The sixth son of the Daoguang Emperor, Ai Xin Jueluo Yixin, was a completely tragic figure, he had the talent of an emperor, but he did not have the order of an emperor, and he was depressed and regretful all his life.
Yi Xin was born on November 21, 1833 in the twelfth year of Daoguang ,11 January 1833), and his biological mother was Jing Guifei (静贵妃), who belonged to Shu Zi (庶岀子).
奕忻与四哥奕詝属于同父异母的兄弟，奕詝的生母是道光帝的正妻孝全成皇后。
Since Empress Xiao Quancheng died very early, the Daoguang Emperor entrusted YiXuan to Jing Guifei to raise.
In this way, Yi Xin and Yi Xi grew up together around Jing Guifei, and although the two of them were not siblings, they had deep feelings.
Yi Xin is frail and ill, with a conservative personality; Yi Xin is physically strong, intelligent and wise.
Yi Xin received a strict royal education from an early age, and he went to the study to study, and Bai Weng was a teacher.
The young and intelligent Yi Xin was proficient in the manchu and Mongolian languages, and was good at riding archery and poetry, so he was very popular with the Daoguang Emperor.
Yi Xin was appreciated by Emperor Amma, yi Xi did not have any suggestions, and the two brothers were still as intimate as in the past.
During the reign of the Daoguang Emperor, the Qing Dynasty was in decline and decline, and the Western powers were eyeing the tiger.
In order to gain China's interests, Britain shamelessly imported opium into our country.
Due to the large-scale import of opium from Britain, the annual outflow of silver from China reached 6 million taels, and a serious silver famine occurred in China, resulting in expensive silver, financial depletion, and empty treasury.
Opium also destroyed the health of Chinese, from the princes and ministers to the common people, all reveled in the incense of opium.
The Daoguang Emperor saw the harm caused by opium to the country, and he sent Lin Zexu as a minister of Chincha to Humen to sell cigarettes.
Lin Zexu was ordered by the emperor to destroy the opium of the British merchants at Humen, infringing on the interests of the British Empire, which led to the First Opium War.
Of course, the Daoguang Emperor wanted to win this war, but the weapons of the Qing Dynasty were too backward to withstand the strong ships and cannons of the West.
The defeated Qing Dynasty was forced to sign the Treaty of Nanking, which humiliated the country, and cut off the land to pay compensation for self-protection.
The Daoguang Emperor was depressed, and the entire imperial court was depressed...
Of course, Yi Xin was not comfortable in his heart, but he did not blindly complain about the world, but looked for the reason for the failure, realized that the ancient bow and arrow had lost its effect, and now he should learn Western technology, use the foreign guns and cannons of Western countries, and learn foreign languages.
It should be said that Yi Xin is one of the few sober people among the nobles of the royal family, but his concept is not supported by most members of the royal family.
Yi Xin felt that in order to realize his dream, he must become a crown prince, and only by ascending to the throne could he show his grand plan.
The daoguang emperor's first three sons all died prematurely, and his eldest sons only had four sons Yixuan and six sons Yixin.
On the wisdom of talent, it was the sixth son, Yi Xin, but Yi Xi was the son of Concubine, which made the Daoguang Emperor very hesitant.
Yi Xi knew that his talent was not as good as Yi Xin, and he also knew that Emperor Ama liked the sixth brother, and the throne was very likely to pass to Yi Xin, which made him sleep and worry.
Gradually, Yi Xi became estranged from Yi Xin, and the brothers were no longer intimate.
After all, the emperor's throne everyone wants, in the face of interests, what is brotherhood?
The Daoguang Emperor had been hesitating, he admired Yi Xin, but felt that he was too radical.
In the end, the Daoguang Emperor still chose the conservative Yixuan and wrote his name on the will.
Why didn't the Daoguang Emperor choose Yi Xin, who was in good health and capable, but yi Xin, who was weak and sickly and was not prominent in all aspects?
What is now most widely spread is that Yi Xi, at the behest of his teacher Du Shoutian, pleased the Daoguang Emperor with "ren filial piety" and thus obtained the throne.
After all, the Daoguang Emperor had been in politics for many years, how could he not see the intentions of Yi Yixuan?
In fact, in the end, the Daoguang Emperor was a conservative, and he naturally passed the throne to the equally conservative YiXuan.
In order to compensate Yi Xin, the Daoguang Emperor, after writing his will, asked his sixth son to marry the daughter of Guiliang, the governor of Rehe, as Concubine Fujin.
This incident made Yi Xi know, and his heart was greatly unhappy, he understood that the imperial succession law had a rule that li xian did not stand up, he was afraid that things would change again, and he was even more indifferent to Yi Xin.
In 1849, the Daoguang Emperor died of illness, and his fourth son Yixuan succeeded to the throne and changed his era name to Xianfeng.
Yi Xuan became the Xianfeng Emperor, and according to emperor Ama's wishes, he made Yi Xin a prince and gave him the title of "Gong".
The Xianfeng Emperor made Yi Xin the Prince of Gong, which has a deep meaning...
Chinese has always paid attention to "brothers, friends and brothers", and the meaning of the Xianfeng Emperor was to let Yi Xin know that the elder and the young were orderly, and the dignity and inferiority were superior and inferior.
