1722 1 1 month 13, Emperor Kangxi died in Changchun Garden in the northern suburb of Beijing, and Yong Zhengdi-Yong Zhengdi officially succeeded to the throne. The following year, the title was changed to Yongzheng.
During his reign, he carried out a series of bureaucratic reforms on corrupt officials in the last years of Kangxi, strengthened the rule of ethnic minorities, and formulated the land reform of equal land system, which made the population of China explode and greatly improved the national economy.
1735, Yong Zhengdi died of illness, with the temple name sejong, and was buried in the Tailing Mausoleum of the Western Qing Dynasty and passed on to his fourth son, Li Hong. From 1722, Yong Zhengdi ascended the throne to 1735, and Yong Zhengdi * * * reigned for thirteen years.
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1735 On August 23rd, Yong Zhengdi died suddenly in Yuanmingyuan. Yong Zhengdi's death in expect the unexpected, his empress dowager and the most favored ministers around him were unprepared.
According to Zhang Yong Zheng's Chronicle of Customs, there was no sign of illness before his death. Shortly before his death, Zhang visited him every day, and Yongzheng died that day.
Zhang was called into the palace and learned that Yong Zhengdi was dying. The news stunned him. Yongzheng died in a hurry, and there are few records about his death in the official history of the Qing Dynasty.
The official records simply confirmed that he died of illness, but did not explain any reason. This is easy to arouse people's speculation, so various theories of Yongzheng's natural death came into being. ?
According to folklore, Yongzheng was stabbed to death by Lv Siniang, a chivalrous woman. Books such as The Thirteen Dynasties of the Qing Dynasty and The Legacy of the Qing Dynasty all have interpretations of Yongzheng's assassination.
Lv Siniang was the daughter of Lv Liuliang, and Lv Liuliang was slaughtered by Yongzheng because of the literary inquisition. Many people in the Lushi family were executed. After Lv Siniang escaped with his mother and a servant, he became an anonymous apprentice and practiced martial arts.
Later, Lv Siniang Joe disguised himself, sneaked into the palace and took the opportunity to cut off Yongzheng's head. Yongzheng had a headless body in the underground palace. There is also a saying that her master was a monk. She used to be a swordsman in Yongzheng, but she didn't want to use it, so she left and trained this female disciple.
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