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Why did the foreign army decide to burn the YuanMing Yuan? The reason is exposed by author. It was cause by the intimate knowledge of how much the love of the Qing rulers to the imperial garden of the leader of the army. As a result, Xianfeng emperor was deeply struck by the perish of the garden and soon died in ReHeng at the young age of thirty.

 It not only stroke XianFeng, but also other Qing rulers such as CiXi, TongZhi. It was recorded that the rulers always showed their miss for the Old Summer Palace. But at that time, just no long after the TaiPing heavenly Kingdom movement, the national treasury was depleted.

 For instance, because of the strong desire to rebuild the YuanMing Yuan, many scandals were happened.

2016-05-30

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