There is a pianist named Zhang Chunpu in Beijing Liulichang who plays the piano for a living. He is straightforward and unpretentious, with superb piano skills and excellent reputation among literati. Cixi has nothing to do but learn the piano. Hearing Zhang Chunpu's reputation, she called him into the palace to play the piano. It is said that the place to play the piano is in the west wing of the bedroom. There are seven main rooms, and Cixi sits in the westernmost room, which is very close to the west wing. Zhang Chunpu made an appointment with the eunuch when he was summoned. He can't play on his knees. He must sit down to play well. The eunuch made a promise that he was not allowed to face Cixi.
There are seven or eight pianos in the west wing, all of which are golden strings and jade axes, which are extremely luxurious. Zhang Chunpu's audition is out of date. Then I heard Cixi say, "You can take my usual piano and let him play." The eunuch was ordered to bring it to Zhang Chunpu. Zhang Chunpu lowered his finger, feeling the sound very clear, and repeatedly praised: "Good piano, good piano." Zhang Chunpu played a song and had a rest. Suddenly I saw some people wearing wet nurse's clothes, with a child of about ten years old, and their clothes were extremely gorgeous. Children will play with their fingers when they see the piano. Zhang Chunpu stopped and said, "This is Lafayette's. You can't touch it. " The child stared at him. A woman next to her scolded Zhang Chunpu: "You know who he is. Lafaille always depends on him. Don't you dare stop him You don't want to have a head! " Zhang Chunpu stopped talking. On this day, after Zhang Chunpu left the palace, Cixi later declared that she would rather die than go. Zhang Chunpu is a man with lofty ideals. Because he is poor, he works as a servant in a factory. His piano playing is famous among officials and ministers. Empress Dowager Cixi ordered the eunuch to take a message on the same day:
"If you worship with your heart, you will receive an official for you in the future and be sent to the internal affairs office, not afraid of wealth." However, Zhang Chunpu disappeared from the palace after seeing his young son. Asked by his peers, Zhang Chunpu said, "I don't envy such filth and wealth." When King Su heard about Zhang Chunpu's reputation, he called him to his mansion to play the piano and gave him a monthly salary of 30 gold, so he got used to going out early and returning late. Zhang Chunpu felt that the bondage was not free, but there was no good way to get rid of it. One night it rained, and Su Wang said, "Don't go back, just stay here." Zhang Chunpu refused, and Wang Su repeatedly asked him to stay. Zhang Chunpu said, "The boss doesn't know that I live here, and he thinks I'm a prostitute." King Su was angry, expelled him and never called him into the palace again. Zhang Chunpu happily thought it was a good idea.
A noble lady once asked Zhang Chunpu to teach piano. Zhang Chunpu came in the afternoon, played a song and left without touching his lips. Later, Zhang Chunpu died of poverty because of his introduction. In fact, there were many maverick strange people in the late Qing Dynasty. Zhang Chunpu was not killed because he disobeyed the imperial edict of Cixi or angered the king. It is unimaginable to put it in other dynasties. After the middle period of Guangxu, Cixi suddenly fell in love with calligraphy, learned to draw flowers, learned to write calligraphy, and often wrote the word "Fushou" for her luck. But my handwriting is not very good. If I want to find a ghostwriter, I will ask the provincial governors to pay attention. There was an official Miao family in Sichuan. Her husband was an official in Sichuan and died in the office. Miao made flowers and birds, played the piano and wrote small letters, so she was sent to Beijing. Cixi was overjoyed when she summoned for the interview, so she stayed with her all the time to avoid her bowing down. She received a salary of 200 gold a month and donated the position of cabinet minister for her son. Miao's paintings and calligraphy are full of charm. Naturally, after this, the flowers and fan shafts enjoyed by the minister's family from Cixi were all written by Miao.
A few days before Cixi's 60th birthday, she suddenly asked Miao: "Have you seen the wedding clothes and makeup of Manchu women?" I haven't seen what you China women wear when you get married? " Miao said, "This is the official robe." Cixi said: "On the day of the celebration, you should put on the crown robe as my guest." The next day, Miao bought a feather coat and put it on. Cixi couldn't help laughing and said that she looked like a person in a drama. On Cixi's birthday, all Manchu women entered the palace and burst into laughter when they saw Miao's clothes. Cixi was very happy that day, and the Miao family was tied to the phoenix crown and stood all day, which was terrible. It is estimated that she will never want to wear any unlucky rockhopper robes in her next life.
Empress dowager cixi came from humble origins. At the age of seventeen, he was recruited into the palace and was named "Lan Guiren", and he loved Lan all his life. At the age of twenty, he was favored by Emperor Xianfeng and given a big gift. From then on, I hugged a big tree; At the age of twenty-one, she gave birth to the later Tongzhi emperor, established her position in the harem, and began her complicated struggle in the deep palace compound. Next, Cixi experienced the capture of Beijing by the British and French allied forces, the death of Emperor Xianfeng, a coup in her heart, and so on, and finally she was able to take charge of the Qing government.
Cixi was widowed at the age of 26 and was only 27 when she reached the peak of her life power. It is reasonable to have several lovers when you are too bored, because you are both physically long people and have secular desires.
The lover of Cixi mentioned in unofficial history turned out to be a tofu seller. It's a long story During the Boxer Rebellion, Beijing was closely surrounded by Eight-Nation Alliance and was in danger. Empress Dowager Cixi fled hastily with Emperor Guangxu, a little emperor, and a group of trusted ministers, mixed with the fleeing crowd, and wanted to go all the way west to xi 'an at that time.
In order not to be caught on the way to escape, Empress Dowager Cixi and a group of people dressed as farmers and village girls stepped up their escape. I didn't expect to meet Eight-Nation Alliance who burned and looted along the way, and a group of people were scattered. The order left by Empress Dowager Cixi.
Cixi's baggage was full of gold and silver, and she accidentally leaked her wealth. The rickshaw driver made up his mind to kill people and rob money. Seeing that Empress Dowager Cixi, who was in power, was about to die, at this moment, a tofu seller passed by and shouted to sell tofu, which directly scared the rickshaw driver away.
The tofu seller saved Empress Dowager Cixi and took it home to take good care of it. As the saying goes, when in trouble, Lao Wang, who sells tofu, goes out to sell tofu during the day and comes back at night to take good care of Empress Dowager Cixi. After a long time, they became nominally "husband and wife" (but I don't know if Lao Wang had eaten the tofu of Empress Dowager Cixi).
After the Empress Dowager Cixi returned to Beijing, she always thought about her lover when she stayed. If the records in unofficial history are true, the affair of Empress Dowager Cixi will only make future generations ha ha ha.