Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 131 The Extraordinary Prince Supervising the Country and Inheriting the Two Emperors of Datong
It is said that this year is the 34th year of Guangxu, Wushen, Beijing City, held a very big ceremony, rich and prosperous, the money spent is really like mud and water.It turned out that when the British soldiers entered Tibet last year, the Dalai Lama fled to Kulun. When Tang Shaoyi entered Tibet and revised the Tibet-India treaty with the British, and the Dalai Lama returned to Xining, he made a petition to China and North Korea, begging to enter the court.This meeting was approved by the two palaces, and he was allowed to come to Beijing to have an audience.On the one hand, he ordered the local officials to prepare for the accounts, and to receive them preferentially.This payment alone has already cost more than one million national funds.When the Dalai Lama came to Beijing for the next time, he ordered the prince and ministers to go to welcome him.After arriving in Beijing, he was given to live in Yonghefu, and he was granted the title of "Cheng Shun Zanhua Xitian Great Kindness and Freedom Buddha", and his favor was extremely generous.Residents of the capital flocked to pay their respects to the Dalai Lama's benevolence, and almost all of them were empty.

For officials, where most people gather, rumors are most likely to arise; and when encountering extraordinary actions, rumors are especially likely to occur.The strangest thing is that after the rumor happened, there should be a strange experience, as if the person who started the rumor had foresight.This principle, according to psychologists, is called the role of suggestion.

After the Dalai Lama arrived in Beijing, a rumor arose in Beijing, first from the teahouses and wine shops, and then to the alleys and street talks. Thousands of people said that the two trends were not at the same time. Every time the Dalai Lama or the Panchen Lama came to Beijing, it was not a lama. Passing away is the death of the supreme being.The stories of the Kang, Yong, and Qian dynasties are cited as evidence.For example, the Panchen Lama entered the court during the Kangxi period, and died of pox in Beijing; the Dalai Lama came to Beijing during the Yongzheng period, just in time for a banquet held by Emperor Shizong;Oral speaking and finger painting are rampant.He also said that the Dalai Lama is in Beijing now, who is the Buddha and the holy driver?It's really strange that such rumors have been spread for about half a month, and suddenly the news of Sheng Gong's unwillingness came out of the palace.Since the news came out, the rumors became even more serious.Some people say that on July 21, they saw a big star flying from the northwest and passing over the eaves. Its sound was like thunder, and its tail was tens of feet long.As a result, it was rumored that Ziwei Xing was falling in the urban noise, and the omen was very ominous.

At this time, the Queen Mother's order came out in the palace, and famous doctors from outside Beijing were recruited to enter the palace to treat the emperor, and the situation was very hectic.It happened that all the doctors were recruited, and they asked for the pulse from the palace, but they said that the emperor's six pulses were peaceful and there was no pain.He also asked for pulse time, the emperor put his hands on his back to guard the case, and said nothing.There is another piece of paper in the case, which is full of symptoms.If you ask him about his condition, you will be angry; if you point out that it is false, the angry will be very severe.

On the tenth day of October, the Queen Mother's Longevity Day, Dezong led his colleagues to celebrate the Queen Mother's longevity.In the early morning, the servants first gathered outside the Xunfeng Gate. They saw Dezong walking from the South China Sea, stepped into the Dechang Gate, supported the eunuch's shoulders, and raised and lowered his feet, as if stretching his muscles and bones, kneeling for worship.Suddenly, I saw a eunuch, who issued a decree to pass the imperial edict. The emperor was ill in bed.All the civil and military officials immediately dropped out of work according to the order. When they saw Dezong, they had already covered their faces and mourned, and helped the eunuchs go back to the palace.It turned out that the Empress Dowager was also suffering from diarrhea at this time. The Empress Dowager's body was very strong, she didn't care about it at first, but after a long period of diarrhea, she became very tired.

