"Fu and fortune increase one after another, and blessings are received from generation to generation." After the teenage Puyi abdicated, he was still able to enjoy his emperor's treatment in the Forbidden City. Family motto, the most famous of these family mottos is this sentence, because Prince Chun was very proud of his "Half Store Takes Sushun" and was satisfied with the reward of Cixi . He hoped that his children and grandchildren could enjoy this kind of treatment, but he did not expect that the disaster would come only ten years later.
The real cause of death of Emperor Tongzhi
The historical presence of Tongzhi, the penultimate emperor of the Qing Dynasty, is quite low. People who have not read the history of the Qing Dynasty do not even know about the existence of this emperor. Many people are probably under the impression that Emperor Xianfeng died directly after Emperor Xianfeng, but in fact there was Cixi's biological son Tongzhi in the middle. Emperor Tongzhi passed away at the age of only 9. Such a short lifespan inevitably makes people not think too much about it. Folklore legends say that Emperor Tongzhi died of "flower-willow disease". But Puyi and other Qing royal families had another theory. So what happened to the death of Emperor Tongzhi?
According to Puyi himself, Emperor Tongzhi actually died of smallpox. Smallpox was a horrific infectious disease that spread on a large scale in ancient China and even around the world. People at that time did not know how to treat this disease. They learned how to vaccinate cowpox and variola in the Northern Song Dynasty in China and acquired their own immunity. Since the emperors of the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, many Manchu and royal families accidentally could not accept the hot climate in the north and were infected with smallpox. Their deaths from smallpox greatly reduced the combat effectiveness of the Qing army. Moreover, the reason why Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty was nicknamed Kang Mazi by later generations was because Kangxi was also infected with smallpox when he was a child, but fortunately he was cured by a famous Han doctor.
Although it was cured, many pockmarks were left on his face, hence the name Kangxi. However, smallpox brought not only the threat of death to Kangxi, but also brought huge benefits, and because ShunzhiThe emperor seemed to have died of smallpox, so when choosing a prince, he did not dare to choose a prince who had not been infected with smallpox and acquired natural immunity. Among them, only Kangxi was infected and recovered, so the throne fell to Kangxi. It must be said that this was a great blessing.
The death of Emperor Tongzhi was also recorded in the diaries of Weng Tonghe . At that time, Weng Tonghe said that smallpox was not a fatal disease, and that the Qing Dynasty had actually developed a considerable degree of resistance in the more than 100 years since it entered the customs. However, the reason why Emperor Tongzhi died of smallpox was actually due to excessive stimulation, which led to "pox invagination" during the process of planting smallpox. This is what happened.
Emperor Tongzhi has been recuperating in Yangxin Hall since he fell ill. At that time, Emperor Tongzhi's queen went to visit him. A woman began to tell her husband about being beaten and scolded by her mother-in-law. Emperor Tongzhi advised her to endure it for now, as she would definitely have a chance to come forward in the future. However, these words were originally very private matters, but no one thought that Empress Dowager Cixi was hiding outside the door and eavesdropping on all this. Cixi herself did not like this daughter-in-law, so she walked in angrily, grabbed her hair and beat her violently, and asked the inner court to prepare sticks to serve.
Emperor Tongzhi saw his wife being beaten by his mother, but there was nothing he could do, so he fainted in anger. Later, Cixi also had lingering fears and did not dare to use torture on the queen again. Later, when the court minister asked why Emperor Tongzhi's illness suddenly worsened, Empress Dowager Cixi said that it was all the queen's responsibility. Later, Emperor Tongzhi was so angry that he died. Empress Dowager Cixi also ordered not to send food to the queen. Two months later, the queen also starved to death.After the queen's death, Cixi was still very angry and removed her father's official position.
