I would rather live with foreigners than with domestic slaves!

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, Cixi once said a very famous saying: "I would rather be with foreigners than domestic slaves." Under the guidance of this central idea, a large number of unequal treaties were signed with foreigners. .

When the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded Beijing, Cixi fled to Xi'an in embarrassment and was in panic all day long. In order to maintain the crumbling Manchu regime, Cixi hurriedly ordered ministers to negotiate and instructed: measure China's material resources and achieve the favor of the country. Oral instruction: It is better to give to outsiders than to give to domestic slaves. All seen in historical records. What she meant in today's vernacular is, "You are the chief representative of the negotiations. You calculate the accounts. As long as China's financial and material resources can be used to make foreigners happy, it is okay to give them to foreigners. These things must be given to domestic slaves." (Referring to the Reformists, Yihequan, etc.) That is not possible

Empress Dowager Cixi (November 29, 1835 - November 15, 1908), the full name of the jade certificate is "Yehenala." , Huizheng daughter of Taiguang Road, Ningchi, Anhui Province, was born in Beijing City. She was born in Xianglan Banner, Manchuria, and was later moved into a hereditary official family in Xianghuang Banner, Manchuria. The concubine of Emperor Xianfeng of Emperor Wenzong of the Qing Dynasty and the concubine of Emperor Muzong of the Qing Dynasty Tongzhi The biological mother, as the empress dowager, either listened to the government behind the curtain or took the title of emperor. She was the actual ruler of the Qing Empire from 1861 to 1908. Her posthumous title was "Xiao Qin Ci Xi Duan You Kang Yi Zhao Yu Zhuang Cheng Shou Gong Qin Xian Chong Xi Pei Tian Xing". "Queen Shengxian" is the longest among the empresses of the Qing Dynasty. It is also longer than the founding empress of the Qing Dynasty and the two main palaces of Xiaode and Xiaozhen. It is also longer than the posthumous titles of all the emperors of the Qing Dynasty after entering the customs.