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Volume 1: The First Ming of the Young Phoenix Chapter 141: Succeed

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    The year of Jiawu is the 60th birthday of the current Empress Dowager Lafayette of the Qing Dynasty. Cixi, who wanted to imitate her ancestor Qianlong, had been preparing for the celebration a few years ago.  However, the military disaster caused by the civil unrest in the vassal state of Korea against the Japanese country also involved the Qing Dynasty.  After several exchanges of fire between the army and the Japanese, the Qing Dynasty did not get much advantage.  The Battle of Toshima was defeated, and the battle to defend Pyongyang was defeated.  Although the Battle of the Yellow Sea at Dadonggou was a great victory, it was due to the help of external forces and the victory was unclear. It is difficult to regard it as the achievement of the Qing Navy.  The war was fierce and dangerous, with no success in sight, and everyone was in panic, making Cixi embarrassed to do anything grand.  As a result, only a few palace maids and eunuchs accompanied the Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty to spend her sixty-year-old birthday in Yuxiu Palace.  Now, under the control and strong coercion of this old Buddha, there are no more disobedient ministers in the DPRK to lead the war, and the armistice negotiations have been completed.  Then he calmed down and set up his ceremonial palace to accept the congratulations from the princes and ministers, preparing to live a safe and festive New Year.  The Lunar Spring Festival in 1895 fell in the first month of the new calendar. It has snowed heavily in recent days, making the capital city covered in snow.  It was close to the end of the year, and there were few pedestrians on the street. Except for some shops that had not yet closed, most of them retreated to the warmth of their homes early.  Soon after Shenshi, the winter sky became dark.  After the biting cold wind howled, the red lanterns hanging under the eaves of each shop were swaying around.  After a while, goose-feather-like snowflakes swayed and fell.  It¡¯s snowing again.  "Da da da" "Boom" "Bang" Intense gunshots and bursts of violent explosions suddenly started in the direction of Xiyuan of the capital, resounding throughout the sky above the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and were also mixed with infantry.  The roar of cannon.  For a time, the Manchu guards stationed in the capital were brave and rushed out in the wind and snow. People were furious and horses were neighing. There was a commotion.  The sound of gunfire did not last long. After a loud noise that shook the entire capital, the sparse gunfire gradually went south.  Guns and cannons have no eyes, and coupled with the windy and snowy weather, no matter how curious the ordinary people living nearby are, they all stay in their homes and dare not pry.  It was night, and soldiers with guns and live ammunition could be seen everywhere in the capital, and the whole city was under martial law.  The capital was in panic, and the princes and ministers were extremely busy.  One by one, they hurried out of their homes in the snow and rushed to the palace, where they gathered in the Yangxin Hall to discuss matters.  The chilling and tense atmosphere enveloped the capital like snowflakes falling.  At this moment, Liu Zhenhua, who was waiting anxiously on the Tengfei in Keelung Port, received an urgent telegram shortly after the gunfire in the capital disappeared.  The expression on his face gradually turned into ecstasy, and he punched the empty space in front of him with his right hand, venting his uncontrollable excitement.  Starting from the evening of the day before yesterday, it snowed heavily for two nights and one day, and it didn¡¯t suddenly clear up until the morning of the third day.  The common people in the capital were strictly ordered to stay at home by soldiers and soldiers all over the streets and were prohibited from going out.  During the day, I casually looked out from the cracks in the walls and doors, and saw that all the red and green drapes and colorful lanterns on the streets to welcome the Spring Festival were gone. ? One after another, we saw groups walking through the street. The soldiers responsible for patrolling and searching all put on white helmets and white armor.  Even the red tassels on the hat and spear worn on the head were all replaced with white!  Is this mourning?  Big event, something big happened in the Qing Dynasty!  On the same day, soldiers and government servants at the government offices in Beijing went door-to-door to inform, and notices were posted on the yellow bulletins, telling the world that Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty were all gone!  From now on, people will stop all entertainment activities and weddings and funerals, and the whole country will mourn.  The history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty underwent earth-shaking changes on this day. Empress Dowager Cixi finally came to the end of her life, ending her 48-year rule over the Qing Dynasty.  The death of Cixi means the complete end of the era when the last powerful woman in the Chinese feudal era ruled an empire.  "But the fact that the Queen Mother and the Emperor died at the same time is really confusing.  Some people thought of the violent gunfire the day before and speculated whether it was related to this.  But as soon as the thought came up, he was frightened by himself and did not dare to think about it further.  