Thirty years after the Guangxu Emperor was buried, his mausoleum was stolen by a group of unidentified people, and the treasure was looted. For a long time, the cause of death of the Guangxu Emperor has been the focus of people's attention, how did he die? This question was finally answered in 2008. Through the test of the Guangxu Emperor's hair, the experts found that his mercury content was seriously exceeded, that is, arsenic poisoning. That is to say, the Guangxu Emperor was poisoned.
Empress Dowager Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor had always been "discordant", which was the consensus of the ministers of culture and military affairs at that time. The Guangxu Emperor wanted to take power, but the real power was firmly controlled by Empress Dowager Cixi, who was just a puppet emperor. The Guangxu Emperor was also very resentful of Empress Dowager Cixi, but the coup d'état made him completely understand that he was inferior to an ant in front of Empress Dowager Cixi, and he had no ability to fight back.
We must admit that this woman does have the means, and when she was alive, the Qing Dynasty signed so many treaties that humiliated the country, but the Qing Dynasty still did not collapse. The reason why Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to poison the Guangxu Emperor was that the author believes that the biggest reason was to arrange for the candidate to succeed the emperor.
In order for the new emperor to ascend the throne smoothly, the obstacle of the Guangxu Emperor must be removed as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the Guangxu Emperor was unable to give birth, otherwise Empress Dowager Cixi would probably have made him crown prince. At this point, we can summarize this, Empress Dowager Cixi had already made plans for her posthumous affairs before her death, and the Guangxu Emperor was a victim of this plan.