In our understanding, we basically think that the saddest emperor of the Qing Dynasty is Puyi, because since the moment he became emperor, he has been living in the shadow of Cixi, not only did not withdraw power, but also became the emperor of the country, such Puyi seems to have been destined to be the most useless emperor in history. Looking forward to his ancestors, the Kangxi Emperor, and then looking at his current situation, the real difference is vast. However, we are not in a hurry to conclude that there is one emperor that everyone cannot forget, that is, the Xianfeng Emperor.
How is the Xianfeng Emperor described in history? The book records that he was the last powerful emperor in the history of the Qing Dynasty. What problems does this sentence reveal? That is, the emperors after the Xianfeng Emperor were all puppet emperors. However, this Xianfeng Emperor, even though he held so much power, did not make up his mind to do something useful to the country, on the contrary, he died at the age of less than 30 years old. After Cixi became the de facto ruler, the Qing Dynasty can be said to have gone down the road to extinction.
Before the Xianfeng Emperor ascended the throne, there had already been an Opium War, and he had also thought about reforming, but the effect was not great. The most unexpected thing is that the ancestors of the Xianfeng Emperor put the ban on smoking in an important position, but the Xianfeng Emperor braved all kinds of opposition to smoke opium. Such a country, such a monarch, you say, how should the people survive?
Why did the Xianfeng Emperor smoke opium, his statement is that he can prolong his life. There is also a theory that Cixi, in order to please him, gave opium to the Xianfeng Emperor to try. But in my opinion, no matter what the reason, this is just an escape from the Xianfeng Emperor himself.
He was an emperor, but he was born inadequate, a lame man. He had ordered that after the ascension to the throne, the chancellor should leave first, and only then could he leave on his own. But once he was angry, he forgot about his flaws, which revealed his lame secret in front of the minister. This incident was already very devastating to his existence. What's more, after that, the Xianfeng Emperor also understood the bullying of the great powers, but he could only get angry and had no way out.
After the British and French troops invaded Beijing, he immediately fled the capital with his concubines and children. He was originally an emperor of a generation, and in a time of national crisis, even if he did not adhere to the same insistence as Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, he would not be afraid to the point of such greed and fear of death. We can see that he knows even better that he is an emperor, but it is a shame that he has done such a thing! Xianfeng Emperor Nest? As an emperor, he does not have the spirit of an emperor, and he cannot save this country, but he does not have the courage to coexist and die with this country.
Moving to a place like Rehe, but still using the emperor's shelf, obviously it has reached such a point, but he still smokes opium, and he really does not know whether he is paralyzing himself or paralyzing this people. Let's talk about it, is it that the Xianfeng Emperor, who has real power but doesn't do anything, is useless? Or is it the Puyi nest that has been reduced to a tool since he was a child? It's like you have a weapon in your hand but don't know how to resist, such an emperor is really sad and ridiculous.