However, in the eyes of Dezong, Kang, Liang and others, Cixi's actions were to oppose and sabotage reforms! Even, it will endanger the position of Dejong himself! - "Oppose and sabotage reforms", "endanger the position of Dezong himself", how is it possible?! Just like when the emperor of the two palaces revoked Mu Zong's decision to depose the ten ministers, it was impossible to depose Mu Zong because of this!

These seemingly absurd thoughts of Guan Zhuofan became more and more realistic and serious in the minds of Mu Zonghe, Kang, Liang and others. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In Guan Zhuofan's view, Cixi launched a coup d'état, imprisoned Dezong, and killed the six gentlemen, and the song was not in her at all - I damn it, you put the knife on my neck, and I am not allowed to resist? There is such a truth in the world?!

It's simply Dezong, Kang, Liang and others who died by themselves!

However, the side effects of the coup d'état were extremely huge, and in order to protect herself, Cixi could not help but temporarily turn to the old school, and for a while, the old school was in flames and acted perversely, and finally caused the uncontrollable disaster of Gengzi.

Although it is a last resort to fall into the old school, no matter how much she is with the old school, Cixi cannot agree to release the Boxer of Righteousness, let alone declare war on all countries, this is the biggest trick in her life, it is the biggest mistake she has committed, and there is no way to wash this place.

Cixi basically did not receive a decent education when she was a teenager, and she was drafted into the palace at the age of seventeen, and since then she has no direct contact with the outside world.

However, Cixi did not pass out all the time, and she soon came to her senses.

Although Cixi imprisoned Dezong and killed the six gentlemen, after returning to Luan, the policies she pursued, as mentioned above, were still the same as those of the Wuxu Reform, and they were all over the same in terms of depth and breadth.

In addition, while the Gengzi Revolution brought great disasters to the country, it also unexpectedly brought a positive effect - in this great change, the extremely conservative faction and the relatives and nobles who supported them were completely cleansed. As a result, when Cixi implemented the above policy, the resistance was greatly reduced.

It's ironic when you think about it.

How should we evaluate the merits and demerits of Cixi's life?

Cixi really failed to reinvent China, but Guan Zhuofan thought that if it wasn't for the traverser, no one would have the ability to do so - the shortcomings of three thousand years would never be completely eliminated in just thirty years. China is too big, the inertia is too great, and it will take longer, several times more than 30 years, for this giant ship to turn around.

However, Cixi did what she could and should do - in the midst of great changes unseen in 3,000 years, in the unprecedented shock, she maintained the basic integrity of the country and the basic independence of politics, and retained the most basic and important capital for China's future rise.

Merits and demerits, roughly like this.

As for scolding and scolding "losing power and humiliating the country" or something, Guan Zhuofan believes that "losing power and humiliating the country" is a fact, but if you blindly dwell on these four words, not as much as the rest, there will be no substantive meaning - if you are backward, you will be beaten, and if you are beaten, you will "lose your power and humiliate the country", it is the same for everyone, Cixi is the same, and so is compassion, there is no difference! Only when you finally become strong and no one else can beat you up will you not "lose power and humiliate the country" - to do this, as mentioned earlier, it will take longer, several times more than thirty years.

Cixi's huge influence extends to her death - Guan Zhuofan means that if Cixi died a few years later, what would be the situation in Chinese politics?

History is difficult to "if", but "if Cixi had died a few years later", two things are certain:

First, the balance of the Manchu and Han dynasties will not be completely broken by Zaifeng, Zai Ze, Zaitao and other relatives and nobles.

Second, no one must want to kill Yuan Shikai, therefore, Yuan Shikai must not be double-minded.

The abandonment of the Qing government by the Han gentry was the first reason for the abdication of the Qing emperor. At that time, the weak revolutionary party could not overthrow the Qing Dynasty by its own strength. Moreover, if we look at history, we can conclude that the revolutionary parties would not have been able to do so until the emergence of more advanced and powerful political forces.

Finally, let's talk about the three fallacies that have been circulating about Cixi.

First, embezzle the military funds of the Beiyang Navy to repair the Summer Palace.

The so-called "embezzlement of naval military funds" is that King Alcohol "collects donations" from provincial governors in the name of "the emperor visits Kunming Lake to watch the drill of the sailors on behalf of Her Majesty the Empress Dowager". This money was indeed used to build the Summer Palace, but this money has nothing to do with the military expenses allocated by the imperial court to the Beiyang Navy. The alcohol king does not "raise donations", and this money is left in the hands of the governors of the provinces, and it cannot reach the accounts of the Beiyang Navy; King Alcohol "raised donations", and the imperial court customized the military expenses of the Beiyang Navy, and there was no less than one or two silvers.

In fact, the strange "Water Division" in Kunming Lake in the Summer Palace is another "Eight Banners Water Division" tossed out by King Alcohol, which is not the same thing as the Beiyang Navy.

