Is Xianfeng really a bad king? Or is there something else?

In fact, Emperor Xianfeng was not a bad king, but his background troubled him, or he could not change the whole society himself.

I think Emperor Xianfeng worked hard when he was in office. There are many novel ideas. In order to save the crumbling rule of the Qing Dynasty, he threw out the original malpractice thought, re-recruited talents, appointed people on merit, wanted to re-establish the prestige of the Qing Dynasty, reused Zeng Guofan, a Han bureaucrat, lost his original prejudice, gave a lot of rights to Zeng Guofan for training, and transferred troops to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Similarly, he dismissed those traitors who took bribes and executed 1 ministers who argued for peace in the Opium War. So all his actions show that he is definitely not a bad king, but there is no way. The era in which he lived doomed the demise of the Qing Dynasty. From his achievements and his courage to get rid of the prejudice between ethnic groups and choose talents and abilities, we can see that he is definitely not a bad king.

As the seventh heir of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Xianfeng was undoubtedly the most miserable of several emperors and the last three emperors of the Qing Dynasty. That's because the disintegration of the Qing dynasty is a foregone conclusion, and Emperor Xianfeng is in the stage of not getting on. It is difficult to re-establish the policies of the Qing dynasty, but it is not in line with his status to give up directly.

When Emperor Xianfeng wanted to cut the gordian knot, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement broke out directly, and more than half of China was involved, which made the rule of the Qing Dynasty fall apart. In addition, before this, the Qing court was very corrupt and had many disadvantages. Therefore, Emperor Xianfeng could not quickly find talented people to replace these idiots, which made the crumbling Qing Dynasty even worse. Although Emperor Xianfeng has been handling government affairs diligently, he even tried his best to carry them out.

Emperor Xianfeng tried every means to inspire the soldiers' spirit and even punished himself in the most traditional way, but it was useless. As a result, it rained all night. When Emperor Xianfeng devoted all his energy to the encirclement and suppression of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the British and French allied forces launched the second Opium War, which hit Beijing, making Emperor Xianfeng feel at home and abroad. Therefore, under the conditions at that time, the Qing Dynasty was so corrupt, including himself and himself.