When it comes to the queen, the first impression that comes to people's minds is that this pampered and extravagant rich woman is wearing a silk headgear, just like the one commonly seen in TV dramas.

As one of the most outstanding figures in the feudal dynasty, most queens did this, but one queen wore patched clothes and only ate one dish at a time. There are few stingy people in the world, and that is the filial piety queen.

Empress Xiao Shencheng was the first empress of Daoguang Emperor. She is gentle, virtuous, intelligent and upright, and lives in harmony with Daoguang Emperor. She is famous for her diligence and frugality. Before Daoguang Emperor succeeded to the throne, as Fujin and a local, she had been very diligent. She usually wears patched clothes and often doesn't let the government cook. She sent eunuchs to the street to buy some biscuits. She didn't even need food, so a dinner was cooked with boiling water.

As a filial Fujin, it is really frugal. After being crowned queen, Xiao Shencheng made persistent efforts.

During her reign in the harem, many rules were made. For example, concubines below the throne can only be vegetarian every day and can only eat a little meat during the celebration. You can't wear embroidered clothes except on holidays.

Empress Xiao Shencheng took the lead in setting an example and took the initiative to buckle her clothes. Even the underwear coat was sewn by herself and the maid.

Once she chatted with Daoguang Emperor, and heard Daoguang Emperor say that the minister sewed a two-dollar patch and the Ministry of Internal Affairs sewed five or two dollars. Empress Xiao Shencheng immediately said that it is not difficult to sew a patch. She studied embroidery since she was a child. Since the office is so expensive, she can sew that dress in the future. Later, when the cushion was broken, she simply didn't give it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the maid-in-waiting to sew it together.

Empress Xiao Shencheng is diligent and has no worries about food and clothing on weekdays. Of course, she won't have any entertainment, and she won't even think of singing and dancing at the party. Seeing that she lived so hard and plain, Daoguang offered to celebrate her birthday, which was the only birthday in the life of Empress Xiao Shencheng.

Naturally, many people went to the grand ceremony of the Queen's birthday. Members of the royal family and famous wives at home and abroad came, and the palace was very lively. After sending gifts and birthday wishes, they arrived at the banquet. Everyone sitting at the table was shocked, only a bowl was placed in front of them.

Ordinary people have eight dishes and eight bowls for their birthdays, but the queen of a country has only one bowl of gravy noodles, and some pork pieces are floating on the white noodles. Empress Xiao Shencheng is very diligent, and her life is even worse than that of ordinary people.

As the saying goes, saving resources is not as good as opening up, and saving funds is not as good as increasing income. After many days of worries, Empress Xiao Shencheng thought of a good way, that is, selling the state treasury.

In the Qing dynasty, the internal treasury was very large, and several emperors accumulated countless wealth. Because of this, many things are not properly preserved. For example, some precious medicinal materials are stored in unknown years, some expensive silks and satins can hardly be worn, and thousands of exquisite porcelain tributes are covered with dust, not to mention fur spices, which are almost out of date and moldy.

How to sell it is also a problem. Of course, you can't sell things along the street in the palace, which is detrimental to royal dignity. Empress Xiao Shencheng thought of a way, Daoguang stepped forward and gave the things in the treasury to the ministers. Things were not done in vain, and the ministers who received the reward gave the money to Empress Xiao Shencheng. In this way, the husband and wife have worked together in the past few years and gained a lot.

At present, there is a portrait of Queen Xiao Shencheng in the collection, which is a photo of her enjoying the lotus flowers in summer. Xiao Shencheng, the queen is wearing Tsing Yi and has a lotus flower on her head, which shows that Xiao Shencheng is also a delicate and beautiful woman, so why is she so stingy?

During the reign of Xiao Shencheng and Empress, that is, 1882 to 1833, the Qing Dynasty was in decline, and the rise of industrial revolution in western countries had a great influence on the Qing Dynasty.

In particular, Britain sold opium to the Qing Dynasty, which absorbed countless real money and silver in China, resulting in poverty and weakness in the Qing Dynasty. The former Daoguang Emperor Jiaqing tried to change the decline of the Qing Dynasty by eliminating bureaucracy and rectifying corrupt officials. However, due to incompleteness, the corruption in the late Jiaqing period was more serious. When Daoguang Emperor succeeded to the throne, the state treasury was tense, politics was corrupt, and the Qing Dynasty further declined.

In the Qing Dynasty, the practice of "Shi Sheng Ding, without adding Fu" meant that the number of Ding seals in China 17 1 1 was the permanent quota of Ding seal collection. After that, people have children again, so they don't have to pay taxes, so the annual income of the national treasury is fixed.

In the fourth year of Daoguang, namely 1824, Zhang Geer rebelled, and the Qing Dynasty sent troops to pacify it twice. Zhang Geer, who escaped from Daoguang for six years, killed a comeback and occupied Hejin City. It took Wang three years to quell the war and occupy it. War is always the most expensive, and the Qing dynasty, which only has fixed taxes every year, can only struggle to support it.

Empress Xiao Shencheng knows this very well. The harem can't be governed. As a queen, she can only help the court in her own way. Lead by example, manage the family diligently, and lead the Sixth Palace to reduce consumption.

Expenditure. During the reign of Empress Xiao Shencheng, the amount of rouge gouache in the harem of Qing Dynasty was more than one million yuan every year, which saved a lot of money. Empress Xiao Shencheng was frugal to the point of poverty, and was inevitably laughed at by the aristocratic ladies at that time, but she didn't care. This kind of criticism is nothing compared with the help to the former regime.

It is effective to do something in the world, and the diligence of Queen Xiao Shencheng has also been imitated by ministers' wives and ordinary people. Daoguang respects the frugal housekeeping of Empress Xiao Shencheng. When she died at the age of 42, she not only held a very grand funeral, but also ordered that no entertainment activities should be held for one year.

People are born with the instinct to pursue beauty. Who doesn't want fine food and fine clothes? As the most distinguished woman in the world, she has the power second only to the emperor. If Empress Xiao Shencheng wants to pursue enjoyment, someone will certainly provide her with gold, silver and jewels for her to enjoy profligacy, but Empress Xiao Shencheng has lived a simple life all her life.

It is difficult for us modern people to save one-fifth of our salary every month. Most of them are moonlight people and spend as much as they have. However, Empress Xiao Shencheng can restrain her instincts and desires with reason, restrain her authority, and not be extravagant.

Although you are a queen, you live a poor life. You are in charge of the palace and set an example, saving millions of dollars for the country by your own efforts. Such a "queen of feet" deserves everyone's admiration!