In 1851, Cixi was selected as a show girl. She was officially admitted to the palace in 1852. She was named Yimen in 1854. In 1856, she gave birth to Zaichun (Emperor Tongzhi) and was named Concubine Yi, second only to the empress. She often assisted the emperor. Government Affairs
1. Gu Ming eight ministers
1861 Xianfeng became seriously ill, Li Zaichun was crown prince, and pan2 "Span Wah, " Shou, Sushun, Mu Yin, Kuangyuan, Du Han, Jiao Youying "The eight ministers control the Politburo, grant the Queen (Niu Hulu family) the seal of royal reward, and award the Prince (Zai Chun) ) Tongdaotang seal, Zaichun was only five years old at this time, and the seal was given to Cixi in charge
Minister Gu Ming wrote the imperial decree. The imperial seal must be printed first, and then the Tongdaotang seal, for the imperial decree to take effect
2. Power
Emperor Tongzhi map
The first wave of power is the eight ministers, the second wave of imperial power, Xianfeng is dead, but the brother is still alive, the fifth elder brother ( yiyou ), Six elder brothers ( Yixin), seven elder brothers ( 奕譞), eighth elder brothers (Yi Xi), nine elder brothers (Yi Xi), Prince Gong (Yixin) 30 years old, Prince Chin ( Yi Zhen) is 20 years old, and several others are also over 15 years old
The current enemy, Xianfeng, the Minister of Military Aircraft, and the Minister of the Ministry of the Interior, most of them fled in the Mountain Resort, while Prince Gong and Prince Jin both had empty titles. There is no actual position, but it has to deal with major national affairs. Xianfeng did not give these people any official positions
The third wave of power, the queen force,It is the empress dowager of Tongzhi and the two palaces, the eastern empress dowager Cian, the west empress dowager Cixi, Xianfeng borrowed from Aobai to succeed in ruling, and left behind (the seal of imperial reward, the seal of Tongdaotang) Xianfeng wanted the minister and the emperor to jointly govern, but the actual power was still in the hands of the two empress dowagers. The eight ministers were completely unreasonable. Xianfeng didn’t figure out how to balance the three when he died. Naturally, the Empress’s curtain appeared. Hearing the political issues, this made a big mistake
3. Yixin Group
Yixin Picture
At that time, the court ministers were divided into two, half of them were in the Mountain Resort (Gu Ming eight ministers), Half of them were led by Yixin (five brothers and other ministers), Guarja Wenxiang Manchuria Zhenghongqi, and the minister of military and aircraft. When Xianfeng went to the summer resort to hide from the British and French forces, only he opposed it. Xianfeng hated him very much
Guiliang is a man from Manchuria Zhenghongqi. He is Yixin's father-in-law. He is the official to Governor of Huguang, Governor of Zhili. Before his death, Xianfeng ordered him to guard Beijing with Yixin. The emperor asked others to guard himself and escape out hunting_ p3p
Baojun is a person with a white banner. Xianfeng wants to build a summer resort. When the Baojun said that the country uses money, in other words, the country is like this. If you have money to build the summer resort, he will be degraded by Xianfeng.
Weng Xincun is the father of Weng Tonghe . He once taught Yixin to study. He was dissatisfied with Sushun among the eight ministers. He had a conflict and was demoted to five levels. went to the study room. The masters were dissatisfied with Sushun, and left the study room one after another.
