Chapter 83 Section 82

Fortunately, it is too early for Shangzun to posthumously, so we might as well discuss it calmly.However, there are two things that must be decided early, one is the period of ascension to the throne, and the other is the etiquette of the regent. It is necessary to choose an auspicious date for ascending to the pole, and Qin Tianjian played: "Xinmao on the ninth day of November, and at the beginning of noon, a grand imperial edict will be held for ascending to the pole, and it will be auspicious." The Ministry of Rites prepares as usual, and there is no difficulty. The difficulty is the regent. etiquette.

There was a regent in the Qing Dynasty.But that was a very unpleasant thing, and after more than two hundred years, there is still a tendency to hide it.Because in the early years of Shunzhi, there were many legends about the regent Dorgon's domineering and disobedient ministers, and even the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was involved. "The Empress Dowager married" has been proved to be nothing.But the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang in her prime, "spring flowers and autumn moon, quietly unhappy" is not enough. Dorgon often goes to the "inner courtyard of the palace" and sees it in Huanghuang's edict. It is always a scandal, so it is better not to mention it. .

Because of the lessons learned by Dorgon, there are two problems when discussing the etiquette of the regent. One is Zaifeng's identity. Is it the invisible Supreme Emperor or the incarnation of the emperor? In the early years of Shunzhi, the emperor referred to the regent as "the emperor's father". In addition to the edict, there was another "regent's edict", all of which were invisibly the identity of the emperor.Moreover, Dorgon and Shizu are uncles and nephews, while Zaifeng and "Jin Shang" are the father and son of the first line. If the etiquette is not done properly, Zaifeng is more likely to become the Supreme Emperor than Dorgon.

Therefore, Liu Tingchen, the supervisor of the university hall, took the lead and was the first to make a statement. He said at the beginning that the etiquette of the regent of the supervisory state "first and foremost shows that the acting emperor presides over the state affairs, which is enough to avoid suspicion and hesitation."Later, he explained the phrase "presiding over the state affairs on my behalf", "It is what the regent of the country does, that is, the emperor's affairs, and what he says is the words of the emperor. Please come from Lunyin, the regent of the country, don't If there is no order to arrest, the internal and external ministers and workers will play their own rules, and no other invitations are allowed."

In this way, the regent is the emperor, and the two become one, which seems to have great authority, but it is much less harmful than the emperor being the emperor, and the regent being the regent, which is divided into two.Because the emperor has the empress dowager and the military ministers under him, he can't act willfully, and his ministers can't take the road of chaos.Therefore, Liu Tingchen's view was quickly accepted by everyone. However, another point of view is quite doubtful.He said: "At the beginning of Shunzhi, the regent sent a letter to ask for inconvenience. He collected the mansion and handled affairs at that time, and most of them were in the mansion. Today, according to: State affairs and government decrees, how can they be carried out in private residences? Only a few thousand a day, the regent of the country supervises the emperor on behalf of the emperor. It was ruled that if you enter the value every day, not only will you not be able to give it, it will be inconvenient, and the system will not be strict. It is not because you respect the court. Duan Shengmeng. You should choose the place near the Shishi side hall as the residence of the regent of Jianguo. When the emperor is in charge, he will still be out of the mansion. The minister tried to respectfully test the imperial approval of Emperor Gaozongchun, and discuss the side support Those who are in charge can welcome their own parents to support the palace ban. They are the emperor's own parents, and they have the right to live in the palace ban. Emperor Gaozong does not think it is disliked. The ancestral precepts are brilliant, which can be used as evidence for today's ceremony. The regent of Jianguo was ordered to act on behalf of the emperor. Administration, especially, doesn’t matter.”

There were four of his articles, the first three were all very good, but the last one was broken.The Empress Dowager was very upset when she heard about it, she asked Zaifeng to ask: "Someone advocated that you and your wife should move into the palace, wish you have that?" "Yes." Zaifeng replied: "It is Liu Tingchen, the supervisor of the university hall. He said that it was Gaozong who said so." "Bring me his original book!" Zaifeng agreed and retreated, and immediately sent the original book to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, but the queen mother didn't say anything, Xiao Dezhang gesticulated and said, "That's good! Once Jin Wang Jin moves in, he will be like Lafayette! Originally, 'Water flows to low places, people climb to high places', King Chun seized power, and everyone naturally praised King Chun Fujin like a phoenix!"

