[The Empress Dowager Cixi has had a total of three curtains in her life, for a total of forty-seven years.

The first time was during the reign of her husband; the second was during the period of Emperor Tongzhi; The third time was the failure of the Wuxu Reform, the Guangxu Emperor was taken by the imperial power, and Cixi was in the dynasty again for ten years, called "Mercy and Grace Discipline", until his death. 】

[During the period when she controlled the actual power of the Qing Dynasty, objectively speaking, she had but also meritorious.

It's just that her fault has caused great disasters and tragedies to the Chinese nation, completely covering up the few exploits she has made for China. 】

[Let's take a look at her exploits first.] 】

[Cixi initiated two reforms in her lifetime.

The first was the Westernization Movement, which went bankrupt under the First Sino-Japanese War, but it also opened up the road to the modernization of China.

The second was the New Deal at the end of the Qing Dynasty, which reformed the military, commerce, learning, officials, and law, which was conducive to the development of national industry and commerce and to the prosperity of the social economy.

At the same time, she also knows how to make good use of people, and has promoted a group of capable people such as Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, Li Hongzhang, and Zhang Zhidong. 】

[Cixi also has one of the greatest achievements, that is, she followed Zuo Zongtang's proposal to recover Xinjiang.

Regardless of the reason behind it, Zuo Zongtang was finally able to go to Xinjiang.

With the help of the wealthy merchant Hu Xueyan, Zuo Zongtang left Lanzhou, marched westward, and completely annihilated Agubai entrenched in Xinjiang, and recaptured Ili from Tsarist Russia, keeping 1.66 million square kilometers of land in China. 】

"This Zuo Zongtang is good!"

"Sure enough, I still have capable people in the Qing Dynasty!"

"The warrior carries the coffin to the west and recovers the land, magnificent!!"

[Although Cixi has such a great achievement as recovering Xinjiang, compared to this achievement, the mistakes she made in her life are enough to make her stink for 10,000 years! 】

[Cixi is essentially just a shrewd woman who is greedy for pleasure, and her life is extremely extravagant.

In addition to loving enjoyment and living an extremely luxurious life, Cixi's desire for power is also very heavy.

She always thinks about things in her own right, and even when the country is besieged, her attention is still focused on personal pleasure and the construction of gardens.

In her eyes, the rights and enjoyment of individuals are far more important than the state, and how can the country be able to maintain long-term peace and stability if such people control the power of the country? 】

[When the Eight-Nation Coalition openly began the war of aggression against China, she no longer had the courage of her youth, not only did not preside over the overall situation, but fled in the wilderness. 】

[When the country was in crisis and facing war, she was still in the mood to hold a birthday banquet.

In order to build the Summer Palace, she embezzled the military funds of the Beiyang Naval Division, so that the Beiyang Naval Division did not purchase a new warship for nearly ten years.

In the end, the First Sino-Japanese War broke out, and the Beiyang Naval Division was completely annihilated by the Japanese naval army, and the Qing Dynasty completely lost this war that could be called the battle of national fortune! 】

[She acted arbitrarily, interfered in court politics, was too obsessed with power, and her every selfish decision hastened the fall of the late Qing Dynasty. 】

"Lost the battle with the Japanese people? Or is it a battle of national fortunes?! Zhu Di's face was full of disbelief, he really couldn't figure it out, how could those would-be robbers and stealing chickens and dogs pose such a big threat to the Central Plains Dynasty?

"Is this why God Su wants me to get rid of the evil?"

"It seems that the harm of the pirates is far beyond our imagination!"

"After the suppression is repeated three times and Taiwan is recovered, I will have to think about how to clean up those Japanese people."

[Next, let's take a look at what disgusting things Cixi did! 】

[First, fight for power and profit, and kill the eight auxiliary ministers. 】

[When Emperor Xianfeng died of illness in Rehe, he arranged eight auxiliary ministers for his successor before his death. But he was afraid that the power of the ministers was too great, so he granted the empress and Cixi the authority to contain each other.

As a result, in order to be autocratic, the Empress Dowager Cixi secretly united with Prince Gong to kill the ministers of the first emperor who entrusted Gu on his deathbed, and finally monopolized the power of the court!

If the Qing Dynasty was ruled by those eight ministers, it would be at least much better than Cixi alone.

As one of the eight ministers, Su Shun was actually a very talented person, and he advocated being close to the Han people, but he was killed by Cixi before his ambition was rewarded. 】

[The Empress Dowager Cixi also successfully launched two palace coups, listened to the government three times, and carried out strong intervention in the Tongzhi and Guangxu dynasties, and dictated the cadres.

The two little emperors were manipulated at will in the hands of Cixi and her old man, and the elites among the ministers were also played by her, and such a powerful controller was better than the previous emperors! 】

[Second, cultural antagonism, seclusion and seclusion. 】

[During the reign of the Empress Dowager Cixi, the world situation at that time had long since stepped out of the traditional feudal era.

There is a huge contrast in strength and culture between an ancient civilization that lags behind the world for almost an era and has been suppressed by Cixi into a pool of backwater, and the Western world, which has experienced the vitality of the industrial revolution.

It can also be said from another angle, that is, when Western culture and power were rising strongly, the Qing Dynasty was still immersed in the glory and glory of Chinese civilization in the past, and did not take the initiative to adapt to the great changes in the world. 】

[The funny thing is that at a time when there is a huge gap today, it is an old woman who is proficient in ruling power and ignorant of the general trend of the world that determines the fate of China, which is really ridiculous and pathetic. 】

[When the world was in the midst of an era in which industry was making great strides, Cixi and her ministers at the time showed astonishing ignorance on many issues.

They did not have the desire and courage to take the initiative to absorb new knowledge and new things, let alone the overall consideration and goal planning of the Westernization Movement, and even used various means to suppress Prince Gong, who was determined to reform, and agreed to suspend the dispatch of young children to the United States and obstruct the construction of various railway projects......]

[Although under the pressure of the situation, Cixi also did some things to support the Westernists and reformists, so that the society seemed to have progressed.

However, her goal in supporting the Westernization Movement was only to consolidate her rights, not to improve the quality of the people and enrich the people. 】

[Third, extravagance and waste, life is extremely luxurious. 】

[Cixi coveted comfort and enjoyed a heinous degree.

In order to build the Summer Palace, she did not hesitate to embezzle the navy's military funds, resulting in the navy's outdated equipment and backward training, and was the main culprit in the defeat of the First Sino-Japanese War.

During the war with the Japanese invaders, she desperately held a 60th birthday celebration, which was extremely extravagant, and spent more than 5.4 million taels of silver a month before and after, while the total amount of war funds raised on the front line was only 2.5 million taels, less than half of the cost of the celebration. 】

Cixi has enough means to control the personnel of the state, but she does not have much sense of responsibility for her to think about the country's adaptation to the pace of the world.

She is only a vested interest in limited support for reform, just a refined egoist. 】

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