Cixi's extravagant life: fleeing to Xi'an Road, still squandering!
The most extravagant person in modern Chinese life is not a kindness. She has 100 dishes for a meal, 40-50 dishes for a small meal, 10 million yuan for a 60-year-old birthday, and the money for repairing the Summer Palace. At the time of bedtime, more than 100 eunuchs were waiting in the cloister; when going to Fengtian, there was a special compartment for her clothes, about 2,000 pieces... Even if the Eight-Power Allied Forces came to Beijing, Cixi fled to Xi'an. On the way to refuge, still squandering!
Cixi's extravagant life: fleeing to Xi'an Road, still squandering!
On August 15, 1900, Cixi took the Emperor Guangxu and others, put on a casual dress, and left Beijing to start an escape journey. At the beginning of the flight, there was chaos along the way. No one provided supplies for the Cixi and his party. They could only use the millet to fill the hunger every day.
After fleeing to Huailai County, local officials began to take over. The life of Cixi gradually improved. After arriving in Taiyuan, the officers and men of the escort also used the ceremonies prepared by the Taiyuan government for the Qianlong Emperor's Western Tour. Even the 24 dragons were rushed overnight. Flag, so, Lafayette began a life of arrogance and extravagance.
Cixi's extravagant life: fleeing to Xi'an Road, still squandering!
After arriving in Xi'an on October 26, Cixi used meals every day. There are more than 100 kinds of recipes available, which are divided into the bureau, the bureau, the dim sum bureau, the tea bureau, etc. Each bureau has a management eunuch, which costs about 200 per day. Two silver, in order to ensure that Lafayette can drink fresh milk, Xi'an Palace also raised 6 cows.
When Cixi left Beijing, he was too hasty. The robes and the robes were all left in the Forbidden City. Therefore, the governor of the two rivers, Liu Kunyi, urged Jiangsu Weaving to make emergency robes, and ordered the transfer of silver and food from the whole country to Xi'an.
In 1901, after the signing of the "Xin Chou Treaty", Cixi departed from Xi'an and returned to Beijing. At this time, the guardian's motor reached tens of thousands, completely following the ritual of the former Forbidden City, and Cixi sat on the eight-seat sedan, followed by more than 3,000 carts, full of antique wares honored by local officials, gold and silver treasures, etc. Wait.
Cixi's extravagant life: fleeing to Xi'an Road, still squandering!
On the way to the back of Beijing, the Cixi Lafayette had a total of 37 palaces. The local officials had already sent people to trim and flatten, and then sprinkled a layer of soft loess, and sprinkled with clean water to avoid stepping on the dust. Come to Lafayette!
After Kaifeng in Henan, Cixi stayed for a month to celebrate his birthday. Officials from all over the country rushed to Kaifeng to celebrate the birthday of Lafayette. Cixi held a number of banquets to thank the officials. According to statistics, the tables, chairs, tableware and other items for the banquet officials spent three. 10,000 two silver, of course, this is the result of Lafayette "love the people, extremely from the province", to know that in Beijing, Lafayette alone will spend 40,000 silver every day!
After arriving in Zhengding, Cixi decided to return to Beijing by train. The accompanying items of the group were filled with 22 cars. In order to welcome the return of Lafayette, Beijing spent more than 100,000 yuan to make a new look at the merchants on both sides of the road. The decoration of the archway from Zhengyangmen to Wumen will be refurbished and the top of the vehicle will be refurbished...
Cixi's extravagant life: fleeing to Xi'an Road, still squandering!
Returning to Beijing City, which has been away for more than a year, there are many feelings of compassion and enthusiasm. In the last seven years of life, Lafayette is still extravagant and has taken the lead in the path of extravagance and luxury. Another miracle that makes people stunned!
