Since the death of the Xianfeng Emperor, the power of the Qing Dynasty has been firmly controlled by Cixi, she has become the actual ruler of the Qing Dynasty, whether it is Tongzhi or Guangxu is just a puppet in her hands, it is precisely because Cixi China has become a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, began the modern history of humiliation and suffering, Cixi in order to preserve her glory and wealth, signed many treaties to cut land and pay reparations, so that the people at the bottom of the people are not happy and displaced.
Because there were too many bad things she had done, Cixi was always worried and uneasy in her later years, especially she believed in Buddhism, so she believed in reincarnation, on the one hand, she knew that her sins were heavy, on the other hand, she was extremely delusional and wanted to change her life against heaven, so she found a feng shui master to build a cemetery for herself in advance, not only with countless treasures to accompany herself, but also to let the feng shui master find a way to let her still have inexhaustible blessings after her rebirth, in order to achieve this goal, she has done whatever it takes.
At that time, the feng shui master asked Cixi to find boys to build a mausoleum for her, because these boys could not only help her ward off evil spirits, but also accumulate virtue for her, so after Cixi's death, she could still enjoy the glory and wealth, and the blessings were still endless, Cixi was convinced of this, so she immediately ordered countless boys to find her, forced these children to build a dungeon for her, carry boulders, these were originally jobs done by adults, but forced children to do, it was really inhumane.
Originally the stone used to build the mausoleum was incomparably hard and heavy, even adults may not be able to move, so many boys were forced to carry after many of them were exhausted and died in the underground palace, for the death of these boys, Cixi was indifferent, she was full of thoughts about her own wealth and blessings, never cared about the lives of the people, after her death the funeral was incomparably beautiful, and the innocent lives of those boys were never cared about, it was really sad.