The Penghu Reform Law is a reform movement of patriotic significance, and the wish is good, hoping that the Great Qing can reverse the situation of passive beating. Although the Penghu Reform Law ended in failure, it was also an ideological enlightenment movement, which promoted the emancipation of the mind, and people gradually realized that there was no way out of the unchanged, and the idea of democracy was further spread
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The Xinhai Revolution, which broke out years later, laid the ideological foundation.
When it comes to the Penghu Reform Law, it is necessary to mention the leading figures of the Change Law, such as Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao. After the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War, especially the news of the signing of the "Maguan Treaty" back to China, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, and others organized a joint petition to Guangxu who took the exam in Beijing, and put forward the idea of changing the law.
But in fact, because of the obstruction of the diehards, Guangxu did not see it at all.
Although the bus failed to write a book, the reformists did not lose heart, but began to set up many newspapers, periodicals, societies, and schools in various places to create public opinion and cultivate talents for the reform of the law. Under the propaganda, organization, and influence of Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao, and other reformers, the atmosphere of discussing current affairs and politics gradually took shape throughout the country.
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In 2000, germany forcibly occupied Jiaozhou Bay, and the news came that the crowd was once again excited, and Kang Youwei once again wrote to the Guangxu Emperor, pointing out that if the law was not changed, the Qing Dynasty would be finished. Later, Guangxu received Kang Youwei and asked Kang Youwei to make a comprehensive plan for changing the law.
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On Sunday, the Guangxu Emperor issued the edict "Ming Ding Guo is", and the change of law officially began.
If you look at the content of the change, it is still very rich, and there are many aspects involved.
The cultural and educational reform proposed the establishment of the Beijing Normal University Hall, the establishment of higher schools in various provinces, and the establishment of primary schools in prefectures and counties, and students no longer studied the Eight Strands of Literature, and all of them were changed to study Chinese and Western studies concurrently.
Economic reform is no longer the traditional emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business, but the establishment of the country with industry and commerce, encouraging private enterprises, setting up factories in various places, and setting up commerce bureaus in various provinces to protect commerce.
Military reform, the implementation of regimental training, the reduction of the Green Battalion, the use of Western military training instead, the preparation of armed university halls, the training of their own military personnel.
Political reforms, reform of government institutions, the removal of redundant officials, and the appointment of reformers, though not much has been involved in this regard.
But even so, there were not many changes that were actually implemented, and many of them were stopped before they had time, and then Cixi launched a coup d'état and terminated the changes.
As for the reason for the failure of the reform, it is simple that the bourgeois forces are not strong enough to compete with the diehards. Guangxu supported the change but had no real power in his hands.
Although the Penghu Reform Law has failed, the general environment in China has changed, and there has been a boom in running schools in China, a boom in the establishment of new newspapers and periodicals, and a boom in the publication of new books. More young people are studying abroad, and China's ideological circles are more active.