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    Li Lianying knew that the reason why Shi Duo was like this was not only because he, the clan leader, wanted to protect Baoting, the clan of the Aixinjueluo family, out of instinct, but also because he had to deal with the "all the people are the same" that Lin Yizhe did last time.  The theory of "The Pillar of the Country" made him sit on a lame chair and fall over with hatred.  Among the princes of the current Qing Empire, in terms of positional prestige, the three princes Gong, Chun and Dun are all more powerful than Queen Li - Prince Gong was able to enter the title of prince only because Emperor Daoguang stated in the imperial edict of passing the throne.  The official appointment was actually equivalent to Emperor Daoguang's compensation for the sixth elder brother who was smart and capable but lost to his brother Emperor Xianfeng in the battle for the throne; and Prince Chun was promoted from a county prince to a prince because he was in  In terms of identity, he was the brother of Emperor Xianfeng and Prince Gong, and the brother-in-law of the Empress Dowager Cixi. In addition to being on the right side in the "Xinyou Coup" in government affairs, he also became the Empress Dowager Cixi as the "Seventh Master"  Prince Gong's number one trump card; Prince Dun had the best chance of becoming the emperor, but he was born a little later and missed the throne.  He was able to get the title of prince because of the relationship between Empress Dowager Cixi and Prince Gong.  Prince Li was the first of the eight iron hat kings who were personally conferred by Emperor Taizong Huang Taiji at the founding of the Qing Dynasty. The second son of Taizu, Prince Heshuo Lilie, was the direct descendant of Daishan. On his head was the iron hat of "hereditary and irreplaceable".  It has been passed down for more than two hundred years, and its level of nobility is naturally beyond the reach of upstarts like Gong, Chun, and Dun. ??????????????????? But if one puts aside the level of status and only talks about knowledge and talent, then Prince Shiduo of Li can only be the last among the four princes.  He had neither the shrewdness of Prince Gong nor the prudence and self-control of Prince Chun. Even compared with Prince Dun, who was famous for his straightforwardness, his administrative ability was much inferior.  But in Li Lianying's view, this corpse-eater, who is just a "clay wood sculpture" in the eyes of countless people, is an absolutely smart person. The most difficult thing in life is to "know how to advance and retreat, and know honor and disgrace." Prince Li's excellence  The advantage is that he knows exactly how much he weighs, and he has a clear understanding of the significance of his position as a prince and how he should behave.  "If you practice the turtle method as a human being, you should shrink your head when you have to."  Zongling, the Zongren Mansion who has a lot of experience in the turtle-shrinking skills, is a character who will never take the initiative to cause trouble.  Therefore, although he also hates Lin Yizhe a little, he will never be like Bao Ting and fight to the death with Lin Yizhe.  Li Lianying immediately went to report to the Empress Dowager Cixi, saying that Shiduo, Prince Zonglingli of the Zongren Mansion, was "sick" and "could not get up" and would not come to the garden to see her.  "It's a coincidence that he got sick!" Empress Dowager Cixi immediately understood what Prince Li Shiduo meant by refusing to come, and sneered, "Li Lianying, please tell him again. Today, he just crawls."  Come to the garden for me!" Li Lianying was secretly happy after receiving the order, and immediately arranged for someone to go to Prince Li's Mansion.  As expected, Li Lianying sent someone to announce that Prince Shiduo had entered the palace.  Prince Li did not dare to stay for a moment, but hurried to Huangchenggen Railway Station and boarded the train.  Just because he had just said "I'm sick" and couldn't take it back, he had no choice but to let the servant carry the carriage to the station. After a long time, he got on the train. When he got off, he also used a cane and was supported step by step.  Go forward.  When he arrived at Dayazhai, the "Spring Festival of Heaven and Earth", Empress Dowager Cixi saw him pretending to be sick.  He was even more angry, and immediately reprimanded him unceremoniously. He handed Bao Ting, whose mouth was full of blood and could not speak, to his confinement, and ordered "strict control". Prince Li was so frightened that his head was covered with blood.  sweat.  I didn't dare to take a breath, I could only kowtow.  Seeing Shi Duo's embarrassment, Li Lianying couldn't help but secretly laugh.  