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. If
any can show beneficial results he will receive extraordinary
rewards, and the Tartar generals, viceroys, and governors who
recommend them will receive special grace. Let this be
published."
This was followed on the same day by the following edict:
"Inasmuch as the Emperor Tung Chih had no issue, on the fifth day
of the twelfth moon of that reign (January 12, 1875) an edict was
promulgated to the effect that if the late Emperor Kuang Hsu
should have a son, the said prince should carry on the succession
as the heir of Tung Chih. But now the late Emperor has ascended
upon the dragon to be a guest on high, leaving no son, and there
is no course open but to appoint Pu I, the son of Tsai Feng, the
Prince Regent, as the successor to Tung Chih and also as heir to
the Emperor Kuang Hsu."
The next day--the fifteenth--another edict, purporting to come
from little Pu I, but transcribed by Prince Ching, was sent out
to the diplomatic body and to the world. It is as follows:
"I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that on the 21st day
of the 10th moon [Nov. 14, 1908] at the yu-ke [5-7 P. M.] the
late Emperor ascended on the dragon to be a guest on high. We
have received the command of Tze-hsi, etc., the Great Empress
Dowager to enter on the succession as Emperor. We lamented to
Earth and Heaven. We stretched out our hands, wailing our
insufficiency. Prostrate we reflect on how the late Emperor
occupied the Imperial Throne for thirty-four years, reverently
following the customs of his ancestors, receiving the gracious
instruction of the Empress Dowager, exerting himself to the
utmost, not failing one day to revere Heaven and observe the laws
of his ancestors, devoting himself with diligence to the affairs
of government and loving the people, appointing the virtuous to
office, changing the laws of the land to make the country
powerful, considering new methods of government which arouse the
admiration of both Chinese and foreigners
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