In the Qing Dynasty, where men were superior to women, they controlled the government for 47 years as a female stream, and after the death of the Xianfeng Emperor, they firmly controlled the three emperors of the late Qing Dynasty and became puppets who obeyed orders and became the core of imperial power. Although the historical evaluation is not very good, and she is even considered to be the culprit of the abuse of the great powers in modern China, no one does not admire her political ability.
Why she was able to achieve such a "great deed", the expert replied:
The fundamental reason is that Cixi is very good at handling the relationship between the mother-in-law and the in-laws.
The monopoly of foreign relations and the maintenance of imperial independence are a pair of contradictions that run through the ancient Chinese dynasties, and many emperors have planted their heads on this. whereas
With her unique political position, Cixi properly handled yehlana's relationship with Ai Xinjueluo, which was the fundamental reason why she was able to hold power for more than 40 years.
In order for everyone to understand this more clearly, let's compare a woman who is very close to Cixi. Wu Zetian was also an ancient woman who ascended to the peak of power, she first "hung the curtain behind the emperor, and the size of the government affairs were all related to the smell", and later directly called the emperor. After fully taking over the power, she established the Seven Temples of the Wu Clan, posthumously honored her ancestors for five generations as emperors, and vigorously promoted the clan members of the Wu Family to control the government, and the military power and political power were controlled by her brothers and nephews. At the same time, she mutilated the Emperor Li's grandson. Such an approach not only caused a fierce backlash from the Li clan, but also strong dissatisfaction among those important ministers and old ministers, which shook their rule.
And Empress Dowager Cixi,
In the decades of controlling power, the relationship between the mother-in-law and the in-laws has been handled more securely.
On the one hand, she didn't pay special attention to her own people.
The People of the Yehenara clan did not give him a prominent title during Cixi's reign. One might wonder if her great-grandfather, father, and brother were not or posthumously awarded the title of Duke of The Third Rank? What needs to be clarified here is that these titles are not illegal, but follow the custom of foreign relatives to be knighted, and have little to do with the personal will of Empress Dowager Cixi.
Moreover, before her death, she ordered Puyi to succeed to the throne, saying that military and political affairs were decided by the regent, and if there were any major events, she would ask the empress dowager, that is, her niece Empress Longyu, to participate. Cixi asked Longyutai to retreat into the background, perhaps in consideration of returning the supreme power to Ai Xinjue Luoshi;
On the other hand, the two emperors chosen by Cixi, the Guangxu Emperor Zai xiang and the Xuantong Emperor Puyi, were both descendants of the princes of the Near Branch who were relatively pure in the Ai Xinjue Luo family.
It shows the importance and respect for the transfer of imperial power, as well as the recognition of the legitimacy of Aisin Kyora.
Therefore, although Cixi's arbitrary behavior made many people dissatisfied, no one felt that her disloyalty to Ai Xinjue Luoshi would subvert the imperial power. And this has a lot to do with the fact that she handled the relations between the two ethnic groups very well and did not give others an attack. It is precisely because of this that when she fought with Prince Gong and Prince Alcohol, many people felt that this was a power struggle within the Qing Dynasty, a family affair within the family, and there was no need to participate. Otherwise, if she really wanted to be like Wu Zetian, promoting her own people and suppressing Ai Xinjue Luoshi, it was estimated that it would cause a strong backlash, and in the context of internal and external troubles at that time, it was difficult to say whether she could control power for nearly half a century. (WeiQi)