Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 288 Scolding Kangxi and Kicking Daoguang Xianfeng
In Kangxi's later years, why did he allow the nine sons to seize the throne?The real reason hidden in the history of why the imperial court was in a mess is about to emerge.

"Back to the ancestors!"

The aged Kangxi, with a frightened face, knelt in front of Nurhachi and Huang Taiji, and made an old voice:
"It's all because when Xuanye succeeded to the throne for 47 years, he suffered from a serious illness, and his health was not as good as before. He was powerless and lost his absolute control over the court."

Nurhachi, who stared at the wolf with eagle eyes, asked sharply, "Xuan Ye, since you are sitting on the supreme throne and are no longer able to govern the people's livelihood and society, why don't you abdicate?"

can see.

Nurhachi is obviously a pragmatist.

Now that you're old, it's time to abdicate.

Otherwise, how can you be worthy of the thousands of miles of land and land built by your ancestors?

Huang Taiji also said, "Xuan Ye, if the Qing Dynasty died because of you, would you know the consequences?"

Xuan Ye lowered his head and said with a face of shame, "Back to Grandfather, Xuan Ye is now facing the ancestors with shame."

"Humph!"

Nurhachi breathed out a cold air, "If the Great Qing Dynasty falls in your hands, we will die with regret!"

As soon as this word comes out.

The remaining 10 emperors in the pass directly knelt down, panicking, and begged for atonement.

"Eh--"

Lin Feng shook his head. There is something wrong with the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. He would kneel down when he disagreed with him. How servile are you guys?
Nurhachi said again, "Do you want to choose the last new emperor by letting the nine sons win the throne?"

Kangxi replied, "Yes, at that time, my great-grandson had fifteen sons, each of whom was a dragon and a phoenix, and it was difficult to make a choice, so my great-grandson wanted to let them each rely on their own abilities, so that I could see their abilities and choose Mingrui as the new master. "

Nurhachi looked sideways, "Is your No.1 choice Yinzhen?"

Kangxi, "Yes—"

This voice was obviously weak, indicating that Emperor Kangxi was not telling the truth.

Nurhachi was really angry, "Xuanye, when you died, Yinzhen was over 40 years old, a person who was already middle-aged, you actually said that you should look at your potential and wisdom, and you are fooling your ancestors?"

Even in the 47th year of Kangxi, the struggle for the throne began.

Yongzheng Yinzhen is also in his 30s.

Kangxi tremblingly said, "Xuanye dare not lie. At first, I believed that it was Yinzhen, but later his brother Shishi rose up and was a general. I was in the middle and thought about changing to a new monarch."

Nurhachi, "It seems that in your later years, you are indeed old and confused!"

These words came from the mouth of the first emperor of the Qing Dynasty, even the "Kangxi Emperor" dared not say anything more.

Subsequently.

Nurhachi shifted his gaze again, this time focusing on Xianfeng, "Your wife, Cixi, what's going on?"

"what?"

Xianfeng was frightened, obviously he didn't expect it, why did he point his head directly at himself?
Huang Taiji also said, "Don't tell your ancestors that you have lived with Cixi for more than ten years, and you don't know that she has the ambition of Wu Zetian, the empress of the Tang Dynasty?"

Nurhachi asked again, "The mighty country of the Qing Dynasty was actually controlled by a woman who overthrew my Aixinjueluo Sheji, Xianfeng, tell me, why didn't you properly resolve it before you died?"

Calling the name "Xianfeng" directly is a big problem.

After all, "Xianfeng" is a posthumous title, which was given by later ministers after his death.

However, in the eyes of later host Lin Feng, Xianfeng cannot be blamed for this problem.

Because Xianfeng's ability lies there.

His ability is far worse than that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who shouted that the government was controlled by Queen Dou.

The ability is insufficient, and the requirements cannot be so high.

According to historical records, Emperor Xianfeng was the ninth emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the last emperor with real power.The reason for saying this is that since Xianfeng, Cixi has gained real power, while Tongzhi, Guangxu, and Puyi, who have followed each other, basically have no power at all.

After Xianfeng succeeded to the throne, the situation he faced was very difficult, and the burden on Xianfeng's shoulders at this time should be very heavy.

At that time, the Qing Dynasty was under internal and external troubles, and the internal Taiping Rebellion broke out, sweeping half of China, and foreigners from outside were eyeing it.

