Expose the cause of death of Emperor Tongzhi. How did Emperor Tongzhi die of syphilis? Did Emperor Tongzhi die of syphilis or smallpox? In the 11th year of Xianfeng (186 1), Emperor Xianfeng, who had been immersed in debauchery, finally died in the smokehouse of chengde mountain resort at the age of 3 1. His 6-year-old son Zai Chun ascended the throne, and the title began to be "King Qixiang". After Xin You's coup, it was changed to "Qi Xiang".
Before Zai Chun came to power 12 years ago, every day the imperial court was just a gesture, and it was Empress Dowager Cixi who really manipulated the state power. In the 12th year of Tongzhi (1873), when Zai Chun was 18 years old, Zai Chun, an adult, was in charge. Empress Dowager Cixi reluctantly removed the curtain and let her son take charge. Unfortunately, the Emperor Tongzhi was in office for less than two years, suddenly became seriously ill and died on the fifth day of December in the thirteenth year of Tongzhi (1875 1.02). He was only 19 years old when he died. In the prime of life, the sudden death of Emperor Tongzhi became one of countless mysteries in the Qing Dynasty, leaving countless speculations and questions for our descendants. Legend has it that Emperor Tongzhi died of syphilis and legend has it that he died of smallpox. What disease did Emperor Tongzhi get and what was the cause of death? Zai Chun's pulse condition, illness and medication from October 30th, 13th year of Tongzhi to the thirty-six days before and after his death on May 5th of the same year are all recorded in the Pulse Archives of the Qing Emperor, which is kept in the First Historical Archives. The general symptoms diagnosed by doctors are: "deficiency, dampness and toxin accumulation, waist swelling and ulceration, pus overflow, leg cramps and head cramps." In recent years, experts and professors in the fields of history and medicine have carefully analyzed and studied these cases of pulse diagnosis left by imperial doctors in Qing Dynasty, and finally think that these materials are accurate and reliable. They made a special study on the development of Tongzhi Emperor's illness and medication, and the results were the same as those recorded in the file. " Emperor Tongzhi died of smallpox. "Then why do people say that Emperor Tongzhi died of syphilis? According to unofficial history's "The Legacy of the Qing Palace", Tongzhi went to prostitute and contracted syphilis. Weng Tonghe's diary says: 1 1 23rd, "Dr. Li and Mr. Zhuang are sitting in the office. According to the cloud, the pulse rate is weak, the waist is swollen, the two points are purulent and fishy, the root disc is very large, and it gradually flows to the back. When it collapses, the mouth is very big, and when it collapses, it is difficult to say. "On the 28th, I wrote: Doctor Tai said:" The waist is like a cockroach, and the mouth is on the side. Uncover the plaster, the juice is like an arrow. It's only half a cup when it's carved "Remember again on the 29th: See you." The doctor uncovered the plaster and squeezed pus for it. The pus is half full, white and fishy, swollen, flat below the waist and purplish in color, and seems to be very ill. "Li Ciming's diary also records:" Upward rotation suffers from carbuncle, the neck and abdomen are the same, and they all fester. "But he added:" The palace is isolated, and its matter cannot be detailed. "In fact, the laws and regulations of the Qing Dynasty were very strict. It is impossible to say that Emperor Tongzhi and his school partner (Prince Gong's son Zai Cheng) often ran out of the Forbidden City in private and made private visits, and no historian saw and recorded them. Weng Tonghe recorded in his diary that Emperor Tongzhi was still awake three days before his death. 19 years old, when he was dying, he couldn't help thinking about the heir. For fear of Empress Dowager Cixi, it is likely that he secretly passed the tip-off to Li Hongzao, who is both a master and a powerful minister. According to legend, Emperor Tongzhi summoned Master Li Hongzao, the military affairs minister, in hall of mental cultivation alone. There was Queen Arut in the room. Because of the emergency, the queen has no time to avoid the foreign minister. Emperor Tongzhi first asked the queen who the heir to the throne was, and Queen Arut replied, "The rise and fall of a country depends on an older monarch. I don't want to bear the name of the queen mother, but I have a minor son. If so, it will bring endless harm to my ancestral home. "Emperor Tongzhi was very satisfied with the queen's reasonable answer, so he consulted with his master Li Hongzao, and finally decided to make Baylor his successor, and immediately dictated a testamentary edict of more than a thousand words, ordering Li Hongzao to write it beside his sickbed. Li