Chapter 13 Er Ding Si Restoration

On the day of Yuan Shikai's death, as soon as the news spread into the Forbidden City, everyone seemed to have encountered a great event.The eunuchs rushed to tell each other, and the concubines went to burn incense in front of the statue of Guan Shengdijun, the Great Protector of the Xietian, and Yuqing Palace suspended classes for a day invisibly Then, a new noise was heard in the Forbidden City: Yuan Shikai failed because he had the idea of ​​doves occupying magpies' nests. The monarchy must be done, but what the people want is the old master. Yuan Shikai is different from Napoleon III, he is not as ancestral shade as Napoleon.

Rather than calling Yuan the emperor, it is better to return the property to the old owner. These voices resonated with what the masters said about the deep benevolence of the dynasty and the old thoughts of the people of the whole country. At this time, my thoughts and feelings were very different from those in the first few years.At the beginning of this year, I just showed my achievements in the issue of Yikuang's posthumous posthumous law. At this time, I became interested in newspapers again. Not many days after Yuan's death, the newspapers published news that the Clan Socialist Party's uprising had failed and Manchurian bandits were rampant.I know that the princes and ministers Shanqi, Puwei, Shengyun, and Tieliang who openly opposed the republic were working for me.The four of them were called Shen Baoxu at the beginning, but they failed to cry to Qin Ting.Later, Tieliang hid in the foreign concession in Tianjin, and the rest lived in the Japanese concessions in Lushun and Dalian. Through his Japanese ronin, he colluded with Japanese warlords and chaebols to engage in restoration armed activities.Among the four, Shanqi was the most active. The Japanese Kawashima Naniwa, the police adviser he hired when he was Minister of Civil Affairs, stayed with him all the time, helping him run and stretch.Baron Kihachiro Okura, a wealthy Japanese man, gave him one million yen as an activity fee.Japanese soldiers Aomori, Doi and others recruited Manchurian and Mongolian bandits for him, and organized and trained the army, and there were thousands of them.As soon as Yuan Shikai died, trouble broke out.Among them, a team led by the Mongolian noble Babu Zhabu once approached Zhangjiakou, and the momentum was very rampant.It was not until Babu Zabu was assassinated by his subordinates during the mutiny that it came to an end.During the most violent days, a very strange phenomenon occurred: on the one hand, the King Qin army and the army of the Republic of China were fighting lively in several places in Manchuria and Mongolia; Shi Xiaoting and the imperial court continued to exchange congratulations and entertainment.The prosperity of the Forbidden City since the day of Yuan Shikai's death has been flourishing day by day, not affected by Shanqi and Babu Zhabu's rebellion, let alone their failure.

After Yuan's death, Li Yuanhong succeeded as president and Duan Qirui as prime minister.The Forbidden City sent Pu Lun, who had persuaded Yuan Shikai to enter, to congratulate him. Li Yuanhong also sent a representative to thank him, and sent the emperor's guard of honor that Yuan Shikai was going back to the Forbidden City.Some princes and ministers also received medals from the Republic of China.Some princes and ministers who hid in Tibet during Yuan Shikai's era now also hang up the Jiahe badge and appear in social places again.On New Year's Day and my birthday, the President sent officials to congratulate me, and my father also presented delicacies to President Lebanon and Prime Minister Duan.At this time, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was much busier than before. It was necessary to draw up a decree to confer posthumous titles, to reward court horses, two people's shoulders, flower feathers, and top wear. The concubine selected and secretly took in the new eunuchs who were prohibited by the conditions of preferential treatment.And, of course, all kinds of social entertainment that I have no way of knowing, from individual private dinners to public dinners for members of Congress.