Second, it is better to give to friends than to be with domestic slaves.

This sentence was not said by Cixi, in fact, no one said it at all.

The source of this sentence is Liang Qichao's "Wuxu Coup d'état": Gangyi once said to people: "My family's property would rather be given to friends than to be slaves." ”

Even if what Liang Qichao said is true, the "friends" mentioned by Gangyi are by no means "friends". Who is Fortitude? That is the most conservative and xenophobic person in the late Qing Dynasty, I wish there was not a single foreigner in China, and I wish that all foreigners in the world were dead, and he would give "my family's industry" to "friends"?!

The resolute "friend" is a "friend", which has no extended meaning, and at most it is understood as a "righteous person" who shares his own interests, that is, a conservative and a defender.

Third, measure the material resources of China and form a friendship with the country.

This sentence comes from the change of Gengzi, the two palaces "West Hunting", an edict from Yixuan, Li Hongzhang and the eight countries that invaded China. Since it comes from the edict, in a sense, the copyright of this sentence can be attributed to Cixi, but its true meaning is just the opposite of what people have understood literally for a long time.

The edict goes like this:

"In the summer of this year, the boxers and bandits made chaos, provoked friends, and I was able to take a tour of the west, and the capital was disturbed. Dieming ****** Yixuan and Li Hongzhang, a scholar, as plenipotentiary ministers, acted cheaply and stopped making peace with the envoys of various countries. Yesterday, according to the telegram sent to the countries to discuss the 12 articles of peace, the outline has been agreed, and the plenipotentiary is still telegraphed to carefully examine the detailed program, measure the material resources of China, and form a friendship with the country. Since there is an opportunity to repent of the disaster, it is advisable to issue an edict of self-blame, and all the unspeakable hardships of the imperial court cannot but be made clear for the subjects of the world......"

I will start to talk at length below, and I will not quote them one by one.

Considering the context, this "quantity" is obviously not the "quantity" of "trying to do as much as possible", but the "quantity" of "doing what you can", and the "quantity" of "living within your means" is a euphemistic "admonition" to Yixuan and Li Hongzhang: You two, when you accept other people's conditions, you should be more leisurely, don't be too big, if you can give a little less, just give a little less!

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When the special train of the Queen Mother and Empress Dowager Huiluan arrived at the Zhengyangmen Railway Station in Beijing, the officials above the rank of the Auxiliary State and the officials above the fourth rank in Beijing had already been waiting on the platform.

Looking out of the window, on the platform, there was a white expanse.

For example, in the year of Xinyou, Mu Zongfeng returned to Luan from Rehe, Mu Zongfeng went to Dingling to return to Luan, and the Queen Mother of the Virgin Mary returned to Luan in Tianjin, and so on.

However, this time the Queen Mother returned to Luan, but there was something special.

The first is the special place to the port - the railway station.

It has been a while since the train entered the city of Beijing, but it was the first time for most of the relatives and officials present to see the train so closely, and many people were excited, confused, and frightened when they saw the train for the first time...... Different people, different mentalities, however, looking at the steel dragon spitting clouds and mist, roaring, the platform under his feet, the vibration is getting worse and worse, no one can be as calm as water.

Alas, the world is different!

The train is not the most disturbing, what really makes people feel agitated is the news that came out yesterday evening: the queen mother of the two palaces has "used the seal"!

With the seal - one is the edict of Princess Lirongan as the heir of the emperor, and the other is the edict of the queen mother of the two palaces to withdraw the curtain and return to the government.

This news, even if someone is closed, I didn't know it yesterday, but today I gathered at Zhengyangmen Railway Station, and I heard it from the mouths of other relatives and officials.

The world is really different!

The woman has become an emperor!

Although everyone knows that this is an inevitable thing, when "a woman became an emperor" really became a reality, there was still a sudden dream.

There are also many people who have the idea that they should not speak to others except for their closest relatives and friends of life and death-

From now on, the real emperor of the Qing Dynasty is probably not the woman who is about to sit on the throne of the Taihe Palace, but ...... Her man.

Well, "the king's man".

Although they are all here to greet the Queen Mother, the focus of the audience, from beginning to end, is the "king's man" who "follows" the Queen Mother, those flickering and roving eyes made Guan Zhuofan have a very interesting illusion: he seems to be at the opening ceremony of a sports competition before the crossing, with countless flashing lights, one after another, like twinkling stars in the sky.

The difference is that if it is really the opening ceremony of the sports competition, most of these stars will be above him, and right now, these stars are crawling at his feet - of course, the object of kneeling and worshipping is not himself, but Guan Zhuofan can feel that even if the "stars" are standing and peeking at themselves, their eyes still seem to be from the bottom up - they are still looking up.

It's really different!

*(To be continued.) )