novelraw Chapter 287
Chapter 287
In the few days when Yinreng was away, many unfamiliar faces appeared in the government. Mr. Chen, who was originally standing as a minister of the Ministry, had moved to the position of a bachelor, and many familiar faces disappeared, as if they were sweated. Ama was demoted and transferred, or directly dismissed.
Presumably, in the few days when he was away, Khan Ama was not idle, straightening out the turmoil caused by the dismissal of Lu Dehong in the court.
Mr. Xi who once sang the oboe with Guo Xiu disappeared, but Mr. Guo who went to the locality returned to the court again, and now he is staying in the position of minister of the Ministry of Agriculture.The transformation from a speech official to an official with real power shows that Mr. Guo has made remarkable achievements in the localities.
There is another little Ba Yinhu in the position that belongs to the brothers, and the team of brothers has grown again, Yinfeng is very pleased.
The topics that will be discussed in the court today, apart from the clichés, have new government troubles.
The war at home and abroad in the Qing Dynasty has stabilized, and it can be seen that it is time to enter a period of development.
Wang Xiqi, a cabinet scholar: "During the war, the Western Regions were the main battlefield and people's livelihood was in decline. How to restore the local situation and stabilize the Western Regions is an urgent problem."
The Ministry of Agriculture suggested: "Only by starting with the most fundamental reclamation of fields, and organizing local people to reclaim wasteland, station military fields, civilian fields, commercial fields, etc., to gather food, can the local area settle down and solve the initial problem of food and clothing."
An official from the Ministry of Industry said: "The reclamation of farmland is inseparable from the construction of reservoirs. The reservoirs in the Western Regions have no foundation, and there is no way to guarantee irrigation of the fields. To reclaim wasteland, if the fields are to be able to harvest food, I am afraid that people who understand water conservancy must go there. And the local terrain is complicated. There are plains, mountains, etc., and I am afraid that it is necessary to send officials to carry out reconstruction according to local conditions."
"In addition, it is necessary to dredge the river and build a transportation road, so as to make the Western Regions and the Qing Dynasty more closely connected."
Yinti said: "There is a large piece of wasteland in the Western Regions that no one cares about. It is rare to find people within a hundred miles of the wasteland. There are tribes wandering there, and they are mainly nomadic groups and tribes."
Therefore, it also involved the relocation of nearby people and encouraged the population to go to the Western Regions.
In this regard, the Ministry of Agriculture had many doubts and asked Yinxuan.
"I don't know the types of local crops in the Western Regions? How many acres of cultivated land are there?"
There were also many civil servants who went to the Western Regions to fight together. Li Tianfu stepped forward and replied: "The crops in the Western Regions are scarce, and the arable land is less than one-twelfth of the pass. The planting scale is small, and due to Galdan's poor management, large areas of wasteland are still deserted."
"There are not many types of crops. Most of them are wheat, peas, rice, etc. Crops such as corn are especially suitable for planting in dry places in the area. If various types of planting such as corn can be introduced to the Western Regions, it will solve the food and clothing concerns of the local people. In addition, there is also the promotion of sesame, rapeseed, and flax planting, all of which are suitable for local promotion (1)." Li Tianfu assisted Kangxi in handling government affairs for a long time, talking freely.
The Ministry of Finance said: "If we want to restore people's livelihood in the Western Regions, we cannot do without the strategy of opening trade."
Only by encouraging more people to go to the Western Regions for construction and encouraging mainland traders to do business in the Western Regions can the economy of the Western Regions be restored.Economic exchanges are the best and gentlest way to promote the locals of the Western Regions to integrate into the Qing Dynasty.
Another civil official advocated Confucianism and proposed that the emperor would carry out Confucianism education in the Western Regions. Confucianism is an orthodox doctrine, and of course the Four Books and Five Classics must be passed on.The introduction of Han culture is conducive to the education of backward areas to learn benevolence, righteousness and etiquette.
