Late Qing 1909

Juebi Hualili

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Featured Fiction Alternate History Military HistoryDiplomatic ManeuversTime TravelRevolutionariesWeb NovelLate QingLate Qing and Early RepublicModern Soul

Summary

Late Qing 1909 is an alternate-history novel of the late Qing by the web author Juebi Hualili, a light alternate-history political intrigue story with a time-travel premise. It opens in Beijing in the winter of 1908: Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu have died in succession, the Xuantong era begins, and Prince Regent Zaifeng governs as regent. The vast "East Asian Empire" struggles to maintain its last dignity—from Khüree and Tannu Uriankhai to Dihua and Shigatse, the map in the shape of an autumn begonia leaf remains nominally intact, and Qing China is still regarded as Asia's foremost power. Meanwhile, Sun Yat-sen is still raising funds for revolution abroad, Yuan Shikai is fishing at Huanshang Village to bide his time, and the Xuantong Emperor is not yet weaned. A modern soul, Ye Kai, travels back and inhabits Liangbi, a distant member of the Aisin Gioro clan and director of the Military Studies Department of the Ministry of the Army—a man who studied in Japan, associated with revolutionaries, stood out as an oddity in Qing officialdom, and would later become a famous general of the late Qing. With modern insight and strategy, Ye Kai maneuvers among the regent, the Grand Council, the Ministry of the Army, the Imperial Guard, and various factions, takes part in forming the imperial guard, the constitutional movement, and diplomatic games, and quietly places his own pieces between old and new forces. The work centers on political intrigue in the manner of an undercover story and ends with the Qing emperor's abdication and the founding of the republic. It runs about 900,000 characters (sites list between 790,000 and 910,000) and is complete.

Editor's review

晚清穿越文多如牛毛,但把镜头对准1909年这个“改元元年”的却不多。这一年慈禧、光绪刚刚离世,载沣监国,禁卫军初创,立宪请愿如火如荼,旧帝国的最后几年还没走到倒计时,一切都悬在半空——这正是权谋叙事最好的土壤。作者绝壁滑沥沥没有走一枪一个的爽感路线:主角叶开穿成爱新觉罗远支、陆军部军学司正使良弼,出场就在铁狮子胡同陆军部的腊八宴上,靠的是一张嘴、一双眼和一份现代人的算计,在摄政王、军机处、皇族亲贵与革命党之间来回挪腾。作者自注“非鞑子文,是卧底文、权谋文”,也说明其立场不是替王朝招魂,而是把主角放在体制内部拆解体制。书中颇有分量的篇幅落在陆军的建制、参谋体系的搭建与财政、军械的现实约束上,考据算不上严谨,但气氛做得很足:铅云压城,铜漆斑驳,奏折雪片般飞入弘德殿。适合喜欢慢热政治博弈、看穿局中局的读者;追求高频打脸、系统金手指的读者可能会觉得节奏偏沉。

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Reading tips

  1. 先读前十章,确认自己能接受纯粹的权力场对话与较慢的铺陈节奏再往下追。
  2. 阅读时对清末官制可稍作准备:军机处、陆军部、度支部、军学司等机构的关系弄清了,权谋线会顺畅很多。
  3. 把书中人物与真实史实对照着看更有意思,但请记住这是“软架空”,不必拿年表逐条核对。
  4. 适合集中连读某一事件段落,不宜每天只看一两章,否则权谋线索容易断。
  5. 部分盗版站正文存在乱码与章节编号缺漏,建议优先选择更新较完整的正版或高口碑书源。

