Empress Dowager Cixi controlled the politics of the Qing Dynasty for nearly half a century, and after Guangxu ascended the throne, with the violent death of Empress Dowager Ci'an and the attack on Prince Gong Yishu, Cixi stepped onto the peak of power step by step, comparable to the emperor.
The Guangxu Emperor only died one day earlier than Cixi, and many people believe that Cixi has always been afraid of dying in front of Guangxu and was retaliated against by him, so Cixi sent someone to secretly poison Guangxu before he died, and then he breathed with confidence.
Although the Guangxu Emperor was only 38 years old and was in his prime, the body of the Qing Emperor was not as good as a generation since Qianlong, and the Xianfeng Emperor was even short-lived, living only thirty years. Guangxu has been frail and sickly, the Pengshu transformation method failed, gengzi's change of zhenfei was thrown into the well to bring a great blow to Guangxu's body and mind, Guangxu's early death is not surprising, the only doubt is that he died the day before Cixi.
But Guangxu's death could not shake the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, after all, his emperor was only a name, and everyone should be the same. And cixi's position is not the same for everyone.
Cixi died of dysentery, and had diarrhea a few months ago, her face was haggard, and she was consumed little by little. Therefore, unlike acute diseases, which are said to be dead, Cixi does not swallow before blowing the lamp and pulling out the wax.
After insisting on waiting until the news of Guangxu's death, Cixi could finally arrange the aftermath with peace of mind. Just as Cixi was dying, she said a sentence that scared away Li Lianying, frightening Empress Longyu into crying, intriguingly, "After that, women cannot predict state affairs. This is contrary to the family law of this dynasty and must be strictly restricted. In particular, it is necessary to guard against eunuchs without authorization. The things of the end of the Ming Dynasty can be Yin Jian!
"Women cannot predict the state politics", many people think that this is empress dowager Cixi's denial of her life before her death, saying that she herself has realized that the Great Qing Kingdom collapsed because of her, but the truth is just the opposite.
The reason Why Empress Dowager Cixi did not allow women to interfere in politics was that she believed that her descendants (to be precise, Empress Longyu) simply did not have the same ability as herself. No matter what others think of her obedience to the government, in Cixi's view, Xianfeng was alone in cleaning up this mess after Chengde's death, successfully suppressing the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, retreating to the French in the south, and relying on Tsarist Russia in the north, with the so-called "Tongguang Zhongxing".
Empress Dowager Cixi knew that Empress Dowager Longyu's level was far worse than her own, like Empress Wei and Princess Taiping of the Tang Dynasty, and wanted to emulate Wu Zetian. Unfortunately, he didn't have that skill, and was picked up by Li Longji. On her deathbed, Cixi hoped that the Manchu ministers and the harem of the former dynasty would be able to work together to tide over the difficulties.
In order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the ming dynasty's demise, the Qing Dynasty had strict restrictions on eunuchs interfering in politics, even the popular Li Lianying did not dare to interfere in the politics of the dynasty, but concentrated on serving Cixi, carefully, after Cixi's death, he would turn over all the treasures that were rewarded and go home with a "pension".
Empress Longyu was worried that the courtiers would not let herself be obedient to the government, so she hurried to the regent to cry, and the second time Empress Longyu cried was when Yuan Shikai told her the story of the French Revolution. Although Empress Longyu and the regent were not very capable, they were also people who knew the affairs of the times, realized that the number of Qing Qi had been exhausted, and finally decided to abdicate peacefully, and the Qing Dynasty was at the end of its life.
And what Cixi feared at the time of her death also happened.