Hongzao knew all about the court accident, knowing that it was the Emperor Tongzhi's defense against independence from Chu Jun after the death of Cixi, so that he could continue to be in charge of the court. But for such a big thing, it is estimated that Cixi will know sooner or later that she will be killed. The more Li Hongzao thought about it, the more afraid he became. He didn't dare to offend Cixi, so he sent a secret edict to Palace of Gathered Elegance where Cixi lived ... Although the Tongzhi emperor had countless regrets in his life, in fact, during the Tongzhi period, Qing also met a rare opportunity. At that time, between the Taiping Army and the Boxer Rebellion, he was outside Britain and France. The queen mother in the palace hung the curtain, the prince deliberated, Gzero was united, and the New Deal was carried out, which achieved certain results. What we call "Tongzhi revival" is mainly during Tongzhi years. During this period, the Westernization Movement of "learning from foreigners to control foreigners" was widely launched throughout the country, which laid a certain foundation for China's gradual modernization. 1875 65438+ 10 12, the Tongzhi emperor Zai Chun passed away and was buried in Hui Ling, Dongling, Qing Dynasty. He was the shortest-lived emperor in the Qing Dynasty, and the Tongzhi emperor had no children all his life. In the official history of the Qing Dynasty. Mu Zong's biography gave Mu Zong a high evaluation. Just that sentence: "when you are young, your mother will fall." The country will prosper. Raze the thief to the ground in ten years, and both China and foreign countries will be safe. If you are harmonious, how can you do this? "Bodie personally cut major policies and did not ask for leave. In case of any change, I will be diligent. It's great to be sympathetic when you hear about the disaster. Don't say Fu Rui, it's wise. Until middle age, I get stronger every day, and I will never be as old as before. Gu nai chose to abandon her son. What a pity! " It can be seen that when compiling the history of the Qing Dynasty, later generations still gave this young emperor who was depressed and frustrated all his life a high evaluation. Did Emperor Tongzhi die of syphilis? No, Tongzhi died of smallpox.
Emperor Tongzhi/kloc-died at the age of 0/9. According to official records, he died of smallpox, but there are also many rumors that he died of syphilis. Xiao Yishan, a famous historian, repeatedly emphasized in the General History of Qing Dynasty in 1923 that the Tongzhi emperor died of syphilis. In addition, the two great-grandchildren of the Tongzhi emperor wrote to Li Deli, the physician, respectively, and the ancestors uploaded a secret message. The Tongzhi emperor died of syphilis. However, Weng Tonghe recorded that Emperor Tongzhi's "flowers are extremely dense" and "head and face are full of grouting bubbles", all of which are in line with the performance of smallpox. Smallpox was also a common disease in Qing dynasty, so doctors should not misdiagnose smallpox. Emperor Tongzhi died at the age of nineteen. People say he died of syphilis. How did this happen? We all know that the Tongzhi emperor of the Qing Dynasty died at the age of 19, which is incredible, but I think it is incredible because his private life is so chaotic.
Maybe some people think that the emperor should enjoy the treatment of three wives and four concubines in the palace? This is the normal life of ordinary emperors, but the Tongzhi emperor is not like this.
Because the Tongzhi emperor had too much power and no one around him guided him correctly, he especially liked to run outside the palace, and he was very tempted since he was a child. To tell the truth, an ordinary child really can't resist so many temptations, and may like to play in Huajie and Liuxiang. As we all know, even now, he may be infected with sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis.
In ancient times, our medical technology was not developed enough and our health was not guaranteed. Now we are doing well, so to be honest, if we hang around like Emperor Tongzhi, I think it is too likely to get sexually transmitted diseases, and visiting Huajie Liuxiang at an early age makes him particularly vulnerable to normal development, so I think this is the reason why he died young for various reasons.
If he can be like his ancestors, such as Qianlong or Kangxi, I think he should still live a long life. After all, they have longevity genes.
Therefore, if you are too young in the end, it may be particularly prone to the phenomenon that the Tongzhi emperor died a year early, and it is really regrettable to get sick at a young age.
So I think we should take good care of our bodies, both in the past and now.
Did Emperor Tongzhi die of syphilis? I think he died of smallpox.
