The absence of Yinggui, by the Hongde Hall walking Guangshou, to the left capital of the imperial history to make up. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The vacant one is the same as Shangshu, one of the "Eight Qings", and the Empress Dowager Cixi asked Prince Gong: "Who do you want to make up?" ”

Because of the emperor's admonition, Prince Gong still remembered that in these matters of increasing the rank and promotion of the lord, he wanted to avoid the suspicion of control, so he replied like this: "There is no suitable person in the minister's mind, please handle it." ”

"The left deputy capital imperial history, it is newly supplemented, of course, you can't sit on the left capital imperial history right away, according to the rules, you should pick it in the waiter. Who are they now? ”

There are six servants, a total of twenty-four people, and Prince Gong can't remember clearly, Bao Jun was originally a secretary of the ministry, so he naturally read out the full list, so he turned around and said, "You play back with the Queen Mother." ”

So Bao Jun read: "The left servant of the Ministry of Officials is Kui Ling." ”

"That's right!" As soon as he read the first one, he asked the Empress Dowager Cixi to interrupt: "Just let Kui Ling go!" ”

This is an indirect show of favor to Prince Gong.

At the end of July, Kui Ling was sponsored by King Gong and promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and he had already drafted the decree, but because of the suspension of the garden, the emperor was angry and withdrew his order, and at this moment he became a first-class official.

There are two more promotions, that is, the left and right judges of the Tai Hospital, and Li Deli is a candidate for the third or fourth rank of the Beijing Party. Zhuang Shouhe is an alternate for four or five grades of Jingtang.

As soon as the will was made, it caused a whisper among the eunuchs, saying that Li and Zhuang had been promoted to the highest level, and whether they were worthy of such a reward, and it was also questionable, because the emperor's smallpox was not necessarily cured well, he ate very little, and there was not much time to "rest", and he could sleep soundly all night, but he had a good time.

According to Li Deli's diagnosis, this is a sign of "insufficient Yuanyang, heart and kidneys do not communicate", so the medicine used is "Baoyuan soup", with deer antler velvet and cinnamon, which also aroused the criticism of many eunuchs, especially those who are older and know a little about the properties of medicine, saying that the emperor is only nineteen years old, and his blood and qi are strong, so it is not appropriate to use these hot supplements.

The ministers of the court, of course, are much more sensible than the eunuchs, and what they attach importance to is the pulse case, since "Yuanyang is insufficient", it is inevitable to use "Baoyuan Soup".

But how can a nineteen-year-old boy have such a witness? In the previous pulse case, it has also been repeatedly pointed out that "kidney deficiency" is a phenomenon that only occurs when teenagers indulge, drink and mourn, and enter middle age, but it is difficult to understand that it appears in a nineteen-year-old boy.

As a result, the worries caused by the "joy of smallpox" were put aside, and it was the emperor's physique that was worried. However, those who really understand the "condition" have unspeakable hidden worries, feeling that the emperor's illness is much more serious than the known situation, and Li Deli prescribes this kind of prescription, so there is room for shirking responsibility.

These views, the empress dowager of the two palaces has nothing to hear, nor does she know, what she values is still the emperor's smallpox, thinking that the danger has not passed, only in the universal grace, inspiring the heavens, just like the folk say, "do good deeds, accumulate yin gong," Shu several times the evil turned into auspicious, and the disaster became auspicious.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager Cixi first used the name of the emperor to add a "emblem" for herself, as a starting point, and issued such an edict by the military aircraft:

"I met the joy of smallpox this month to admire the Empress Dowager of Ci'an Duan Yu Kangqing, the Empress Dowager Cixi Duanyou Kang Yi to protect me, meticulous, and the Song of the Lotus Compassion, the internal and external yamen chapters on behalf of the ruling, I am really pleased, Yun Yi worship the two palace emblems, in order to look up to the Hongci in case of emergency, all the ceremonies should be carried out, the yamen respectfully handles"

Immediately after that, three edicts were issued:

The first way, in the name of "Fengyi's order", made Concubine Hui Jin the imperial concubine, and Concubine Yu and Concubine Xun were named concubines.

