by the Han people. If you are a Han Chinese, do you want to ask 'why'? Do you want to ask 'why'? Just because the Manchus entered Shanhaiguan and killed millions of us Han people?

Just listening to these words, Emperor Guangxu's face suddenly turned pale. He knew that... Everything was over, and Hu Chuyuan was deliberately condoning all this from the beginning.

He quietly clenched his fist and wanted to beat Hu Chuyuan to death for his ancestors and for the "Qing Dynasty".

But he is a smart man after all.

There are two explanations for smart people. First, they are smart; second, they understand the situation.

He knew that it was too late.

At this moment, Emperor Guangxu finally couldn't help crying. He grabbed the inkstone on the table and wanted to hit Hu Chuyuan with the inkstone, but he did not dare, and his heart was extremely complicated.

In fact, he has long known that once China is rich and strong, and once the Han people are strong, the imperial power of the Manchu people will be completely ended, but he still has a kind of expectation... He hopes that his benevolence and efforts can change all this.

He really wants to know why the world is so unfair. He is the one who makes China really move towards change, but the blade of change turns to him?

Don't those Han people and Hu Chuyuan have eyes and can't see all this?

Looking at Emperor Guangxu sitting in the dragon chair and crying, Hu Chuyuan didn't say anything or persuade him.

Hu Chuyuan doesn't like to deceive people. He can not tell you the answer or your inner plan, but he won't deceive you.

He has always been a very special person. In fact, he has always had the idea of letting Zai Ting step down early, but there was no suitable opportunity. Therefore, when Lu Guang Quan created this opportunity, he still agreed.

Before that, he had hardly mentioned such an idea to anyone.

He waited silently until he stopped his tears and said to him, "Your Majesty, in fact, you don't have to be too sad. Weichen has never felt that the throne is such a matter of concern, just like I might as well keep the position of the head and assistant minister in my heart. Life is so short. For this power, you and I have lost too much life as a person, a man, a husband, a father... we should experience.

Emperor Guangxu was speechless for a moment. After a long time, he said, "Shoufu... Are you really not nostalgic for all this?"

Hu Chuyuan replied sincerely, "I don't miss it at all. However, the last time I served as the first assistant was for a temporary transition, and this time it was different. Since I agreed to come back, I am ready to do my best.

Zai Tians smiled bitterly and said, "Shoufu, you still have your own way out. Where should I go with Manren? China is so big, is there no place for suffering?

Hu Chuyuan said, "If the Manchu-Han marriage allowed by Dorgon was continued by the ancestor Emperor Shunzhi, hundreds of years now, perhaps there is no so-called Manchu-Han dispute in the world, how can the emperor have a crisis today? Manchu people themselves don't want to integrate into the Han Dynasty, so why do they have to remember the throne of the Han Dynasty?

Zaitian's discontented argument: "In the past two hundred and fifty years, the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, the national football team has been rich and strong, and the tax has never increased. Since the Holy Ancestor, he has been exempted the national grain tax more than 20 times, pacified the four directions, and opened up territory. How can there be an example of the Han people who are the emperors who love Xinjueluo?"

Hu Chuyuan replied coldly, "Maybe not, maybe there is, it doesn't matter. Weichen is also a Han man. Then Weichen came to ask the emperor this sentence. Why do I have to wait for 30,000 Han people to raise millions of people? What's more, these people have nothing to do except arrogance and domineering. They can neither cultivate the land nor know the reason. Your Majesty, why do you answer this question? If you say that Manchu people are born noble, and we Han people are born to be Manchu people's slaves, the minister feels that between us monarchs and ministers... or from now on, there is no need to say anything more. If the emperor feels that Weichen is not a good minister and is not suitable to be the chief assistant, Weichen will never miss it. Now he will go back to Shanghai to continue to be my billionaire, and he will never ask about China's politics from now on.

"You...!!!"

Zai Tian's anger is hard to calm down. If he had been put aside ten years ago, he could immediately order the removal of all positions of Hu Chuyuan.

But he also understood that he could not answer Hu Chuyuan's question.

Seeing that he did not speak, Hu Chuyuan said, "So, since Emperor Shunzhi, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, it has been wrong. The policy of not marrying between Manchu and Han will remain unchanged, so it is decided that Aixinjue Luo will be overthrown by the Han people sooner or later. Since the reincarnation of Tiandao in ancient times, it has changed every three hundred years. The Mongols have occupied the Eurasian continent, but they can't sit in the Central Plains forever, not to mention full of people?

Zai Tuan hesitated for a long time and asked, "Now allow Manchu-Han to marry... Can we save the situation? If it is feasible, I am willing to abolish the queen, re-establish the Han woman as the queen, and choose her children to continue!"

Hu Chuyuan said, "It's too late. Weichen said something unpleasant, and to be honest, Your Majesty... You and I will die after all. A hundred years later... Especially after Weichen goes out of the field, the Manchu people will completely lose their place of rest in the country, either dying or hidden among the Han people, claiming to be Han people. Nothing else is hated by the people. The hatred of the people is like a jar of poisonous wine. Once the upper layer of oiled paper is torn open, the consequences will be unimaginable... Buddha's cloud, the reincarnation of cause and effect is not unretribution, but the time has not yet arrived. After Manchu entered the customs, there are too many people to kill. It's too easy to get the world, and the killing is too heavy. After three hundred years, the Han people in the world have a cycle of cause and effect. If there is no extermination in this way, it is really a fluke.

