Cixi enjoys a high reputation in the history of our country, and unlike Wu Zetian, although the private enterprises grasped the power of the Qing Dynasty, they did not ascend the throne as a generation of female emperors, and Wu Zetian sympathized with the people's hearts and pushed the Tang Dynasty to a prosperous era, so it is even more ineffable to compare Cixi.
Cixi, like Wu Zetian, was very young when she first entered the palace, and she stood out because of her outstanding posture and outstanding talents. But since the death of Cixi's husband, The Xianfeng Emperor, Cixi began to become selfish and arrogant, perhaps she wanted to have a life in the deep palace, she wanted to become the real ruler of the Qing Dynasty, but after firmly holding the power in her hands, Cixi did not want to drive out the Western powers, but in order to satisfy her last desire, she would continue to live a good life at the expense of land and compensation.
Cixi can indeed be selfish, but everything should have a degree, if you trample your happiness on the honor and disgrace of others, then you will definitely be attacked by the outside world. For example, after Cixi turned sixty years old, she had already begun to make preliminary plans for her tomb after death. However, at that time, the youthful strength of the Qing Dynasty was already uneven. Moreover, Cixi himself is more feudal and superstitious, and he may also know that he has done a lot of things that hurt nature and reason in his life, so he hopes to get a peaceful place after his death, so Cixi chooses to recruit young children in the folk to help him build a mausoleum.
Cixi believed that boys around the age of ten were pure in their minds and used their hands to help them build a mausoleum after death. It can prevent many lone ghosts from coming to her for their lives. In the end, Cixi's mausoleum was indeed completed, but many of the young children who helped her build the mausoleum died, they could not stand the daily heavy workload, but they did not dare to resist the Qing soldiers. Because once you resist, it is also a dead end!
It can be seen how selfish Cixi is! I believe that Cixi could not imagine in any way, after her death, her mausoleum was actually opened three times, of which Sun Dianying not only entered her mausoleum, but also insulted her body, I don't know how everyone thinks about this?