In the history of the Qing Dynasty, there were two famous women who also lasted three dynasties, one rejuvenated the country and the other was a prodigal.

Speaking of famous women in the history of the Qing Dynasty, everyone must know one of them. This is the famous prodigal lady-Cixi.

Cixi (Yehnala clan) was the nobleman of Emperor Xianfeng Aixinjueluo Yipai. After downloading Chun (Tongzhi Emperor) with Yipasheng, her position has been continuously promoted and she has been named Yi Yi The concubine, Yigui concubine, died in Xianfeng in 1861, and Zaichun (Tongzhi Emperor) was the emperor. This Yehenala clan was honored as the Queen Mother of Our Lady and became Empress Dowager Cixi.

As for how Cixi lost her family, everyone knows about it in various film and television dramas. For example, when Emperor Xianfeng was alive, she participated in government affairs, listened to politics twice, spent huge sums of money to build Yuanmingyuan, and signed Various treaties of bereavement and insulting the country, the Wuxu coup, the imprisonment of Emperor Guangxu, etc., less than three years after her death on November 15, 1908, the Qing Dynasty was subjugated.

Cixi was alive, emperors of three dynasties: Xianfeng, Tongzhi, and Guangxu. The emperors of these three dynasties are exactly 50 years since the Qing Dynasty went from prosperity to destruction.

There is another famous woman in the history of Qing Dynasty, she is the Queen Mother Xiaozhuang.

The Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was originally named Bu Mu Butai. She was the concubine of the first emperor Tai Chi of the Qing Dynasty, but she ranked fifth among the many concubines of Emperor Tai Chi. Fortunately, It was she who gave birth to the ninth son of the emperor, Fulin, and her son Fulin stood out among the princes and became the successor of the Qing emperor. She naturally became the empress dowager.

Emperor Shunzhi (Fulin) was only 6 years old when he ascended to the throne. He had to rely on his uncles to take care of government affairs. As a mother, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang started to protect the emperor and had to take more Ergon and others' strategy of cooperation and struggle.

After Shunzhi took office, she began to raise and cultivate the next generation of successors—Xuan Ye.

Although Xuan Ye is the third son of the emperor, he can also be regarded as a hard-working child in the Qing imperial family. His father Fulin died when he was 8 years old, and his biological mother Tong Jia died when he was 10 years old. Fortunately, he has a grandmother, Empress Xiaozhuang, who loved him and raised him. The two grandparents have a very harmonious relationship.

As early as when Shunzhi was dying, Emperor Shunzhi was optimistic about the second son Fuquan, but the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang took a fancy to the third son Xuan Ye (Kangxi), and eventually changed to Xuan Ye, so Xuan Ye was the Queen Mother Xiaozhuang. Stand up.

Under the guidance of Xiaozhuang, the young Xuan Ye grew up healthily and gradually acquired the characteristics and strategies of an outstanding emperor. After eradicating Obai, Xiaozhuang did not hold the power in his own hands. Instead, he let Xuan Ye take charge of the government, so that he could be tempered in practice, and repeatedly reminded him to use people carefully, not forget danger, and repair diligently. Armed Forces, etc.

Xiaozhuang’s decentralization gave Xuan Ye the space to perform, and also won Xuan Ye’s trust and respect, but for all important matters, the emperor’s grandmother’s opinion was first sought before implementation. Thanks to the joint efforts of the ancestors and grandchildren, the Qing dynasty moved from turmoil to stability, and the economy from depression to prosperity, laying the material foundation for large-scale wars such as the suppression of San Francisco, the unification of Taiwan, and the use of troops on the border. It can be said that the Qing Dynasty formed its first golden age in the Kangxi period, and it all included the credit and hard work of the Queen Mother Xiaozhuang.

In December of the twenty-sixth year of Kangxi (1687), the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was critically ill, Xuan Ye stayed around day and night, personally served decoctions, and personally led the princes and ministers to walk to the Temple of Heaven, praying to God, and begging to lose his life , Increase the life span of grandmother. After the death of the Empress Dowager, Emperor Kangxi gave the emperor grandmother the posthumous title of "Xiao Zhuang Ren Xuan Cheng Xian Gong Yi Yi Tian Qi Sheng Wen Empress", referred to as "Xiao Zhuang Wen Empress".

Looking at the words and deeds of the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang in her life, she is worthy of being the hero of the Qing Dynasty. She was proclaimed emperor from Emperor Taiji and moved from Emperor Shunzhi to the founding of the prosperity of Kangxi. All have her merits.

Looking back at the Empress Dowager Cixi 200 years later, she also lasted three dynasties, but she slowly defeated a huge Qing empire, leaving a zombie-like Manchu shell to Pu Yi, who was only three years old. For such a great Qing Dynasty, it is impossible for God to survive.