As the last feudal dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing Dynasty gave birth to China's last prosperous era - the Kangqian Dynasty.
But after all, the limitations of the feudal dynasty were there, and the rulers of the Qing Dynasty were intoxicated with the dream of a great power, and began to close the policy of closing the country, dreaming of being the best in the world.
The dream will finally be awakened by reality, and the Qing Dynasty was knocked on the door by force by foreign powers. When the rulers of the Qing Dynasty opened their eyes to the world, they saw the strong ships and cannons of the great powers, and saw the ferocity of the great powers at that time.
And what about himself? The glory of the "prosperous Kangqian era" is long gone, and the people under his rule are displaced and skinny.
The proud children of the Eight Banners are long gone, they can't pull the bow, they can't step on the horse, walk the birds, fight cocks, and the Qing Dynasty is no longer the Qing Dynasty of the year.
At this time, it has come to the Guangxu period, and at this time the head of the court is the Empress Dowager Cixi, and the emperor of the dynasty is the Guangxu Emperor. There is a saying in China that if you are in your position, you will seek your own government.
But Emperor Guangxu was in his reign, but he could not seek his own government, presumably Emperor Guangxu was extremely depressed. But a great emperor will undoubtedly experience a struggle for power, and he will inevitably have the courage to turn the tide.
During the reign of Emperor Guangxu, the Qing Dynasty had undoubtedly come to an era of crisis, and the edifice of the Qing Dynasty was about to collapse.
He urgently needs change, a person who can bring new ideas to the country, and set off a vigorous movement to change the law and try to strengthen the country, to save the Qing Dynasty that is about to overthrow.
Kang Youwei is like his name, and he is indeed a young man. He was born in a scholarly family and is known locally as a supernatural person. Kang Youwei was young and frivolous, and had his own unique views on traditional culture, and when he was 20 years old, he criticized Han Yu's articles for being crude and shallow, and had no connotation.
I don't know where his self-confidence comes from, but judging from his self-confidence, Kang Youwei was indeed active in his thinking, which laid the foundation for him to accept new ideas later.
Kang Youwei lived in the late Qing Dynasty, and at that time, he still used the Bagu Liberal Arts Examination as a way to enter the office. Learning and excellence is the first choice of Kang Youwei is also to become an official.
Although Kang Youwei became famous at a young age, his active thinking was not all used to study Baguwen, so his road to the imperial examination was quite bumpy.
At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the unsuccessful scholars were always doing things, and Hong Xiuquan of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also tried and failed repeatedly, so he pondered the wrong way. The same is true of Kang Youwei, who gradually became famous by teaching Western studies with Western ideas that he was exposed to in his early years.
Kang Youwei's ideas of "equality between men and women", "monogamy" and "women don't need to bind their feet" caused a sensation, and Liang Qichao was also willing to bow down to Kang Youwei's door.
I have to say that these new ideas put forward by Kang Youwei are in line with the psychology of the people of the Qing Dynasty, who are eager to welcome new changes, and hundreds of years of oppression have made her miserable.
Kang Youwei's voice in the country is getting higher and higher, and he has repeatedly written to Emperor Guangxu to ask for a change in the law, and this coincides with Emperor Guangxu's thoughts, and the vigorous "reform and reform" began.
The "Reform Reform", like the changes in other periods of Chinese history, was fraught with resistance. It is also like the reform of the countries during the Warring States Period, the reform of Wang Anshi during the Song Dynasty and so on.
The core of the change is to change the status quo, and while changing the status quo, it will undoubtedly touch the interests of a group of people.
The reform touched the strength of Cixi and other conservative factions, and the Guangxu Emperor was weak and was purged by Cixi's team, and the reform was also suppressed.
The conservative faction, led by Cixi, carried out a frenzied crackdown on the reformers. Kang Youwei, as a representative of the reform and reform, ran away with oil on the soles of his feet.
Kang Youwei's fugitive life, he didn't see the embarrassment of the loser at all, he seemed to have given himself a long vacation, walked the world with a sword, and looked at the prosperity of the world.
In that era when carriages and horses were slow and the distance was long, Kang Youwei traveled to more than 30 countries by steamship from 1898 to 1913.
And in Sweden, he also spent 200 million US dollars to buy a local island, and the family settled down. Under the banner of "royalists", he defrauded a huge amount of money from patriotic overseas Chinese, and did not use it to rescue Emperor Guangxu, but used it as his own money for eating, drinking, and having fun.
With the passage of time and the changes of the world, Kang Youwei disappeared into the long river of history, and the island was reclaimed by Sweden and developed into a local tourist attraction.
It turns out that Kang Youwei is such a person, and it is difficult to succeed when changing the law and trying to be strong is mixed with personal interests. The failure of the "Reform and Reform of the Law" after 103 days has a lot to do with the ways and means in the process of changing the Law, as well as their determination and perseverance to change the Law.
Judging from Kang Youwei's follow-up practices, Kang Youwei is to blame for the failure of the law change.