Speaking of marriage, I think all that comes to mind is the most beautiful picture, long floats, grand welcome convoys, BMW and Mercedes-Benz in front of them to open the way, in the five-star hotel banquet to entertain guests, accustomed to modern wedding pomp, ancient weddings have you ever seen?
It is said that the marriage of the ancient emperor is as grand as the emperor's ascension to the throne, take the Qing Dynasty Guangxu Emperor's big wedding, the entire wedding statistics cost up to 5 million silver two as high as 5 million two gold, what is this concept, at that time the Qing Dynasty equivalent to 190w of the old Baixiang a year of ration money, such a luxurious and grand wedding has also brought the same weight of happiness and happiness, today lead everyone into the "Secret History of the Qing Palace" to reveal the little-known stories of the Qing Dynasty.
01 She entered the palace through the sea draft, but formed a strange couple
The Winter Pavilion of kunning Palace in the Forbidden City is the place used by emperors in the Qing Dynasty for the great wedding, the house is placed in the most luxurious, symbolizing the authority and honor of the royal family, among the twelve emperors of the Qing Dynasty, only four emperors have the honor of marrying here, the Shunzhi Emperor, the Kangxi Emperor, the Tongzhi Emperor and finally the Guangxu Emperor, and the other emperors have been married to the royal palace before they ascended the throne, and there is no way to complete the marriage in the palace.
The Guangxu Emperor ascended the throne at the age of 4, and when he grew up, he had the honor of holding a wedding here, and on the twentieth day of the first month of 1889 AD, the Guangxu Emperor's big wedding officially began, and he married Yehenara, the daughter of his uncle's family. Jing Fen, known in history as "Empress Longyu" on the same day Empress Longyu set off from her own mansion to the Forbidden City, the Qing Dynasty rules, the emperor can not personally greet the relatives, so the Guangxu Emperor according to the ancestral system sent a minister to greet the empress, the empress's palanquin was carried into the Kunning Palace from the Great Qing Gate, this matter also fulfilled empress Dowager Cixi's long-cherished wish for many years, after complex and cumbersome etiquette, the Guangxu Emperor and Empress Longyu will spend two days and two nights of love in the Winter Pavilion of the Kunning Palace. However, the newlyweds who should have been unusually loving were strangers two days later, and after the big wedding, the two empresses with peak power returned to the palace, and the couple who were indifferent from the beginning almost never really lived together, and it was not the empress who was marrying the ming media who made Guangxu have the impulse to love, but the girl who was named Zhenfei in the early stages.
What is the reason for Guangxu's abnormal behavior after marriage, if you are not satisfied at the beginning, why do you have to force yourself to marry Empress Longyu, is there another hidden love behind this marriage?
In order to consolidate imperial power, only in the Ming Dynasty, in order to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that the imperial concubines should choose civilians.
"Draft" is the unique system of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty began to implement after entering the customs, most of the show girls at this time came from the Eight Banners, the Shunzhi Emperor ordered all the women in the Manchu Menghan 13-17 years old to be in the word to participate in the national draft once every three years, after 17 years old has not been selected can be married, strangely is that the then Longyu Empress was 19 years old, at that time absolutely belonged to the elderly young women, according to historical records, Longyu Empress, hunchback, horse face, tooth, eye bulge, is really not a good match, It was such an unassuming woman who stayed in the Middle Palace, and it was not someone else who caused all this, it was Guangxu who shouted "kissing father" all his life.
One early morning in the winter of 1888, five lucky girls were brought to the front of Guangxu, the final selection of the palace was personally determined by the emperor, Guangxu scanned it with the afterglow and froze, the woman standing in the first row on the left was his cousin who had not seen his cousin for five years, this cousin was 3 years older than himself, playing together in the palace from childhood, the Guangxu Emperor instantly understood Cixi's intentions, helplessly he took the jade ruyi symbolizing the empress to his cousin, Finally, the holy parable was issued: ZiYang Emperor Empress Dowager Ciyu: Yehenara Jingfen was made empress, and at that moment the heart of the Guangxu Emperor may have died, in his opinion, Empress Longyu was just a pawn sent by Cixi to monitor him, and the two couples who should have loved each other were doomed to be strangers.
Regarding the rumors of "pro-daddy", Xiaobian felt that it should be combined with the customary usage of the Manchus, representing the honorific title "Baba" for female elders, and later "Daddy" was used as a false rumor.
02 She was originally a favored concubine, but she was thrown into a well and drowned
After the end of the draft, Guangxu, who thought that he would be hopeless in the future, met the --- Zhenfei, the favorite of this life, Zhenfei was lively and intelligent, beautiful and lovely, not only gave Guangxu a lifetime of love, but also a like-minded close friend in the later stage of Guangxu' transformation, at this time Zhenfei became the source of all his happiness, but Zhenfei's special favor also caused Cixi dissatisfaction, Cixi knew in her heart that Zhenfei's influence on Guangxu far exceeded her control over Guangxu, so Cixi punished Zhenfei on the grounds that Zhenfei lived extravagantly.
On August 14, 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance attacked Beijing, that is, on this day, Zhenfei Xiang died, and Cixi issued an official parable about the cause of Zhenfei's death: In the change of the Beijing division in the previous year, zhenfei never reached it in a hurry, that is, she was martyred in the palace.