Faced with this situation, Xianfeng had no choice but to focus on the country. Although he wiped out the rebel army, he was also the emperor who lost the most territory.

Can't Xianfeng see Cixi's ambition?Why not make proper arrangements?

Xianfeng had two sons, but the other died early, leaving only Cixi's son, who later became Emperor Tongzhi.

As the saying goes, a mother is more expensive than a son, not to mention that Xianfeng only has such a son.

When Xianfeng was still alive, Concubine Yi (Cixi) stretched her hand into the court hall. Due to Xianfeng's poor health, she began to help Emperor Xianfeng review some simple memorials to relieve his pressure.

But Xianfeng's health is really not going to get better. Even if he gets better, his hair will probably be white. He is in a hurry, after all, he has cut so much territory.

However, although Xianfeng is not capable, he is not confused. He also discovered her ambition, so he came up with the idea of ​​leaving the mother and keeping the son.

It is not uncommon to lose the mother and keep the son. It began to appear during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. After all, after the prince ascended the throne, no matter how young or not, the biological mother disappeared, and the harem naturally could not interfere in politics.

There were also ministers in the court who suggested it, but Xianfeng was notoriously indecisive, and he did not get rid of Cixi at the last moment of his life.

However, in order to ensure the smooth and stable successor of the Qing Dynasty, Xianfeng still made a series of arrangements.

He specially appointed eight important court ministers who were deeply trusted by him as auxiliary ministers, known as the "Eight Ministers of Gu Ming", namely Prince Yi Zaiyuan, Prince Zheng Duanhua, Sushun, Jingshou, Mu Yin, Kuangyuan, Du Han, Jiao Youying.

Although there are a lot of people to check each other, all fools understand that Sushun and others have the final say.

So in order to prevent the eight ministers from dominating the family, they also brought in their queen and Cixi.

Xianfeng has two small seals in his hand, "Tongdaotang" and "Yu Shang". This is not a jade seal, so it is useless.

But at this time Xianfeng took the two small seals and gave them to Zaichun and the queen respectively.

It is also stipulated that these two chapters must be buckled in order to be effective when issuing decrees in the future.

In this case, power began to be dispersed, and several forces began to check each other.

But Tongzhi was still young and couldn't do without his mother, so naturally the chapter of "Tongdaotang" fell into Cixi's hands.

She thus gained the power to interfere in the government.

What a seemingly perfect design, after Xianfeng finished all this, he went away at ease.However, here he picked Yixin out and dismissed important positions, which made Yixin dissatisfied.

But Xianfeng underestimated her ability and ambition as a woman. Not only did Cixi not listen to Xianfeng's words, she also teamed up with Yixin and launched the "Xinyou Coup".

What Xianfeng didn't expect was that Cixi had controlled the government for nearly half a century, bringing China step by step into the abyss of semi-feudal and semi-colonial society.

Although the tragedy in the late Qing Dynasty was not Cixi's responsibility alone.

But there is no doubt that Cixi's responsibility is indeed not small.

In general.

Even though Xianfeng knew that Cixi had ambitions, he did not follow other people's advice to kill Cixi. In this way, after Xianfeng's death, Cixi launched a coup to seize real power. , only care about pleasure, cede land and pay compensation, and ruin the Qing Dynasty. If Xianfeng knew that he lost the great country of the Qing Dynasty because of his soft heart, he would probably regret it to death.

In fact.

Xianfeng's explanation at this time is not much different from the historical materials and classics that Lin Feng found.

Xindi was young.

Xianfeng must be worried about handing over the power of the court to important ministers!
Therefore, he had no choice but to divide the power, and wanted to check and balance the two sides before Emperor Tongzhi grew up.

The idea is good.

It's just that Cixi is too clever and his methods are too powerful, so that the situation is deflected.

"indecisive!"

"A piece of trash!"

Nurhachi didn't show mercy at all, "You can't even see through a woman's ambition, what kind of emperor are you?"

Huang Taiji was even more extreme, "Daoguang, as Xianfeng's father, the sage Yunzi didn't blame his father, why did you choose Xianfeng as the new king? As far as Xianfeng's straight ability is concerned, at best, he is a qualified prince. Why not choose a more intelligent and wise prince?"

This is the rhythm of directly negating Xianfeng.

