Did Gong Zizhen's descendants guide the British and French allied forces to burn the Yuanmingyuan? What is the truth?

Gong Zizhen is a famous poet in China. The most famous line in his poems is that falling red is not a heartless thing, but turning into spring mud protects flowers more. However, his descendants did a shameful thing in the late Qing Dynasty, that is, his son Chen Gong once led the British and French allied forces into Yuanmingyuan when they burned it. When questioned by the honest officials at that time, he even refuted each other with his father's experience.

Gong Zizhen's son is called Gong Ju. Gong Zizhen's life can be said to be unhappy. Gong Zizhen lived in a turbulent society, but he was very patriotic. When Lin Zexu exterminated opium in Humen, he made suggestions and was also a man of insight who supported the reformists at that time. However, some feudal conservative forces in the society were very strong at that time. Under such circumstances, Gong Zizhen's future did not get a good development. His experience, his son is very clear, as Gong Zizhen's son hates the rule of the Qing Dynasty, Gong Ju's intelligence is still very high, relatively smart, and he can speak many languages, including when receiving the British and French allied forces, and even speak some English.

When the British and French allied forces entered Beijing, Gong Ju took the initiative to lead the way for these foreigners and led them to the Royal Yuanmingyuan. This incident caused great repercussions in the society at that time. According to historical records, Cixi later sent court officials to negotiate with the British and French allied forces, and Gong Ju actually negotiated with Qing officials on behalf of translators from Britain and France. At that time, the official called Gong Ju a foreigner a human being. Gong Orange, however, was not ashamed at all, retorted that my father had never been to imperial academy in his life and didn't get your blessing in the Qing Dynasty. Why should I help you?

It can be seen from this sentence that Chen Gong's attitude towards the Qing Dynasty was very rude. He thinks that his father's depressed life has a lot to do with those corrupt officials in the Qing Dynasty. So he has a little idea in his heart, look at these honest jokes. So he led these British and French allied forces, and he didn't even think he was a traitor. He stole some treasures when he burned the Yuanmingyuan.