How arrogant and lascivious was Cixi? After her secret room was opened, the scene inside made the Empress Dowager Longyu ashamed

Empress Dowager Cixi: The destroyer of the nation whose power reigns supreme

Since ancient times, there have been many outstanding female rulers in history, who have been able to advance or decline their countries when they are in power. The Empress Dowager Cixi is a typical representative of the latter.

The arrogance and lasciviousness of the Empress Dowager Cixi during her lifetime can be described as outrageous. In order to satisfy her extravagant pleasures, she did not hesitate to plunder the national treasury and embezzle military funds, which led to the crushing defeat of the Qing Dynasty in the First Sino-Japanese War. What is even more distressing is that she has no intention of repenting, only bent on seeking more wealth, and has secretly built a secret room dedicated to hiding treasures.

It wasn't until the Empress Dowager Longyu opened the secret room that she was surprised to find that the treasures she had collected over the years were less than one-tenth. This undoubtedly reveals a brutal truth: under Cixi's rule, the country was declining day by day, and wealth was being plundered on a large scale.

In the end, the wheel of history ran over the Qing Dynasty, and the Empress Dowager Longyu had to issue an abdication edict to announce the end of Manchu rule. And Cixi, even if she brought a large number of treasures into her tomb, she could not escape the fate of being stolen after all, and all the luxuries in her life were gone.

It is not difficult for us to find that the life of the Empress Dowager Cixi was full of endless pursuit of personal power and disregard for national interests. What she left behind was not only the fall of the Manchu Dynasty, but also the fall of a country. This should undoubtedly be a heavy lesson in history, warning us of the devastating consequences of the extreme obsession with power.