For example, culture and economy are not serious topics. What makes the courtiers more serious is the administration of government affairs and religion in the Western Regions. The Lifan Academy played a great role in this matter.
Everyone is discussing the construction of the Western Regions in full swing, and such a grand event will only happen after the war.
The Ministry of Household Affairs also reported: "After the country became stable, the total number of people in the Qing Dynasty increased, and the number of newly registered household registrations has increased year by year in recent years."
In fact, the population growth began after the suppression of the San Francisco Rebellion.Whether it is the battle between the northern border and the Rakshasa, or the war in the Western Regions in the west, it has not affected the development of the south. After the stability of the Central Plains, it has developed vigorously. The people are stable, and there are more babies. The population growth trend Just getting higher and higher.
Now the "Udinsk Treaty" has been signed on the northern border, and Junggar has been pacified in the west.If there is no accident, there will be a period of peace after the Qing Dynasty. The prosperous age is within reach, and what is in front of the courtiers is a great opportunity for development.
The courtiers had heated discussions on the emerging private industries and the emerging large-scale workshops.
Guo Xiu said: "For the people at the bottom, it is instinct to seek a richer life. Most of the people are hardworking and hardworking, and are willing to rack their brains for a better life. The development of folk farming has enabled the people to move out of their homes. The extra manpower is used to do other things. If one person can persevere and take care of the field, they will not leave another person to take care of the field. The people are hardworking and simple, and most of the people have hope in their lives. They will overcome their laziness. More people are going to towns to seek new outlets, which is the root cause of more and more people working in private towns."
Now large-scale workshops have sprung up in cities and towns everywhere, ranging from poultry farming, to textiles, to various factories and kilns. These new small businesses have sprung up like mushrooms after rain. At the same time, whether the future policy should mainly suppress or support its development.
The meaning of Guo Xiu's letter is: the emergence of this emerging small private business is conducive to the production of more products among the people, and its root is the development of technology in the Qing Dynasty, which is a natural trend.
Being a local official is not the same after all, and the understanding of the prosperity of the private sector is also completely different from that of high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China.
"Your Majesty, if business develops, it will flow from north to south, and people will move around, and fewer and fewer people will be content with farming land. If things go on like this, it will inevitably cause civil turmoil and crop failure!"
"Your Excellency is wrong. The number of people cultivating the land has not decreased. The extra hands that are now going to work in the city are the extra hands. Even if it is suppressed, it should be suppressed by the larger and larger merchants, not the small merchants. Households. The emergence of small merchants and small households is conducive to the development of the Qing Dynasty."
There are too many private small businesses and small households and various workshops, and there is a serious phenomenon of rural people going to towns to work. This matter has become a major issue that is urgently awaiting the court's resolution.
Yinfeng was thoughtful: Xiaomei once taught Gu about the development of productive forces.
The agricultural economy and the commercial economy are closely related to the exchanges between various parts of the country, especially in the governance of remote areas, the Western Regions, Khalkha and other places.The level of economic development of the Qing Dynasty itself also determined the strength of the country's control over economic exchanges in various places.The development of the agricultural economy also requires government support to promote the reclamation and planting of wasteland, such as in the Western Regions, which requires the imperial court to send people there.
The development of productive forces led to the factoryization of the personnel structure, the emergence of the commodity economy was also the germination of early capitalism, and large-scale production was conducive to increasing social output.The urbanization of primitive rural areas is also an inevitable trend of population growth and productivity development, especially in cities and towns located in transportation hubs, with a large number of people traveling from south to north, and faster development.
As for how to deal with it and how to manage it, maybe the historical data left over from the Song Dynasty can be used for reference?
Seeing that the prince did not say a word, everyone asked him for his opinion.
