On Cixi's birthday, all the tributes were placed in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City for Cixi to review. Cixi heard that there was a car that could move without a horse. She was very curious and asked the German driver to show it to her. The German driver immediately climbed into the car and started driving. Cixi was very happy to see that she could really run. She asked the driver if the car could run so fast, and it seemed that she would eat a lot of grass. The driver smiled, too. Don't eat grass, come on. At that time, Cixi didn't understand this thing, but she liked it very much, so she asked Li to give the jewels to Yuan Shikai and the driver. However, Cixi has always been very uneasy about foreign drivers, so she asked Li to recruit some people to learn to drive. There were also many people who came for an interview at that time. Finally, a man named Sun Fuling learned it first and became the official driver of Cixi.
At that time, Yu Jia often took Cixi around, and the ministers didn't say anything wrong. Cixi herself had formed a habit. One day, Cixi drove around and had a great time, and then the driver bought the last big bowl of wine. At this time, the driver was also surprised. Even if there was a reward, he drank a whole bowl and then continued to run around with Cixi. Of course, after drinking, I will be a little confused. At this time, a little eunuch ran out before waiting for the bus. At that time, the driver fainted and I couldn't find the brakes at all. As a result, I knocked out the little eunuch. This is also the first drunk traffic accident in the history of China.
After the accident, ministers were worried about the car, and there were rumors that it was unlucky. There are also some shrewd old ministers who say that' slaves and galeries lafayette are equal'. ''。 Empress Dowager Cixi read the memorial and thought it was very reasonable, so she asked Li to move the driver's seat and let the driver kneel down. This is very interesting. The car must step on the gas pedal. How can you be driven away on one knee? Coupled with the accident, the driver felt a little scared, so he plugged the oil pipe of the car with some rags and said that the car was broken. At that time, no one had repaired the car in China. After all, the car was imported. Cixi never mentioned this car again.