188 1 year, Kaiping Mining Bureau produced 300 tons of coal a day, and the transportation task was heavy, so the Qing government decided to build a railway to transport coal mines. This 9.7-kilometer-long transportation railway is China's first railway of its own-Tang Xu Railway. However, according to legend, Empress Dowager Cixi believed that the train would destroy the geomantic omen and might derail, posing a threat to people's safety and becoming more dangerous. Therefore, Empress Dowager Cixi decided not to pull the train with a steam locomotive, but with horses. This is also the origin of the Tang-Xu Railway, which has been dubbed as the "carriage railway", and it has also become a short story to explain the feudal superstition and illiteracy of Empress Dowager Cixi.
As everyone knows, Empress Dowager Cixi is superstitious and uneducated, which is really "terrible".
Because according to the textual research of Pan Xiangming, an associate professor at the Institute of Qing History of Renmin University of China, the design of this "Tangxu Railway" has already finalized the method of pulling trains with horses instead of steam locomotives, which can be proved by historical data.
188/kloc-0 On May 20th, 2000, Minister Li Hongzhang played the book "Mining in Direct Areas", saying: "Therefore, in September of six years, it was agreed to build water conservancy projects, starting from the east of Lutai Town, reaching Xugezhuang and crossing a river for about 70 miles. In addition, from Hetou to the mine to repair 15 Li Road, * * * needs hundreds of thousands of silver, which will be donated by the Mining Bureau. " Three days later, on May 23rd, Emperor Guangxu approved Li Hongzhang's memorial.
Therefore, the story about Empress Dowager Cixi's carriage is a rumor. The design of this "Tang-Xu Railway" has been finalized, that is, to build a "carriage road" by pulling trains with horses. This is also an example of "being uneducated is terrible" that many people have committed!