Why was Empress Dowager Cixi able to control the government for so many years?

Since the Opium War, when the Qing Dynasty was in decline under the fire of Western powers, Empress Dowager Cixi took the opportunity to control the supreme power of the entire Qing government and ruled China for half a century. As a result, Cixi's surname Yehenara also became famous. In fact, the ancestors of Yehenala's branch had many grievances and grievances with the Aixinjueluo family of the Qing Dynasty royal family before the rise of the Qing Dynasty. So what is the historical context of this grudge? Was it really the 13-character curse of the leader of the Yehenala clan who gave rise to such a tormented Cixi in the late Qing Dynasty?

It turns out that, In August 1619, Nurhachi personally led tens of thousands of troops to attack Yehe tribe on a large scale and approached Yehe City. Soon, the golden soldiers of Queen Nurhachi swarmed into the city and slaughtered the people in the city wantonly. Buyangu, the leader of the Yehe tribe, had no choice but to open the city and surrender. After Buyangu surrendered, he saw that Nurhachi was arrogant and refused to worship him. Nurhaci was furious and ordered her to be hanged. So Buyangu made a 13-word oath before his death: "Even if there is a woman left in my descendants, they will all be destroyed." Manchuria!"

Therefore, there has been a saying among the people for a long time: "Whoever destroys the Qing Dynasty must be Ye He." This rumor is because both Cixi and her niece Guangxu Queen Longyu are Ye He. Nala, and the edict abdicating Xuantong in 1912 was signed by Empress Longyu, which seemed to have been magically verified, so some people regard Cixi as the goddess of revenge. It is even said among the people that when Huang Taiji was building the Forbidden City in Shenyang, he discovered a stone tablet under a wall foundation with the words "Yehenala, the one who destroyed the Qing Dynasty." Although it is not known whether this stone tablet really exists, legend has it that Therefore, it becomes more mysterious.

In fact, these rumors are pure nonsense. Because this legend comes from "The Biography of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty" written by Yun Yuding, a writer of the Guangxu Dynasty in the late Qing Dynasty, and the word "Manchuria" in the curse, this slightly time-traveled name just shows that this legend is far-fetched by later generations. It turns out that, The name of Manchuria was changed during the period of Nurhachi's son Huang Taiji. So why did this legend come about? It is not difficult to find out the reason. The person in power during the Guangxu period was Cixi of the Yehenala clan. The literati at that time would make up some jokes about her ancestors, which could use the past to satirize the present to express their dissatisfaction with Cixi's power.