Looking at the glorious history of china for five thousand years, each generation of emperors can influence a part of the historical trend, and the only women who can influence the direction of feudal history are Lü Hou, Wu Zetian, and Cixi, who have their own characteristics and abilities, but compared with the first two people, Cixi is invisibly much worse.
The Xianfeng Emperor drove to the west of he at a young age, leaving Cixi and the young Tongzhi Emperor, Cixi was only a little girl in her twenties at this time, and the Tongzhi Emperor could not manage the government, so he could only be listened to by Cixi, but a weak woman actually did not understand the government, but she was obsessed with the feeling of holding heavy power.
Cixi bowed to the government, the Tongzhi Emperor died, supported the Guangxu Emperor, continued to listen to the government, several emperors are all puppets in the hands of Cixi, Cixi this power is a full 48 years, she covets power, covets the satisfaction brought to her by power, likes the feeling of giving and taking, lawlessness, she began to be unrestrained about herself.
Cixi began to be extravagant and wasteful since the beginning of his power, when the Qing government was in turmoil, and the people at the bottom could only feed themselves, Cixi still had hundreds of dishes per meal, and it was certainly impossible to eat, but Cixi wanted this feeling, this different treatment, no money to eat, and embezzlement of military funds This specification can not be bad.
And Cixi bathing is also different, she must be bathed with milk, this is really a luxury, wash your feet with three basins, towels are all used only once, taking a bath with hundreds of towels are normal, and Cixi also has a strange hobby, that is, she can not drink boiled water, she feels that light and tasteless is an insult to herself.
Cixi usually only drinks flower tea, all kinds of exotic flowers and herbs are taken by her to make tea, of course, the water for making tea is not general, it is the mountain spring water transported from the mountains, these are just extravagant waste, the most blushing thing is that Cixi got a quirk when she was 43 years old, and she had to drink something every day before going to bed, like a baby.
When Cixi was forty-three years old, she was seriously ill and could not be cured for a long time, and finally the nurse of the Guangxu Emperor fed her milk, but she did not expect that Cixi's body actually began to improve, and from then on, Cixi had to drink most of the bowl of milk every day before going to bed, so she did not hesitate to raise a large number of nursing mothers in the palace, just like babies.
After Cixi ascended to the throne, she only cared about coveting pleasures, disregarding the safety of the country, and wantonly squandering, such a person naturally could not govern the whole country well, and the purpose of becoming emperor was indeed to enjoy, but the bad thing was that she had the ability to enjoy, but she did not have the ability to govern the country, and the blame was that she did not have the ability to make the country strong, everyone said yes?