On this day, I don't know who said a few bad things about Dezong in the Queen Mother's ear, saying that Long Live Lord had the disease of Lafayette, and his face was very happy.The queen mother said angrily: "He wants me to die! I just don't want him to die first!"

After this remark came out, rumors arose in the capital that the queen mother was not the only child of the emperor.

On October [-], Shangshu Puliang returned to Dongling, and Fu Zengxiang, the envoy of Zhili Tixue, resigned.Because of Dezong's illness, the Empress Dowager came to Yingtai and summoned Pu Liang and Fu Zengxiang in Yingtai because of Dezong's illness.When Pu and Fu left the court, they immediately told others, "The empress dowager is very tired, and the emperor's complexion is also very gloomy."

Therefore, everyone knows that the empress's illness is very serious.Two days later, on the [-]th, it was suddenly reported that the Empress Dowager sent an order for Prince Qing Yikuang to go to Putuo Yuji to inspect the Shou Palace.This Putuo Valley is the mausoleum prepared by the Empress Dowager herself.Unexpectedly, on the [-]th day, soldiers and guards were suddenly added to the forbidden gates to check the entry and exit, and the surveillance was very strict.Many eunuchs came out of Donghuamen to clean their hair, and Changyan Shengjia died.People in the city became more and more fearful, saying that if the emperor made a big move, the queen mother would definitely not wish her well. Unexpectedly, she would wait for a day, and there was no action in the palace.

On the [-]th, Prince Qing Yikuang suddenly returned to Beijing in a hurry.As soon as he arrived in the capital, before returning to his residence, he entered the palace to kowtow to the queen mother.The Empress Dowager ordered a draft edict to make Prince Chun's eldest son, Boyi, the elder brother, succeed Emperor Mu Zong, and Prince Chun Zaifeng to oversee the country and regent for administrative affairs.Yikuang asked to add the phrase "Emperor of Daxing" in the imperial edict. After hearing this, the Empress Dowager remained silent, with an angry look on her face.Yikuang knelt down to beg, and after a long meeting, the queen mother nodded in agreement, and then the edict of King Chun to supervise the country began to spread.

On the 21st, the empress arrived at the Tibetan-Taiwan Palace of Provincial Dezong, and fell to the ground crying as soon as she entered the door.

It turned out that seeing Dezong sleeping upright on the dragon bed, he didn't know when he died!He burst out crying and told the Queen Mother.The Empress Dowager is dying of illness. After hearing this letter, she just sighed.Then the auspicious sedan chair was loaded with the emperor's corpse, and it was sent out of Xiyuan Gate, into Xihua Gate, and carried to Qianqing Palace.This auspicious sedan chair looks like a royal chariot and is long, it is specially prepared to carry big people, it is almost an ancient chariot.

At the moment when the empress was released, all the eunuchs followed the auspicious sedan chair, weeping and crying, before they arrived at the Qianqing Palace. Suddenly, a eunuch rushed in in a panic, saying: "Lafayette is not good!"

When the queen got this letter, she didn't care about the emperor's corpse, and led all the eunuchs, staggering back to Xiyuan to see the queen mother.At that moment, Li Lianying, the general manager, came and saw the emperor's corpse in the hall, and said to the little eunuch, "Lafayette is going to have an accident, why don't you bury him first!"

So hastily buried it in the Zi Palace.At that time, the ministers of rites performed the funeral ceremony and poured into Donghua Gate, but the gatekeepers did not let him in.When I returned to the Ministry, prepared the documents, and arrived at the gate of Qianqing, the funeral had been over for a long time.According to the old practice, the number of years of the emperor's accession, that is, Yingshou Zhao, Emperor Dezong Yuyu's 34 years, no one dared to discuss it.Now that Dinghu has been promoted, there is an order to be buried in Bolun Budi.There used to be Juelong Valley near Xiling. The Empress Dowager once pointed it to Prince Chunxian as a sleeping garden, but she didn't know what to do afterwards.Now in a hurry, it is difficult to choose auspicious soil for a while, so the name of Juelongyu is changed to "Jiulongyu".Some people say that the name "Jiulong" is very ominous, because from the ancestors to Dezong, it is exactly the ninth generation, and it is suspected that it will be the last number, so it was renamed Jinlongyu, and the superior name was Chongling.This is something.

