Weizidao Fang Shan

Everyone is familiar with Cixi, who betrayed the country for glory and manipulated and signed a series of treaties that humiliated the country. Even on the way to escape, Cixi still lived a luxurious life that ordinary people could not imagine. During her stay in Xi 'an, Cixi searched for people's fat and cream. Regardless of whether the local people live or die, it is said that it cost 200,000 to 300,000 yuan, which is about equivalent to the expenses of the local people in Xi 'an for three or four months. Such a pleasure-seeking person, we don't wonder why she built a stove in the Forbidden City privately. When it comes to the chef, everyone can't help but think of the royal family. Where is the imperial dining hall, where the emperor eats and drinks every day, the sweetest Yuquan mountains and rivers, the freshest ingredients, countless delicacies, and even tributes to the palace from all over the country. But in this way, it happened that only one person found another way and dared to open private kitchens within this red wall, with more than one dish per meal 100. She is Empress Dowager Cixi.

It is not difficult to see how luxurious the life of Empress Dowager Cixi is, whether from historical records or from the film and television dramas we watch on weekdays. For example, Cixi uses hundreds of bath towels every time she takes a bath. She takes a bath almost every day except when the weather is bad. She needs at least 10 thousand yuan a year.

Of course, she is also very picky about her diet. After she came to power, she set up a western restaurant in the palace to take charge of daily diet. The western restaurant consists of five bureaus: meat bureau, vegetarian bureau, dinner bureau, dim sum bureau and pastry bureau, and each bureau has gathered many famous chefs. They can cook more than 4,000 exquisite dishes and more than 400 kinds of exquisite cakes. Cixi wants more than 100 dishes per meal, which seems a bit exaggerated now. Mi Zijun, the king of big stomachs, can't finish eating. She only eats one bite at a meal. The table is so big that Cixi can't see the dishes clearly and needs the names of the eunuchs around her. Cixi eats fruit very carefully. In summer, Cixi likes watermelon best, but she has a preference. She only digs the sweet part of the watermelon and throws away the rest. She needs at least a dozen watermelons at a time.

It can be seen that in the late Qing Dynasty, Cixi coveted enjoyment, but did not consider the sufferings of the people at that time, which led to the loss of power and humiliation of the country. She deserves to be blamed for a hundred years!