After everything was busy, Li Lianying went to visit Liu Chengyin, who was still ill, and told him the whole story. Liu Chengyin listened to Li Lianying's words and didn't say much. He just asked him to be careful when serving the Empress Dowager Cixi.  , Never give her the impression that she and the foreign minister are too close. Li Lianying understood what Liu Chengyin meant and nodded in agreement.  ¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù "Weng Tonghe's Diary": "Sunny, early cold, wind stopped. Chen Chuyi Pavilion approved the manuscript, Li Lansun came to the book, he was very haggard, speechless  Regarding the affairs of Baoting, I was very surprised. When Gongdi and Wenxiang came, I asked the ministers why Baoting was imprisoned. Gongdi replied that he had hurt the ministers and defiled the palace confinement, hoping to use this to hinder the development of Westernization.  Jiao Zong was imprisoned. I asked him who the minister was, and Gong Di replied that he thought it was Lin Yizhe, the minister of finance.  He became ill. The cause of the disease was due to Lin Yizhe's persecution. If Lin Yizhe was to be punished for his crime of disturbing people's hearts, both Gong Di and Wen Xiang were angry when they heard this.  Since the invitation to favor the two palaces, all those who have resisted the criticism have been humiliated. If things go on like this, people's hearts will be lost.As he said, Governor Yu could no longer change his position, so he said no more.  ¡­¡± ¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù¡ù ¡°My lord, you know, this time is really extremely dangerous. If the empress dowagers of the two palaces had not been able to distinguish right from wrong, Zhang Guo Feng would have warned Zhang Guo.  The music was played first, and the imperial concubine Dun Yijing (namely Concubine Hui, who was named the imperial concubine Dun Yijing on the orders of Empress Dowager Ci'an and Empress Dowager Cixi on the second day after the Baoting incident) cried out and complained later.  , almost unimaginable.  "Xu Run read the urgent telegram from Li Lianying, sighed and said to Lin Yizhe, "Maybe you will be separated from the palace from now on, and you will no longer be favored. I don't know when, you will be killed.  " "Why did you say this, sir?"  "Lin Yizhe asked a little strangely. "My lord, do you know that the most taboo thing in the court is this evil thing!  "Xu Run said, "Throughout the dynasties, those who caused trouble mostly used evil techniques to attract fools, pretending to be destiny. Let alone the recent Changmao Rebellion, the soul-catching pigtail-cutting demon case and the White Lotus Sect in the 33rd year of Qianlong's reign.  Story, don¡¯t you, sir, spare the time?  " Hearing Xu Run talk about the demon case in the 33rd year of Qianlong and the White Lotus Rebellion, Lin Yizhe suddenly woke up and realized the seriousness of the problem. " Regarding this demon case, he once wrote in a book written by a foreigner  In the early spring of the thirty-third year of Qianlong's reign (1768), several poor monks in Cixiang Temple in Deqing, the hometown of silk, spread rumors that there were masons in the Guanyin Temple because they were jealous of the prosperity of the nearby Guanyin Temple.  "Mourning rituals" were carried out nearby, and those who went to the temple to offer incense would not only receive no protection, but would also be poisoned. More than four months later, rumors spread. Funihan, the governor of Shandong, reported the news to the emperor from Zhejiang to Shandong.  The governor, a senior official, reported it to the court. There was no public media involvement, and the main method of communication was interpersonal communication, but it had a huge impact. The initial form of the rumor was that the stonemason had committed immoral behavior near the Guanyin Temple.  , but after a few months of development, its shape became: a warlock or demon can absorb a person's soul through hair braids, clothing or even names, making it serve the warlock, while greatly damaging the person being cast.  Physical and mental. Because rumors are modified and processed in the process of spreading, everyone involved in the spread of rumors is a co-conspirator. They work together to reduce the unreasonable details in the rumors and make them more clear and reasonable.  . It is easier to be understood and accepted and spread faster and more widely. When the crystallization of the rumor becomes more and more real and terrifying, that is when the processor of the rumor is choosing and choosing.  In the process of reconstruction, the habits, interests, hopes, and worries of ordinary Chinese people were fully taken into consideration, and the rumors were packaged into convincing "facts" because they were influenced by Chinese traditional culture.  