First of all, if Emperor Tongzhi has syphilis, then he must have an infection route. Considering his age and state, both mother-to-child vertical transmission and body fluid transmission can be basically ruled out, and the only possible route of infection should be sexual contact transmission. According to legend, Emperor Tongzhi visited prostitutes incognito and got syphilis. Is this possible? It should be said that the possibility is very small. Not to mention the harem beauty three thousand, as the emperor will not lack * * *. Even if he really thinks that the flowers at home are not as good as wild flowers, it is unlikely that he has to go out to have sex. You know, Emperor Tongzhi is different from Guangxu. He is the only biological son of Empress Dowager Cixi. With such a strong mother here, it is really impossible to go to a brothel without the eyes and ears of Cixi. Furthermore, if Emperor Tongzhi is infected with syphilis, he should have a history of syphilis. Primary syphilis is mainly manifested as painless ulcer of external genitalia, which can be cured by itself. It is hard for us to imagine that a teenage boy found an ulcer on his genitals and didn't take it seriously to see a doctor. Moreover, syphilis was not a rare disease at that time, and it should be easily diagnosed by doctors. On this basis, doctors should be prepared when the Emperor Tongzhi attacks again. Even if the doctor is too afraid to say syphilis and make up some other names to cover up the past, this situation should be recorded, but it is not recorded in the medical history and pulse cases. Third, Weng Tonghe recorded that Emperor Tongzhi's "flowers are extremely dense" and "head and face are full of grouting bubbles", which are all in line with the performance of smallpox. Smallpox was also a common disease in Qing dynasty, so doctors should not misdiagnose smallpox. Smallpox can cause severe high fever and many complications, including sepsis. When the patient is extremely weak and there is no modern disinfection measures, pustules caused by smallpox can easily develop into skin and soft tissue infections. Emperor Tongzhi said, "At the swollen waist, both points are filled with pus and fishy water, but the root disc is very large and gradually flows to the back, so it is difficult to say that it collapses outside." This is a typical manifestation of severe soft tissue infection and abscess formation. The scope of infection has been very large, spreading from the waist to the back. Although some pus flowed out of the patient after rupture, due to the huge infection scope, a large number of necrotic tissues and pus accumulated in the tissue, which on the one hand caused the infection to be difficult to control, and on the other hand caused a large number of toxins to be absorbed, which caused a continuous heavy blow to the patient inside and outside. If this kind of infection is put into modern times, there are still ways to solve it. Incision of the infected site, removal of necrotic tissue and smooth drainage, on the one hand, are conducive to limiting infection and relieving systemic symptoms, combined with the use of antibiotics, can save the lives of patients. However, the conservative application measures taken by doctors can not produce substantial effects on this large-scale infection. This local infection is becoming more and more serious, and a large number of bacteria and toxins continue to enter the blood, which will cause serious damage to many organs of patients. With the deterioration of physical fitness, patients' resistance is getting weaker and weaker, and permanent bacteria in oral cavity and blood-borne bacteria will cause new infection lesions in patients. In fact, rickets before the death of Emperor Tongzhi was gangrenous stomatitis, that is, serious infection of oral tissue. The spread of this infection shows that the patient is extremely weak. This kind of oral soft tissue infection will cause severe swelling of the mouth, seriously affect the patient's eating and breathing, and lead to the rapid and rapid deterioration of the patient's condition. The bleeding and melena of Tongzhi Emperor indicate that there has been stress ulcer bleeding and even disseminated intravascular coagulation. These are the manifestations of patients with terminal severe infection. Therefore, a comprehensive analysis shows that Emperor Tongzhi died not of syphilis, but of severe skin and soft tissue infection and septicemia secondary to smallpox. Did Emperor Tongzhi get syphilis? It should be smallpox.