When the queen mother heard this, her face changed suddenly.She was only thinking about the suspicion of uncle and sister-in-law, but now Xiaode Zhang reminded her that there is no need to think about it, and immediately conveyed the decree: "Call the regent to ask for an important matter!" The Compassionate Palace is very large, and the Empress Dowager lives in the west, so it takes a lot of effort to walk back and forth from the military plane.Zaifeng was still panting, and suddenly he was called again, and he was quite exhausted from running for his life.I was thinking in my heart: Liu Tingchen's words are good!You should live in the palace so that you can suffer less.

Therefore, when the Empress Dowager asked, the so-called "'You should choose the place near the side hall of Shishi, as the residence of the regent", where should it be?Zaifeng really went to think about it. This made the Empress Dowager even more annoyed, because if Zaifeng had no intention of living in the palace, he could answer in one sentence: that place is not suitable either.Liu Tingchen's idea doesn't work.If he didn't answer like this, it could be seen that he was really thinking about where he should live. "Historically, the emperor's side halls have always been in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Do you plan to live in Suian Room, Sanxi Hall, Wujuanzhai behind the Hall of Mental Cultivation, or Meiwu, where Empress Jiashun once lived?"

Zaifeng, who had been reprimanded for a while, had nothing to say, and turned his anger on Liu Tingchen. He remembered a rule that no performances were allowed within 15 days of a big funeral, and he ordered someone to investigate. As the regent, he decided to send a decree to reprimand him. "My lord," Zhang Zhidong persuaded: "The etiquette of the regent, originally issued a decree, ordering the meetings of various ministries of the cabinet to be played, and the ministers should make a statement. It seems that it is not appropriate to punish for speaking too early." "What?" Zaifeng blurted out, "Could it be that I don't even have the right to reprimand someone?"

Such a statement is unreasonable.Zhang Zhidong retreated silently, and Yikuang said, "It's just that I said it a little earlier, but I didn't make a mistake, let alone that he couldn't say it. The original statement should be handed over and dealt with together." This time Zaifeng was silent, of course he tacitly made a point.So "Dalami" drew up two edicts, one is: "The country is facing a major event, and it has not been more than 15 days. As usual, it should not be played. It is Liu Tingchen, the supervisor of the university, who hastily submitted the letter today. If they don't agree, send an edict to reprimand them." The other one is: "Liu Tingchen wrote a report on the etiquette matters of the regent of Chen Jianguo, and submitted it to the yamen of the cabinet ministries to join the case meeting."

