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In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, China was constantly invaded by Western powers, and the Qing government, which regarded itself as a "heavenly dynasty", was beaten by the great powers and could not find the north, and constantly cut land and paid compensation, with no bottom line. On the other hand, Japan, which was also invaded by Western powers at that time, after the enlightened monarch studied the modernization reforms of the West, actually embarked on the road of external expansion and became a world power.
In Contrast, in China, power was firmly controlled by Empress Dowager Cixi. Due to its decadent and faint rule, China at this time has been moving slowly in passive beatings. The Guangxu Emperor, who had a spirit of reform and enterprising, wanted to change this situation through a series of Western reforms. However, the content of Guangxu's reforms touched the interests of Empress Dowager Cixi, and as a result, the Guangxu Emperor's fate was very tragic. When Cixi was about to die, she also had to take the Guangxu Emperor away in advance.
Cixi and Guangxu
Since Xia Qi turned "gong tianxia" into "family world", the inheritance of China's feudal imperial power is generally hereditary. However, the hereditary system carries enormous risks. If you choose the wrong heir, it is likely to lead to the destruction of the country and the family. It turns out that the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing Dynasty chose the wrong heir. The Daoguang Emperor had the emperor's fourth son Yixuan (Xianfeng Emperor) and the sixth son of the emperor Yi? Two choices, but he chose to be frail and sickly, only by virtue of the "virtue" of the emperor's fourth son Yixuan, and gave up the "talented" sixth son of the emperor Yi?. Xiaobian will tell the story of these two princes today, why the Daoguang Emperor passed the throne to the Xianfeng Emperor.
The Daoguang Emperor did not have many sons, the emperor's eldest son was kicked to death by himself, and one son was passed on to someone else. At the time of his death, only two princes gave him a choice. In fact, the Daoguang Emperor liked the emperor's sixth son Yi yi very much, praised him for being very talented, and there were many ghost ideas, presumably a lord of ZTE, but in the end, the Daoguang Emperor finally chose the fourth son of the emperor, Yixuan.
Emperor Liuzi Yi?, known as "Devil Six", after his defeat in the Opium War, realized the backwardness of the country, and was one of the few advocates of the Qing imperial family to learn Western technology, hoping to make China strong through changing the law. He was a major leader of the Western affairs movement and contributed to China's modern industrialization. He was well versed in Western culture, and many Western powers enjoyed dealing with him. Unfortunately, he was too poor in the power struggle, and did not fight his brother Emperor Xianfeng and Empress Dowager Cixi. In the end, he was depressed and deposed by Empress Dowager Cixi in the Sino-French War.
abundant?
Let the Daoguang Emperor make up his mind to give up Yi? There are also two historical stories. The first thing has to do with hunting. The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty would take the Emperor's Grandchildren out hunting every once in a while, in order to remember that their rivers and mountains were obtained from horseback, which was also the best time for the Emperors and Grandchildren to express themselves.
abundant? Strong and strong, good kung fu immediately, and the most prey is captured. Seeing that he was better than his own brother, the Xianfeng Emperor, who was instructed by his teacher, simply did not grasp anything, and stood by the side silently watching. Wait until the Daoguang Emperor asks why the others returned with a full load and why did you return empty-handed. The Xianfeng Emperor then said, "Shi Fang Chunhe, birds and beasts are pregnant, and they cannot bear to be hurt, so as to dry heaven and peace." And I don't want to compete with my brothers with the skill of bow and horse. After hearing this, the Daoguang Emperor praised it, "This is the degree of the monarch."
But the Emperor's sixth son? Because of Wen Tao's martial strategy, or in his physical health, he was much better than the Xianfeng Emperor. The Daoguang Emperor could not make up his mind before he died. So, at the last minute, I wanted to examine the two again. The Daoguang Emperor asked how to govern the country in the future. abundant? He ignored the Daoguang Emperor's crying and talked about his ideal ambitions. The Xianfeng Emperor knew that his eloquence was inferior to That' and so he cried bitterly in the face of his father, who was lying on his sickbed, and did not answer. Then the Daoguang Emperor was actually touched by the Xianfeng Emperor and preached to the ministers around him: "The fourth son of the emperor, Ren Xiaoxiao, can be a great responsibility." So, Yi? He was defeated by the Xianfeng Emperor because of the word "de".
The Daoguang Emperor, who chose the wrong heir, did not expect that the Xianfeng Emperor only lived for 31 years, and eventually the power fell into the hands of Xianfeng's concubine Empress Dowager Cixi, who controlled the Qing Dynasty for 47 years, which eventually led to the demise of the Qing Dynasty and the continuous land-cutting indemnities in modern China. If yes? Being emperor is likely to be a different scene.