In 1869, An Dehai, a big red man beside Cixi, went out of the palace to procure the items needed for the Tongzhi Emperor's wedding for Cixi. It stands to reason that An Dehai did things for Empress Dowager Cixi, the biological mother of the Tongzhi Emperor, and it was justified. But it is very strange that An Dehai arrived at the Shandong realm, and was put up by the general army of Dongchang Prefecture to put out a "Hongmen banquet", and directly arrested An Dehai.
And it was sent overnight to Jinan, Shandong Governor Ding Baozhen.
After being arrested, An Dehai did not panic at all, his expression was calm, he was worthy of being a great eunuch who came out of Empress Dowager Cixi's side, and did not "disgrace" Cixi; Because An Dehai thinks that no one dares to really touch the big red people around Empress Dowager Cixi, but what An Dehai doesn't know is that no one can really save him this time.
Ding Baozhen directly scolded An Dehai: "What are you?" How dare you pretend to be a chincha, do you know what kind of sin it is? ”
"Who are you?" What is the crime of daring to pretend to be Chinchai? ”
An Dehai was not afraid at all, and bluntly told Ding Baozhen that he had left the palace at the behest of Empress Dowager Cixi, and his name was justified. It is true that An Dehai did not lie, but Ding Baozhen did not give face at all, and first beat An Dehai to forty big boards, and then put him in a prison dedicated to death row prisoners.
Soon, in front of the common people, he directly executed An Dehai.
You must know that An Dehai is not only a big red person around Cixi, but also a confidant of Cixi, and Cixi is very reusable and maintains An Dehai; How bold did Ding Baozhen have to directly execute An Dehai? The point is that Empress Dowager Cixi was not angry and gave Ding Baozhen four words: "National treasure."
Andehai "power leans into the opposition"
An Dehai's ancestral home is directly subordinate to Nanpi, this place is a famous place in history to be a special eunuch, An Dehai personally did palace punishment for himself, and entered the palace to become a eunuch. An Dehaisheng's face as a woman looks very handsome, and she twists and turns when she walks. He was best at how to befriend his master, and at first he was a former eunuch beside the Xianfeng Emperor, and because of his cleverness, he quickly gained the favor of the Xianfeng Emperor and Yehenara Xingzhen (later Cixi).
After the death of the Xianfeng Emperor, An Dehai used the "bitter meat plan" to return to the capital with the will of the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces (Empress Dowager Ci'an and Empress Dowager Cixi) to deliver news to Prince Gong Yi Tong, it can be said that the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces can listen to the government, An Dehai is a great merit, plus An Dehai can talk and coax Cixi very happy, and slowly became the most favored eunuch around Cixi.
It is said that An Dehai and Cixi also have a relationship: An Dehai was not pure at all when he was purified, so although he was a eunuch after entering the palace, he was actually a man. Cixi was widowed at a young age, which was indeed difficult for a young woman who was only 27 years old. So there is still a reason why An Dehai is favored, precisely because An Dehai and Cixi have an unusual relationship, so An Dehai is very arrogant with Cixi, and no one puts it in his eyes.
To what extent is arrogance?
According to the ancestral system of the Great Qing Dynasty: eunuchs could not interfere in the affairs of the dynasty.
But An Dehai obviously did not take this matter into account, naturally there is no need to say more in the palace, the eunuchs and palace girls are all stubborn with An Dehai, and naturally they can get the love of Empress Dowager Cixi.
And outside the palace?
Even a certain court official who wanted to hand over a fold would go to An Dehai for help. If you can send something to Andehai, things will naturally be much easier. For example, the matter of rebuilding the Old Summer Palace was actually more than half of An Dehai's idea, and he used his three-inch uncorrupted tongue to move Cixi, so that as soon as the project of rebuilding the Old Summer Palace was opened, it could take the opportunity to make a lot of silver; And the officials of all sizes in the Internal Affairs Office also deliberately filled their own pockets, and Andehai could get a part of the silver.
In August of the seventh year of Tongzhi, An Dehai sent Empress Dowager Cixi with Yushi Detai: he proposed to rebuild the Old Summer Palace. Not only that, but Detai also consulted a treasury guard of the Internal Affairs Office to draw up a charter: to use the silver of the people to rebuild the Old Summer Palace.
Unexpectedly, the fold fell into the hands of Prince Gong Yi Tong, who angrily shot the case directly, and must severely punish such a shameless person who sneaks around and pats the horse. Therefore, together with other military aircraft ministers, a decree was drawn up: Detai was dismissed from his post, and the warehouse guard who drew up the charter was directly sent to Heilongjiang to be "enslaved by the armored people".
