This was not at a very good time for China, since Britain and France had just invaded Beijing in the Second Opium War and the Xianfeng Emperor was still exiled in Chengde.
Unluckily, they were all destroyed in the years of Daoguang ang Xianfeng.
He Garden is recognized as "the first celebrated garden in the city after Emperors Xianfeng and Tongzhi".
However, in Xianfeng 7th year(1857), the temple was destroyed, and only Sutra Library was left.
During Xianfeng and Tongzhi years, most buildings in the garden were ruined in the war, and it was renovated to very little extent later.
Mujangga's conciliatory policies created tensions with the allegedly more xenophobic heir apparent, and following his accession to the throne as the Xianfeng emperor, Mujangga was dismissed from all his positions in 1851.
As foreign troops invaded Beijing during the Second Opium War and the Xianfeng emperor fled to Chengde, Wenxiang remained in the capital and took part in negotiating with the British and French.
Xianfeng Emperor (1831 – 1861), Emperor of the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty
The ascension of the Xianfeng Emperor in 1850 and the subsequent ousting of the Mujangga faction from the government would reversed fortunes of Xu Jiyu.
CMC Vice-chairman Guo Boxiong led an enquiry into the incident, which resulted in the dismissal of four senior PLAN officers, Navy Commander Shi Yunsheng, Political Commissar Yang Huaiqing, North Sea Fleet Commander Ding Yiping (丁一平), and North Sea (Bei Hai) Fleet Political Commissar Chen Xianfeng (陈先锋) on June 13, 2003.
In 1860, during the Second Opium War, as the allied armies of Britain and France closed in on Beijing, the Xianfeng Emperor flees and orders Prince Gong to stay behind for the peace negotiations.