Greg Jenner
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You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
What level of power would he have had?
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So he's sort of a bureaucrat.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Right.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Right.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
I've called her Sir Shi.
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
That's not really her name in childhood or her youth, is it?
You're Dead to Me
Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So what's her dad call her?
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
What do her family call her?
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
That's a lovely name, isn't it?
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Her childhood, she's educated.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
She can read and write.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Oh, I see.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Absolutely.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Yeah, I see.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Wow.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
Unfortunately, her father was caught taking bribes, Sophie.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
He was caught, his hand in the cookie jar.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: from concubine to ruler of China
So he lost his job in 1851 when she was 16.