The last 24 hours of Jiaqing Emperor's life: What did he experience before he suddenly died violently?
"For the previous incident of jing injury, Huai Cai mistakenly made this body." There is little to be expected for the rest of the life, and the empty burden is nine heavy kernels. "------------------------------------
Speaking of the Jiaqing Emperor, he is not too famous in the dynasties and dynasties, and those who have not studied history may know him, but only if they know his name. I am afraid that I don't know much about what kind of achievements he has achieved in his life and what kind of great things he has done. However, if it is said that he killed the corrupt official and the emperor, then some people may have a clear mind, and it turns out that this is also a powerful character.
In fact, the Jiaqing Emperor was too "mediocre" compared to his father Qianlong, but he did a lot of things after he ascended the throne. The first thing was to give death corrupt officials and corrupt officials. The second thing was to suppress the "Tenrikyo Sect" that had stormed into the palace. Therefore, from all aspects, in the face of the crisis-ridden political situation in the last years of Qianlong, the Jiaqing Emperor had ambitions to reorganize the mountains and rivers. However, it was such an emperor who suddenly died without warning in the summer resort.
This has led to many questions, how did the Jiaqing Emperor die? What's the inside story? It has aroused the curiosity of countless people.
Jiaqing Emperor
In the sixtieth year of Qianlong (1795 AD), Qianlong's 15th son, Emperor Yan, was made crown prince. The following year, he was conceded by the Qianlong Emperor and thus became emperor. At this time, although Jiaqing nominally became the emperor, because Qianlong refused to give up power, the imperial power was not controlled by Jiaqing.
When the imperial palace was congratulated by the hundred officials, Qianlong always sat on the main seat, while Jiaqing was in the position of attendant. It was not until the death of Qianlong in the 4th year of Jiaqing (1799 AD) that the Jiaqing Emperor had the opportunity to truly pro-government. Compared with Qianlong and Yongzheng, the political boldness and ability of the Jiaqing Emperor were greatly inferior, but even so, during his reign, he still did several "big things".
Jiaqing, after being pro-government, first set his sights on Hezhen. During the Qianlong period, the corrupt official he had lived extremely moistly was suddenly killed by the new emperor of Jiaqing. As a result, He Yan is worthy of being the number one corrupt official in history.
It is said that the Jiaqing Emperor copied more than 32,000 taels of gold from his home and more than 2 million taels of silver in the cellar. In addition, more than 1,260 hectares of leased land and more than 1,000 rental houses have been copied. In addition, there are pawnshop silver trumpets, jewelry and clothing and other family properties everywhere, which are equivalent to silver in total, some say 200 million taels, and some say 800 million.
However, coupled with all kinds of pearl antiques, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc., the actual data has been unable to be examined. Just from some data, it is said that the assets copied by the Jiaqing Emperor from the Hezhen family have reached the 15-year financial revenue of the imperial court during the Qianlong period.
In addition, another major thing the Jiaqing Emperor did was to suppress the "Tianli Sect" that had already broken into the imperial palace. In the eighteenth year of Jiaqing, Lin Qing, the leader of the White Lotus Sect's branch Tianli Sect, led a rebellion, and unexpectedly hit all the way to the imperial palace, and even planted a flag on the city tower. But in the end, the Jiaqing Emperor suppressed the uprising.
However, in the twenty-fifth year of Jiaqing, the emperor suddenly died violently, triggering countless speculations from later generations.
Death of the Jiaqing Emperor
In the middle of the summer of the twenty-fifth year of Jiaqing, the Jiaqing Emperor set out for the Mulan Paddock with a large number of retinues and began the traditional Mulan autumn hunt of the Qing court. But what the Jiaqing Emperor did not expect was that this was the last time he would enter the summer resort.
On July 18, the Jiaqing Emperor and his entourage set off from the Yuanmingyuan to the Summer Resort, and a week later, the group arrived at the mountain resort. On the twenty-fifth day, without warning, the Sixty-Year-Old Jiaqing Emperor suddenly died violently and passed away.
Why did the good end die, because the matter of the palace has always been kept secret, the Qing court naturally would not publicly explain the cause of death to the people. Therefore, the folk naturally produced various speculations and rumors, but none of them were confirmed. As a result, the cause of the jiaqing emperor's death has also become an unsolved mystery.
Among the rumors circulating, there are various speculations about the cause of the death of the Jiaqing Emperor. Some theories are that the Jiaqing Emperor did not see large tiger bear prey during this hunt, all of which were some hares, so he returned to the summer resort early in disappointment. Unfortunately, when the situation of thunder and lightning changed, the result was a thunderclap on the ground, and the Jiaqing Emperor was struck by lightning and died.
There is also a saying that the Jiaqing Emperor was recuperating in the summer resort because of the heat stroke hunting, although he was lying in bed, but it was not a big problem, his spirit was not bad, and he was able to handle political affairs as usual. But suddenly encountered a sudden change in the sky, lightning and thunder. Subsequently, the Jiaqing Emperor was struck to death by lightning.
But these claims are all anecdotal, and there is no evidence. So, what did the Jiaqing Emperor experience in the 24 hours of his life? Historians have made a guess.
The last 24 hours
Historians are quite consistent in their attitude toward the rumors, and they all believe that the Jiaqing Emperor died of lightning strikes is not very reliable. So for what the Jiaqing Emperor experienced, they gave a more reasonable and realistic speculation:
When the Jiaqing Emperor and his entourage set out, it was July 18. This is the time of year when the weather is hot. Therefore, during the seven days of labor, the Jiaqing Emperor suffered from heat stroke. Of course, this is also closely related to the 60-year-old Jiaqing Emperor.
In this regard, the Jiaqing Emperor did not seem to care. But unexpectedly, after coming to the Chengde Summer Resort, the Jiaqing Emperor suddenly felt a surge of phlegm and a bloated mind. Of course, for this situation, the Jiaqing Emperor felt that it was still because of heat stroke, so he just endured it and felt that it would be okay to rest at night.
As a result, after staying in the Yanbo Zhishuang Hall that night, the Jiaqing Emperor already had some bad signs on his body. Not only was it dizzy, but it was even difficult to speak. According to the historical records, the ministers who were accompanying the Jiaqing Emperor at that time rushed to find the imperial doctor.
But the imperial doctors had never seen this disease before, so they all felt helpless. Because the Jiaqing Emperor was fat and lived in the imperial palace, he was likely to suffer from high blood pressure or other cardiovascular diseases at the age of 60. It may not have happened, but due to heat stroke, it may have caused a potential disease.
Therefore, in the night of lightning and thunder, the Jiaqing Emperor died on the dragon bed of the Smoke Wave Zhi Shuang Hall.
And this was the last 24 hours of the Jiaqing Emperor's life. Historians speculate because it is more realistic and more reasonable.
epilogue:
For such speculation, some people may think that heat stroke alone can cause cardiovascular disease, which in turn causes death is too arbitrary. However, historians believe that the Jiaqing Emperor can be said to be worried about internal and external troubles during his tenure, so in his daily life, the whole person should be more anxious.
As a result, the onset of the disease may be a little more fatal. Therefore, this is a reasonable speculation. Of course, in the end, this is only a speculation, how the Jiaqing Emperor died violently, I am afraid that no one knows.