The Chinese people have always understood and believed in the concept of "soul", even if they cannot express it clearly. In the Chinese concept, the universe is composed of "yin" and "yang", and it is also the same in the human body.  There is "hun", which represents the spiritual spirit, and "po", which represents the physical spirit, and corresponds to "yin and yang". The key is that in the concept, "soul" and "po" can be separated, and this concept even exists.  It is clearly reflected in the law. There is a passage in the "Qing Dynasty Code" that stipulates that the specific behavior of "picking and cutting" should be: "It means killing a person and taking his orifices to practice black magic or practice evil.  .  They take the years of their lives, lure them into remote places in the mountains, kill them, cut off their bodies, gouge out their five internal organs and vitality, and ingest their souls.  To serve the devil.  Today Guangdong is popular in Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Fujian and other places, which is another technique.  "And "picking and cutting" was a kind of witchcraft at that time. It can be seen that this rumor is not only inherited from cultural traditions, but also close to the social life at that time. Its power is so huge that people of later generations can hardly imagine it.  Emperor Qianlong's worries mainly focused on the bureaucracy. As the king of a country, if he wanted to safeguard and consolidate his own interests, he had to constantly resort to arbitrary and unpredictable power, and charging political crimes was the best way to use this power.  The best opportunity. But what frightens him is that he is completely powerless against the power of "witchcraft" that cannot be seen by him. It is precisely because of this that Emperor Qianlong made those actions that were almost paranoid and hysterical across the country.  The Inner Qing Dynasty's action to suppress demons! And this time, once Baoting's information was in the hands of the empress dowagers of the two palaces before Fengxiu reported it to Concubine Hui and Chongqi, and then met with Di to copy it and sent it to the Military Aircraft Department for public discussion, then he would  Even if he doesn't die without a burial, he will be suspected by the government and the public and become a "monster" that people talk about! What's more, in fact, he did do it to Queen Arute and Concubine Hui out of self-preservation!  "Deep hypnosis"! And in this ancient country where science has not yet developed and ignorance is everywhere, no one can tell the difference between the two! Now their servants privately think that their master willThe art of capturing souls!  Once the Empress Dowager Cixi first saw Baoting's excerpts, she thought of the demon case in the thirty-third year of Qianlong's reign, and formed a preconceived impression of herself (because the deep hypnosis he performed on Empress Arut and Concubine Hui that day was not affected by Cixi's  The Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager Ci'an realized that, in the eyes of outsiders, there was indeed something unbelievable. After all, it was true that Empress Arut had conflicts with Empress Dowager Cixi and Concubine Hui). Their futures were probably going to be doomed!  Not only will all the achievements you have made through hard work be ruined, but your life and that of your loved ones will also be difficult to save!  ¡°In today¡¯s ** society where imperial power is paramount, although he has reached a high official position at a young age, if he is not careful, everything he owns may be lost in an instant!  "What you said, sir, things went very smoothly a while ago. I was indeed negligent towards these guys who were scheming behind their backs" Lin Yizhe sighed and clenched his fists.  "Although your Excellency is blessed with auspicious heavenly signs and the protection of hundreds of gods this time, Imperial Concubine Dun Yijing unintentionally stood in the way for Your Excellency, which caused the empress dowagers of the two palaces to express their anger at the imperial court and imprison him. His excerpts have not been copied, but  After all, it is too lucky to happen again. You must be careful about this kind of thing in the future," Xu Run said, "The consequences of criticizing it in the name of sorcery, whether in court or in the private sector, are too terrible.  Don't take it lightly." When Lin Yizhe heard what Xu Run said, he understood that Xu Run was reminding himself that he knew that he had ignored this kind of thing this time. In fact, it was mainly because his soul came from the modern era and his firm belief in science.  It made him underestimate the power of superstition in this era.  In the 33rd year of Qianlong's reign, the demon case swept across the country.  The general public is focused on sudden and random deaths caused by strangers and loss of souls.  