Cixi , Yehenara, from 1835 to 1908, at the age of 73, her life experienced cruel internal struggles and power struggles, external invasions and peasant uprisings. As the actual head of power after Emperor Xianfeng , living to 73 is considered a long life. After all, her pressure is unimaginable and comparable to ordinary people.
What kind of woman is she who can make Emperor Xianfeng fall in love with and gradually rely on it, and finally make her climb to the peak of the country's power. This article will discuss it with you.
Portrait of Emperor Xianfeng
has outstanding appearance, is not as vulgar, gentle and elegant
Yehenara Lan'er, who entered the palace to be selected at the age of 16. Through layered screening, he entered the stage of meeting the emperor last, which is enough to prove that this woman had a shocking appearance when she was in her prime. It is true that there are absolutely hidden operations in the process of selecting girls. Officials who undertake talent shows will vote in favor of their preferences when they can be left or right or down due to the temptation of power or money. However, these officials are not stupid and will never dare to recommend an ordinary person with ordinary appearance and despicable talent to the emperor because of taking bribes. They will not do anything that lose their heads. Therefore, from this perspective, if Cixi of the Girls' Generation did not surpass the beauty and talent of ordinary people, she would not be able to enter the stage of showing off the girl's face. In the movie " Burning the Old Summer Palace ", Liu Xiaoqing perfectly interprets the beauty and playfulness of the young girl Cixi. She successfully attracted the attention of Emperor Xianfeng with a small song. She also distinguished her uniqueness by the characteristics of everyone being afraid of but not afraid of the emperor. For Emperor Xianfeng, who has seen countless girls, the same thing is not attractive to him. It is precisely this abnormal operation that has worked, making him labeled as a "strange woman". When defeating the Northern Expedition Army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Senggelinqin escorted Lin Fengxiang and Li Kaifang escorted the emperor to meet the saint. He had the honor of seeing the beauty of Yehenara, who was still only the title of Yipin Yi. It was 1855, and Cixi was only 20 years old. When Senggelinqin saw a gentle and charming woman beside the emperor, she realized that it was Yipin, graceful and elegant, with extraordinary conversation, giving people a feeling of being bathed in spring breeze.
Empress Dowager Cixi
political insights and gave advice for Xianfeng
Emperor Xianfeng was also a lord who was born at the wrong time. After the Qing Dynasty experienced the prosperous times of Kangxi and Qianlong , it reached the harsh period of Jiaqing and Daoguang . The country was deeply involved in the severe period of invasion of the great powers, continuous civil strife, and escalation of power struggles. There are the pressure of the great powers outside, the Taiping Tai Kingdom, the Nian Army Uprising, and the court is also eyeing the foreigners... Therefore, Emperor Xianfeng's life is always under the pressure of struggle. In that era when a woman has no talent is virtue, looking at the beautiful skin of the harem, looking at the same thing, and having an interesting soul, the talent that Cixi showed in the political field is what Xianfeng thought was the most unique. Moreover, Cixi was able to write excellent calligraphy, so some of the work of drafting edicts and excerpting memorials naturally became her opportunity to display her talents, which also gave her enough advantages to be unique in the palace. In addition, she is a few women in the harem who are familiar with Manchu and Chinese languages. In addition, she has read several historical books since she was a child. She is extremely smart, so she is scheming and has her own opinions on politics. All of this made Xianfeng rely enough on her.
The Queen Mother travels
The mother is noble for her son
The life of Emperor Xianfeng was short. He lost his mother at a young age and was fostered by Prince Gong YiXing The biological mother Jing Guifei, and experienced the dispute with YiXing's throne, the invasion of the great powers and humiliation of the country, and the uprising of peasant uprisings. It can be said that he was terrifying step by step and lived a good life without any entanglement. In addition, seeing that the country is incompetent, all industries are in decline, internal and external troubles, he gradually began to indulge in wine and sex, and his health is getting worse and worse, so he has few children, and he is always born with princess, which makes Emperor Xianfeng very anxious, and giving birth to a prince became his number one wish.Opportunity once again favored Cixi. Just when the emperor was struggling with no prince, she gave birth to Aisin Jueluo Zaichun , which was Tongzhi , which made Emperor Xianfeng ecstatic and immediately promoted him to Concubine Yi. The following year, Concubine Yi of Jin was promoted to Rockets, and it was also the key to establishing her position in life. The two promotions were relied on the mother and son. If Zai Chun had not come to life, no matter how beautiful, wise, or cunning Cixi was, facing the iterative updates of the three thousand beauties in the harem and the unforgiving years of life, Cixi would gradually become obscured. Moreover, the short-lived Emperor Xianfeng passed away soon... So she seized a fleeting opportunity in her life and was successful.
The Queen Mother Watching the Snow
Alas, time is fate.
Cixi's success is inseparable from her outstanding personal appearance and extraordinary wisdom. It is also a choice of history. Looking back on the past, I have a lot of memories...
Cixi's photo
