The Life Experience of Emperor Guangxu
On June 28th, ten years of Tongzhi, the palace, which has always been quiet and intimate, suddenly became active. Fujin of the Prince's Mansion gave birth to your son. Prince Chun was very happy and named the child Zai _, hoping that his son could spend his life as quietly as Taiping Lake near his residence. However, fate is not what it says. Zai _ has full royal blood, and his father, Prince Yi _, is the seventh son of Daoguang Emperor Suining and the younger brother of Xianfeng Emperor Yi. Ye Hena's mother is the sister of Empress Dowager Cixi. Empress Dowager Cixi is Jae _' s aunt and aunt. They should not be in conflict. Unfortunately, his cousin Emperor Tongzhi was also an uncle's cousin, who died at a young age and had no heir, so Zai _ became his aunt's closest and easiest pawn. In the thirteenth year of Tongzhi, on the fifth day of December, Tongzhi Emperor Zai Chun died of illness. When Cixi lost her only biological son, she couldn't care less about grief. She won't forget the huge vacancy behind her son. During the months when Emperor Tongzhi was ill, Cixi had been planning a "grand plan for succession" in her mind. By the time her son died, she had chosen a candidate. She didn't choose anyone from the younger generation "Pu", because then she would be upgraded from the empress dowager to the empress dowager, and it would be inappropriate to hang curtains every other generation, so there would be no way to manage state affairs. After repeated weighing, Cixi chose the son of her sister who was only 4 years old in 33354. Because Jae _ is young and ignorant, it is easy to be controlled. Facing the laurel of "Flying", Zai _' s father is very sad. He finally hoped for a son, but he wanted to "contribute" to becoming an emperor. From then on, father and son are no longer fathers and sons, but princes and ministers, who are not far apart but difficult to meet each other. So, when Cixi was declared as the heir to the throne, Liaoning University of Technology suddenly fell to his knees, kowtowed repeatedly, cried bitterly, fell to the ground and was unconscious. That night, a group of heavily armed soldiers came to Chunwangfu, Xuanwu Gate, with imperial edicts, to carry out the orders of Cixi and take _ into the palace to inherit the throne. Outside the Spring Palace, there was a festive atmosphere. In the back room, Yi and his wife are crying over the loss of their beloved son. Eunuchs put on embroidered robes and warm clothes, and let Zai _ sleep. In this way, 4-year-old Zai _ was carried into the palace in his sleep. He left his parents overnight and became the 1 1 th emperor of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Guangxu. Guangxu had a good relationship with Cixi for a while when he was young. When Guangxu first entered the palace, he was young and needed care everywhere. Some aspects of his appearance or temperament have the characteristics of Yehnala family, which aroused Cixi, who had just lost her son, to be a mother again and began to take care of Guangxu everywhere. Cixi led Guangxu into her bedroom to take care of the little emperor's eating, dressing, bathing and sleeping. Guangxu got a strange disease when he was a child, and often a sticky liquid flowed out of his navel for no reason. So Cixi scrubbed her body and changed her clothes three times a day. Guangxu was most afraid of thunder when he was young. Every time I hear thunder and lightning, the weather gets angry, shakes with fear and starts to cry. Every rainy day, Cixi held Guangxu in her arms, patted him on the back and hummed a song. When Guangxu was 5 years old, Cixi began to grasp his enlightenment education again. At first, on a small piece of paper, words like "at the beginning of life, human nature is good" were written, and the little emperor was taught to read and "dictate the four books and five classics" over and over again. Then, after repeated selection, Cixi finally decided that Weng Tonghe, a Changzhou native who is famous for his calligraphy and knowledge, was the teacher of Guangxu. When Weng Tonghe taught the five-year-old emperor, Cixi visited him many times. The first thing Guangxu did after school was to go to Palace of Gathered Elegance where Cixi lived to recite the lessons she had learned that day.
The reason why Emperor Guangxu was called "the son of a coward"
The emperor Tongzhi, who was stubborn, arbitrary and often opposed to his mother, gave many lessons to Cixi. In order to let Emperor Guangxu establish the concept of absolute obedience to her from an early age, she also paid special attention to Guangxu's "filial piety" education. Not only that, Cixi also formulated some rules and regulations for Guangxu. Every morning, Emperor Guangxu went to Cixi's residence to greet and pay tribute. As Guangxu grew older, Cixi became stricter with Guangxu. Guangxu kowtowed to greet him. He didn't dare to get up without Cixi's instructions. If Cixi was unhappy, Guangxu had to kneel down and did not dare to express any dissatisfaction. Whenever Cixi went out to a public place, Guangxu personally followed. The young emperor Guangxu had no personal freedom and lived under the power of Cixi all day, which left a great shadow and trauma to Guangxu's young mind and made him fall into unspeakable pain. Because of this, Guangxu was very afraid to see Cixi. Every time he saw Cixi, he always felt that he was a lion and a tiger, for fear of upsetting Cixi.