Chapter 81 Section 80

After the funeral of Emperor Daxing, the Empress Dowager, who was promoted from Empress Guangxu, moved from Yonghe Palace to Compassionate Palace.The Yonghe Palace is located in the east of the East Six Palaces. It was one of the best inner palaces in the Ming Dynasty. It was once the residence of Chongzhen's favorite concubine Tian Guifei.Since Empress Dowager Cixi moved to Ningshou Palace, Empress Guangxu moved to Yonghe Palace for convenience.All the layouts are naturally different, especially the equipment in the pharmacy is the best. Concubine Jin was well-informed, so she was the first to get there first, and immediately occupied the Yonghe Palace.

As soon as she arrived at the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the first thing the Empress Dowager did was to summon the regent of Jian Guo.She had already planned that from now on, she would give Zaifeng a disarm so that she could establish her status and authority as the empress dowager, so she met her and saluted him, not asking him to stand up, and the first sentence was: "Is the child so good! Crying and fussing." Zaifeng was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't feel the seriousness of the situation, so he just said, "I will be disciplined by the empress dowager!"

"Of course! I must be disciplined." The queen mother said to the side: "Bring those two lists!" "Cha!" Xiao Dezhang's voice was bright and crisp, and he presented two pieces of plain paper. "For the Regent!" The Queen Mother pointed with a finger: "Read it to me." Zaifeng, who was kneeling, took a look at the plain paper from Xiao Dezhang, only to realize that it was the list of two funeral ministers.So first I read the one that held the funeral of Emperor Daxing: "Prince Li Shiduo, Prince Rui Kuibin, Prince Khalkha Nayantu, Shangshu Zaize of the Gongdu Branch of Fengen Township, Dashi Shixu, and Nayan Tong, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yuan Shikai, Minister of Rites Pu Liang, Minister of Internal Affairs Ji Lu and Zeng Chong."

"You read the one by Lafayette again." So Zaifeng read again: "Prince Su Shanqi, Prince Nahele of Shuncheng County, Bodisu, Duke of Kaerqin, co-organizers Rongqing, Lu Chuanlin, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Lu Runxiang, Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kui Jun, Minister of Internal Affairs, Jing Hou, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites." "Look, there are eleven people attending the funeral for Emperor Daxing, and nine people attending the funeral for Lafayette! Not only are the number of people smaller, but their status is also much worse! Are you deliberately looking down on Lafayette? Zaifeng! "The queen mother called her by name, and scolded with a livid face: "Lafayette treated you badly? You repay her like this, where is the conscience!"

Zaifeng did not expect that as the emperor's father, who was in charge of the state, and had the honor never seen since the founding of the state, he received such a reprimand on the first day, and his face was so angry that his face was pale and red, and he wished he could Take off the warm hat with the jewel top, throw it in front of her face, and say: "I quit!" But, why don't you do it?In such a flash, she couldn't help being discouraged, but the Queen Mother spoke again, this time in a much more relaxed tone. "It's not that I want to blame you! Don't you think about it, who maintains the world? If you don't respect Lafayette, who can look down on you? Your supervision of the country is similar to Lafayette's training in politics, but if you think about it, can you Is it comparable to Lafayette? If you don't use the golden signboard of Lafayette everywhere, I am afraid that the power will fall into the hands of Lao Qing in a short time!"

It's not bad to think about what the queen mother said.Although Zaifeng was not sincerely convinced, his anger was much calmer, "Now the first edict has been issued." He said: "If the empress dowager's funeral ministers want to be added, only Jia Puwei and his group will hang up. Minger, can't do things. It would be even worse if he came up with another idea!What does the empress dowager think? " "Forget about this matter! In addition, in the funeral ceremony, there is a place to show filial piety to Lafayette, so don't ignore it!" "yes."

