What are the three wonderful demands put forward by Empress Dowager Cixi for the first time by train?

Speaking of Empress Dowager Cixi, she has an unshirkable responsibility for the demise of the Qing Dynasty. As we all know, Empress Dowager Cixi was an all-powerful figure in the political arena in the late Qing Dynasty. She not only overhead the power of Tongzhi emperor, but also oppressed Guangxu emperor and became the actual power holder in the late Qing Dynasty. The Qing dynasty was controlled by her for more than half a century, but when she controlled the late Qing dynasty, it was extravagant enjoyment.

In order to change the backward situation in the late Qing Dynasty, the Westernization School introduced some advanced technologies from abroad.

When Empress Dowager Cixi was in charge of the Qing Dynasty, her national strength was weak. Faced with the threat of western powers, she just blindly adopted a compromise policy, and then signed many unequal treaties with these invaders to betray her country and seek glory. Seeing the weakness of the government in the late Qing Dynasty, the western powers took China as the object of aggression.

In order to change this situation, some enlightened people in the late Qing Dynasty launched the Westernization Movement, the purpose of which was to repair the wrecked ship in the late Qing Dynasty so that it would not sink soon. After that, the Westernization School introduced western advanced technology on a large scale, and inevitably introduced some new things to China.

Li Hongzhang, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, suggested to Empress Dowager Cixi to build a railway.

As one of the famous figures of the Westernization School, Li Hongzhang saw the advanced nature and practicability of foreign trains, so he suggested to Empress Dowager Cixi to build a railway in the northeast, but Empress Dowager Cixi refused on the grounds that the northeast was a prosperous place of the Qing Dynasty and the construction of a railway was unfavorable to the national movement of the Qing Dynasty. Later, at Li Hongzhang's repeated suggestion and citing the advantages of trains, Empress Dowager Cixi decided to build a railway in China.

After getting permission, Li Hongzhang built a transportation railway in his own coal mining area. After opening to traffic, he invited Empress Dowager Cixi to watch the opening ceremony. Cixi, who saw the train for the first time, was startled by the train with smoke and loud noise. She felt very dangerous and asked Li Hongzhang to change the motorcycle into a carriage. In order to please Empress Dowager Cixi, Li Hongzhang could only slowly pull the train with multiple horses.

Empress Dowager Cixi needs to go to Fengtian to worship her ancestors. Because of the long distance, she needs to take the train. She made three wonderful demands.

188 1 year, Empress Dowager Cixi, who is old, is going to worship her ancestors in Fengtian, but it is too much for her to take a traditional carriage to Fengtian after a long journey. In desperation, empress dowager cixi can only choose to take a bus under the persuasion of ministers, is it? Monster? Train, but before she took the train, she put forward three wonderful requirements that made people laugh and cry.

The first requirement is that Empress Dowager Cixi must be the first to board the train. In order to show her dignity, Empress Dowager Cixi, who has a strong vanity, must be the first to board the train. As we all know, the staff get on the bus first, and passengers can only enter after all the work is ready, which is also to fully ensure the safety of passengers. This requirement is relatively easy to complete. The staff made a comprehensive inspection of the train before Cixi came, and then came down to wait for Empress Dowager Cixi before entering their respective posts.

The second requirement is that the staff on the bus must be eunuchs and ladies-in-waiting, because Cixi thinks that when the emperor goes out, all the attendants are eunuchs and ladies-in-waiting, and all the drivers are eunuchs, so she can't violate the rules of her ancestors. This request is absolutely impossible. People who can drive trains are specially trained. The eunuchs in the palace can't control this monster at all, but if the people who leave the train become eunuchs, they can't run away. In the end, I really couldn't think of any good way. The eunuch in charge of Cixi's trip made all the staff on the train put on eunuch's clothes to muddle through.

The third requirement is that people on the train can't be equal to her. We all know that the seats on the train are all the same height, and there is no particularly high seat for Empress Dowager Cixi, so the whole train has to stand, and only she can sit. Other people in the car are better, and they can walk around standing, but the driver is miserable. At first, he stood hunched in the cab and drove, but soon he died. He had to drive the train on his knees. Seeing the train driver standing or kneeling for so long, I really feel sorry for him. I think after arriving at the destination, this driver's brother will definitely never want to get into the train cab again.

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From the jokes made by Empress Dowager Cixi when she went to worship her ancestors by train, we can see that Empress Dowager Cixi is not only ignorant, complacent and unwilling to make progress, but also particularly resistant to new things. Under the rule of a character like her, the demise of the Qing Dynasty was also expected.