Cixi was the de facto ruler of the late Qing dynasty, and she closed herself off from the country and was extravagant and wasteful, hastening the demise of the Qing government. For such a woman who has brought disaster to the country and the people, it is really a thousand cuts. While Li Hongzhang was working hard to build the Beiyang Navy, Empress Dowager Cixi was trying to manage her 60th birthday. The Summer Palace was extensively renovated and the army was not allocated funds for two years. In the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the Beiyang Navy lacked military resources and fled miserably, and in the end, the Qing government could only sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki with Japan, which humiliated the country. In 1900, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, and Empress Dowager Cixi fled to Xi'an with the Guangxu Emperor and a group of palace people. Putting all the responsibility on the Boxer Rebellion headed by Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzhang and others were ordered to negotiate with the great powers and sign the Xinxiu Treaty.
It can be said that because of the existence of Empress Dowager Cixi, China has set back 100 years. Cixi usually lives extravagantly and wastefully, with a large table full of three meals a day and countless jewelry. Even her toilet is unique in the world, and Empress Dowager Cixi's toilet is made of sandalwood with a large lifelike gecko carved on it. The two eyes of the large gecko are made of rubies, and the gecko's mouth is slightly open, just enough to fit a piece of paper. The palace maids would cover the toilet with dried pine wood in advance, and every time Cixi was convenient, the feces would be buried. Cixi was a person who loved cleanliness and could not smell the slightest smell, so the palace eunuchs who served by her side usually paid attention to hygiene. They did not dare to fart in front of Empress Dowager Cixi, because once a stench was smelled by this Lafayette, they would face the doom of being slaughtered all over the house. Such a toilet just met the requirements of Empress Dowager Cixi, and she would sit on the toilet every day and smoke a big cigarette, which was very luxurious.
In 1908, Empress Dowager Cixi died in the Yiluan Hall, and before her death, she left three edicts. First, Puyi was established as the emperor, and Puyi was only 3 years old at that time, where can a 3-year-old child know how to govern the country. It can be seen that even if Cixi knows that he is no longer good, he still wants to try to obey the government and continue to hold the power of the DPRK.
The second edict is that the harem must not interfere in politics, which also makes the majority of netizens laugh. She herself listened to the government and figured out that the government was dilapidated, and as the old saying goes, only the governors were allowed to set fires, and the people were not allowed to light lamps.
The third way is to strictly prohibit eunuchs from interfering in politics, and here we have to talk about Li Lianying. Everyone must also know Li Lianying very well, the big red man around Empress Dowager Cixi has lived in the palace for 52 years. Many ministers of the central government relied on this great eunuch, and people often sent him gold and silver treasures to bribe him. In his later years, Cixi was also extremely attached to this eunuch who had accompanied him for most of his life. The two would say goodnight to each other sooner or later, and if they didn't have time, they would send eunuchs to greet each other. Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Lianying often met to go for walks together, and often talked about health preservation techniques until midnight. Such a great eunuch could be said to be powerful and popular at that time.