I believe that many people know Cixi, in her short few decades of life, she has harmed the Chinese nation for decades, so that the Chinese nation has directly regressed for hundreds of years and become a poor and weak country far behind the West.
Therefore, for many Chinese with blood and conscience, Cixi's reputation is not so good.
In addition to being a good hand at harming the country and the people, Cixi was also very greedy for money. Cixi once used the military expenses of the Beiyang Fleet to build the Summer Palace, which caused public indignation among the people of the time.
Mr. Liang Qichao once revealed in his article "Talent": "Including the anointing of the whole country to repair national defense, but in fact it is spent on the use of garden construction, Mo zhi or know, the pawn makes a slump." Cut more than a thousand miles of Liao and Taiwan, pay two hundred trillion gold coins; the vitality is broken, and the ugliness of the country is fully exposed. ”
What does this passage mean?
Originally, the purpose of plundering the wealth of the people of the whole country was to build national defense fortifications and purchase national defense weapons, but as a result, it was used to build a large number of civil engineering projects, which led to the collapse of the soldiers at the front line, and they were defeated in the Sino-Japanese War, and the land was cut off to pay compensation, which greatly hurt the Chinese nation.
After Cixi's death, in order to prevent the huge wealth she had looted during her lifetime from being robbed by others, she buried it all in her own grave.
Among them is a night pearl, which is very precious. It is said that this pearl of the night was bought by the head of a Fan state in Nanyang during the Qianlong period for a huge amount of money to pay tribute, and then fell into cixi's hands somehow.
After getting this night pearl, Cixi loved it and often let her close eunuch Li Lianying take it out for her to play with, because this night pearl could glow at night, so when this night pearl was taken out, the whole room became very bright. Anyone who has seen this pearl of the night can't help but want to say a few words. Cixi has also been very proud of this treasure.
Therefore, when Cixi was dying, in addition to other treasures, she also specifically explained that she must put this night pearl in her mouth to prevent her body from decaying rapidly after death. I don't know if this claim is true, but in some archaeological cases, the metal-covered parts did decay more slowly.
After Cixi's death, the pearl of the night was buried in her mausoleum according to her instructions before her death. Soon after, the Manchu Qing Dynasty collapsed.
By 1928, the Manchu Qing had been extinct for more than a decade, and the last emperor, Ai Xin jueluo Puyi, was also expelled from the Forbidden City.
Sun Dianying, a famous tomb robber general in history, led his army to the Qing Tombs, and he commanded his soldiers to blast open many tombs of the Manchu Qing royal family with explosives, and Cixi's mausoleum was not spared.
After opening Cixi's tomb, the night pearl in Cixi's mouth immediately stunned everyone, and even the well-informed Sun Dianying was amazed. After Sun Dianying got the Pearl of the Night, he ordered his men to empty the contents of the mausoleum and behead cixi's body, Cixi's head and body were separated, and the head was found by posterity in a stinky ditch, while the body part was missing.
After Sun Dianying got the Night Pearl, he handed it over to Song Meiling. As the first lady of the National Government at that time, Song Meiling also loved it after getting this treasure, and ordered people to sew it on her shoes, and whenever she had the opportunity, she took it out and wore it, which attracted the applause of the whole hall.
Once, while lobbying Western politicians in the United States, Soong mei-ling was seen by a tycoon named "Rockefeller" who insisted on buying the bead. In order to get enough sponsorship, Song Meiling had to endure the pain of cutting love and selling it to Rockefeller.
Unexpectedly, a priceless night pearl in China finally became the personal belongings of a tycoon in the United States, and I believe that many Chinese did not expect such an ending.
How valuable is this pearl of night?
According to relevant records, in order to curry favor with the Qianlong Emperor, the leader of the Fan State at that time spent 10.8 million taels of silver to buy from others, and we do not calculate inflation and other factors, that is, this is converted into the current renminbi, which can also be worth more than 800 million. More than 800 million yuan is not a small amount in the eyes of anyone.
brief summary
Money is something outside the body, life does not bring death, even a person with a very noble status like Cixi, after death, can not keep his property, it is very ridiculous to think.
However, when I saw that the treasures of the Chinese nation were in the hands of a foreigner, I couldn't help but feel a pang of bitterness in my heart. Do you say yes?
References: "Dangerous Words of Partition", etc