Wuyingdian University Scholar Jia Zhen, Xianfeng asked him to stay in Beijing, day and night to make great contributions, so Yixin’s school has several characteristics. There are more Han scholars and veterans, and they are not honest. There are a lot of people, and they know more about foreigners. There are more Yihe Houzuu invited the emperor to return to Beijing.Therefore, this group of them belonged to the faction that made a difference at that time, so the day Xianfeng died, was the beginning of the above-mentioned group contest
Fourth, Xinyou coup plan
On September 5, 1861, Yixin learned that Xianfeng had died and kept writing to Shushun. The Eight Ministers agreed to him to come to the Mountain Resort. After approval, he was allowed to meet the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces for two hours. During this period, a good discussion According to the strategy, it is said to the outside world that the eight ministers are obedient to the command and paralyzed the eight ministers. The two groups have already colluded. While preparing for military arrangements, a , a sanggelinqin, and a survivor, the two fought against Britain and France, and were defeated repeatedly. They were impeached by the eight ministers. Therefore, the two expressed their determination to stand by Yixin Group. At the same time, Yi Xin ordered the queen mother to command the infantry, Shenjiying, command the forward guard army, control these weapons in his own hands
Seng Gelinqin asked the queen dowagers of the two palaces to listen to politics and resolutely opposed The eight ministers, Zeng Guofan has remained silent during this period, watching the changes. Sushun's cronies have repeatedly wooed Zeng Guofan, and the group of eight ministers of Sushun has become isolated and helpless. They still don’t know that Beijing has changed, and they are still ecstatic, Yi Xin Buying through Sushun's cronies (Cao Yuying), Cao Yuying originally promoted the Minister of Military Affairs, but Sushun promoted Jiao Youying, and Cao Yuying was dissatisfied with Sushun
Five, how stupid the eight ministers are
still photos of the eight ministers
At this time, the Sushun Group made another mistake. Duanhua is the leader of the infantry and has the responsibility to command the Eight Banners and the Green Camp in Beijing. He has a pivotal position. Zaiyuan has a royal guard and guard of honor, and Sushun is in charge. The Royal Reconnaissance Force, the three of them are in charge of all the armed forces in Beijing, but the three of them are stupid
They think the two empress dowagers will unconditionally cooperate with the eight ministers,So it was decided that we should also give in. They felt that Yi Xin had already expressed her head down and listened to her own group, and we should also be friendly. Therefore, in October 1861, she resigned successively. Xin, they handed over their guns. Isn’t this stupid?
On October 26, the day when the coffin of Xianfeng returned to Beijing, whether the new emperor succeeded to the throne and returned to Beijing, the dead and the two emperors who just came to power , A huge ceremony must be held in Beijing, which means that the summer resort is going to move. Sushun Group recommends that the soldiers be divided into two groups, first to Beijing all the way, and then the other. Someone must first inform Beijing to prepare, and another wave of people will escort Xianfeng. The coffin walked slowly, and the three of them studied one by one. The two people (Zaiyuan, Duanhua) and the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces left Sushun first, and went to Beijing first. Sushun and others escorted the coffin and walked slowly along the main road
two The Bo people are separated, and Su Shun is hard to scream at the back. This is another mistake. It can also be said that it is not far from death. On 31st, the Empress Dowagers of the two palaces and the little emperor arrived in the suburbs of Beijing. Yixin went out of the city to greet them. The two parties began to make final preparations for the coup. The empress dowager listened to politics and the prince assisted in politics, and Cixi was dissatisfied with the victory of the prince. She wanted to dictatorship and did not plan to participate in government affairs with Yixin. She just used Yixin. At that time, she knew that she could not succeed without relying on Yixin. , For the time being promised
On November 1, Yixin arranged preparations for the coup. The empress dowagers of the two palaces summoned Yixin, Wenxiang, Gui Liang and others. Cixi faced everyone with mucus and tears, cursing the eight ministers, and rebellious. Crimes such as flying and domineering aroused the indignation of courtiers. Cixi pushed the boat along the water and talked about how to punish the crime. After seeing , Zaiyuan and Duanhua, they were very different. Foreign courtier He De entered. Yixin said: There is an edict, Zaiyuan, Duan Hua said: We didn’t put forward the edict, how could you write the edict
Cixi was furious, and immediately took the two to jail, Yi Xin gave the order to put them in clan mansion,In the name of the little emperor, the empress dowagers of the two palaces ordered to capture Sushun. Late at night, Sushun was already asleep, and he caught Sushun and was escorted to the clan mansion. On the way, the empress dowagers of the two palaces wanted to do it first, but the empress dowagers of the two palaces were heavily guarded , Unable to do anything, Cixi soon agreed that the new emperor's reign was Tongzhi. After the coup, Cixi coordinated internal relations. The United Kingdom said it was most likely to show foreigners that a friendly politician was in power.
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