The second is "Superior Reward Inner Court Walking", and the first place is the "Reward for the Prince's Double Wealth"; The second place is King Gong, who has already been rewarded with double money, and another point will be added.

The princes and nobles were later the ministers of military aircraft, and they all wore dazzling eyes; Then come down to the Minister of the Interior, or reward the dazzling eyes, or the "palace title", or both.

After that, the ministers of the "Hongde Hall Walking" and the South Study Hanlin, also received the honor, in addition, "all the princes and officials outside Beijing, large and small, are rewarded with two grades, and the eight banners of the Beijing division and the soldiers of each battalion are rewarded with half a month's money and grain." All of this means "Xingqing pushes grace to the end".

The third edict is to benefit prisoners: "By the decree of the Empress Dowager, all the criminal departments and the provinces have closed the cases and imprisoned prisoners, except for those who are serious crimes and those who are not forgiven, and the ministers of the military and aircraft, together with the criminal department, will consider the severity of the order and ask for the reduction of the order.

The soldiers who committed the crime below the cane were to be reduced and so on. With the grace of leniency, he tried to renew himself, used his son to benefit the people, and was benevolent outside the law. ”

In the Empress Dowager Cixi and the Minister of Military Aircraft are so "gracious" thoughts, the ministers of grace and the ministers, of course, also feel excited, but some of them are calmer, but they have a strange feeling, and they feel ominous.

Because of this, it seems that such a grace will be issued, as if it is the canon of the "Yi Dynasty" - the new monarch ascends the throne.

In addition to honoring the Empress Dowager, pushing grace and ministers, there is also the worship of ghosts and gods, in the first day of November when the diagnosis of smallpox was confirmed, the Empress Dowager Cixi according to the advice of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the Great Light Temple to worship the pox god.

The pox god or "pox mother", the palace is called "pox god Niangniang", also referred to as "Niangniang". When the prince and the princess have smallpox, they are usually sacrificed, and the biological mother of the prince and the princess is saluted.

This time it was the Son of Heaven who produced smallpox, which was even more extraordinary. Therefore, on November 12, the Empress Dowager Cixi specially took the "Niangniang" from the Great Bright Hall to the Yangxin Palace, scheduled to be worshiped for three days, and sent out of the palace.

"Niangniang" set off, to use a sedan chair horse, the Internal Affairs Office got nine pairs of paper dragon boats, furnished in the Qianqing Palace. During these three days, the palace was "full of joy", and I saw red carpets and red couplets everywhere.

On the 15th of November, which was the day of the send-off, all the kings and beylors, all had deacons, entered the palace in the morning, and first went to the internal office to see the pulse case and the "living list", Li Deli's diagnosis the morning before was:

"A few days ago, the scab was peeled off and rotted, so a warm compensator was used to make the danger even; The scab is getting red, and the signs are good. However, the qi and blood are not full, and the heart and kidneys are at a loss. ”

The diagnosis in the afternoon was: "The detoxification is not cleared, and the two pulses are swollen, which is a symptom of cold and fasting." Cold and fever, chest congestion and shortness of breath, must be relieved immediately. ”

Despite the external sensations, the symptoms of smallpox are normal. So the kings Baylor rushed to the Jingshan Shouhuang Palace first, waited for the queen mother of the two palaces to salute, and handed over Ruyi. Then he rushed to the door of the Qing Dynasty to "send the mother".

The Empress Dowager Cixi gave special courtesy to the "pox god Niangniang", with the Empress Dowager's full set of ceremonial drums and music to lead, leading nine paper dragon boats, as well as countless paper-tied gold, silver and jade silks, to the outside of the Qing Dynasty, where an earthen altar has been set up in advance, and the "dragon boat" was sent to the altar, led by the king of the emperor to salute, and then set fire to it. (To be continued.) )