Yinfeng said: "Master Guo is right. This is the trend of development. Isn't the root cause of the inventions born in scientific research institutes that benefit the people's livelihood? If this is the case, then we will go backwards, I'm afraid The scientific research institute must be shut down first, and the birth of inventions that benefit the people's livelihood should not be allowed, and the common people should be locked in the fields, in order to solve the root cause. All these are still in the development stage, and it is not advisable to kill their birth, what is needed is management And guidance. It’s like a piglet just born, but it’s hungry because it’s worried that it’s too fat to be slaughtered. If the piglet is starved to death, wouldn’t it be worthless?”
The improvement of production technology and production tools is progress, how can it be possible to go backwards?Why should two people do the work that can be done by one person with tools?There are so many good things born in the scientific research institute, and there will be more achievements that benefit the country and the people in the future. It is impossible to close the scientific research institute!
The courtiers thought about what Yinfeng said, and many people stood up and seconded one by one.
The emperor made new adjustments to the Ministry of Commerce's management of private small businesses, and assigned courtiers to manage and guide them.
Yinfeng had some regrets in his heart: the courtiers were all scholars, and no one really knew business knowledge. In fact, he had been coveting the French Minister of Finance for a long time. As long as economists can be born, the economy of the Qing Dynasty will definitely be able to rise to a higher level.
He looked around and found that from the eldest brother to the eighth younger brother, none of the little donkeys had the ability to do business, and he couldn't help but regret secretly.
On the other hand, a large amount of resources devoted to combating wars have been liberated, and various matters that could not be carried out with hands and feet can be put on the agenda!
"Ama Khan, my son has something to say," the prince couldn't hold back, and stood up!
The courtiers have become accustomed to it, and because His Royal Highness was absent from the court meeting a few days ago, they feel extremely uncomfortable, and they always feel that there is something missing around them.
Now that the crown prince has returned, the court meeting suddenly became lively.
Kangxi nodded in agreement. The emperor obviously remembered how much he had promised to "wait until Junggar is settled." Now that Junggar has been settled, some things can indeed be done.
Yinfeng explained: "It has been more than [-] years since the establishment of the Eight Banners military system in the Qing Dynasty, and it has not adapted to the current situation. In the Central Plains, this is applicable to the nomadic system of grasslands, and it also needs to keep pace with the times."
Once the battle is settled, the prince wants to change the army? !
As soon as the prince came back, there was a person who stirred up the atmosphere in the court, and the courtiers immediately exploded.
"The bannermen of the Eight Banners are trapped in the banner registration and cannot make a living in other ways. The sons of the bannermen are still the bannermen. In this way, the bannermen are trapped in the shackles, and they can only live on military salaries. This kind of management is too excessive. Rough and simple, it does not conform to the idea of benevolent treatment of the people. The Eight Banners unite the soldiers and the people, but also separate the people from the fields. This applies to the past and does not apply to the future."
Therefore, Yinfeng put forward the theory of "advancing with the times", explaining from all aspects that the system of the Eight Banners is no longer suitable for the development of the Qing Dynasty. If it is not changed for a long time, it will affect the future development, and the people of the Eight Banners will lose their fighting power. .
The current plan is to eliminate the old remnants of the Eight Banners that cannot adapt to the times, and cultivate and absorb new blood.Completely change the original Eight Banners system, release people who are trapped in the status of bannermen to seek other ways of making a living, train new types of troops, strengthen national defense, and increase the ability of the army to resist disasters, rescue, and build, etc.
The development plan of the Qing Dynasty, the three-year plan, and the five-year plan are about to be launched!
People who don't know the prince's temperament can only see the prince pointing fingers at the army, but only those who know his temperament, the victims who are deeply "harmed" by him, such as Chen Tingjing, reflexively look at the expression of the prince of Zhijun.
King Zhijun listened with a serious face, unable to see his emotions clearly for the time being.
It is a good thing for elder brother to hold military power, but when His Royal Highness opens his mouth, military and political affairs fall on elder brother's head.
If you want to get busy with the reform, it will take time and effort, and the crown prince will obviously not reach out to touch the military power. Everyone understands the truth of what he said, and Yinti also understands it.It was because he understood so well that he felt that the prince was digging a hole for Yinti, waiting for him to work hard.
