Another laudatory Decree issued by the Empress confers distinctions upon prominent of the high civil and military officers in the Empire. The Viceroy Li receives a purple bridle, Tseng Kuo-ch ian and Ts'én Yii-ying are granted the title of Guardian of the Heir-Apparent; Yang hin, Chang Yan, Lau Chin-tang, and Liu Ming-chuan are raised to the rani of Junior Guardians of the Heir-Apparent, and nearly all the provincial Commanders in-Chief are advanced two steps of commutative rank. P'ng Yii-lin and a number of other retired military magnates are handed over to the Board for the determination of fitting honours, and civil and military functionaries of the first or second grade who have been omitted from this Decrve are to receive one step of commutative rank from the Board of Civil Office and the Board of War respectively.
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