After Dezong's great success, the elder brother Boyi became the successor to the emperor, Prince Chun Zaifeng was the regent of the country, and took charge of the great affairs, and the empress dowager was honored as the empress dowager.The empress dowager is also the empress dowager.The empress dowager, also of the Yehenala family, is the niece of the empress dowager Cixi.Because the Empress Dowager Cixi was born in the West Palace, she finally felt that the fly in the ointment was not enough, so she had to ration her niece to Dezong as the queen.Dezong was forced by the empress dowager's benevolent order and dared not refuse, but the kindness between husband and wife finally became normal.

Concubine Zhen, Dezong's favorite concubine, was thrown into a well by the Empress Dowager when she went hunting in the Year of Gengzi.After returning to Luan, I was trapped in Yingtai, and my heart was often depressed, and the relationship between husband and wife was unavoidable from time to time.One day the couple got into an argument for some reason, Dezong was furious and threw the queen's hairpin into pieces.This hairpin is a relic of the Qianlong Dynasty, and it is a priceless treasure. The queen was so humiliated, she was very angry, and went to the queen mother to complain.The queen mother didn't say much, but told her to move to another room of her own.From then on, the empress and the emperor were divided into various parts of the palace. They were divorced and divorced.The queen's father is Guixiang, the Duke of Chengen.Gui-like father and son have no knowledge.The empress has served Empress Dowager Cixi for a long time, and she likes to learn cursive script. After being honored as empress dowager, she once used cursive calligraphy to write a pair of plaques, and signed her own house named "Yanchun Pavilion".At that time, there was a poem saying: "Is there any brothers who offer pens and inkstones, and learn from Luanlong from the sage of grass."

On the Chengxin paper in Yanchun Pavilion, the hairpin strands are clearly dyed with thick ink.

To the east of the Ouchi Imperial Garden, there is a Shifu, which was abandoned for the reason that the scholars said it was not suitable for construction.After the death of Empress Cixi, the Empress Dowager ordered the construction of the Water Palace.Surrounded by dredging pools, it is surrounded by Yuquan mountains and rivers.The window lattices on the hall are covered with dust and gold, and all of them are inlaid with glass.The empress dowager named the flat forehead "Lingzhao Xuan", commonly known as "Crystal Palace".At that time, there was a poem saying: "The imperial garden is near the west of Shikuo, and there are inscriptions on the head list of Lingzhaoxuan."

Attracting the three hundred solutions of Yuquan, the bright world appears colored glaze.

This is all for later.

At present, the empress dowager is in the palace, before the empress dowager is sick, seeing the empress dowager just fainted for a while.After waking up in a few moments, he looked at everyone, implying that he wanted to see the new emperor.The Empress Dowager ordered someone to hug the heir emperor, and kowtowed to the Empress Dowager in front of the couch.When the Empress Dowager saw the new emperor, she had a look of relief on her face.This night, the Empress Dowager will have a great time.

At that time, there was a poem:
The bead curtain of Yuzuo was fifty springs, and it hugged people three times in the court.

As soon as I helped the bed, I saw the young grandson and worshiped; Yiluan in Dingsheng was only in the morning.

At present, there are many great funerals in the country, and the people's hearts are extremely worried. That is to say, the regent of Jianguo decides to hold the enthronement ceremony on Xinmao in November, which will be the first year of Xuantong next year.