Will Yinxi take over?
He really wanted to take it, the war made him famous, but being a general is not only about being famous, but also managing the army. As a young and energetic rookie, Yinti obviously has his own ideas and wants to put them into practice in the army.
The reform of the Eight Banners army was initially scheduled to be carried out under the Five Banners, and it was kicked off under the guidance of the prince. Since the Ludehong and other clans were dismissed, there were very few voices of opposition.
The prince has the support of the Hesheli family, and his father-in-law assists him from the Zhengbai Banner, and the Yellow Banner, the head of the upper three banners, is led by the Emperor himself.Starting from the crown prince and then the elder brother, it is called a strong alliance, and the reorganization of the Five Banners movement did not encounter strong resistance.
What reacted violently was the change to the Three Banners!
The inlaid yellow flag, the true yellow flag, and the true white flag are symbols of status and status, and their interest groups are after the founding of the country, the home of the nobles, and the pinnacle of the Qing Dynasty. The upper three flags are related to the common interests of all nobles. Can you just move?
Interestingly, the Aixinjueluo family is the Zhenghuang Banner, but among the Three Banners, the Xianghuang Banner is the most respected.The common surnames in Xianghuang Banner are: Guarjia, Yehenala, Niugulu, etc...
For a while, the ministers opposed fiercely, especially the Manchu ministers.
It was difficult for the court meeting to continue for a while, and the Manchus were filled with righteous indignation and sprayed the prince's "disrespect to the ancestors" and "overthrowing the ancestral system".
Yinfeng said: "Since ancient times, the number of titles and official positions has always been used to show the dignity of the identity. No matter how noble it is, how can it surpass the royal family? Just because you were born with a yellow flag, you are superior to others? Ancestral system? Don't forget the When our ancestors, Shangsanqi was originally the emperor's personal soldier, and there was never a saying that Shangsanqi was either rich or noble!"
Seeing that the enterprising prince showed his sharpness and was quite inclined to confront the courtiers, Kangxi sighed, waved his hands, and postponed the matter for the time being.
After the court meeting, the other elder brothers saw the emperor taking the prince away, their eyebrows were cold and they wanted to reprimand the prince.
Yinti shook his head: "Why are you still so restless after you've got a family?"
Yinzhi hesitated for a moment, then turned his head to see the second brother of the prince, Pidianpidian, following Khan Ama's back, hesitating to speak.
"Is Khan Ama going to privately train the prince's second brother again?" Yin Zuo, who was younger, asked worriedly.
Yinju asked curiously: "Again?"
"Yeah, the second brother of the prince was reprimanded by Khan Ama when he was a child, and he has worked hard to do it well, but Khan Ama has become more and more demanding of him," Yinzhi said regretfully: "This time, I will always do it." It’s inevitable that we will be talked about a few times. Fortunately, Khan Ama doesn’t have such high demands on us.”
His words successfully frightened the younger brothers. They didn't want the prince to be tempered for so long and to be favored by Khan Ama alone. Thinking of Khan Ama's serious reprimand to them, they were suffocated and did not dare to speak.
Yin Zhi listened to the whispers of his young brothers, the corners of his mouth slightly curved: ah, brothers are so easy to deceive.
On the other hand, Kangxi really gave Yinfeng a lesson, and he said dissatisfiedly that he was "eager for quick success" and said: "I thought you would grow up after getting married and be more mature and stable. Same as before."
Yinfeng smiled and said: "No one will change drastically overnight. If you Khan Ama looks at my son, I will not be afraid. If there is a trouble, you will punish him and let it go."
He stood on the cusp of the storm by himself, so that Khan Ama could take the helm behind the scenes. If the prince fell, he would just lose his honor and status, but Kangxi had nothing to do, and he could even take care of Yinfeng with the heart of an emperor's beloved son.
