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The Yongzheng Emperor is undoubtedly the most controversial and questionable emperor in the more than 260 years of the Qing Dynasty's history, and in addition to the mystery of the succession of many opinions, his death has also attracted much attention. According to records, in the thirteenth year of Yongzheng (1735), the Yongzheng Emperor suddenly died violently in the Yuanmingyuan, and the Yongzheng Emperor was usually in good health, so how could he suddenly die?
Yongzheng Emperor
Because the Yongzheng Emperor died really bizarrely, coupled with the cruel persecution of his brothers and heroes before his death and the mystery of the succession that is difficult to justify himself, his long-term reputation is really bad, and the final sudden and violent death has attracted many speculations from posterity, and among the various circulating theories, "Lü Siniang assassinated the Yongzheng Emperor" is the most widespread. This statement is recorded in the "Thirteen Dynasties of the Qing Palace" and "The Remains of the Qing Palace".
In the eighth year of Yongzheng, the case of Lü Liuliang occurred. This is an extremely cruel "literal prison" of the Yongzheng Dynasty, which has caused an extremely bad impact on society.
Lu Liuliang
It is said that when the Yongzheng Emperor Daxing's Lü Liuliang family was linked, Lü Siniang survived because she was not at home. Lü Siniang, who was only 13 years old, heard that her family was being persecuted, and was filled with righteous indignation, and since then she has been lurking in the folk, hiding her name, learning from her teachers, studying and practicing diligently, just to find the Yongzheng Emperor one day to take revenge.
Five years later, Lv Siniang practiced an unusually high martial art and became a famous heroine. So she disguised herself and mixed into the palace, searched for many times, and finally found the right opportunity to cut off the head of the Yongzheng Emperor with a knife.
There are two theories about Lü Siniang's infiltration into the palace, one has been introduced, and the other is that Lü Siniang sneaked into the palace disguised as a palace maid, assassinated the Yongzheng Emperor late at night while the Yongzheng Emperor was asleep, and retreated completely.
Lv Siniang
These two claims can be widely circulated, although "there is no solid evidence", but also "there is a reason for the incident".
"It has recently been said that the orphans of the Lü clan have slipped through the net, and this matter is not shallow to the secretary of state, and it is still necessary to strictly investigate and deal with it." This was a directive given by the Yongzheng Emperor to his trusted ministers in the eighth year of Yongzheng. It can be seen that as early as the yongzheng Emperor's lifetime, the saying about "Lü's orphans" had already been introduced into the palace.
The Yongzheng Emperor ordered his cronies to investigate and deal with them strictly, and it could be seen that he himself felt a deep sense of hidden worry. This is undoubtedly a strong support for this statement.
However, the above statements are just speculations based on "so-called clues".
For such a statement, historians generally believe that Lü Siniang's assassination of the Yongzheng Emperor was completely a false rumor, and it was impossible for such a thing to happen in history.
First, in the case of Lü Liuliang, it is unlikely that Lü Shiyi will have slipped through the net. After Yongzheng asked about the "Orphans of the Lü Family" in the eighth year, in July of that year, the minister of the Lü Clan replied that the Lü Family Gate, both men, women and children, had been strictly guarded, and even the Lü family's cemetery had been closely monitored.
This trusted minister, named Li Wei, was known for his ability to hunt down thieves, and it was impossible to perfunctorily rebuke Yongzheng. And he once wrote an inscription for the Lü family, after the Lü case, the Yongzheng Emperor did not rebuke him, he was afraid, and he had to make meritorious deeds and do his best to search for relevant personnel, and it was impossible for the suspects to escape.
Therefore, if there is really a person like Lv Siniang, the possibility of escaping is also very small.
Second, the conditions for the selection of showgirls in the Qing Dynasty were very strict, with specific reference to the Current Rules in the Palace of the King. In this case, even if Lü Siniang became a person who slipped through the net, there would be no chance of blending into the palace.
The reason why "Lü Siniang assassinated the Yongzheng Emperor" can be circulated is nothing more than the following reasons: First, the Qing court has always been difficult to eliminate the resistance of the Han people, especially the Lü Liuliang case, which killed too many people, which caused great indignation among the Han people, hoping that there would be a tyrant with the hand blade of the Lü clan.
Secondly, the Yongzheng Emperor made too many enemies in the struggle for the throne, and these people or the rest of the party also hated the Yongzheng Emperor, making the rumors about the Yongzheng Emperor more and more complicated.
Moreover, the people have always been full of curiosity about the mysterious court, and when the wind blows, they will listen to the wind and rain to spread false rumors.