February 12, 1912 was the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor wept bitterly, but the eunuchs showed strange smiles? On this day, the ministers still went to court as usual, but all of them had numb expressions.
Empress Dowager Yulong took Puyi, who was only 6 years old, to sit on the dragon chair. After the officials bowed perfunctorily three times, the eunuch took out the proposed edict of abdication and gave it to Empress Dowager Yulong, waiting for the Empress Dowager to stamp it.
Empress Dowager Yulong holds the jade seal. When she thought that the 260-year history of the Qing Dynasty was about to end in her hands, she suddenly held the young Puyi and cried. She also said, "You people bully our orphans and widows, you are all sinners of the Great Qing Kingdom. ”
The ministers listened and cried, and the palace wailed. At this moment, the eunuch stepped forward to remind the Empress Dowager that if the abdication letter was not issued by 3 p.m. that day, all preferential conditions would be canceled.
It turned out that the Empress Dowager's abdication promise was conditional. The Qing emperor can still retain the title of emperor, temporarily stay in the palace, and move to the Summer Palace in the future, his guards can still be retained as usual, and the Republic of China also allocates 4 million yuan to the royal family every year.
The private property of the royal family is also specially protected by the Republic of China, and the royal temple mausoleum is forever worshipped. This condition is much stronger than that of ordinary people who eat bran wild vegetables.
As soon as the Empress Dowager heard that the preferential treatment would be canceled, she immediately picked up the jade seal and sealed 3 seals, and then covered her face and left with Puyi. She almost fell due to excessive grief.
In this thick sad atmosphere, only the eunuchs were snickering, because from now on, the empress dowager and the emperor had no real power, and the palace was the world of eunuchs. They don't have to work as hard as before, and they can even steal the treasures in the palace to sell, isn't it happy?
The courtiers were not worried about the collapse of the Qing dynasty, as they all embezzled large amounts of gold and silver. After this day, all the civil and military officials went into seclusion and did not interact with the world.
An empire fell, but the people were numb to this point, which shows how unpopular the Qing Empire was.
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