There are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, and this is true. Even if the relationship is pure, as long as it is a touch of the word "widow", it will always lead people to think about it.
Cixi, as the de facto operator at the end of the Qing Dynasty, greatly influenced the development process of the Qing Dynasty. From Qianlong onwards, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty are not as good as the generation, not to mention the ability to govern for the time being, just talk about the body, and there are few powerful ones behind.
Xianfeng, Tongzhi, Guangxu, Puyi, these four emperors are weak one by one. Since the old man doesn't give his strength, the woman has to go forward, and the sky of the Qing Dynasty can't fall.
In 1861 AD, the 30-year-old Emperor Xianfeng was scared to death by foreigners in Rehe, and Xianfeng's psychological quality could not do anything big. As a result, Cixi, who was only 26 years old, began to live alone in an empty house.
It's nothing to do during the day, nothing to do at night. Cixi planned to do something. So, she united with Prince Gong and launched the "Xinyou Coup", which opened the prelude to the Empress Dowager's curtain to listen to the government, but at that time, she was at best a second-in-command, and Ci'an firmly grasped the power of the country.
But this is enough, at least I want to do something, and I don't have to look at other people's faces.
In this way, Cixi shifted her energy to the struggle for power, but even so, she still felt that life lacked color.
Unexpectedly met Zhang Chunpu
Like many people now, even if she is married, she still likes to look at handsome guys, and everyone has a love for beauty. As the powerful queen mother, in addition to the major events in the court, Cixi also wants to have a handsome guy to drink tea and talk about life to comfort her lonely heart.
But ordinary people can't get into the eyes of Lafayette, so Cixi went with the flow.
By chance, Cixi heard that there was a luthier named Zhang Chunpu in the Liuli Factory outside the palace who played a good piano. How high can the level be?
It is said that people can listen to "March does not know the taste of meat", this statement made me unable to understand for a while, is this a meal of meat or a song? I admit that I was confused.
After Cixi heard this, she was probably also attracted by this "March doesn't know the taste of meat", so she wanted to invite Zhang Chunpu to listen to him play a song to see if she still knew the taste of meat.
Since the queen mother is interested, the chief eunuch will hurry up and make arrangements.
Soon, Liulichang went to someone and invited Zhang Chunpu to enter the palace. Zhang Chunpu had already heard of Cixi's actions, and this time he didn't want to participate, but he couldn't resist the decree and disrespect it.
In the feudal era, no matter who was put on the hat of resisting and disobeying, there was only one outcome, that is, "cutting and deciding" without discussion. In this way, Zhang Chunpu was taken to the palace.
Zhang Chunpu thought: "If you come, you will be safe." Since he couldn't refuse, he could only try not to create the opportunity to be in the same room with Cixi as much as possible. ”
Zhang Chunpu said to the eunuch on duty: "When you play the piano by yourself, you can only sit and play the piano, and sitting and playing is disrespectful to Lafayette." Therefore, he asked to play in the room next to Cixi.
The first contest between Zhang Chunpu and Cixi
Cixi was shocked when she heard this, and thought: "This spring garden is really interesting, and it is avoiding me in a roundabout way." Soon, Cixi thought about it and planned to give Zhang Chunpu some color to see.
Cixi called the little eunuch next to her to give a few words, and after a while, Zhang Chunpu was taken to the next room. The little eunuch told Zhang Chunpu to pick a piano to play in it.
Zhang Chunpu tried more than a dozen pianos in the house and found that they were all bad. Zhang Chunpu thought to himself, why is there no fine piano in the palace?
Seeing the urging gaze of the little eunuch next to him, Zhang Chunpu didn't think much about it, so he told him directly: "There is no good piano here." ”
Hearing this, Cixi in the next room shouted "yes", and Zhang Chunpu really lived up to his reputation, so he ordered the eunuch to bring him the piano he usually used.
It turned out that this was also Cixi testing Zhang Chunpu, if she found out that Zhang Chunpu was a wasted person, it was estimated that she would be directly pulled out to correct the Fa.
Zhang Chunpu also instantly understood what was going on, and sighed in minutes: "The city routine is deep, I want to go back to the countryside." The inner courtyard of this palace is really not something that ordinary people can stay, as the saying goes, "a companion is like a tiger", this one will have to lose his head if he is not careful, which also laid the groundwork for Zhang Chunpu not to enter the palace later.
Zhang Chunpu provoked another big boss
Zhang Chunpu's piano skills have nothing to say, after playing a song, Cixi was immersed in the beautiful music for a long time and couldn't extricate herself. I have also played the piano and tested it, and the next step is to call to my side, drink tea, and talk about life.
At that moment, a little boy came in, and when he ran in, he reached out and plucked it on the piano. Zhang Chunpu was startled again and hurriedly stopped the little boy.
In the end, in exchange for a scolding from the palace maid, Cixi lost interest, and Zhang Chunpu was also frightened. In order not to get into trouble again, he asked to leave.
Cixi thought to herself that this first time they met, it was necessary to leave a good impression on each other, and the future would be long.
Zhang Chunpu slipped back to Liulichang, this experience made him frightened, and after inquiring, the little boy during the day turned out to be Emperor Tongzhi.
Whether it is the emperor or the queen mother, as long as the service is not good, it is basically a dead end.
After this positive communication with the Empress Dowager Cixi, he found that the Empress Dowager Cixi's city was simply unfathomable, and even if he agreed to the Empress Dowager Cixi's various requests, he was still dead in the end.
Zhang Chunpu vowed not to enter the palace
Throughout history, how many of them have ended well? It's a game of moths to the fire. Zhang Chunpu made up his mind and never entered the palace again.
When Cixi sent the little eunuchs to invite him, he refused each time, citing illness. After all, there was still Ci'an pressing on her at that time, and Cixi didn't dare to be too presumptuous, so she gave up over time.
When people around him asked Zhang Chunpu why he wanted to give up the wealth at his fingertips, Zhang Chunpu also replied simply: "I don't envy such dirty wealth at all." ”
"If there is no thousand catties on the body, who will eat soft rice with youth?" Zhang Chunpu explained to us that soft rice is actually not delicious, first of all, you must have a good tooth.
Whether it is Cixi or Tongzhi, this is a difficult bone to gnaw.
Zhang Chunpu realized this, so after leaving the palace, he swore that he would not enter the palace again. There is no doubt that Zhang Chunpu did the right thing.