2015年底,有位老朋友对我讲,曾有一位关中女商人捐资给在庚子之乱中逃难到西安的慈禧,而得到荣封“护国一品夫人”的故事。从他简短的电话里,我得知这个女商人是个寡妇,她与慈禧还曾有过彻夜长谈。一个是关中巨富,一位是清廷太后,两人身份迥异,却都是寡妇。她们会谈些什么呢?这激起了我的兴趣。一放下电话,我便立即搜寻有关资料。一搜寻,我便得知,当时陕西捐资给清廷而获得 At the end of 2015, an old friend told me that there was a Guanzhong businesswoman who donated money to Empress Fubon who fled to Xi’an during the Gengzai rebellion and was given the honor of “Encouraging the Country by a Lady”. From his brief phone call, I learned that this businesswoman was a widow and she had had long nights with Cixi. One is Guanzhong wealthy, one is the Qing court, the two different identities, but are widows. What did they talk about? This aroused my interest. As soon as I dropped the phone, I immediately searched for the information. As soon as I searched, I learned that Shaanxi donated money to the Qing court