Xianfeng swallowed, and after Guo Xing'a cried with him, he ran away without looking back. After Su Shun and Yi Guifei wept beside Xianfeng's body for a while, they waved their seals and edicts with red eyes and prepared to go to war, and Guo Xing was not interested in staying for them to be referees.

From the time of the death of Emperor Xianfeng of Daxing, the eight ministers of Gu Ming, headed by Prince Yi Zaiyuan, Prince Zheng Duanhua, and co-organizer of the university scholar Su Shun, officially took over the emperor's power. Zaiyuan and Duanhua called the shots, and also gave themselves a new name, called "Zanxiang Minister of the King", which is above the military aircraft department.

But in fact, the identity of the eight ministers is very embarrassing, to be specific, although they have received the power of the emperor, they are not the emperor after all, and they are in a situation of half monarch and half minister. In this way, if they want to legally and effectively exercise the power they already have in their hands, they must "cooperate" with the emperor and the empress dowager, because the emperor and the empress dowager are the legitimate symbols of "monarchy" after all, otherwise everything will be in vain. What's more, the emperor and the empress dowager still have two "magic weapons", one is the ancestral system of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's "authority must not be moved down", and the other is the two seals left by the Daxing Emperor on the basis of this "legal principle" to the Empress Dowager and the heir emperor - "Imperial Reward" and "Tongdaotang".

Because the phrase "praise all government affairs" was added by Du Han temporarily, Xianfeng did not leave a feasible plan for how to distribute the power of the queen, Yi Guifei and Su Shun. So Xianfeng took a breath, and Concubine Yi (acting as the head of Tongdaotang), one of the palm prints, picked up her head and talked with the eight ministers. Concubine Yi's attitude is still very good, she did not damage the rights and interests of the eight ministers, she just wanted to negotiate and let her and the queen get the rights they deserved. But the eight ministers didn't think so, they wanted to use the seal in the hands of the queen and Concubine Yi, and on the other hand, they didn't want the harem to interfere in politics. This kind of contradictory idea has always bothered the eight ministers, but since Yi Guifei took the initiative to mention it, it is better to talk about it.

Therefore, between the eight ministers and the emperor and the empress, in fact, between Su Shun and Yi Guifei, had to have a "difficult negotiation". At the beginning, Su Shun and others proposed that all important documents such as the "edict" were drawn up by the eight ministers, and the two palaces only had to be stamped and could not be changed in the slightest, which probably meant the same as the so-called "rubber stamp". The Queen Mother has no right to interfere in the promotion, appointment, and dismissal of officials at all levels below, and all the pieces do not have to be sent to the Queen Mother for inspection. These things are not called plans, but naked bullies, which are completely in accordance with Xianfeng's idea of "no interference in politics in the harem" and Du Han's "praise all government affairs", of course, they were rejected by Concubine Yi. Concubine Yi and the queen are also aggrieved, if it is according to the meaning of the eight ministers, the two of them are completely decorations, so what does Xianfeng leave a seal for them, just let Su Shun be the master. Since Xianfeng left them a seal, they had to exercise the corresponding rights.

The plan of the eight ministers is nonsense, and Guo Xing'a, the only one who can be the middleman, claims that he is sad that Xianfeng Long Yushang Funeral has cried out of illness and hid far away. Therefore, the negotiations between the eight ministers and the two palaces have reached an impasse, and the time has dragged on for longer and longer. Of course, Su Shun was not used to Concubine Yi who was plotting to interfere in politics, and after the negotiations broke up unhappily on the first day, he gave Concubine Yi some color to see. At the same time, he also used this trick to divide the queen and Concubine Yi, and mixed some sand between them.

