What is history: it is the echo of the past to the future, the reflection of the future on the past. - Hugo
Cixi, presumably, is known to everyone. Although it is famous, it is indeed very negative. In costume dramas, we can often see women in the harem fighting openly and secretly, and mistakes are inevitable. However, Empress Dowager Cixi, for her own desires, was extremely extravagant and squandered money everywhere, resulting in a great decline in the country, completely ignoring the question of territorial integrity, and ignoring the aggression of other countries. It is absurd to just satisfy one's own selfish desires!
Cixi bore the emperor his only heir, and because of this, he was given the right to control the entire country. Politically, she did not have a long-term vision, but she controlled the three emperors in turn, the Xianfeng Emperor, the Tongzhi Emperor, and the Guangxu Emperor. After the death of the Xianfeng Emperor, Cixi began to take power, not only allowing the early death of the king of a country, but also following the orders of the ministers. Foreigners have some new things she has, and she squanders money recklessly.
Infuriating is her neglect to build an army for the construction of a cemetery on her sixtieth birthday. The importance of the military to a country can be imagined. What made people even more angry was that she listened to the feng shui master's rumors that the boy himself was pure, and people at that time were very superstitious. As a result, many boys were sent to transport stones in place of the strong men, because the feng shui master's way could keep all kinds of demons away. So that Cixi can be blessed in another world after her ascension.
Because carrying stones is heavy and tiring, children cannot bear it, so many boys are buried in this cemetery, which is simply a loss of conscience. After Cixi's death, thousands of brave men carried coffins for her, and the pomp and circumstance was really shocking. And the funeral goods are also sky-high prices, and Empress Dowager Cixi's insult is really reasonable!
It is precisely because of such a figure that led to the rapid decline of China in all aspects of the world in the late Qing Dynasty, from the ancient civilization to the pseudo-big country that everyone could bully, and Cixi's various incredible behaviors cannot be separated from the relationship, it can be said that if it were not for Cixi, the Qing Dynasty would not have degenerated so quickly, and the country would not be so easily bullied by the West.