On the fourth day of the ninth month of the twenty-fourth year of Guangxu (1898), there was an event that seemed ordinary but had a far-reaching impact on later generations.
On that day, a French doctor named Doddford entered the gate of the Forbidden City with a medicine box, and the purpose of his trip was to conduct a medical examination for the Guangxu Emperor.
When this doctor with a tall nose walked into the mysterious palace to see the emperor, he probably didn't know that he became the first foreigner to step into this palace to see the emperor.
A political lie by Cixi allowed the foreign doctor to get close to the emperor.
Cixi ordered the imperial physician to fabricate the case and announce Guangxu's illness. As the king of a country, the reason behind the sudden disclosure of his illness, which should have been a top state secret, cannot be explained by political transparency.
Since April, Guangxu has been actively promoting law changes, why did he suddenly fall ill? Even if they are sick, how can so many doctors be indifferent? This is clearly conveying the message to the outside world that the emperor is seriously ill and unable to govern, and then looking for an opportunity to depose him.
The foreigners immediately noticed the clues, and the envoys of various countries in Beijing greeted the Prime Minister and the National Affairs Yamen one after another, and asked**. The British "Zilinxi Daily" even opened a column to openly criticize Cixi and praise Guangxu.
Some foreign warships also sailed into Chinese ports to demonstrate. Under pressure from various countries, Prince Qing came forward to refute the rumors, saying that the emperor was still healthy. British Minister Dou Nale even asked a foreign doctor to examine Guangxu's body and sign a health certificate.
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi hoped to consolidate her power by deposing a new emperor. To this end, she enlisted Rong Lu, the number one celebrity at the time, hoping that he could help her achieve this goal.
However, Rong Lu had his own plans, fearing that the deposition of the new emperor would lead to foreign interference and domestic power struggles, and he was also worried that he would become a blamed sinner.
Therefore, he did not make a clear statement. However, on November 29, Rong Lu approached Cixi and secretly plotted to abolish the legislature. He pretended not to know about it and asked Cixi if she really had any intention of abolishing it.
After Cixi denied it, Rong Lu said that as long as Cixi thought it was feasible, he would support it. After Cixi admitted her idea, Rong Lu suggested that the Jinzhi clan should be chosen as the ** person, and then slowly replace the new emperor, so as to justifiably achieve the abolition.
Cixi agreed, and on December 24, she summoned the princes and ministers to announce that Pu Jun was the eldest elder brother, and planned to hold a ceremony on the first day of the first lunar month next year. This decision caused an uproar throughout the country, with many gentry and townspeople opposing the establishment of the Great Brother and strongly opposing Cixi's plan to abolish it.
The ministers of various countries interfered in China, and the first-class ships went north to create pressure, and Zai Yi was angry. Cixi originally planned to let Pu Jun replace Guangxu, but this matter was blocked. Cixi was undecided on the issue of suppression and appeasement, and the court was divided into two factions.
Zaiyi, together with Xu Tong and others, agitated for Cixi, used the Boxers to eliminate the foreigners, and advocated the declaration of war and besieged the embassy, putting Guangxu in danger. Zai Yi took advantage of the fanaticism of the Boxers and tried to kill Guangxu, which caused Cixi to be dissatisfied, and Cixi killed more than 20 Tuan people to cover up his shame.
In the end, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded Beijing, and Cixi took Guangxu hostage and fled in a hurry, and sent Li Hongzhang to stay in Beijing to preside over the peace. For the sake of peace talks, Cixi severely punished Zaiyi, sentenced him to a suspended death sentence and sent him to Xinjiang. ”
The Empress Dowager Cixi decided to abolish Pu Jun, a ruffian figure who was once praised as the prince of the Qing Empire, and was finally ruthlessly deprived of the right to inherit the throne because of his unlearned and unskilled behavior.
And under the ** system, how many monarchs really consider character and talent when choosing an heir? This is a question worth pondering. Emperor Guangxu's illness is treasured in the First Historical Archives of China, although it can be inferred from the list of medicines that he died a normal death, but pathologically fatal illness, and the actual situation cannot assert the exact time of death, making his death confusing.
His medical history records show that he was weak since he was a child, often had headaches and colds, and suffered from frequent spermatozoa after marriage, which worsened after the failure of the pentecostal transformation method. After the beginning of spring in the 34th year of Guangxu, his condition became more serious, the pulse number was reduced, he was weak and weak when he took light and heavy presses, and his back pain did not stop, even his back and crotch were lower.
Many famous doctors were invited by the Military Aircraft Department to see him, but his condition did not improve.
In June, Dr. Du Zhongjun said to Lu Runzhen Shangshu: "When we came here, we thought that we could ** the emperor's illness in order to gain a small name, but it seems that it is just a waste of effort and there is no hope.
We don't seek merit, we only seek no fault. However, Guangxu and Cixi's conditions did not improve. In the summer of that year, when Cixi was taking refuge in the Summer Palace, she accidentally caught a cold and suffered from dysentery.