"If this evil example of accumulating wealth is opened, it is equivalent to lifting the prohibition of luxury, how can the imperial court still advocate hard work, and how can it call on the people to maintain the great cause of ZTE that was opened with great difficulty?!"
Yi Tong's move temporarily interrupted An Dehai's desire to rebuild the Old Summer Palace, but the Tongzhi Emperor was over 14 years old and was about to get married. During the reign of the emperor, the wedding naturally had to be handled well, and it was inevitable that there would be some tinkering projects that needed to be done.
So more and more people are begging Andehai, and Andehai is also becoming more and more confused from being smart in the flattery of these people; It was as if he held the power of life and death.
Tongzhi sees An Dehai as a thorn in his side
Although An Dehai is a big red man next to the Tongzhi Emperor's biological mother Cixi, the Tongzhi Emperor hates An Dehai very much. He was most unaccustomed to An Dehai's appearance of greeting and befriending Cixi; If the Tongzhi Emperor is allowed to meet An Dehai and slap the horse, the Tongzhi Emperor will definitely scold An Dehai fiercely.
But every time the Tongzhi Emperor scolded An Dehai, An Dehai would go to Empress Dowager Cixi to complain, adding oil and vinegar to the Tongzhi Emperor; And Cixi, towards An Dehai, rebuked the Tongzhi Emperor.
What made the Tongzhi Emperor most unbearable was that An Dehai actually sent someone to the study to watch the Tongzhi Emperor, and told the Empress Dowager Cixi about the performance of the Tongzhi Emperor, so that he could leave a loyal impression on Cixi. An Dehai sometimes deliberately guarded Cixi's face and taught the Tongzhi Emperor to study well, which made the Tongzhi Emperor very unhappy in his heart, and the Tongzhi Emperor who guarded Cixi did not dare to do anything to An Dehai, but the Tongzhi Emperor's hatred for An Dehai was all accumulated, waiting for which day to be counted one by one.
Later, because An Dehai rumored Empress Dowager Cixi, he drove away Guilian who was beside the Tongzhi Emperor, which made the roots of the Tongzhi Emperor's hatred itch. For many days in a row, the Tongzhi Emperor pinched the little clay figure in the study, and then the scissors smashed the head of the little clay man at once; Sometimes he even had too much strength and smashed the head of the little clay man to the ground and rolled far away.
At the beginning, the people who served around did not notice this move of the Tongzhi Emperor, and after how many days, the people who served around asked the Tongzhi Emperor what he was doing, and the Tongzhi Emperor did not raise his head and said viciously: "This is Xiao Anzi's head", this sentence directly frightened the people who served around him.
The Tongzhi Emperor hated An Dehai to the bone, which shows that An Dehai's death is not far away.
An Dehai pouted Cixi to let him go south to Jiangnan
It happened that at this time, the Yi decree of the Tongzhi Emperor's big marriage came down, and the Yi decree clearly stated that it was necessary to "advocate thrift" and save a little; But An Dehai and others said in the ears of the two palace emperors Taiji: Civil marriage is still a big deal, let alone the emperor?
The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, especially the Tongzhi Emperor's biological mother Cixi, felt that this was indeed the case, so she summoned Ming Shan, the head of the Internal Affairs Office, to discuss the marriage of the Tongzhi Emperor. Since the Old Summer Palace was burned down, the national treasury was empty, if it was a big deal for the wedding of the Tongzhi Emperor, at least millions of silver taels were needed, how should this money come from?
The head of the household found Prince Gong Yi to discuss countermeasures, and the result of the discussion between the two was to have a respected old minister go to persuade Cixi. And the most suitable is the university scholar Waren, who agreed if he didn't let it, but whether the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces can agree is another matter.
In fact, the culprit who advised the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces to make a big deal about the wedding of the Tongzhi Emperor was An Dehai, An Dehai's move was nothing more than to take this opportunity to go out of the palace to buy large items for marriage, if the supervisor of the dragon clothes needed to go to Jiangnan, An Dehai could do a Qin errand.
Since the establishment of the Great Qing Dynasty, in view of the harm of the dictatorship of eunuchs in previous dynasties, the Great Qing has imposed very strict restrictions on the eunuchs in the palace, not allowing the eunuchs to interfere in politics, not allowing the eunuchs to interact with the imperial court officials in private, and not allowing them to leave the capital at will.
If you really need to leave the Forbidden City, you must first explain the reason to the honoring room, and receive the sign to leave the palace before leaving; These rules all began in the Shunzhi Dynasty, for which the Shunzhi Emperor also made a special brand, and if there were violators, they would be executed by Ling.
But An Dehai, with the support of Empress Dowager Cixi, just did not take these rules into account.
