How much is a pair of socks worth for the Empress Dowager Cixi

A pair of socks of the Empress Dowager Cixi was worth more than 10,000 taels at that time, what is the concept? 10,000 taels ** was the cost of the people for 4 years at that time, so it was enough to see that the socks of the Empress Dowager Cixi were worth a fortune.

A pair of socks of the Empress Dowager Cixi is worth 30 taels of silver, and the cost of socks is tens of thousands of taels of silver a year, and the requirements for socks are also very high, from materials to workmanship are very particular.

A pair of socks of the Empress Dowager Cixi is worth about 30 taels of silver, which can be said to be particularly extravagant.

It can be as high as tens of thousands of taels**, because it uses pure white satin, and the workmanship is very complicated, and it takes 7-8 days to make a pair.

A pair of socks for the Empress Dowager Cixi is about 200,000 yuan. The socks of the Empress Dowager Cixi are changed once a day, the fabric is comfortable and beautiful, and the size of the socks must be carefully measured.

Cixi is arguably one of the most famous women in Chinese history, and in everyone's impression, Cixi is a native of Manchuria with the Blue Flag. However, according to later research, Cixi was born in Xipo Village, Changzhi County, Shanxi, and her name was Wang Xiaoxuan.

Because of the poverty of his family, he was sold by his family to Shangqin Village, Changzhi County when he was only four years old, and his name was changed to "Song Ling'e". Eight years later, she was sold as a maidservant again, and her name was changed to "Magnolia" (Lan'er). In the second year of Xianfeng, she entered the palace as the daughter of Yehenala Huizheng, and since then she has been frightened step by step, and finally became the queen mother.

The high-ranking Cixi lived in extreme luxury. Fresh fruit is in demand for a lot of fresh fruit in a year. There are more than 2,000 stones of pear, black date, red date and cob, more than 16,000 jin of hawthorn, nearly 16,000 jin of grapes, nearly 3,000 civil official fruits, more than 50,000 tang pears, more than 10,000 autumn pears, more than 1,500 oranges, more than 15,000 bananas and the least pomegranate, which is more than 500.

If you don't get picky about fruits, even your socks are different from the average person. Any pair of socks are Suiyuan handicrafts, with hand-embroidered patterns symbolizing imperial power. Socks are also very expensive. It can be said that a pair of socks for Cixi will cost a lot of manpower and financial resources.

When it comes to washing your feet, you are very particular about it. Let's talk about the foot-washing water first, during the dog days, the foot-washing water is boiled and warmed by Hang chrysanthemum; At the time of the thirty-ninth day, the footwash basin used by the Empress Dowager Cixi must also be different, which is cut with several large pieces of silver, and then connected with rivets. In the middle of the silver basin is a wooden tire, which is rolled out on the side, flat bottom, and formed into a bucket shape.

As for the foot washing water, on dog days, it was boiled and washed with Hang chrysanthemum flowers, and it was washed in a hot papaya soup for three or nine days. In fact, there are many people who wash their feet in winter and soak them in medicine bags. After washing, the crack is indeed very comfortable.

Cixi's convenience is even more exquisite. People use it for convenience with a special name - the official room. When Cixi wanted convenience, the eunuch unpacked the official room, and then handed the official room to the palace maid and asked her to take the clean room.

The palace maid will first spread an oilcloth on the floor of the clean room, and then put down the official room. After Cixi's convenience was over, the palace maid brought the official room to the eunuchs waiting outside the door. The official room is then wrapped in a sleeve and held up to the top of the head.

When the official room was cleaned, the eunuch would put fine rosin wood in it and put it in a sleeve.

She is served by special servants, including going to the toilet and wearing garter rollers, all without having to do it herself, which is the treatment of the ancient royal family, and of course, it is also the deformity of the feudal society at that time.

When going to the toilet, the palace maid will be asked to take the things that go to the toilet to the clean room, and then spread an oilcloth on the floor of the clean room, and then after Cixi is convenient in the room, there will be someone to take out the things that go to the toilet.

In ancient times, Cixi's socks were different from ordinary people, they were all handicrafts, and the socks were embroidered with the pattern of the imperial power representatives, and the socks were also very expensive.

Cixi was the de facto ruler of the late Qing Dynasty, and eating and drinking have always been extravagant, with more than 100 dishes at each meal, more than 15,000 apples consumed a year, and a pair of embroidered shoes decorated with jewelry around it is worth tens of thousands of taels**, so how did a pack of socks impress Cixi. It was in the invasion of China by the Eight-Nation Alliance, which approached the Forbidden City, and it was in Cixi that the emperor fled in a hurry, and Wu Yong, the county commander of Huailai County, Hebei Province, sent charcoal in the snow, and sent a change of clothes and food, which was deeply appreciated by Cixi, so he was promoted five levels in a row.

The Eight-Nation Coalition Army entered Beijing, Cixi fled in a hurry with Emperor Guangxu and others, because of the suddenness of the incident, and there was no preparation, the group went out of the palace, on the way to escape, Cixi suffered a lot, Cixi was usually used to luxury, and he couldn't even eat a full meal, and he didn't bring any change of clothes and bedding, so he couldn't eat enough, and he couldn't wear warm clothes.

At that time, the society was in turmoil, and there was nothing ** to greet them, when they passed through Huailai County, Hebei, it was catching up with the heavy rain, Cixi and his party had no rain gear, and each was drenched into a soup chicken, at this most depressed time, Huailai County ordered Wu Yong to come to meet them, at that time, Huailai County was also surrounded by the Boxers, and Huailai County was already poor, but Wu Yong still did his best to provide Cixi with food, and took some of his family's clothes to Cixi, including a pack of socks, These things, which Cixi usually don't look down on at all, are also particularly rare for Cixi at this time, and Cixi is very grateful.

Wu Yong is actually Zeng Guofan's grandson-in-law, which makes Cixi feel more cordial, and then Cixi has been taking Wu Yong with him on the way to escape, and has been appreciated and reused by Cixi because of his ability to do things, and has been promoted after Cixi returned to the palace.

Cixi's absurdity is well known, and as long as you try to please her according to her preferences, she can almost agree to any condition.

Cixi has done a lot of ridiculous things, but she had a lot of power at that time, and even the power of the emperor was not as great as her, so she would do whatever she wanted.