Before the foreign invaders arrived in Beijing, Emperor Xianfeng was so scared that he fled to Jehol, euphemistically called "hunting patrol". What did Xianfeng do in Chengde? Before Xianfeng fled, he had arranged for the harem beauty to escape first and transport it to Chengde first, so he continued to sing and drink as soon as he arrived in Chengde.
When he fled to Jehol, Emperor Xianfeng ordered a troupe with a life department to move the stage to Chengde. Sing "Flowers" in the morning, perform indoors in the cold afternoon, and perform in "Ruyi Zhou" in summer. When he is in the mood, Emperor Xianfeng even dresses up and performs by himself.
Third, greedy for wine. Emperor Xianfeng likes to drink, and he drinks as soon as he drinks. He gets drunk when he drinks, and he gets drunk when he is drunk. The eunuchs and maids around him were beaten and scolded because of his drunkenness.
The most intolerable thing is greed and greed. Smoking was always banned in the Qing Dynasty, and many loyal ministers and righteous men gave their lives for the cause, but this fugitive emperor actually hid in Chengde and smoked poisonous cigarettes leisurely, regardless of the safety of his home country!
On Xianfeng's 30th birthday, the princes held a grand ceremony for him in Zheng Da Guangming Hall in Yuanmingyuan. Hundreds of officials congratulated him and performed a four-day drama. Xianfeng did not use this time to convene ministers to discuss state affairs. On the contrary, he was invited back only after the treaty was signed and the lawsuit was filed. He still refuses to go back to the summer resort in Beijing.
On July 15th, 11th year of Xianfeng, Emperor Xianfeng was seriously ill. Before he died, he called eight ministers to bed and declared Zai Chun the Crown Prince, that is, the Emperor Tongzhi. On July 17th, Xianfeng died.
Second, Kangxi abolished the Prince
In the forty-seventh year of Kangxi, Emperor Kangxi made a tour of the Great Wall. On this trip, he took his favorite little son, Yin Rui. Unexpectedly, tapiscia sinensis was seriously ill in mid-August due to the camping trip. Emperor Kangxi was so anxious that he held the child in his arms, took care of him day and night, and rushed to the physician to treat him.
Once, Yin recovered from his illness, and Emperor Kangxi was ecstatic, saying that he was reborn because of it. Unexpectedly, Ginza's condition deteriorated sharply on the morning of the second day of September, and she died on the fourth day.
After Quinn died of illness, Emperor Kangxi was in great pain. But as an elder brother, Crown Prince Yun Yong ignored his younger brother when he was ill, and remained indifferent after Yin Yong's death. His extremely selfish nature was exposed, which greatly stimulated Emperor Kangxi.
Due to the tension between the Crown Prince and the Crown Prince, driven by anxiety, the Crown Prince himself secretly went to the account of the Emperor's father at night to spy on the movement, and also sent cronies to spy on the daily life of Emperor Kangxi on weekdays to listen for relevant news.
Kangxi got a tip-off from another prince and said, Father, do you know that someone peeks from outside the account at night? When Kangxi heard the thunder, he was furious and told all the officials to gather together, tie up the prince with chains and tie up all the other prince brothers. Kangxi, who was extremely angry, didn't think much.
In front of the courtiers, he lamented the sins of the prince and said, "You are really outrageous! Too much! Some of your food and clothing expenses are far above mine, and it is not enough to take money from the state treasury! If you go on a southern tour, you will force the governor to give you gold, silver and jewels;
You still don't distinguish between loyalty and treachery, hire villains, exploit the people and embezzle foreign tributes! Not only that, when your brother was critically ill on May 18th and your father was extremely anxious, you were indifferent, disloyal, filial and disloyal. What's more, you even go near the crack in the ordinary every night to peep in to see if I'm dead.
Send someone to monitor my every move, which makes me nervous all day, feeling that I may be poisoned and stabbed to death one day! "
Speaking of which, Wu Ying Kangxi I suddenly lost his temper, threw himself on the ground in pain and began to cry. He said indignantly, "How can a man like you inherit the family business of his ancestors?" So he announced the abolition of Prince Yin.
Thirdly, Cixi suffered from watching the play.
Empress Dowager Cixi loves watching plays. Cixi often asks some officials to accompany her when she goes to the theatre, which is called "going to the theatre". In order to please Cixi, these officials often kneel down to go to the theatre, and their suffering can be seen. Every time Cixi "enjoys the drama", it becomes a good opportunity for eunuchs to blackmail officials-eunuchs send seats and tea to ministers, and officials go back with glistening money.
On the 45th birthday of Cixi in the 6th year of Guangxu, she watched a play in the Yin Chang Pavilion of the Forbidden City and ordered officials who came to Beijing to celebrate her birthday to accompany her. Zhifulei, a magistrate in Guyuan, Ningxia, is particularly addicted to drugs. He is afraid of having an attack at the theatre and cannot smoke. It was only after learning that the eunuch had a "secret service" to provide smoke bubbles that he turned grief into joy. As a result, he watched the play for three days and spent more than ten thousand taels of silver.
In fact, it is artists who are most afraid of Cixi going to the theatre. During Guangxu period, artist Wang Rongshan once performed "Seize the Handsome Seal" for Cixi. The play tells the story of Xu Maogong stealing prints in Wagangzhai. According to the requirements of the plot, Xu Maogong sang a passage with Shuai Yin first, and then took it away with Shuai Yin and Yin He when he walked off the stage.
Wang Rongshan was singing when he suddenly heard a loud roar from "Lafayette": "Wang Rongshan, where did you put Yin He?" Wang Rongshan was shocked and thought, "I haven't finished singing yet. How can I get the print box? "
But it was already late, and Lafayette ordered: "The staff is responsible for Wang Rongshan 20." It turned out that this was Cixi's intentional fault. Not long ago, Wang Rongshan offended a eunuch who blackmailed him.
