Empress Dowager Cixi has continued to influence…
March 1891 CE
Weng Tonghe reportedly observed that while the emperor attended to day-to-day state affairs, in more difficult cases the emperor and the Grand Council sought Cixi's advice.
In fact, the emperor often journeys to the Summer Palace to pay his respects to his aunt and to discuss state affairs with her.
In March 1891, the Guangxu Emperor receives the foreign ministers to China at an audience in the "Pavilion of Purple Light", in what is now part of Zhongnanhai, something that had also been done by the Tongzhi Emperor in 1873.
That summer, under pressure from the foreign legations and in response to revolts in the Yangtze River valley that are targeting Christian missionaries, the emperor issues an edict ordering Christians to be placed under state protection.
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