After Wu Zetian died in Lv Zhi, all her family members were killed. Why is the family safe after Cixi's death?

Historically, whenever a woman came to power, she would choose to reuse her family. After Lv Zhi came to power, various forces, some crowned as kings and some became generals, not only broke the tradition that Liu was not allowed to be king in the Han Dynasty, but also took over the state power in an all-round way, which made some veteran ministers who followed Liu Bang to conquer the world indignant. The same is true of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty. After Wu Zetian proclaimed himself emperor, she reused her nephews Wu Sansi and Wu Chengsi, one named Liang Wang and the other named Wang Wei. Wu Shi was a celebrity.

Reuse consorts, suppress the royal family, this has almost become a consistent practice after women came to power, but Cixi, who is as famous as Empress Wu Zetian of Lv Zhi, is an exception. Cixi is the eldest daughter of the family. She/Kloc-was recruited into the palace at the age of 0/7, and there were three younger brothers and one younger sister at home. Her father, Cheng Wai, died in the second year after Cixi entered the palace, leaving a last note asking Cixi to take care of her younger siblings.

At that time, Cixi had just entered the palace. She was just an ordinary nun and had no time to take care of her family. After Zheng Hui's death, he left orphans and widows, and he could only make a living with his previous savings. It was not until Cixi gave birth to an only son for Xianfeng that the Cixi family first got the light of Cixi and received a large reward from Xianfeng.

As Cixi gradually mastered the power of the Qing Dynasty, her three younger brothers also obtained titles of different sizes, including Duke and Marquis, but they were not officials. Only the eldest brother of Cixi was appointed as the deputy commander-in-chief with a yellow flag. The Deputy Commander-in-Chief is still a dummy post without going to work or fighting, but he can get paid on time and has no real power.

Cixi's second brother, who is pampered on weekdays, can't read and can't fight. He has only one skill, that is, sniffing with his nose, and he can accurately tell the source of smoked soil. Cixi knows her nature well. No matter how much he wanted to be an official, Cixi just gritted her teeth and refused.

Cixi's third brother is usually a smug Lord, which makes Cixi very pleased. Eight-Nation Alliance went to Beijing, Cixi fled to the west, and Cixi's third brother personally whipped the coachman for her, and it was extremely hard all the way. But even so, Cixi did not give him an official position. What Cixi did made these younger brothers very dissatisfied. They don't understand why their sister is so expensive as the queen mother and they are reluctant to reward an official.

In fact, Cixi has her own difficulties in doing so. As the saying goes, a man can rise to heaven, but there is another word called falling apart. When Lv Zhi died, Zhu Lu's forces were wiped out, which made the Wu Zetian family even worse. Before Wu Zetian died, the Li royal family staged a coup to get rid of Wu's influence, and even those women who married into the Li royal family were not spared. Cixi's practice seems inhuman, but in fact it protects the Yehenala family from the fate of falling apart.