The tragedy of Tongzhi made Rang feel scared
Cixi, a woman, was willing to be so cruel to her own son, let alone other people in the country. So at that time, many people knew about the quarrel between Cixi and her son, Emperor Tongzhi, and the last emperor Puyi once heard an old eunuch say that Emperor Tongzhi behaved very differently when paying respects to the two queen mothers. He stayed with his biological mother Cixi for a short time, but stayed longer with his non-biological mother Empress Dowager Ci'an .
In fact, when Tongzhi became emperor, Cixi's power was already quite stable. Cixi's eyes and ears were everywhere in the palace. At this time, even if the emperor wanted to do something, it was quite difficult and he had to be tested, and Emperor Tongzhi himself She had never experienced any major events, so her sensitivity to politics was not high enough, so she made huge mistakes on many things, which led to the subsequent tragedy . Cixi herself was a woman with a huge desire for power, and she was reluctant to give up any power she had.
As long as there is a chance, she will expand the power in her hands to an unlimited extent. Although power is said to be unlimited, it is actually limited and has many control areas in a country. Cixi's book A person's power itself is enough, but her need for power is still not enough, so in order to get more power, she can only usurp the emperor's imperial power. Therefore, for Cixi, any Three Cardinal Guidelines, Five Constant Rules and ancestral laws left over from ancient times are nothing, they all have to serve herself.
At that time, Cixi once said that these things must not become things that constrain oneself. When her power reaches the peak that she can reach, and she can enjoy the happiness brought by this supreme power for a long time, family affection and love are not important anymore. These things just become part of serving his personal desires. For ordinary people, these things may be too terrifying, and people cannot believe that someone would kill their own son with their own hands, and some would force their daughter-in-law to death because of this kind of thing. However, if it happened to Cixi, it was actually normal.
The fear of Emperor Guangxu’s father
In fact, why Cixi had such a mentality has a lot to do with her own teenage experience. In that era, if you want to survive in the palace, you must do whatever it takes. When they grow up, they often have a distorted understanding of the world and are full of malice towards the entire world, especially a woman like Cixi who has climbed from the bottom of the palace to the queen mother step by step. After she gains power, she naturally wants to take revenge on everyone who has opposed and oppressed her. Moreover, after such a person has mastered power, he will naturally prevent anyone from replacing him.
Some people say that this is because of the tragedy of women taking power and not having a clear understanding of the world. But in fact, Cixi is so violent and ignorant because her life is separated from the influence of the normal world. She has not received a good education since she was a child. When the means became a woman who was equal to the queen, she finally obtained the highest power through illegal means. Originally, such a concubine palace maid had no chance to be the queen mother. Even if she gave birth to the future empress Tongzhi, she would not be able to be the queen while she was alive. The only chance was to be posthumously named the queen mother by the emperor after her death.
After the death of Emperor Tongzhi, the Qing Dynasty once again faced the choice of the country's future ruler. Because Emperor Tongzhi died too early, and the queen also died mysteriously, there was no heir. At this time, Cixi convened the officials of the Qing Dynasty to discuss who should be the next emperor of the Qing Dynasty. This time many people participated. Later, those who participated in the discussion meeting of the Qing Dynasty's inner court became the pillars of the court and the country.
Among them, Weng Tonghe himself participated in that meeting, and the most interesting thing is that he recorded these things in his diary after attending the meeting. Although Weng Tonghe was a conservative, his personal study of foreigners was not very backward. Writing a diary was quite fashionable at the time. He was saying that when the Empress Dowager Cixi announced to the court ministers that "Zai Kuo" would be appointed as the new emperor, Zai Kuo's biological father was in During the Xinyou coup , Prince Chun, who helped Cixi capture Sushun, was so frightened that he "kowtowed his head and cried, fell unconscious and couldn't be helped up by anyone around him."
Why did Prince Chun cry so much
Zaikuo is the biological son of Prince Chun, and his mother is Cixi's biological sister. As the son of a prince, Zaikuo was established as emperor. This should have been a good thing. It can be said that one person has achieved enlightenment and ascended to heaven. It brought supreme honor to Prince Chun’s family, but why did Prince Chun cry so much? In fact, the reason is very simple, because being an emperor was not a good thing at all at that time, but it brought huge harm and death crisis.
