According to the "Secret History of Modern China", Li Hongzhang "read the banknotes of the mansion and passed on the curtain", and was so happy that he called Ding Baozhen's zigzag zhi huang and called him "famous".
The reason why Li Hongzhang commented on Ding Baozhen in this way was because he executed Andehai. Speaking of An Dehai, we all know that he is a great eunuch who once gained power around Cixi, but why did Ding Baozhen not retaliate against Cixi after killing An Dehai? Say it and don't believe it!
Andehai was young, pampered and proud
Because He risked his life to serve as a messenger to Cixi and Yi, An Dehai was reused after the success of the coup and became the number one eunuch of Tianzi.
Anderhay was only 16 years old when he gained power, and his young age was inevitably pampered and arrogant, and his personality was cunning and changeable, so that he could manipulate right and wrong, and soon offended many ministers, and in addition, he also offended the most undeserved people.
Being Cixi's "tool" caused Zaichun to feel hatred
Cixi was harsh on Zaichun since childhood, so Zaichun was closer to the gentle empress, Cixi was particularly sensitive to power, and her son always ran to the empress, and she couldn't help but be secretly wary. As a result, An Dehai became a tool for her to spy on Zaichun.
An Dehai was very conscientious in his duties, and he had to make several small reports a day, and what the empress said to Zaichun alone, he also inquired to report to Cixi, and even added oil and vinegar according to personal preferences.
And if Zaichun did something that was not in Cixi's heart, it was inevitable that he would be blamed, and after a long time, Zaichun deeply hated Andehai, and the seeds of hatred sprouted in his heart, and when he was five or six years old, he often told the eunuchs around him to cut off Andehai's head.
Pampered and arrogant ignoring the ancestral system, they do not know that they have fallen into a trap
In the eighth year of Tongzhi, the emperor was fourteen years old. At the age of sixteen, he could be crowned empress, and the two palaces would have to let him govern himself when the time came. The emperor's wedding was particularly solemn, so all preparations began a few years in advance.
And An Dehai has long wanted to go out of Beijing to see, you can also make a big profit, but the Qing Dynasty has an ancestral system, eunuchs are not allowed to go out of Beijing. At that time, Andehai, that is, many princes and ministers wanted him to give him three points, and they ignored the ancestral system.
From the time of the preparation of the big wedding, An Dehai constantly blew wind in Cixi's ear, and Cixi had the heart to send him, but the ancestral system did not directly agree, but in An Dehai's view, Cixi did not object to it, that is, acquiesced.
At that time, although Zaichun was not yet pro-government, as he grew older, the empress dowager of the two palaces also began to cultivate his ability to handle government affairs alone. The little emperor hated himself, so if An Dehai went directly to the emperor, he would definitely have to touch a nose of ash, so he sent some gifts to the emperor's little eunuch and asked him to explore the emperor's mouth.
Andehai flew in the palace, and everyone regarded him as a public enemy, plus the emperor had long regarded Andehai as an enemy. So the little eunuch instead consulted with Zaichun on how to put Dehai to death. Therefore, he finally replied to Anderhay: "Viva Grandpa is not so much work, to take care of your business." ”
Such an answer sounded to An Dehai, and like Cixi's attitude, since the emperor did not object, he agreed.
He was excited to leave Beijing, but he was arrested
Anderhai prepared two peace ships, took more than thirty people, and hired a dozen or so dart masters to take charge of safety, and set sail. The fleet went all the way to Shandong, to the jurisdiction of Ding Baozhen, the governor of Shandong.
Ding Baozhen was honest and upright, and he had long been deeply dissatisfied with An Dehai in the palace, and he also let out a word that if An Dehai dared to go to Shandong, he would definitely bring him to justice. However, An Dehai did not take Ding Baozhen seriously at all, and as a result, as soon as he arrived in Texas, Zhao Xin, the governor of Texas, immediately reported Ding Baozhen.
As soon as Ding Baozhen saw That Dehai enter the net, he ordered: There was a eunuch surnamed An, who claimed to be sent by order, to stir up incitement, and the authenticity was not distinguished, and ordered that Andehai be arrested immediately.
Zaichun's plan was successful, and Cixi saw the situation and immediately made a decision
In order to be proper, Ding Baozhen temporarily left An Dehai's life, and he sent someone to the capital to ask for advice. Zaichun immediately summoned the military ministers headed by Prince Gong Yi and immediately decided to rectify the law on the spot. As soon as Ding Baozhen on the other side received the edict, he was afraid that there would be a change, so he escorted An Dehai to the execution ground overnight and slashed him with a knife. Five days after being arrested, a generation of powerful eunuchs was in a different place, which was really a great pleasure.
According to the "Qing History Manuscript and Biography of The Later Concubines", "In the eighth year of Tongzhi, the internal supervisor An Dehai left the capital, and the inspector of Shandong, Ding Baozhen, heard about it, and the empress dowager (Ci'an) established an edict. ”
Zaichun deliberately delayed until the edict had been issued before going to meet with Cixi and warn him about it. At this time, even if Cixi wanted to protect Dehai, it was already too late. Since this was the case, Cixi took advantage of this opportunity to do it with great vigor. She instructed Ding Baozhen to hang him together, and summoned the ministers of the Interior Ministry to rebuke them for not being strict, for which officials praised him for his holiness.
Ding Baozhen killed Andehai, a practice that made Cixi no longer pursue
According to the "History of the Manchu Qing Dynasty": "After Dehai ambushed him, the naked corpses were violently marketed to relieve people's doubts, but they wanted to cover up the michigan. The world knows that there is no ambiguity in this. ”
Originally, there were rumors in the anecdote between Cixi and Andehai, and Ding Baozhen violently killed Andehai in the city, which made Cixi very satisfied, because she returned her "innocence".
Ding Baozhen originally did things according to the instructions, and then his actions also satisfied Cixi, so even if he killed An Dehai, he did not suffer retaliation from Cixi in the end.
brief summary
Ding Baozhen killed Andehai, thus gaining praise from the world and flowing for hundreds of years. It can be said that Ding Baozhen's honesty and integrity won a "gamble."
References: "The Secret History of Modern China", "History of manchu qing", "Qing history manuscripts and biographies of concubines"