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Since Qin Shi Huang created the title of "Emperor", in thousands of years of feudal society, the emperor is generally the most powerful person in a country. But sometimes there are exceptions, such as the power of the lord, the harem interference, this has happened many times in history, but the biggest impact should be at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
The Qing Dynasty was the last feudal dynasty in China's history, and after entering the Central Plains, a total of ten emperors were passed down. In the early qing dynasty, with the hard work of the four talented emperors of Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, the situation of "Kangqian's prosperous world" was created. The three subsequent emperors of Jiaqing, Daoguang, and Xianfeng were basically mediocre in qualifications, and the Qing Dynasty also showed obvious signs of decline at this time. In the decades after Xianfeng, although there were still three emperors, the power of the Qing Dynasty was actually in the hands of Cixi.
Born in 1835, Cixi entered the palace in 1852 and became a nobleman of the Xianfeng Emperor. Born beautiful, outstanding appearance, quite pampered. Because Cixi's calligraphy was not bad, Xianfeng often asked Cixi to approve some chapters on his behalf, and over time, Cixi, who originally knew nothing about political affairs, already knew the operation of power very well. And this was also the biggest mistake in Xianfeng's life, she not only did not prevent Cixi from interfering in the government, but accelerated Cixi's ability to usurp the government.
In 1861, the Xianfeng Emperor died, and Cixi began her path to power. At this time, Cixi was only 26 years old, which was the time when her energy was exuberant. The tongzhi emperor who succeeded to the throne was the son of Cixi and Xianfeng, and due to his young age, Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Dowager Ci'an "hung curtains in the second palace". After Tongzhi's early death, Cixi found Guangxu to take the throne, still young, and the real decision-maker of the Qing Dynasty was still Cixi. In this way, the dictatorship of Cixi lasted for nearly 48 years until the day of his death in 1908.
During cixi's dictatorship, the imperial government was chaotic and the treasury was empty, but she herself was extravagant. This period was also the period of upsurge in the division of China by the great powers, and many of the battles China fought during that period, the unequal treaties it signed, and the various humiliations it suffered were inseparable from Cixi.
In 1908, the day after the death of the Guangxu Emperor, Cixi, who had brought calamity to the country and the people, also died. Cixi, who was extremely extravagant before her death, was also unprecedented in scale after her death, which not only caused a sensation throughout China, but even foreign journalists in Beijing at that time recorded this luxurious funeral.
According to records, on the hazy winter day of November 9, 1908, Cixi's funeral procession departed from the Forbidden City to the Qing Tombs, more than 100 kilometers outside the city. All the way sprinkled with paper money, the size of the real paper soldier paper will, paper car paper horse countless. The people who carried the coffin for Cixi alone were divided into three shifts, each class of 128 people, a total of more than 300 people, while the number of other honor guards exceeded 1,000 people, the scale of which was so large that it caused a sensation throughout the country.
Surprisingly, Cixi also left such a last word on her deathbed, saying: "After that, women cannot predict the state affairs." This is contrary to the family law of this dynasty and must be strictly restricted. In particular, it is necessary to guard against eunuchs without authorization. The things of the end of the Ming Dynasty can be Yin Jian! ”。 Cixi said two things, which one of which she was the biggest offender.
Cixi's last words also fantasized that the Qing Dynasty could continue, but within a few years of Puyi's succession, the Qing Dynasty collapsed. The Dingdong Tomb that Cixi painstakingly built for herself was also blown up by Sun Dianying twenty years after her death.