On the day of Cixi's funeral, 2 strange things happened, doomed to the demise of the Qing Dynasty?
Introduction: On November 15, 1908, Empress Dowager Cixi, the ruler of the late Qing government, died of illness. The Qing dynasty royal family immediately prepared a grand funeral for her and arranged for tens of thousands of people to send her to the end. Suddenly, the white flag in Beijing was flying and mourning was singing in unison. Cixi made a will before her death, that is, to bury herself beautifully. The Beiyang warlord Yuan Shikai took the opportunity to show his loyalty to Empress Longyu, and he supervised Cixi's funeral throughout the process.
As we all know, Empress Dowager Cixi is very particular about the scene. Her coffin was placed in the palace for seven days, all the officials of the Qing Dynasty came to mourn, and the royal family cried bitterly. Those who had served Cixi had to kneel around the coffin, and some favored eunuch palace ladies watched the corpses for three days without sleep. Seven days later, on the day of Cixi's funeral, two strange things suddenly happened. Cixi's coffin walked on the main road, but suddenly thunder and lightning filled the sky.
Soon after, a strong wind blew in, and the paper men, paper horses, and paper money in the sending team all floated into the sky. The downpour poured down directly, and everyone had no time to hide. The royal nobles were even more blinded by the strong wind. In fact, long before the funeral, the warlocks in the palace had already measured the weather, and they had specifically chosen a good day. Who knows if something like this happened. Afterwards, everyone felt strange. But not long after, a second strange thing happened. Cixi had originally built a palace for herself. But her death came unexpectedly, and the waterproof facilities outside the Qing Dongling Tombs were not yet ready.
Helplessly, the craftsmen did not dare to tell the matter, and they had to bury Cixi like this. Just a few days after Cixi was buried, several rats burrowed in. After that, there were more and more rats, and they ate every day. The craftsmen knew in their hearts that Cixi's body was estimated to have become a delicacy for rats. After this incident was passed out, people felt that this was a harbinger of the demise of the Qing Dynasty. In 1911, the Xinhai Revolution officially broke out, and more than a dozen southern provinces declared independence. Yuan Shikai had high hopes, but he still chose to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. In this way, the Manchu Qing imperial family completely collapsed, and the decadent feudal system also went to ruin.
Conclusion: Cixi was a greedy person, she once embezzled millions of silver for her birthday feast, did not expect to exchange for the fall of the Qing Dynasty. In 1928, the warlord Sun Dianying blew up the Tanglin Tombs and ransacked Cixi's cemetery. All the gold and silver jewels in the cemetery were robbed, and not even the night pearl in Cixi's mouth was spared. Throughout her life, Cixi would only think about her own interests, and she was therefore regarded as a national sinner. Such an ending is not sympathetic at all.