After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, Emperor Guangxu was put under house arrest by the powerful Empress Dowager Cixi. Kang Youwei's younger brother Kang Guangren was killed, and the "Six Gentlemen of 1898" headed by Tan Sitong were taken to the execution ground.

However, Kang Youwei fled overseas when the Qing government wanted to exterminate his entire family.

Kang Youwei, who was in exile overseas, lived a life of escape.

Although he was a desperado, Kang Youwei lived a happy life during these sixteen years of escape.

He lived a pleasant life during these sixteen years. Not only did he travel between France, England, Germany and other Western countries, he also visited forty-two countries in one day.

While Kang Youwei was traveling around the world, he also lived in luxury houses and ate delicious delicacies and feasts all over the world. His life was much more comfortable and carefree than at home.

And he was also keen on crazy shopping. He bought not only ordinary luxury goods, but also houses, land, concubines, and married six wives in one marriage.

It stands to reason that Kang Youwei was a fugitive wanted by the Qing government. He had no job and no financial income. Why could he live a luxurious life like a nobleman?

There are three reasons: ? First, Kang Youwei is good at using the Guangxu Emperor's brand name. Part of Kang Youwei's huge wealth is to use the Guangxu Emperor's brand name to package himself.

It can be said that Kang Youwei is a successful marketing packaging master.

For example, in 1899, Kang Youwei came to Canada from Japan and was later received by overseas Chinese working in Canada.

At that time, the Chinese did not know the political affairs of the Qing Dynasty and thought that Kang Youwei was a benevolent person who helped Emperor Guangxu in his reform. Kang Youwei also told the Chinese that he went abroad to study the politics of Western countries.

In this way, within a few days, the hotel where Kang Youwei lived was filled with Chinese people who came here to stay. Later, he successfully joined the local Chinese organization.

?Kang Youwei also saw that workers who made a living abroad suffered from discrimination and bullying by foreigners, and were very unjust.

Therefore, Kang Youwei fully incited the national sentiments of the overseas Chinese, spoke to the Chinese people as a "national hero" and established a strong government to protect the overseas Chinese, and persuaded everyone to donate money to protect the Guangxu Emperor and establish a new government to protect the overseas Chinese.

?Furthermore, in his speech to Chinese Canadians, Kang Youwei also added fuel to the political situation in the late Qing Dynasty.

For example, officials oppress the people, making them miserable.

Then they propagated that Emperor Guangxu was a good emperor who was diligent, caring for the people, and determined to reform. Unfortunately, he was deposed by the old witch Empress Dowager Cixi, and made the life of Emperor Guangxu extremely miserable. He was under house arrest by the old witch Empress Dowager Cixi and had no food.

Concubine Zhen was also killed by Empress Dowager Cixi.

It has to be said that Kang Youwei has been reading poetry and books since ancient times and has a lot of ink. His speech ability can be said to be at its peak, and he successfully captured the psychology of the Chinese people present.

When talking about the tragic life of Emperor Guangxu, Kang Youwei also burst into tears, and all the audiences present were moved by it.

At the end of the story, he shouted: "On the outside, there are five million people overseas and one person, and on the inside, there are 40 million people, how can any of them be able to overcome them?" He also shouted, "Are you willing to work together to save China?" Translated as modern

In vernacular, it means gathering the strength of overseas Chinese into one body. If we unite, we will not be bullied and together we can save the Emperor of China!

?In this way, the overseas Chinese were inflamed by Kang Youwei's speech, and they were willing to donate generously and contribute their own efforts to save the Chinese emperor and China's reform and development.

?Furthermore, Kang Youwei was also good at forging Emperor Guangxu's clothing edict and photoshopping photos of himself with Emperor Guangxu to portray himself as a great hero who saved the country and the people.

It is this image of a great hero that he uses to market himself and mobilize overseas Chinese to donate money to make a lot of money for himself.

?After that, Kang Youwei continued to give speeches in various European countries, making all Chinese aware of Kang Youwei, the reform pioneer of the Qing Dynasty's important ministers.

In his speech, Kang Youwei was also good at using "moral kidnapping", asking the overseas Chinese audience all day long if they were Chinese?

Are you willing to help China revive?

?In this way, many overseas Chinese listeners were unwilling to be traitors and would donate money just to save face. The money flowed into Kang Youwei's pocket.

Second, establish a royalist association to make money. The shrewd Kang Youwei also knew that relying solely on a single story-telling method was not a long-term way to make money. An organization must be established in order to continue to interpret his heroic story of saving the country and the people.

Therefore, he made money for himself by establishing a royalist association in the name of protecting Emperor Guangxu.