Shengbao's trip to Rehe can be described as extremely sad, and the bizarre rumors of playing a small cock are even more painful. Chengde has become Shengbao's sad place, and the eight ministers and the people of the Yixin faction also hope that he will get out of the way as soon as possible, so Shengbao, who came arrogantly, can only return to the front line of suppression.

An Dehai has been working as a postman lately, and his riding skills have improved by leaps and bounds, and the best cavalry under Guoxing's command may not be able to outrun him. While the empress dowager of the two palaces was improving her riding skills in An Dehai, her paper-cutting skills also advanced by leaps and bounds, and she reached a consensus with Prince Gong. The two palaces only need to support Prince Gong in the name of righteousness, and other things will be arranged by Yi Xin, in return Yi Xin will be the result of the "four-day secret talk", directly amplified into a curtain to listen to the government, the political system of the Qing Dynasty, will be changed from "praise Xiang government affairs" to "two palaces hang the curtain, the prince auxiliary government". And Yi Xin, who thought that the arrangement had been decided, gave the empress dowager of the two palaces the time for him to launch, and when the Zigong returned to Luan, it was the day when the eight ministers went to the throne.

With Yi Xin's promise, he was eager to kill the two palaces of the eight ministers, so he eagerly proposed to the eight ministers to pay tribute to Emperor Daxing's Zigong as soon as possible. If you return to Luan Beijing as soon as possible, you can hold an enthronement ceremony for the emperor in the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City, so that "the great position will not be vacant for a long time", so as to stabilize the hearts of the people in the world and stabilize the overall situation of the government and the opposition.

Sushun's right-hand man, Huang Zonghan and others, felt that if they returned to Beijing in a hurry at this time, the Yixin faction did not go, and the arrangements in Beijing were not properly arranged, the situation would be very unfavorable to Gu Ming's eight ministers, and they wanted to continue to postpone the date of returning to Luan. However, Su Shun and the others thought that they had reconciled with the two palaces, and they had a righteous name in their hands, so they didn't need to worry about Prince Gong's reckless moves. Therefore, on August 13, an edict was issued: It is scheduled to be held on the ninth day of October at the time of Jiazimao, and the enthronement ceremony of the heir emperor will be held. The next day, he issued an edict: On September 23, "I would like to return to Beijing from the Emperor Zigong of the Emperor of the Imperial Examination."

Of course, the eight ministers were not without any arrangements, and on August 18, Su Shun and others drew up specific arrangements for returning to Luan, and Zaiyuan, Duanhua and others escorted the empress dowager and the heir emperor of the two palaces, and after bidding farewell to the Daxing Emperor Zigong, they returned to Beijing first by the intersection, so that the little emperor could kneel at the Donghua Gate to welcome the spirit after the Zigong returned to Beijing. The Zigong Palace of Emperor Daxing was personally escorted by Su Shun and "calmly returned to Beijing" to show solemnity. This arrangement has another purpose, one is that even if King Gong makes any unexpected moves after returning to Beijing, the worst of Gu Ming's eight ministers will not be wiped out at the same time. But if there is one person outside, he can be righteous in the name of righteousness, put Prince Gong to the place of rebellion, and transfer Guo Xing'a, Zeng Guofan and others to put down the rebellion.

Another meaning is that the body of the Empress Dowager and Emperor Daxing was deliberately isolated, and Su Shun personally controlled the body of the first emperor. In his analysis, only with Xianfeng's coffin or the two palaces and the emperor in hand, even if Prince Gong had any "conspiracy" in advance, he would never succeed. Not to mention that the two palaces and the heir emperor are representatives of righteousness, Xianfeng's Zigong is also the destiny of heaven. When the Qing Shengzu Kangxi died in Changchun Garden, the princes competed for the throne very fiercely, and Sejong Yongzheng was able to successfully ascend the throne and quickly control the situation, so that his brothers who were full of dissatisfaction had to submit, one of the important reasons is that Emperor Yongzheng firmly controlled the body of Emperor Kangxi of Daxing.