In short, the Forbidden City is alive again as before.In the year of Dingsi (the sixth year of the Republic of China), Zhang Xun entered the palace to pay his respects, and the climax of restoration began. Before this, I personally summoned not many people to pay homage, and it was only limited to the Manchus.Apart from going to Yuqing Palace to study and reading newspapers in Yangxin Palace, my daily activities are mostly games.I saw that there were more feathered gowns at Shenwumen, and I felt happy. When I heard that King Qin's army had launched, I was especially excited, but when King Qin's army was defeated, I also felt discouraged.But in general, I also tend to forget about these things.Prince Su fled to Lushun, and the news was unknown, so he was worried for him, but when he saw the camel sneezing, it was fun, and Prince Su's safety was forgotten.Since there are princes and masters and ministers here, why should I worry so much?When the matter is told to me by the master, then everything must be negotiated.This is the case on the twenty-seventh day of the fourth lunar month.

On this day, the newly awarded Taibao Chen Baochen and Liang Dingfen, who had just arrived in the Forbidden City, walked into the Yuqing Palace. The two masters walked into the Yuqing Palace together.Before sitting down, Master Chen spoke first: The emperor doesn't need to study today.A minister came to pay his respects to the emperor, and the eunuch at the performance office would come up to ask for instructions. who? Zhang Xun, former governor of Liangjiang and governor of Jiangsu. Zhang Xun?Is it the Dingwujun Zhang Xun who didn't cut his braids? Exactly, exactly.Liang Dingfen nodded in approval, the emperor has a good memory, it is that Zhang Xun.Master Leung never misses an opportunity to praise, and for this purpose he is writing my daily note.

In fact, I don't have a good memory, but I just heard the story of Zhang Xun from the masters not long ago.Since the founding of the Republic of China, he and his army have kept braids.Yuan Shikai succeeded in suppressing the second revolution in the second year of the Republic of China by capturing Nanjing with his braided soldiers.The braided soldiers robbed and burned Nanjing, accidentally injured the staff of the Japanese consulate, and the Japanese protested.After Longyu's death, he telegraphed his condolences and called it a national mourning. He also said that all the officials of the Republic of China were not the subjects of the Qing Dynasty.Soon after Yuan Shikai's death, a telegram from Zhang Xun was published in the newspaper.This telegram expressed the attitude of Xuzhou's warlord meeting towards the political situation after Yuan's death.In short, I believe he is a loyal minister, and would like to see what he is like.

According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, when the emperor summoned the ministers, no one who had nothing to do with him was allowed to be around.Therefore, every time before summoning people who are not common, the master always teaches me and tells me what to say.This time, Master Chen told me in a very serious manner that he should praise Zhang Xun's loyalty and remind me that he is now a patrol envoy to the Yangtze River. He has 60 battalions of troops in Xuzhou and Yanzhou. The matter of the army, so that he can know that the emperor cares about him.At the end, Master Chen urged again and again:

Zhang Xun will inevitably praise the emperor, the emperor must remember to answer with humility, this is to show holiness. If you are full of losses, you will benefit from modesty.Master Liang quickly added that the more humble you are, the more wise you are.The last time Lu Rongting had an audience with Tianyan, even now he still writes letters to praise the saints Lu Rongting was the patrol envoy of Guangdong and Guangxi. He was the first general in the Republic of China to be rewarded with riding a horse in the Forbidden City.Two months ago, he came to Beijing to meet Duan Qirui. For some reason, he came to the palace to invite me, and he paid 10,000 yuan for Chongling to plant trees.When I was in the sedan chair back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, I suddenly remembered that when Lu Rongting had an audience with me, the expressions of the masters and the earnest teachings to me were also similar to this time.The appearance of Lu Rongting that time seemed to be a great event in the Forbidden City.The Ministry of Internal Affairs and the masters arranged unusual rewards, including the so-called imperial brush Fushou characters and couplets written by me, a niche for the Golden Buddha of Infinite Life, a handle with three inlaid jade ruyis, two jade furnishings and four ruler heads.After Lu Rongting left, he wrote a letter, asking Shi Xu to thank God for his kindness.Since then, Nan Lu Bei Zhang has become a topic that is often mentioned from the master to the eunuch.Zhang Qianhe said to me: With the two loyal ministers in the South, Lu and North Zhang, there is hope for the Qing Dynasty.

