During the thirty years from 1868 to 1898, Empress Dowager Cixi was the supreme ruler of the Qing Empire. After that, there were two emperors, a little emperor ruled together and a little emperor Guangxu, named Tongguang Zhongxing. The development of China's industrialization and urbanization is unprecedented in history. But after all, it should be noted that the two emperors were too young when they came to power, so the state power was concentrated in the hands of Cixi. However, Cixi is also a woman, and the historical conclusion throughout the ages makes it impossible for her to go to the stage as a master, otherwise those intellectuals may rise up and attack. So at this time, there is a helper to help her. Prince Gong was in such a position at that time.
Prince Gong reigned until 1884. At that time, because of the Sino-French war and other reasons, Cixi dismissed him and replaced him with Prince Alcohol, the father of Emperor Guangxu and the brother-in-law of Empress Dowager Cixi. However, Prince Chun was in poor health and died in 189 1 year. So during the Sino-Japanese War, Cixi invited Prince Gong back. But at this time, Prince Gong was in poor health and died in May 1898. At that time, many people predicted that after the death of Prince Gong, China's politics would definitely undergo great changes, possibly very quickly.
Prince Gong died on May 29th, and on June 1 1, Emperor Guangxu issued an imperial edict announcing the establishment of Shi Jing University Hall in Beijing. Shi Jing University Hall has become the norm and command organization of new education in China. But it didn't attract much attention. Many people just thought it was just a very common event. Weng Tonghe helped draft this imperial edict, but he never expected that the reform imperial edict 1 1 and1were fired four days later. Emperor Guangxu ordered Weng Tonghe to be returned to the control of local officials.
In fact, this shows that Weng Tonghe was indeed responsible when he was investigated for responsibility after the Sino-Japanese War. Emperor Guangxu made it very clear that everything that happened in recent years was the responsibility of Weng Tonghe. Judging from the recent causes, his mood has been volatile recently. He is always angry when he is asked about something. He was the teacher of Emperor Guangxu. After the Sino-Japanese War, Emperor Guangxu's trust in Weng Tonghe gradually weakened. After the death of Prince Gong, he was driven away ten days later.
Many people think that Empress Dowager Cixi cut Emperor Guangxu's right-hand man behind his back, not Guangxu's initiative. In fact, Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu have a nominal mother-child relationship. The empress dowager and the emperor respected each other and were careful. Empress Dowager Cixi respected Guangxu's judgment, and Guangxu also fully respected Empress Dowager Cixi's opinions. There is no balance between their mother and son. At this time, Emperor Guangxu was 28 years old. He should be regarded as a man of judgment and a serious politician. So from the historical materials we went to see today, you will feel that at this time, Emperor Guangxu's goal was to imagine Emperor Meiji, an excellent politician like Peter the Great, and of course, to make contributions like his ancestor Kangxi and make this dynasty strong again. However, the ability is still limited, and it has not brought many good consequences to this country, especially it has not been able to get rid of the control of the big hand behind it, and finally it has given itself a bad end.