On this day, all civil and military officials from the Manchu and Han dynasties gathered in the hall, each according to their shifts and ritual notes, to kowtow to the new emperor.Just as Jiji was stumbling, suddenly there was a mournful sound from the imperial palace, which startled all the civil and military personnel.When you listen carefully, this sad voice is coming from the mouth of the new emperor on the throne.Lifting up his eyes to peep, he saw the new emperor Hao Tao crying loudly, with tears all over his face, throwing the little crown on his head to his shoulders.

It turns out that the new emperor is only four years old, has not yet weaned, and is usually in the hands of his guardian. Now he is suddenly asked to sit on the throne and become the emperor, and the group of relatives and ministers with gray mustaches are all swaying towards him. Bye, why don't you cry?Although the regent of Lao Tzu was hugging him, but because he didn't dare to take the rightful place on the throne, he leaned to one side, making the hug very uncomfortable.After crying, no one coaxed her, so she cried more and more sadly.This was a very common thing, but after the imperial court disbanded, there was another rumor in the capital, saying that the new emperor was crying when he ascended the throne, which was an ominous sign.Everyone loves rumors, so I won’t show them for the time being.

But it is said that after the new emperor ascended to the throne, the first new policy is to honor the posthumous posthumous title of the emperor Daxing and the emblem of the empress dowager.The posthumous posthumous title of Emperor Daxing is "Emperor Chongyun, Dazhong, Zhengjing, Wenwei, Wuren, Xiaorui, Yinduan, Jiankuan, Qinjing", the temple name is "Dezong", the mausoleum is called "Chongling"; the empress dowager's emblem is called " Empress Dowager Longyu".On the one hand, promulgate the etiquette of the regent of the country, and make decrees signed by the minister of military affairs; set up a modified flag system, and assign Pu Lun, Zaize, etc. to specialize in the affairs; another imperial guard, under the personal control of the regent; Tao, Yulang, and Tie Liangchong specialize in training the ministers of the imperial guards, and specialize in training; because Prince Qing's meritorious service is Gao Demao, Jia En is replaced by the prince's hereditary.

When the emperor, the empress, and the emperor of the whole country, another major revolutionary case occurred in Anhui Province.Xiong Chengji, the officer of the horse artillery battalion stationed in Anqing, took advantage of Qiu Cao to start an incident.Fortunately, the city was believed early, and the guards were strictly guarded, so that the revolutionary army could not enter the city.Being attacked by artillery from the warship again, Xiong Chengji had to lead his people back to Tongcheng and Zongyang in the northwest.The officers and soldiers pursued the victory, and the revolutionary army gradually collapsed.This time the revolution was once again a flash in the pan.Xiong Chengji was later arrested in Halbin and died in Jilin.

Now Empress Dowager Longyu, after accepting the emblem, tried her best to be humble. Although the empress dowager's edict contained the words "Military and state affairs, the regent should follow his will", but the empress dowager didn't care about other matters except to take care of the new emperor.Even if sometimes the Queen Mother disagrees with the events held by the regent, she is only secretly summoned into the palace to reprimand her for a few words.Unexpectedly, although the Empress Dowager is so humble, the eunuch Xiao De Zhang in the Empress Dowager's Palace has already accepted bribes and seized power, his arrogance is burning, and he has the potential to step up to the sword.It can be seen that villains are really difficult to raise.

There are several Buddhist halls in Da Nei, which have been abandoned for a long time. The Empress Dowager Cixi did not propose to repair them when she was in the country. Xiaode Zhang encouraged Empress Longyu to allocate funds for the construction, and the reimbursement was more than 200 million.Kui Lezhang, the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, knew that the reimbursement was too untrue, so Shangzhang asked for punishment.It was Xiao Dezhang who handled the matter for the queen mother, and she kept silent.Xiao Dezhang also asked for money to repair the Yinghua Hall in preparation for the Empress Dowager to worship Buddha.The Yinghua Hall is located to the north of the Shouan Palace, and it was built in the Ming Dynasty. There are seven bodhi trees in the hall, and the bodhi seeds are picked as rosary beads. Everyone from the empress dowager down in the palace comes to burn incense.People at that time had a poem saying: "The Yinghua Palace Group is based on the old time, and the seven trees of Bodhi are like mulberry trees."

