In the few months after the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, the Chinese government and the opposition, while learning from their mistakes, they really changed their minds and wanted to run newspapers and schools in big cities such as Beijing and Shanghai, and organize clubs to engage in innovation. At that time, there were actually "children of high-ranking officials" in China (and in today's language) - the group of "children of high-ranking officials" with reform ideas, such as Zhang Quan, the son of Zhang Zhidong , and Zeng Guofan 's grandson Zeng Guangjun , Weng Tonghe 's nephew Weng Binsun, Chen Baozhen 's son Chen Sanli (father of famous historian Chen Yinke 's father), Shen Baozhen 's son Shen Yuqing, Zuo Zongtang 's son Zuo Xiao, etc. ——The most important one is probably the son of Hubei Governor Tan Jixun Tan Sitong .
People who write history cannot underestimate the "children of high-ranking officials". Because they are unique and have a profound influence in their families; they are the best education, know the inside story of the old regime the most sincere, and accept new ideas the fastest. If they do not waste their appetite, drink, gambling, corruption and abuse of power and are willing to serve the country and the people, they are often the most exciting successor group or progressive reformers in traditional China.
1898 (the 24th year of the Guangxu period), the Queen Mother of the Cialis launched a coup. Cixi issued a series of edicts to capture Reformation . Tan Sitong was not panicked after hearing the news of the coup. He ignored his safety and acted on multiple fronts to plan to rescue Emperor Guangxu. But caught off guard and all plans were disappointed. Under such circumstances, he was determined to die for the reform cause and use his own sacrifice to resist the feudal stubborn forces for the last time. He said to those who advised him to leave: "Reforms in all countries are all caused by bleeding. Today, there is no news in China that bleeds due to reforms. This is why the country is not prosperous. If so, please start with the successor."
The first student He is the youngest student in the school and entered the school at the age of sixteen. He is Cai E, a great politician, military strategist and revolutionary in modern China.
The second student is Yang Changji. Although he does not have the outstanding achievements of Cai E, he founded his own school many years later and trained another outstanding student. This student with a Hunan accent is loved by Yang Changji and even married his daughter to him. Every Chinese knows very well what this outstanding student did later.
