In 1846, Emperor Daoguang secretly appointed the fourth son of the emperor Yi Su as the crown prince, and the wheel of fate began to turn. However, the whirlpool did not realize that his life would reach its peak four years later, after all, the Qing Dynasty's tradition of establishing princes in the secret of the prince made every prince think that he had a chance to inherit the throne.
In 1850, Emperor Daoguang realized that his life was coming to an end, so he summoned his ministers to write it with a red pen and officially announced to the world that the person who inherited the throne was Yisu, and then died.
Yixu, Wenzong of the Qing Dynasty, changed his name to Xianfeng after ascending the throne and began his historical journey. When he first ascended to the throne, the complex situation of internal and external troubles made him determined to reform and drastically change the government.
As the last de facto ruler of the Qing Dynasty, during his reign, Xianfeng dared to reform the old and bring forth the new, so that the Qing Dynasty could rejuvenate itself in the short term. Militarily, he relied on the Han bureaucrat Zeng Guofan, and relied on the Han landlords led by him to quell the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Twist Army Uprising, and maintain the rule of the Qing Dynasty.
Politically, he promoted the responsible Su Shun and gave him full support to crack down on maladministration and strengthen imperial power. In terms of employing people, he boldly dismissed Mu Zhang'a, the minister of military aircraft left by Daoguang, and executed the capitulationist figure Qi Ying, once again rallying the people's determination to resist foreign aggression.
China's Qing Dynasty endured hardships, but it still failed to withstand the onslaught of the Western powers. In the face of the Second Opium War launched by Britain and France, Emperor Xianfeng tried to unilaterally tear up the Treaty of Tientsin, but this only intensified the aggression of the foreign powers, causing him to flee to Rehe for refuge.
The aspiring emperor died suddenly at the age of 31, and the cause of death was linked to his three bad habits that are still common among some modern men. Emperor Xianfeng's life and career were affected by bad habits, and his example reminded us to value a healthy and rational lifestyle.
Under the feudal imperial system, the mother relied on her son to let Concubine Quan secretly buy the imperial doctor in order to keep her wealth and prescribe medicine to make her give birth prematurely, and Emperor Xianfeng may have become a premature baby because of this, which may be the reason why his health has been bad.
Although this is not recorded in authoritative historical sources, it is a fact that Emperor Xianfeng was physically weak. In fact, as long as you pay attention to conditioning, you can live a long life if you are not in good physical condition. However, Emperor Xianfeng was indifferent to his body, especially after fleeing to Rehe, and indulged in an arrogant and lascivious life, unable to extricate himself.
Since then, the hard-working emperor has disappeared, and his hedonistic life is rich and colorful, but it is also overdrawing his already weak body.
Emperor Xianfeng's first bad habit was excessive drinking, he did not know the importance of drinking in moderation, and was always greedy for drunkenness. However, when drunk, he often becomes irrational, causing endless pain to the people around him, and even some chamberlains and court maids are insulted because of this.
In addition to the problem of drinking, Emperor Xianfeng was also very tough on opium, he was disgusted by Westerners in the Qing Dynasty, and he was well aware of the impact of the First Opium War on the country.
Although the Qing Dynasty's doors had been opened by the Western powers, he still insisted on resisting Western aggression and hoped to earn wealth by introducing advanced industrial products.
To the surprise of the Qing subjects, for Westerners, the silk and porcelain of the East were extremely attractive, but they were indifferent to these Qing specialties.
This phenomenon led to a decrease in imports and an increase in exports during the Qing Dynasty, which led to a large flow of Western wealth into the East, which was intolerable to the Western powers. So, they decided to use opium to change the situation, and also glorified it"Fushou ointment"。
This opium** led to a massive outflow of wealth from the East, while the subjects of the Qing Dynasty fell into the abyss in the smoke of opium. Emperor Xianfeng naturally understood the dangers of opium, but what is incomprehensible is that soon after he succeeded to the throne, he violated the ancestral teachings and began to smoke opium.
As the king of a country, he has developed a bad habit that is indescribable. After escaping to Rehe, he became more and more dependent on opium and could not do without tobacco pouches. Opium not only damaged his spirit, but also destroyed his health, causing him to deteriorate physically, but he continued to seek thrills without repentance.
In addition to this, he also has a vice, which is the excessive pursuit of beauty. According to records, his harem has a large number of people, including queens, concubines, concubines, and Changzai, with a total of 17.
The four Han girls favored by Emperor Xianfeng - Peony Spring, Begonia Spring, Xinghuachun and Dhara Chun were not titled, but they were favored because of their beauty and complex background.
They were the wives of Jiangnan scholars, the lovers of Tianjin scholars, the maidservants of a certain **, and a widow outside the Xuanwu Gate in Beijing. Due to Emperor Xianfeng's obsession with beauty, these four women were forcibly brought back to the palace, and their singing and dancing day and night became the emperor's only entertainment.
In the Rehe Palace, Emperor Xianfeng took these four women with him, and paraded with them every day to enjoy the happiness brought by beauty. However, Emperor Xianfeng's pursuit of beauty did not stop, and when he heard that the widow Cao from Shanxi was beautiful, he immediately summoned her to the palace for pampering.
After Emperor Xianfeng was drunk, he often misbehaved with the servant girls around him, and finally died at the age of 31 due to excessive physical consumption, which is really sad. In today's society, there are still some men who are keen to imitate the bad habits of Emperor Xianfeng, but overindulgence will cause great damage to health, and we must take caution.
After all, everything has a degree, beyond which health disappears.