In the patriarchal society of thousands of years, the fact that a female elite can hold power for half a century cannot but show that Cixi's endowment is higher than that of ordinary people, or that her political skills are clever. She maintained the collapsing Manchu Qing Dynasty well, maintained the complex relationship between the Manchu Imperial Family and nobles, and at the same time she used her political skills to control the Han feudal officials with considerable political skills. But in the end, she was a woman after all, and as soon as the Eight-Nation Alliance came, Cixi panicked.
In 1900, the North China Plain arose the "Divine Fist Fever", and the Boxer Rebellion developed from Shandong to Beijing in less than half a year, claiming to be a million people. Watching the Boxers "sword and gun invulners" one by one and shouting the slogan of "supporting the Qing Dynasty and destroying the foreign countries", Cixi was overjoyed and deeply felt that "the people's hearts are available." So she declared war on the Eight-Power Alliance. Because she received the news, the foreigners were ready to support the Guangxu Emperor to come to power and replace her. This is something that Cixi absolutely cannot accept, so there can only be war!
The foreigners did not disappoint Cixi and quickly invaded the city of Beijing. On the evening of June 20, 1900, Cixi still followed the custom and began to wash her feet and soak her nails. Cixi is very protective of her nails and has to take care of them every night. In the early hours of the morning, there seemed to be a cat barking outside the palace, one after another, and the more it barked, the more urgent it became. At first, it was only in the east, and slowly there was also in the west, but in the end it was all cats around, and the concubines who listened to it were panicked.
Not long after, Li Lianying panicked, disregarded etiquette, and ran straight into Cixi's palace, shouting: The foreign devils have entered the city! It turned out that the "cat cry" that Cixi heard was actually the sound of bullets whistling in the air. Does this pay off? If it falls into the hands of foreigners, can there be a way to live? Cixi panicked and quickly sent someone to invite the emperor, the empress, and the concubines in the palace to gather at the Leshou Hall and prepare to flee.
The palace was suddenly in chaos, and the bold and thoughtful eunuch palace maids all took the opportunity to pack up some precious items and escape. Timid, those who have no idea become "hissing monsters", crying and crying and not knowing how to be good, Cixi can still take care of them! With Guangxu, the eldest brother Pu Juan, a concubine, 2 gege, and a small number of eunuch palace women, all changed into the clothes of the people, got on the carriage from the Xihua Gate, went out of the Anding Gate to the west, and fled without turning back, calling it "Xi Hunt"!
At the beginning of the run, Cixi had no guards around her, and this soldier was in chaos, so why didn't he call for a guard? At that time, the situation was: Cixi ran faster than the people, eunuchs ran faster than Cixi, the yulin army ran faster than the eunuchs, and the defensive army ran faster than the yulin army. The foreigners attacked the Chaoyang Gate, and the defending army ran out; the foreigners attacked the Donghua Gate, and the Yulin Army was gone! Where to find the guards?
At first, Cixi could only rely on the protection of the eunuchs around her, such as Xiao Dezhang, a eunuch who knew martial arts, and he held a "thirteen-ring" foreign gun and accompanied Cixi at all times. In addition, Cixi's brother Gui Xiang led hundreds of Divine Machine Battalions to follow. But Gui Xiang was a lord who ate and waited for death, and the soldiers he brought could not be counted on at all! Then this most "golden and noble" big son of the Qing Dynasty ran from Beijing to Xi'an, and what if there was a three-long and two-short road? Officers and soldiers can't do it, find civilian ones!
That night, a large family walked to the city of Changping, Beijing, and for a whole day, the grain of rice did not enter. There is a dart bureau in the west, and the owner's surname is Li, which has some fame in the jianghu. The Grand Eunuch Li Lianying made a clever move and consulted with Cixi, and we entrusted the dart bureau to "escort the dart"! Cixi said on the spot, hurry up and place an order! The Li Family Dart Bureau has taken on a big job, such a golden and expensive "thing", it really hasn't been taken!
After understanding the situation, the Li Family Dart Bureau used all the large and small dart masters, in order to ensure safety, disguised as a trader, specially walked to a place where people were inaccessible, found abnormalities and immediately changed courses, safety and concealment were done very well. Someone in the front of the line explored the way, and someone in the back pressed the line. The people in the front are responsible for leveling the "heroes and good men" on all sides, and the people in the back are responsible for covering up the traces and checking whether the foreigners are pursuing, after all, the foreigners are much more ruthless than the bandits!
Three days later, the team arrived in Huailai County, where they took a short rest, and the soldiers and horses of the Qin King from all over the country also arrived one after another, which would be basically safe. The people of the Li Family Dart Bureau were also loyal all the way, and they successfully escorted Cixi and the Guangxu Emperor to Taiyuan without any twists and turns. A year later, the Qing court signed a traitorous treaty, the foreigners retreated, and Cixi returned to Beijing from Xi'an.
Cixi did not forget the merits of the Li family's escort bureau, and ordered that the Li family be given a false title of eight-pin military attaché, and they could enter Beijing every year to receive the reward. The Li Family Dart Bureau was transformed into the "Royal Dart Bureau", with a great reputation, a skyrocketing value, and a beautiful scenery. Later, in the Republic of China period, there were warlords of all sizes everywhere, and the strength of the dart bureau could not resist at all, and the Li family dart bureau gradually broke down. (References: "Gengzi Xi hunting series", "Gengzi National Change")