Although it started to get better in the fall, her health was much worse than before. On the tenth day of October, on the night of Cixi's 74th birthday, judging from the pulse records of Zhang Zhongyuan and Dai Jiayu, her physical condition was not optimistic.
From October 19, Cixi could not eat. On the 20th, the diagnosis of Zhang and Dai was that her condition had deteriorated. On the 21st, Zhang Zhongyuan checked Guangxu's pulse and found that his condition was critical.
At 5:33 p.m. that day, Guangxu died at the age of 38 at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve. At 1:45 p.m. the next day, Cixi fell ill and died at the age of 74. The reason why their medical records are quoted in detail here is to show that if according to the official records, they all died of natural illness.
1.Is it a coincidence that the political rivals died in just 21 hours? Can cases alone explain it all? Is it a coincidence or a conspiracy?
2.According to historical sources, Cixi's death was considered normal and there was no doubt. However, Guangxu's death is full of suspicions, and the changes in his condition and dying symptoms have sparked speculation.
3.Doctors Sun Xiaoen and Ding Qi believe that it is difficult to reveal Guangxu's true condition only by relying on the cases and prescriptions of the Qing Palace. Yan Chongnian also did not make a clear judgment, he thought that Guangxu's death was a mystery.
4.Yun Yuding, who had served as a living official by Guangxu's side for 20 years, said that someone made a small report to Cixi, saying that Guangxu heard that the Queen Mother was sick, and his face was happy.
Cixi was furious and said that she could not die before me. Does this mean that Cixi had the intention of harming Guangxu? 5.Qu Guiting, a Western physician, was recommended by Yuan Shikai as a doctor for Guangxu to see a doctor, and found that Guangxu was black before his death, his tongue was yellow and black, and his stomach was tumbling, which he thought had nothing to do with his previous condition.
However, unexpectedly, Cixi seemed to have foresight, she asked for Guangxu's illness to be announced, and at the same time arranged Guangxu's afterlife, including ** people. When the news of Guangxu's death came, Cixi did not feel sad, but showed a state of relief, does this indicate that Guangxu was killed by Cixi?
6.The relationship between Guangxu and Cixi is no longer an ordinary aunt and nephew relationship, but a political person's interest calculation relationship. We can't look at the family affection between politicians with common sense, and the deaths of Guangxu and Cixi hide more political intrigues and secrets behind them.
The Empress Dowager Cixi believed that Emperor Guangxu had a hidden hatred for her. Once Guangxu, who is 36 years younger, lives a long life, he will overthrow the "country" she has painstakingly managed and change her political program.
This is more painful for a politician than death. Cixi has always believed that Guangxu launched the Wuxu Reform in order to seize power, and the premise of seizing power is to bring down herself.
Therefore, after learning that Guangxu would meet with former Japanese Prime Minister Ito Hirobumi on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Cixi hurried back to Xiyuan from the Summer Palace and severely reprimanded him: "I have raised you for more than 20 years, will you listen to the villain's plot to kill me?" ”
Guangxu trembled and didn't say a word, and only whispered for a long time: "I didn't mean that." Cixi spat on him and said, "You fool, if it weren't for me, would there still be you tomorrow?" ”
This sentence reveals the psychology of Cixi. In order to completely eliminate the troubles, she must kill the Guangxu Emperor who "listened to the villain's plot to kill me". Next, let's take a look at the real medical records of Guangxu and Cixi.
First, judging from the medical records of the two people, Cixi's illness worsened on the day of her birthday, and Guangxu was also terminally ill. The ancient proverb "seventy-three, eighty-four, the king of Hades does not call himself to go" means that the cycle of people's physiological health cycle, at the threshold of the cycle, the physical condition is the most fragile, and if you can't survive it, you will be at risk of death.
Judging from the diagnosis of the imperial doctor, Cixi was just 74 years old, and it was likely that she had a feeling of exhaustion, and it was this fatigue that made her slowly see the end of her life.
Second, from a pathological point of view, Guangxu suffers from chronic diseases, and has always been a disease, giving people the feeling that they can't be **. Cixi announced Guangxu's illness to the public, probably adding oil and vinegar, in order to create the false impression that Guangxu would die soon.
Then in the name of Guangxu, she arranged for the handover. After properly making personnel arrangements, Cixi ordered Guangxu to be eliminated.
In Qu Guiting's eyes, the symptoms of a black face and a yellow tongue are symptoms of a chronic poison attack. So, who is the ** of this poison? The Englishmen Pu Lan Bai Ke Haosi and De Ling believed that Li Lianying did it, while Pu Yi believed that Yuan Shikai did it, and others believed that Cixi sent someone to poison her deathbed.
However, it doesn't matter who poisoned or how, what matters is that Emperor Guangxu died before Cixi. Although the Qing Empire was shattered, it was still moving on a carefully designed track for Cixi, and although she could no longer control the speed, she could not know exactly what the next stop would be.