But if the emperor personally ordered the knife of reform, it would be like Peter in the Raksha Kingdom, dancing on the knife, thrilling and exciting, and there was a danger of being overthrown if he was not careful.It would be shameful to issue an imperial edict at that time.
Kangxi scowled at him angrily, "Nonsense!"
"You also know in your heart that reforming the military system can get rid of the ills of the Eight Banners, but there is an unspeakable secret that needs to be taken into account." Yinfeng blinked: "Otherwise, why do you want to set up a cabinet, set up a South Study Room, and constantly eliminate the influence of the Eight Banners meeting? How can there be any question about the fact of the Eight Banners meeting in the government affairs? The meeting of kings and ministers discussing politics has already existed in name only."
Clans, nobles, and ministers have conflicts of interest, the distinction between Manchen and Hanchen, and the general's salary is regarded as "hardcore crops", the only source of livelihood for the bannermen. They have eaten public meals for more than [-] years, and the court suddenly stopped supporting them Let them fend for themselves, it is tantamount to killing them!
If only the lower five banners are lowered but the upper three banners are not moved, then this reform will be unsuccessful and immature, and it will inevitably have the possibility of retrogression and even cause more class conflicts.
Yinfeng persuaded Kangxi from two points: first, you have already shaken the Eight Banners Conference to strengthen the imperial power, and there is a foundation for the military system of the Eight Banners, so that there will be no big families and nobles in the Eight Banners. Fate is a manifestation of the strengthening of power in your hands.
Second, the Eight Banners system will have to be abolished sooner or later. Its disadvantages have already been revealed at this time. It will only intensify in the future, and even become a huge expenditure that drags down the national treasury. Can Khan Ama be sure that future generations will be as wise and powerful as you?You are in power now, and you are a wise king. If you don’t change this flawed system, it will take more effort for your children and grandchildren to do it again in the future.Third, the abolition of the Eight Banners system can be integrated with the views of the Manchu and Han! (2)
Kangxi was thoughtful, but he was moved by the reasons Yinreng said, but he still asked Yinreng: "Before you say you want to abolish the Eight Banners military system, why don't you ask Suo'etu how he feels?"
Yinfeng said: "I don't know either. After all, Suo Xiang is also an old man of the Eight Banners. Outsiders will say that I am breaking my own arm. But I know that this is right. The military system has been reorganized and I should be an official." The one who should be an official is still an official, and the one who should be a general is still a general. In fact, there is no fundamental difference. I don’t think that the reform of the Eight Banners will affect these things. If the military system can be improved, I can’t help but want to set things right. Fortunately, With Khan Amma around, my son dared to speak up boldly."
"Khan Ama, the status of the surname is higher than that of Aixinjueluo, are you not moving?"
Yinfeng gave an example and reasoned: Abolish the Eight Banners, and there will be no such thing as a big surname in the future, and only the emperor will stand tall.Peter reformed the new army and pulled out the old nobles and old forces!Either hang out with the tsar, or wait to be killed. Rakshasa's earth-shattering reforms are lavish. Did Peter succeed?Peter now has a new army in his hands, and he has more confidence in reforms!
Kangxi couldn't help sighing.
The lost prince grew up yesterday, but today the prince hugged his thigh.
"I will clean up the mess for you, how many more years can I clean it up for you?" Kangxi felt a headache: "You are so jumpy after becoming a relative, and you don't do everything well. Could it be that you have to wait until you become an Ama before you can grow up? "
Yinfeng said helplessly: "My son is only eighteen, and he is still a child, how can he be an Ama?"
Yinfeng should not rashly have children when he is not ready mentally, physically, and energetically.
He muttered to himself: No matter how you say it, you have to wait twenty years later.
"That's not necessarily true. When the fate of children comes, I will be Ama naturally," Kangxi smiled meaningfully.
Yinfeng: "..."
It seems that Khan Ama knows what he did last night.
It must be because someone was eavesdropping outside when he was discussing the practical knowledge of biological physiology with Fujin, otherwise how would Khan Ama know? !
