Cixi just eats a chicken. Why does it cost astronomical figures?

When Cixi was in the palace, she lived in extreme luxury. Even when she fled, she carried a lot of gold and silver. After Cixi and her party arrived in Xi 'an, Datong magistrate wanted to use the most distinctive local? Fengpa nest? He entertained Cixi, but this official often used his official position to make a fortune, so the shopkeeper told him that each chicken needed 2, silver, which led to the saying that the chicken was expensive. Fengpa nest? This dish, after frying the chicken, is mainly decorated with egg food and tofu vermicelli, which looks like a phoenix nesting in the snow. It is very appropriate to say this dish and entertain Cixi. It's a pity that Jifutian, the magistrate of Datong, is not a good official. He borrowed his official position for a long time and didn't give money on credit in restaurants. On hearing Qi Futian's request to cook this dish for Empress Dowager Cixi, the hotel owner had his own idea. He told Qi Futian that this dish is usually made of local ordinary chicken, but how can a noble person like Cixi eat what ordinary people eat? If you want to eat in Cixi, you should at least use the first-class eight-treasure royal chicken. These chickens are all raised by feeding ginseng, ganoderma lucidum, bird's nest and other precious herbs, and they are rich in nutritional value. One chicken should cost at least 1,2 yuan. Hearing this, Qi Futian was distressed, but in order to please Empress Dowager Cixi, he made a lot of money for the boss to prepare.

Fortunately, after Cixi arrived in Xi 'an, she was in good spirits after eating this dish, and she was even more full of praise for aiming at Futian. This made Qi Futian feel that money was not wasted after all, but what he didn't know was that. Cixi, what they eat is still ordinary chickens. The reason why he spent so much money was entirely because he had too much credit in the restaurant before, and the boss deliberately lied about the price and used the extra money to pay off the debts.

In fact, this incident can also be seen as a phenomenon of social chaos in the late Qing Dynasty. Cixi herself is extravagant, and subordinate officials try their best to please the rulers in order to get greater rights. And businessmen do whatever it takes for their own interests. With such a series of vicious cycles, it is natural for the Qing Dynasty to perish.