In the spring of 1861, the eleventh year of Xianfeng, the Xianfeng Emperor's health became weaker and weaker, so he summoned the noble concubine Yehenara to help him review the folds. When Concubine Yi was dealing with the twists, she saw Prince Gong's twists and turns, and the twists and turns were very simple:
"Please go and ask for the living."
Although the twist was simple, the Xianfeng Emperor did not approve it, and it was obvious that he wanted to leave Prince Gong's twist and turn to the military aircraft department to deal with.
The Military Aircraft Department is now Sushun's dead party, and Sushun has always been at odds with Yi Tong, and naturally Prince Gong's twists and turns are in vain.
Concubine Yi wanted to work hard for Yi Qi, so she took Prince Gong's gift to Emperor Xianfeng to ask for peace. Xianfeng saw the twist in Concubine Yi's hand at a glance and asked who she was?
Concubine Yi replied directly: "Sixth Master's." ”
Yi Tong is the sixth son of the Daoguang Emperor and the sixth brother of the Xianfeng Emperor, and the two have a past of contending for the crown prince, and they have always been at odds with each other.
Xianfeng's face suddenly became gloomy, and although he saw that the emperor was unhappy, Concubine Yi still asked Xianfeng: "Emperor, why hasn't this fold been approved, and it has to be sent?" ”
"Of course I have my reasons," Emperor Xianfeng replied to Concubine Yi in a gloomy tone.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Yi still said without dying: "The concubine understands that there must be a reason why Banzai Ye did this, but the sixth master is your own brother, and it was personally approved by the emperor, and the relationship between the emperor and the sixth master is different from that of the fifth master (Yizhen) and the seventh master (Yizhen)..."
The Xianfeng Emperor had a total of five half-brothers:
The fifth brother Yi Cheng had long been succeeded to Prince Wei and inherited the title of Prince Wei;
The seventh brother Yizhen, the eighth brother Yixuan, and the ninth brother Yizhen were all county kings personally canonized by the Xianfeng Emperor;
Only Yi Tong was personally left by the first emperor Daoguang Emperor and made Yi Tong a prince; What's more, Xianfeng is still raised by Empress Xiaojingcheng, the biological mother of Yi Tong, and naturally the feelings of the two are different.
But after all, the two are enemies of the concubine, and the Xianfeng Emperor is very concerned in his heart.
Concubine Yi pierced Emperor Xianfeng's heart so much, which made Emperor Xianfeng very unhappy, so she let Concubine Yi kneel. The word "kneeling an" is very raw, and if the king of a country uses the word "kneeling an" to his concubines, it means that he is already disgusted, at least temporarily.
At this time, Emperor Xianfeng was planning in his heart to demote Concubine Yi three levels in a row and demote him to a nobleman.
However, after meeting Su Shun, he changed his mind.
As soon as Concubine Yi left, the minister of military aircraft, Su Guifei, came to ask the Xianfeng Emperor for peace, and learned from the mouth of the little eunuch that Yi Guifei had just upset the Xianfeng Emperor.
After receiving such important news, Su Shun asked the Xianfeng Emperor: "Emperor, is it the noble concubine Niangniang who makes you unhappy?" ”
Xianfeng nodded helplessly, and Su Shun then asked: "Then what do you mean by the emperor, and the slave should do what you want?" ”
"What can I do?" Xianfeng looked helpless.
Su Shun knelt directly to the Xianfeng Emperor and said: "The slave dares to speak, and the concubine Yi is pampered and arrogant, and has evil intentions; And the queen is kind-hearted, I am afraid that after a hundred years of the emperor, the queen will not be able to help Yi Guifei; Taking advantage of the fact that the eldest brother is still young, the emperor must make plans in advance! When Emperor Wudi of Han made Liu Ruyi crown prince, he was worried that Lady Hookyi would mess with the government and made a wise and decisive decision. ”
As the king of a country, Xianfeng naturally knows about Mrs. Hookyi.
Su Shun clearly persuaded the Xianfeng Emperor to get rid of Concubine Yi and leave the eldest brother Zaichun to be raised by the empress.
Empress Lü's dictatorship and Wu Zetian's title to emperor, Emperor Xianfeng did not know these things, and further down Xianfeng did not want to think about it anymore; He said to Su Shun, "I'll think again," and let Su Shun retreat.
But in the end, after much deliberation, the Xianfeng Emperor decided to keep Concubine Yi.
But why?
Is it really because of reluctance?
01
The Xianfeng Emperor was actually also a tragic emperor, he himself was born prematurely, and his health was not good; Just when he was born in the downhill of the Great Qing, he was worried about internal and external troubles, which made Xianfeng Dili unable to do so, and simply indulged in the harem directly, and was very lazy about the affairs of the imperial government.
