In 1735, the 58-year-old Yongzheng Emperor died suddenly. Please note that the Yongzheng Emperor died suddenly. Subsequently, the 25-year-old Qianlong Emperor came to power. After the Qianlong Emperor came to power, he did everything possible to cover up the cause of his father's death, which increased everyone's speculation. In folk legend, there are several theories about the cause of death of the Yongzheng Emperor, and the differences are very large. So, how did the Yongzheng Emperor die? In fact, the cause of death of the Yongzheng Emperor was similar to that of many emperors in history, such as the famous Tang Taizong Li Shimin and so on.
In the imperial trilogy written by February River, it includes the Yongzheng Emperor. In this book, the description of the cause of death of the Yongzheng Emperor is very bloody. In the TV series Yongzheng Dynasty, everyone knows that the palace maid Qiao Yindi. In the novel, Qiao Yindi becomes the concubine of the Yongzheng Emperor. However, in the end, it was found that Qiao Yindi was the illegitimate daughter of the Yongzheng Emperor in the folk, which was embarrassing. In the end, Qiao Yindi and the Yongzheng Emperor committed suicide with scissors. This claim has little historical basis and, seriously, is a bit awkward in the Imperial Trilogy. The Yongzheng Emperor could not commit suicide at all, and according to the character of the Yongzheng Emperor, he had always fantasized about his own ten thousand years and ten thousand years, of course, he would not commit suicide.
There is such a saying in the folk that the Yongzheng Emperor was assassinated by the female hero Lü Siniang, that is, the legend of Yongzheng going to the head. Presumably this means that because of the problem of literal prison, Lü Siniang's family was executed by the Qing Dynasty. Lü Siniang began to plan revenge, and finally took advantage of the opportunity of the empress dowager's bedchamber to successfully assassinate the Yongzheng Emperor. I have to say that this legend is still believed by some people. However, according to the strict harem system of the Qing Dynasty, it was very difficult for Lü Siniang to enter the harem. Moreover, the sticky pole next to the Yongzheng Emperor was not a idle meal. The claim that the Yongzheng Emperor was assassinated is also problematic, so how did the Yongzheng Emperor die?
After the Qianlong Emperor came to power, he once issued a very strange order. The Qianlong Emperor ordered the expulsion of Daoist priests in the palace, who were recruited by the Yongzheng Emperor. At the same time, he said that his father, the Yongzheng Emperor, had never taken dan medicine. It turned out that the Yongzheng Emperor was also addicted to the legend of immortality. In the imperial palace, several Daoist monks who were good at alchemy were recruited. Every month, the palace needs to purchase a large number of alchemy supplies. The Qianlong Emperor said that his father had never eaten it just to understand the boredom, which was a bit of a feeling of three hundred and two silver here. In the TV series Zhen Huan's biography, there is also a plot of the Yongzheng Emperor taking Dan medicine, which is more real.
In Chinese history, many emperors fantasized about their immortality, such as Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of Han, Tang Taizong, etc., who once took a large number of Dan medicines. Dan medicine contains a large number of heavy metal elements, after long-term use, it is easy to cause heavy metal poisoning. Some emperors even died quickly by taking the elixir. It is likely that the Yongzheng Emperor was also in this situation, due to long-term use of Dan medicine, which caused heavy metal poisoning. The death of the Yongzheng Emperor was very sudden, without any warning. So that at that time, everyone was caught off guard, and after the Qianlong Emperor came to power, in order to cover up the cause of his father's death, he thought of a series of methods.
The Yongzheng Emperor reigned for a total of 13 years, a very diligent emperor. When the Yongzheng Emperor came to power, the national treasury reserves were only more than 7 million taels. But by the time the Yongzheng Emperor died, the treasury reserves had exceeded 50 million taels. This is a very good result, for the Yongzheng Emperor, he laid a very good foundation for his son. After the Qianlong Emperor came to power, a series of actions established a large amount of silver consumption. Later, there was such a passage, the Yongzheng Emperor was the king of Xingye, and the Qianlong Emperor was the king of the losers.