Throughout the history of mainland dynasties, it is very common for sons to kill fathers, fathers to kill sons or brothers and sisters, especially in the struggle for imperial power, such as the famous Xuanwumen change in history, and today we will learn more about the poisoning and killing of the Guangxu Emperor by Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty.
As the eleventh orthodox emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the Guangxu Emperor had to wonder why Empress Dowager Cixi had to kill Guangxu before she died, but she was poisoned the day before Empress Dowager Cixi died.
From the detailed analysis of various reasons, it can be found that there are the following reasons:
One is that due to the earlier rupture in the relationship between Cixi and Guangxu, after the 1898 Penghu Reform Law, Cixi did not know where to hear that Guangxu wanted to defend the Summer Palace and even kill himself, which had to make Cixi feel afraid, but in fact, this was not the case, the personality of the Guangxu Emperor did not support this, this was mainly the suggestion of the minister tan Sitong at that time, although it was not implemented in the end, but in this deep palace to Cixi's ears changed its taste, which led to the rupture of the relationship between the two. Therefore, cixi also appeared later, and it was reported that Guangxu was seriously ill and weak, which paved the way for the subsequent abolition of the emperor, and also had a murderous intention for the Guangxu Emperor.
The second reason is that the ideological position between the two is in a state of opposition. Cixi hated the Western foreigners very much, and believed that the foreigners brought the open liberal atmosphere into the Great Qing Dynasty of the feudal system at that time, and the destruction of the imperial program was not conducive to the rule of the empire, but the foreigners expressed great support for the enlightened Guangxu Emperor, and in Tan Si and Guangxu jointly carried out the Pengshu Reform Law, intending to regain power, the result was that due to the national conditions, the final change of law failed, which also made Cixi decide to put Guangxu under house arrest at that time, so Cixi made the Guangxu Emperor a puppet emperor. From the struggle for power, the two were destined to be in an antagonistic relationship, but the weak character of the Guangxu Emperor and the lack of political power in the dynasty led to living in the shadow of Cixi all the time.
Third, Cixi herself is a fierce figure, people often refer to her and the mainland history of Lü Hou and Wu Zetian and called the three most vicious women, during Cixi's behind-the-scenes reign, a large number of political enemies were killed, such as Sushun, Zhenfei, etc., even for the blood-related nephews are also killed, and Guangxu, the nephew who makes him hate incomparably, is also the nephew who is the emperor who threatens his own safety and threatens the ruling position of the family's descendants, so Cixi understands that Cixi understands that If Guangxu is reinstated, these relatives of his own will be reckoned with by the Autumn Queen, and at least they will be deposed outside the center of power, and they may not be able to find peace after their deaths, Cixi has long raised Puyi in the palace, as the successor emperor of the Qing Dynasty, so after poisoning Guangxu, Puyi will succeed to the throne, then his own relatives can continue to control the power. In Cixi's eyes, the emperor was a puppet.
From these aspects, we can understand the historical origin between Cixi and Guangxu, fifty years of obedience to the government, Guangxu had a hard time surviving until Cixi was about to die of old age, and thought that he could regain control of the government, but he was poisoned, how tragic a generation of emperors was.