History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
After Empress Dowager Cixi died. Guangxu's empress Dowager Longyu helped her pack up her belongings, found a secret chamber in Cixi's bedroom, and after entering the secret room, she was stunned by everything in front of her. Except for the eunuchs who could enter this secret room, no one else was allowed to enter, let alone anyone who knew the secret.
All these treasures were accumulated by Cixi throughout her life, and they were also Cixi's favorite, and they never showed them to others. If Cixi had been willing to take out half of the silver here to support the Beiyang Fleet, the Qing Dynasty might not have been defeated.
Emperor Guangxu of the Tang dynasty was determined to regain imperial power, implement the reform and reform, but was counterattacked by Cixi, and the six gentlemen died tragically under his sword, and Guangxu was also poisoned by him.
After winning power, Cixi was extravagant, covetous, profligate, and squandered, collecting countless gold and silver treasures in her life, and even the military expenses of the Beiyang Fleet were diverted for her own birthday celebrations, resulting in the defeat of the Qing Dynasty in the Sino-Japanese War.
After Cixi's death, Empress Longyu placed all the treasures of the chamber in Cixi's coffin and buried them together, but these treasures were plundered by Sun Dianying, and she herself was insulted by the soldiers. It really responds to that sentence: Wealth is not brought in life, and death is not brought, so why not use wealth to do something good for future generations?