In 1894, there were only 18 years left before the fall of the Qing Dynasty. The invincible Empress Dowager Cixi actually became decadent. But she didn't care about any of this, especially after being invaded, she was drunk and drunk. On her 60th birthday, she even dialed 30 million taels of silver to celebrate her birthday. Among them, Zhang Zhidong, one of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty, gave Cixi a pestle, which triggered a story.
Zhang Zhidong's reputation does not sound as big as Li Hongzhang's, but he is indeed one of the four famous ministers of the late Qing Dynasty. At a time when the Qing Dynasty was in turmoil for many years, he was able to be promoted year after year, and he did not retreat but advanced. Among them, it was Empress Dowager Cixi's support for him.
Zhang Zhidong naturally understood, so he often called himself "Cixi's protégé" in order to express his gratitude to Cixi. Empress Dowager Cixi's great birthday was a major event for the whole Qing Dynasty. In order to repay the grace of Empress Dowager Cixi, Zhang Zhidong showed special care for this matter.
According to the law of previous years, local officials generally collect local rare objects, and the famous ones are night pearls, emerald corals and the like. But these things may be dazzling to others, but for Empress Dowager Cixi, they may be just a bunch of useless stones.
Zhang Zhidong took pains for this gift. If you can't send it to the point, then send it for free, not only in vain, but also scolded. Thinking about it, Zhang Zhidong finally bribed Li Lianying and gave him a huge silver ticket, which made it clear that Empress Dowager Cixi had an unspeakable secret at present.
It turned out that since the unequal treaty with the foreigners, Empress Dowager Cixi had difficulty sleeping every night, so that she was getting older. Even her hair kept falling. In any case, the land of the Qing Dynasty was divided, which was directly related to her, and in order to be comfortable and enjoyable, she even killed many loyal courtiers to please the foreigners.
These huge pressures lingered in Cixi's heart, and over time, Empress Dowager Cixi not only could not sleep at night, but also had nightmares when she fell asleep. Dreaming of the minister who was wrongfully killed by her, coming to her to avenge her, dreaming of the ancestors of the Qing Dynasty, to spit on her daughter-in-law.
Such a secret thing, where does the average person know. After Zhang Zhidong learned of this hidden situation, he immediately prescribed the right medicine. Prepared a Western Regions Descending Wand to give to Empress Dowager Cixi, this descending wand, all turquoise, is made of jadeite, the touch has a warm and cool feeling, can play a role in calming the gods.
After this wand was given to Empress Dowager Cixi, she was indeed rewarded. After learning of its mysterious effect, Empress Dowager Cixi was even more in love with it, and even had to sleep with her arms around it when she slept. In fact, the so-called tranquilizing effect is only her psychological effect.
But because of this treasure, Empress Dowager Cixi did live another 12 years. I don't know if it was really the efficacy of this thing, or whether she finally found out in her conscience, and ordered before Cixi's death: From now on, women are not allowed to interfere in politics, but unfortunately there is no chance.
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