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Prince Huiduan of the First Rank, Mianyu

Prince Huiduan of the First Rank, Mianyu, was the fifth son of Renzong. In the seventh month of the twenty-fifth year of Jiaqing, when Xuanzong came to the throne, he was enfeoffed as Prince Hui of the Second Rank, attended in the Inner Court, and studied in the Imperial Study. By precedent, princes of the first and second rank who had not yet come of age drew half the stipend. In the ninth year of Daoguang he was ordered to draw the full stipend. In the nineteenth year he was advanced to Prince of the First Rank. When Wenzong came to the throne, he decreed: "Prince Hui of the First Rank is my uncle. At audiences in the Inner Court, and at banquets, gifts and rewards, he is to be excused from kowtowing, and he is excused from writing his name on memorials." In the third year of Xianfeng he was granted an imperial dragon surcoat. Edit

When the followers of Hong Xiuquan raided northward into the capital region, he was ordered to be Grand General Under Mandate and was given the Swift and Sharp Sword. He commanded the Jianrui, Firearms, Vanguard, Guards and Patrol camps, together with the troops of Chahar and the Mongol troops of the three eastern leagues, Jerim, Josotu and Juu Uda, and with Senggelinqin, Prince of Horqin of the Second Rank, took charge of defence and suppression. Senggelinqin went out and was stationed at Zhuozhou, while Mianyu remained in the capital. In the ninth month he joined in a memorial on issuing silver cash and paper notes. At that time Hong Xiuquan's army reached Shenzhou, and he asked that a thousand cavalry of the Jerim League and five hundred each of the troops from Rehe and Gubeikou be sent to Zhuozhou to help in the defence; he also asked that three thousand Mongol troops be sent out, with Delekesereng as commander, to lead the troops forward in attack. Edit

In the first month of the fourth year, it was ordered that he be excused from kowtowing except at great court ceremonies. Soon afterwards, together with Yixin, Prince Gong of the First Rank, and Zaiquan, Prince Ding of the Second Rank, he memorialised asking that iron cash be cast to assist the large coins, and the emperor ordered him to deliberate in detail and carry it out. In the fourth month of the fifth year, when the northern route had been cleared, the ceremony of triumph and withdrawal of troops was performed, and he returned the seal of Grand General Under Mandate. In the twelfth month, because the casting of iron cash had been effective, the matter was referred to the Imperial Clan Court to recommend rewards. In the fifth month of the eighth year, because he had memorialised in recommendation of Qiying, he was dismissed from his offices and duties at the Zhongzheng Hall and the Yonghe Palace. In the ninth year the Bureau of Iron Cash was abolished. Edit

In the seventh month of the tenth year, when British and French troops reached Tianjin, he was ordered to go to Tongzhou to handle the defence with Senggelinqin, and Mianyu was also instructed to plan and discuss negotiations with Zaiyuan, Prince Yi of the First Rank, Duanhua, Prince Zheng of the First Rank, the Minister Sushun, and the Grand Councillors. In the second year of Tongzhi, when Muzong began his studies, the Empress Dowager, because Mianyu was the highest in generation and upright in conduct, ordered him to take sole charge of supervision and discipline in the Hongde Hall, and ordered the princes Yixiang and Yixun to study alongside the emperor. In the twelfth month of the third year he died; the emperor came in person to the offering, granted 5,000 taels of silver for the funeral, and gave him the posthumous name Duan. Edit

He had six sons, of whom three held rank: Yixiang, Yixun and Yimo. Yixiang was Mianyu's fifth son. He was first enfeoffed as Duke Who Assists the State without the Eight Privileges. He was granted the three-eyed peacock feather, advanced to Duke Who Guards the State, and inherited the rank of Prince of the Second Rank. At Muzong's wedding he was given the added rank of a Prince of the First Rank. In the thirteenth year he was ordered to draw the stipend of a Prince of the First Rank. In the tenth month of the tenth year of Guangxu, at the Empress Dowager's birthday, he was ordered to draw the full stipend of a Prince of the First Rank. In the sixth month of the eleventh year he was appointed Chamberlain of the Imperial Guard. In the first month of the twelfth year he died, and was given the posthumous name Jing. His son Zairun inherited the rank of beile. Yixun was Mianyu's fourth son. He was first enfeoffed as Duke Who Assists the State without the Eight Privileges, and advanced to Duke Who Guards the State. When he died he had no son, and Zaize, a fifth-generation descendant of Yunpa, Prince Yuke of the Second Rank, was taken as heir; he inherited the rank of Duke Who Assists the State, was advanced to Duke Who Guards the State, and given the added rank of Beizi. At the end of Guangxu he was appointed Minister of Finance. Yimo was Mianyu's sixth son. He was first enfeoffed as Duke Who Guards the State without the Eight Privileges, and then advanced to Beizi, with the added rank of Beile. When he died, Puji, grandson of Yixuan, Prince Chunxian of the First Rank, was taken as his heir and inherited the rank of Duke Who Guards the State. Edit