I imagined Zhang Xun's appearance based on the lithographic pictorials that the eunuch bought for me, and when I got off the sedan chair, he hadn't formed in my mind yet.Not long after I entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he came.I sat on the throne, and he knelt and kowtowed in front of me. Minister Zhang Xun knelt down to ask Shengan I pointed to a chair next to him and told him to sit down (at this time, the palace no longer adopts the rule of letting ministers speak while kneeling), he kowtowed his head again to thank him, and then sat down.Following my master's instructions, I asked him about the situation of the troops in Xu and Yan. I didn't pay attention to what he said.I was somewhat disappointed with the appearance of this loyal minister.He was wearing a gauze gown, with a dark red face, heavy eyebrows, and chubby.Looking at his short neck, it is not ideal. If he had no beard, he would look like an eunuch in the imperial dining room.I noticed his braids, and he did have one, and it was mottled.

Later, when his words turned to me, as Master Chen expected, he really complimented me. He said: The emperor is really clever! I said: I am far behind, I am young and know very little. He said: Emperor Zuren of this pilgrimage also practiced his age and ascended to the throne at the age of six! I quickly said: How can I compare to my ancestors? This summoning was not longer than usual, and he sat for five or six minutes before leaving.I think he speaks rudely, probably not comparable to Zeng Guofan, so I don't feel particularly happy.But the next day when Chen Baochen and Liang Dingfen met me, they smiled and said that Zhang Xun praised me for being smart and humble, and I was proud again.As for why Zhang Xun came to pay his respects, why the masters seemed happier than when Lu Rongting came, why the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared more rewards than Lu, why the concubines even rewarded banquets and other issues, I have never even thought about it. to think about.