The question is, what can Xianfeng say in the face of Huang Taiji, the second emperor of his family, Aixinjueluo?What dare to say?
now.

Emperor Daoguang, who was attacked again, knelt down there, broke out in a cold sweat, and answered bravely:

"Ancestor."

"Back then, there were two candidates for the new monarch, Xianfeng and Prince Gong."

"I have used both literary and military tests, and finally concluded that Xianfeng has a better character and is a suitable emperor of the Qing Dynasty."

Huang Taiji snorted, "He is more suitable?"

That tone was full of sarcasm.

Nurhachi and Huang Taiji are both capable men of martial arts and martial arts, and it is normal to look down on some cowardly and cowardly emperors in future generations.

"Your civil and military tests back then were all about how you tested Xianfeng and Prince Gong. Let's talk about it in detail."

Nurhachi became interested.

The implication is that I also want to see if Emperor Daoguang has any insight into people.

This result.

It may be beyond his expectations.

After all, since Qianlong, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty have been inferior to each other.

Daoguang continued to bite the bullet and replied:

"Testing "Wu": One day I took Xianfeng and Prince Gong to go hunting. I wanted them to have a competition. Whoever caught the most prey would win. , Prince Gong came back with a bunch of prey, but Emperor Xianfeng was empty-handed, but Xianfeng said to me: "Now is the season of spring and everything is revived. I really can't bear to hurt living things. I'm afraid that the mother beast will have a child in her belly." .”

"So in terms of martial arts, Xianfeng won my vote."

Hear this.

Lin Feng almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

This trick.

It seems that there are plots in "Yongzheng Dynasty" in the film and television drama?
Emperor Daoguang, you are painting a ladle according to the gourd, and you don't change it at all?

"Bullshit!"

"Bullshit!"

"nonsense!"

Huang Taiji was furious, "Daoguang, do you remember how your ancestors established the Qing regime? We conquered the country on horseback, and archery on horseback is the glory of our era, but what about you? Xianfeng's woman's words speak the heart, you are also a coward..."

Not only Huang Taiji was angry.

Nurhachi was even more angry that one Buddha ascended to heaven, and the second Buddha was born, and he immediately stopped the incomprehensible Manchu swearing.

The Taoist knelt there, and after being scolded, his face was covered with bean-sized sweat, his body was trembling, and his hands and feet were trembling.

"Say, what is the specific content of your second "text" test?"

Daoguang doesn't want to talk anymore!
Even his father Huang Jiaqing couldn't bear it, but he could only dissuade him, "Min Ning, the matter is in the past and cannot be changed, just tell the truth."

With a dejected face, Daoguang talked about the "wen" test.

The general content is——Emperor Daoguang asked Xianfeng and Prince Gong a question: "If I die, how will you two govern the world?"

Prince Gong answered Emperor Daoguang's questions fluently, which can be said to be well-founded and practical, but Emperor Daoguang was gratified for his son's excellence, but at the same time he couldn't help but feel a little chilled. You are still alive, and you have already considered my funeral It's so perfect that it can't help but make people feel chilling.

But when Emperor Daoguang asked Emperor Xianfeng, Emperor Xianfeng just cried without saying a word, just hugged Emperor Daoguang and said:
"The world cannot live without you!"

This answer is also in the heart of Emperor Daoguang, so Emperor Daoguang made Emperor Xianfeng his successor under balance, and Emperor Xianfeng has been born since then.It can be said that Xianfeng wins because of his high emotional intelligence.

……

a time.

Those old ancestors of Daoguang have uglier faces than the other!

why?
It is obvious that Prince Gong is more suitable to be emperor.

But you chose the "incompetent" Xianfeng, are you going to piss off your ancestors?

Followed by.

Daoguang was scolded again.

Even an exasperated Huang Taiji rushed down and kicked the father and son Daoguang and Xianfeng to the ground.

After tossing for a while, the spearhead was diverted from Daoguang Xianfeng.

This fourth time.

aligned.

But it was Qianlong who was known as the "Perfect Martial Arts".

In modern times, many viewers who watched the live broadcast were amused. This is the rhythm of liquidating the future emperors of the Qing Dynasty one by one!

He scolded Kangxi.

Humiliated Xianfeng.

Kicked Daoguang.

A sharp-eyed audience shouted: "Look, Lord Qianlong seems to be trembling already..."

(End of this chapter)