In the late Qing Dynasty, sexual bribery caused a big fight.
On October 26, 1906, Cixi sent her minister, Aisin Jueluo Zaizhen, to Tianjin. This Jae-jin was only thirty years old at the time, but he had an extraordinary background.
His father was the then chief military minister of the Qing Empire, Aixin Jueluo Yixuan, who was comparable to the position of our current prime minister. Yi Liang was deeply trusted by Cixi, so his eldest son Zaizhen was also trained by Cixi as a "young reserve cadre".
At the age of 19, Zai Zhen was made a second-class general of Zhenguo, at the age of 26, he represented the Qing Empire at the coronation ceremony of Edward VII of the British Empire, and at the age of 27, he was sent to Japan for inspection.
In 1906, after the Qing Dynasty reformed the official system, Zai Zhen was appointed as the secretary (minister) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Industry and Commerce.
Aisin Jueluo Zaizhen, as the minister, traveled from Tianjin to the three eastern provinces, and the three eastern provinces were of great significance to the Qing Dynasty, after the Russo-Japanese War, Japanese forces quickly penetrated, and the Northeast became the birthplace of the Qing Dynasty.
To this end, Cixi appointed Zai Zhen and Xu Shichang to lead a delegation to the northeast to set up Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Fengtian provinces to strengthen control. This delegation has attracted much attention because of the addition of four provincial and ministerial positions.
After arriving in Tianjin, Zai Zhen and Xu Shichang were warmly welcomed, and the local ** Duan Zhigui held a banquet to entertain them, and the delegation then went to Tianxian Tea Garden to watch the play. Yang Cuixi, the top actor of the tea garden, is 18 years old, smart and clever, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has become the top brand of the Tianxian Tea Garden because of his beauty, attracting many rich politicians.
Zai Zhen didn't blink when he saw Yang Cuixi's eyes, and this detail was seen by Duan Zhigui, because Zai Zhen likes to spend wine and famous prostitutes, Duan Zhigui had a plan. Although Duan Zhigui had no practical skills, his backstage was Yuan Shikai, the leader of the "Beiyang faction", so he could take advantage of this opportunity to gain Zai Zhen's appreciation as the "patrol policeman" (now the director of the Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau and the director of the fire department and the director of the health bureau).
How did Duan Zhigui become the governor of Heilongjiang? His secret is to know how to pat and bribe. Duan Zhigui is smart and clever, good at observing words and feelings, doing what he likes, and using such means to get what he wants.
He learned that Jae Jin liked Yang Cuixi, so he sent Yang Cuixi to Jae Zhen's bedroom, and he had a good relationship with Zai Zhen, the minister, and he would have a bright future in the future. The next day, he approached Wang Yisun, a local tycoon in Tianjin, Yang Cuixi's admirer, and asked him to help him "empty his pockets".
The so-called "inverted pocket" means that at that time** could not raise actors and prostitutes privately, but if someone was not **redeemed and then given away**, then there would be no problem.
Duan Zhigui asked Wang Yisun to redeem Yang Cuixi from the Tianxian Tea Garden, and the owner of the tea garden saw that it was Wang Yisun, a wealthy businessman, so he offered 12,000 taels of **. Duan Zhigui gave Yang Cuixi to Zai Zhen on the grounds of celebrating his birthday, and gave him a birthday gift of 100,000 taels.
In April 1907, the list of governors of the three newly established northeastern provinces was announced, and Duan Zhigui's name was prominently listed. **Uproar, how did a little-known person suddenly rise to the top and become the governor of Heilongjiang?
Newspapers in Tianjin began to disclose that Duan Zhigui used "sexual bribery" to obtain a position, and a major chaos called "Ding Wei's political tide" is kicking off.
Yuan Shikai became an indispensable figure in the imperial court by making extensive contacts with powerful people and building up his own power. His sworn brother Jae-jin's father was the then Prince of Qing, Yixuan, who also had extensive influence in the imperial court.
Yuan Shikai wanted to arrange Duan Zhigui in the position of governor of Heilongjiang, because this would allow his forces to get out of the capital. His "Beiyang faction" attracted the attention of the "Qing faction", and Cixi was also alerted to this, and she stopped Duan Zhigui from taking office in time.
Cen Chunxuan, Cixi's big man and an important ally of the "Qing School", decided to launch a general offensive against Yuan Shikai's forces. After arriving in Beijing, he defeated Yixuan and Zhu Baokui, and used the momentum to make the so-called "sexual bribery" incident self-defeating.
Cixi sent Prince Zaifeng and Wenyuan Pavilion scholar Sun Jianai to Tianjin as ministers of the Imperial Mission, Sun Jianai was the third force in the court, the "Lao Chen faction", and he was characterized by being noble and not offending people.
If Sun Jianai came up with evidence that they had falsified, it would be a great blow to the Beiyang faction, but Sun Jianai hesitated because he could not determine Cixi's true intentions.
Even if it is ** Yixuan, it is only temporary, after all, Yixuan is a relative of the emperor and the country, and it will rise again soon. After Sun Jianai returned to Beijing, he told Cixi that Yang Cuixi was Wang Yisun's concubine, and that Zhao Qilin's "sexual bribery" was a rumor.
Cixi was satisfied with this, because she just wanted to knock the Qingyuan Alliance, not completely eradicate them, because she needed the forces of Yixuan and Yuan Shikai. Cixi also punished the Qing faction by removing Zhao Qilin from his post as imperial historian, but soon reinstated him and placed him in a more important position.
Yixuan also gave Cixi the result she wanted, and his son Zaizhen took the initiative to resign from the post of "Agricultural and Industrial Secretary" because of his young age, and the political turmoil was about to subside. But at this time, Yuan Shikai began to plan revenge, he first drove Cen Chunxuan, who was going to rob him of the position of Beiyang Minister and Governor of Zhili, out of Beijing, and sent the Governor of Fujian and Zhejiang and the Governor of Liangguang to report that the bandits in the Liangguang region were difficult to eliminate, and he wanted to meet Cixi in person and let Cen Chunxuan deal with it.
Then, Yuan Shikai faked a photo of Cen Chunxuan with Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, because they were people that Cixi hated, and after seeing **, Cixi was furious. In addition, Cen Chunxuan was appointed as the governor of Liangguang but was reluctant to take office, but stayed in Shanghai, and finally Cixi decided to let Cen Chunxuan vacate and no longer appoint him.
Yuan Shikai successfully overthrew Qu Hongzhen, an important figure of the "Qing School", and put an end to the political turmoil of the "Ding Wei political tide". This incident reflected the serious corruption within the court of the late Qing Dynasty, the intrigue of various factions, the practice of fraud, the habit of passivity, and the spectator situation, indicating the imminent collapse of the empire.