Cixi fled west, the Qiao family invested 100,000 taels, Cixi asked what reward? Joe's family only asked for 4 words
In china's modern history, Cixi is a person who can't get around, in the late Qing Dynasty, the Guangxu Emperor has been under house arrest by Cixi, and the real power is the Empress Dowager Cixi, because Cixi obstructed the Change of law, resulting in the failure of the Guangxu Emperor to change the law, the last bit of vitality of the original Qing Dynasty was also worn away by Cixi, as the actual controller of the Qing Dynasty, in the face of foreign invasion, Cixi's first thought was not to organize an army to counterattack, but to flee Beijing in a hurry, and also called it The Western Tour.
When the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, Cixi knew that if she still stayed in Beijing City, she was likely to be in danger of life, at that time the total strength of the coalition army was only tens of thousands of people, and the Qing Dynasty army added up to hundreds of thousands, such a strong disparity in strength, even if the weapons and equipment were a little inferior, then it was completely possible to rely on the tactics of the sea of people to beat the Eight-Nation Alliance out of China, but Cixi had no confidence at all, and even the courage to fight did not dare, and finally led to the Eight-Nation Alliance invading China, burning the Yuanmingyuan and looting the city of Beijing. Cixi began to flee west with the Guangxu Emperor and a group of ministers, and finally reached Shanxi.
On the way to escape, Cixi finally understood the suffering of the people, when the team was still difficult to find a food, to know that the people of the Qing Dynasty were already very poor, and the state capitals around the country were not so rich, although it also brought out a little entanglement from the capital, but it was quickly spent. The officials along the way also racked their brains to try to coax Cixi, after all, the Qing Dynasty had not yet perished at that time, if Cixi returned to Beijing City, the autumn accounting would not have good fruit for himself to eat, but even if he tried to please, what Cixi ate could not be compared with the Manchu and Han seats in the palace.
In the territory of Shanxi, there is a Qiao family for generations as merchants, learned that Cixi when he arrived in Shanxi generously donated, suddenly took out 100,000 taels of silver directly to Cixi, after all, in difficult times, those county orders although there is silver, but certainly will not take it out, but as a businessman, the Qiao family can take out 100,000 taels of silver, for Cixi is still very sensible, since the receipt of people's silver, then there is always something to express, Cixi asked the Qiao family what reward? However, the Qiao family only said that they hoped that Cixi would be able to leave a pair of ink treasures, so Cixi wrote down the four words of Fu ZhongLang Huan.
Many people will think that the Qiao family is really too stupid, to know that after Cixi returns to Beijing, then there is certainly no shortage of silver, you take 100,000 taels of silver to Cixi, then no matter what, it is always good to donate an official dangdang, actually do not take any money, as long as a word, in fact, the Qiao family is more shrewd than anyone, to know that the businessmen are outside, the most afraid is those who are officials, if they really like Cixi to repay the money, it is likely to be put into prison, if there is Cixi's ink treasure, then it is much more convenient to do business, This is the real talisman, worth more than a hundred thousand taels of silver.