An Dehai was indeed a big red man around Empress Dowager Cixi, and he was finally arrested by Ding Baozhen, the governor of Shandong, and on the spot, Empress Dowager Cixi was not a good person, but after this incident, Ding Baozhen, who killed Andehai, never received any punishment and retaliation, how did Empress Dowager Cixi suddenly become magnanimous?
Empress Dowager Cixi
This matter is not so simple, as the saying goes, beating a dog depends on the owner, Ding Baozhen is not easy to mix with the post of inspector, it is also a feudal official, Andehai is a red person around Empress Dowager Cixi, how can he not know, even if Ding Baozhen is no longer jealous and hateful, he will not joke with his own black hat.
Therefore, don't look at An Dehai, who was ordered by Ding Baozhen to be killed, but the person who really wanted to kill An Dehai was not Ding Baozhen, but the person who supported him behind Ding Baozhen, Empress Dowager Ci'an and the Tongzhi Emperor. An Dehai was originally a former eunuch of the Xianfeng Emperor, and made great contributions to the neutrality of the Xin You coup, which was reused by Empress Dowager Cixi, and later conspired with Empress Dowager Cixi to impeach Prince Gong Yixin.
An Dehai played a very important role in the consolidation of power by Empress Dowager Cixi, but it was also in the process that he repeatedly violated the Qing Dynasty's edicts to supervise eunuchs. If it is really to be investigated, it is not too much to be sentenced to capital punishment, but it is precisely because of the protection of Empress Dowager Cixi that An Dehai can continue to be a mighty blessing, and the courtiers are very dissatisfied with this, but because of Empress Dowager Cixi, they also dare not speak out.
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In the eighth year of Tongzhi, the Tongzhi Emperor was already 14 years old, and the Kangxi Emperor was also formally pro-government at the age of 14, although Empress Dowager Ci'an had long intended to return to the Tongzhi Emperor, but Empress Dowager Cixi was unwilling to give up the power in her hands, and An Dehai often secretly provoked, resulting in discord between the Tongzhi Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi, so the Tongzhi Emperor also hated Andehai very much.
Empress Dowager Ci'an advocated holding a big wedding for Emperor Tongzhi, so that Empress Dowager Cixi had no reason to continue to bow down to the government, and although Empress Dowager Cixi was unwilling, she had no reason to refute it, and An Dehai felt that there was oil and water to be fished, so she thought that Emperor Tongzhi was planning a wedding as an excuse, and asked Empress Dowager Cixi to let him go to Jiangnan to prepare the supplies needed for the wedding of Emperor Tongzhi and prepare dragon robes.
According to the custom, eunuchs must have documents when they go out of the palace to do business, and everything is simple and low-key, and they are not allowed to take the initiative to make friends with foreign officials, and An Dehai, after receiving the approval of Empress Dowager Cixi, set off with a group of retinues who were very ostentatious, he claimed to be a Chincha sent by the imperial court, but he did not have any official documents on his body, and he also used the dragon and phoenix flags without authorization everywhere he went, and the purchase of items did not show the "pass card survey" (the imperial court gave the certificate issued by the Beijing officials, and the purchase of things was shown, without spending money).
When An Dehai and his party came to Dezhou, Shandong, Zhao Xin, the governor of Dezhou, felt that The road of An Dehai and his party was unknown, because if the imperial court sent Qin to run an errand, he was informed in advance, but he did not hear any news, so he reported the situation to Ding Baozhen, the inspector of Shandong.
Ding Baozhen was very disgusted with Andehai, and immediately went to the Daomi to give it to the Guangxu Emperor, denouncing Andehai's various evil deeds, including privately making friends with foreign officials; claiming to go out to organize wedding supplies for the emperor, but did not carry official documents; purchasing items without passing on signs; wandering around the local area arbitrarily, conducting unscathed examinations; using dragon and phoenix flags and other royal forbidden objects in violation of the law; carrying female talents without forming a system, and so on, and then ordering An Dehai and his party to be intercepted and interrogated.
Ding Baozhen soon received a secret order from the Military Aircraft Department, which denied that An Dehai had been ordered to go out of Beijing to run an errand and ordered Ding Baozhen to severely punish An Dehai, immediately arrest his entourage, and correct the law on the spot without interrogation; if An Dehai and his party fled to the territory directly under their jurisdiction, Zeng Guofan would arrest and punish them severely, and if there was any mistake, the governor should only ask questions and no longer need to ask for instructions, so it can be seen that the Military Aircraft Department is even more anxious to execute An Dehai and others than Ding Baozhen.
Ding Baozhen
Behind the military plane was the Tongzhi Emperor, so the main person who wanted to kill An Dehai was the Tongzhi Emperor, who was eager to get rid of Empress Dowager Cixi's confidants, but also to show his determination to prepare for pro-government. Therefore, when Empress Dowager Cixi learned that An Dehai had been murdered, it was not difficult for her to understand what was going on, Andehai violated the rules first, and according to the law, she really deserved to be punished, and she had no reason to defend An Dehai.
In addition, if we regard Cixi as a person who must repay her with a blind eye, it is inevitable that we will underestimate her, and An Dehai is just a chess piece for Empress Dowager Cixi, and if she kills, she will kill, and there will be as many such people as possible. Ding Baozhen was a great hero to the Qing Dynasty, and it was not worth it to avenge An Dehai's death, not to mention that it was the Tongzhi Emperor who really wanted to kill An Dehai, he was different from the Guangxu Emperor, this was the son of Empress Dowager Cixi, what else could she do except swallow this breath?
Empress Dowager Cixi's "Treasure of the Nation"
Empress Dowager Cixi's cleverness lies in her handling of this matter, not only did she not retaliate against Ding Baozhen, but also appeased Ding Baozhen with good words, and later after the Guangxu Emperor ascended the throne, Ding Baozhen was also promoted to the governor of Sichuan, and Empress Dowager Cixi also specially wrote a painting for Ding Baozhen, "Treasure of the Country".