Su Shun also realized that his previous "collective strike" drama had gone too far, so that the internal and external ministers knew that he had openly broken with the Empress Dowager, which was very unfavorable to him. Although the relationship between the two sides has eased now, and all affairs are going smoothly, he has always wanted to find an opportunity to make up for it. Create a political image of the empress dowager of the two palaces and the eight ministers who care for their lives are actually united and united, so as not to make the subjects of the world feel that they are separated from the monarch and the minister.

So after most of the things were arranged, Su Shun did something that made the queen mother of the two palaces very happy - on the first day of September in the eleventh year of Xianfeng, the cabinet issued an edict to congratulate the queen mother of the two palaces. The Empress Dowager (i.e., the Empress Dowager of the Daxing Emperor and the "Empress Dowager of the East" of the Little Emperor) is entitled "Empress Dowager Ci'an", and the Empress Dowager of the Virgin Mary (i.e., the Empress Dowager of the West, the biological mother of the Daxing Emperor Yi Guifei and the little emperor) is entitled "Empress Dowager Cixi". The interpretation of these two emblems in the name of the cabinet is, "Compassion is the blessing of the book, the flow of benevolence and benevolence, the longevity of Anai, and the Yeji of Yongbu Kangqiang; Miancihui is in the sky, the sun is long, Yanxi is in the palace, and the auspicious clouds are in the shade. ”。

This honorific name, emblem and nickname are not the same thing, the honorific title is equivalent to the title, the emblem is for the living to pat the back, and the nickname is for the dead to cover the coffin. Taking the Empress Dowager Cixi as an example, the Empress Dowager is her honorific title, which is equivalent to a position. Cixi is his emblem, Cixi is the word auspicious, and it is the eight ministers who pat her ass. As for her nickname, it is Xiaoqin Cixi Duanyou Kang Yi Zhaoyu Zhuang Chengshou Gongqin Xian Chongxi with Tianxing Shengxian Empress, which is the longest empress title in Chinese history, omitting nonsense, it is Empress Xiaoqin Xian. The word filial piety is commonly used in the names of the queens of the Qing Dynasty, such as filial piety, filial piety and so on. Xianfeng is Xianfeng's nickname, Xianfeng is Emperor Xian, so Cixi is Empress Xian. Therefore, the final conclusion on Cixi's coffin is actually the word "Qin".

In the law, the majesty is all ready to be said; The festival of worship is called Qin; Ke Shen Cheng Xian said Qin; solemnly and respectfully; I am afraid of Qin all night; Be cautious and say Qin; The gods are like wings; Be careful; Yin Gong served as Qin, and it is unknown whether Cixi belonged to that kind of "Qin".

On the 4th day of the first month of September, the eight ministers came up with an edict: "Duanhua transferred the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and awarded the commander of the infantry army, and the commander of the infantry army, and also the temporary acting of Duanhua." This in itself is to seal his own official, the purpose is to grasp the military power in his hands, and the original infantry commander Yamen is also in Duanhua's hands.

However, Su Shun's meaning is not limited to this, he also wants to use this to show his merit to the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces. Therefore, when he "met" with the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces the next day, he and Zaiyuan and Duanhua said that the three of them were now receiving too many missions, and they were simply too busy to be busy, and implored the Queen Mother to "reassign" some of the part-time jobs of the three of them. This is a move to retreat into advance, he just gave Cixi and Ci'an the emblem, and the two palaces should also understand the rules and pay respect. The three of them all said that the day was over, and the Queen Mother wanted to issue an edict to publicly praise the three of them, and then affirm the work of the three of them since they were appointed to take care of their lives.

Mo said that they had just given the Empress Dowager the title of emblem, that is, according to the practice of the previous emperor in dealing with similar issues, the Empress Dowager should also ask them to issue an edict to praise and affirm the three of them, not only to "warm the will to stay", but also to add such a resolute sentence at the end of the edict: "Zaiyuan, Duanhua, Sushun, etc. are not stubborn." In this way, the subjects of the world do not know that the queen mother has deep trust and deep reliance on the eight ministers. In this way, no one will say that the eight of them hold power, and more "rumors" about the discord between the Queen Mother and the eight ministers can be clarified to the outside world.

