The Empress Dowager Cixi was the last ruler with real power in the Qing Dynasty. She had great means of wooing and established her own lineage group within the court. In order to win over the heart of the important minister Li Hongzhang, she deliberately rewarded Li Hongzhang with a "special treatment" when she married her daughter. It is precisely because of this that she received an unexpected gain 40 years later. what the hell is it? If you want to know, let the editor reveal the secret for you:
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Li Hongzhang is a famous political figure in modern times, a well-known official in the late Qing Dynasty, and one of the main leaders of the Westernization Movement. People call him "Li Zhongtang". As one of the few important ministers in the late Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang had a pivotal position in the court, and he was a person whom the Empress Dowager Cixi relied on.
In 1866, the 43-year-old Li Hongzhang was pleased with his daughter, named Li Juou. Since he was the youngest daughter in the family, Li Hongzhang regarded her as the jewel in his palm. Once there was no political affairs in the court, he would take her around. . The ancients admired that "a woman without talent is virtue", but Li Hongzhang did not think so. He hired the best teacher for his daughter to teach her literacy and hyphenation and good moral rules. Therefore, Li Ju was born in adulthood. He is slim and can chant poetry and compose right.
"There are women in every family", Li Zhongtang's daughter is naturally "white and rich and beautiful." Many prominent families have sent people to propose marriages in an attempt to climb the high branch of Li Hongzhang. But what is puzzling is that Li Hongzhang actually married his daughter to Zhang Peilun, his aide, a "smelly mouth" recognized by the court.
After receiving the news, the Empress Dowager Cixi congratulated Li Hongzhang while deciding that she could use the "dragon and phoenix cake" at the wedding. It is worth mentioning that the dragon and phoenix are royal patterns, and they were given to Li Hongzhang this time. The great grace can also illustrate the empress dowager Cixi's importance to Li Hongzhang from the side.
Li Hongzhang was overjoyed. He was grateful for the grace of Galeries Lafayette. He also sent someone to search for craftsmen who made dragon and phoenix cake molds in Beijing, and finally chose the Sun's mold shop in Beijing. At this time, the shopkeeper of the Sun's Mould Shop was named Sun Wanxiang. His craftsmanship in making pastry moulds was passed down from the ancestors and was a pastry mould maker used by Empress Dowager Cixi. After receiving the call, Sun Wanxiang spent the whole night making an exquisite dragon and phoenix cake mold, which added a lot of festive brilliance to Li Hongzhang's daughter's wedding.
At this time, a question arises. Empress Dowager Cixi deliberately gave Longfeng cake to Li Hongzhang. Was it a sincere congratulation or a taunt? As we all know, the ancient feudal dynasties had an extremely strict hierarchical system, and the boundaries between monarchs and ministers must be strictly divided. As one of his confidants, Empress Dowager Cixi gave dragon and phoenix cakes out of sincerity. However, judging from the relationship between Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Hongzhang's son-in-law Zhang Peilun, giving dragon and phoenix cakes is undoubtedly a secret mockery.
Zhang Peilun, named Youqiao, a native of Fengrun, Hebei. He has served as editor, editor and lecturer at the Imperial Academy. Although Zhang Peilun’s official position is not high, he is not a simple role. "Famous, he has written to the court three times and twice, and successively participated in a number of court officials such as Shangshu. Therefore, the officials at the time were all afraid of him and called it "stinky mouth." Empress Dowager Cixi had a very bad impression of him. She was removed from office because of a trivial accident, which caused Zhang Peilun to attach to Li Hongzhang's mansion and become a small staff member.
When Li Hongzhang announced his marriage, Zhang Peilun was over 40 years old. The relationship between the two can be described as an "old man and young wife". Because of this, the literati of the Qing Dynasty wrote in "Varied Words," Young Qiao, Li Hongzhang did not distinguish between the old and the young; when he resigned from the Xixi Xi, he went to the east, Zhang Peilun is not a thing", the purpose is to taunt secretly. This time, Cixi used the "dragon and phoenix" as a comparison, and it must have been indiscriminately mocking Zhang Peilun.
As the ruler of the Qing Empire, the person whom the Empress Dowager Cixi hates, naturally will not have an early day. Even if Zhang Peilun becomes Li Hongzhang’s son-in-law, he cannot change the established facts. His later official career was frustrated. Fortunately, he did not live up to the trust of Yue Zhang Li Hongzhang. In lifeBeing in love with his wife Li Juou is a happy life. The couple are very passionate about literature. Not only did they chant poems and write pairs all day long, but they also collaborated to write a gourmet compilation and a martial arts novel, which left a precious spiritual wealth for future generations.
It is worth mentioning that they have a son and a daughter under their knees. The son is named Zhang Zhiyi and the daughter is named Zhang Maoyuan. After getting married, Zhang Zhiyi also had a son and a daughter. His son was named Zhang Zijing, and his daughter was named Zhang Ying. Zhang Ying was the famous female writer Zhang Ailing in modern Chinese history. Some people even say that Zhang Ailing's birth has a great relationship with the dragon and phoenix cake bestowed by Empress Dowager Cixi.
Nowadays, dragon and phoenix cakes have become a common food for the common people, but in those days, they were imperial objects with extraordinary meaning. The wheels of history are rolling by, leaving only a lot of memories of the past, and anecdotes about the dragon and phoenix cake and Zhang Ailing, can the empress of the year be expected? We don't know.
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