As we all know, the Qing Dynasty suffered a great catastrophe, that is, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement, which caused the empire to lose nearly 100 million people and almost subverted the feudal empire.
However, because the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement did not have the support of landlords and readers, it was eventually suppressed by the warlords represented by the landlord class. However, what is strange is that when the world was at peace, a major case suddenly broke out, which involved a wide range of cases, but the imperial court tried many times without any conclusion.
Empress Dowager Cixi was very dissatisfied with this and sent officials to investigate many times, but almost all the investigators only conveyed one message, that is, if they continued to investigate, the Qing Empire would not be guaranteed. So the question is, what kind of case can subvert the security of the empire?
The answer is the one we know as the horse stabbing case, which is the background of the story in the movie's title.
According to historical records, this case was quite magical, and Empress Dowager Cixi claimed to be furious, but in the end it was only thunder and rain, and the matter was not resolved.
The deceased in this case was named Ma Xinyi, who had followed Zeng Guofan in the early years, and later because he expressed his absolute loyalty to Empress Dowager Cixi, he was constantly promoted and even became Empress Dowager Cixi's most important confidant.
It just so happened that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement was suppressed by Zeng Guofan and others, and zeng guofan's army occupied the main force of the imperial court, and the empress dowager was very dissatisfied with this group of soldiers, so it was urgent to suppress Zeng Guofan and stabilize the central rule.
As a result, Empress Dowager Cixi promoted Zeng Guofan to the position of viceroy directly subordinate to zeng guofan, and at the same time had her confidant Ma Xinyi take over the post of viceroy of Liangjiang of Zeng Guofan. On the surface, this move is to promote Zeng Guofan, but in fact, it is to transfer Zeng Guofan away from his base area, let his confidants deal with the Xiang Army, and avoid Zeng Guofan's Xiang Army from being the only one.
Originally, this was also a normal operation, but it never occurred to him that Ma Xinyi was suddenly assassinated when he was the governor of Liangjiang. According to historical records, someone stopped Ma Xinyi on the street and wanted to file a complaint, but somehow this person suddenly took out a knife from his hand and killed the governor of Liangjiang with one knife. In this way, in full view of everyone, surrounded by heavy troops, the governor of Liangjiang died.
When Empress Dowager Cixi heard this news, she was naturally furious, believing that there were definitely people who were making a ghost out of it, so she asked the local people to carefully investigate and see who was the murderer.
What is strange is that the conclusion given by the local official is extremely irresponsible, saying that the murderer wanted to seek revenge on the Governor-General, but the Governor-General refused to accept it, and then he picked it up on the spot and killed the Governor-General.
As a person who does not understand any politics, hearing this answer can realize that this is pure nonsense. As an old politician, Empress Dowager Cixi naturally did not believe this statement, so he scolded the local officials fiercely, and then transferred Zeng Guofan and Shangshu of the Punishment Department to investigate them personally.
However, the development of the matter is still very strange, as one of the chief judges Zeng Guofan did not say a word the whole time, and as the subject of the trial, the murderer also did not say a word, only knew that he and himself chatted. However, Shangshu of the Punishment Department was responsible for heavy responsibilities, but he could not ask any results, and he was the only one performing the whole time.
Seeing that things had reached an impasse, he had to stop the interrogation process and then lead the crowd to search for clues. But a strange scene came, and when the adult went to investigate, suddenly all kinds of rumors spread in the folk. This rumor is very similar to the plot in the letter of submission, that is, the governor Ma Xinyi once worshiped the murderer and another person, but Ma Xinyi coveted his brother's wife, and as a result, he killed and robbed his wife, which caused the brother to turn against him, and then led to his own death.
It happened that on the day Ma Xinyi was killed, his concubine also committed suicide, so the rumor seemed so close to the truth. So the question is, is the death of the Governor of Liangjiang really the same as the name statement says?
But it wasn't long before the Shangshu lord discovered new material, and it turned out that the governor had received a letter with only a painting of a dead horse. It can be seen from this that ma Xinyi has long been intimidated, and his death may not be an accident, but a deliberate murder.
But apart from these materials, Lord Shangshu could not find any other information, and it seemed that all the people were wary of him, and all the people looked at him with strange eyes. Perhaps for the sake of his life, this adult could only dismiss the case and report back to Empress Dowager Cixi. Even this adult said an unkind word, this case can no longer be investigated, and the Qing Dynasty is actually gone.
The matter was eventually resolved, and the case became a strange case of the Qing Dynasty. So the question is, what is the hidden content behind this case?
Obviously, the people at that time could only look at the information given by the imperial court, and there was no cross-reproduction of big data, so everyone could only understand half of it. However, with the development of later times, more and more scholars summarized the data at that time, and the result was still the clue of this case.
According to ma Xinyi's son's recollection, Ma Xinyi was once reprimanded by Empress Dowager Cixi, and when he returned, he felt like a dead heart, and even arranged for his death. Note that this happened a few days before he took office as governor of Liangjiang. Moreover, many insiders suggested that the topic on which Empress Dowager Cixi reprimanded him was about the treasury of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Moreover, at that time, Empress Dowager Cixi was bent on breaking up the Xiang army, so he had been promoting Zeng Guofan, but he was desperately suppressing his subordinates and emptying his military power. Obviously, to make Ma Xinyi the governor of Liangjiang was to go deep into the camp of the Xiang Army and completely break it up.
There are documents that Ma Xinyi reduced taxes in the local area and appeased the people, that is, to let those who were soldiers go home to work as farmers. In addition, he constantly liquidated the xiang army's finances, resulting in the Xiang army having no more financial resources.
Therefore, combining the above contents, it can be seen that Empress Dowager Cixi has already liquidated Zeng Guofan and the Xiang Army. Because Zeng Guofan's younger brother had embezzled the treasury of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Empress Dowager Cixi was very dissatisfied with this, and in order to maintain the safety of the central government, the Xiang army had to be demolished. So there was the airborne commander Ma Xinyi who came to power.
However, the Xiang army was not an instigator, they wanted to protect themselves, but also to preserve the wealth looted from the city of Nanjing, so they chose to kill people and kill their mouths.
Objectively speaking, this case is actually not complicated, but Empress Dowager Cixi still can't find out after all. Because anyone who has a little sense of the overall situation knows that once these soldiers are moved, they may have just destroyed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and they have become another Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and I am afraid that even the Qing Dynasty will not be able to save it. Because of this, the case was finally closed and became a headless case.
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