Cixi was the first "empress dowager" in Chinese history, who had survived three generations of emperors, was the de facto ruler of the late Qing Dynasty, and under her rule, the country's territory was gradually eroded by Western imperialism, and many famous treaties with the great powers were signed.
It is said that when the western powers invaded China in the early days, Cixi was the "main war" faction, and when the Xianfeng Emperor wanted to flee to the summer resort, she had said that she would resist to the end, and almost lost her head for this, but later somehow changed from "main war" to "main peace", perhaps seeing that the general trend had gone, she wanted to enjoy her old age in peace.
Yu Deling, a female noblewoman of the late Qing Dynasty, once said in her memoirs that Cixi's lover in her teenage years was RongLu, and the two often spent the previous month, Qingqing and me, and later the Xianfeng Emperor took a fancy to Cixi when he was choosing a concubine, and did a thing of beating mandarin ducks, the most important thing is that the parties concerned can not show dissatisfaction, not only to pretend to be happy, but also to thank the lord Long en, that is, do not know xianfeng know whether the matter between the two people.
And Rong Lu was a pure Manchu nobleman, a white flag person, the white flag belonged to the "three banners" in the eight banners, and the chance of being an official in the imperial court was greater than that of other banners, and at that time, Rong Lu was already an official in the court, not to mention opposing this family affair.
The credibility of this rumor is not limited to Yu Deling's memoirs, and it is not difficult to see the cattiness in the career of Rong Lu in the late Qing Dynasty.
After the death of Emperor Xianfeng, Cixi gradually took power in the court, and the affairs of the government were decided by her and Prince Gong, and RongLu also began to show his prominence during this period, and was considered to be a close confidant of Cixi and Prince Gong, and many people thought that his career was related to his political background of "Shangsanqi", but so many people in The Three Banners of Manchuria Why Cixi chose Ronglu as a close confidant, Ronglu was even more obedient to him.
One of the most important historical events is that Cixi married Ronglu's daughter to Zaifeng, the king of Alcohol, and the son they gave birth to was Puyi, the Xuantong Emperor, and the last emperor had to call Ronglu a "grandfather" for the rest of his life.
Later, Kang Youwei, Liang Qichao and six other people launched the "Wushu Change" in which he played the role of an opposition, which is not an objective evaluation, but the views of Kang and Liang who are in it, which is also one of the reasons why the academic community has no objection to the relationship between Rong Lu and Wu Shu Change, and they believe that Rong Lu is one of the culprits in the period of political change in the Peng Shu Change.
Rong Lu also realized that changing the law was the way out, but the long-term accumulation of ruling class ideas was very different from the thinking of those who changed the law at that time, and it can be said that he did not oppose the change of law, only the form of change, and the most fundamental reason was that he belonged to a member of the ruling class.
It was not until the time of the later coup d'état that Kang and Liang attempted to infiltrate the Yuanmingyuan to control Cixi, and the vigorous Penghu Rebellion ended in failure, and Cixi and his henchmen once again took control of power.