Half a month later, on the thirteenth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, at Yuqing Palace, three masters Chen Baochen, Liang Dingfen and Zhu Yifan appeared together with very solemn expressions on their faces. It was Master Chen who spoke first: Zhang Xun came early in the morning Did he invite Ann again? It's not about asking for peace, it's about everything being ready, everything is in order, come to support the emperor's restoration and listen to the government, and the restoration of the Qing Dynasty! Seeing that I was in a daze, he hurriedly said: Please the emperor promise Zhang Xun.This is pleading for the people, heaven and man return I was dazed by this sudden happy event.I stared blankly at Master Chen, hoping that he would say a few more words so that I could understand how to be the real emperor. You don't need to talk much to Zhang Xun, just promise him.Master Chen said with confidence, but don't agree immediately, first decline, and finally say: In this case, let it be difficult. I returned to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and summoned Zhang Xun again.What Zhang Xun said this time was similar to what was written in his memorial to the restoration, but it was not as gentle as the memorial said. Empress Dowager Longyu couldn't bear to let the people suffer for the honor of her family, so she issued an edict to establish a republic.Who would have thought that the people living in poverty and republic are not in line with our national conditions. Only when the emperor is restored can all the people be saved. After listening to him, I said: I am too young, with no talent or virtue, to take such a big job.He praised me, and then repeated the story of Emperor Kangxi becoming emperor at the age of six.Listening to him talking, I suddenly thought of a question: What about the big president?Give him preferential treatment or what? Li Yuanhong asked him to abdicate himself, and the emperor approved his request. Well, although I still don't understand, I thought that the masters must have discussed it anyway, and now it's time for me to end this summons, so I said: In this case, I will refrain from doing it!So I was considered the emperor of the Qing Empire again. After Zhang Xun went down, groups of people came to kowtow to me one after another.Later, the eunuch at the memorial office brought a pile of written edicts.On the first day, he issued nine edicts in one go: enthronement edict; Li Yuanhong, please return the state affairs, and make Li a first-class public to honor the special award; A special cabinet minister is appointed, and the rest of the official system is temporarily in accordance with the early years of Xuantong, and the current civil and military officials are all working as usual; Awarded seven ministers of state affairs (Zhang Xun, Wang Shizhen, Chen Baochen, Liang Dunyan, Liu Tingchen, Yuan Dahua, Zhang Zhenfang) and two cabinet ministers (Zhang Xun's chief of staff Wan Shengshi and Feng Guozhang's staff Hu Siyuan); Conferred ministers of various ministries (Liang Dunyan of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Zhang Zhenfang of the Du Branch, Wang Shizhen of the Staff Department, Lei Zhenchun of the Army Department, Zhu Jiabao of the Ministry of Civil Affairs); Confer Xu Shichang and Kang Youwei as principals and vice presidents of Bute Academy; The governors of the original provinces were granted the titles of governor, governor and capital commander (Zhang Xun also served as the governor of Zhili and Beiyang Minister). According to the old Beijinger’s recollection of the situation on the streets of Beijing at that time: that morning, the police suddenly asked every household to hang dragon flags, and the residents had no choice but to use paper flags to deal with it; People appeared on the newspaper, one by one, who seemed to have escaped from the coffin; the newspaper office published a special issue of restoration news, and the price was more expensive than the daily newspaper.In this kind of spectacle, you can hear the voice of newspaper vendors peddling Xuantong's decree everywhere: Six children are buying antiques!This thing will become an antique in a few days, and it is not expensive to buy an antique for six big coins! At this time, the business of some shops outside Qianmen was booming.One is a ready-made clothing shop, where dragon flags are made and sold; the other is a clothing appraisal shop, where robes and gowns of the Qing Dynasty have become bestsellers for the old people who have just been appointed officials; Make a wig.I still remember that in those days, in the Forbidden City, people in the Forbidden City were dressed in robes and gowns, and people had a braid behind their heads.Later, when the rebellious army entered Beijing, discarded real braids could be picked up everywhere. It is said that Zhang Xun's braided soldiers cut them off and threw them away in order to escape. Had those who entered and left the Forbidden City had had a little bit of the newspaper-seller's eye for anticipating the fate of braids and edicts, they would not have been so happy in the first few days. In those days, the staff of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were particularly neatly dressed and there were a large number of them (the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs had specially instructed them). Because the number was still not enough, a few were temporarily transferred from the waiting staff.One of them is still alive, and he recalled: Those of us writing shifts were very late in those two days, and