Today I would like to introduce you to a powerful official of the late Qing Dynasty, Ai Xin Jueluo Sushun, who gained power because he was deeply trusted by the Xianfeng Emperor, but in the end, because of the caution of the Xianfeng Emperor, he was killed in the "QiXiang Coup" (known in history as the "Xin You Coup").
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Let's talk about the extraordinary story of Aisin Kyora Sushun's life.
1. Descendants of the clan, the Daoguang Dynasty entered the shi, and the Xianfeng Dynasty gained power
Born on the eighth day of the first month of October in the twenty-first year of Jiaqing (1816), Ai Xin Jueluo Sushun was the seventh grandson of Zilharang the Prince of Zhengxian and the son of Ur Gong'a the Prince of Zhengshen. He was also a direct descendant of Nurhaci's father, the Eminent Patriarch Tak, and thus became a descendant of the clan, but because "the sons born of the concubines are idle clans", he was not knighted, and the family was relatively weak.
Su Shun, who was a descendant of the clan, began to enter the daoguang dynasty, and he served in the guard office for a long time in his early years, and by February of the twenty-ninth year of Daoguang (1849), he was appointed as the secretary of the Chenyuan Qing, responsible for the management of the gardens, as Zheng Sanpin. Although Su Shun did things in a disciplined manner, at this time he was still just an obscure petty official.
After the Xianfeng Emperor ascended the throne, because he wanted to realize his desire to make great efforts, he began to recruit young and promising officials everywhere, and the young talents were quiet and obedient, which gradually attracted his attention. He was first promoted to the rank of Cabinet Scholar and appointed Imperial Bodyguard, and in February of the fifth year of Xianfeng (1855), he was made a presidential minister, responsible for making various preparations for the emperor's tour.
Sushun film and television drama image
Because of his conscientious and responsible work, the Xianfeng Emperor then appointed Su Shun as the commander of the forward battalion, and the official Zhizheng Erpin . Later, Su Shun was credited with organizing a patrol for the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and was appointed to manage the chief of the Blue Banner, the left shilang of the Household Department, and the affairs of the Three Treasuries, and then the deputy capital of Manchuria under the White Banner. Gradually gained the trust and reuse of the Xianfeng Emperor, and SuShun's official position was also risen step by step.
By the seventh year of Xianfeng (1857), Sushun was promoted to Zuo Du Yushi, and he began to repay the favor. In the face of the decline of the Qing Dynasty, he saw clearly that only the Han people could save this defeat, revealing the political sensitivity of "everyone sleeps and he wakes up alone".
Therefore, Sushun particularly reused capable Han bureaucrats such as Zeng Guofan, Hu Linyi, and Zuo Zongtang. In particular, in February of the ninth year of Xianfeng, after he used the Pengwu Kechang case to execute Bai Pin, he tried his best to use the Han people. This injected vitality into the declining late Qing Dynasty.
SuShun stills
In the Xianfeng Decade (1860), the Anglo-French coalition invaded the Beijing Division, sushun followed the Xianfeng Emperor "Northern Hunting" (fleeing the Beijing Division), during the Rehe period, the Xianfeng Emperor trusted Sushun even more, "Emperor Wenzong liked Sushun the most, and his words were endless", resulting in the increasingly popular political status of Sushun. He was appointed Imperial Minister, Minister of the Interior Ministry, and co-founded as a university scholar with Tobu Shoshu, and was able to command all affairs.
However, although SuShun's deeds were highly valued by the emperor and his official position was also at the peak, he offended the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty because of his behavior of "light full staff" and "elegant Han celebrities", which laid the foundation for his later tragic end.
Second, The Xianfeng Emperor's vigilance made him discredited
On July 16, the eleventh year of Xianfeng (1861), the Xianfeng Emperor became seriously ill, and sent an edict to Sushun and eight other people to assist the young Tongzhi Emperor, known in history as the "Eight Ministers of Gu Ming". At the same time, before his death, the Xianfeng Emperor engraved two imperial seals with the words "Imperial Reward" and "Tongdaotang" to the empress and Yi Guifei (later Empress Dowager Cixi), and issued an edict saying that all the edicts issued by the new emperor thereafter must be printed with these two imperial seals in order to be valid. Soon after, the Xianfeng Emperor died.
Seated statue of Su Shun
Such an arrangement was actually that the Xianfeng Emperor became wary of the "Eight Ministers of Gu Ming", fearing that they would be able to gain the control of the young Tongzhi Emperor, and granted the two empresses real power to contain the "Eight Ministers of Gu Ming". It was this vigilance that finally killed these eight ministers.
After Emperor Xianfeng died of illness at the Rehe Summer Resort Palace (in present-day Chengde, Hebei Province), the eight ministers zaiyuan and Sushun had serious conflicts with the new emperor Zaichun's biological mother, empress dowager Yehenara (i.e., Empress Dowager Cixi), and Empress Dowager Cixi encouraged Emperor Xianfeng's empress dowager Niu Hulu (i.e., Empress Dowager Ci'an) to fight for power with the eight ministers, and instructed Yushi Dongyuan to go to court to ask the empress dowager to listen to the government, which was immediately resisted by the eight ministers.
On the other hand, the most recent prince of the clan, Yi Chen, the Xianfeng Dynasty minister, Senggelinqin, and the military minister Wen Xiang were also extremely dissatisfied that they were excluded from the supreme power. Therefore, Empress Dowager Cixi joined forces with Yi Bi and others to launch the "Qi Xiang Coup". This coup d'état overthrew the forces of the Eight Ministers.
Su Shunzhao
Among them, Sushun's end was even more tragic, and on the night of October 2, 1861, in the eleventh year of Xianfeng (1861), he was arrested in Miyun on the way back to Beijing while escorting the Xianfeng Emperor Zi Palace, and then imprisoned. Soon after, he was beheaded at the mouth of the vegetable market at the age of 45.
Third, the author's feelings:
In the late Qing Dynasty, the powerful minister Ai Xinjueluo Sushun gained power because he was deeply trusted by the Xianfeng Emperor, but in the end, because of the xianfeng Emperor's wariness, he was killed in the "QiXiang Coup". His experience inspires us to:
As a public servant of the people, it is natural and duty-bound to strive to contribute to the country and the people, but at the same time, we should also handle relations well with all aspects, not only pay attention to respect and obedience to the leadership, but also pay attention to getting along with key figures and colleagues, try to establish political enemies as little as possible, and only by uniting the majority can we smoothly carry out all kinds of work and thus fulfill our due duties well; when political enemies arise, we must not take it lightly, otherwise we will ignore their severity because they think that Cixi and others are women's generations, as Su Shun did. As a result, the "old" politician loses to the young empress. We should maintain a keen sense of political smell, always guard against possible opposing forces, wait in a strict position, dare and be good at resolutely fighting against hostile forces, and ensure that our motherland is prosperous, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the cause is prosperous and developed.
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