For thousands of years, there have been countless emperors and monarchs in Chinese history. Some have long lifespans, long reigns, and have done a lot. Some emperors only have a few dozen days or a few years.
However, there is such an emperor, He is not too short in terms of the length of his throne, but in terms of the whole lifespan of a person, he can really be called a "short-lived emperor", this is the Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty Emperor.
Tongzhi The emperor ascended the throne when he was six years old, but died when he was nineteen years old. There is a problem with the work and rest, but why is Tongzhi Emperor so "short-lived"?
In fact, it is only after understanding the life experience of Emperor Tongzhi that I realize that living at the age of 19 is considered a long life in such a ridiculous life!
"The Lucky Emperor"
Tongzhi Emperor Full name Aisin Gioro Zaichun , He is the eldest son of the Emperor Xianfeng, the 10th emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and at the same time He is also the last emperor in China and my country to inherit his father's business.
Since ancient times, princes born in the royal family have often fought for the throne because of a single throne. Most princes are eager to squeeze out their brothers and sit on the throne themselves. But the Emperor Tongzhi was an exception, and no one tried to compete with him for the throne.
The reason why Emperor Tongzhi was lucky,It was because he was the only son of Emperor Xianfeng, and Emperor Xianfeng died when he was thirty-one years old. In addition, Emperor Tongzhi's mother was a capable person, so Emperor Tongzhi became emperor at the age of six.
In fact, Emperor Xianfeng had two sons, but the other younger son died young before he was named after he was born, so Tongzhi was the only son left in Xianfeng.
Xianfeng 11 years , when Emperor Xianfeng died and Emperor Tongzhi ascended the throne, he was only six years old. At that time, Tongzhi was at the age of school, and the palace began to arrange classes for Tongzhi, but at that time Emperor Xianfeng was already in critical condition, so he had to make Tongzhi the crown prince as soon as possible.
After proposing Tongzhi as the crown prince, Emperor Xianfeng ordered a group of ministers to entrust the orphans one by one, so that they could help their sons to govern.
Not long after, Emperor Xianfeng died. With the help of Yi Guifei , Tongzhi succeeded to the throne.
Yi Guifei is Tongzhi's biological mother, later Empress Dowager Cixi .
At that time, the entire imperial court had been divided into three huge forces, on one side was the force of Cixi, and on the other side was the "eight ministers" force entrusted by Emperor Xianfeng, that is, the eight ministers who were instructed to assist Tongzhi, and One was a supporter of Emperor Xianfeng, the then empress,It is also the power of the later Empress Dowager Ci'an .
When Emperor Xianfeng was still alive, Cixi and Ci'an could not see each other. But when Emperor Xianfeng died and the younger emperor Tongzhi came to the throne, the attitudes of the two people made a 180-degree turn in an instant.
"Empty Shell Emperor"
Tongzhi ascended the throne. Ci'an was the empress of the palace when Xianfeng was in power at that time, and she was also regarded as the "mother" of Tongzhi. It is reasonable to say that there is no problem with Ci'an wanting to be in power.
But the problem is that Cixi at that time did not agree, and she not only did not agree with Ci'an, but she also did not want to let the Emperor Tongzhi hold real power.
This is because the Tongzhi Emperor was only six years old at the time, so his actual imperial power was in the hands of the "eight ministers", and Cixi was naturally unwilling.
So she started to form gangs, and attracted Prince Gong . In the end, all the eight ministers who assisted the young emperor at the behest of the former emperor were killed, and then they fought against Ci'an, and finally won the victory.
Since then, Emperor Tongzhi has become a veritable "empty shell" emperor. It is also sad that this emperor with a real name but no real power is still being overridden by his biological mother.
"Short-lived emperor"
Cixi took over power, and Tongzhi began his "real" life. After being overthrown, the young emperor Tongzhi still has little things to do.He also couldn't understand why he was sitting on the throne, while his mother was watching the government.
As he got older and learned more knowledge, Emperor Tongzhi began to understand that although he had the throne, he had no actual imperial power, so he wanted to regain the imperial power.
But Cixi was an ambitious person, she was naturally unwilling to hand over the imperial power, so Tongzhi slowly regarded her mother Cixi as an enemy and wanted to regain power from her mother.
This undercurrent continued until Tongzhi was seventeen years old, and both Cixi and Ci'an chose a queen for him. Cixi chose the Fucha family who was born in the once prosperous Fucha family, while Ci'an chose a Arut who was born in the Zhenglan Banner of Mongolia, with a beautiful appearance and a relative of Ci'an .
Emperor Tongzhi always wanted to take back power from Cixi and get rid of her control, and he didn't like Fucha, and finally made Arut the empress.
Since then, the mother-son duo have been fighting on the bright side. Even though Tongzhi was married, the actual ruler of the imperial power was still Cixi, who failed to regain the imperial power after several battles, so Tongzhi could only resign.
Since their marriage, Tongzhi and Alute have gotten along well, but Cixi still won't let him feel better. Cixi believed that the emperor could not only favor the empress, and the three thousand beauties in the harem should be exposed to rain and dew, so she used her power to destroy the private life of Tongzhi and the empress.
Tongzhi was strictly controlled by his mother since he was a child. He still chose not to resist, and then gradually distanced himself from the queen.
After that, Tongzhi became utterly degenerate. Prince Gong has a prodigal son Zai Cheng, Zai Cheng is a playboy,He spends all day drinking and drinking, he is about the same age as Tongzhi, so Tongzhi and Zaicheng go out for drinking and drinking together.
Tongzhi has always lived in the palace and has been oppressed by the Empress Dowager Cixi. He has never seen the hustle and bustle of the outside world, so as soon as he leaves the palace, he begins to retaliate.
Zaicheng is most familiar with the way of the brothel. He often takes Tongzhi to play together wildly. Tongzhi waved his pen in the brothel. Before long, almost everyone knew that there was a rich young master in the brothel, so he was also around him. Surrounded by more and more brothel women.
had sex with countless brothel women, the consequences can be imagined, Tongzhi contracted syphilis and died not long after.
In order to protect Tongzhi's reputation, the historical records at that time only wrote that he suffered from smallpox. But at that time, it was possible to treat diseases with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and smallpox would not cause death. Finally, some scholars suggested that the real cause of death in Tongzhi might be syphilis.
According to records, Tongzhi also regained power from Cixi for a period of time, but what's the use? After Tongzhi's death, the rights still belong to others. Without a healthy body, everything is empty talk, even for a king.
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