However, at this time, the Empress Dowager Cixi was playing paper-cutting with the sixth master, and she was willing to leave the military power to them. Immediately came a trick to calculate, pretending to "don't understand the rules", not according to the routine to play cards, not at all with the three of them "polite", immediately "according to the invitation", the face of the "Zaiyuan Kailuan Honor Guard, Shangyu Standby Affairs; Duanhua is short of commander of the opening army; Su Shun opened the management of the domain and guided the affairs of the office; All of a sudden, Su Shun couldn't play.

These three positions are not a trivial matter, Su Shun and the others can't let go easily, if Prince Gong does a little trick in it, it will be a catastrophe. Among them, the infantry army commander under the jurisdiction of the two towns of the general army, as Long Keduo in the Yongzheng period said, "one call can gather 20,000 soldiers", to bear the heavy responsibility of defending the capital, is a very important military power, which is why the three of Su Shun want to give themselves the title of this official. Now without this military power, Gu Ming Bachen has become a real bare-handed, in case of a mistake, they can only be slaughtered stupidly.

Luan Yiwei was in charge of the emperor's honor guard, and in the event of a coup d'état, if Luan Yiwei could be grasped in his hands, he would be able to put on a scene, showing that his ministers were on the "orthodox" side, and the other party would naturally become a "rebel".

He managed the affairs of the Imperial Court and was responsible for dealing with the Mongol princes. In the court of the Qing Dynasty, the influence of the Mongol princes on the court was very great, and it would be unthinkable if the rulers did not have the support of the Mongol princes. Holding this position, although he cannot directly transfer troops from Mongolia, he can be regarded as having a strong reinforcement in hand.

Without this envoy, Su Shun, who escorted the Zigong Palace behind when returning to Luan, would have been blind and would have been ignorant of the situation in Beijing and other places.

Before the eight ministers could discuss how to deal with it, arrangements were made for these three positions, which immediately reassured the eight ministers. Although the errand of the infantry army commander Yamen was returned to Ruichang, the commander of the infantry army was still Duanhua. Rui Chang was born in Mongolia with red flags, but he took the right path of Kejia, although he was a little tempered, but he was a literati. Moreover, the military power is still in the hands of Duanhua, so the eight ministers naively thought that the military power had not been lost. Luan Yiwei gave it to Jing Shou, and the Li Fan Yuan gave it to Mu Yin, and they were all the eight ministers' own people. Everything seems to have changed from the left hand to the right hand, so the eight ministers really thought that it was just Cixi's sincerity. They didn't expect that although the left hand was replaced by the right hand, the right hand was the first batch to return to Beijing, and if they were stewed, there would be nothing in the back of Su Shun.

Before Su Shun could figure out the matter of his left hand and right hand, another wave of personnel changes was arranged: Yishan, the general of Zhenguo, temporarily signed the blue flag of the Han army, Chang Xi, the minister of scattered ranks, temporarily signed the deputy capital of Manchuria with the blue flag, Zai Dai, the deputy capital of Manchuria with the white flag, the commander of the left wing forward, the deputy commander of the Han army of the Red Banner Yurui temporarily signed the commander of the blue flag protector army, and Bei Zi Zairong was the deputy commander of the Mongolian army with the red flag.

This wave of arrangements is all for the clan relatives, although it also involves a little bit of military power, but Su Shun didn't expect Yixin to dare to launch a coup d'état, and the second was the practice of the new emperor ascending the throne to appease the clan nobles, so he didn't take it seriously.

The day of returning to Luan has come to an end, and Su Shun has no time to think about these arrangements carefully, as the actual principal, he is already busy with his feet not touching the ground. It wasn't until September 21 that Su Shun barely managed to squeeze out a little time to rest, and he had a meal. Many people at the dinner said a lot of strange things, but unfortunately he didn't understand a single word.