The Tongzhi Emperor had already written one, and it felt like it was still unfinished. This nested emperor, who lived only 19 years, was the first emperor in Chinese history to be seen without bowing. His teacher Li Hongzao was a famous Qingliu in the Qing Dynasty, who once played against the Tongzhi Emperor with his important ministers on the construction of the Yuanmingyuan, and dared to confront Cixi, even so, he had always held an important position in the Military Aircraft Department, so why did he rely on self-protection?
Speaking of Li Hongzao, we must first brush up on this Tongzhi Emperor.
Emperor Xianfeng only gave birth to his first child at the age of 26, named Zaichun, and Zaichun was the only son of Emperor Xianfeng, so Emperor Tongzhi became emperor without any obstacles.
Born in the imperial family with the golden key, the ancestors gave the Jiangshan, the education of Tongzhi, that is really the top priority.
As we all know, the Qing Dynasty attached great importance to the education of the crown prince, and compared with the Ming Dynasty, I don't know how many times it should be paid more attention. The princes of the Qing Dynasty went into the study room around 5 o'clock in the morning to read and left school at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Reading not only to get up early, there are few rest days in the year, only the First Day, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Emperor's long life and the Emperor's own birthday and other 5 days can be exempted from the study to read, Chinese New Year's Eve can leave school early.
Historical records record that on the seventh day of the first month of April in the eleventh year of Xianfeng (1861), Zaichun officially entered the study room to study. However, this enrollment was soon interrupted with the British and French forces invading Beijing and the Xianfeng Emperor leaving the Rehe River.
In February of the first year of Tongzhi (1862), Zaichun's once interrupted studies were resumed. This time, The Imperial Master Li Hongzao, who was hand-picked by Xianfeng and Cixi, was about to appear.
Let me first explain to you that Li Hongzao was a very famous Qingliu during the Tongzhi period. In the face of foreign Western powers, he is a resolute main war faction, and it can be said that his political views are exactly the opposite of Li Hongzhang's. In order to keep the imperial program, Li Hongzao did not even give Cixi's face. Even so, Li Hongzao has always held an important position in the Military Aircraft Department, Li Hongzao is not simple, what is the reason?
The author believes that there should be three factors:
First, Li Hongzao has a deep learning, and the so-called iron is still hard.
Who is Li Hongzao? Before going to become an imperial master, he was already a student of Henan. What is the role of xuezheng?
Xuezheng, the full name is "Adjutant Xuezheng." In the Ming Dynasty, this official position was already set up in the provinces. Although the local government officials are juxtaposed with provincial officials such as envoys and envoys, in fact there is a fundamental difference between the study of politics and the latter and these feudal officials.
If you can explain it clearly in one sentence, it is the emperor's special dispatch Of Chincha, which is a bit like the combination of the minister of education and the minister of organization sent by the imperial court, representing the emperor in various places to educate people, manage schools, and select talents for the country.
It shows that Cixi attaches great importance to her son's education, and Li Hongzao entered Beijing to teach the little prince to read. The education of the princes in the Qing Dynasty formed the so-called "family law" during the Qianlong period: "The princes will go to the study to study when they are over 6 years old." Therefore, the admission of the crown prince at the age of 6 is already a mandatory rule. The content of education can be roughly divided into three key points: Chinese, Manchu, and riding and shooting.
In the teaching team, there were 4 masters, 3 of whom were proficient in the outside world, and mianyu, the prince of Hui, who had the highest royal rank and the grandfather of the Tongzhi Emperor, was permanently cared for in the Hongde Hall, and was specially supervised, and his son Yi read in detail. He also sent Prince Gong Yishi to be responsible for inspecting all the affairs of the Hongde Hall.
This lineup is strong enough, right? Let's look at Tongzhi's studies again.
This is also the second factor I want to say, the Tongzhi Emperor really can't support the wall, that momentum, it is estimated that the wall is in a hurry.
Li Hongzao commented that the little emperor was "ordinary in posture and not happy to attack and suffer", that is, he was not highly talented, he could only be regarded as an ordinary person, and he was not studying hard.
The emperor dared to tell the truth and tell the truth, which was also remarkable. The glory and wealth of courtiers are all given by the royal family, after all, to tell the truth, sometimes the price is too high.
In the ninth year of Tongzhi (1870), the 15-year-old Tongzhi Emperor was still very unserious in reading, and on November 14, "morning reading was extremely sluggish, barely coping." On the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the tenth year of Tongzhi (1871), "When I saw the fold, my spirit was extremely scattered, and although I tried my best to encourage it, I was tired of thinking, so what!" On September 26, "It was the Japanese military plane that saw it, and the two palaces talked about homework, but they failed to pay attention to their words, and yesterday they ordered that they could not read the folds, and they talked about the "Left Transmission", but they could not do it." If this is always the case, do not be worried."
A 15-year-old emperor who reads broken sentences is not a sentence. How to describe this learning effect? It can be said that the seeds are sown by dragons and the fleas are harvested.
It is such a Dou, who is also an emperor without support.
At nine o'clock in the morning of the fifth day of the fifth month of the twelfth year of Tongzhi (1873), the Tongzhi Emperor received the envoys of Britain, France, the United States, and Russia at the Purple Light Pavilion, and accepted the credentials they submitted. For the first time in Chinese history, the envoys visited the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty without bowing down. Tongzhi didn't know what he was thinking, or maybe he was used to being ignored.
The nest bag is counted, jumping on the foot to repair the Yuanmingyuan. Li Hongzao and the ministers opposed it, and the reasons for the right issue have already been said in the previous article, and will not be repeated here.
Li Hongzao not only played against Tongzhi, but also dared to confront Cixi head-on, which was impressive.
According to historical records, when the Mid-Autumn Festival approached on August 15, the sixth year of Guangxu (1880), Empress Dowager Cixi sent her eunuchs to deliver snacks to Fu Jin, the Prince of Alcohol, and the eunuchs illegally walked through the noon gate and had a dispute with the guards. Who is Cixi? Hang a curtain, the whole world is hers. Cixi wanted to issue an edict to severely punish the guards, and clearly to protect the eunuchs. Li Hongzao was no longer dry, and he struggled for the defenders, but Empress Dowager Cixi still ordered the Punishment Department to increase the punishment of the guards. Li Hongzao knew that such a handling would definitely arouse the people's indignation, so he launched the imperial court's Qingliu Jian to increase his momentum, reducing the punishment for the guards, and also making the eunuchs who flew and staggered receive the punishment they deserved.
Li Hongzao's outspokenness and outspokenness safeguarded justice and the imperial program, and also stabilized the feudal ruling order.
Li Hongzao entered the military aircraft in the fourth year of Tongzhi (1865), because of his good quality, coupled with the identity of the imperial master, Li Hongzao was relied on by the empress dowager of the two palaces, Guangxu Jia Shen Nian, the military aircraft department basically exhausted the class, Li Hongzao was almost always in the core of power. In February of the eighth year of Guangxu (1882), the French invaded Hanoi, Vietnam, in an attempt to invade Yunnan, China, along the Red River. Within the ruling class of the Qing Dynasty, two major factions were formed, the main war and the main peace faction, the Qing school represented by Li Hongzao was the backbone of the main war faction, and Li Hongzhang was the leader of the main peace faction. Although the political views are different, they are also peaceful.
Reading this, this third reason, you can also see it. Li Hongzao is a person who cannot see selfishness. He and Cixi Gang upheld the law of the imperial court; he and Li Hongzhang fought each other in court, also for the sake of the imperial court. Li Hongzao can save his life, and he has always been in the center of power, or rely on the comprehensive quality of others, right?