It seems that everyone likes to write about Empress Dowager Cixi very much, because Empress Dowager Cixi has too many problems, and he has too many bad things for everyone to write. On the contrary, everyone has forgotten another empress, that is, the Empress Yulong we are going to talk about today, she was the last empress dowager in the last years of the Qing Dynasty. But he did not enjoy high-class treatment, in fact, he never enjoyed a good life since he became empress, he was just a political victim, but he had great courage to do something that made all the countries in China and the West admire him very much.
Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu fought for power all their lives, and of course, Emperor Guangxu almost never defeated Empress Dowager Cixi, who had always held great power. In the end, when Empress Dowager Cixi was about to die, he did not spare the Guangxu Emperor. Both of them died, and the two most important regimes died, so who would be in charge of the Qing Dynasty? Fortunately, Empress Dowager Cixi once made Puyi emperor, but Puyi was only three years old at the time. At this time, everyone thought of letting Empress Yulon bow to the government. In fact, the identity of Empress Yulong was very tragic, although she was a relative of Empress Dowager Cixi, the Guangxu Emperor had not been waiting to see her.
Because the Guangxu Emperor knew that Empress Yulong was a person sent by Cixi to his side, but the Guangxu Emperor did not like Empress Yulong, she was not favored. She was not favored, so empress dowager Cixi did not like it either. That is to say, he can't be a person on both sides, and he can wait until both of them are dead. But Empress Yulong was not as ambitious as Empress Dowager Cixi, she just hoped that her only son Puyi could be safe and secure with him, although Puyi was not her own son, at that time the last years of the Qing Dynasty were full of storms, and the real power was Yuan Shikai, so she ran to ask Yuan Shikai about many things.
Due to the political coup, the people of the whole country at that time demanded Puyi's abdication, and at this time, the Manchu Imperial Relatives and State Relatives of course did not agree. They still have great power, and if they fight to the death, it will inevitably be another war, but at this time, the Empress Yulong made a decision, she decided to let Puyi abdicate. At that time, all the imperial relatives did not understand his approach, can you understand his approach in the case of us now? She was a feudal woman who had received Manchu Qing thought since childhood, because such a bad person as Empress Dowager Cixi did not want the Manchu Qing to be destroyed in her own hands, could he bear the crime of the Qing Dynasty destroying in her own hands?
But Empress Yulong still resolutely let Puyi abdicate, perhaps it was this insistence that made Yuan Shikai particularly like her, making him a woman that Yuan Shikai could not afford. At that time, Empress Yulong's statement was that he hoped that everyone could save her and Puyi's lives, and she also hoped that New China could develop better and enter a new chapter. Although she did not understand politics, her kindness from the inside out still urged her to make the right decisions.
It was precisely because of this incident that when he died, Yuan Shikai lowered the flag to half-mast for three days. Not only Yuan Shikai lowered the flag to half-mast for her, but many Western countries have lowered their flags to half-mast to mourn for this great woman. What she makes us admire is her heart and kindness, and still grow a pure heart throughout the filthy land. This is the real mud without staining the ripples without demonizing.