As a minister of the Qing Dynasty, Li Hongzhang had many tragic moments in his life. To say that the most humiliating of all the treaties signed by Li Hongzhang is the Xin Chou Treaty. 1900, the boxer movement was in full swing, and Li Hongzhang felt that there were hidden dangers. /kloc-in June of 0/7, Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Dagu Fort in Tianjin, and Cixi declared war on Eight-Nation Alliance. After learning the news, Li Hongzhang was very sad.

The 77-year-old Li Hongzhang knew that the Qing Empire had already decayed and was no longer Eight-Nation Alliance's opponent. Empress Dowager Cixi transferred Li Hongzhang from the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to the Governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang. Li Hongzhang knows that this job is thankless. On July 1900, Li Hongzhang went from Guangzhou to Tianjin. After a short break, he arrived in Beijing on June 1 1, and then began negotiations with the great powers.

In order to strive for the initiative in the negotiations as much as possible, Li Hongzhang visited the envoys of Britain and Germany successively. Maybe it was because he was tired, or maybe the powers charged too much, so he lay in bed, and the powers still forced Li Hongzhang to sign the treaty as soon as possible. 190165438+1015 Li Hongzhang signed the negotiation outline. Li Hongzhang vomited blood with anger. He wants to end the negotiation as soon as possible.

However, the G8 has no intention of withdrawing troops. During Li Hongzhang's illness, Li Hongzhang bargained with the powers according to the amount of compensation, which was reduced from 1 100 million taels to 450 million taels. On September 7th, 65,438+0,906,5438+0, Li Hongzhang signed the shame treaty. Different from other treaties, Li Hongzhang signed the name Su on this treaty. Obviously, he didn't want to write his name on the treaty, so he signed it as Su, who was given to him by the Qing Dynasty.