The reason why the Qing Dynasty collapsed was because the Qing government was too weak and incompetent, and at the same time oppressed the common people, so that thousands of people from the Eight-Nation Alliance army hit Beijing in a mighty way. The supreme leader of the Qing government at that time was Cixi, although the Guangxu Emperor was the emperor, but Cixi Lafayette held real power, he was a puppet, no one listened to him.
Empress Dowager Cixi
But if you think about it carefully, no matter how Guangxu can't do it, he is also the king of a country, why don't he assassinate Cixi, the biggest obstacle to his own rule, as an emperor, he can naturally handle the government and get the highest power of the country, why didn't he do it?
In my own opinion, there are several reasons why the Guangxu Emperor did not do this. First, he was raised in the palace by Empress Dowager Cixi since he was a child, and he was deeply afraid of this Lafayette from a young age, and naturally developed a cowardly personality of a teacher, although the Guangxu Emperor was bent on supporting the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, but he was afraid of Cixi from his bones, and he was deeply influenced by Confucian culture, so he always advised Cixi from beginning to end, and never had thunderous means.
Cixi and his subordinates
Second, because Cixi has taken root in the Qing Dynasty for many years, there is a saying in China that ginger is still old and spicy, Cixi has been deeply cultivating in the Qing Dynasty for so many years, all the generals are basically pulled out by Cixi, they are all Cixi's people, for the Guangxu Emperor, the clear-eyed people in the palace understand who is close to Guangxu who is unlucky. From Xianfeng, Tongzhi, and now Guangxu, these three dynasties are all Cixi in power, it can be said that Cixi in the Qing Dynasty to do whatever he wants.
Guangxu Emperor
Before the change of law, the reason why Guangxu was able to temporarily handle the government was because Empress Dowager Cixi was behind her support, and he thanked Cixi for not being too late, so how could he think of assassinating Cixi.
When the conservatives counterattacked, the Guangxu Emperor wanted to assassinate Empress Dowager Cixi, and by then the Guangxu Emperor had lost the possibility of assassinating the empress dowager, and he was imprisoned
Yingtai did not even have freedom of movement, let alone dispatch troops to assassinate Empress Dowager Cixi.
I think that the Kangxi Emperor wanted to overthrow Aobai and wasted a lot of effort, that is because there was a filial empress dowager behind the strong support, and the help of the minister of the DPRK, Sonny, so Kangxi had capital to overturn.
And Guangxu was not against a minister, but his nominal mother, the real ruler of the Qing Dynasty, which was far more difficult than a bowen, and Guangxu had no resources, and finally died in the winter of 1908, leaving the world with full of resentment and regret, at the age of 38.
Empress Kangxi and Empress Xiaozhuang (Kangxi Dynasty)
Therefore, Guangxu's decision to do cixi is tantamount to a fool's dream, and it is impossible. Of course, if the Guangxu Emperor had learned jing ke to make a poor dagger, it would not have been impossible to assassinate Cixi, but his courage would not support him in doing so, and what about after the assassination? It will inevitably lead to the usurpation of power by the ministers who hold real power in the DPRK, and then they may not even be able to save their lives, or they may still be a puppet.