The Governor of Zhili took a photo of Empress Dowager Longyu, why was she almost killed?

Because the then Governor of Zhili, Duanfang, had avant-garde ideas, at the ceremony when Empress Dowager Cixi passed away, he took two photographers and a camera to take pictures of Empress Dowager Longyu. He was mistaken for an assassin and scared the Queen Mother Longyu, so he was almost executed.

Duanfang had been to the West before, so he felt that such an important funeral should be more commemorated and grand like a foreign country. At that time, he had been the governor for a few months, and people in his position were allowed to bring a few people into the ceremony, so to commemorate this moment, he asked two other photographers from the photo studio to disguise themselves as He joined his entourage and then sneaked into the funeral together. Then when Empress Dowager Longyu passed by, the photographer started to set up those stands to take pictures, and then took a photo. As for the guards, they began to say that they were assassins. Empress Dowager Longyu was frightened, and then the photographer and Duan Fang were both caught.

Empress Dowager Longyu felt that she was offended, so she must punish Duan Fang severely, but Duan Fang begged many close people to avoid the death penalty. Empress Dowager Longyu was frightened at that time, and later she felt that her dignity had been offended, so she also ordered Duan Fang to be severely punished, as well as the two photographers. Originally, Duan Fang was actually quite popular, but at that time, this The matter was too serious, so they couldn't save him. Later, Duan Fang went to find many people to save him. He might have narrowly escaped the death penalty, but his position must have been removed.

So Duan Fang only served as the governor-general of Zhili for a few months before he was removed from his position and almost lost his life. This may have something to do with his recklessness and recklessness at the time.