Chapter 80: The First Edge (Part 2)
As a young monarch who strives for strength, Emperor Guangxu puts the country first and forcibly implements reforms under the firm resistance of the conservative Manchus. At the most difficult moment, he never easily compromises and gives in order to protect himself.
Moreover, at the last moment of the reform, Emperor Guangxu insisted on his belief in reform for the prosperity of the country, put his life and death in a way that he wanted to kill the old witch on the horse with one sword.
How could Emperor Guangxu, who had no soldiers and power, beat Cixi's old demon? As a result, the naive Emperor Guangxu himself was imprisoned by Cixi's old demon and lost his freedom in life. However, his ability to do so far exceeds the behavioral value of a puppet emperor. Even from the perspective of personality alone, Emperor Guangxu is very admirable.
Although the Reform Movement led by Emperor Guangxu failed, it played a positive role in the development of society at that time: in terms of thought, it broke the ideological shackles of feudalism and opened the precedent for the liberation of China's ideological; in terms of economy, Emperor Guangxu accepted the proposal of reformists to develop national capitalism, clearing some obstacles for the development of Chinese national capitalism; in terms of culture and education, it opened schools, reformed the imperial examination system, sent people to study abroad, travel, etc., which broadened the horizons of intellectuals and brought some advanced Western ideas, theories and technologies to China, which had been closed to the country for a long time.
It can be seen from this that Emperor Guangxu is worthy of being the first enlightened emperor in modern China to imitate the West and strive to change China.
Emperor Guangxu's political career was a great tragedy, but Guangxu's family life was also a tragedy. Moreover, Guangxu had only one queen and two concubines, which was unique among the Qing emperors. After being placed under house arrest by the old witch, he lived a prisoner-like life for a long time, and no one interacted with him.
Even so, the poor Emperor Guangxu still lived a hard life with a glimmer of hope. Every day, he hoped that God would let the old witch go to hell as soon as possible, and then he could come back to power and become the emperor, and continue to do his best to the strength of the country.
On November 14, 1908, the day before the old witch Cixi died, a bigger tragedy came. The old witch was afraid that Guangxu would cause trouble after her death, so she ordered the eunuch to force Emperor Guangxu to take a lot of arsenic, which made the poor Emperor Guangxu die one step ahead of her in depressed manner.
Thinking of this, Chen Hao felt sympathy and blurted out: "Okay, they are almost assimilated by us Han people now. Let me save this poor emperor who has been miserable throughout his life and made certain contributions to the revitalization of the country! Assimilation is the king! This principal still believes in this famous saying of conquering foreign races."
Lin Juemin has also heard some gossips about Chen Hao these days. Of course, these gossips were deliberately spread by Chen Hao in order to create a reasonable identity for himself. Lin Juemin was afraid that Chen Hao would not accept it, so he wanted to persuade Chen Hao carefully on the grounds of the overall national situation and the great cause of the nation.
But at this time, Lin Juemin saw that Chen Hao was very sympathetic to Emperor Guangxu and agreed to do what he wanted. He couldn't help but feel excited. After pondering for a while, Lin Juemin brought out the follow-up plan he had just planned.
After hearing Lin Juemin's plan, Chen Hao looked at Lin Juemin with admiration, and then the two of them laughed at each other. Alas! Under such a plan, the governors who tried to fight against the People's Liberation Army in the future will die in depression. The cunning and cunning of these two people is not worthy of being told by outsiders!
Seeing Chen Hao, Lin Juemin and the other two were laughing there. Xia Lili, who was writing quickly, frowned and said in her heart: It’s not good! Brother Hao was originally a gentle and righteous gentleman. Now, a treacherous and scheming Lin Juemin has come. Don’t be hurt by him!
The next morning, Chen Hao finished his morning exercise and sat in the pavilion, ordered people to prepare cigarettes, tea and water. While talking about things with Lin Juemin, Zheng Tiehao and others, he was waiting for the arrival of two important guests.
At around 9 a.m., Lu Liwei brought Huang Zhonghan and an old man over 50 years old. Chen Hao, who was waiting, quickly got up. He greeted Huang Zhonghan, who was already familiar with him, and directly reached out to the old man and said intimately: "Mengchangjun, who is famous in Southeast Asia, came to see his nephew in person, which really made his nephew's thatched cottage shine brightly!"
"It is my honor to be able to see my savior of China!" The old man shook hands with Chen Hao while smiling and shaking hands with Chen Hao.
Hu Zichun, a modern patriotic overseas Chinese leader, a great philanthropist and entrepreneur, and the tin mine king of Kuala Lumpur, Nanyang. When he was young, Hu Zichun bought a mine to run the tin industry. Because he introduced advanced European technology to produce, he made great profits and his business became increasingly prosperous. Finally, he owned more than 30 mining institutions and became the leading tin mine entrepreneur in Southeast Asia. He was known as the "tin mine king".
In addition, Hu Zichun also opened thousands of acres of rubber planting and a huge "Spring Garden" for planting clove cardamom. Given that he made great contributions and far-reaching impacts to the development of the economic development of Malaya, the British Minister of Political Affairs in Southeast Asia specially named him "Tripe of the Pacific Affairs" and the British King also named him Minister of Mines.
When Hu Zichun was a teenager, he wandered in a foreign country and suffered from the poverty and weakness of his motherland, so he was particularly enthusiastic about saving the country. When Governor Cen Chunxuan, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, went on a tour of Nanyang to comfort overseas Chinese, he donated 500,000 taels of silver to the Qing court. In 1906, Hu Zichun returned to China to attend the funeral. When the old witch Cixi summoned him when he heard the news, he offered 500,000 taels of silver. By establishing the Guangdong-Hanzhou-Hangzhou-Zhanghai-Xiamen Railways, Hu Zichun once again generously donated more than 200,000 taels of silver. For this reason, the Qing court successively appointed him as the Minister of Posts and the Minister of the Rules and the Grand Duke of Ronglu.
Although Hu Zichun was extremely active in donating money, he witnessed the increasing decay of the Qing court and was increasingly disappointed with the Qing court. In addition, he was influenced by the revolutionary activities carried out by Sun Yat-sen in Nanyang, so he became increasingly alienated from the Qing court and actively supported the revolution, repeatedly funding Sun Yat-sen with huge sums of money.
Hu Zichun believes that Changming Technology is an important way for a country to develop education. Therefore, he has spared no effort to establish schools in China and overseas Chinese society throughout his life. What is amazing is that Hu Zichun also founded a Chinese female school in Penang, which is an innovation in the creation of overseas Chinese women's education in Nanyang.
At the same time, Hu Zichun is also very enthusiastic about the public welfare undertakings of overseas Chinese. What is most praised is that he founded the "Zhenwu Shan Society", which promoted the quitting smoking and the free supply of quitting medicine, which greatly promoted the ban on opium smoking. In addition, Hu Zichun also spent a huge amount of money to fund charity, and Zhou Ji's fellow countrymen, and was called Mengchangjun of Nanyang by the Chinese.
Chapter completed!