How to evaluate Emperor Xianfeng?

Emperor Xianfeng, Emperor Wenzong of Qing Dynasty (1831~1861), Aisingiorro Yi, the fourth son. 1850 ~ 186 1 year. Shortly after the accession to the throne, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement broke out. During his reign, he signed the Aihui Treaty, the Tianjin Treaty and the Beijing Treaty, which humiliated the country. 186 1 died in Jehol. The ninth emperor of the Qing Dynasty was sickly, sallow and emaciated, and suffered from chronic hemoptysis. Fortunately, physicians point out that deer blood can cure this disease. Therefore, it is very convenient to keep 100 deer in the palace and take them at will. Deer blood has therefore become a life-saving medicine for him to linger and never leave. It can be seen that Xianfeng is not only a sick seedling, but also a portrayal of his life.

Xianfeng is neither tall nor thin. Before he ascended the throne, he was a man of noble character, but when he became emperor, his bad habits were exposed. He did too many wrong things in his life, and even when he died, our family was implicated. 186 1 year, the British and French allied forces passed through Tongzhou and attacked Beijing. They burned, killed and looted everywhere, doing all kinds of evil, but Xianfeng was afraid and surprised, and there was nothing he could do. Finally, I had to take a group of people from Ci 'an, Cixi and Su Shun out of Beijing overnight and arrive in Chengde, which is what people call Jehol to avoid disaster. Although he was afraid of this, during the national crisis, Xianfeng indulged in debauchery all day, so that he suddenly coughed up blood. Unexpectedly, Xianfeng died shortly after coughing up blood this time. If you die, you die, leaving history with a joke. "The dragon had to take a bath in the Jehol and was scalded to death."

He ascended the throne at the age of 20, and his reign was only 1 1 year. Although he was the last emperor to inherit the throne in the Qing Dynasty, he did not bring peace to the whole country, attracted Eight-Nation Alliance, and almost lost the inheritance left by his ancestors. He ascended the throne at the age of 20, not too young, but his achievements were almost zero except for dissolute and humiliating treaties. The original ancestor Shunzhi ascended the throne at the age of 6, and came to power at the age of 14. After taking charge of Shuaiyin, he dealt with the Prince of Switzerland, Dourgen; Kangxi succeeded to the throne at the age of 8, and took power at the age of 14. Soon, he defeated Ao Bai. At the age of 0/8, Kangxi/Kloc issued an imperial edict calling on Manchu princes and nobles to learn riding and shooting and culture. When Kangxi was 20 years old, he personally presided over the suppression of the San Francisco rebellion. He was only 28 years old when the war ended. Then unify Taiwan Province Province and fight back against Russian aggression. He won the jaxa self-defense counterattack twice and signed the Sino-Russian Treaty of Nebuchadnezzar. Compared with our ancestors, Xianfeng is simply a "black sheep".

Finally, after a series of considerations, Daoguang chose Xianfeng as his successor. Some people say that it is not his fault that Xianfeng became emperor, but Daoguang. Because when Daoguang chose the Crown Prince, he didn't consider both ability and political integrity, but only considered virtue instead of talent. But in fact, Xianfeng did not do enough in Germany later. In fact, Xianfeng was a very incompetent emperor, without vision, courage, talent and achievement.

In today's view, Xianfeng was incompetent because he, as the ruler of the Qing Dynasty, did not manage the country well. However, no emperor in the past dynasties left the country in such a state of internal and external troubles. Xianfeng comes first. He weakened the whole country, among which 185 1 broke out the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement and 1856 broke out the Second Opium War.

An emperor who reigned for only 1 1 year changed the history of China for nearly a century. He is the black sheep of his family. Originally, he should have stepped forward in the face of internal and external troubles, but as the head of a country, he ran away when the British and French allied forces invaded Beijing. To this end, Beijing was almost devastated, Yuanmingyuan was destroyed by fire, and the people at that time were also in dire straits. "In these respects, he is said to be mediocre today only because people's emotions have already calmed down. Judging from the situation at that time, Emperor Xianfeng was a real bad king.