Chapter 110 goodbye, lafayette

Guangxu left with regret. On the same day, Cixi, a powerful woman who had controlled China for half a century, could not resist the ravages of time after all, and she also came to the end of her life. Before dying, Cixi made the last arrangement for the future of the country and for her honor after death, and issued three highest instructions: In the first item, the 3-year-old baby Puyi was registered as the emperor.Counting Tongzhi, this is the third baby emperor supported by Cixi. The second item is to appoint Puyi's father Zaifeng as the regent to supervise the country. The third item is that the country must consult the Emperor Guangxu's daughter-in-law, Empress Dowager Longyu, for instructions in case of major events.

Less than twenty-four hours after Guangxu's death, that is, on the 15th, the 74-year-old Cixi died of a serious illness. During her forty-eight years in power, few of the ministers who worked with her could glimpse the depths of her heart, but there is no doubt that what resides in her heart must not be happiness. Well, let's sum up her life in one sentence. The ambition of authoritarianism is immortal, and the sturdy life needs no explanation. ... On December 2, 1908, Aixinjueluo Puyi, the spokesperson for the useless in Chinese history, succeeded to the throne, named Xuantong.He was put in an inappropriate position at an inappropriate time, and began a long, helpless and involuntary life journey.

Puyi ascended the throne for the first time when he was less than 3 years old, and he will abdicate for the first time three years later. In the following decades, he ran around and tossed around, basically doing three things: ascending the throne, being a puppet, and abdicating. poor person must have something mean.This Puyi has a lot of psychological problems and is a bad boy.Puyi recalled his teenage life in this way: In addition to playing with camels, feeding ants, raising earthworms, and watching dogs fight, my greater pleasure was playing pranks.For example, I gave the eunuch oil cakes with iron sand hidden in it, and shot the eunuch's window with lead bullets, and then directly hit the eunuch with lead bullets.

Let's take a look at Puyi's father, Zaifeng. At the age of 22, Zaifeng played a part in the reform of the official system as a part-timer.But at the age of 24, Zaifeng entered the top leadership of the country as the protagonist and served as Minister of Military Aircraft.There are various indications that Lafayette Cixi, who is already dying, intends to entrust the future of the country to this young man. However, judging from the available information, Zaifeng was not outstanding before the age of 24, and he was a mess when he became the queen regent at the age of 26. Then why did Cixi value him so much?After much deliberation, the key reason is blood and background.

As mentioned earlier, his father Yizhen made great efforts in the "Xinyou Coup" and personally led troops to capture Sushun, the head of the eight ministers of Gu Ming, and his mother was Cixi's biological sister.Such a lineage and background can give the Empress Dowager Cixi, who has made countless enemies throughout her life, a sense of security.This can at least ensure that the rulers after her will not reverse the case for her enemies. In any case, in November 1908, Zaifeng became the regent of Jianguo, and has since become the last and true leader of this last dynasty.