Empress Dowager Cixi, the behind-the-scenes manipulator, only brought Qing into the ditch and accelerated the demise of Qing!
First, a generation of empress Wu Zetian!
Wu Zetian, from Wu Cairen in the former palace of Emperor Taizong, to Empress Tang Gaozong, and then to Empresses of all previous dynasties, made one step at a time, and then successfully reached the top!
From loneliness to overlooking the world; Rise and fall from obeying my Lord; From passive resignation to majestic imperial power, Wu Zetian conquered the world with her own strength!
With Sun Chang's infinite fighting spirit, conquering the domineering of Turkic, and mastering the extraordinary skills of his ministers are all manifestations of Wu Zetian's strength and ability!
Especially when Wu Zetian was in power, social stability and sound development of people's livelihood and economy were greatly inherited and consolidated? Zhenguan rule? And then what? Kaiyuan Shi Sheng? Lay the foundation!
Yan Bozan, a famous master of Chinese studies, commented on Wu Zetian like this:
When Wu Zetian was in power, he fostered the weak, cracked down on the rich and powerful, developed the imperial examination, and rewarded farmers and mulberry. Following the rule of Zhenguan, the Yuan Dynasty flourished, making it shine brilliantly in history.
Second, the behind-the-scenes operation of Empress Dowager Cixi!
Although Cixi mastered the actual power of the Qing court, the Qing dynasty was already in decline!
Cixi's selfishness, as well as the change of six gentlemen who stood still and opposed the strangulation of the garrison, blindly arrogant and declared war on many countries, directly pushed Qing to the front of the powers and became the target of public criticism!
This made the Qing dynasty, whose national strength was already weak, even worse, and it was an eventful autumn! Eight-Nation Alliance invasion is the pain of China!
With such an operation, how can Cixi turn the tide? !
Rejecting dissidents and not trying to be strong, Cixi let the mountains and rivers in the late Qing Dynasty wander in the storm that the powers were eyeing!
It can be seen that one is to develop the court, and the other is to decline the court. Needless to say, the height of Wu Zetian's historical position makes Cixi look up!