Empresses Regent, he would be permitted to prostrate
himself before them in private, and not as a member of the
Court in attendance on the Emperor. His first class
Princedom was made hereditary for ever, and he was
commanded to give the benefit of his experience and sage
counsel to his successor, Prince Tun, as officer commanding
the Manchu Field Force--an order which he must have
obeyed, for the Force in question became more and more
notorious for its tatterdemalion uselessness and the
corruption of its commanders.

Remembering the institution of the first Regency, it will
be noted how faithfully history can be made to repeat itself
in the Celestial Empire.

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