Zai Ting's heart trembled violently, and his face turned pale. After a long time, he asked, "Shoufu, did you expect this day long ago?"

Hu Chuyuan nodded without concealment and said, "These things are not under Weichen's consideration, nor can they be controlled by Weichen. The emperor doesn't have to worry too much. Weichen has been ready in foreign countries for a long time. If it really doesn't work, the emperor can withdraw from China with Weichen... In fact, Weichen has always felt that a really powerful China does not need us, emperors and ministers. Evacuate early and save our lives early."

Zai Tian seemed to see a glimmer of hope again, and asked Hu Chuyuan, "If you and I join hands, we can work together, or will we win back the situation?"

Hu Chuyuan shook his head seriously and said, "Your Majesty, don't you understand? Only a pedantic, feudal society can recognize Manchu rule. An open and radical China and a Han-dominated China will not recognize this. To be clear, either China will sink and be cared up by foreign powers, or China will be determined to reform, and Manren will be defeated in the struggle for nationalism. There are only two choices. Which one do you choose?

At this time, I finally couldn't say a word anymore.

He really understood it all.

This is a choice that has no choice at all. When China is divided up by the great powers, it is inevitable that the Manchu people will die. When China is rich and strong, it will be even more difficult for the Manchu people to die.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help crying and felt more and more aggrieved.

For the sake of China's prosperity, he has done his best to save every two silver expenses of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, try his best to use the money for civil affairs, donate money and materials, and work with Hu Chuyuan to set up education and donate funds to schools and water conservancy.

In the years when he was really in power, he was the only emperor who did not build a royal garden, and even his own imperial mausoleum was thrifty in terms of specifications.

He also especially hates Hu Chuyuan. He trusts Hu Chuyuan so much, but Hu Chuyuan knows the problem here but never talks to him.

He finally understood that he was just a pawn of Hu Chuyuan.

Hu Chuyuan sat in the seat indifferently and waited silently.

After a long time, he cried hoarse when he heard the voice of the emperor. Hu Chuyuan said, "Is this position of the emperor so worth caring about? Emperor, how can there be a family in the world that can sit on the throne forever? Shang, Zhou, Qin and Han, Tang, Song, and Yuan Ming have all passed. Does the emperor really think that Cang Tian will open up to Ai Xinjue Luo and Daqing alone? After all, we are mortals, and the changes in the situation in the world are far beyond our control. The reincarnation of the world has a beginning and an end. Your Majesty, if the number of anger is over, when it's time to end, you don't have another trouble, otherwise it will only lead to a more bleak ending. Listen to me, it may be a better choice to settle down the family business early with Weichen.

At this time, Zaitian has gradually calmed down again. Hu Chuyuan analyzed the general trend of the international community with him one by one. The rise of nationalism is already the general trend, and it is not controlled by him and Zaitian at all.

No matter how strong they are, they are just two ordinary human beings, not gods.

All they can do is to adapt to the situation, take advantage of the situation, take advantage of the complex ethnic issues in the country, try to promote the policy of multi-ethnic coexistence, and do not fight against the whole situation.

If it really doesn't work, the Prince of Alcohol will withdraw from China and look for a new place to live.

As long as you have money, where does life be different?

If you really miss your hometown and don't want to leave your hometown, why did you have to enter the Central Plains at the beginning?

The two have been talking about the dawn. No matter whether Zai Tian really agreed to accept it, he still asked Hu Chuyuan to secretly find a way to leave him a way out. He bought a family business in the United States and North Korea and temporarily deposited it in the name of Prince Zaifeng.

As for domestic affairs, he will also try his best to cooperate with Hu Chuyuan, first find a way to stabilize the situation, and then Xu Tu.

In the morning light, Hu Chuyuan left the Forbidden City and returned to Yingtai Capital Garden in a horse-drawn carriage.

Start with Guangxu... This has always been something that Hu Chuyuan can't do.

Sitting in the carriage, Hu Chuyuan silently closed his eyes and thought in his heart. He hoped that Zaitian could really wake up. If China is to be rich and strong, the national consciousness must be awakened. When the national consciousness is awakened, there must be no way out.

He has made it clear now, and everything is too late.

Even if Emperor Guangxu wants to turn the situation around, it is completely impossible. At this time, if you want to do something, the end of Zaitun and Man will only be more bleak.

So, when it's good, it's the best choice for the emperors to find a way to make a sum of money and leave China.

As for those ordinary people... The price that should be paid is to be paid after all. The cycle of cause and effect, there must be a cause and effect.

With Hu Chuyuan's financial resources, status and understanding of life, he can not care about these things, but there must be others who care very much. Moreover, Hu Chuyuan does not intend to quarrel with these people.

He is not a god. He is just a master who is good at taking advantage of the situation.

Or, he who seems to be a good person... is not a good person at all. It can also be said that he is too good at taking advantage of the situation.

(to be continued)