negotiations to completely refusing to demands she used all skills from power, influence, negotiations to coercion. There are many such examples. In one such instance when the 13th Dalai Lama was coming to meet her she was in dilemma whether he should kowtow in front of her and emperor or not as he was a saint as well as a ruler of Tibet a part of Qing dynasty. She thought from every way and realized if she exempts Dalai Lama from kowtow even though every subject of Qing Dynasty is obligated to, it will give wrong impression to foreigners that she does not consider Tibet as her part of China as only foreigners were exempt from kowtow on the other hand if he kowtows this might hurt sentiments of her subjects in Tibet who all consider Dalai Lama
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Under her leadership the country began to acquire virtually all the attributes of a modern state: railways, electricity, telegraph, telephones, western medicine, modern army and navy, modern ways of conducting trade and diplomacy. She promoted industrialization later in China. Restricted millennium old education system was discarded and replaced by western style education, however, ensuring traditional subjects are included too. The press blossomed with freedom of speech which is unsurpassed since. She unlocked political participations and people were for the first-time citizens. She championed women’s liberation. Most importantly she made all this possible without much violence or upheavel. She was a consensus seeker, always willing to work with people of different views, she led by standing on right side of history. She was a giant but not a saint. She was ruthless when needed to be, however, nothing compared to her predecessors or successors. She commanded the loyalty of the highest officials of the empire, though she was often caught between battling factions and made difficult choices among them in a time of unprecedented crisis (McMahon, K., …show more content…
Knowing she is dead and emperor is not able to laed and may fall in Japans hand as puppet emperor. First she got him poisoned and he died. Cixi died three hours later but within these three hours she planned all her will to ensure China stays safe and her Manchu people. She made her cousins son Zaifeng as regent who she had been training from many years and made his son i.e Cixi’s great nephew Piyu as hier apparent, a 2 year old kid. This ensured Zaifeng leads in the name of his son and Cixi remained the head as long as she is alive. Also in her will she declared Empress Dowager Longyu her daughter in law as the final decider in extreme situations. This all was well planned as she knew if ever a civil war occurs and Manchus fall in danger, Longyu is submissive and will give up monarchy to save her tribe which Zaifeng would not have done. As she anticipated, same thing happened and Zaifeng approached Longyu and she did the same. She gave up monarchy to save Manchus. So Cixi in a way planned future too. Like said Bolman, L. G. & Deal, T. E. (2013), “Unless leaders can think flexibly and see organizations from multiple angles, they will be unable to deal with the full range of issues they inevitably encounter” (pp. 437). And Cixi did exactly the same and was able to save Manchu
Under her leadership the country began to acquire virtually all the attributes of a modern state: railways, electricity, telegraph, telephones, western medicine, modern army and navy, modern ways of conducting trade and diplomacy. She promoted industrialization later in China. Restricted millennium old education system was discarded and replaced by western style education, however, ensuring traditional subjects are included too. The press blossomed with freedom of speech which is unsurpassed since. She unlocked political participations and people were for the first-time citizens. She championed women’s liberation. Most importantly she made all this possible without much violence or upheavel. She was a consensus seeker, always willing to work with people of different views, she led by standing on right side of history. She was a giant but not a saint. She was ruthless when needed to be, however, nothing compared to her predecessors or successors. She commanded the loyalty of the highest officials of the empire, though she was often caught between battling factions and made difficult choices among them in a time of unprecedented crisis (McMahon, K., …show more content…
Knowing she is dead and emperor is not able to laed and may fall in Japans hand as puppet emperor. First she got him poisoned and he died. Cixi died three hours later but within these three hours she planned all her will to ensure China stays safe and her Manchu people. She made her cousins son Zaifeng as regent who she had been training from many years and made his son i.e Cixi’s great nephew Piyu as hier apparent, a 2 year old kid. This ensured Zaifeng leads in the name of his son and Cixi remained the head as long as she is alive. Also in her will she declared Empress Dowager Longyu her daughter in law as the final decider in extreme situations. This all was well planned as she knew if ever a civil war occurs and Manchus fall in danger, Longyu is submissive and will give up monarchy to save her tribe which Zaifeng would not have done. As she anticipated, same thing happened and Zaifeng approached Longyu and she did the same. She gave up monarchy to save Manchus. So Cixi in a way planned future too. Like said Bolman, L. G. & Deal, T. E. (2013), “Unless leaders can think flexibly and see organizations from multiple angles, they will be unable to deal with the full range of issues they inevitably encounter” (pp. 437). And Cixi did exactly the same and was able to save Manchu