A sense of shame rose in his heart, and Yin Reng brought the topic back to business without changing his expression, not at all moved by Khan Ama's cryptic birth.
He is not ready yet, and he still wants to be Khan Ama's little baby for a few more years, and wants to spend one more time with Fujin in the two-person world, and does not plan to have children for the time being.
Yinfeng would not tell Han Ama that the Infertility Research Center and the Qing Research Institute have jointly developed a "sterile small raincoat" that can be used for contraception.
Anyway, he made an agreement with Fujin that after the age of 20, his body will stabilize and regenerate. Giving birth too early is likely to cause premature death, and it will also cause great damage to the girl's body.Xiaomei said that the best childbearing age is after 23 years old.
In Qing medicine, the theory of pregnancy preparation is relatively superficial, and people have fixed thinking, and generally have the idea of early marriage and early childbearing.Yinreng taught Fujin all the strange knowledge in his head, and taught Fujin to be stupefied.
Yinfeng is a vigorous young man who has never eaten meat before, but now that he has tasted the sweetness, he is even more enthusiastic when he and Fujin take the double practical course of biology and physiology at night.
Fujin obviously wanted to spread branches and leaves for the royal family and harm them. Yinfeng could understand these traditional ideas and had communicated with Fujin in detail.If you don't make it clear, it's not good to cause misunderstandings.
In TV dramas, the male lead and the female lead always have misunderstandings because of some weird points, problems that can be solved by saying a few more words, but they have to cover their mouths again and again, resulting in even bigger misunderstandings.
The reasonable Fujin also took the initiative to ask about contraception and pregnancy preparation knowledge!
The so-called pregnancy preparation and the best childbearing age are based on the premise of prenatal and postnatal care, and the chance of miscarriage over the age of 20 is much lower than that under the age of 20.After giving birth, it is necessary to ensure the health of the child and the recovery of the mother.How many children died in the palace?The eldest brother is ranked fifth, and four elder brothers died prematurely before the eldest brother!
Yinreng was a little guilty of using a small raincoat to prepare for pregnancy. He reminded Kangxi: "Brother got married a long time earlier than Erchen, and there is no news so far. There is a first-come, first-come-first-served way to give birth, right?" Instead of staring at her I, why not stare at the big brother who is over 20 years old!
Kangxi asked Yinfeng: "Why don't I want to change the roots of the Eight Banners? I still can't rule the country without the Manchurians. You can ask Suo'etu how to deal with the change of the Eight Banners military system and see what he gives you. answer."
Kangxi believed that Suo'etu would not indulge the prince anymore, and it was best if he could persuade him.
Unless there is the support of the Manchurian surnames, unless Suo'etu is willing to sacrifice his family for support, starting with the Hesheli family, the Yehenala family, who cannot be alone, has to stand up, and this will affect the whole body. He supported the prince to carry out the reform of the Eight Banners military system.
At that time, Kangxi will have the confidence to completely abolish the meeting of kings and ministers left by Emperor Taizong, so that the old clan forces in Manchuria will no longer have Yiping.
Therefore, under the instruction of Kangxi, Yinfeng went to visit Suo'etu again in Suoxiang's mansion.
Last night, Suo'etu had a nightmare, dreaming that he had instigated the prince to usurp the throne, and the emperor found out that he had taken the emperor's throne instead.
The emperor was furious, and bluntly said that Suo'etu was the number one sinner in the Qing Dynasty for bringing the prince down!So he ordered people to come and arrest him.
Soetu could only watch helplessly as his two sons, Gelfin and Arjishan, were killed, Hesheli's family was destroyed, his subordinates were uprooted by the emperor, and he himself was imprisoned in prison for many days without rice or water. , was starved to death.They are all dead, the dream is not over yet, he dreamed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince choked with grief, and threatened to avenge the third grandfather!