Every year, the garden officials come to worship, and the yellow ribbons are decorated with hundreds of Muni.

Later, Empress Dowager Longyu served in the imperial court, and she had to change the green sedan chair to a yellow one as usual. The cost of making the sedan chair was more than 70 yuan, which was also handled by Xiaode Zhang.In addition, more than 100 million silver was reimbursed for things such as the paper tied to the people and horses of the Daxing Empress Dowager, the palace majesty's Luanjia, etc.Zhongyuan Jinggong built a Dafa boat, which was eighteen feet long and two feet wide. The boat went up to the halls and pavilions.The other halls are gloomy, with gods and Buddhas sitting majestically, and ghost judges standing beside them, looking extremely hideous.The backbone is a ten-foot-tall mast, with a huge yellow satin sail on it, with the four characters "Pudu Zhongyuan" written on it, and countless red lights, surrounding the outside of the boat, and burning it on the beach of Donghuamen. One hundred thousand, all handled by Xiao Dezhang alone.

Li Lianying, the general manager, died of illness not too long after the Empress Dowager made her fortune.A large gold deposit was found in the palace, which is said to have been left by Mr. Li.Xiao Dezhang wanted to take it as his own, but the eunuch Li Yichun refused to agree. The two sons argued at first, and then got into a fight, forming a big feud.All the eunuchs were in danger on behalf of Li Yichun; sure enough, within a month, there was a minister on duty at Jingyunmen who found out that the eunuch Li Yichun had sneaked into the Hall of Zhonghe and stole the copper on the partition, and handed it over to the Dali Court for trial.After hearing from the Fourth Tribunal of the Criminal Division, it was found that the eunuchs had sneaked into the Xihua Gate and went to the Zhonghe Hall to steal copper and other objects. Wait, plan to flow for three thousand miles, hand over to the Yin Dingdi of Tianfu, send to the allocation office, receive in the training center, work for ten years, and release when the time limit expires.According to the decree.At this end, you can know the momentum of Xiao Dezhang.

After the founding of the Republic of China, the Qing Dynasty moved to the Summer Palace, and the treasures stored in the palace were divided among the concubines, eunuchs and supervisors.Xiao Dezhang was given a pair of Empress Dowager Cixi's pearl shoes, which were inlaid with huge pearls on all sides, and were donated by Wu Jinsheng's Palace Bao. When they were purchased in the past, they cost 70 silver in addition to the palace gate fee.Xiaode Zhang Chi came out to sell it and asked for 50 yuan. An Englishman countered with 20 yuan.But at this time the tree fell and the monkeys scattered, Xiao Dezhang also changed his mind quite carefully.This is all for later.

At present, Xiao De Zhang is relying on the empress dowager's prestige, recruiting power and accepting bribes, and doing whatever he wants. The ministers of the court also communicate with him quite well. Always noncommittal.Sometimes secretly accepting, but the regent is about to be called into the palace for questioning.One day, Xiao Dezhang came to serve the Empress Dowager. During the chat, he mentioned the courtiers again. Xiaode Zhang said: "Among the ministers of military aircraft, only Yuan Shikai, Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Yuan Shikai Nian Geng said that he was too expensive, and he had a great hope of ninety-five years. Instead of scolding Blind Cui, Yuan Shikai rewarded him with 20 taels of silver. At this point, his disobedience can be seen.

Your lord is loyal, the Queen Mother has to think about this matter. "

The Empress Dowager said: "No. Yuan Shikai is a man who was recognized by our ancestors. How wise our ancestors are! If he really rebelled, how could he escape the two eyeballs of our ancestors? Besides, although the prince is young and inexperienced, he still celebrates it." The prince is waiting for a group of veterans!"

