Friends, today we are going to talk about the "shopaholic" Empress Dowager Cixi who covered the sky in the late Qing Dynasty! Want to know how her expenses for a day are stunning?
Come, come with me to explore her "sky-high" daily life!
First of all, let's start with the breakfast of the Empress Dowager Cixi. She is not a mortal like us, who eats fried dough sticks and soy milk every day.
Her breakfast is a full feast! Bird's nest, shark's fin, abalone, all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas, just this breakfast, I'm afraid it will cost hundreds of taels of silver, enough for us ordinary people to eat for several years!
After breakfast, the Empress Dowager Cixi had to start her "fashion show". She is a lover of beauty, and she has to change into several gorgeous clothes and wear all kinds of jewelry every day. Her wardrobe was a treasure trove, full of all kinds of silk and jewelry, each of which was priceless. Just choosing clothes and jewelry every day will probably take her several hours, enough for us ordinary people to struggle with for months!
Of course, as the queen mother, she also has to deal with national affairs. However, this is not like us ordinary people, sitting in the office blowing the air conditioner and drinking tea. She had to have a large number of palace maids and eunuchs waiting for her, serving her tea, pouring water, and fanning the wind to drive away the heat. The salaries and benefits of these subordinates add up to a lot of expenses.
At noon, the Empress Dowager Cixi's lunch was even more staggering.
The table is full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, with good color, flavor and flavor, which is simply a gastronomic feast. The cost of this lunch may make people doubt their lives.
In the afternoon, the Empress Dowager Cixi likes to listen to operas and walk around the garden. The troupe she invited were all first-class famous actors at that time, and the performance fee was naturally rising. And her garden is comparable to a royal garden, with all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, pavilions and pavilions, all of which she spent a lot of money to build. After walking around, I am afraid that people will sigh as if they are in a fairyland.
In the evening, the Empress Dowager Cixi's dinner was also not to be underestimated. A sumptuous dinner is enough to make people stunned. After dinner, she also has to do some leisure and entertainment activities, such as watching fireworks and watching the moon.
The cost of these activities is not small, and I am afraid that one has to wonder if there is a hole in your wallet. Let's roughly calculate, the Empress Dowager Cixi's daily expenses are probably tens of thousands of taels of silver. That's an astronomical amount!
But then again, although this Empress Dowager Cixi is extremely extravagant, she has also left us with a lot of valuable historical memories.
So, friends, when we laugh and talk about the "sky-high" daily life of the Empress Dowager Cixi, don't forget to cherish your life. After all, although we ordinary people are not as extravagant as her, we also have our own happiness and joy.
Let's explore more interesting historical stories in a humorous way!