Cixi is called Lafayette. Why?

Lafayette is also the nickname of Cixi. Cixi was the last person who really took power in the late Qing Dynasty. She made Puyi the last emperor at that time, but the world's evaluation of Cixi was quite different. It can be said that in the eyes of the world, her evaluation is also poor, because some people say that she accelerated the demise of the Qing Dynasty, and she did not spend money to develop the military at that time. A birthday party would cost tens of thousands of dollars, and she was unwilling to allocate money to it at that time.

But someone asked Cixi why she was called Lafayette. Because Cixi liked to worship Buddha at that time, it can be seen from some historical photos and some TV dramas. Her image is that she always holds a string of beads in her hand. It can be seen from this that she prefers Buddhist things, and on her 60th birthday, some people at that time called her Lafayette or ancestor. This is the origin of Lafayette, which is very important, so she likes it herself.

Although she calls herself Lafayette, what she did was not done by a Buddhist at all. She squandered so much money in the imperial court that there was no money in the national treasury at that time.

She would rather spend her money than invest it in the army at that time, so that there was no money and no weapons and equipment in the treasury at that time, which were very low-end things, so she did not have any strength to resist foreign invasion. These reasons can be said to have really strengthened the demise of the Qing Dynasty. If a very good emperor comes, I believe that the Qing Dynasty will not perish so soon, and may even continue to develop, but feudalism is doomed to failure.