Empress Dowager Cixi, surnamed Ye Henala. At present, it is generally believed that Cixi was born in Chapai Hutong, Xisipailou, Beijing, which is now Bicai Hutong. [1] Manchuria was decorated with a blue flag, which was later carried into the statue of Empress Dowager Cixi.
Yellow flag. Its ancestors belonged to Yehebu (now near Siping City). According to the records of Qujing, Yunnan, 1834, Yehnala Zheng Hui (Manchu) was appointed as a Taoist priest of Yidong Road in Yunnan and stationed in Qujing. The following year, Mrs. Hui was born as a female Cixi. And hired a footman Li (who lives in Qujing Lane). After Cixi listened to politics, Li was called to work in the storage department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and later dressed in four products, he served as the head of the Lugouqiao tax department. [2] Father Cheng Wai, a former road flyover of Guang Tai, Huining, Anhui Province, and mother Fu Cha. Because giving birth to a son to the emperor (Tongzhi emperor) would please Emperor Xianfeng, he was soon promoted to be an imperial concubine of Yi. Emperor Tongzhi was established, and he was honored as the Empress Dowager, with the title of Cixi. The Tai 'an generation in Shandong also had Cixi. After Wenzong died in the summer resort in the Qing Dynasty, he was also known as the Western Empress because he lived in the gazebo with Empress Ci 'an. According to legend, Empress Cian lived in Zhongcui Palace, one of the six hospitals in the East, and Empress Dowager Cixi lived in Palace of Gathered Elegance, one of the six hospitals in the West, so she was called the Western Empress Dowager. Ye He Na's Lashi was recruited into the palace in the second year of Xianfeng (1852), and was named as a noble of Lan, and later as a righteous man. In the sixth year of Xianfeng (1856), in March, he gave birth to the only prince of Emperor Xianfeng (later Emperor Tongzhi) and called Jin to be the imperial concubine. The following year, she was promoted to Yi Fei. Because Emperor Xianfeng was sickly, the Qing Dynasty was in a period of internal troubles and foreign invasion (the invasion of Beijing by British and French allied forces in the north and the anti-Qing peasant movement in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in the south), which made him exhausted, and Yi Guifei was engaged in calligraphy, so Emperor Xianfeng often dictated Yi Guifei to write and read the throne, which gave Cixi the opportunity to get in touch with politics. Seal of "Imperial Reward" and "Family"
1860, before the British and French allied forces entered Beijing, she fled to Jehol with Emperor Xianfeng and Prince Zai Chun. Emperor Xianfeng died in Jehol in August, 186 1. Because Zai Chun was only 6 years old, before his death, Emperor Xianfeng appointed Prince Yi, Duan Hua, Jing Shou, assistant to university students, Kuang Yuan, Du Han and Jiao Youying as the king to assist the Tongzhi Emperor in handling state affairs. These people are all close friends of Xianfeng, and Su Shun is especially resourceful. He also gave the Queen and Yi Guifei two seals representing imperial power, hoping that they would contain each other.
After the death of Emperor Xianfeng of Cixi (36 pictures), Prince Zai Chun ascended the throne with the title of "Qixiang". She was honored as the Empress Dowager together with Queen Niu Zhilu (Empress Ci 'an). Empress Dowager Cixi was very dissatisfied with the eight ministers' attempt to monopolize power, so she teamed up with Prince Gong Yixin, the younger brother of Xianfeng Emperor who presided over the peace talks in Beijing. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Queen and Xianfeng Emperor Zigong returning to Beijing, she launched a Xinyou coup, designed and arrested eight ministers, and sentenced Yi and Zheng Qinwang to suicide. Su Shun made a final decision. Others were dismissed, crushing the power of the eight ministers. Easy-to-trust deliberation king, 186 1 12, the empress dowager ruled hall of mental cultivation and listened to politics; And changed the year number to "Tongzhi". In the early days of her administration, with the help of Wang Yixin, she was an official to rectify the order; Reuse Chen Han; Relying on the armed forces of the Han landlords such as Zeng Guofan, Zuo and Li Hongzhang, and with the support of the great powers, they successively suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Nian Army, the Miao people and the Hui people's uprisings, eased the ruling crisis of the Qing Dynasty, and made the Qing Dynasty temporarily stable. In order to maintain the feudal autocratic rule, she also attached great importance to the Westernization School, developed some military and civilian industries and trained the navy and army to strengthen the political power on the principle of "self-improvement" and "seeking wealth". Objectively, it has played a positive role in China's modernization. However, as Cixi knew little about the advanced science and technology in the West, she also made a special place to listen to politics, the East Warm Pavilion in hall of mental cultivation.
What a stupid decision that hindered the Westernization Movement; In addition, when the reform might damage her rule, she supported the die-hards to curb the Westernization School in order to strengthen centralization. During this period, the domestic uprising was put down; The two opium wars temporarily satisfied the greed of the great powers and did not suffer a big loss in diplomacy; After the Westernization Movement, the military strength of the Qing Dynasty was improved. The industry and commerce had a preliminary development, which was called "Tongzhi Zhongxing" by the ruling class of the Qing Dynasty.