The book list contains a lot of contents, both political and military, but Emperor Guangxu's reading of these western books at that time was tantamount to deviance. I read these books because after the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War, Emperor Guangxu found that his four books and five classics could not change the status quo and tried to change it.
Emperor Guangxu accepted Kang Youwei's political reform proposal, but neither of them had any experience in political struggle. In fact, the initiator of the Hundred Days Reform can be said to be Kang Youwei, and Cixi will naturally not give Emperor Guangxu and Kang Youwei a chance to overthrow themselves.
During the Reform Movement of 1898, western countries supported Emperor Guangxu, who was considered to be an enlightened monarch who knew how to adapt to the times, while Cixi, who monopolized the political power, not only did not support Emperor Guangxu, but sent the Boxer Rebellion against western powers. Cixi also took Emperor Guangxu away when she fled, and then put him under house arrest.
Emperor Guangxu did not give up after being placed under house arrest. He is still waiting for his chance. As long as Cixi dies, he can regain power. But how could the wily Cixi give Guangxu such an opportunity? In 2008, archaeologists examined the hair of Emperor Guangxu and found that Emperor Guangxu was poisoned by arsenic.
The great achievements of Emperor Guangxu also stayed in history with his death, so the Qing Dynasty was destroyed by Cixi.