Suo'etu woke up terrified and covered in cold sweat, and looked around distraughtly, only to find that he was still at home.
Fa's wife asked him what happened, Suo'etu was stunned for a moment, and said in a hoarse voice: "Where is His Royal Highness the Prince? I want to see the Prince!"
He staggered and walked a few steps, only to feel dizzy severely, babbling strange words in his mouth, as if he was in a daze.
When Yinreng arrived at Hesheli's house, Suo'etu's official wife, Tong Jiashi, came to greet him. His wife told Yinreng anxiously: "The situation of Prime Minister Suo'eri is not good, he seems to be possessed by evil spirits!"
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Notes (1) The query data comes from the research on the economic and cultural exchanges of various ethnic groups in Xinjiang during the Qianjia period of the Qing Dynasty.
Note (2) Reference source: Why is it so difficult to abolish the Eight Banners? ——Jin Manlou, author of "Xin Hai Miscellaneous Talk IV".The following is part of the original text of Douban. If you are interested in reading the full text, you can search for keywords (invasion and deletion)
During the Reform Movement of [-], Zhang Yuanji, who was then the prime minister’s office, Zhang Jing, wrote a letter to “integrate the views of the Manchus and the Hans”, in which he put forward six reform proposals: First, all the Banners in the Guannei (Manchurian, Mongolian, and Han Army Eight Banners) were all classified as civilians and localized [-]. End the social and occupational segregation between Manchu and Han, and abolish the regulations that "Manchus and Hans do not marry" and "Banners do not hand over property", and Manchus can Freedom to choose jobs and move freely; [-]. End the Manchu-Han co-governance, Manchu and Han officials shall apply the same selection criteria; [-]. Gradually abolish the fixed allowances for banner soldiers, and no longer make up for vacancies; [-]. Set up persuasion Learning workshops to train bannermen's employment skills in order to prepare for their own livelihood in the future; [-]. The reform is limited to the customs, and the Northeast, Inner and Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Qinghai can temporarily retain the original system.
After receiving the memorial, Emperor Guangxu thought it was right, and then summoned him exceptionally and issued an edict to investigate and deal with it. However, due to the failure of the reform, the reform came to nothing.Afterwards, Zhang Yuanji was dismissed and punished. Disappointed, Zhang Yuanji refused to pursue his official career, and later established the Commercial Press in Shanghai and achieved great success. Since then, there has been one less reformist official in modern Chinese history and one more famous Great publisher.
As for the banner people, they were terrified when they heard that the banner system was going to be reformed. Mr. Lao She vividly described their mentality in the novel "Right Under the Red Flag": In their view, once the law is reformed, it means that "the banner people must Self-reliance, the court will no longer distribute money and food", then they are really anxious, so the banner people are fiercely opposed to the reform.In another work of Lao She, the first scene of the drama "Tea House", the background of the story is put after the Reform Movement of [-]. Several bannerman tea guests had a conversation like this: Tea guest A: Who is Tan Sitong?
Tea guest B: I think I have heard of it!Anyway, he committed a serious crime, otherwise, why would he be executed?
Tea Guest C: In the past two or three months, some officials and students have been messing around, how can we know what the hell they are doing!
Tea guest Ding: Yes!Anyway, my hardcore crop is back!The surname Tan, and that Kang Youwei, didn't they tell the banner soldiers to fend for themselves without paying any money?What a poisonous mind!
Tea Guest C: Our superiors withhold more than half of a share of money and food, and we are also in a difficult situation!
Cha Ke Ding: That's better than nothing!It would be better to live than to die. If you tell me to make a living by myself, I must die!
However, the joy of the banner people did not last long.After the Gengzi year, under the pressure of heavy compensation, the Qing government reduced the amount of money and food for the soldiers of the Eight Banners again, and the life of the Banner people became more and more difficult.The so-called "poor is thinking of change", the reform of the Eight Banners system has also been put on the agenda.
It is about the failure to abolish the Eight Banners during the Reform Movement of [-]