Although there are "three thousand beautiful women" in the harem, only three concubines really gave birth to children for the Xianfeng Emperor:
Yi's concubine Yehenara (Cixi) gave birth to the emperor's eldest son, Zai Chun
Concubine Tatara (Imperial Concubine Zhuangjing) gave birth to the eldest daughter of the emperor, Princess Rong'an Gulun
Mei noble Xu Jia (Mei Guifei) gave birth to the second son of the emperor, who died in infancy in only three days
That is to say, the Xianfeng Emperor actually had only one prince, that is, Zaichun born of the Yehenara clan.
Having only one son means that no matter what Zai Chun's talent is, he is the undoubted crown prince and the future king of a country.
It was precisely because Cixi had Xianfeng's only son that he dared to be so unscrupulous in Xianfeng's later years and show his ambition. Some people may ask: If Xianfeng had known that Cixi was so ambitious, would he still spoil her?
In fact, Cixi hid it at the beginning, and Cixi's father was Hui Zheng just a small pen style, a formal eight-grade official. Therefore, when Cixi first entered the palace, she was just a small nobleman, a sixth-level concubine in the harem, living in the Chuxiu Palace.
Those who have watched "The Legend of Zhen Huan" should know that Zhen Huan was selected into the palace at the time of the draft because she looked like Empress Chunyuan, and Zhen Huan's father was the Dali Temple Shaoqing of the fourth grade, but because it was subordinate to the Han Junqi, it could only be subservient to the permanent position at the beginning.
The Fucha clan, who was also elected to the palace, was made a nobleman because he was born in the Manchu military banner.
Looking at it this way, if Cixi just entered the palace and could be made a nobleman, it was actually a very good arrangement.
But for the ambitious Cixi, how could he be willing to stoop to the position of a nobleman? She wanted to climb up step by step, climbing to the position of concubine, noble concubine, and even the queen of the motherly world.
Therefore, in order to achieve her goal, Cixi is very attentive:
First of all, change your appearance, and use "resident fragrance" every day to make your body scented; Egg whites are applied to the face, human milk is bathed, and makeup is also made with a special jade in the palace. After persevering for a while, Cixi changed from a young girl to a mature woman with quite charm.
After changing his appearance, Cixi tried all kinds of ways to get rid of his arch-rivals Mei Guiren and Yun Concubine, and on the other hand, he looked for opportunities to attract the attention of the Xianfeng Emperor. Sure enough, the hard work paid off, allowing Cixi to wait for the opportunity.
Emperor Xianfeng's favorite and scheming Li Guiren was unwell, and in order to let Li Guiren recuperate, Xianfeng no longer let Li Guiren sleep. But the Xianfeng Emperor was, and since Li Guiren could not accompany him, he began to look for the next target.
And the news of the sullen Xianfeng Emperor has long reached Cixi's ears, and since Cixi entered the palace, he has been very good to the palace eunuchs below, often rewarding them, and the palace eunuchs are used to being bullied in the palace, and when they meet such a "good" master like Cixi, they are grateful and wholeheartedly help Cixi inquire about Xianfeng everywhere.
Cixi still felt that there was not enough news, so he bought the palace maids and eunuchs around Xianfeng and Empress Ci'an as much as possible to know as much as possible about the emperor and empress.
Cixi learned from the mouths of these eunuchs and palace maids that the Xianfeng Emperor liked to listen to Jiangnan ditties, and there happened to be a nursing lady who could sing in the Cixi Palace, so she learned to sing very seriously; Knowing that Xianfeng liked Peking Opera, Cixi also studied seriously and competed with the palace maids in Peking Opera; Soon Cixi was able to sing and fight skillfully.
Therefore, Xianfeng was in a bad mood, why he was in a bad mood, Cixi could know it well.
Let a small eunuch in the Qianqing Palace find a way to lure the Xianfeng Emperor to his Chuxiu Palace in advance, but what about Cixi?
After dressing up, he began to dance and sing about the Jiangnan community, and the Xianfeng Emperor was directly attracted by the "fairy"-like Cixi. From then on, Cixi began to be favored by the Xianfeng Emperor, and allowed Cixi to stay overnight (according to the rule of the Great Qing Dynasty, other concubines other than the empress could not spend the night with the emperor), which was quite a taste of "the king does not have an early dynasty".
Cixi is a very good woman who is good at figuring out the heart of the king, and wanting to be beside the emperor who "accompanies the king like a tiger" is indeed a necessary ability, and Cixi uses pure fire.
In order to be able to continue to be pampered, Cixi studied painting to please the king;
Cixi not only draws well, but also writes well.
The Xianfeng Emperor was very lazy in the affairs of the imperial government, so he asked Cixi to help him see the twists and turns, and even sometimes even Zhu Pi was too lazy to write, and directly asked Cixi to help him write.
