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Cixi herself said that "it is better to be a friend than a slave", but why do some people say this is a misunderstanding?
? Because this sentence was not originally said by Empress Dowager Cixi, but was passed down by later generations. This sentence is very firm. Yes, the hawks in the Sino-Japanese War.

? According to Liang Qichao's "coup of 1898", the university students were resolute and said:? Reformists, the benefit of Han people, the harm of Manchu! I have an inheritance, and I would rather give it to my friends than let slaves share it! ?

? Resolute, Manchu blue flag bearer, famous in the history of the late Qing Dynasty, old school, hawk school. After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, resolute was appointed as the governor of Shanxi, and was appreciated by Empress Dowager Cixi, so he was promoted to minister of military aircraft and assistant minister of rites. Firm conservatism is reflected in his opposition to all political reforms and his extreme xenophobia. As a minister and co-organizer of the Ministry of War, he was ordered by Empress Dowager Cixi to direct the Boxer Rebellion, besiege embassies and churches of various countries, and slaughter priests and a large number of parishioners. And because of this series of actions, he himself became one of the war criminals that Eight-Nation Alliance specifically demanded to hand over.

? As for the resolute sentence, it later became what Cixi said, mainly because the revolutionaries in the late Qing Dynasty satirized and praised those who were loyal to the Manchu rule and made up various jokes. And the sentence of fortitude was changed for the first time? Friends are better than slaves? . But the irony is not strong enough, and it has been changed and changed. In Chen Tianhua's The Alarm Bell, it is reduced to more intense emotion? It's better to give to a friendly country than to a domestic slave? . ? AIA? The word "two letters" is full of irony, which can instantly arouse people's anger under the cowardly rule of the Qing court. Later, in the revolutionary army in Zou Rong, Zou Rong put it on Rong Lu's head. Why did Rong Lu, a loyal minister of Manchu People's Congress? Instead of giving it to domestic slaves, why not give it to neighbors? Words also? , but also because Rong Lu is the number one object of the revolutionary party.

? Empress Dowager Cixi never said this sentence, but her later practice of ceding land for compensation was even more excessive than this sentence. However, there are too many things in history that have been misinformed, so we should still respect the facts.