In his fold to Cixi, Wan Ren mentions:
The big wedding ceremony is burdensome and should be prepared, and the fear of traitors and villains is full of personal pockets
And An Dehai said to Empress Dowager Cixi: It is a good way to prevent micro-development, so let Cixi allow An Dehai to go to Jiangnan and personally inquire about the price required for the wedding thing. Cixi agreed with An Dehai's statement, and An Dehai left the palace at the behest of Empress Dowager Cixi, and several small eunuchs who shared the same smell as An Dehai on weekdays, as well as Andehai's distant relatives, and the daughter-in-law who had been bought with money, all went to Jiangnan with An Dehai to stroll, which can be said to be "a chicken dog ascending to heaven by one person."
An Dehai is so presumptuous, is he really not afraid of death?
With Empress Dowager Cixi's Shangfang sword present, An Dehai is indeed not afraid.
An Dehai fell into Ding Baozhen's hands
On the occasion of summer and autumn communication, An Dehai obtained the permission of Empress Dowager Cixi and walked out of the palace gate, and did not even receive a sign. Everyone who followed An Dehai was dressed up first-class, very stylish.
As An Dehai left the capital with his cronies and family members, a large net against him had quietly opened.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Andehai has reached the point where everyone dislikes:
The Tongzhi Emperor has always regarded An Dehai as a thorn in his side
Empress Dowager Ci'an has always been sensible, standing on the side of the Tongzhi Emperor, naturally she does not allow people like An Dehai to exist
And the ministers of the dynasty, even the ministers of military aircraft, princes and nobles, there are many people who want to get rid of An Dehai and interfere in the affairs of the dynasty. The authorities and the opposition were very dissatisfied.
For example, in the fourth year of Tongzhi, An Dehai took advantage of Cixi's wariness of Prince Gong Yi and said all the bad things about Prince Gong in front of Cixi, and Cixi directly drove Prince Gong out of the military aircraft department and directly removed him from the post of prince. Later, with the joint efforts of the Manchu dynasty, Prince Gong was able to save the errand of the military aircraft department.
It stands to reason that one is a high-ranking minister of the imperial court, and the other is a eunuch of the inner court, they have nothing to do with each other, but why are they so incompatible? It can only be said that An Dehai is very restless with Cixi's favor.
Prince Gong has long held a grudge against people like An Dehai and wants to find an opportunity to punish him properly. Once An Dehai went to the Internal Affairs Office to receive the money that was not enough, and happened to meet Prince Gong, who directly said to An Dehai: The harem is extravagant.... There should be some moderation, but I didn't expect An Dehai to directly ask Prince Gong: "What exactly is the harem wasted?" ”
Prince Gong couldn't think of any specific examples for a while, so he mentioned porcelain plates in passing. An Dehai sneered maliciously and said, "That slave knows." ”
When it was time for Cixi to eat, he found that the table was full of those stupid big bowls, so he asked An Dehai next to him what was going on. An Dehai said in a strange way: "The slave really can't change the money, the slave would rather starve for a few days than wronged the master, but aren't we in the hands of others?" It can only be aggrieved. ”
Then he added oil and vinegar to tell Cixi about Prince Gong's embarrassment of himself, and Cixi was already uneasy about Prince Gong, and the gap between the two was even greater.
An Dehai thought that Cixi's umbrella was big enough to shield himself from the wind and rain wherever he went; But what An Dehai didn't expect was that the umbrella on Cixi's side really had a place that couldn't be covered.
The Tongzhi Emperor had long arranged for someone to quietly investigate An Dehai's crimes, and heard that he had packed more than a dozen cartloads of large boxes, all of which were gold and silver treasures, and this time he was going to take them to the south to sell all these treasures. Moreover, the Tongzhi Emperor also heard that the furnishings in An Dehai's home were no worse than in the palace, and he was usually the same as the emperor at home. And those relatives of Andehai, with Andehai's support, do evil all day long.
These alone were enough to put An Dehai to death, although the Tongzhi Emperor was only fourteen years old, but after all, he was the emperor, and naturally had more thoughts than ordinary people, and let his henchman eunuch intentionally or unintentionally tell his thoughts to several military ministers and princes.
An Dehai hired a boat from Tongzhou to set off, because there were too many families and luggage with him, and there were two large ships. Not only did he call himself Chincha, but he also hung a flag "Sun-shaped three-legged bird" on the bow of the ship, and the rest of the place was the flag of the dragon and phoenix, which looked like a mighty one. I don't know, I thought it was the emperor traveling.
