How did Yongzheng die?

In the 13th year of Yongzheng (1735), Yong Zhengdi died suddenly in Yuanmingyuan on August 23rd. Yong Zhengdi's death in expect the unexpected, his empress dowager and the most favored ministers around him were unprepared. Later generations have speculated on the cause of Yongzheng's death, and there are different opinions. After Yong Zhengdi's death, his coffin was parked in Qing Palace for only 65,438+09 days, and then moved to Youyong Hall of Yonghe Palace. Why did his coffin move from the palace to the temple in such a hurry? Is there anything really abnormal about Yongzheng's death?

Yong Zhengdi's death is also recorded in unofficial history, such as The Official History of the Qing Dynasty, The Legacy of the Qing Palace and The Thirteen Dynasties of the Qing Palace. However, in these unofficial history works, people think that Yongzheng was assassinated by Lv Siniang.

Legend has it that after the gens was killed, Lu's daughter Siniang was rescued by Lu's personal footman and fled to the deep mountains and forests. From then on, he remained anonymous and sought revenge for his father and his ancestors. Later, Lv Siniang met a one-armed god with superb martial arts. Under her careful guidance, Lv Siniang became a swordsman with superb martial arts. To avenge his family, Lv Siniang sneaked into the capital. After some secret investigation and inquiry, Lv Siniang finally figured out the law of Yong Zhengdi's action. One day, she got a tip-off, saying that Yongzheng would spend the night in Yuanmingyuan tonight, and the defense in Yuanmingyuan was lax. So Lv Siniang jumped into Yuanmingyuan and found Yong Zhengdi sleeping in the dragon bed, and cut off his head with a sword. Then he raised his head and escaped from the palace and flew away. After dawn, the eunuch in the palace saw that it was already afternoon and Yong Zhengdi had not got up. He called the queen to Yongzheng's bedroom and saw that he had already been beheaded. So, the palace was frightened and lied that Yongzheng was seriously ill, called the sovereign ministers into the palace, and blocked the news that Yongzheng was killed, saying only that Yongzheng had a sudden illness and died. There are also rumors that there is a headless body in Yongzheng's coffin. Because there was no real head, I made him a gold head.

Of course, this is just a rumor in unofficial history's novels, and some scholars have refuted these rumors. I think this assassination is pure rumor. Because after the Lu case, his family was tightly controlled and no one could escape. Besides, the Yuanmingyuan was heavily guarded when the emperor was there. Lv Siniang could not easily enter the bedroom to assassinate the emperor through the guards patrolling day and night.

Yong Zhengdi's robes were painted by court painters in Qing Dynasty. Before reaching the summit, Yong Zhengdi believed in the fortune-telling of Taoist priests in Wuyishan. Later, he accepted Jiangxi Taoist Lou Jianyuan as a Buddhist disciple, raised Taoist Jia Shifang and Zhang Taixu in the palace, and practiced Dan medicine.

In addition, there is a saying that Yong Zhengdi died of poisoning by taking Dan medicine. These people found that Yong Zhengdi was very fond of magic by carefully studying the gathering of pearls in Yongzheng Dynasty. In order to live forever, Yong Zhengdi kept a large number of monks and Taoists in his palace. He himself is also very keen on divination, praying for God and other tricks. It is even often used to decide the appointment and promotion of officials. In Yongzheng's Yu Lan Ji, he wrote many poems praising immortals and elixirs. Besides government affairs, Yongzheng often studied Taoist mysteries such as alchemy, picking ling, flying crane and teaching method under the guidance of Taoist priests. In order to live forever, Yongzheng often took pills offered by Taoist priests. In the historical records of North Korea, there is a record that Yong Zhengdi was so addicted to magic that he was terminally ill that he could not move from the waist down.

Yong Zhengdi's reign was not long, but he left two mysteries: the succession to the throne and the cause of death. Maybe there is nothing magical about these mysteries at all. It's just that the rumors of later generations have put layers of mysterious coats on him, making it difficult to see the truth.