we were always unable to write.Every concubine enjoys meals.When it's time to enjoy the meal, it's always necessary to send a message: don't call it Xie En, and say that the masters of the four palaces know the hard work of the adults.But he didn't know that the concubines were so happy that they didn't know what to do, they went to burn incense in front of the gods and Buddhas almost every day, and they didn't have time to meet them at all. In those days, the princes who did not fulfill their political desires were very unhappy.On the second day after launching the restoration, Zhang Xun issued an edict prohibiting relatives and nobles from interfering in politics, which made them very angry.Prince Jin has become the center of a group of Baylor boys again. If he wants to argue with Zhang Xun, he also asks me to make decisions.When Chen Baochen heard the news, he rushed to tell me: In the 1911 Dynasty, the country was abolished by such princes and nobles who interfered in politics, and now they are still making troubles, what a fool!The emperor must not agree to them! Of course I trusted my master.However, the princes who knew they were isolated did not give up, and gathered together all day to find countermeasures.This countermeasure has not yet been thought out, and the rebellious army has already entered the city.This fulfilled them, and freed them from the responsibility of this restoration. Master Chen was originally the most stable and knowledgeable person.In an incident that happened at the beginning of this year, I still have this view of him.At that time, Lao Naixuan quietly brought a letter from Qingdao.I can't remember the name of the sender, but I only know that he is a German, expressing his willingness to support the restoration of the Qing Dynasty on behalf of the German royal family.Lao Naixuan believes that this is an excellent opportunity, and if coupled with the marriage of the two imperial families of Deqing and Qing Dynasty, it will be even more certain.Master Chen strongly objected to this matter, saying that Lao Naixuan is too absurd, he is a person who does not accomplish much but fails; even if foreigners have such good intentions, they cannot find such a person as Lao Naixuan.Unexpectedly, from the day of restoration, this prudent and seasoned old master has completely changed. The evil son of the Dugu minister, his worries are also dangerous, and his worries are also deep, so he! On the first day of the Restoration, I was congratulated by groups of lonely ministers and evil sons, and when I returned to Yuqing Palace, I heard Master Chen chanting.He has a white beard, and his eyes behind the old glasses are narrowed into a slit, showing unusual excitement. However, what surprised me the most was not his excitement, nor his confrontation with the princes and dukes on the issue of relatives intervening in politics (although it was my father who directly offended), but his handling of the issue of Li Yuanhong The fierce attitude shown.First, Liang Dingfen volunteered to see Li Yuanhong, and persuaded Li Yuanhong to give up the presidential palace immediately, but was rejected, and came back and told Chen Baochen and Zhu Yifan angrily.When Chen Baochen heard the news, he came to Yuqing Palace together with Liang Dingfen and Zhu Yifan. The smile on his face was completely gone, showing a livid color, and he lost control and said to me: Li Yuanhong dared to refuse, refused to accept orders, please kick him immediately to commit suicide! I was taken aback and thought it was too much. As soon as I was reset, Li Yuanhong was given death, which is outrageous.Didn't the people treat me preferentially? This was the first time Chen Baochen encountered my public refutation of him, but the common hatred made him forget everything. He said angrily: Not only did Li Yuanhong not retreat, but he also stayed at the presidential palace.Rebellious ministers and thieves, the culprit is a big culprit, how can they speak in the same breath as the emperor? Later, when he saw that I was determined, he didn't dare to insist anymore, and agreed to let Liang Dingfen go to the presidential palace again, trying to persuade his in-laws to leave.Before Liang Dingfen went, Li Yuanhong had already run to the Japanese legation holding the president's seal. When the rebel army approached Beijing and the restoration became a desperate struggle, Chen Baochen discussed with Wang Shizhen and Zhang Xun and came up with a final solution. They decided to write an edict to Zhang Zuolin, appoint him governor of the three eastern provinces, and order him to enter Beijing as soon as possible.Zhang Zuolin was the governor of Fengtian at that time, and he was very dissatisfied with Zhang Xun giving him a governor of Fengtian.Master Chen placed great hopes on Zhang Zuolin at this time.This edict was written, but there was a problem when using the imperial treasure. It turned out that the key to the printed box was in my father's hand.It would be too time-consuming to send someone to fetch it, so Master Chen made a decisive decision and asked someone to simply break the lock on the printing box, and took out the treasure engraved with Fa Tian Li Dao. (This edict was not delivered to Zhang Zuolin, because Zhang Haipeng, who was carrying the letter, was stopped by the rebel army as soon as he left the city.) I was deeply impressed by how decisive and bold Master Chen suddenly became. In the first few days of the restoration, I spent half of the time in Yuqing Palace every day.Studying is stopped, but the masters must see each other, because