[Outer Mongolian Officials] This is a group of old photos that reflect the true appearance of officials in the late Qing Dynasty. The officials in the photo are in a pivotal position, and they can decide the life and death of countless people. Some netizens commented on the officials at that time, "There is style, there is momentum, not angry and arrogant!" "These officials basically don't care whether the Qing Dynasty is extinct or not, and the vast majority still enjoy a luxurious life."
【Xinjiang Officials】 Before the Yongzheng Emperor ascended the throne, although the number of officials was improved compared with the Ming Dynasty, it was still very low. The Yongzheng Emperor implemented the system of "returning envy to the public", that is, when collecting taxes, "every two plus envy and five points", and extracting "incorruptible silver" from it, the number of which far exceeded the number of officials, and the governors could get 12,000 taels per year. Such an income allows officials to live a good life.
Wu Tingfang was an outstanding diplomat and jurist in the late Qing Dynasty. Shiren's evaluation of Wu Tingfang was as follows: "A doctor of law who has received advanced modern education and Western-style education, has successively served as a foreign minister of the Qing court, foreign minister of the Republic of China government, minister of justice, minister of finance, and acting prime minister of the cabinet, participated in and presided over many negotiations with great historical influence, and is not only a diplomat who has been involved in major events in the international arena, but also a politician who has deeply participated in major events." ”
[Shen Guifen, Tong Xian, Mao Changxi] This old photo vividly shows the true appearance of the members of the late Qing Dynasty court, who enjoy a luxurious life, have a big belly, and are not angry and arrogant. The official in this old photograph was serving in the Prime Minister Yamen at the time, and on the eleventh day of Xianfeng, the Qing court officially established the Prime Minister Yamen, whose full name was the Prime Minister's State Affairs Yamen. Strictly speaking, Prime Minister Yamen was the first formal diplomatic institution in China's modern history.
Yehenara Ruilin was a Manchurian Zhenglan bannerman, he was of the same ethnic group as Empress Dowager Cixi, and he was born in the style of a penman, and he has been serving as a reading and praising official at Taichang Temple since he became an official. Ruilin was very good at talking, and he was able to move steadily, successively serving as a military minister, a tobe waiter, a rebbe Shangshu, a Hubu Shangshu, a governor of Liangguang, and a scholar of Wenyuange University. This old photograph was taken when Ruilin was the governor of Liangguang.
For a long time, everyone had the illusion that feudal society practiced polygamy. In fact, feudal society strictly practiced monogamy. Before the Qin Dynasty, the concubinage system was prevalent among aristocratic men, which referred to the women who accompanied the marriage, and later gradually evolved into concubines. Of course, there is no rule on the number of concubines.
Dong Ke (東恂) was a jinshi during the Daoguang years, going through the four dynasties of Daoguang, Xianfeng, Tongzhi, and Guangxu, and the official to the Hubu Shangshu. During his tenure as Prime Minister Yamun, he participated in the signing of trade treaties with Belgium, Great Britain, Russia, the United States and other countries as Minister Plenipotentiary. In the course of negotiations with the great powers, Dong Ke took a firm stand, argued on the basis of reason, and made certain contributions to safeguarding national interests.
[Tang Shaoyi and his wife] In the thirteenth year of Tongzhi (1874), Tang Shaoyi became the third batch of young children to stay in the United States. After returning to China after completing her studies, Tang Shaoyi successively served as consul in Seoul, Korea, consul general in Korea, superintendent of the National Railway Corporation, minister of the Taxation Office, and left waiter of the Ministry of Posts and Communications, and served as minister plenipotentiary to negotiate the sovereignty of Tibet with the British.
[Zuo Zongtang] This old photo is very precious and rare, it allows us to truly see the real appearance of Zuo Zongtang. As we all know, Zuo Zongtang was a national hero who recovered Xinjiang, and at the age of 64, he led a large army to the west with a coffin. If Zuo Zongtang had not been recaptured, the consequences would have been unimaginable. When Zuo Zongtang was dying, he still served the country and the people, "Fu Nianchen Yijie Shusheng, emperor of The Mongol Emperor Teda Zhizhi, repeatedly served the Three Dynasties, tired of heavy mail, internal counselor, external chief teacher, although Ma Ge wrapped the body, but also hate! And the Vietnam Peace War, China's strength and weakness is also a major key. The minister and the overseer went south, and so far he did not extend the tart, Zhang Guowei, hated his life, and could not be blinded! ”
[Cen Chunxuan] Cen Chunxuan was debauched when he was a teenager, and he was called "the three evils in the capital" together with Rui Cheng and Lao Ziqiao. In the fifth year of Guangxu, Cen Chunxuan donated to the official to be the chief, and in the eleventh year of Guangxu, he was appointed as the candidate Langzhong. After the death of his father, Yin Rewarded the Shaoqing of the Taifu Temple, Zheng Si pin . In the 28th year of Guangxu, the governor of Sichuan, Kui Jun, resigned from his post because of his ineffective suppression of the Sichuan Boxer Rebellion, and Cen Chunxuan went to Sichuan to act as governor. During his tenure as an official in Sichuan, Cen Chunxuan solemnly established a police system, impeaching more than forty officials in one fell swoop, which was then known as "official slaughter".