Empress Dowager Cixi's first birthday was when she was 50 years old. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was facing the Sino-French war. At that time, France was powerful and went straight to the Central Plains after occupying Vietnam. At first, the Qing government stubbornly resisted. Although France has advantages, it cannot turn advantages into victory. Especially after France fought for a long time, the Qing government won a staged victory. If we continue to attack, it is entirely possible to win, but because of the cowardice of the Qing government, we took the lead in making peace. So more than a dozen treaties were signed, humiliating the country and ceding land for compensation.
Second, Empress Dowager Cixi's second birthday was when she was 60 years old. During this period, the Sino-Japanese War broke out. Under the neo-ism, Japan gradually embarked on the capitalist road, and its national strength became stronger and stronger. So they began to invade China. Of course, the final result was the signing of treaty of shimonoseki, which not only carved up Taiwan Province Province and other regions, but also paid a lot of war money to Japan. At this time, Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to build a garden to ensure her extravagant life. Empress Dowager Cixi's third birthday is at the age of 70. This time, it is even more exaggerated, cutting the three northeastern provinces to the enemy.
Third, Wanshoujiang did not face the country's turmoil. Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to celebrate her birthday and indulge in a luxurious life. So Zhang Taiyan sent a birthday couplet to Empress Dowager Cixi. In fact, Empress Dowager Cixi will cut land every birthday, which is also ironic. Simply Cixi didn't live to be a hundred years old, otherwise China would really be gone.