Introduction to "Dragon Ember Guangxu"
Entering the palace at the age of four, he was a puppet child emperor determined by power; imprisoned for half his life, he was the most tragic young king in the Qing Dynasty.
In the same day of Tongzhi Bintian, the capital was locked in a snowstorm, Cixi decided to be a prince, and Prince Chun's youngest son Zai Tan bid farewell to the ordinary fireworks. Wearing a heavy dragon robe, he stepped into the deep palace. The red wall is a prison, and the country is a shackle. He has been cautious, tolerant and dormant since he was a child, and grew up under endless rules and surveillance. The emperor's master enlightened him about the righteousness of his family and country, and his concubine Wei Zhen gave him the only warmth and confidant in the palace.
A young man is in charge, with a false reputation but no real power. Seeing the decay of the imperial court, the conservative dignitaries, the lax coastal defenses, the humiliation of China and France, the war of Sino-Japanese War, the cessation of territory by Shimonoseki, and the severe pain of broken mountains and rivers, it ignited his bloody desire to reform and strengthen himself. He wanted to destroy the system, develop industry, revitalize the dynasty, and single-handedly save the declining Qing Dynasty, but step by step he came into contact with the old dynasty dignitaries and the absolute power of Cixi.
After a hundred days of reform, thunder suddenly broke out, and the blood could not withstand the coldness of power. The coup was thunderous, the New Deal was burned to the ground, the six gentlemen were stained with blood in the vegetable market, and the beloved concubine Zhen was buried in a dry well. His lifelong ambitions and half-life expectations were all reduced to ashes.
After that, he lived alone in Yingtai and was imprisoned in seclusion for ten years. No one to accompany you, no government to manage, no dreams to pursue. He sat and watched the mountains and rivers collapse and national disasters arose one after another. He watched helplessly as the Qing Dynasty was destroyed step by step, leaving behind a heart full of sadness and powerlessness to turn back.
A lifetime of being shackled by dragon robes, a lifetime of being unable to control oneself.
He once cherished the mountains and seas and wanted to save the people and the country, but in the end only the green tombs were left alone.
The prosperity was gone, the dynasty was reduced to ashes, and there was no more time left in the world. There was only a tragic emperor who was completely let down by the times and authority.
Purpose: Show the trajectories of historical figures