The Qing Dynasty was the last feudal dynasty in China, and the Kangqian Dynasty was the last prosperous era, the result of the diligence and love of the three emperors of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong during this period, while kangxi and Qianlong had a long lifespan, but Yongzheng only lived to the age of 58. In fact, among the ancient emperors, living to the age of 58 is considered to be an advanced age, but the cause of Yongzheng's death has always been controversial, because Yongzheng died too suddenly, so the cause of his death has always been controversial, and there is still no clear answer.
Yongzheng was the fourth son of Kangxi, who stood out in the nine sons and finally succeeded to the throne, and after he took the throne, he was diligent in political affairs and appointed a capable qing official, which was a good emperor, but in August of the thirteenth year of Yongzheng, he suddenly died violently, and what the cause of death was, the history books did not record, so the cause of his death has always been a mystery, and several versions have been circulated.
One is that Yongzheng is tired and tired of accumulating labor, after all, Yongzheng is recognized as a model emperor in history.
The second is to die of excessive medication, and there is such a saying that Yongzheng is diligent in government affairs and only rests for four hours a day, so he often uses the big supplement, perhaps caused by taking too much tonic. Some people think that it was actually caused by Yongzheng's lustfulness and excessive aphrodisiacs before his death, but this statement is a bit of a wild history.
The third is the most bizarre, the legend is that Yong was killed by the heroine Lü Siniang, Lü Siniang was the granddaughter of the scholar Lü Liuliang, Lü Liuliang has always had the idea of opposing the Qing and restoring the Ming, and Zeng Jing has always admired him, Zeng Jing in order to achieve anti-Qing restoration, so he intends to persuade Yue Zhongqi, who was then a heavy minister of the imperial court, to rebel, because Yue Zhongqi was one of the few Hanchens in the imperial court at that time and had heavy troops, so Zeng Jing chose him, but Yue Zhongqi was the kind of person who plotted rebellion, so he arrested Zeng Jing and knew Lü Liuliang's intentions from it. So Yongzheng engaged in a literal prison, Lü Liuliang's family was killed, only one granddaughter slipped down, and the woman practiced martial arts hard, must kill Yongzheng to avenge, and Yongzheng's minister Ortai was full of blood on his pants at that time, and stayed in the palace for 7 days, so many people speculated that Yongzheng was killed. However, this statement is only folklore.
The recent theory is that Yongzheng may have taken the elixir to death, in a ministry of internal affairs, a large number of charcoal and mineral silver were purchased, the combination of these two is most likely alchemy, and in the eighth to thirteen years of Yongzheng also transported a large amount of wood, sulfur and black lead to the Yuanmingyuan, it can be seen that Yongzheng is most likely in alchemy. After Yongzheng's death, Qianlong took the throne, and Qianlong also claimed that Yongzheng Alchemy was used as a plaything for the game, and did not take a pill, which was a bit of a taste to cover up.
However, the above statements have more evidence, but they have not directly proved the true cause of Yongzheng's death, so the cause of Yongzheng's death is still a headless public case.