The rule of the Great Qing Dynasty is that "the harem must not interfere in politics", but there is also a saying that "if the emperor says that you are in politics, you are doing politics, and if you say that you are not in politics, you are not doing politics".
And Cixi is such an example, if she sees Xianfeng's face is not good, she will take the initiative to hibernate and no longer look at the twists; How could such a "sensible" concubine not like Emperor Xianfeng?
When the Minister of Military Aircraft, Su Shun, proposed that the Xianfeng Emperor consider learning from Emperor Wudi of Han to get rid of Mrs. Hookyi, the Xianfeng Emperor was very helpless to mention two reasons:
The first point: Concubine Yi is meritorious to the society
The second point: the courtiers were opposed
To say that Cixi's greatest credit was not to please the Xianfeng Emperor, but to give birth to the only son Zaichun for the Xianfeng Emperor. Zai Chun was the first and only son of the Xianfeng Emperor who grew up, and the Xianfeng Emperor could only pin all his hopes on Zai Chun, hoping that Zai Chun could afford to assume the position of emperor in the future.
Whether it is "mother by son" or "son by mother", the status of Cixi and son Zaichun in the harem is almost untouchable. Even Empress Ci'an, who occupies the position of empress, has nothing to offer, but has actually been crushed by Cixi.
In the year of giving birth to the prince, Cixi was made a concubine;
In the following year, she was made a concubine by Jin, second only to the position of empress.
Both "sensible" and gave birth to his only son, how could Emperor Xianfeng be willing to get rid of her?
After Su Shun left, Emperor Xianfeng not only thought of Yi Guifei's rudeness of interfering too much in imperial politics, but also thought of Yi Guifei's cute, gentle and sensible in the past, which was really reluctant; What's more, if he wants to be a benevolent and friendly king, how can he get rid of the concubines who are "meritorious in the society"?
Thinking of this, Emperor Xianfeng convinced himself to leave his biological mother for his son Zaichun.
After all, Zai Chun's age was still too young, and when the Xianfeng Emperor died, Zai Chun was only 6 years old, and he needed his biological mother very much.
In fact, Emperor Xianfeng is indeed not the same kind of person as Emperor Wudi of Han
The Xianfeng Emperor's biological mother was the Daoguang Emperor's favorite Empress Xiao Quancheng, but Empress Xiao Quancheng died of illness at the age of 33. In the year that his biological mother died, Xianfeng Emperor Yixi was only 10 years old. His emperor, the Daoguang Emperor, sent Yi Yu to the palace of Empress Xiaojingcheng (the highest position of the Daoguang Emperor's dynasty was an imperial concubine, Yi Tong's biological mother), and was raised by Empress Xiao Jingcheng.
Empress Xiaojingcheng has her own son Yi Tong, and naturally she will not treat Yi Yu wholeheartedly.
On the occasion of the death of the Daoguang Emperor, Empress Xiaojingcheng dared to prevent the imperial minister from reading the letter of transmission in order to make her own son Yi Tong an empress. Because Empress Xiaojingcheng knew very well what was written on the edict, and the adoptive mother was so thick and thin, it can be seen that the Xianfeng Emperor could not feel maternal love from the moment he lost his biological mother.
It was precisely because he had experienced it, so Emperor Xianfeng did not want his own son Zai Chun to experience it too.
In fact, the Xianfeng Emperor really thought wrong at this point, you must know that Ci'an is not Empress Xiaojingcheng, and Cixi is not Empress Xiaoquancheng.
For the sake of power and selfish desires, Cixi was only strict with her parents and children, and had no maternal love.
In the eyes of young Jae-chun, Mother Ci'an is more like her own biological mother.
But regardless of the outcome, the Xianfeng Emperor's starting point was good.
And what about Emperor Wudi of Han?
The biological mother Wang Jiao has accompanied her from beginning to end, and has been in the position of the Empress Dowager for more than ten years, and naturally does not lack maternal love.
In fact, the biggest difference between Emperor Xianfeng and Emperor Wudi of Han is not whether he lacks maternal love, but his decisive determination and ruthlessness.
Emperor Wudi of Han was able to force Wei Zifu to commit suicide and the crown prince Liu Cheng to commit suicide, which shows his ruthlessness;
Emperor Wudi of Han reigned for 54 years:
Abolition of Prime Minister
Set up a system of inspections
Send people to the Western Regions
Conquest of the Huns
.......
He did a lot of things that were beneficial to the Han Dynasty, and he was very decisive.
Of course, Emperor Wudi of Han happened to be in the rising stage of the Han Dynasty, which was more conducive to realizing his ambitions.
What about the Xianfeng Emperor?
When the Great Qing was going downhill, he had internal and external troubles, and there were too many things to worry about, so that he had no intention of going to politics, and could only immerse himself in the harem.
