starting in 1840 has to be said to impress the people of the country, but you may also find that people are impressed with monarchs such as Cixi and Guangxu, but they do not seem to have any impression of Xianfeng before Guangxu. There are two main reasons for
. The first is Xianfeng's gradual decentralization of power, leaving the affairs and conquests of North Korea and China to the scholars Sushun and Zeng Guofan and others. The second is Xianfeng's ruling career. It was too short. From the 21-year-old he succeeded in 1851 to the end of 1861, the period was only a short period of ten years.
However, from the perspective of safeguarding the interests of the Qing Dynasty, Xianfeng, as a feudal ruler, actually did his best. He had just ascended the throne. There were peasant uprisings such as the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's Nian Army. He once occupied half of the Qing Dynasty. Outside, Britain, France, Russia and other powers watched. However, Xianfeng dared to carry out reforms, and at the same time transferred power to local Han officials instead of being self-confident. This was something the Ming Dynasty Emperor Chongzhen could not do under the same encounter. Therefore, the Qing Dynasty was able to continue the respite, unlike the Ming Dynasty. Perish quickly like that.
However, Xianfeng was notoriously short-lived compared to other emperors in the Qing Dynasty. Except for his son Tongzhi who died of smallpox, compared to Kangxi who lived 68 years old, Qianlong 89 years old, and Daoguang 67 Died early.
Why is this? In fact, looking at these things Xianfeng did, 31 years old can already be regarded as a longevity.
According to historical records, Emperor Xianfeng’s mother was Xiao Quancheng the queen, but competed with another Qing imperial concubine Xiangfei for the chance to have a son because the previous princes died one after another. Whoever gave birth first is the actual meaning. The eldest son of Shanghai, and Empress Xiao Quancheng forced the medicine too, leading to premature birth in Xianfeng, although the smooth birth, resulting in Xianfeng's congenital deficiency, and when Xianfeng was the prince, from hunting Nanyuan, drove through the group of beasts, fell from a horse and hurt the stock. He had been disabled since he was a child, and he has been inconvenient to move since, and he also suffered from smallpox, the favorite disease of the Aixinjueluo family. Although he was cured after a serious illness, his body was also greatly damaged. Since I was young, my body has been weaker.
However, he still likes tossing. Xianfeng likes to have fun and is greedy for beauty. When the British and French forces reached Beijing, Xianfeng hurriedly fled to the summer resort, but still enjoyed the beautiful scenery in the garden with his concubines, indulging in affection. During the escape from Xianfeng, Ye Shi mentioned: "The Cao family, a widow of Shanxi origin, is beautiful and beautiful, with very small feet. She likes to embellish her shoes with pearls. Emperor Xianfeng's imperial imperial court is the most loved one." The absurdity is evident.
In addition, Xianfeng is also greedy for fine wine, and even likes to be mad. "Wenzong is addicted to drinking, and every drunk will be angry. Every anger will have one or two servants or maids suffer, and even if the one he loves, he also suffers. Humiliation. Survived by the dead, and awakened and regretted, must be loved and rewarded in order to pay for their suffering. However, if you are drunk beforehand, you will be reborn."
As for the most important point, soon after Xianfeng came to the throne, He violated his ancestral precepts and got into the habit of smoking opium. At that time, the Qing court faced a mess and pressured Xianfeng, and began to use the opium tribute to the palace to relieve its boredom and pleasure. In order to conceal others, Xianfeng and Cixi gave it to him. It was called "Yi Shou Ru Yi Ointment". In the later period, the Taiping Army once hit Tianjin. The increasingly anxious Xianfeng began to associate with opium frequently. In 1861, it finally died because of it.