From the age of 6 to 14, Tongzhi, the mystery of the cause of death, became an emperor every day, putting on airs in hall of mental cultivation, and the Empress Dowager of the two palaces listened to politics. He will also spend half a day studying in Hongdetang. Tongzhi did not receive strict father education since childhood, and the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager did not have any education, so he could not teach the Prince the essentials of reading. They often work in China Palace, deliver meals and go to the theatre, without giving Tongzhi a cultural influence. Tongzhi is fun-loving, does not like reading, and is "afraid of reading". He didn't study well and made no progress. His master taught him to read the paper, but he was "extremely distracted"; I'm also very careless in class. His classes are full of games and inquiries, which are intended to accompany reading, encourage each other and learn from each other. In fact, they often suffer on their behalf, which makes an example for them. In class, "no spirit makes you tired, but spirit makes you laugh", which is really a naughty student. By the time Tongzhi was seventeen or eighteen, he couldn't read music or even recite "University". As far as Tongzhi Emperor is concerned, he was born in the emperor's family, enjoyed the exclusive honor of "the land is not the king's land, and the land is not the king's minister", lived the life of "Zhong Ming Shi Ding" and successfully ascended the throne of the emperor without brother competition. This is the comedy of his life. However, Tongzhi also has a tragedy in life-he experienced six major misfortunes in the short period of 19: losing his father at an early age is the greatest misfortune! It is the second greatest misfortune to bear the heavy responsibility of the country in childhood and not enjoy the normal childlike happiness! Bad relationship with the queen mother is the third greatest misfortune! Marital misfortune is the fourth greatest misfortune! Childlessness is the fifth greatest misfortune! 19 years old and dying young is the sixth greatest misfortune! Let's talk briefly about his empresses. Tongzhi has a queen and three concubines, among which the choice of the queen: Empress Ci 'an likes talking to Alut, the daughter of Chongqi, and Empress Cixi likes Fu Cha, the daughter of Lang Fengxiu. Empresses of the two palaces have different opinions, so they should be treated together and chosen. Tongzhi chose Arut, the daughter of Chongqi in Zhenglan Banner of Mongolia. So, by the imperial edict of the Empress Dowager of the two palaces, in September of the eleventh year of Tongzhi (1872), she was appointed as the queen, with Tongzhi 17 years old and the queen 19 years old. Fucha's name is Huifei. The Queen's grandfather is Cezanne A, a college student and military minister, and his grandfather is Zheng Qinwang Duanhua. Chongqi, the queen's father, was the only "Mongolian scholar" in the Qing Dynasty, and the first man in Manchu and Mongolian in the Qing Dynasty. He was edited by the Hanlin Academy in Chinese. Meng Man Stone Forest is proud of it. In the ninth year of Tongzhi (1870), he was elected as an assistant lecturer, later appointed as Zhu Zhuguan, and later transferred to General Shengjing. Since the Boxer Rebellion, Chongqi and the imperial court have many common beliefs. After the defeat, she followed Rong Lu to Baoding, lived in Lianchi Academy and hanged herself. Chongqi's wife, Guaerjia, died when the capital fell. "Draft of Qing Dynasty: Biography of Chongqi Attached to Biography of Chongqi's Wife" records: "Chongqi's wife, Guaerjia, dug a deep pit before the fall of the capital, which was an introduction, scattered rank minister Bao Chu, grandson Wailang Lian Ding, clean pen post, and supervisor Lian Hong. Male and female, into the pit sat in the coffin (Y) respectively and died behind closed doors." The queen was born into an aristocratic family composed of officials and poets. She studied calligraphy and has been polite since she was a child. She is Geng Shuang, and she is not good at flattery. According to records, Queen Alut is "elegant", "beautiful and virtuous" and good at writing. When the queen was a child, she was at home. Chongqi personally taught her and was very smart in reading. She did everything. "When I was young, I studied, knew righteousness, was quiet, and was called virtuous inside and outside. It is in the sixth house. Every time I hear resistance, I will be frugal and make a series. " She was registered as a queen, and the Tongzhi emperor loved and respected her very much. It is said that she will be pregnant soon. Empress Dowager Cixi doesn't like the queen's daughter-in-law and often finds fault with the little queen. Cixi forbade her to share the same room with the emperor Tongzhi, but wanted Tongzhi to be good to Hui Fei. Emperor Tongzhi didn't dare to disobey, but he didn't like Huifei, so he had to stay alone in hall of mental cultivation angrily and live a lonely life. Because Cixi made things difficult everywhere, the queen's life was very difficult. Tongzhi was seriously ill, and the queen's wet nurse was also blamed by Cixi. "My First Half Life" records: Tongzhi was seriously ill, and the Queen visited hall of mental cultivation. The two talked privately