On July 16, 1908, the weather was clear and the wind was beautiful.

At less than 9 a.m., inside and outside Zhang Zhidong's mansion, there were more than a hundred elite "Baodi Army" officers and soldiers holding "Hanyang-made" rifles.

At around 9:30, Chen Hao, accompanied by Yuan Shikai, Xu Xilin and others, came to see the only remaining "Four Famous Ministers" of the late Qing Dynasty.

After arriving at the Zhang Mansion, under the guidance of the guards who took over the Zhang Mansion, Chen Hao and others walked towards the living room of the Zhang Mansion while chatting.

On the way, Xu Xilin was excited and said to Chen Hao with a smile: "Chairman, Senior Zhang Zhidong has made great contributions to promoting my country's national industry. His subordinates have long wanted to meet him."

Chen Hao has studied history and knows that Mao Weiren has made great contributions to Zhang Zhidong's development in the development of China's national industry. Mao Weiren once said, "When talking about China's national industry, heavy industry cannot forget Zhang Zhidong."

However, even with such good comments from Mao Weiren, when the Red Guards were raging in 2008, the cemetery of Zhang Zhidong and his wife was inevitably dug by the Red Guards.

After criticizing the words, the undecayed corpses of Zhang and his wife were hung on trees by the Red Guards. After being exposed to the sun for dozens of days, they did not even know where the remains were. It can be said that the corpses remained, which was very unfortunate.

"Haha" Thinking of this, Chen Hao said casually: "Actually, I am not interested in seeing this so-called famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty. It's not that he insisted on seeing me, but I happened to have time, so I was too lazy to see him, the old man."

Xu Xilin asked with a smile: "Chairman, you don't seem to have any good feelings for Senior Zhang. Can you tell me what's the reason?"

Yuan Shikai, who was standing beside him, showed his attention and listened with his ears.

"Well," Chen Hao said frankly: "I have no good feelings for the so-called "Four Famous Ministers" of the Qing Dynasty. If it were not for the help of Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, the corrupt Manchus would have been overthrown in the early morning, and the Han people would have been the masters of the country."

Yuan Shikai's face turned deteriorated instantly.

Xu Xilin turned to look at Yuan Shikai and asked bluntly: "General Yuan has also tried his best to help the Qing Dynasty deal with anti-Qing righteous men, but you have always had a good impression of General Yuan. Why is that?"

At this time, he had already arrived outside the living room of the Zhang Mansion. Zhang Zhidong, with the help of his confidant family, slowly came out to greet him.

Chen Hao said that he had no good feelings for Zhang Zhidong, but he was not polite. He smiled and fisted in his chest and said, "Hello, Senior Zhang, here is Chen Hao from Lanfang Republic. Please welcome him personally, it really makes me frightened."

"Haha" Zhang Zhidong smiled and bowed his hand. He looked up and down for a while, and said in admiration: "A while ago, I heard the name of Chen Xiaodi in Nanyang. I felt a little unbelievable. Unexpectedly, after only a few days, Chen Xiaodi's army miraculously captured Beijing City, and even the cunning Lao Fu could not escape the net. Haha, what a hero is a boy."

"Where are you, I'm just lucky enough." Chen Hao said a few politely, and then personally helped Zhang Zhidong into the living room.

After everyone sat down, Chen Hao drank

He sipped hot tea and said to Zhang Zhidong frankly: "Senior Zhang, I was just saying to my cousin Xu Xilin, I don't have any good feelings for you and didn't plan to come to see you, haha."

Zhang Zhidong couldn't have imagined that Chen Hao would say such words as soon as he sat down, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

However, Zhang Zhidong was a man of a mature person, without showing any expression on the surface, and said with a faint smile: "When people get old, they get annoying. I have long been used to it. But Brother Chen is not an ordinary person. I really want to know why Brother Chen has such a big prejudice towards me?"

Chen Hao talked about the conversation with Xu Xilin. After hearing this, Zhang Zhidong sighed: "Ah, I am accomplice to the tiger and did not join the ** that overthrew the Qing Dynasty. It is indeed damn. However, the power of the Manchus is extremely weak now, and the south is completely dominated by us Han people. There is no difference whether to overthrow or not."

It's so stupid. If it weren't for thinking about Zhang Zhidong's old age, Chen Hao would almost scold him.

The "Chairman" Yuan Shikai, who had been silent at this time, asked respectfully: "My subordinates have tried their best to help the Qing Dynasty deal with anti-Qing righteous men, and have not joined the ranks of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty. But why have you always had a good impression of me before?"

"This time is the time, and the time is the moment," Chen Hao said, "During Zeng Guofan and Li Hongzhang, the vigorous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising occurred, which was the best time to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. As a son and daughter of China, we must rise up and join the ranks of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty.

During the period when General Yuan's rise, the imperialist countries were deeply rooted in China and had almost divided China. Even if the Qing Dynasty could be overthrown, they would be constrained by the imperialist countries and it would be difficult for the country to revitalize.

Therefore, although General Yuan was in Cao's camp and was always in the Han Dynasty and had the ambition to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, he did not dare to act rashly because of his lack of strength and could only wait for the opportunity to start a crime."

After listening to Chen Hao's words, Yuan Shikai was greatly moved.

However, Chen Hao did not know that the entire Qing Dynasty had a large number of vested interests after hundreds of years of development. Even if the Qing Dynasty fell, this giant would not be able to be completely destroyed by any external force.

These vested interest classes, including not only Manchus, but also local gentry, scholars, etc., all of them enjoyed the vested interests of the Qing Dynasty and would instinctively and consciously maintain the Qing Dynasty's rule in times of crisis.

Therefore, most scholars and gentry were the cornerstones of the Qing Dynasty rule. If the cornerstones were stable, it would be difficult to defeat this ruling class from the outside.

The Han people like Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong and Yuan Shikai were the greatest vested interest class. The power they enjoyed had reached the extreme of their ministers.

To a certain extent, their interests were consistent with the Manchus. Even if they were suspicious of the Qing government, if their personal interests were not greatly damaged, they would not have thought of overthrowing the Qing Dynasty.

Although Chen Hao did not expect this, Chen Hao's current and future actions will severely crack down on the vested interest class of the Qing Dynasty, so that these people can no longer make trouble in the country.

Chen Hao

After chatting with Zhang Zhidong for a while, Zhang Zhidong remembered his purpose of meeting Chen Hao, and asked with interest: "Brother Chen, you have a very powerful army now. I really want to know, what is your ultimate goal?"

Chen Haosurong replied: "Revitalizing China makes China the most powerful country in the world. Moreover, in order to truly realize that the Han people are masters of their own affairs, from now on, the younger generations must implement the principle of equality for everyone in the face of the law in China."

"Be serious?" Zhang Zhidong asked in a state of emotion: "Brother Chen, do you think that everyone is equal before the law, will it be realized?"

"Of course," Chen Hao said confidently: "Before the law, everyone is equal. This should be the sacred right that every Han person should enjoy. Only when this is done can the Han people be the masters of their own country."
Chapter completed!