Guangxu Emperor
Exactly how Guangxu died has been debated by historians for many years. The cause of Guangxu's death can be regarded as a historical case in historical research, and both anecdotal rumors and historians have studied it deeply. Before 2008, most people thought that it was poisoned, but this claim was refuted by historians as a rumor. Among them, Dai Yi, an expert in Qing history research, came to the conclusion that he died of illness and natural death. Until 2008, after testing and analyzing the hair, bones, clothes and environmental samples inside and outside the tomb of Guangxu's body in the Qing Dynasty, it was confirmed that the Guangxu Emperor died of arsenic poisoning, but who the murderer was did not give an answer.
The Guangxu Emperor was the second son of YiZhen the Prince of Shuoxian and the grandson of the Daoguang Emperor. After the death of the Tongzhi Emperor, he succeeded to the Xianfeng Emperor at the age of three, thus inheriting the throne. In his early years, he was served by Empress Dowager Ci'an and Empress Dowager Cixi. During his reign, he experienced the Sino-Japanese War and the Penghu Revolution. After the failure of the Wushu Reform In 1898, he was imprisoned by Empress Dowager Cixi in Yingtai, Zhongnanhai. In 1908, one day before Cixi's death, the Guangxu Emperor was poisoned by arsenic in Yingtai, Zhongnanhai, a day before Cixi, and died at the age of 38.
1. Cixi said. The two books" (Chongling Chuanxin) and "Qing Barnyard Notes" point out that when Empress Dowager Cixi was critically ill, she hesitated to deal with Emperor Guangxu, so she revealed to Emperor Guangxu that she had reported her recent death that the emperor had shown a slight joy in his close service return, so Cixi decided that before he died of illness, the emperor must die before his death, so as not to prevent the emperor from having the possibility of pro-government again and denying the layout of Cixi's life. The calligrapher Mr. Qi Gong pointed out that Mr. Qi Gong's great-grandfather, Pu Liang, who was then a senior member of the Libu Shangshu, had personally seen the eunuch send a lid bowl from the seriously ill Cixi Palace, saying that "it was the collapsed lama that Cixi gave to Guangxu." "Collapse" means yogurt in Manchu. Shortly after the delivery, Empress Longyu's eunuch Xiao Dezhang announced to the main hall of the Tai Hospital that the Guangxu Emperor had died. Cixi sent someone to give food to the emperor under house arrest at this time, which was extremely unusual. Mr. Qi Gong believed that Cixi may have died of illness before the Guangxu Emperor, but the secret was not mourned, and the news of the death was not announced until the death of the Guangxu Emperor was confirmed.
Empress Dowager Cixi restored the photo
2. Yuan Shikai said. Yuan Shikai betrayed the Guangxu Emperor and trapped the Guangxu Emperor in a state of perdition. Yuan Shikai knew that the Guangxu Emperor hated him deeply, so he plotted to kill him. However, some experts believe that at that time, except for Empress Dowager Cixi, no one else had the ability to direct people to poison the Guangxu Emperor, and Yuan Shikai was also difficult to approach the Guangxu Emperor, so there was basically no possibility that Yuan Shikai plotted to kill Guangxu.
Yuan Shikai
3, Li Lianying said. Li Lianying was also one of the suspects in this matter, a claim that Yu Deling, a former female official who served as Cixi, pointed out in her English version of her self-description of "Yingtai Weeping Blood", but it should be Cixi who instructed Li Lianying to do it. The people only knew that Li Lianying was Cixi's favorite eunuch, so they misrepresented it was Li Lianying.
Li Lianying
Most historians believe that Empress Dowager Cixi poisoned the Guangxu Emperor and was the mastermind of the incident. However, some scholars believe that Empress Dowager Cixi did not have the need to poison the Guangxu Emperor. Exactly who the murderer is may always be a mystery and needs to be further studied by historians!
Cixi and Guangxu