In 221 BC, the Qin Emperor swept the six kingdoms to unify the six kingdoms, and established the Qin Dynasty regime as the first emperor in history to unify the world. From then until the abdication of the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty in 1912, there were more than 400 emperors in the history of 2132. In everyone's impression, the emperor should be a person with unique power. However, in some dynasties, there will also be high-ranking officials or even empresses who are in power in the harem.
In the Qing Dynasty, the most typical should be the Guangxu Emperor, who came to the throne very dramatically. Guangxu was born in 1871, and when he was four years old, that is, in 1875, the ruling emperor died at the age of 19. At that time, the Tongzhi Emperor was still young and left no heirs.
Therefore, it can only be found from the heirs of the Tongzhi Emperor's father, the Xianfeng Emperor. However, Xianfeng also had only two sons, one of whom died prematurely in addition to Tongzhi. So he could only look for it from Daoguang's heirs. Cixi, who had finally come to power, made his heir Zai xiang, the second son of Yi Zhen the Prince of Alcohol, who was only 4 years old.
This person is naturally the later Guangxu Emperor, what can a 4-year-old child know? Naturally, real power was hollowed out by Cixi. Even if the Guangxu Emperor grew up later, he became a complete puppet emperor. In 1898, Guangxu, who was not willing to be subject to Cixi, tried to implement the "Wushu Reform Law" to regain shuxu's own power.
However, he was blocked by Empress Dowager Cixi and some conservatives in the imperial court, and in order to better maintain his power, Cixi even launched a coup d'état to imprison Guan Xu in Yingtai. In the end, the entire change took only 103 days. Until around November 14, 1908, the Guangxu Emperor and Cixi died one after another, with a time difference of only 24 hours.
As for the cause of Guangxu's death, there has been a lot of discussion because there is no evidence to examine. However, according to the Tai Doctor, Guangxu had rolled around in bed in pain before he died, and after his death, he was also black and yellow-tongued, and the reasons for this were easy to refer to. Guangxu, as a puppet emperor, did not build a mausoleum until after his death.
Therefore, it took five years for Guangxu to be buried. At that time, Cixi had been buried for more than 4 years. However, Guangxu did not sleep peacefully for a few years before being targeted by tomb robbers. Although Guangxu was a puppet emperor, the funerary goods were naturally very rich. After this group of tomb robbers took care of it, the Qing Chongling Tomb of the Guangxu Emperor was almost looted.
It is known that in 1980, the cultural relics department decided to carry out rescue excavations of the Qing Chongling Tombs. Entering the Qing Chongling Tomb or empty inside, almost not a single cultural relic was left, and one expert even angrily scolded the tomb robbers. When the experts were ready to return empty-handed, someone noticed that the Guangxu Emperor seemed to be clutching in his hands.
Some speculate that there may be artifacts in his hands. The expert carefully opened the guangxu emperor's clenched hands without affecting the remains as much as possible, and then the experts almost couldn't help but cheer, and in his right hand, a piece of chicken blood stone fell to play with. In his left hand, he held a pair of conjoined green rings. These are all valuable national treasures, and they are also the last relics left by the Guangxu Emperor to future generations.