The eunuch reported to Cixi that Wang Rongshan had opened a mutton shop and slaughtered sheep for sale every day. This violated the taboo of Cixi. Cixi's zodiac is a sheep, and the word "sheep" is the most taboo in her life. Even the mutton used by the chef should be renamed "Fu rou". Wang Rongshan was defeated, but he didn't know where he was wrong.
Fourthly, the love tragedy of Tongzhi Emperor.
Zai Chun 18' s birthday is coming, and his two mothers, Empress Dowager Cixi (biological mother) and Empress Cian, are busy with his marriage. After careful selection, Cixi took a fancy to Feng Xiu's daughter, while Ci 'an liked Chongqi's daughter.
Cixi's favorite Xifeng is "gorgeous" but "extremely frivolous"; The women they admire are all similar in appearance, but they are "elegant and elegant". At first glance, they are a person who is full of blessings. Who will be the queen? Two queens asked Zai Chun for advice. The young son of heaven squirmed for a long time and said three words: Alut. Arut is the surname of Chongqi family.
As soon as the emperor spoke, the marriage was settled. After the grand wedding, the young couple lived a happy life.
Besides, Cixi was sulking because her son didn't choose his wife according to his own wishes. Now she finds that her son has only one bride who has been lingering with him all day, instead of turning around herself as before, and she can't help but feel a little out of place jealousy.
A 38-year-old woman has been widowed 12 years, and her son is undoubtedly her whole life. Suddenly, she found that her son's heart belonged to him, and she couldn't help but lose her mind and intervene rudely and cruelly. To this end, she even slapped Zai Chun in the face.
If Cixi wants to save her son's heart, the first thing to do is to find a way to alienate the queen. So, one day, Cixi sent a message to Zai Chun: "The queen is young and ignorant of etiquette. My son should not be too obsessed with political affairs."
At the same time, the palace supervisor was instructed to strictly limit the time spent with the emperor and queen, and finally cut off contacts. Zai Chun saw through her trick, but there was nothing she could do. In a rage, she packed up and moved to Gan Qing Palace to live alone. So those "sensible" eunuchs took him outside the palace to have fun and indulge in it all day, and fell ill and died suddenly a year later. When the bad news came, Arut committed suicide immediately.
Verb (abbreviation of verb) Zeng Guofan repelled the kingdom of Tian Ping.
In the second year of Xianfeng (1852), in November, the Taiping Army left northern Hunan and conquered Hanyang. In the third year of Xianfeng (1853), Zeng Guofan established Yingyong, a place called Xiang Army, which was divided into army and navy. Soldiers recruited farmers in Xiangxiang area, and their wages were about three times that of green camp. The whole army only takes orders from Zeng Guofan.
In the fourth year of Xianfeng (1854), 6,500 soldiers from the 13th Army Battalion and 5,000 soldiers from the 10th Navy Battalion assembled in Xiangtan and fought to the death. The first battle was defeated by Taiping Army in Yuezhou and Jinggang. Zeng Guofan drowned himself several times. When he wrote, he could only laugh at himself with "repeated defeats and repeated wars."
After the reorganization of the army, Yuezhou and Wuchang were reoccupied, and the Taiping Army withdrew from Hunan. In the eighth year of Xianfeng (1May 858), Jiujiang was stormed. In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), Ceng Guoquan surrounded Anqing, and was famous for "setting up a stronghold and fighting to the death".
Tongzhi for three years (1864), the Xiang army attacked Tianjing (Nanjing). Taiping rebels resisted Xiang, which made Xiang suffer enough, and Nanjing was broken.
Zeng Guofan said: "Today, the change of Guangdong bandits has ravaged 16 provinces and occupied more than 600 cities. Among them, Li guarding Feng Guantun, Kai Wing Lam guarding Jiujiang and Ye guarding Anqing are even more indomitable. This time, on the slope of Jinling City, more than 100,000 thieves did not surrender and gathered to set themselves on fire without regret. It was a rare drama in ancient and modern times. "
After Zeng Guofan entered Nanjing, he carried out the "three-light policy", "... subsection search, killing more than 100 thousand thieves in three days, Qinhuai River, dead bodies like hemp, ... three days and three nights of fire."
In fact, more than100000 are ordinary people. Li Gui, a Nanjing scholar, said: "The government troops will be looted after defeat, or burned and killed after victory, which is particularly unbearable. Its cruelty is even worse than that of a thief. I don't want to say anything, and I dare not say anything. "
Zhao Liewen, Zeng Guofan's aide, recorded the destruction of Nanjing in detail in the Quiet Diary: "... nine times out of ten people who died along the street were old people. Those who have children under two or three years old also think it is a game, crawling on the road. There are no women under 40, and their elders are injured. It's still a dozen knives, dozens of knives ... ".
Ceng Guoquan is a mass murderer and shuddering. "Xue Shuai" Peng Yulin is not satisfied with this. He wrote to Zeng Guofan twice (the siege of Anqing in 65438+the siege of Jinling in 08665438 +65438 +0864), demanding that the righteousness above the family be paramount.
Ceng Guoquan robbed a lot of property in Nanking, and Zeng Guofan told the court that "it is not important who donated the library, but it was never my intention to recover the lair without any goods".
Zeng Guofan put Li Xiucheng to death to cover his mouth. Xiang generals' incorruptibility, courage and strict military discipline are important reasons for their bravery and good fighting, and they also make the Xiang army awesome in the world. As a result, war-torn provinces have come to Hunan to recruit warriors, which has become a common practice. Therefore, there is a saying that there is no Hunan in the world.