As the old saying goes, the grace of dripping water should be repaid by a gushing spring. Zhi En Tu Bao, also in the interpretation of various stories, is subtly engraved in the bones of the Chinese people. For example, Qin Mugong sent wine to the people who killed his BMW, but after many years, he resolved the national disaster with the help of this group of people; for example, Han Xin was looking for a drifting mother, just to repay the favor of a meal that year.
Even if the controversy is like Cixi, she also knows the truth of Zhi'en Tu, so when Gengzi was in trouble, Cixi asked the Qiao family on the way to flee in a hurry to borrow 100,000 taels of silver for funding, and also firmly expressed her idea that she would definitely return the favor. What Cixi and everyone did not expect was that the Qiao family did not want high-ranking officials and rich money, but only asked Cixi for a simple 4 words.
Gengzi was in trouble, and Cixi fled
Things must first start from the Difficulty of the Gengzi State, which is also a black history that is difficult to erase in the humiliating history of the late Qing Dynasty, and many people believe that under the change of the Gengzi State, the Qing Dynasty is actually "perished".
How did the Gengzi National Disaster break out? This is inseparable from the Pengshu Reform Law, which has left a heavy mark on the textbooks, but unfortunately, this change of law can be implemented for a hundred days and then blocked, and even the king of a country, Guangxu, has also suffered the fate of imprisonment.
Cixi felt that Guangxu was out of her control and wanted to support a new successor. In addition, in the late Qing Dynasty, the Boxer Rebellion rose up in response to a hundred calls, and the Qing government's attitude toward the Boxers has always been ambiguous, which made the foreigners whose interests in China were affected very dissatisfied, so they constantly put pressure on the Qing government.
It was not easy for Cixi to make it clear that she wanted to suppress the Boxers, but soon the situation got out of control, and then the famous "Klind Incident" broke out, in which the envoy of the State was killed by the Qing army. Just at this time, Cixi also promulgated the "Edict of Declaration of War", which gave the foreigners who were dissatisfied with the family's eyes a way to kill the city of Beijing, and the spearhead was directed at Cixi.
In the late Qing Dynasty, the combat effectiveness of the country was known to everyone, how to resist the foreign guns and cannons of foreigners? Moreover, the other side is still a coalition of eight countries.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Emperor Cixi fled in a hurry, and before leaving, he killed Guangxu's beloved Concubine Zhen. This period was also the most embarrassing period in Cixi. Even in the early days of his escape, he had to pretend to be a peasant woman, and he couldn't even drink his saliva. Sleeping in the wilderness at night, I was frightened by the cries of wolves and couldn't close my eyes all night.
The people who are in distress see the hearts of the people
Where Cixi's identity lies, her escape is naturally how hidden and how hidden. After all, once you have done so many things that are criticized, once your identity is exposed, it is easy to provoke the disaster of killing, and second, the matter of fleeing is too disgraceful, and such a shame is naturally the less people know the better.
And even so, Cixi also saw more and more clearly the world's hot and cold. In particular, many people bow their knees when you are in power, and when you have an accident, they can't avoid it, and some people fall into the well.
Fortunately, at this time, there were two loyal people who helped Cixi resolve many crises, one of which was Zhang Xun, who later restored, on the way to escort Cixi, Zhang Xun obviously walked on the buttocks and bled, and insisted on escorting, which made Cixi very moved, so after recovering his power, he gave Zhang Xun preferential treatment at the first time.
The other was the butcher Cen Chunxuan, who not only stood guard for Cixi, but also took care of Cixi's food, so that Cixi finally had some stability on the way to escape. Later, Cen Chunxuan also became a feudal official under the protection of Cixi.
Of course, loyalty alone was not enough to flee, and they fled all the way from Beijing to Shanxi, spending a huge amount of money on each journey. But Cixi was too hurried when she fled, she had little money on her, and she spent it not long after she fled Beijing, and although she was looking for support from the government, the government had various reasons and could not give any funds.
Cixi had no choice but to raise money from merchants.
Why did the Qiao family who gave silver only need four words
Among the merchants at that time, the Qiao family was definitely one of the top ones, the family wealth was rich, and Cixi just happened to have the way to know the Zhang family, so when the situation improved, Cixi, who was accustomed to a good life, naturally did not want to continue to suffer, and took the initiative to contact the Qiao family, hoping that the other party would fund 100,000 taels of silver, and he would also send sufficient returns later.
At that time, Cixi's escape was very embarrassing, in fact, many people were not sure whether Cixi still had a chance to make a comeback, so many businessmen were unwilling to contribute. But the owner of the Qiao family was obviously a wise man, and he didn't even think much about it, so he directly gave Cixi 100,000 yuan.
This touched Cixi, who had been snubbed along the way, and immediately promised that she could fulfill a wish of the Qiao family, no matter what they asked.
If you change to an ordinary person, you either want to be a high-ranking official Houlu, or you want to be a beautiful concubine, or you are a golden mountain and a silver mountain. But the Qiao family did not do this, and their owners even rejected Cixi's kindness, saying that they did not want power or money, and only wanted Cixi to write four words on their house.
This can make everyone a little confused. Although Cixi's calligraphy is indeed well written, even today's people identify it, and it is said that Cixi's calligraphy can reach the level of a master, but the Qiao family is a businessman after all, it is unlikely to do such a loss-making business, after all, the four words sold can not be worth 100,000 silver.
However, in Cixi's eyes, this was the expression of the loyalty of the Qiao family, and immediately gladly agreed, and inscribed a few big characters of "Blessing Lang Huan" to the Qiao family, and then he left with the money in a happy way.
After that, although Cixi went through several turns, she successfully returned to the Forbidden City and took over the power. Recalling this escape experience, Cixi inevitably thought of the generous Qiao family, and in return, Cixi ordered the provinces to hand over all the money and money to the Qiao family in the future, and in addition, gengzi's indemnity was also handed over to the Qiao family.
In this way, the Qiao family only needs four simple words on the surface, but behind it has gained a unified national capital jurisdiction, and the profit obtained is more than 100,000 silver? And this kindness is also enough to make Cixi remember for a lifetime, what needs in the future, is to make Cixi open a side of the existence, I have to say that the businessman is shrewd!
brief summary
We do not evaluate the conduct of Cixi and the Qiao family. It is just that Cixi fled, and the Qiao family, as a businessman, generously funded but only asked for four words as a return, but let us believe in a truth, that is, gains and losses are often mutual, and there are losses to gain, and everything still has to be considered in the long run.
Sometimes you may not reap any rewards, but if you refuse to try anything, just stay where you are, why talk about progress, how about results?
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