everything must be guided by the masters.The rest of the day is spent reading the pending edicts and the official cabinet newspaper, accepting people's worship, or watching the ants' nests as usual, and asking the eunuchs of the Siyuan [2] to release the camels they raised to play.After only four or five days of this kind of life, the palace was bombed by the plane of the rebel army, and the situation changed completely.The kowtowers stopped coming, the edict disappeared, and most of the ministers who discussed politics disappeared, and they fled to different places. In the end, only Wang Shizhen and Chen Baochen were left.On the day of the air raid, I was talking to my teachers in my study room. I heard the sound of an airplane and an explosion that I had never heard before.In the chaos, the eunuchs surrounded me and hurried back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, as if the only place to sleep was the safest.The situation of the toffees was even more embarrassing, some hid in the corner of the bedroom, and some got under the table.At that time, there was a lot of noise from all the palaces, and there were several groups of people in chaos.This is the first time in Chinese history that there has been an air strike, and the first time that the Chinese Air Force has been used in the history of a civil war.If the first air defense situation is also worth mentioning, it is: everyone hid in their bedrooms and put down all the bamboo curtains (that is, rain curtains) in the porch. According to the knowledge of the eunuchs and guards, this is The smartest thing to do.Fortunately, the plane of the rebellion army did not actually do it, but it was just a threat, and only dropped a three-foot-long small bomb.One of these three bombs fell outside the gate of Longzong, injuring a sedan chair carrying the two people's shoulders; one fell in the pool in the imperial garden and damaged a corner of the pool; There was no explosion on the tile eaves of Longfu Gate on the street, which frightened the eunuchs who gathered there to gamble half to death. On the second day after the edict was issued to Zhang Zuolin, approaching gunfire was heard in the Forbidden City, Wang Shizhen and Chen Baochen did not come, and all contact inside and outside the palace was lost.Later, the sound of guns and guns faded away, and the eunuch at the memorial office heard the news reported by Yu Ti, the commander of the army guard: Grandpa Zhang Xun, Zhang Xun's army won the battle, and Duan Qirui's army was completely defeated!The news also reached the concubine.While speaking, the sound of guns and guns outside completely disappeared. This time, everyone was smiling, and the eunuchs were talking nonsense, saying that the red rabbit horse that Master Guan was riding was sweating. Zhang Xuncai defeated Duan Qirui.After hearing this, I hurried to Master Guan and touched his carved wooden mount, but it was dry.Another eunuch said that this morning, he heard the sound of clanging armor behind the West Nuan Pavilion of the Hall of Mental Cultivation. This must be Emperor Guan going to get the Qinglong Yanyue Knife.After hearing these words, the concubine and I both went to the Qin'an Hall to kowtow.Everyone slept soundly that night.Early the next morning, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported the real news: Zhang Xun had fled to the Dutch embassy! My father and Master Chen appeared at this time.Their faces were gray and downcast.I read the abdication edict they had drawn up, and I was so scared and sad that I couldn't help but burst into tears.Here is the edict of abdication: On May 20, the ninth year of Xuantong, the cabinet enshrined Shangyu: According to Zhang Xun and others, the foundation of the country is shaken, and people's minds are old. Please listen to the government and other words.When I was young, I lived in the palace and lived in the palace. I have not heard of it for a long time.I Empress Xiao Dingjing is humble in government and compassionate to the people. She is deeply benevolent and virtuous. She looks up to her legacy and has no intention of selfishness at all.But yesterday, according to Zhang Xun's report, all provinces called for troops one after another, which means that they will start wars again with power struggles.Over the past few years, our people have been suffering like fire and water, so how can we suffer from heavy conflicts and hardships again.Thinking of this, it is difficult to turn around.I absolutely do not want to take this regime privately, so that the lives of the people will be in danger of suffering, and it will be a burden. Empress Xiao Dingjing's Shengde.Wang Shizhen, together with Xu Shichang, quickly sent an ultimatum to Duan Qirui to discuss all the aftermath of the handover, so as to calm people's hearts and eliminate military disasters. This! [1] Walking means that you have a certain official position and are sent to other institutions to handle affairs.The South Study Room is on the right side of the Qianqing Palace. It was originally the study place of Kangxi. In the 16th year of Kangxi, officials such as Hanlin were selected to be on duty. Those who were selected for duty were called the South Study Room or Walking in the South Study Room. This is a rare treatment for ministers. . [2] Shangsiyuan is one of the three courtyards under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which manages matters such as raising horses and camels.At the beginning of Shunzhi, it was called Yumajian, then it was changed to Arden Yamen, and it was renamed Shangsiyuan in Kangxi.