A few words explained the cause of Zhenfei's death, but Cui Yugui, who executed Zhenfei's death sentence, gave a surprising remark: "It was Cixi who ordered people to throw Zhen's master into the well" As soon as this remark came out, there was so much folk speculation and discussion about what deep hatred and hatred there was, and Zhenfei had to die.
The Guangxu Emperor was completely different from the Tongzhi Emperor, he ascended the throne at a young age, raised in the imperial palace without a birth mother since he was a child, and did not get half a bit of warmth in Cixi, only the teacher Weng Tonggong had always taken care of him, the pain of the teenager had developed a strong character, smart and studious, knowledgeable and knowledgeable had studied English with Princess Deling, and Zhenfei was even more novel about Western things because her father was a diplomat, the two people hated each other late, and when they changed the law, Zhenfei gave Guangxu great support. Politically, Zhenfei made Guangxu feel that she was the lord of the world, and tried her best to get rid of Cixi's control, and the emotional warmth also allowed Guangxu to heal all his childhood misfortunes, but such a move caused Cixi to be strongly dissatisfied, and after the failure of the Pengshu reform, Cixi separated the pair of bitter Mandarin ducks, Guangxu imprisoned Yingtai, Zhenfei entered the cold palace, until the moment when Zhenfei was pushed into the well, she did not see her beloved lover, knowing the news of Zhenfei's death, Guangxu was heartbroken, and after 7 years, the depressed Guangxu Emperor passed away. With a full of resentment, I went to see the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, and at about 5 p.m. the next day, Cixi, who had been in charge of the Qing government for 48 years, finally released her hand that was tightly holding the lifeblood of the Qing Empire, and passed away....
Empress Dowager Cixi left this world that belonged to her forever with the name of deception, although she has been buried underground for more than 100 years, but people's attention to her has never stopped, her sinister cunning, her traitorous peace have made everyone spit on, what are the stories of this woman who once called for wind and rain.
03The "empress" who calls the wind and rain was once also a "goddess" who loves novelty
In 1894, the lunar calendar A Noon Year, this year Cixi was 60 years old, the sixtieth birthday was the most solemn celebration of the year, the ministers all hollowed out their hearts to send some gifts that could please Cixi, but Cixi, who was accustomed to rare treasures, did not have any feeling for the gifts given by the ministers, at this time a person brought her an object that she had never seen in her life, which aroused all the interests of Cixi.
This person is yuan shikai, the governor of zhili, Yuan Shikai spent 10,000 taels of silver, imported a car abroad, (this should be the first foreign car ever imported) drove into the Forbidden City, Cixi was immediately attracted by this four-wheeled "car car" that had never been seen before, and could not open his eyes, immediately despite the strong opposition of the ministers, he sat up and began to leisurely and leisurely upside down in the Forbidden City, but it was not long before Cixi was unhappy and launched a fire, which frightened Yuan Shikai. Thinking that the car had malfunctioned and asked, Cixi felt that a sedan was actually sitting in front of her in front of her, which was the most intolerable thing for her, even the emperor did not dare to sit on an equal footing with herself, how dare a slave.
In this way, the car, which ignores the object of respect and inferiority, was completely denied by Cixi, in that era of seclusion, Cixi's ignorance added a lot of color to the corruption of the Qing Dynasty, as the highest ruler of the Qing Empire at that time, this imperial woman enjoyed the luxury that lasted for hundreds of years in the court, Cixi good Wenmo, she built herself a study room --- Daya Zhai, which Cixi personally obtained a name for her own elegant room, and built a studio in it, Cixi liked to be vassal and elegant, She also had a group of court painters to help her paint, in order to let the ministers all see their own paintings, she asked others to complete with her, the most famous is the Miao Shujun sisters, each painting is almost completed, Cixi only came over to add a few strokes, and then fell on the seal of the Empress Dowager Cixi's royal treasure, the most famous painting is "Nalashi Set Bird Painting Axis" In the center of the position impressively marked with the Empress Dowager Cixi's royal pen, announcing to everyone, this is what I Cixi painted, We can't imagine the scene when Cixi asked the painter to paint, and we mostly have an appreciative eye for Cixi's later works, cixi often rewarded the ministers with paintings with their own seals in order to win people's hearts, in order to show their kindness.
Throughout the history of the late Qing Dynasty, Cixi is a crucial figure, from the beginning of the imperialist invasion of China in 1840, she began to flee, only after signing a treaty of mourning power and humiliation of the country did she dare to return to Luan, this woman was terrified along the way In addition to Li Lianying, even her son Guangxu Emperor could not believe it, Li Lianying began to serve Cixi at the age of 16, observing color and sneaking horses were his housekeeping skills, deeply loved by Cixi, at the age of 31 he began to serve as the chief eunuch, and he and Cixi had already surpassed the general master-servant relationship in the harem for decades. In her lifetime, except for Ande, who was executed by the Governor of Shandong in her early years, Cixi only trusted Li Lianying alone.
Cixi's vassals are elegant or love porcelain, are the best embodiment of her as a woman, from the photos left by Cixi to see that she is also a shy little girl who loves fresh food, 48 years of ruling career, the achievement of Cixi's life, but also left an indelible mark on history.