But objectively speaking, compared with previous emperors, Emperor Guangxu is very rare. He is young, courageous and courageous. Although he is not good at words, he has his own valley in his heart and has a very deep understanding of the rise and fall of the country.
Especially after the failure of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Emperor Guangxu felt the importance of political reform, so he boldly used Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and others to carry out political reform, hoping to push the Qing Dynasty to prosperity like the Meiji Restoration in Japan. However, because the reform violated the vital interests of many officials, under the attack of die-hards, the reform failed only after 103 days.
Because of the political reform, the contradiction between Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi broke out completely. Emperor Guangxu asked Yuan Shikai to surround the Summer Palace for political reform, but Yuan Shikai actually told Rong Lu and Empress Dowager Cixi that the political reform failed and all the six gentlemen in the Reform Movement of 1898 were killed. Empress Dowager Cixi was furious and imprisoned Emperor Guangxu in Yingtai.
Since then, the political life of Emperor Guangxu has come to an end. Facing the sunset, Emperor Guangxu was filled with emotion. Who knows his loneliness and loneliness? Every time Cixi visited Emperor Guangxu, she cursed the stones outside Guangxu's official residence. In fact, she scolded him, which was a great blow to Emperor Guangxu.
When Eight-Nation Alliance was defeated in Beijing, the concubine of Emperor Guangxu was thrown into the well by Empress Dowager Cixi. Emperor Guangxu completely collapsed, losing affection, love and even power. Emperor Guangxu at this time should be the poorest emperor in the world. Life is worse than death, but he has to drag out an ignoble existence.
On the eve of Cixi's death, Emperor Guangxu died inexplicably. Later, after expert inspection, it was found that the mercury content in the bones of Emperor Guangxu exceeded the standard, which proved that Emperor Guangxu died abnormally and was poisoned. But who is poisoned remains to be verified.
In 1980s, archaeologists excavated the mausoleum of Emperor Guangxu, but they didn't have much hope for the excavation. Because the Mausoleum of Guangxu was stolen as early as the Republic of China, many archaeologists thought that precious cultural relics would not be dug up. They opened the tomb of Emperor Guangxu, which had been dusty for decades. As they expected, the tombs were very chaotic.
Almost all the gold, silver, jewels and precious funerary objects were looted by grave robbers. Just when archaeologists were disappointed, it was suggested to examine the remains of Emperor Guangxu. When they opened it, they found that Emperor Guangxu's hands were clenched into fists, holding something tightly. As soon as it was opened, all archaeologists were boiling.
They found that Emperor Guangxu had two treasures in his hand, one was a conjoined jade ring and the other was Hetian jade. What surprised archaeologists even more was that when they removed the coffin of Emperor Guangxu, they found a gold well under the coffin, which contained more than 200 treasures. Perhaps God couldn't bear to see these treasures fall into the hands of grave robbers, so archaeologists discovered the secret in Guangxu's hands.