Wrong gift!
The Chongling Transmission Record is a famous private note of the late Qing Dynasty, written by Yun Yuding, a native of Daxing, Hebei, who successively served as an assistant, editor, and general editor of the National History Museum, and served as a court historian of the late Qing Dynasty for nineteen years. This book tells people the story of giving the wrong gift. It is said that Cixi's father, Yehenara Huizheng, was an official in the south and died in a foreign country, because he was idle and the eunuchs were not rich, and it was very difficult to support the children who returned to their hometowns. Unexpectedly, I was overjoyed.
The ceremony is a gift to the family of a mourner. Who is the giver? It is said that his name was Wu Tang,a native of present-day Mingguang City, Anhui Province, a politician of the late Qing Dynasty, and an official to the governor of Sichuan and the general of Chengdu.
Yehenara Huizheng died in 1853, Wu Tang should have been a county order at this time, and the incident of giving the wrong gift occurred in this year, and it was rumored that there were plates and eyes.
Hui Zheng, Manchurian Yellow Flag Man. He held the position of pen-and-paste for a long time, and later successively served as the chief of the Wenxuan Department, the inspector of the Sealing Department, the supervisor of the Baoyuan Bureau, the Shanxi Guisui Road, and the Anhui Ningchi Guangtai Dao. He died of illness in Zhenjiang Province, Jiangsu Province, shortly after being dismissed from his post in 1853. At this time, he only had two daughters by his side, and there was not much money, and the two daughters cried and transported his body to his hometown, and they were still collecting coils on the road. When I arrived in Qinghe County, I had no money at all and couldn't walk.
Former residence of Wu Tang
Coincidentally, the two daughters cried incessantly in front of Hui zheng's corpse, and Wu Tang's people gave gifts, 300 taels of silver. The two daughters accepted the silver, and one of them vowed to repay the "deceased" who was not cold in the father's tea in the future, and also firmly remembered the name "Wu Tang".
The person who sent the gift returned to report to Wu Tang: "Lord, the gift has been sent!" Wu Tang asked what the situation was, and the person who sent him replied, "The tea is cold, and it is very shabby." Wu Tang felt that something was wrong, how could it be? His gift was given to a Daoist official surnamed Liu, so that after his death, there would be only two women to take care of it, right? Then I decided to see it for myself.
This look shows the origin of the matter: liu surnamed Daoist's funeral ship and Hui Zheng's funeral ship are too close, and the people who are doing things are sent to the wrong place! Wu Tang was not angry: then go inside and take a look, send the wrong one, and find out who it was sent to. In this way, Wu Tang came to Huizheng's funeral ship.
Hui zheng's two daughters pulled on Wu Tang's sleeves, a thousand words became the word "thanks", Wu Tang was not good enough to return the silver, politely two sentences: "Girl, I and your father are old friends, he is gone, send some yi yi over is the right thing to do." "Wu Tang also said at that time that in the future, if you two have any more difficulties, you will come to me (Uncle Wu), and I will definitely do my best to help you."
The two daughters listened to the tears and went down – oh my God, how can there be such a good person in this world! The one who had sworn before swore in his heart again that if I developed, I would report this "Uncle Wu" tenfold, a hundredfold, a thousandfold, and ten thousandfold. The person who swore this oath was the later Empress Dowager Cixi, but her name at that time should be "Xing'er" or "Lan'er".
Wu Tang mistakenly sent 300 taels of silver, and his good deeds began from then on- "Xing'er" or "Lan'er" became Yi Guifei (promoted in 1857), empress dowager Cixi, he was promoted five consecutively in 8 years, becoming a pin feudal official, and was quickly promoted by Empress Dowager Cixi until her death in 1875.
Is this story true or false? Of course it's fake! Events can be "manipulated", but time is faithful, it must be there, no one can change. 1851 was the first year of Xianfeng, but the year before this year, Xianfeng had officially taken the throne. The Qing court selected for him the Eight Banners Showgirl, Hui zheng's daughter, later Empress Dowager Cixi, who was seventeen years old at the time and belonged to the list of selectees. On the eighth day of February in the second year of Xianfeng, the news came that Cixi had been selected, and on February 11, the eunuch of the Honoration Room conveyed an edict, named Cixi a Lan guiren, and ordered him to enter the palace on the ninth day of May. Hui Zheng was busy with this, and it was not until after sending his daughter away that he went to Wuhu in July to take over the seal.
Wu Tang
When he became the emperor's father-in-law, Hui Zheng became restless, and when he arrived in Anhui, he began to loot money, and in less than half a year he looted four or five thousand taels of silver (Military Aircraft Department: "Record and Vice Fold" Peasant Movement Class, vol. 584). This explains two problems: 1. When Hui Zheng died, "Xing'er" or "Lan'er" was in the palace, and he was also named "NobleMan"; 2. Hui Zheng, who became the emperor's father-in-law, did not lack the 300 taels of silver that Wu Tang mistakenly sent.
So, why is this happening? There are only two reasons: 1. The writer is dissatisfied with Wu Tang's gain, Yun Yuding is a Beijing official, and has a grudge against the local power; 2." "Giving the wrong gift" catered to the psychology of many people, thinking that Cixi should be such a role, and finally spread false rumors, so that history became the result of some people's imagination.
People should see that Wu Tang's "official reputation" is still good, he came from a civilian family, when he was young, "his family was extremely poor, he could not have an anointing fire, and his reading was always under the snow and moonlight", and he could also govern the territory with "praise from the people" when he made a county order. His "strength" was in the suppression of the Taiping Army and the Twist Army between Xu Huai, and because of his meritorious service in defending the city and outstanding political achievements, he supplemented Xu Haidao in 1860 and awarded Xu Haidao (四品官). At this point, he still does not forget that he was born in a poor family, and with his personal diligence and struggle, he has continuously improved his position. Before retiring from office, he also donated money to help the disaster victims, and he was honest and honest.
Because of this, Wu Tang can only be "disgusted" by such a small amount, if he is a corrupt official, he does not know what kind of writing will be written by future generations and by today's netizens! (Wen | Lusheng)