08-17
Introduction: We all know that in the ancient period, people who were royal aristocrats were always the richest, because the people of the country would give their income to the royal family and make offerings every year, so the royal family that took the labor money of the people of the country had the largest financial resources in the country, they lived in the best palaces, wore the best clothes, and even the things they ate were carefully selected, and they also had supreme rights, they were the masters of the country, for the people, the emperor of the feudal period was their heaven. No one dared to disobey them, so this also created the royal family to do whatever they wanted, and they also lived a luxurious life, spending money every day.
How luxurious the life of Empress Dowager Cixi was
As for the squandering of funds, Empress Dowager Cixi's understanding of luxury can be said to be unique, we all know that Empress Dowager Cixi spent money in the late Qing Dynasty before, and even when the country was in crisis, she also took the state's life-saving money to hold her own birthday banquet, which made us see that Cixi did not have any feelings of home and country.
There was only greed and vanity, only wanting to live a glorious and rich life, and not thinking about the life of the people of the country at all, so to what extent was Empress Dowager Cixi's life at that time luxurious?
First of all, from the perspective of Cixi's dress, through the photos taken for Empress Dowager Cixi at that time, we can see that Empress Dowager Cixi's whole body is full of gold and silver jewelry, all the way to the fingernails, and even her nail sleeves are made of special gems, which also shows how strong Empress Dowager Cixi's financial resources were at that time, and after Empress Dowager Cixi's death, with the treasures she buried, there are countless, and even the night pearl in her mouth is a priceless treasure.
And Empress Dowager Cixi is also famous for its stinky beauty in ancient times, it is said that Empress Dowager Cixi is very addicted to spices, especially like the fragrance of some fruits, in Empress Dowager Cixi, her own expression said that the fragrance of these fruits can make her feel stable, so people at that time in order to make Empress Dowager Cixi happy, every day in the room of Empress Dowager Cixi to prepare fresh fruits, and then send special people to fan the wind with fans, so that Empress Dowager Cixi's room will always be full of fruit aroma, but the fruit is also easy to deteriorate, As soon as the fruits showed signs of spoiling, Empress Dowager Cixi would order them to be discarded.
These fruits will not be eaten by others, so they are wasted alive, which makes us feel very sorry, but it also proves from the side how luxurious Cixi was at that time.
For eating, Empress Dowager Cixi is really picky, everything she eats must be good, and there are the best chefs, these chefs stay in the back kitchen day and night, as long as Empress Dowager Cixi says a word, they will start to get busy, and even those things that Empress Dowager Cixi wants to eat may take a long time, and these chefs must also stay there, make these delicacies, and make Empress Dowager Cixi happy.
Therefore, so many people in the harem served Empress Dowager Cixi alone, which also showed that Empress Dowager Cixi at that time was truly luxurious and profligate.
Even Empress Dowager Cixi's toilet had her own exquisiteness, and even the paper used by Empress Dowager Cixi to go to the toilet was a very rare white cotton paper in the country at that time, which was very valuable, and ordinary people's homes could not use it at all, nor could they afford to use it, but in the imperial palace, it was a tool for these high-ranking officials and nobles to use to go to the toilet.
Empress Dowager Cixi found that the texture of these papers was too hard, so the effect would be much better after she poured warm water on them, so she chose the palace women in the palace, specifically when she went to the toilet, let these maids take a sip of warm water in her mouth, when she needed to clean, let these palace women spray water on the white cotton paper, and then use it for her, which also made the eunuchs and fathers-in-law at that time see the opportunity to please Empress Dowager Cixi, and they even trained the palace women, asking the palace women to spray water on The empress dowager. Be sure to spray evenly and carefully, so that Empress Dowager Cixi can have the best experience.
summary:
Therefore, through these kinds of signs, it can be seen that the imperial family at that time was unrestrained in the squandering of funds, and even the details of life such as Xiaodao also consumed so much manpower and financial resources, so in the case of this kind of non-enterprising, drunken gold fans, the collapse of the Qing Dynasty was an inevitable result.
Because they did not put all their energy into the governance of the country, but spent the country's money every day, how could such a country be prosperous and strong? Especially like Cixi, who is in a high position and does not care about the lives and deaths of his subordinates, such a ruler cannot make the country better at all, so we must also learn from it, do not over-indulge our lives, have higher pursuits, and use our limited lives to do something more meaningful, which can make us happier, excessive luxury, will only make us sink.