Empress Dowager Cixi,as the de facto ruler of the late Qing Dynasty, was full of controversy throughout her life, and even when she died, there were many stories that happened, she died on November 15, 1908, and the Guangxu Emperor died less than 24 hours earlier, leaving infinite reverie for posterity.
In 2008, the 100th anniversary of Guangxu's death, a number of historical research units sent experts to jointly investigate the cause of Guangxu's death, and through his remaining hair, they came to a conclusion that Guangxu died of arsenic trioxide, that is, arsenic poisoning.
The Guangxu Emperor was poisoned, and Cixi was the biggest suspect and the only suspect, after all, no one but her dared to attack the emperor.
This statement was not fabricated out of thin air, and the calligrapher Qi Gong recorded this event in the Oral History of Qi Gong, whose original surname was Ai Xin Jue Luo, the ninth grandson of Yongzheng, and whose great-grandfather was Pu Liang, the rebbe of the rebbe at that time.
Before the Guangxu Emperor died, Empress Dowager Xi personally gave him a bowl of 'collapsed lala', which was indeed seen and asked by my great-grandfather.
After eating this thing, Guangxu shouted that his stomach hurt, and the news of his death came out on the same day, and Pu was confused in his conscience but did not dare to question Cixi.
Some people may feel unrealistic, how could Cixi not know when the prophet would die? In fact, this is mainly related to Cixi's own body.
Cixi had always suffered from severe dysentery, and had only been restrained in her diet, but on the 10th day of the first month of October in 1908, the 3rd day of november in the Gregorian calendar, she was 73 years old.
At that time, the Qing court was about to collapse, but Lafayette's birthday feast still did not fall, the blessings of the courtiers were still warm, and in a celebration, it seemed that those internal and external troubles were no longer there, so Cixi was also in a good mood, and she ate and drank with everyone and forgot about moderation.
As a result, because of this day's indulgence, Cixi's health became worse and worse, and she also realized that her life was imminent, so she began to prepare for the aftermath, and the first thing to be solved was Guangxu.
Because the relationship between the two was not generally bad, Guangxu had been imprisoned for many years, and his heart must be full of resentment, Cixi thought that once he died, Guangxu would definitely liquidate himself after he took power, and the entire imperial court would also be vigorously purged, so as to add another fire to the shaky Daqing.
Of course, she did not want to be liquidated herself, so she felt that her body was about to fail and immediately took the first step.
On the morning of November 15, 1908, Cixi had fallen into a coma, and at that time, the courtiers thought that she was no longer able to do so, who knew that she still woke up with a strong breath and confessed to the government.
Puyi was designated as emperor, and Zaifeng was in charge of the state, and when he encountered something that could not be decided, he could consult with Empress Longyu to prevent the eunuch's monopoly, in addition to a funny will - to prohibit women from interfering in politics in the future.
It is also ridiculous to think that she herself has controlled the supreme power for nearly half a century, but when she was about to die, she issued such an order, quite a bit of a sense of being upright, is it because she feels the harm of women ruling?
If so, that is the saddest, which shows that she has clearly felt that she is not right, but because of her lust for power, she has not let go, but her mistake is to bear the people of the whole country, which is really disgusting!
After saying these few words, she let everyone retreat, and it didn't take long to close her eyes forever, and what she left Puyi was a devastated Qing.