Cixi lived an extremely luxurious life before her death. She eats hundreds of dishes in three meals a day, but she only eats one bite of each dish and throws away the rest, which is very wasteful. On the small table at home, there are many fresh fruits brought by Kuaima from all over the country, but they are basically not eaten and only for viewing. These fruits should be replaced every day, and all the replaced fruits should be buried deep, and nothing can be left. Eating watermelon means eating only the sweetest part of watermelon, and each watermelon only takes one bite. Such a luxurious life is a great burden for farmers and the country.
After the death of Cixi, this extravagant lifestyle was also taken underground by Cixi. After the death of Cixi, a huge night pearl should be placed in her mouth to illuminate the way for Cixi to enter the underworld. In addition, the Qing government also asked officials at all levels throughout the country to provide gold, silver and jewelry for burial. At that time, the national strength of the Qing Dynasty was weak, and after several wars, a large amount of silver was compensated, so it was only possible to continuously collect silver from the people to bury Cixi. Because Cixi liked smoking opium before her death, the official also collected a large number of opium and wooden sticks from Guangzhou and put them in Cixi's tomb.
When Sun Dianying opened the tomb of Cixi, he ordered the soldiers to plunder all the treasures in it. The treasury is empty and the country is weak. If a luxurious mausoleum like the Empress Dowager Cixi is used as a military expenditure, it can support many troops, and China people will not be so easy to bully, which is why everyone is so angry.