Human nature seems to be to wipe out women's ambitions little by little. The Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Permanent Constitutions for thousands of years have imprisoned women and cannot be directly brought to the table. Therefore, after an explosion occurs, it will continue like a torrential river. Cixi still treats her biological son like this, and the discord between their mother and son is not unknown to everyone. As a royal family of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Chun must know more inside stories, but usually such things cannot be spoken out. He is already a mature politician and knows that trouble comes from words.
So at that time, Cixi announced Zaiyu as the future new emperor after internal discussions in the court. It seemed to be a good thing, but only Prince Chun and people other than Cixi knew that this was a huge bad thing. Not to mention that he is only 4 years old, can he still be the master of the world even at the age of 14?
It was precisely for this reason that Prince Chun could only kowtow his head and cry. He was suddenly so sad that he fell into a coma and fell to the ground. The family relationship was cut off immediately by Cixi. He simply didn't know how to go home and face his wife. html His 14-year-old son was taken to the palace by Cixi. According to the rules of the palace, after becoming emperor, when meeting his biological parents, he could no longer call his parents parents, but had to call Cixi his biological father. Isn't this a tragedy in human relations?
Conclusion
According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Tongzhi’s real name was Zai Chun. After Emperor Tongzhi passed away due to smallpox, he should choose a "Pu" to be the future emperor, but If she does this, Cixi will become the Empress Dowager. There seems to be no precedent for the Empress Dowager to listen to politics behind the curtain. Therefore, in order to avoid losing her power, Cixi snatched her sister's son, her nephew Zaikuo, as his son, and later became the Guangxu Emperor.
After the queen's death, Cixi was still very angry and removed her father's official position.The tragedy of Tongzhi made Rang feel scared
Cixi, a woman, was willing to be so cruel to her own son, let alone other people in the country. So at that time, many people knew about the quarrel between Cixi and her son, Emperor Tongzhi, and the last emperor Puyi once heard an old eunuch say that Emperor Tongzhi behaved very differently when paying respects to the two queen mothers. He stayed with his biological mother Cixi for a short time, but stayed longer with his non-biological mother Empress Dowager Ci'an .
In fact, when Tongzhi became emperor, Cixi's power was already quite stable. Cixi's eyes and ears were everywhere in the palace. At this time, even if the emperor wanted to do something, it was quite difficult and he had to be tested, and Emperor Tongzhi himself She had never experienced any major events, so her sensitivity to politics was not high enough, so she made huge mistakes on many things, which led to the subsequent tragedy . Cixi herself was a woman with a huge desire for power, and she was reluctant to give up any power she had.
As long as there is a chance, she will expand the power in her hands to an unlimited extent. Although power is said to be unlimited, it is actually limited and has many control areas in a country. Cixi's book A person's power itself is enough, but her need for power is still not enough, so in order to get more power, she can only usurp the emperor's imperial power. Therefore, for Cixi, any Three Cardinal Guidelines, Five Constant Rules and ancestral laws left over from ancient times are nothing, they all have to serve herself.
At that time, Cixi once said that these things must not become things that constrain oneself. When her power reaches the peak that she can reach, and she can enjoy the happiness brought by this supreme power for a long time, family affection and love are not important anymore. These things just become part of serving his personal desires. For ordinary people, these things may be too terrifying, and people cannot believe that someone would kill their own son with their own hands, and some would force their daughter-in-law to death because of this kind of thing. However, if it happened to Cixi, it was actually normal.