Xiaode Zhang said: "It's the best if he can do so. It's just that Lafayette used to be blinded by eating that fellow. The Summer Palace changed in the year of [-]; if it wasn't for that fellow's suggestion, Long Live God would never have eaten so much Years of hardships. The Gengzi Boxer Rebellion will never happen. Obviously that man deliberately provoked, and Lafayette, mother and son have a bad feeling, so that they can take advantage of it. Now that the Lord Shaoguo is suspicious, Yuan Shikai is here I'm afraid it's not the blessing of the court. Think about it, the Queen Mother, a person's close relatives are better than brothers. What outsiders don't know, your brothers always know everything. Now the slave is copying a letter from Yuan Shikai's brother, and the Queen Mother knows it at a glance. gone."

After finishing speaking, I will present it.

When the queen mother took a look, she saw that it said:

The four elder brothers respect each other: Brothers have different virtues, which have existed since ancient times, and there are historical records, such as Da Shun, Zhou Gong, Liu Xiahui, and Sima Niu.Saints and sages still have brothers, how about ordinary people?If you recite the poem "Tangdi", you will shed tears, my brother Ning Wu feels like a brother!The value of Feng Shen's remains is on the wall, and he is protected from insults from the outside. There are good friends, and there are no soldiers when he is steamed. 'This is an ordinary person, an ordinary thing, and a common situation.If the husband is about the righteousness of the emperor and the father, and the brothers also help each other, it is difficult.

Gade is the same as helping each other, and the difference of virtue is opposite.Shun is also a sage; Duke Zhou is also a sage.

Shun tolerated Xiang, Duke Zhou punished Cai, Shun and Xiang, there is no reason to punish private relatives of flesh and blood.Guan Cai is a public crime of the state, and the Duke of Zhou killed his relatives with righteousness.Might as well.My family has been loyal and good for several generations, clean and honest for generations, and my elder brother has lost all virtue. In the past 20 years, everything that my brother has done has violated the covenant of my first mother. Those who impeached my brother in the court have more than 20 offences, bitterly speaking of my brother's evil.Ask yourself, brother, why do you treat the country?How can I treat my ancestors?When my mother is alive, she earnestly warns my brother, but my brother ignores it, where will I put the kind training?If a brother can be loyal to the emperor and filial to his relatives, then he is my brother; if he cannot be loyal to the emperor and filial to his relatives, he is not my brother.It has been [-] years since my brother avoided his brother and returned home.In the first ten years there was still communication, but in the next ten years there was no paper.Today, it is about the government of the country, and the sacrifice of the ancestors must be held accountable with righteousness!After the brother became famous, one person cooked the tripod, and several people sipped the juice.Brother Ran lived alone in a remote place, and he never dared to pay attention.The elder brother is also the governor, and the younger brother is also the husband. The elder brother does not love the younger brother, and the younger brother dare not invite my brother's love.My younger brother lights up the lamp to weave shoes, and I help Cuan in the market the next morning. Although I am poor, I am still honored to be famous.He was criticized and said: "Someone's beloved brother!"Someone's minions!

I really don't want to take it!My younger brother regards righteousness as a mountain, and wealth is like floating clouds!But abide by the legacy of parents, be willing to learn Mengjie, and grow old under the forest.In the spring of Haihai, my younger brother once offered to nurse Jingyue Tingzhongcheng, the governor of Henan Province. He analyzed and reported to Rong Xiang, saying: "If there is no one in the court who can control his brother, he will be in great trouble in the future. If he is relieved of his military power, he will be transferred to Beijing to serve." .That's why after saving the heroes, their officials are as clear as they are now!From today onwards, may the heavens have merit, the ancestors have spirits, and my brother can change his past mistakes and serve the country faithfully, the ancestors are very fortunate!The whole family is very lucky!Linjian tears wave, the book is not exhaustive.

If you want to know what the Empress Dowager Longyu will do, let's listen to the next chapter.

(End of this chapter)