Many times, Xianfeng, who is lazy in dynasty politics, will take the initiative to ask Cixi to help him see the twists and turns, and Cixi sees the twists and turns more, naturally he understands more and more about the affairs of the dynasty and politics, and his heart becomes bigger and bigger.
In fact, the reason why Cixi is becoming more and more ambitious, the Xianfeng Emperor can't get rid of it.
Emperor Xianfeng was actually not at ease with Sushun and others, and needed Cixi and Sushun and others to restrain each other
In the Xianfeng dynasty, because Prince Gong Yi had competed with him for the crown prince, Xianfeng never used this talented brother, but only obeyed the emperor's last order to make him Prince Gong. Prince Gong did not really play his role in the court, and the one who was really active in the court and held great power was the military minister Su Shun.
Sushun was the seventh grandson of Zir Harang the Prince of Zheng, who was the son of Shulhaqi, the younger brother of the Qing emperor Nur Hachi.
Su Shun also had an identity, he was the uncle of Empress Xiaodexian, the wife of the Xianfeng Emperor.
Such a noble origin determined that he would become a powerful minister of the Xianfeng Dynasty, and he was also a minister that Xianfeng was very favored with.
Since the spring of the eleventh year of the meeting, Emperor Xianfeng's health has not been very good, and Xianfeng is also very clear that he may soon die; However, his only son, Zai Chun, is only 6 years old and cannot be pro-government, and can only be a minister who leaves his son an auxiliary government.
However, the Xianfeng Emperor was not unclear about the fact that the regent Dolgon controlled the dynasty and made the Shunzhi Emperor a puppet emperor; As a powerful military minister and assistant university scholar, if Su Shun, as a powerful minister of military aircraft, and a scholar of the university, if he learns from Dolgon to control the imperial government, then won't his son become the second Shunzhi emperor?
The Shunzhi Emperor has the help of Xiaozhuang and the loyal two yellow banner ministers who firmly support, who is his son?
Thinking of this, Emperor Xianfeng had to come up with countermeasures to prevent the Sushun dictatorship and become the second Dolgon.
Then for the Xianfeng Emperor, the best way is to check and balance each other.
When Emperor Xianfeng was seriously ill, he selected eight ministers of Gu Ming according to Su Shun's recommendation:
Co-sponsor University Shi Sushun
Sushun's brother Duanhua the Prince of Zheng
Princess Gulun Shou'en's forehead Fucha Jingtao
Minister of Military Aircraft and Military Department Shang Shuto and Luo Muyin
Kuang Yuan, the minister of military aircraft
Du Han, son of Emperor Du Shoutian
There were eight people in total, and all of the seven people mentioned by Su Shun were Su Shun's diehards.
In this way, it is easy to create a situation in which Sushun controls the government of the DPRK.
Emperor Xianfeng knew very well that Empress Ci'an had always had no intention of dynasty, and her personality was dignified and gentle, and she was really not an opponent of the eight ministers; If the eight ministers unite to control the imperial government, Zai Chun is still young, and the life of the orphan and widow will definitely be difficult.
Cixi is different, Cixi is decisive and knows more about the affairs of the dynasty, and if Cixi is there, he can also restrain the eight ministers to a certain extent.
However, the Xianfeng Emperor was also worried that Cixi would learn from Lü Xi or Wu Zetian and take control of the imperial government.
So he left an edict to Empress Ci'an:
If a certain son is an emperor and arrogant and lawless, Qing can rule the law according to the ancestral family. Special Oracle.
If Cixi really learned from Lü He, Ci'an could take out this edict, get rid of Cixi, and return the imperial government to Zai Chun.
In addition, the Xianfeng Emperor also gave Ci'an a jade seal, which could restrict the arbitrary actions of the courtiers.
After some thoughtful arrangements, Emperor Xianfeng left with peace of mind.
epilogue
The Xianfeng Emperor thought that he had arranged it very carefully, but he did not know that as soon as the Xianfeng Emperor left, Cixi, Ci'an and Prince Gong Yi launched the Xin You's Rebellion to eliminate the eight ministers of Gu Ming, and the two empresses Ci'an and Cixi obeyed the government.
Prince Gong Yi was reused by Cixi because of his great success in the Xin Youzhi Revolution.
And Ci'an has never had the intention of dynasty, and almost all matters of dynasty and politics are decided by Cixi.
Although Ci'an had the Xianfeng Emperor's edict in his hands, he could get rid of Cixi, who held the imperial government and was unwilling to hand over power to the adult Tongzhi Emperor. However, Cixi was too scheming, and actually tricked Ci'an into personally burning the Xianfeng Emperor's edict.
Shortly after the edict burned, Ci'an also died.
There has always been controversy about the reason for Ci'an's death, and the most common theory is related to Cixi.
It can be seen that no matter how careful Xianfeng's arrangements are, all of them have come to naught in Cixi.
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