In A.D. 1874, Emperor Tongzhi died young. According to the ancestral custom, one person must be adopted from the clan to inherit the throne as the heir of the Tongzhi emperor. This adopted person is generally a member of the royal family who is one generation lower than the Tongzhi emperor. But Empress Dowager Cixi took a fancy to her sister's child, the later Emperor Guangxu. However, Emperor Guangxu and Emperor Tongzhi were the same generation, so many people opposed it at that time. However, Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to hold her rights firmly in her hands, so even if she violated the ceremony, she insisted that Emperor Guangxu should inherit the throne. At that time, Rong Lu stood firmly on the side of Empress Dowager Cixi and participated in the determination of Zai Tian's succession to the throne, so she was later relied on by Empress Dowager Cixi.
In a.d. 1879, he was impeached for taking bribes, and because he did not listen to Cixi, he was demoted to the second grade and left his post for 10 years. 189 1 At the end of the year, he became General Xi 'an. In A.D. 1894, on Cixi's 600,000 birthday, Rong Hong was allowed to go to Beijing to congratulate him. Due to the emergency of the Sino-Japanese War, Empress Dowager Cixi took this matter into consideration and left Rong Lu in Beijing to command the infantry and take charge of military affairs. After the war, he was awarded the post of Prime Minister, Minister of State, Minister of War, and co-organizer to supervise the Beiyang New Army. After the coup, he was appreciated by Empress Dowager Cixi and Prince Gong Yixin. He was appointed minister in charge of the internal affairs office, joined the Prince Taibao, and transferred to the Wenhua Hall of the university.
Rong Lu was also involved, and Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to secretly abolish Emperor Guangxu's plan. At the beginning, the spark between Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi grew bigger and bigger. Cixi, who stood on the higher side, became more and more impatient with Guangxu's idea of repeatedly planning to seize power and began to abolish Guangxu's idea directly. When Rong Lu learned of this, he came up with an idea: There was no prince in the Spring and Autumn Period, so it was better to choose a nearby imperial clan, build it as the eldest brother, be an heir, and kill this religious palace, so as to become famous.
The abolition of Emperor Guangxu at once will definitely lead to chaos in the Chaogang and the world will be uneven. Now that Emperor Guangxu is so old, and there is not a son and a half daughters to inherit the blood, it is better to adopt one from the collateral and slowly plan for reunification. Rong Lu's plan was not rigorous, and Cixi adopted the suggestion.
Rong Lu was beautiful all his life and became the last powerful minister in the Qing Dynasty. However, no one knows that the rise of Rong Lu came from a big fire.
When Yung Wing came of age, Meng Zuyin was in charge of the Ministry of Education. Although thanks to the ancestors, he became the director of the Ministry of Industry as soon as he entered the workshop, but this does not mean that Rong Lu is a bookworm, and others' own abilities should not be underestimated.
Shortly after Rong Lu became an official, a fire broke out in the palace. As luck would have it, Rong Lu was on duty that day. When he heard that the palace was on fire, he led the guards to put out the fire without saying anything, showing great courage. Emperor Xianfeng inspected the fire fighting situation in the distance, only to see a man in a crimson robe, regardless of his personal safety, constantly going in and out of the fire to rescue. Emperor Xianfeng saw it and thought, alas, this young man is good. The fire was so dangerous that he was not afraid to talk about it, and he devoted himself to the rescue. It was really hard to get it.
So he asked the minister around him who the young man was. The subordinate told the man that his name was Rong Lu. The fire left a deep impression on Rong Lu in the heart of Emperor Xianfeng. Later, Xianfeng summoned Rong Lu, learned that his family had served the country for three generations, and two generations had died, and could not help admiring him, so he was appointed as the doctor of treasury.
Notes in Miscellaneous Notes of Meng Jiao Pavilion: There are two national policies: Japanese administration and Japanese military management. During Guangxu period, Rong Wenzhong was really a hub. Wenzhong is gone, and the national luck has also fallen. As the poem says, people follow suit and perish the country. You don't forgive me for saying that!
This was written after the death of Rong Lu, and the Qing Dynasty was not far from national subjugation. Although this is an exaggeration, the importance of Rong Lu to the Qing Dynasty can be seen. What a pity, this Ji Yi? Later, the last great man of Manchu died in A.D. 1903 at the age of 67. The draft of Qing history? Biography of Rong Lu: He died in 29 years and was awarded to Shi Wenzhong, a teacher, and a first-class baron.