Yi Guifei was the first to jump out to ask for power, and she also had the toughest attitude during the negotiation process, so Su Shun and the other eight people regarded Yi Guifei as a bird. At the beginning, a policy was formulated - that is, to respect the new emperor's mother-in-law (Empress Xianfeng) and suppress the biological mother (Xianfeng Yi Guifei), which was reflected on the day of Emperor Xianfeng's death. Originally, the new emperor's heir, the queen of the imperial examination (that is, the father's father) was the queen of the imperial examination as the imperial examination yuan, although she should be immediately respected as the queen mother, and the new emperor's biological mother, whose mother is noble by her son, should also be respected as the queen mother at the same time, which is the so-called "two palaces and respect". And the eight ministers, who had just been rejected by Concubine Yi Guifei, played a trick on this - on the day of Emperor Xianfeng's death, he sent a decree in the name of the emperor: "Empress Zhong Cui Palace was named the queen mother", and only the next day did he pass the decree: "Chuxiu Palace Yi Guifei was named the queen mother". Although it can be regarded as "two palaces and respect", there is a difference of one day in time to show that the concubines are different after all. In this day's time, the queen has changed her name to "Queen Mother", but Yi Guifei can only be called "Yi Guifei" "by convention", still in the "concubine position" instead of the "back position", which greatly disgusted Yi Guifei.

This move is indeed very powerful, and it is a very big blow to Concubine Yi, who wants to save face in her life. So much so that later, when the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces lowered the curtain to listen to the government, it was clear that the things decided by the Empress Dowager Cixi were already "certain", but in terms of procedures, she still had to obtain the consent of the Empress Dowager Ci'an before it could take effect. Even from time to time, some ministers even said that "although there are two empress dowagers now, there was only one empress at the beginning (referring to Emperor Xianfeng's lifetime)", which almost insulted Cixi, which invisibly greatly damaged Cixi's authority. Of course, later Yi Guifei also hated Su Shun because of this incident, laying the groundwork for Su Shun's death in the future.

In the title of the queen mother of the two palaces, the story of "the two palaces and respect" during the Wanli period of the former Mingshenzong was invoked, and the new queen's mother was called the "Queen Mother" and the biological mother was "the Queen Mother". And because the Queen Mother lives in the summer resort to the smoke and waves of the Shuang Hall East Warm Pavilion, it is called the "East Queen Mother", and the "Queen Mother" lives in the West Warm Pavilion, so it is called the "West Queen Mother" (this fashion does not have the name of "Ci'an, Cixi").

Xianfeng's body was parked in a gorgeous coffin, and the grand funeral was being held in an orderly manner, but not far away, the eight ministers and the queen mother of the two palaces had not stopped. Originally, Su Shun was not so passive, he was much more powerful than the Empress Dowager Xi, but the pig teammates who couldn't stand him were too pitiful. Xianfeng repeatedly emphasized before his death that he could not let the harem interfere in politics, but he gave the decision power of the harem to make decisions on major policies, and he was schizophrenic himself, and poor Su Shun was also implicated by him. "Praise all government affairs", the queen mother of the two palaces knows the roots, if they use these six words to talk about things, it is equivalent to sucking their own mouths. The eight ministers, who must get the seal, can only make concessions step by step in the negotiations to minimize their losses as much as possible. But when they got to the third day, Du Han suddenly found that everyone was busy settling accounts these days, and they forgot a big thing.

In the Qing Dynasty, after the death of the emperor, before the "Gongshang" temple number and the nickname, in order to distinguish it from the "Jinshang" (the new emperor), it was collectively referred to as the "Daxing Emperor", and the same was true for the Empress Dowager. And when the Daxing Emperor collapsed, the crown prince had not yet officially ascended the throne, let alone an era name. But as the saying goes, "the country can't be without a king for a day", so generally after the crown prince ascends the throne in front of the coffin of the emperor of Daxing, he is called the "heir emperor" (the meaning is probably similar to the "quasi-emperor"), in fact, the heir emperor just received the power of the emperor, strictly speaking, his identity is still only the crown prince, because at this time he has not officially held the enthronement ceremony in the Taihe Palace. But the succession of this emperor is indispensable, otherwise it will be equivalent to no emperor.

