Historically, the Guangxu Emperor has always been a controversial emperor, and as far as the Constitutionalists are concerned, this is a good emperor who dared to break the feudal tradition and was willing to give China a new life. But for the conservative forces, the Guangxu Emperor was an emperor who was desperate to know only that the child's state of mind was chaotic.
As early as when he was still alive, the evaluation of the emperor by everyone was polarized, and even today everyone will have different feelings when they mention this emperor.
However, in fact, everyone's evaluation of him is meaningless, because this emperor has become a shadow man since the coup d'état. He was imprisoned forever in Yingtai and had nothing to do with China or the Qing Dynasty. However, it is interesting that the emperor left a last word before his death, but it was somewhat touching.
According to historical records, the Guangxu Emperor was able to come to power because of the sudden death of Emperor Tongzhi, the son of Empress Dowager Cixi. Although there are many speculations in it, we are still not sure, but anyway, the pie fell from the sky, and it fell on Guangxu's body.
In the relatively short period, Guangxu and Cixi still had a honeymoon period, when the Little Guangxu Emperor called Cixi Wei's father, and Empress Dowager Cixi was also more fond of her, and it is said that when the thunder was thundered at night, Cixi still slept with the little one in her arms.
But unfortunately, with the change of time, the former Xiao Guangxu became the Great Emperor, and Empress Dowager Cixi gradually became an old woman. Theoretically, if the little guy becomes an adult, he should replace the old man with a new generation and open up a new politics. However, Empress Dowager Cixi was more and more refined the older she was, and the older she was, the more reluctant she was to hand over power.
On the one hand, the political situation at that time was inseparable from the support of the old lady, and on the other hand, the performance of the Guangxu Emperor was really unsatisfactory. According to some historical records, Empress Dowager Cixi was once very strict with the Guangxu Emperor, so that the Guangxu Emperor did not dare to stand up straight every time in front of Empress Dowager Cixi, and even lafayette coughed and frightened the little emperor to tremble.
Perhaps Empress Dowager Cixi was too strict, and as a result, the Guangxu Emperor not only lost his opinion, but also acted exceptionally aggressive about some things.
As recorded in the literature, the little emperor made a huge amount of money to help Empress Dowager Cixi build the Summer Palace, so the old empress dowager surrendered her power and prepared to live a retirement life. However, the outbreak of a Sino-Japanese Naval Battle led to the destruction of this peaceful pattern, and the Guangxu Emperor's performance was too radical to look like a qualified commander at all. Of course, the emperor could not be blamed for this matter, because his ministers also had their own thoughts, especially Li Hongzhang. However, from this incident, it can be seen that the Guangxu Emperor is still too young to bear the overall situation.
Then there was the national fortune of the Qing Dynasty, which fell like a free fall, and the Guangxu Emperor was like a child who lost the game, the whole person collapsed, and he began to complain about the world, blaming everyone who could blame. Of course, in this process, the Guangxu Emperor still had points worth mentioning, for example, he thought that it might not be his own fault, but that there was a problem with the system, so Kang Shengren came to his side and said the change of Peter the Great.
After that, we all know the history, that is, the little emperor wants to change the old system and take a new road. From a historical point of view, the idea of the little emperor is bold, but at the same time it represents an advanced direction. But helplessly, the little emperor did not know how to seek progress in a steady manner, it was purely a drumbeat.
As recorded in the history books, the Guangxu Emperor only knew how to issue orders blindly, and did not know how to regulate the interests of the officials below. As a result, there were orders above, and the people below were yin and yang, and the Guangxu Emperor only knew how to be angry when he found out, and only knew how to dismiss these people's officials. As a result, the people who were still in the middle of the two sides with the emperor collectively fell to the side of the old empress, and even everyone hugged to cry to the old empress, and the emperor wanted to turn the sky upside down.
In this context, the Guangxu Emperor saw that something was going to happen to him, so he put all his hopes on Kang Shengren and others. I have to say that this move was so impulsive that the important affairs of the imperial court were entrusted to a few low-level figures with no political experience. The result is naturally needless to say, Kang Youwei's decision was to kill Yuan Shikai after the siege of the garden, and also plotted against Yuan Shikai. The result, needless to say, is that the emperor is imprisoned, and he no longer has a dime to power.
After that, Guangxu was imprisoned in Yingtai, and it is said that all the communication channels between Yintai and the outside world were cut off, including bridges that were cut off, and even when it was frozen in winter, Empress Dowager Cixi had to cut through the nearby ice cubes to prevent the Guangxu Emperor from escaping.
From the hot-blooded emperor of the year to the canary in the cage later, the emperor completely collapsed, plus his original personality was very excited. Therefore, the little emperor shouted like a madman every day, and he also wrote a lot of words every day to kill Yuan Shikai.
In this way, the Guangxu Emperor became a walking dead, of course, he also had the opportunity to return, for example, the Eight-Nation Alliance once said that it would protect the emperor, but this statement was pure nonsense, and the result led to the Guangxu Emperor dying faster.
According to many records, the death of the Guangxu Emperor is very unique, some people say that he died of arsenic, some people said that Li Lianying was poisoned, and even some people said that he starved to death. But no matter what, the Guangxu Emperor was seriously ill and could not hold on.
It just so happened that the old empress dowager Cixi at that time was also no longer able to do so, so he took the later emperor Puyi to the palace. According to records, when Puyi entered the palace, Empress Dowager Cixi's sister was frightened and fainted on the spot, and Puyi herself was crying. But no one can stop this move. Empress Dowager Cixi was determined to make Puyi the new emperor, and waited for the Death of the Guangxu Emperor.
Soon the news reached Guangxu's ears, and the former emperor was now like a beggar-like madman, but at this time he had a rare recovery of his consciousness, and said two words: Wouldn't it be better to find a bigger one? But who would dare to disobey the empress's will?
From these two sentences, we can see that the Guangxu Emperor can still distinguish the reality, he knows that it is only a matter of time before he loses and is deposed, but he also realizes that in this turbulent period, an older emperor is more suitable. However, after saying the previous sentence, I am afraid that the Guangxu Emperor immediately reacted, Cixi still wanted to keep his posthumous name, what ability did he have to change? That's why he said again, how can the empress dowager's will be violated?
Therefore, looking back at the life of the Guangxu Emperor, this person was not as powerful as the Internet rumors, saying that he was a holy king, but he was also not like Empress Dowager Cixi, who was limited to the past and did not want to wake up. This is a young emperor full of infinite possibilities, but he has never grown up well, and eventually he has made himself a joke. Even, perhaps this man has seen the future of the fall of the Qing Dynasty, but there is nothing he can do.
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