But when it comes to Ding Baozhen, the first thing that many people think of is that he killed An Dehai, the favorite of Cixi.
An Dehai, a native of Nanpi, Zhili, is the hometown of Zhang Zhidong, a famous minister. He entered the palace at the age of nine. Because of his cleverness, he quickly gained the appreciation of Emperor Xianfeng and Cixi. After the death of Emperor Xianfeng, An Dehai was very busy, bridging the gap between Ci 'an, two Empresses of Cixi who stayed in Beijing, and Yixin, Prince Gong, and successfully got on the horse? Have a coup in mind? Su Shun and other ministers of Fuzheng were executed. Therefore, An Dehai soared and became the last eunuch around Cixi.
In the winter of the seventh year of Tongzhi, An Dehai decorated with lanterns and feasted at Tianfu Tang Restaurant outside the front door of Beijing's largest restaurant, and formally married a beauty of 19 years old with a stage name of nine years old. Cixi also loves face very much. She not only gave 65,438+0,000 taels of silver, but also gave 100 extra silks and satins. The eunuch's marriage caused a sensation in Beijing and became the talk of Beijingers after dinner.
Just a high-profile person, with An Dehai's Jianghu status, as long as Cixi doesn't surrender his crime, no one dares to do anything to him. The point is that he was too complacent and offended the wrong people.
The first is the Queen Mother Cian.
Ci 'an, as Empress Dowager Cixi in the imperial palace, is still above Empress Dowager Cixi, but An Dehai, regardless of Empress Dowager Cixi's face, relies on Empress Dowager Cixi's favor and openly opposes Ci 'an being Empress Dowager Cixi. After a long time, the Empress Dowager Ci 'an killed him.
The second is the Tongzhi Emperor.
Although she is the biological son of Cixi, the relationship between mother and child can only be said to be average. Cixi was obsessed with power and abandoned her son. Over time, the young Tongzhi emperor rebelled. In order to please Cixi, An Dehai often reported Tongzhi. In the long run, Tongzhi hated his guts.
The third is Prince Gong's undivided attention.
But all this, An Dehai oblivious, not only that, he also intensified, causing widespread indignation and discontent, including the Shandong governor-Ding Baozhen.
Ding Baozhen, which is far away from Shandong, has nothing to do with An Dehai, but An Dehai's arrogance gives Ding Baozhen an opportunity.
In the eighth year of Tongzhi (1869), An Dehai, who had lived in the deep palace for a long time, wanted to go out to play, and begged Cixi to send him to Jiangnan to buy a wedding dress under the pretext of the wedding of the Tongzhi emperor. At that time, there was an ancestral motto in the Qing palace: eunuchs are only four products. Unless they are assigned, they are not allowed to leave the imperial city without authorization, and offenders will be killed without forgiveness. An Dehai is just a eunuch with six products in Lanling, and he is not qualified to leave the palace. However, he took advantage of Cixi's favor, ignored the statutes and swarmed around, so he left Beijing and went straight to Shandong.
After An Dehai and his party arrived in Dezhou, Shandong Province, Zhao Xin, the magistrate of Dezhou, was puzzled. Although An Dehai claimed to be in trouble, local officials didn't receive any letters from the capital? A clear decree? How to receive it has become a big problem. In fear, Zhao Xin told the story to Shandong Governor Ding Baozhen.