When Cixi was 60 years old, two strange things happened in the palace. What is the truth?

To say that the female ruler who has the greatest influence on our country is the modern Cixi. She almost embodies all the characteristics of female rulers in history, suspicious, sensitive, cruel and autocratic. Because of her, China's modern national destiny has been doomed.

And how sensitive is Cixi? As a sheep in the zodiac, she was very jealous of the word sheep after taking office. Ordinary people who carry sheep in front of her will be convicted of a felony. At that time, the mutton cooked in the palace kitchen dared not be called the core monument of life. They can only call it meat or meat.

Such a sensitive personality will inevitably lead to the political climate in which eunuchs are in power. After all, only officials know Cixi's preferences best and will naturally win her favor. Li was a famous second-class eunuch in the late Qing Dynasty, and was an official who rose rapidly to a high position after Cixi came to power.

Arguably, according to the royal patriarchal clan system of the Qing Dynasty, in order to prevent officials from making mistakes in the country, the rank of eunuchs should not exceed four at most. But Li not only stood out among many eunuchs, but also became the first second-class eunuch. Naturally, there are some ways. We can see a thing or two from two strange things that happened on Cixi's 60th birthday.

1895, Cixi celebrated her 60th birthday. The Qing Dynasty just experienced the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War, so Cixi was definitely unhappy on this birthday. Because Cixi believed in Buddhism, in order to make Lafayette feel better, Li specially arranged bird release activities while accompanying Cixi to visit the Summer Palace that day.

However, when Cixi opened the birdcage door, something strange happened. After circling several times in the air, these birds returned to Cixi. Li quickly echoed by saying, "Galeries Lafayette, you are a blessing in heaven. These birds don't want to leave you. "

It seems mysterious, but Cixi has already experienced many such tricks, and she knows in her heart that these birds were specially trained by Li. But in order to make others feel stupid, I deliberately pulled my face down.

Unexpectedly, Li had already seen through the inner activities of Cixi. He took the initiative to plop down in front of Cixi and said emotionally, "I have never cheated Lafayette. These birds are not trained at all. If Lafayette is suspicious, he can go to Kunming Lake and then release the fish to test God's will. "

So, with a grain of salt, Cixi followed Li to the lake. Cixi, surrounded by everyone, ordered all the 100 barrels of big carp at the lake to be released. However, strange things appeared again. Not long after these big carp swam forward, they collectively returned to the shore and lined up in a long row in front of Cixi, as if to worship Cixi.

Birds may be able to train, but carp are really helpless. Cixi, who suffered these two strange things in succession, finally believed that she was a reincarnation of a bodhisattva. She was so happy that she immediately rewarded Li.

In fact, Li knows the truth. Because he not only trained birds, but also played carp games. As for why he swam back, the reason was that he asked the little eunuch to buy a lot of fish worms in advance and put them in gauze bags, and then fixed these gauze bags on Kunming Lake with fishing lines. The released fish could not resist the temptation of food and naturally lined up on the shore.

Of course, if Li knew the truth, it was impossible to tell Cixi, unless he was suicidal. Moreover, there are too many "strange things" like this. It is not only Li who fabricates these lies, but all civil and military officials inside and outside the imperial court.

These lies are like a delicate net, separating Cixi from everything outside the palace. Even though the people at that time were lamenting, Cixi still lived in a false illusion of prosperity. Therefore, it is obviously biased to blame Cixi for the decline of modern China, and these "Li people" who created anecdotes should also be nailed to the shame column of history.