Chapter 17 Imperial History Stone Chamber Golden Chamber

A few days ago, I attended a dinner party, and all the participants were elderly people over seventy years old, and naturally most of the conversations were about Chen Guzi and rotten sesame seeds.A dear friend proposed how to pronounce the word "remnant", the word Shaoyingqie sounds Cheng, according to the interpretation of "Shuowen", this word is "house tolerance", Duan Yucai's annotation: "Cheng means prosperity. "Because of this remnant character, everyone thinks that there was a "remnant of the emperor's history" in the Ming Dynasty that collected secret records.

Huangshiwei was built during the Jiaqing period of the Ming Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty ruled the Central Plains and followed the law of the pre-Ming Dynasty. All hadiths, records, and jade documents must be presented to Huangshi Chengzun for collection. Its function is equivalent to a library of royal genealogy.According to the custom of the Qing Dynasty, every emperor would have to open a special record hall to record the life and deeds of the emperor Daxing in detail.There are many historical materials that are not recorded in the official history, but are often recorded in detail in the actual records.Both the Ming and Qing dynasties set up record halls, so the records of emperors in the Ming and Qing Dynasties are quite valued by historians.According to the Code of the Qing Dynasty, when the record is completed, four copies should be respectfully copied, and the brocade clothes and toothpicks should follow the same style, and the style of writing should be different for each copy.One is the Emperor Shiwei of Tibet, one is the Palace of the Tibetan Clan, one is the Ministry of Rites, and one is sent to Shengjing Da Nei Zang.Only the editions collected by Huang Shicheng must be mounted on yellow silk with butterflies as usual. Therefore, the records of historical dynasties in Huang Shicheng's collection are the most neat and neat.However, Emperor Dezongjing’s memorabilia was completed after overcoming all difficulties. Limited by manpower and financial resources, only two copies were corrected. One copy was still sent to the emperor’s history, and the other was sent to the internal officials for preservation. This is the last emperor’s memorabilia of all dynasties Since then, Shilu has become a term in history. completed only after completion).

His relative Rui Jingsu was once ordered to enter the imperial history remnants to organize the jade documents and expose the real record, and sent a dispatcher to send the jade documents to Shengjing, so he knew more about the situation of the emperor's history remnants, the following is what he said general situation.He said: The emperor's history is remnant in Nanwanzi outside the Donghua Gate. Not a single tree is used. All the building materials are made of gold bricks and huge stones. It seems that the temple is majestic and awe-inspiring.There are two gates in the Chongfeng pheasant gate in the two summers above Danchi, and the three gates are juxtaposed. There is a left gate and a right gate on both sides, and the middle is "Huangshu" Limen. , are the same as the dragon, so it reads as "Longli Gate".The emperors of the Ming Dynasty liked to use rare and strange characters, and they especially liked to innovate.This character was created by Emperor Jiajing's heart, and the three characters on the emperor's history remnant gate are the imperial pens of the emperor's old man!

As a rule, jade documents in the Qing Dynasty were revised and compiled every ten years. After they were presented to the imperial court, one copy was sent to the imperial historian, and the other was sent to Shengjing Da Nei by a special envoy.The head cover of the dragon shuttle, the key of the halogen book instrument, the support of the recording pavilion, the sound of the snail and the beating of the drum, all of which are extremely grand.The emperor's history is close to the imperial city, and the record will be delivered, and after the sacrifice ceremony, the final ceremony will be considered complete.As for the messenger sent to Shengjing, it will be troublesome.The itinerary must follow the post road, and it has to pass through Shanhaiguan to exit the customs. It is divided into 15 stations.The eight stations outside the customs can neither be fast nor slow. They must go according to the station every day according to the scheduled schedule. For example, the escorts are sent by the emperor's imperial order, the officials of the prince's clan mansion, and the restaurants along the way. All kinds of miscellaneous, wanton demand.Meeting relatives and nobles who don't know how to be considerate, can really make all the post stations fly up and down, and the world is in chaos.The last mission in the late Qing Dynasty was during Xu Shichang’s tenure as governor of the three eastern provinces. At that time, the Beijing-Fengyang Railway had just been built, and soon after it opened to traffic, Xu Donghai asked the mission to go out of customs and send it by train instead, and he was ordered to approve it.The preparations for the Ultimatum Ceremony were assigned to Fengtian Banner Affairs Secretary Ronghou to co-organize with the Jinlianghui of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As many as a hundred people.Although the country is facing hardships, everything is kept simple, and we strive to save money, that errand also cost the treasury 700,000 to 800,000 taels.

The Qing Dynasty abdicated, and the Republic of China was established. Although Yuan Shikai became the President of the Republic of China, he was full of wild hopes and always wanted to rule the world and live the addiction of being an emperor.However, due to the conditions of preferential treatment of the Qing Dynasty, he did not dare to take the imperial history for his own use. In the fifth year of the Republic of China, a new stone chamber was built in the south corner of the Zhongnanhai Wanzi Corridor.Both the interior and exterior of the stone chamber are made of Yunnan white stone. Although there is no round arch like Huang Shican's, and the flying and emerald carvings, it is still magnificent and majestic.The construction of the Golden Chamber in the Stone Chamber was completed, and the list of the proposed successor presidents was put into the Golden Chamber and hidden in the Stone Chamber. The golden door was tightly closed and must not be opened lightly.According to Ruan Doushan, there are three people in the original list, the first is Li Yuanhong, the second is Xu Shichang, and the third is Yuan Keding.Later, it was rumored that someone sneaked into the famous room and changed the order of the list secretly. What is the truth is not known to us outsiders.Yuan's imperial system failed, and a dose of Erchen Tang died in a hurry. The president was succeeded by Li Yuanhong.In the spring of the next year, Li Songqing and his wife Li Benwei held a grand garden party in Zhongnanhai. For a while, the canopy was like clouds, the skirts and skirts intertwined, the stone chamber was golden, the jade hall was closed, and the pheasant gate was reopened.The so-called golden chamber is nothing more than a safe box decorated with gold carvings and real flowers.It is said that the Golden Chamber consumed as much as 50,000 yuan of internal funds at that time.It can be seen that Lao Yuan wanted to be emperor, and he did not hesitate to spend public money.