and were known by Empress Dowager Cixi. Empress Dowager Cixi was furious and rushed into NuanGe, saying, "Take it out, it hurts to death" and asked the eunuch to prepare a big stick to serve. It is said that the queen said anxiously, "The daughter-in-law was brought in from the Qing Gate. Please ask the queen mother to maintain the dignity of her daughter-in-law! " Cixi has always regretted living in the West Palace, and she is not satisfied that Xianfeng did not canonize himself as a queen before his death. Cixi was furious, stunned by Tongzhi, and her condition worsened. Cixi saw it and didn't punish the queen. As soon as Tongzhi died, Cixi put the blame on the queen. When Queen Arut saw the death of Emperor Tongzhi, she was extremely sad, didn't think about food, swallowed gold and committed suicide, and was saved. The queen's father, Chongqi, told Empress Dowager Cixi. The queen mother replied, "you can go with the great emperor!" " The emperor is dead and has not been buried. He is called the Great, which means that he can die with his husband. Chongqi told her daughter about it. Moreover, Cixi did not establish an heir for Tongzhi, but let her cousin and aunt Zaitian inherit the throne. In fact, there is no place for a queen. There is only one way for the queen to commit suicide. In February of the first year of Guangxu (1875), 75 days after the death of Emperor Tongzhi, Queen Alut "suddenly died" at the age of 22. Unofficial history said: Queen Arut is pregnant, and Cixi is afraid that she will give birth to a boy. In the future, Zu ǐ n will inherit the unification, and if she can't listen to politics, she will be forced to death. The indulgence of tongzhi life is related to the disharmony of family relations. It is said that Tongzhi is close to women or travels incognito. Someone gave him "obscene novels, secret drama albums, and the emperor is easy to indulge." He often goes to restaurants, theaters and flower streets outside Chongwenmen. Unofficial history recorded: "Actors, prostitutes and prostitutes are all invited." It is also recorded that Du, the eunuch who was trusted by Tongzhi, and his sister: "The emperor is lucky to choose Du as a girl. Tin has a sister, and the solid goldfish pond is also a prostitute. More attractive to the emperor. Because I am addicted to color, I gradually forget to return. " According to records, Prince Yi of Alcohol once cried and advised him to travel incognito. Where does the problem of tongzhi come from? The prince of alcohol was speechless. He also called Prince Gong Yi and asked who Wei Xing was listening to. A: "The courtiers lift the journey." Tongzhi micro-line, heated discussion, can neither credibly say it exists, nor categorically say it does not exist! In the 13th year of Tongzhi (1874), on the fifth day of December, the Tongzhi emperor collapsed in hall of mental cultivation, the palace. There are many legends about the death of Tongzhi, including smallpox, syphilis, smallpox and syphilis. Master Tongzhi died of smallpox. Mainly based on historical archives and Weng Tonghe's diary. Weng's diary records that Tongzhi "caught a cold in Xiyuan on the 21st and broke out today (30th)". On the second day of November, "I heard that the embroidered robe has been mended, and the sacred bow has the joy of smallpox." There is also a record: "yesterday, the rash was cured and smallpox was fixed." On the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, when he summoned the minister in charge, he was "full of blood, and his head and face were covered with grouting bubbles". The imperial edict said: "This month, when I met the joy of smallpox, I was persuaded by Prince Dun and others to calm my anger." After studying the historical medical record "Long Live the Doctor" in the Qing Dynasty, scholars think that the Tongzhi emperor died of smallpox. After Tongzhi got smallpox, Doctor Tai announced the condition and prescription, and declared Tongzhi's disease as "the joy of smallpox". Empress dowager cixi and ministers of civil and military affairs did not actively seek new drugs and new treatments for tongzhi's diseases, but carried out activities of "offering sacrifices to pox gods" inside and outside the palace according to the rules handed down by their ancestors. Please worship the "Queen pox God" in the Palace hall of mental cultivation. Red couplets are hung in the palace to exorcise evil spirits, and princes and ministers wear colorful clothes. According to "the first three and the last four", they have to wear fancy clothes for seven days. The "flower and clothing period" of Tongzhi is extended to "the first five and then seven", which means that it is expected to pass the dangerous period within 12 days. Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Ci 'an personally went to the Shouhuang Hall in Jingshan to pray for the blessings of ancestors and gods. If the Ministry of the Interior does not write, all saints will be rewarded. Tongzhi, who was devastated, died in the hustle and bustle of praying to God and ancestor worship in the palace. He died in Yangxintang, where his ancestor Shunzhi was killed by smallpox. "Biography of chongling" records: "Hui Ling immortals really suffer from acne, and the rumors are poisonous and untrue!" In recent years, experts have discovered the pulse case of doctors treating the same treatment. Medical history experts carefully analyzed the relevant files and concluded that Emperor Tongzhi died of smallpox. Hui Ling, the Tongzhi Emperor, died of syphilis. It is also based on historical archives and Weng Tonghe's diary. There are also records in unofficial history, and The Legacy of Qing Palace records that Tongzhi went to a prostitute and contracted syphilis. Weng Tonghe's diary says: 1 1 23rd, "Dr. Li and Mr. Zhuang are sitting in the office. According to the cloud, the pulse rate is weak, the waist is swollen, the two points are purulent, the root disc is very large, and it gradually flows to the back. When it collapses, the mouth is very big, and it is difficult to say when it collapses. " On the 28th, I wrote: Doctor Tai said: "The waist is like a cockroach, and the mouth is on the side. Uncover the plaster, the juice is like an arrow. It will be half a cup when it is engraved. " Remember again on the 29th: See "The doctor uncovers the plaster and squeezes pus for it. The pus is half full, white and fishy, swollen, flat below the waist, slightly purple in color, and seems to be deeply ill. " Li Ciming's diary also records: "Upward rotation suffers from carbuncle, the neck and abdomen are the same, and they all fester." But he added: "The palace is isolated, and its affairs cannot be detailed." However, experts in the history of the Qing Dynasty pointed out that the laws and regulations of the Qing Dynasty were very strict, and it was impossible for the emperor to go out from the Forbidden City and have sex. Another view is that after hundreds of officials opposed Tongzhi's plan to rebuild Yuanmingyuan and failed, he was bored in every way and went out of the palace for fun under the leadership of eunuchs. At that time, foreigners may have known the illness of Tongzhi Emperor. For example, the American envoy reported to his country that "the disease of Tongzhi Emperor is incurable if it is diagnosed and treated by western medicine and scientific methods." However, Emperor Tongzhi was the king of a country, and prescriptions for prescribing too many medicines had to undergo strict examination. Because of the monarch's taboo, he can't reveal the truth of the disease, nor can he prescribe medicine according to the disease. The folk prescription is wrong and the treatment is ineffective. The theory of attending to death from smallpox and syphilis. It is also mainly inferred from historical archives and documents. The symptoms diagnosed by the imperial doctor are: deficiency with dampness and toxic accumulation, waist swelling and ulceration, pus overflow, leg pain and disc contracture, acne on head and neck, arms and knees. This view is: the same treatment, or first suffering from smallpox and infected with syphilis, or first suffering from syphilis and infected with smallpox, two diseases concurrent, treatment ineffective and died. There are different opinions among the people about the cause of the death of Emperor Tongzhi, but the Qing government kept its mouth shut and refused to plead guilty. Therefore, what disease Tongzhi died of has become a historical mystery. How was the mysterious death of Emperor Tongzhi recorded in a secret court file? It is said that he died miserably. According to the secret records of the imperial court, Emperor Tongzhi died of syphilis, which was an incurable disease at that time. When his condition was serious, he was covered with pus and the smell was unbearable. It can be said that he was tortured to death by this disease, and his death was extremely tragic.
Emperor Tongzhi should be the shortest-lived emperor in the Qing Dynasty. At that time, the official explanation was that the Tongzhi emperor died of smallpox, and so did some historical records. But there have been many versions among the people that the Tongzhi emperor died of syphilis. Because of the connivance of Empress Dowager Cixi, Tongzhi Emperor often wandered among the people, so he suffered from syphilis, an incurable disease.
At that time, the attending doctors of Tongzhi Emperor were Li Deli and Zhuang Shou, both of whom came from a medical family. At this time, the only thing that can best prove how the Tongzhi emperor died is his attending doctor. Later, Li Zhen, the grandson of Li Deli, published an article saying that the Tongzhi emperor must have died of syphilis, and according to his grandfather Li Deli, because the Tongzhi emperor was terminally ill at that time, the whole body of the Tongzhi emperor festered and stinked, which caused Li Deli to lose his sense of smell.
Syphilis was a taboo for the royal family at that time, and the emperor's spread of diseases was decapitation, so doctors naturally dared not speak frankly to Empress Dowager Cixi. Therefore, doctors can only pretend to be confused. At that time, smallpox was also an incurable disease, so doctors recorded their files according to the symptoms of smallpox. Therefore, it is recorded in the archives of later generations that the Tongzhi emperor died of smallpox. This kind of thing is a big scandal for the royal family. Later, in order to cover up this scandal, the then doctor Tai was also dismissed and returned to his hometown.
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