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The General History Of China:
might not only be able to make a peace with him , but also engage him to succour him with all his forces : Tsong te , which was the name of this king , provoked by a secret ambition , more than b y the bribes offered by the Chinese general , accepted this proposition so willingly that the very same day he appeared at the head of fourscore thousand men . The usurper being informed of the union of the
Chinese and Tartarian armies , durst not encounter two such great generals , but retired in haste to Pekin , and after lie had loaded several chr . riots with the choicest goods of the palace , he set it on fire , and fled into the province of Chen si , where he took such care to hide himself , that the place of his retreat could never be found : although he made great hasteyet part of the
, plunder fell into the haiids of the Tartarian soldiers . However Tsong te went directly to Pekin , where he was joyfully received , both by the grandees and the people , whom he managed so dexterously , that they . desired him to take upon him the government of the empire , which he did not long enjoy ; for he died suddenl having only time to name Chun tchi ' his son
y , , , for his successor , who was but six years old , leaving the care of his education , and the government of the empire , to one of his brother called Amavam . This prince , by policy and address , reduced the greater part of the provinces , which were unwilling to submit to the yoke of the Tartars , and surrendered the government into the hands of his
nephew , as soon as he was capable of governing . The young emperor shewed himself so able in the art of government , that he soon gained the affections of his subjects , and found the means to unite the Chinese and Tartars , and make them iis one nation . During his reign he maintained the grandeur of the empire , but died in the twenty-fourth year of his age ; just before his death he called his four chief ministersand named Gang hi
, , one of his sons , who was then but eight years of age , for his successor , whose education he recommended to their care . The next day after the death of the emperor Chun tchi , his body being put into a coffin , Gang hi was proclaimed emperor , and ascended the throne , when all the princes , lords , prime officers of the army and the crownwith the mandarins of all the tribunals
, , prostrated themselves at his feet three times , and at each prostration struck the ground with their foreheads , and made the nine customary bows . Nothing could exceed the magnificence of the great court where this cerempny was performed ; all the mandarins were ranged on both sidesdressed in silk gowns flowered with gold in the form of
, roses ; there were fifty that carried great umbrellas of gold brocade and silk , with their staves gilt , and were ' divided into two rows , twenty-five on each side of the throne ; near them were thirty officers with large fans of silk embroidered with gold , and nigh these last were twenty-eight large standards , embroidered with golden stars , great dragons , and the figures of the new and full
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The General History Of China:
might not only be able to make a peace with him , but also engage him to succour him with all his forces : Tsong te , which was the name of this king , provoked by a secret ambition , more than b y the bribes offered by the Chinese general , accepted this proposition so willingly that the very same day he appeared at the head of fourscore thousand men . The usurper being informed of the union of the
Chinese and Tartarian armies , durst not encounter two such great generals , but retired in haste to Pekin , and after lie had loaded several chr . riots with the choicest goods of the palace , he set it on fire , and fled into the province of Chen si , where he took such care to hide himself , that the place of his retreat could never be found : although he made great hasteyet part of the
, plunder fell into the haiids of the Tartarian soldiers . However Tsong te went directly to Pekin , where he was joyfully received , both by the grandees and the people , whom he managed so dexterously , that they . desired him to take upon him the government of the empire , which he did not long enjoy ; for he died suddenl having only time to name Chun tchi ' his son
y , , , for his successor , who was but six years old , leaving the care of his education , and the government of the empire , to one of his brother called Amavam . This prince , by policy and address , reduced the greater part of the provinces , which were unwilling to submit to the yoke of the Tartars , and surrendered the government into the hands of his
nephew , as soon as he was capable of governing . The young emperor shewed himself so able in the art of government , that he soon gained the affections of his subjects , and found the means to unite the Chinese and Tartars , and make them iis one nation . During his reign he maintained the grandeur of the empire , but died in the twenty-fourth year of his age ; just before his death he called his four chief ministersand named Gang hi
, , one of his sons , who was then but eight years of age , for his successor , whose education he recommended to their care . The next day after the death of the emperor Chun tchi , his body being put into a coffin , Gang hi was proclaimed emperor , and ascended the throne , when all the princes , lords , prime officers of the army and the crownwith the mandarins of all the tribunals
, , prostrated themselves at his feet three times , and at each prostration struck the ground with their foreheads , and made the nine customary bows . Nothing could exceed the magnificence of the great court where this cerempny was performed ; all the mandarins were ranged on both sidesdressed in silk gowns flowered with gold in the form of
, roses ; there were fifty that carried great umbrellas of gold brocade and silk , with their staves gilt , and were ' divided into two rows , twenty-five on each side of the throne ; near them were thirty officers with large fans of silk embroidered with gold , and nigh these last were twenty-eight large standards , embroidered with golden stars , great dragons , and the figures of the new and full