Prince Gong, who almost became a monarch? How did you spend your old age?

Prince Gong Yixin (1833-1898), the sixth son of Daoguang Emperor, the half-brother of Xianfeng Emperor and one of the iron hat kings in Qing Dynasty. Born in Hong Miao. Yi Xin is the most powerful and knowledgeable prince in the late Qing Dynasty, and there is no one. 1860, British and French troops invaded Beijing. Emperor Xianfeng took his wife and children to Jehol and stayed in Beijing to negotiate with the invaders. Phyllis Bito, a photographer who followed the British and French allied forces during the negotiations, took the earliest photos of Yixin. Yixin became the first member of the royal family to leave photos in the Qing Dynasty. According to the records of the British military officers present, Yixin was frightened when taking pictures. He thinks cameras can kill people.

Yixin went into politics at the age of 65,438+08, and went to the military department at the age of 65,438+09, breaking the ancestral system that the Qing emperor was not allowed to interfere in government affairs. At the beginning of his political career, he was conservative and as ignorant of the world situation as most ministers at that time. 1858 opposed peace talks with the British and French Coalition forces in Tianjin and advocated using war to force peace. 1860, he presided over the peace talks with the British and French allied forces. In the process of dealing with a large number of aftermath, he began to have a preliminary understanding of foreign affairs with his heart, won the goodwill of the west, and created conditions for future diplomatic activities. Yixin has strong political acumen. He put his new understanding of the world into practice in the new policy, and called for the establishment of the Prime Minister's Office of State Affairs, making it the first modern diplomatic institution in the Qing Dynasty.

186 1 year, Yixin supported cixi to seize power, and began his "era of discussing politics" from then on. At that time, Empress Dowager Cixi had just entered the political arena and had no opinion on governing the country. In fact, government affairs are presided over by Yixin. Yixin set off a Westernization Movement focusing on the establishment of military industry, which promoted the modernization transformation of the Qing Dynasty. After 1865, the full-fledged Empress Dowager Cixi began to guard against him and gradually weakened his power. Cixi engaged in sex between the die-hards and westernization. When she sees which school is powerful, she will knock it, so as to ensure that she is full of power.

Yi Xin was numb at this time, and her eyes were empty and desperate. Yixin was constantly hit by Cixi in his later life, which led to his ups and downs in politics, his spirit gradually disappeared, his later years became more depressed and he did nothing in politics. Life is not happy either. His four sons either idled around or died young, which also put a lot of pressure on his spirit.