Tongzhi Emperor, the eighth emperor of the Qing Dynasty since entering the Pass, is the son of , Xianfeng Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi. He became the shortest-lived son of the entire Qing Dynasty at the age of 5 and died at the age of 18. Emperor. The previous record holder is Shunzhi .
Although short-lived, and only thirteen years in power, especially the pro-government period is very short, but during his reign, European powers did not invade, and the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has been wiped out, the Qing room established Westernization_ span3span, quite eager to be strong.
During the Tongzhi period, the biggest incident was the Sino-Japanese Peony Society incident. At that time, the Meiji government of Japan was dissatisfied with the murder of Ryukyu fishermen. Therefore, it used the excuse to send troops to help Ryukyu fishermen to avenge the Qing court’s attention. This incident occurred in Tongzhi. After the emperor took office, the emperor Tongzhi paid special attention to this incident, and reported to the empress dowagers of the two palaces , Ci’an and Cixi on the progress of the Peony Society incident. On the one hand, the emperor Tongzhi dispatched and sent The Minister of Shipping, Shen Baozhen, is a minister of imperial envoys. He came to Taiwan under the name of patrolling and presided over Taiwan's coastal defense and foreign affairs with other countries. In addition, six thousand five hundred people from the 13th Battalion of the Huai Army led by Tang Dingkui were sent to Taiwan to stabilize Taiwan and change the situation. The Meiji government of Japan had to ask the British minister and Witoma to mediate and sign a special agreement for in Beijing. About , the Peony Club incident has come to an end.
After the Peony Club incident,Emperor Tongzhi became more active in the governance of Taiwan. He added prefectures and counties, and developed and stabilized the ancient roads in eastern and western Taiwan through the use of "opening mountains and fufan" to prevent foreign forces from invading Taiwan with the issue of Shengfan.
Compared with his successor, Emperor Guangxu, Emperor Tongzhi did not have his own cronies by his side, but Emperor Tongzhi employed only talents, especially regardless of whether the officials were appointed by the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces. This is the same as Guangxu Emperor Cultivating the team around you, which led to the failure of ’s Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 and ’s Reform Movement of 1898 formed a very strong contrast.
Emperor Tongzhi was also the first Emperor of Qing Dynasty to receive foreign envoys since Qianlong Emperor .
If God gave the Tongzhi Emperor more time, perhaps the fate of Qing Dynasty would be different. However, the Emperor Tongzhi, who had just come to power soon, died on the fifth day of December (January 12, 1875) at the Hall of Nourishment in the Forbidden City .
According to official history, Emperor Tongzhi died of smallpox. The same record also appeared in " Weng Tonghe Diary ", saying that Emperor Tongzhi got smallpox, which caused the toxic fever to invade, and eventually died of "alternative malnutrition".
In the late 1970s, in order to unravel the mystery of Emperor Tongzhi’s death, Palace Museum invited medical experts to study the "Long Live Lord Smallpox Medication Book" and found that the beginning of Emperor Tongzhi’s illness Symptoms are chest tightness, fever, soft legs, and acne; mid-term symptoms are redness, swelling and ulceration of the waist.In the later stage, there is sometimes bleeding, black gums, severe ulcers in the waist and buttocks. When the doctor removes the plaster, a large amount of pus will flow out. It can be filled with half a bowl at a time, and the smell is inaudible. Based on the above symptoms, medical experts judged that Emperor Tongzhi died of smallpox.
However, the emperor Tongzhi suffered from smallpox for a long time. Ordinary people got smallpox. If it is fast, it will die in a few days. If it is slow, it will be gone for more than a dozen days. It turns out that the smallpox is 36 days, more than twice that of the average person.
Therefore, it has always been a folk legend that Emperor Tongzhi died of syphilis.
It is rumored that Emperor Tongzhi stayed alone after marriage. Qianqing Palace . Under the guidance of the internal supervisor and patron Zaichen, he often went privately in private, and often went to the wine shops, theaters and Huaxiang outside Chongwenmen to find flowers and willows. The record of the wild history: "The actor Xiao Liuru, Chunmei, and the prostitutes are all invited." Someone also recommended him some pornographic novels, "Fictional profanity, Secret drama album, Di Yi is addicted."
At that time, the Hualiu Alley in Beijing City was divided into three levels. The first is the high-end venues of Bada Hutong, the second is relatively remote streets and the third is the corner where no people can be seen. As the emperor, Tongzhi had to choose the third place in order to avoid meeting with acquaintances.
According to the "Recents of the Qing Palace", "Tongzhi went to the private prostitution place, causing syphilis." “It’s fun to find private prostitutions in the inner city. After a long period of time, the poison is unconscious, and then it is seen in the face and back.” “The imperial physician knew that it was a prostitution, but he did not dare to say it, so he treated it with a medicine for acne. effect".
" Qing Dynasty General History " repeatedly emphasized that Emperor Tongzhi died of syphilis. Taiwanese writer Gao Yang 's novel "The Complete Biography of Empress Dowager" is also identified as syphilis.Li Zhen, the great-grandson of the imperial physician Li Deli, once wrote that the ancestors had a secret story that Emperor Tongzhi died of syphilis. After Cixi heard Li Deli's diagnosis, he forced him to declare that it was smallpox. Li Zhen said, “After Tongzhi syphilis festered, the discharge continued, and the smell was unpleasant. The great-grandfather (Li Deli) had to wash and apply the medicine for him every day. He was stimulated by a strong stench for more than a month and he lost his sense of smell.”
There are always so many mysteries in history. Whether Tongzhi died of smallpox or syphilis, I'm afraid no one will ever be able to tell.
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