Ordinary people had no idea what that earth-shattering explosion was about and what the consequences were. The intensive sound of gunfire and violent explosions near the Taiye Pond had a profound impact on the now precarious Manchu Qing court.  What does it mean?  A mysterious and weird atmosphere enveloped the Forbidden City, and people often speculated about what happened in the palace after dinner.  However, the Forbidden City is airtight. Except for birds that can fly over it, no one outside the palace can even try to get a glimpse of it.  People in the palace and insiders are even more silent about this. Regarding the details of the death of the emperor and the queen mother, it is difficult for the people in the capital to get specific and reliable information.  What the common people can know is that Emperor Guangxu and the Empress Dowager Cixi have both passed away. In a few days, the emperor and the Empress Dowager will follow the same rules that have lasted for thousands of years.Funeral and burial according to the feudal etiquette.  No one knows that the mastermind behind the deaths of two of the most powerful figures in the Qing Dynasty was Liu Zhenhua, who was in Baodao.  From the day he came to this time and space, he has been planning to speed up the pace of the decadent Manchu Qing Dynasty's destruction, intending to change the course of history and let the 40 million Chinese people escape from the clutches of the old thief Cixi as soon as possible.  If Cixi is still in office, the Reform Movement of 1898 a few years later will be the Hundred Days Reform.  Even the invasion of China by the Eight-Power Allied Forces in the Gengzi Year will still be staged in the land of China.  The vast China will be arbitrarily bullied by the greedy Western powers. Its territory will be seized, its resources will be plundered, and more power-degrading and humiliating treaties will appear.  Why did China become a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society in its previous life, allowing foreigners to act arrogantly and domineeringly?  The corrupt Manchu ruling class was the biggest root cause, and Cixi, an arrogant, extravagant and powerful old thief, was the culprit.  Liu Zhenhua, who is Chinese and has certain abilities, absolutely does not want to see hundreds of millions of Chinese people being oppressed and humiliated by bandits, let alone the history of China groaning in pain under the intimidation of foreign guns and cannons!  Therefore, Liu Zhenhua has been looking for opportunities to get rid of Cixi.  Last time, he went to the capital in person for this purpose, but he escaped due to lack of intelligence. This time, Tang Yaozu and others finally succeeded.  However, it was unexpected for Emperor Guangxu to suffer such disaster.  However, death is death.  A cowardly emperor who has been sidelined will not be of much use if he remains.  Although Liu Zhenhua has no intention of interfering in China's domestic affairs, it is his motherland after all, and the homeland of all Chinese in the world.  After being attacked and successfully evacuated by the Yaizhen Dark Sword team led by Tang Yaozu, he was so excited that he quickly ordered the intelligence personnel lurking in Beijing to pay close attention to the recent movements of the Manchu and Qing court to see who would succeed the throne in the end.  Make a decision after observing.  When he learned that Cixi and Guangxu had been attacked and killed for the first time, Liu Zhenhua did not immediately inform Liu Mingchuan and the Beiyang Navy generals who stayed on the treasure island of the shocking news.  Instructing Liu Meng to go ahead and notify Jiang Shuisheng and Yunfeng to come over, he turned around and stood in front of the porthole of the cabin. It was dark outside the window, and he was silent and lost in thought.  ¡®Cixi and Guangxu died at the same time, the last emperor Puyi was not even born yet, and the history of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was messed up by this variable that should not have existed.  What kind of development will such changes lead to?  In the modern history of China, will those vigorous and romantic figures still appear?  ' "Master, we are here." "Zhenhua, do you have anything good to inform us this late at night? I just heard from the adjutant on duty that you were dancing with joy after receiving the telegram. Who sent the telegram?"  Jiang Shuisheng asked with a smile as soon as he entered the door.  "Haha, there must be something good" Turning around, and just as he was about to inform Tang Yaozu about the completion of the mission in the capital, the sound of running footsteps sounded outside the cabin door.  Liu Zhenhua stopped talking and looked up at the door.  "Report, Honolulu telegram." "Oh, there is another telegram, read it." "After more than two months of investigation and verification, last year, that is, on November 24, Jiawu Year, Sun Wen and others established the establishment in Honolulu  The Association for the Revival of China. The association took the pledge of ¡°driving out the Tartars, restoring China, and establishing a united government.¡± The day before yesterday, Liu Zhenhua suddenly remembered the Association for the Revival of China, and sent a telegram to Honolulu to ask Lin Jialun to inquire about it.  Unexpectedly, my uncle's movements were really slow.  This should come, and it will come!  After listening to the telegram, Liu Zhenhua was silent for a long time, filled with emotion in his heart.  ¡ËFast updates¡Ë¡ËPure text¡Ë
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