However, these days, the eight ministers and the empress dowager of the two palaces have been busy negotiating, and most of the officials of the Ministry of Rites who are specifically responsible for the ceremonial system are in Beijing, so they have made a joke that is ridiculous for the ages. The eight ministers did not immediately enthrone the crown prince in front of the coffin on the day of Emperor Xianfeng's death (that is, July 17), but from the day of Emperor Xianfeng's death on July 17, they had already begun to issue "edicts" as "new emperors", and they were called "I", and Jin named his mother-in-law (Xianfeng Empress Niu Kulu's clan) and biological mother (Yi Guifei Yehenara clan) as the empress dowager. Legally speaking, due to the negligence of the eight ministers, during these three days, the Qing Dynasty should have been in a period of "no emperor".

Although it was too late to remember it, it was better than forgetting it all the time. The negotiations could only be stopped urgently, and everyone was busy with the succession of Lingqian again. On July 20, the 11th year of Xianfeng, the cabinet issued another "happy edict", announcing that the crown prince Zaichun inherited the will of Emperor Daxing and was enthroned as the heir emperor. It was not until this day that the Qing Dynasty had a new emperor.

Although it was just a matter of etiquette, Su Shun and the others were still cold, and they were too careless. There is a great political risk in this matter, in case the imperial uncle of Zaichun can't think of it, and directly uses the reason that the country cannot be without a king for a day, and establishes himself as a king, the eight ministers will be in big trouble.

With such a turmoil, after four days of negotiations, the eight ministers and the two palaces finally reached the following compromise: (1) the chapter was sent to the queen mother's imperial review; (2) All the "edicts" are drafted by the eight ministers, and the empress dowager is stamped after approval, the "imperial reward" seal of the empress dowager is stamped at the beginning of the text, and the "Tongdaotang" seal of the empress dowager is covered at the end of the text, all of which are indispensable; (3) The appointment and dismissal of senior officials shall be nominated by the eight ministers and ruled by the Queen Mother; The appointment and dismissal of ordinary officials are still nominated by the eight ministers, and then under the supervision of the empress dowager, the little emperor decides by a method similar to "drawing lots". Although the trick of drawing lots in the end is a bit nonsense, this is the only plan that the little emperor can cooperate, otherwise the six-year-old child will not be able to recognize all the words, let alone appointing and dismissing officials!

The distribution of power between the two palaces and the eight ministers of Gu Ming was temporarily determined. Although this is very aggrieved for both sides, in fact, a situation of "hanging the curtain and auxiliary government" has been formed at this time. Concubine Yi not only wants to be affordable, she also wants to save face, she wants to sit behind the curtain. Su Shun stubbornly stuck to his bottom line, Xianfeng did not allow the harem to interfere in politics, he had no choice. But he still has to keep his face, and the two palaces can only do politics in the name of the little emperor, and they must not confirm the legitimacy of the two palaces to participate in politics.

On the day of Emperor Daxing's death on July 17, the eight ministers also announced a list of 10 "ministers of the funeral of the king of respects", which roughly means the "funeral committee" of the emperor of Daxing. The edict is "Sent to Prince Rui Renshou, Prince Yu Yidao, Prince Gong Yixun, Alcohol County Wang Yixun, University Scholar Zhou Zupei, Co-organizer University Scholar Shangshu Sushun, Shangshu Quanqing, Chen Fuen, Miansen, Shilang Du Han Gongli funeral." Among these ten people, Su Shun and Du Han were originally the backbone of the "gang" of the eight ministers, needless to say, Renshou, Yixun, and Miansen were originally in the summer resort, needless to say. The remaining five people, including Yidao, Yixun, Zhou Zupei, Quan Qing, and Chen Fuen, were all "stayed" in Beijing. Su Shun played another "trick", except for Chen Fuen, a "die-hard fan" who belonged to him, to "come to the line at the speed of the star", the other four were all "in Beijing to handle all matters, and there was no way to go forward".

This meaning is obvious, that is, don't Gong Prince Yixin has already Gong Prince Gong's party to Chengde, and resolutely don't give Yixin the opportunity to connect around in front of Xianfengling. But for no reason to prevent Emperor Daxing's own brother from going to his brother's coffin to express his grief for the loss of his siblings, after all, it is a matter that is difficult to explain in both emotion and reason. The eight ministers couldn't shake out everything under the table of the Xianfeng brothers, so they could only recite Su Shun's notoriety again.