In the Qing Dynasty, especially in the Xianfeng Dynasty, Sushun was seen by many as the existence of the continuation of the dynasty. He is also an important changeover of "Xiantong turning crisis into safety (Monson language)".
With a vision beyond that of the Manchu nobles of his contemporaries, he clearly saw the crux of the devastation of the Great Qing. Therefore, he put forward the nine-character ruling policy of "strict prohibition, strict law and discipline, and hoeing adultery." This heavy medicine awakened to some extent the slumber of the Qing dynasty.
The most famous is the "PengWu Kechang Case", where Shi Baijun, the master of Kao Wen Yuan Ge University, was beheaded for sixteen taels of silver. The depth of the examination was swept away.
I have to say that in this incident, it shows that the thunderbolt means of using heavy codes to suppress the chaotic world have been demonstrated. "The effect of heavy canonization is enough to save the atmosphere." This is also a rare affirmation of Sushun in the "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty".
During the Xianfeng period, internal and external troubles. The outbreak of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement and the invasion of European and American powers ruthlessly shook the foundations of the empire. And the solemnity of the "Yazhong Han celebrities" clearly saw the incompetence of the Manchu nobles, and only Han people could revitalize the country. With his unique insight and talent, he constantly sponsored talents to the imperial court.
Like Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Hu Linyi, Guo Songtao... to build its foundations. This is another important measure he took in the selection of talents after the nine-character policy. This also protected the devastated Qing Dynasty and survived one obstacle after another.
Sushun's luck lies in the fact that his ideas of change met Xianfeng, who wanted to be ZTE, and Sushun's misfortune was that Xianfeng died at the age of 31. However, Sushun was fortunate enough to be appointed as the Minister of Gu Order.
Before XianFengyan drove, he issued an edict: "The emperor's eldest son, The imperial name is now set up as the crown prince, and he has sent Zaiyuan, Duanhua, Jingshou, Sushun, MuYin, Kuangyuan, Duhan, and Jiao Youying to assist him with all his heart and praise all government affairs." "But the inflection point of history has also come.
Sushun's ability to change is beyond doubt, but in the face of the death of the highest power, in the redistribution of power, the ministers headed by Sushun have behaved extremely badly.
Sushun had adopted the strategy of "suppressing the west and promoting the east" between the two palaces, but it was dissolved by Cixi, which instead contributed to the unification of the two palaces. Dong Yuan's performance of "the empress dowager bowing the curtain and listening to the government" was a temptation of the two palaces, but it was rejected. It also made Su Shun show the bottom card, that is, according to the ancestral system, it is strictly forbidden for later officials to interfere in politics. For Cixi, this was unacceptable to her. Su Shun was most jealous of the two in his life, one was Cixi and the other was Yi Bi.
After rejecting the temptation of the two palaces, Sushun did not take effective measures to prevent the two sides from uniting. Instead, Cixi used a bitter meat trick to quickly contact Yi Bi.
After Yi Bi's request to go to Rehe to support coffins to return to the palace was rejected, he actually forced himself to Rehe, which Su Shun did not expect. In the game of power, the resistance to sin is not fatal to win the opportunity, and Yi Bi plays this chess game very well.
After Yi Bi arrived at Rehe, the two palaces asked to see Yi Bi, but su Shun refused on the grounds that it was inconvenient for his uncle and sister-in-law to meet each other. However, after refusing, Yi Bi disguised herself as a woman at night (Cai Dongfan said it was a woman, Puyi said it was a shaman) and entered the two palaces.
After the secret discussion, I returned to Beijing to make arrangements. Yi Bi entered the palace, but this happened under Su Shun's eyes, which showed that Su Shun was lazy in employing people and acted negligently.
Compared with Beijing, Rehe is still too small compared to the great Qing Dynasty. Although Rehe is within the scope of Sushun's control, it also reflects Sushun's short-sightedness in the struggle for power, which is limited to the competition for local interests, without taking into account the overall situation.
As a result, the military power outside the Rehe River was seized by the two palaces and Yi Bi. As the master of the Gyeonggi army, Shengbao was early adopted by Cixi. SuShun is not known? Or is there something else to rely on? He wouldn't really be naïve enough to think that he had the will of the Xianfeng Emperor, he was still a minister of orders, right?
After Yi Bi returned to Beijing, Yi Zhen became the commander of the Han Army under the Zhenghuang Banner. Military power was controlled by Yi Bi, and the official field was also controlled by Yi Bi. In the nine-character governing policy promoted by Sushun, it was actually a confrontation with the entire Manchu Qing aristocratic class.
After the death of the Xianfeng Emperor, it was not surprising that Sushun, who had lost his position, was attacked by the Manchu Qing officials. After all, the actual operator of power in the Great Qing Dynasty had been replaced by the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces and Yi Bi.
Zeng Guofan said: "In recent times, such as Lu, He, Su, and Chen, they all know themselves, but they are not guaranteed. Therefore, my generation can seek strength in self-cultivation, but it is impossible to seek strength in the victory. This also shows that Su Shun is crazy and cannot cultivate himself in terms of dealing with people. This led to his enemies on all sides in the official field of the Xianfeng Dynasty, which eventually led to a major defeat and loss.
Su Shun, as a high-profile changemaker, he does not lack the idea of change, what he lacks is the layout of the power struggle. In the end, you can only watch a good chess hand be born and rotten.
In the power struggle, there are any unjust prisons (Zeng Guofan once said: Sushun's unjust prison is the Manchu Qing's act of self-destruction of the Great Wall), and some are just kings and defeats. Su Shun, who had once saved the building from the general and supported the fallen Qing Dynasty, was finally killed in the power struggle.
51 years later, the Qing Dynasty collapsed. Perhaps those who watched the collapse of the empire would find out how important the policy proposed by SuShun many years ago was to the Qing Dynasty, which was at a historical turning point at that time. The past does not forget the teacher of the future. This is also the benefit of our study of history.
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