"Spring and Autumn" once recorded the legend of "three-legged crow in the sun", "three-legged crow" is a legendary bird that was born in the "north of Kunxu" and specially feeds on the mythical Queen Mother of the West
The news of An Dehai's such a mighty trip reached the ears of Shandong Governor Ding Baozhen, who was kind and straightforward by nature, dared to be bold, and never bent his waist for five bucket meters. When Ding Baozhen entered Beijing last year, he saw An Dehai looking so welcome, so he said directly: "Don't let me fall into my hands, once it falls into my hands, I will definitely slaughter him." ”
Unexpectedly, he was learned by the Tongzhi Emperor, and he appreciated Ding Baozhen very much.
An Dehai takes the waterway and will definitely pass through Shandong, as long as he reaches Shandong, he will reach Ding Baozhen's territory.
After some twists and turns, the general army of Dongchang Prefecture finally captured An Dehai and sent An Dehai to Ding Baozhen in Jinan overnight. Ding Baozhen directly interrogated An Dehai as a prisoner, and An Dehai was justified at first that he was doing things for Empress Dowager Cixi. But when Ding Baozhen asked him: What about your investigation? Andehai is honest.
Kanhe is a certificate for An Dehai to enter and exit the Forbidden City, and if An Dehai does not have it, he will leave the palace privately and be executed.
No matter how An Dehai said good things, Ding Baozhen did not give him face, and directly locked him up with forty big boards.
Moreover, Ding Baozhen directly gave the order, there is no need to judge anything, and after dark, Ding Baozhen will be pushed out for questioning. This year, An Dehai is actually only 26 years old, no matter how much he calls his father and mother, it is no longer helpful.
The Tongzhi Emperor couldn't wait for Ding Baozhen's twist, as long as An Dehai reached the Shandong realm, Ding Baozhen would definitely not release An Dehai. Although the Tongzhi Emperor was only fourteen years old, he still had a relatively good grasp of people's hearts, and he knew:
Sixth Uncle Prince Yi must have wanted An Dehai to die
Empress Dowager Ci'an and Emperor Tongzhi's concubine will definitely support herself, and Ci'an originally saw An Dehai unfavorably;
Ding Baozhen is just righteous, and he can't tolerate Andehai's sycophants
But the Tongzhi Emperor was worried that it would be difficult to deal with Ding Baozhen's folded son if it was seen by his biological mother Cixi, but he did not expect that on that day, Empress Dowager Cixi was a little cold, so she let the Tongzhi Emperor see the folded son himself, perhaps by providence, An Dehai had to die.
Later, with the efforts of Empress Dowager Ci'an, the Minister of Military Aircraft and others, Empress Dowager Cixi had nothing to say but agreed to execute An Dehai. In fact, by the time the two palace emperors Taijiyi arrived in Shandong, An Dehai had been dead for five days.
Cixi is really also a fierce woman, since she knows that An Dehai will die, she directly does not do two endlessly, and comes to a relatively large rectification:
Execute all those involved in the Andehay case
The eunuchs who followed the south were all strangled
Andehay's hired helpers and cronies were all summarily executed
The wives and concubines that An Dehai bought with money were all sent to Heilongjiang to be slaves to the armored people
After this incident, Empress Dowager Cixi suffered chest pain for many days, and she fell ill directly, and she was ill for more than 20 days.
epilogue
An Dehai was indeed a great hero for Cixi, and without An Dehai, Cixi would not have been able to obey the government. Therefore, Cixi was unusually conniving at An Dehai, and even in the seventh year of Tongzhi, An Dehai married the 19-year-old beauty Ma Saihua in the Tianfutang Restaurant, and Cixi not only did not object, but in order to show his favor for An Dehai, he rewarded An Dehai with 11,000 taels of silver.
You must know that the Qing Dynasty, unlike the Ming Dynasty, was very strict in the discipline of eunuchs.
The reason why the eunuch is called a eunuch is because he is different from ordinary men, how can he marry a wife?
In fact, the most hateful thing about An Dehai is that he does not put anyone in his eyes except Cixi: Emperor Tongzhi, Prince Gong, and Empress Dowager Ci'an are all ordinary people who dare not offend at will, and they will lose their heads if they are not careful, but An Dehai is so arrogant with Cixi's favor that he can only "make his own sins and cannot live".
From the day of his arrogance, Andehai was doomed to no good end.
Ding Baozhen was not afraid of power and executed An Dehai, which was indeed very happy.
Cixi was under pressure from the court and had to order An Dehai to be executed; And also greatly praised Ding Baozhen's behavior, and gave Ding Baozhen four words "National Treasure" last time. If the Great Qing could have more people like Ding Baozhen who were upright and fearless of power, perhaps the Great Qing would not have perished so quickly.
Resources:
"Qing History Tongjian - Qing Muzong Tongzhi"
"Cixi Imperial Mausoleum - Declassified Mausoleum of the Great Qing Dynasty"
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