The fear of Emperor Guangxu’s father
In fact, why Cixi had such a mentality has a lot to do with her own teenage experience. In that era, if you want to survive in the palace, you must do whatever it takes. When they grow up, they often have a distorted understanding of the world and are full of malice towards the entire world, especially a woman like Cixi who has climbed from the bottom of the palace to the queen mother step by step. After she gains power, she naturally wants to take revenge on everyone who has opposed and oppressed her. Moreover, after such a person has mastered power, he will naturally prevent anyone from replacing him.
Some people say that this is because of the tragedy of women taking power and not having a clear understanding of the world. But in fact, Cixi is so violent and ignorant because her life is separated from the influence of the normal world. She has not received a good education since she was a child. When the means became a woman who was equal to the queen, she finally obtained the highest power through illegal means. Originally, such a concubine palace maid had no chance to be the queen mother. Even if she gave birth to the future empress Tongzhi, she would not be able to be the queen while she was alive. The only chance was to be posthumously named the queen mother by the emperor after her death.
After the death of Emperor Tongzhi, the Qing Dynasty once again faced the choice of the country's future ruler. Because Emperor Tongzhi died too early, and the queen also died mysteriously, there was no heir. At this time, Cixi convened the officials of the Qing Dynasty to discuss who should be the next emperor of the Qing Dynasty. This time many people participated. Later, those who participated in the discussion meeting of the Qing Dynasty's inner court became the pillars of the court and the country.
Among them, Weng Tonghe himself participated in that meeting, and the most interesting thing is that he recorded these things in his diary after attending the meeting. Although Weng Tonghe was a conservative, his personal study of foreigners was not very backward. Writing a diary was quite fashionable at the time. He was saying that when the Empress Dowager Cixi announced to the court ministers that "Zai Kuo" would be appointed as the new emperor, Zai Kuo's biological father was in During the Xinyou coup , Prince Chun, who helped Cixi capture Sushun, was so frightened that he "kowtowed his head and cried, fell unconscious and couldn't be helped up by anyone around him."
Why did Prince Chun cry so much
Zaikuo is the biological son of Prince Chun, and his mother is Cixi's biological sister. As the son of a prince, Zaikuo was established as emperor. This should have been a good thing. It can be said that one person has achieved enlightenment and ascended to heaven. It brought supreme honor to Prince Chun’s family, but why did Prince Chun cry so much? In fact, the reason is very simple, because being an emperor was not a good thing at all at that time, but it brought huge harm and death crisis.
Human nature seems to be to wipe out women's ambitions little by little. The Three Cardinal Guidelines and Five Permanent Constitutions for thousands of years have imprisoned women and cannot be directly brought to the table. Therefore, after an explosion occurs, it will continue like a torrential river. Cixi still treats her biological son like this, and the discord between their mother and son is not unknown to everyone. As a royal family of the Qing Dynasty, Prince Chun must know more inside stories, but usually such things cannot be spoken out. He is already a mature politician and knows that trouble comes from words.
So at that time, Cixi announced Zaiyu as the future new emperor after internal discussions in the court. It seemed to be a good thing, but only Prince Chun and people other than Cixi knew that this was a huge bad thing. Not to mention that he is only 4 years old, can he still be the master of the world even at the age of 14?
It was precisely for this reason that Prince Chun could only kowtow his head and cry. He was suddenly so sad that he fell into a coma and fell to the ground. The family relationship was cut off immediately by Cixi. He simply didn't know how to go home and face his wife. html His 14-year-old son was taken to the palace by Cixi. According to the rules of the palace, after becoming emperor, when meeting his biological parents, he could no longer call his parents parents, but had to call Cixi his biological father. Isn't this a tragedy in human relations?
Conclusion
According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Tongzhi’s real name was Zai Chun. After Emperor Tongzhi passed away due to smallpox, he should choose a "Pu" to be the future emperor, but If she does this, Cixi will become the Empress Dowager. There seems to be no precedent for the Empress Dowager to listen to politics behind the curtain. Therefore, in order to avoid losing her power, Cixi snatched her sister's son, her nephew Zaikuo, as his son, and later became the Guangxu Emperor.