Chinese society in the mid-18th century.  People at that time generally believed that there was evil all around them, and their lives were constantly threatened by hidden forces.  The demon case can be said to reveal the ugliest social reality at that time: once the government seriously launched a crackdown on witchcraft, ordinary people had a good opportunity to settle old grudges or seek personal gain.  It's a loaded weapon thrown out on the street, available to everyone - gangsters and good people alike.  In this society where power has always been scarce for ordinary people.  Maliciously slandering others with the charge of "soul-taking" has become a suddenly available power for ordinary people.  On the other hand, in such a troubled society, people will have doubts about whether they can improve their situation through work or study.  This situation is made even more intolerable by an irresponsible judicial system from which no ordinary citizen can expect to receive fair compensation.  In such a world, sorcery is both an illusion of power and a potential compensation for power for everyone.  Even though soul-possession never actually happened, it is still widely believed that anyone with the right "skills" can summon the powers of the underworld by stealing the souls of others.  This is a hallucination that is both terrifying and exciting.  For some powerless ordinary people, Emperor Qianlong's purge brought them generous opportunities!  How many people have this reason.  Lost your life under the double-edged sword of "witchcraft"?  And this time Bao Ting dared to use such a method to deal with himself. It was not just a whim. It was because as a public official, he understood more deeply than himself the dark side of ignorance, barbarism, superstition, and cruelty of many Chinese people in this era.  !  ¡°In a country where people and officials can regard telegraphs and railways as black magic, there are too many things that can be regarded as black magic¡± I thought of this.  Cold sweat broke out on Lin Yizhe's back.  For the first time, he felt the deep sense of powerlessness caused by the chronic diseases of this era.  Perhaps because of the strong sense of crisis, Lin Yizhe suddenly thought of a lot In this ancient empire, the bureaucracy can be said to be in the middle class. On the one hand, they are worried about the fury and changeability of the mob, on the other hand  , and deeply feared by the capriciousness of their monarchs, both of which posed a threat to the existing system in which they felt they were part of, they sought to defeat the former by intimidating those who made accusations of sorcery, through  To thwart the latter by blocking information from the monarch.  Roadblocks erected by bureaucrats: careful self-protection through careful concealment of intelligence, cover-up of truth to cover personal relationships, and hesitancy to stick to routine.  **The rigid bureaucracy has now become the most important anchor in the national structure!  History is a mirror. It cannot actually illuminate the present, nor can we see the future clearly from it Panic comes from the people, and it is also the people who create panic. The people seem to be avoiding it, but at the same time they are flocking to it.  In this, "soul-taking" represents an illusory power, and the accusation of ""Soul-taking" symbolizes real power, and what it embodies is the powerlessness of the people - this seems to have the color of Freud's psychoanalysis: "In this society where power has always been scarce for ordinary people,  Here, maliciously slandering others with the charge of "soul-taking" has become a suddenly available power for ordinary people.  " Lin Yizhe knows that for the people, this so-called real power is just a mirage, which is actually the same as "soul-taking". But for the people, in this cruel social reality, having even a trace of power is a  For their own protection, because in normal times, they cannot obtain necessary protection through normal channels. They have no legitimate rights to defend their legitimate rights and interests, and even their humble bottom line of survival cannot be guaranteed.  People in this kind of insecure society show hostility in the form of retribution everywhere in the society. The society is ruthlessly torn apart. People and people and groups of people are opposed and hostile to each other because of their interests: as big as locals and foreigners, civilians  With monks, it can be as small as two temples competing for pilgrims, or two teams of masons competing for business. Each person may have just used "soul-taking" to kill someone, and in the blink of an eye he has become the target of someone else's "soul-taking" accusation!
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