When the Shangyu came into Zhang Zhidong's hands, he remembered something and decided to fight Zaifeng. At that time, he said to Shixu: "Boxuan, there is a bad habit. I want to take this opportunity to get rid of it. Let's go, let's go!" , go to see the regent together." "Xiang Tao," Shi Xu persuaded him, "It's better to have one thing less than one thing more!" "It's not a big deal, and you must agree." "What's the matter?" "The bad habit of preaching and reprimanding." Zhang Zhidong said: "I'm afraid the regent doesn't know about it yet, so I want you to explain it to him." Zaifeng was sitting in the back room.When Zhang Zhidong talked with Shixu, he had already heard a little about it, so when they entered, he first said: "I know the rules of passing orders and reprimanding, it is to send eunuchs to reprimand." "Does the prince know that this is a beautiful job?" "A beautiful job?" Zaifeng was surprised: "Is there any benefit?" "Yes! It's good." Shixu said in an interface: "The person who is reprimanded should give a red envelope to the eunuch who was reprimanded by the order as usual. Order reprimand!' Drink tea and leave. If you don’t follow the rules, or don’t send enough, the master who is reprimanded will be miserable!" "how?" "It's nothing more than opening your mouth to swear, and you can say all kinds of bad words! You can swear for an hour without stopping, and you can really swear until the person kneeling there faints on the spot." "Isn't it? The lord only knows one thing, but not the other!" Zhang Zhidong said: "As the chief supervisor of the university, Liu Tingchen set an example, and the dignity of the teacher is now called a decree and reprimand, but in fact he was humiliated by the eunuch. Why? Is he worthy of being a teacher again? Not to mention Liu Tingchen, the others who were reprimanded by the order are all officials of the imperial court. , It’s very hopeful, to change the past and make a new one, and start with the people, you can start from a small place. Like this bad habit, I ask the prince to declare it and get rid of it categorically.” "How to reform the law?" "The decree and reprimand, since it has been seen in the upper edict, has been reprimanded, and there is no need to send eunuchs to mess around." Zaifeng thought about it, finally nodded and said, "It's fine to get rid of it!" Although this is a trivial matter, both the pros and cons attach great importance to it.Zhang Zhidong thought it was the beginning of suppressing the eunuchs, to guard against the passing of time, and felt that he was worthy of the old minister Gu Ming, while the eunuchs thought it was Zaifeng's "dismounting power" and deliberately opposed the deep palace.Xiao Dezhang, in particular, took this matter very seriously. "Look, master, don't you just come to the palace? If Lafayette is here, how dare he!" Empress Guangxu was promoted to empress dowager, and everything was based on Empress Dowager Cixi, who was her aunt and mother-in-law.Originally, times have changed, and her talents are far inferior to Cixi's. She can't learn at all, and she can't learn like her.However, Zaifeng was not comparable to the old King Gong, and the Jewish Empress was not comparable to Cixi, so in a short period of time, how many times he established the authority of the Empress Dowager.This is because Xiao Dezhang gave her advice and caught Zaifeng's weakness: he doesn't know how to use his brain, he can't think through things that are a little troublesome, and he can't speak, and he can't say no to things that are a little more complicated. clear.Therefore, I am very afraid of things.It is easy to control him by grasping these weaknesses, as long as you make a very simple matter two detours to make it very complicated, and then deliberately make trouble for him, you will always "raise the white flag". So in order to get rid of the eunuch's "face-to-face decree" reprimand, the queen mother asked him again. "Whose idea is this?" "Zhang Zhidong's idea, Shixu also helped him speak." "What did they say?" asked the queen mother, firmly. Zaifeng didn't remember Zhang Zhidong's great truth very clearly, but he could remember it clearly, and he couldn't repeat it. He thought for a while and replied: "They said that the eunuch who delivered the decree scolded him too hard, I'm afraid people won't be able to bear it." .” "I can't bear it, I won't work well, don't make mistakes?" The queen mother said again: "I will only change if I have to be scolded." "Yes!" Zaifeng blurted out his agreement. "Since you know what to scold, why do you listen to Zhang Zhidong?" This question left Zaifeng speechless, unable to answer, and quite confused.At that time, Zhang Zhidong felt that Zhang Zhidong was justified and plausible, but now the Queen Mother's words seem to be very reasonable, so who is wrong? "I'll listen to what you say. I know that what he said is wrong, so why did I listen to it again?" "He, he is also the Minister of Military Aircraft!" "Hmph!" The Queen Mother asked with a sneer, "He is the Minister of Military Affairs, and you, aren't you the regent of the country?" Zaifeng had nothing to say again, and only asked, "What orders does the Empress Dowager have?" "I want to make it clear to you that Lafayette died, and you have to ask me first for important matters. Don't forget, I am the empress dowager! You can see what happened when Lafayette was in Japan. Although I didn't Lafayette’s prestige and ability, but you have to give me back the rules of the empress dowager! You have to ask me about the affairs of the palace, eunuchs don’t follow the rules, you tell me, and the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will answer me directly for some things. You can save yourself a little worry and take care of the outside world!" Zaifeng didn't feel that his authority as the regent of the country had been violated, so he readily replied, "Yes, yes! Just say that, just say that!"