History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
Speaking of Cixi, everyone may be familiar with her, she was an important political figure in the late Qing Dynasty and the actual ruler of the Qing Dynasty at that time.
To say that the thing that everyone was most impressed by Cixi should be that she was arrogant and arrogant and declared war on the eleven powers, which is simply absurd.
However, in addition to this major military and national affair, Cixi was also very absurd in many small matters, and all kinds of practices made people stunned and stunned, and the degree of absurdity even refreshed people's three views for a time.
Let me tell you about a ridiculous thing that happened to Cixi.
In 1901, Cixi was 66 years old, but the older she got, the more she loved to enjoy, the more she liked to talk about pomp and circumstance, and the more she cared about her face.
Seeing that Cixi's 66th birthday was approaching, the officials below were anxious and exhausted their brains to prepare a birthday gift for Cixi that could be put on the table.
The eight immortals of all walks of life crossed the sea and showed their divine powers, making them do everything in their power, which was simply more urgent than the eight precepts of the pig who wanted to eat ginseng fruit.
Yuan Shikai
At this time, Yuan Shikai appeared, as the leader of the Beiyang warlords, he was indeed sensitive in mind, and as soon as he appeared, he surprised the group of subjects.
Yuan Shikai was a traitor, and she knew that Cixi was in a high position of power, and ordinary rare treasures could not impress the empress, so he had a unique way and got a Western goods.
In order to please Cixi, money was no longer important, so Yuan Shikai spent 10,000 taels of silver and bought a Mercedes-Benz convertible from abroad to dedicate to Cixi.
Where cixi had seen this kind of car, she was immediately overjoyed and happily put it in the library. Yuan Shikai saw that Cixi was happy, his face was silent, but his heart was happy to blossom.
At that time, the car was definitely a rare object in China, and this Mercedes-Benz convertible was also a good look, its carriage was black, elegant and atmospheric, built-in double-row seats, comfortable and at the same time to ensure a full sense of space, wooden wheels, copper headlights, with yellow silk tassels, full of royal luxury.
However, although the car was good, it could not be driven in the palace, so the court issued a recruitment order - "recruit a driver".
Not long after, a former royal coachman "successfully applied" and became Cixi's full-time driver, his name was Sun Fuling.
After learning to drive, Sun Fuling's identity as a royal coachman naturally changed, and he became Cixi's royal driver.
Next, an interesting scene occurred in the palace, cixi in the name of the inspector, riding around in a Mercedes-Benz convertible, simply not too happy.
However, the eunuch Li Lianying saw this scene but felt inappropriate, so he secretly found Cixi and said, "Your identity is respected, how can you let a slave sit in front of you?" ”
Cixi was such a face-loving person that she issued an order that the driver must drive on his knees.
It is simply unheard of for a driver to kneel and drive, and in ancient and modern China and abroad, I am afraid that only Cixi can do such a ridiculous thing.
Sun Fuling had no choice but to accept the order, even if it was absurd.
Because driving on your knees, there is no way to step on the brakes, and a car loses its braking function, its danger factor will rise sharply.
For the safety of Cixi, but also to save his own life, Sun Fuling can only drive the car slowly, but Cixi likes to ride, and the speed is still called a ride?
So Cixi asked why the speed of the car had slowed down, and Sun Fuling did not dare to tell the truth, so he made up a reason, saying that there was something wrong with the car, so it was not fast.
Although the speed of the car has slowed down, but can not step on the brakes, there will be a safety hazard after all. Sure enough, within a few days the accident occurred, which frightened everyone in the palace.
After this accident, Cixi stopped riding in this Mercedes-Benz convertible, but re-chose the palanquin carried by the previous sixteen people.
Cixi's behavior in this way makes people laugh, and her pedantry and backwardness are truly vividly reflected in all matters, big and small.