Who was Cixi, the last person who actually held power in the late Qing Dynasty, although not an emperor, but higher than the emperor. Or that the Guangxu Emperor was just a "marionette" in her hand, and as long as Cixi moved her mind slightly, she could destroy Guangxu and even his "confidants". And this is also the case, Guangxu was imprisoned by Cixi in the Yingtai Hanyuan Hall in Zhongnanhai for ten years after the failure of the Penghu Reform Law.
The so-called emperor, in Cixi's eyes, is just a plaything. In fact, speaking of this, I have always had a question, since Empress Dowager Cixi has so much power, higher than the Guangxu Emperor, and even reached the point where she can forbid the emperor at will, plus the Guangxu Emperor has already disobeyed, then why doesn't Cixi directly abolish the Guangxu Emperor, learn from Wu Zetian, become the emperor herself, or re-establish a new puppet emperor, is it not fragrant?
In fact, Cixi had thought about deposing the Guangxu Emperor, but later chose to give up this idea for various reasons, or Cixi did not have the courage to abolish Guangxu, but she couldn't do it, even if you were in power! Coupled with the fact that Guangxu at that time had already been imprisoned by Cixi in Yingtai, the big and small things in the DPRK were all decided by Cixi, and there was not much difference between Guangxu being abolished or not being abolished at this time!
In the Wushu Reform Law, a "siege of the garden to kill" made Cixi greatly disappointed in Guangxu, in order to give Guangxu a way to get off the horse or to ensure that he could continue to hold power, Cixi set up The son of Ziyi Pu As the "Great Brother", scheduled the Guangxu Emperor to hold a abdication ceremony on the New Year's Day of the Gengzi Year, changed yuan Baoqing, and became the new emperor of the Qing Dynasty, an event known in the history books as the Jianchu of Hehai.
However, Cixi's move did not get the support of the great powers, so it was shelved, and the throne of the Guangxu Emperor was also preserved! Here, in fact, everyone has seen some subtle changes and the reason why Cixi did not abolish Guangxu, not to abolish, but to have their own considerations! After all, the late Qing Dynasty was not a strong man, a prosperous Tang Dynasty, and a strong Ming Dynasty, and Cixi could not really ignore the attitude of the great powers.
After all, compared with other high-level rulers of the Qing government, Guangxu is relatively enlightened, and the acceptance of the great powers is higher than that of others, which is a good thing for the great powers.
For this reason, the attitude of the great powers toward Cixi was basically the same, and all of them opposed the abolition of the emperor. After all, the Qing Dynasty was an independent and self-divided country, and the Guangxu powers really couldn't control it, but the great powers did not recognize Cixi as your new emperor, which is not easy to say, so Cixi could only swallow this breath silently!
In addition, Cixi also asked the opinions of various feudal officials on the issue of abolishing Guangxu, and these feudal officials also basically held opposing views, especially Li Hongzhang, who directly said to Cixi: "Mother and son are close relatives, why abolish, let Rong Lu persuade them." This sentence also touched Cixi's heart, determined to slow down the abolition of the emperor.
In the face of negative reactions from all sides, Cixi's desire to do something to Guangxu also needs to be carefully measured, and it is the most painful thing to want to abolish and not to abolish! So, did Cixi just let Guangxu go? Obviously not! She could not abolish Guangxu, but she had to keep him firmly in her own hands, so the Guangxu Emperor was imprisoned in Yingtai.
However, Guangxu is still the nominal emperor and the strip of the Qing Dynasty, so Cixi still needs him to participate in some necessary political activities, such as the imperial meeting and so on, but no matter who Cixi is for, in short, Guangxu should be glad that he saved his life.
Every morning, Cixi would send someone to Yingtai on time to pick up Guangxu, and then go to the Forbidden City, and then Guangxu would honestly accompany Cixi to summon the ministers, and then when cixi was finished, she would send Guangxu back to Yingtai and continue to be imprisoned. Of course, in this process, Guangxu is just a decoration, he has no right to speak at all, and can only constantly pander to curry favor with Cixi. The so-called cautious words and deeds, lest we be afraid of great disasters.
And all of Guangxu's words and deeds were useless, did not exchange a trace of Cixi's pity, before Cixi died, she was worried that after her death Guangxu regaining power would ruin her own affairs, so she sent someone to poison Guangxu, which shows how selfish and cruel Cixi is, but pity Guangxu!