Cixi (1835165438+1October 29th? 1908165438+1October 15) that is, Ye Henala, the empress of Xiaoqinxian, the concubine of Emperor Xianfeng and the biological mother of Emperor Tongzhi. An important political figure and actual ruler in the late Qing Dynasty.

In the late Qing Dynasty, Cixi was in power and lived in luxury. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, the Ministry of Internal Affairs spent 402,000 silver every year. After Cixi came to power, the expenditure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs increased year by year, and even reached about 3 million by the end of Guangxu. You know, the population of Beijing at that time was only about 500 thousand, and the per capita annual income was 10? 15 two silver. In other words, the daily consumption of the Qing royal family was equivalent to the annual income of half of Beijing at that time.

According to the novel of the last inspector general of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi used about 200 taels of silver for three meals a day, so how much is this 42,000 taels of silver equivalent to now? One or two pieces of silver in Qing Dynasty is equivalent to 100~200 RMB now, so 42,000 pieces of silver are between 20,000 and 40,000 yuan.

As far as Empress Dowager Cixi is concerned, there is a kind of ostentation and extravagance called Man-Han banquet, which is a 108 dish, and all of them are extremely exquisite dishes. I'll tell you two dishes, bird's nest chicken soup, stewed pork trotters with sea cucumber, covered rice with red lips, pig brain, fake leopard fetus, steamed hump, pear slices with steamed civet cats, and so on.

One of Empress Dowager Cixi's favorite dishes is duck tongue soup. To put it bluntly, she likes to eat duck tongue. Think about how many ducks have been fried with this duck tongue. Except this duck tongue, many other dishes are like this. Even Empress Dowager Cixi needs servants to eat, and eunuchs have to help her with food. But this can't be blamed on Empress Dowager Cixi. After all, there are so many dishes that I can't reach them myself. This also means that I can't go to the fields after dinner.

Besides, there are many other expenses.

2. Housing and transportation

The place where Empress Dowager Cixi lived may not be particularly luxurious in appearance, but it can't stand the exquisite decoration. Let's just say that whoever gets a small piece is equivalent to making a fortune. As a Lafayette, Cixi can't be small every day. There are dozens of ladies-in-waiting and eunuchs waiting beside her. Think about it. There are dozens of servants waiting around you every day. How much will it cost you? Having said that, I'm talking about the bath of Empress Dowager Cixi. Empress Dowager Cixi is a clean person. Taking a bath every day is not only a simple bath, but also a petal bath like a little girl. It's just that this petal has to be shipped from other places to choose from. In the end, more than half of it was lost, leaving only a little essence.

How much money is really not enough for such extravagance and waste? Think about the late Qing Dynasty, which was the most critical moment for the Chinese nation. Peasant uprising and foreign invasion led to people's poverty, and countless people in Lebanon did not have enough to eat and their livelihood was hard to discuss. However, Empress Dowager Cixi still goes her own way, which has nothing to do with comparison. She also wants to organize her 60th birthday on a large scale. It is really too difficult for her to live her own free life. After his death, he was buried with a lot of gold, silver and jewels, but he was also remembered by grave robbers. So the jewels were robbed and the body was destroyed, which is the retribution of Empress Dowager Cixi!