"Go back!" Zaifeng returned to the military plane with a dejected expression.Because of the numerous funerals, everyone was in a bad mood, so they didn't expect him to hit a big snag.Only show him the edict that should be issued. The Shangyu had been prepared a long time ago, but it could not be issued before the time. A batch was issued early this morning, and the batch to be issued now consists of six pieces: one is the emperor's funeral clothes; The etiquette of discussing the supervisory state; the third is that the king regent will play the empress dowager's request for important events; the fourth is the etiquette of the emperor respecting the empress dowager and the empress dowager; To avoid, the word Yi is missing a stroke.Zaifeng had no objection, he read the photo and posted it.

"Now there are a few things that need to be decided by the Regent. The first is to determine the year. Today, he is the son of Mu Zong, who is the son of Mu Zong. This lineage must be announced. I think it is better to use the word Xuantong. " "Xuantong, Xuantong!" Zaifeng read a few times: "It's very loud! It's him." Without any objection, Zhang Zhidong said the second thing: "The mausoleum of Daxing has not yet been decided. We should send people to the east and west mausoleums to survey the terrain and draw various plans." "I feel a little sad when I mention this matter... ..." Zaifeng suddenly stopped talking.

The emperors of all dynasties chose their own mausoleums during their lifetime, except for Mu Zong and Emperor Daxing.Mu Zong is young and weak, so he is not in a hurry, who knows that misfortune will happen, it's another matter.Emperor Daxing has shown signs of decline early, so he should be allowed to choose a place he likes to rest in, because the Empress Dowager Cixi never mentioned it, and no one dared to ask for an order. As a result, there is still no burial place today, Zaifeng can't help but feel sad.But as soon as the words were out of his mouth, he remembered the reprimand he received in the Compassionate Ning Palace, so he didn't dare to continue.

Everyone can also imagine that he withdrew his mouth in order not to criticize the Empress Dowager Cixi, so no one asked.Let's get down to business, just ask him to send someone to investigate the mausoleum, "You need someone who understands Feng Shui to do it." Yi Kuang replied. Lu Chuanlin happened to hear this sentence again, and was deeply afraid that he would be sent on such a hard job, so he hurriedly said: "You have to be younger to go over the mountains and look carefully." "I recommend two people." Shi Xu said, "One is Lun Beizi, and the other is Chen Yucang."

Chen Yucang is Chen Bi, Minister of the Ministry of Postal Communications.The Ministry of Industry was abolished, and part of the construction business was taken over by the Ministry of Posts and Communications. It was a very appropriate person to send him.This matter is settled again. "Third," Zhang Zhidong expressed his opinion before he could say anything: "This matter is a matter of routine, so I ask the regent to deal with it leniently. How will the doctors recommended by the provinces be dealt with with the people in the imperial hospital?" "What do you think?" "Punishments should be severe!" Zhang Zhidong said, "The ones from Taiyuan Hospital should be more serious, and the ones from other provinces should be lighter." "It doesn't matter how important it is, I'm still an official and a errand anyway." Yikuang said: "If you leave, you'll be fine." Retirement is dismissal, demotion is demotion, but they all stay in office, and there is no serious problem. This matter is settled again. "As for who should wear filial piety and who should send a libation, it should be requested by the Minister of Funeral." "No, no!" Zaifeng followed Zhang Zhidong's words and said, "The Empress Dowager Daxing's mother's family should wear filial piety for a hundred days, and those who drink in front of the Empress Dowager Daxing's Zi Palace should send more princes and Baylor." Zaifeng went on Then he said: "I still think of one thing, what is the rule of Shangzun posthumous title?" "Liedi can add up to 22 characters, and no more can be added." Zhang Zhidong said: "After Lie Di can add up to 16 characters, no more can be added. This is a custom handed down from the Qianlong period." "So, Daxing Empress Dowager, how many words do you have now?" "The Prince Regent is asking about the emblem of the Empress Dowager Daxing?" Zhang Zhidong read it once, and said in a broken voice, "Oops! There are already sixteen characters!" "Can't you add more?" "If you add more, it will exceed the word count." "According to this, does it mean that there is no posthumous posthumous title?" Zaifeng disagreed: "Isn't that outrageous?" One sentence stopped Zhang Zhidong.Yuan Shikai rescued him and said: "The Ministry of Rites has finished the discussion!"