At the beginning of the last century, Cixi died of illness at the age of 74, and the ruler who had pit the Qing Dynasty for more than ten years left the earth forever, and even she herself expressed shame on her own achievements, and her last words were even: From now on, women cannot be allowed to govern the country, which is contrary to the law, eunuchs do not allow regency, which is not conducive to the development of the country. However, Cixi's self-blame has not won everyone's forgiveness, and there are still many people who hate her, after all, she has done too many things to hurt the country and the people.
After Cixi's death, her body was buried somewhere in Hebei Province, and just as everyone was sending funerary items to her mausoleum, she accidentally found a secret chamber, which surprised everyone. What kind of chamber is this?
It turned out that when Cixi was not dead, she asked her men to open another hidden room for her in the palace, only her nemesis knew of the existence of this room, and no one else knew that she built this chamber for two purposes, one was to escape the war, when the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded our country, and the other purpose was to store gold and silver treasures.
Cixi is a very greedy person, she likes wealth very much, for others to give her gifts, she will never be polite, according to the order, how much does she love wealth? At that time, the Qing Dynasty was invaded, Beijing could not hold out, she was forced to move to Xi'an, and then the local nobles in Xi'an began to curry favor with Cixi, who was still the ruler, and began to give gifts one after another, and Cixi suddenly forgot the pain and forgot the shame.
When the war in Beijing was raging and the people were in turmoil, Cixi began to hold her own bottles and cans and smile. The desolation of Beijing and the flow of people in front of Cixi Gate form a sharp contrast, and the atmosphere of life and death in Beijing and the atmosphere of gift-giving in front of Cixi Gate form a strong contrast.
After this matter spread, not only did everyone not rebel, but more bureaucrats began to buy gifts and give gifts in order to curry favor with Cixi, and the decline of the country was not managed, but the ruling class was still corrupt and bribery like a family.
Looking at China's navy at that time, there was no money to buy equipment, and the troops did not have money to train, so it was no wonder that they could not defeat Japan. But let's think about it, if Cixi's small treasury were all confiscated, would the result be different? Fortunately, we did not live in the era of Cixi's rule.