Contents

  1. Chapter 1: An Empire Wound with a Death Spring
  2. Chapter 2: The Imperial Guard
  3. Chapter 3: Winter Is Coming
  4. Chapter 4: A Clever Woman Is a Gentle Sword
  5. Chapter 5: The Imperial Conference
  6. Chapter 6: To Kill or Not to Kill?
  7. Chapter 7: The Regent's Will
  8. Chapter 8: My Wife's Illness
  9. Chapter 9: The Uninvited Spy Baron
  10. Chapter 10: The Curtain Begins to Part
  11. Chapter 11: Hounds and Saddles
  12. Chapter 12: The Moment of Removing Makeup
  13. Chapter 13: China's Version of a Supreme General Staff
  14. Chapter 14: Undercurrents in the Grand Council
  15. Chapter 15: Three Proposals to Dismember Power
  16. Chapter 16: The Embarrassed Empress-Dowager Candidate
  17. Chapter 18: A Moment of Tenderness
  18. Chapter 19: Resentment in the Ministry of Finance
  19. Chapter 20: A Dangerous Surfer on the Constitutional Tide
  20. Chapter 21: Managing the Ministry of the Army
  21. Chapter 23: The Iron Prince's Roar
  22. Chapter 26: The Empire As It Is
  23. Chapter 28: Money Negotiations
  24. Chapter 29: The Gilded Devil
  25. Chapter 30: The End of the Tieliang Era
  26. Chapter 31: Twin Flowers Beneath the Tree of Conspiracy
  27. Chapter 33: Two Businessmen
  28. Chapter 35: Seven Departments and One Bureau
  29. Chapter 36: He Who Keeps His Helmet Strap Wins
  30. Chapter 37: Secret Talks in the Dark Room
  31. Chapter 38: Intelligence Above All
  32. Chapter 39: The Game a Thousand Miles Away
  33. Chapter 40: A Visitor at the Theater
  34. Chapter 41: The Great Eunuch's Thoughts
  35. Chapter 42: Regent or Empress Dowager?
  36. Chapter 44: Council in the Barracks
  37. Chapter 45: The Graduates
  38. Chapter 46: The Bureau Chief
  39. Chapter 47: Meticulous Arrangements
  40. Chapter 48: An Awkward Scene on the Parade Ground

FAQ

《清末1909》的完整书名和作者是谁? 通行名称为《清末1909》,部分书站写作《清末1909-绝壁滑沥沥》,作者为网络作者绝壁滑沥沥。同一作者另著有《清末1850》《太平洋皇帝》等历史题材作品。
这是一个系列中的某一册吗? 不是。《清末1909》是独立完结的长篇网络小说,不属于分册成套出版的作品。它与作者另一部《清末1850》题材相近但故事独立,可以分开阅读。
这本书有正式出版物吗?ISBN是多少? 目前未见该书由出版社正式出版发行的记录,也没有可核实的ISBN、印张或字数版本信息。它属于网络连载作品,请勿采信任何未标明来源的出版数据。
全书字数和连载情况如何? 该书已完结,共约345章。不同书站标注的总字数在79万至91万之间,说法不一,具体请以实际阅读版本为准。
主角是谁?是什么样的人设? 主角叶开是穿越者,附身清末真实人物良弼——爱新觉罗远支,出身贫寒,留学日本,与革命党人多有往来,时任陆军部军学司正使。作者定位为“卧底文、权谋文”,而非单纯爽文。

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About the author

Juebi Hualili Author

Juebi Hualili is an author on a Chinese online literature platform who also writes under the English name Juebi Hualili; details such as real name, nationality, and dates of birth and death have not been publicly disclosed, and available public information is limited. Two works by this author are currently included in the catalog, with the representative title "Late Qing 1909" listed under the categories of premium fiction and alternate history. This suggests that the author's writing centers on the late Qing period, reimagining the historical setting and the fates of its characters in an alternate-history mode. Based on the information available, the author does not rely on sheer output but concentrates on imagining and narrating historical subjects, seeking a balance between the framework of historical fact and fictional plotting so that the stories retain a sense of period atmosphere while keeping the readability typical of online fiction. Because first-hand materials such as interviews and author's statements are lacking, the specific writing style, narrative techniques, and reader response cannot yet be described in detail; only the above genre affiliations and the number of works can be confirmed.