ong ling ▁( 宗 令 ; ▁Head ▁of ▁the ▁Imperial ▁Cl an ▁Court ). ▁ ▁S ino - F rench ▁War ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 4 , ▁when ▁the ▁French ▁inv aded ▁Vietnam , ▁Prince ▁G ong ▁and ▁the ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁Grand ▁Council ▁were ▁unable ▁to ▁arrive ▁at ▁a ▁decision ▁on ▁whether ▁or ▁not ▁to ▁interven e ▁in ▁Vietnam ▁and ▁go ▁to ▁war ▁with ▁the ▁French . ▁As ▁a ▁consequence , ▁Em press ▁Dow ager ▁C ix i ▁repr im and ed ▁Prince ▁G ong ▁and ▁his ▁colle agues ▁for ▁their ▁disp ir ited ▁and ▁inde cis ive ▁attitude ▁towards ▁the ▁war , ▁and ▁removed ▁them ▁from ▁their ▁positions . ▁Prince ▁G ong ▁stopped ▁receiving ▁his ▁double ▁sal ary ▁and ▁was ▁ordered ▁to ▁ret ire ▁to ▁recuper ate ▁from ▁ill ness . ▁However , ▁he ▁started ▁receiving ▁his ▁double ▁sal ary ▁again ▁from ▁November ▁ 1 8 8 6 ▁and ▁was ▁allowed ▁to ▁receive ▁his ▁share ▁of ▁the ▁offer ings ▁from ▁cer emon ial ▁events . ▁He ▁remained ▁in ▁Ji eta i ▁Temple ▁in ▁western ▁Be ij ing ▁for ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁ ▁Prince ▁G ong ' s ▁sevent h ▁brother , ▁Y ix uan ▁( Pr ince ▁Ch un ), ▁replaced ▁him ▁as ▁the ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁Grand ▁Council . ▁Some ▁officials ▁such ▁as ▁Ba oj un ▁( <0xE5> <0xAF> <0xB6> <0xE9> <0x8B> <0x86> ), ▁Li ▁Hong za o , ▁J ing li an ▁( 景 <0xE5> <0xBB> <0x89> ) ▁and ▁W eng ▁T ong he ,