"I thought Eight-Nation Alliance had entered Dagukou ..." This is the old lady Qi, known as Dagukou and Empress with Empty Ears. The role of Mrs. Qi comes from the classic sitcom Underground Traffic Station, and the reason why she is called "Dagukou" is also very simple. The old lady started with this sentence as soon as she said it, but was immediately interrupted by other plots.
(Mrs. Otokochi)
Time goes back to 1899 more than 00 years ago. Two things happened this year. In autumn, the Boxer Rebellion broke out in Shandong and Zhili. In winter, Li Hongzhang went to Guangdong to take office and became the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi again. In May of the following year, western powers, with fear and disgust for the Boxer Rebellion, negotiated with the Qing government on May 20th, demanding that the ringleaders of the Boxer Rebellion and officials at all levels who failed to suppress the Boxer Rebellion be punished. At this time of the Qing government, the master and the second master were the familiar Cixi and the unfamiliar Rong Lu and Zai Feng.
Zai Feng, Ai Xinjue Roche, the grandson of Emperor Daoguang Yongning, has many ancestors' shadows, but most of the things he does are "seeking personal gain for the country". At this time of the Qing court, Guarga Rong Lu replaced Li Hongzhang, who was dismissed from office a few years ago for signing the treaty of shimonoseki, and became the governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang. Rong Lu is a typical bureaucrat. He was indifferent to politics when he was in power. At that time, in the face of the struggle between the Boxer Rebellion and the foreign powers, Rong Lu and Cixi maintained a "common advance and retreat" relationship, but Cixi used Zai Feng at that time, considering that he was entrusted with an important task for a short time and secretly. After reaching the understanding of * * *, almost everyone in the imperial court wanted to see these two forces bite the fur dog and then take advantage of the fishermen. In the face of threats and inducements from the foreign minister, the Forbidden City chose the tactic of procrastination to deal with everything.
On June 7, the Boxer Rebellion entered the capital Beijing on a large scale. Worried about the survival of the embassy in Beijing, the western powers formed an eight-nation alliance of Britain, the United States, Austria, Italy, Germany, France, Russia and Japan three days later and began to March into Beijing. /kloc-in June of 0/3, the Boxer Rebellion and the Allied Forces met unexpectedly in Langfang between Beijing and Tianjin, and a great war inevitably started. Two days later, Beijing Xishiku Cathedral was besieged by the Boxer Rebellion.
(The famous embassy district of Dongjiaominxiang)
Things are getting out of control, and once again we can't figure out the attack power of the allies. However, in order to blow away the loud cowhide, it was "bullying" Cixi, "foreigners told her to pack up my mother and get out", and "conniving" Cixi, and "the Boxer was invulnerable". The evil Cixi was really carried away and declared war on the countries that can be named all over the world. This is June 65433. In 2 1 year, this declaration of war was officially issued by Emperor Guangxu to provincial officials and allies.
Cixi, Rong Lu and Re-discussion don't understand foreign languages or foreigners, but Li Hongzhang, Zhang Zhidong and Liu Kunyi, who can't keep up with foreigners, do. Although they don't know what gourd medicine the old lady is selling this time, even by imagination, they have to have something to support them. Endless, and no one dares to accompany the old lady to continue playing with fire and set herself on fire.
Li Hongzhang acted quickly. After receiving the news, he sent a telegram to the court. "This is troubled times, and Guangdong does not serve." On 26th, together with Zhang, Liu and the local governors, they signed the Southeast Mutual Insurance Charter with western governments. For Li Hongzhang, the reason for making such a quick decision is simple. Li Hongzhang didn't expect the boxer to succeed from the beginning. In his view, instead of becoming cannon fodder of the great powers like the north, it is better to sign an agreement with foreign countries, so that everyone can live in peace and perform their duties, and exchange stability and tranquility for precious time for the development of the Qing country.
(Southeast Mutual Insurance and Western Empress Dowager)
Two months later, in August of 15, the allies invaded Beijing, and Cixi fled all the way to the west with Guangxu.
Two months later, on June+10/October1day, 65438, Li Hongzhang arrived in Beijing to replace Rong Lu. He was transferred back to his post as governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang for the last time and began to wipe his ass for the Qing government.