咸丰二年（1852年）四月，咸丰皇帝将指原庆郡王府给奕忻为府邸。
Yi Xin did not ascend to the throne as he wished, and he lived in his mansion and became a useless person.
After the Xianfeng Emperor ascended the throne, he had a grudge against Yi Xin, and the brothers separated from each other.
Yi Xinkong had a talent, but he had not been reused, and he could only look up to the sky and sigh.
In 1860, when the Anglo-French coalition attacked Beijing, the six-god and masterless Xianfeng Emperor Canghuang fled to Rehe and dumped the mess on Prince Gong Yixin, who was proficient in foreign affairs.
The Xianfeng Emperor obviously made Yi Xin a back cooker in this way, but unexpectedly, this chore fulfilled Prince Gong and allowed him to establish a good interpersonal relationship with the foreigners.
The Anglo-French forces did nothing in the city of Beijing and burned down the Yuanmingyuan, the "Garden of Ten Thousand Gardens".
The Xianfeng Emperor, who was in Rehe, was helpless to do anything about this, and could only immerse himself in the gentle countryside and forget his troubles.
In 1861, the exhausted Xianfeng Emperor died of illness in Rehe, and his only son Zaichun succeeded to the throne.
At that time, Zaichun was only 6 years old, and the Xianfeng Emperor considered it again and again, appointing eight ministers headed by SuShun to assist him, and the empress dowager of the two palaces to assist in political affairs.
Zaichun's birth mother was the ambitious Empress Dowager Cixi, who was dissatisfied with the arrogance of Sushun and others, and after secret consultations with Empress Dowager Ci'an, decided to find foreign aid and get rid of the eight ministers.
Prince Gong Yixin became the best candidate, and the empress dowager of the two palaces secretly sent people to Beijing to find Prince Gong and discuss how to launch a coup d'état and gain power.
Yi Xin had been suppressed by the Xianfeng Emperor before, and it was not easy to survive until the Xianfeng Emperor died, who knew that there was no him among the eight ministers of the Commandment, which made the arrogant Yi Xin very dissatisfied.
Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to rely on Prince Gong to seize power, and Yi Xin also wanted to use the two palaces to realize her ideals.
恭亲王奕忻以奔丧为名来到了热河，经过一番准备，他联合两宫太后发动了辛酉政变，一举拿下了八名顾命大臣，成为了“议政王”。
After removing the eight ministers headed by Su Shun, Prince Gong Yixin ushered in a political spring, and he was not only the king of the council, but also the minister of the ZongrenFu And the Minister of the Interior, as well as the Prime Minister of State Affairs, the Minister in charge of the Interior and Foreign Affairs.
Prince Gong Yixin finally gained the power he had dreamed of, and this was the most comfortable day since the Xianfeng Emperor ascended the throne.
In order to revitalize the Qing Dynasty and resist the Taiping Dynasty, Prince Gong Yixin supported Li Hongzhang and Zuo Zongtang's foreign affairs movement, established a new-style school, and appointed students to study abroad.
At that time, the Eight Banners disciples were no longer able to fight, and Prince Gong YiXin asked the empress dowager of the two palaces to use the Han Zeng Guofan to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Empress Dowager Lianggong approved of Prince Gong's proposal, and after Zeng Guofan took office, he rectified military affairs and successfully suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
With the support of empress dowagers of the two palaces, Prince Gong Yixin boldly reformed and promoted the "Tongzhi Center", which was called "Xianwang" by both inside and outside the imperial court.
The accomplished Prince Gong Yixin thought that he could turn power to the opposition, but he obviously underestimated Empress Dowager Cixi behind the curtain.
Empress Dowager Cixi saw that Prince Gong's prestige was too high, and feared that the power would fall to the side, and changed from initial support to suppression.
In 1865, Prince Gong Yixin was impeached by the chancellor of the Imperial Court for enlisting power and paying bribes.
Empress Dowager Cixi seized this opportunity to conduct a strict investigation of Prince Gong Yixin.
Seven days later, Empress Dowager Cixi relieved Prince Gong of all his duties.
Although not long after, Empress Dowager Cixi, at the mercy of some ministers, resumed prince Gong Yixin's inner court walk and managed the premier's state affairs, but still did not restore his position as the king of parliament.
In 1884, Empress Dowager Cixi dismissed Prince Gong Yixin from all his posts on the grounds that he was sluggish and completely expelled from the circle of political interests.
The disheartened Prince Gong Yixin could only live idly, he did not expect that he had struggled for many years, or a powerless person.
In 1894, Prince Gong Yixin was reinstated as the Prime Minister's Minister, but at this time he no longer had the ambition of that year, and was always silent and inactive in the imperial court...
Perhaps at this time, Prince Gong Yixin had already understood that his life was just a decoration, a dispensable decoration.
On the tenth day of the first month of April 1898, the 67-year-old Prince Gong Yixin walked out of his life with the regret that Huai Cai did not meet.
After the Guangxu Emperor learned of Prince Gong's death, he personally visited the palace to pay tribute, and also gave him the title of "Zhong" and deserved to enjoy the Taimiao Temple for five days and mourn for five days.
Prince Gong Yixin's honor can also be regarded as a good beginning and a good end, but what is the meaning of these false names to him?
Prince Gong Yixin was shrewd and capable, but he was trapped in the word "Gong" all his life and could not break free, which was a pity.
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