On this day, 123 years ago, on January 8, 1902 (November 29, 1901 in the lunar calendar), Cixi returned to Beijing from Xi'an. The train that Cixi took to return to the palace On January 8, 1902, the Empress Dowager Cixi returned to Beijing. On this day, she took a train from Baoding to Majiapu Station in Beijing, and took a carriage through Yongding Gate and entered Zhengyang Gate to return to the palace. The journey back to Beijing was a long one. It took a full three months from Xi'an. On October 6, 1901, Cixi sent tens of thousands of soldiers and 3000 luggage trucks to return to Beijing through Henan and Zhili. On the 1st, while still halfway back to Beijing, Cixi issued an edict to consolidate diplomatic relations, cultivate internal affairs, promote benefits and eliminate disadvantages, and the monarch and his subjects worked together to ensure practical progress. He also ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to meet with ministers and their wives on an elective basis. On the day after entering the palace, Cixi posthumously presented Consort Zhen with the title of Consort Consort. On the 13th, Cixi issued an order to local officials to ensure peace between the people and religion, and strictly prohibit the teaching of cults such as Bailian Eight Trigrams. He Naiying, the left deputy imperial censor, Peng Qingli, the scholar of the imperial lecture, Wang Longwen, the editor, and Lian Wenchong, the prefect, were also dismissed from their posts and never reinstated. On the 19th, she ordered Yuan Shikai to participate in the Government Affairs Office. On January 28, Empress Dowager Cixi publicly received foreign envoys for the first time. "The summons was carried out with extraordinary courtesy, solemnity and unprecedented greater respect for foreign representatives." At the same time, she also received "all the ladies of the diplomatic corps" and "expressed great sympathy when greeting these ladies, and shed tears while talking to them." After that, she "was wary of the power of outsiders and obeyed whatever she asked for; The wives of ministers from various countries must visit the palace from time to time to have fun meetings and occasionally hear about internal affairs." Cixi in the palace