The five clauses mentioned by Chiang Zhongzheng, one of the main representatives of the Far East, can be regarded as in no way damaging the interests of the Qing government. First of all, clause 1: According to the current development, the late Qing government no longer has the ability to resist the coalition forces of various countries, especially the Boxer Rebellion.
An organization that must be banned, and all because of the rash measures taken by the Empress Dowager Cixi after listening to the suggestions of Zai Yi, Zai Xun, Zai Lian and Zai Lan.
However, after hearing Jiang Zhongzheng's first statement, everyone present looked at Zai Yi, Zai Xun, Zai Lian, and Zai Lan. Their faces were pale, but they all remained silent, but Jiang
Within ten days of Zhongzheng's proposal, the four of them disagreed because in their minds, they were still full of illusions about the Boxer Rebellion. In addition, if the Boxer Rebellion was designated as an illegal organization, they, the actual controllers, would be implicated.
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The second item of the clause is money compensation. The ministers of the late Qing government who were present did not have any objections to this, because the Far East would require foreigners to also pay compensation. This is an equal and common clause for both parties. It is different from the previous agreements signed by the late Qing government and various powers.
In any treaty, Article 3 would be even better. The Far East would always be willing to work with the late Qing government to resist the Western powers.
Article 4: Since the Far East is helping the late Qing government to resist the coalition forces of various countries and providing all supplies to fight foreigners within the territory, this is not an exaggeration. The next article 5 is also absolutely beneficial to the late Qing government. The Far East will open treaty ports for five days.
Block, which benefited all late Qing merchants and increased tax revenue.
Therefore, the five-point clause proposed by Chiang Zhongzheng on behalf of the Far East can be regarded as having no meaning or place for taking advantage, but gave a lot of benefits to the late Qing government. It can be regarded as the first equality treaty of the late Qing government. After Jiang Zhongzheng finished speaking
He sat down directly after doing this, which also meant that Far East had no other requirements.
In the venue, it seemed that all the late Qing government officials were stunned, because they discovered at this moment that the Far East was not the kind of robber they thought, but a true friend who would not pay compensation or cede territory.
, he was like a living Bodhisattva, but in fact, Li Ningyu also thought about asking the late Qing government to pay compensation and cede land, because this would be more beneficial to the future development of the Far East, but in the end he decided to forget it.
Because he didn’t want to have countless Chinese people, descendants of Yan and Huang, stab him in the back a few years later, or after the agreement between the Far East and the Late Qing Dynasty was signed, because he was one of the hundreds of millions of descendants of Yan and Huang.
He cannot and does not dare to do things that involve the flesh and blood of his compatriots, because as long as he gets a little bit involved, Li Ningyu's heart will never feel at peace.
But Li Ningyu still had some advantages. For example, the cost of the war was borne by the late Qing government, but the proceeds from the war went to the Far East. This was the only thing Li Ningyu was cunning about.
There seemed to be no need for the following negotiations, because such terms were completely different from any terms signed between the late Qing government and other countries, so the meeting was about to break up, and several representatives of the late Qing government all took their own cars.
He went to the Summer Palace in his sedan chair because he needed to immediately hand over the things proposed by the Far East to the Empress Dowager Cixi for final decision.
But during this period, Zai Yi, Zai Xun, Zai Lian, and Zai Lan began to plan the next thing in their minds, because they knew that the Empress Dowager Cixi would immediately agree to such a clause after seeing it, and the consequences would be for them
Four people were going to die, so they couldn't sit around and wait for death.
Zai Yi, Zai Xun, Zai Lian, and Zai Lan respectively controlled four important departments, including the Boxer Rebellion, the infantry commanding yamen, the internal ministers leading the bodyguards, and the yamen of the prime ministers of various countries. Zai Yi was actually the niece-in-law of the Empress Dowager Cixi. Due to this special relationship, so Empress Dowager Cixi fell in love with his son Pu Jun. After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, Emperor Guangxu was actually under house arrest. But Emperor Guangxu was young, less than 30 years old, and Empress Dowager Cixi was already over 60 years old. Therefore, Empress Cixi was afraid that Emperor Guangxu would come back to power after her death, so she began to deliberately abolish Emperor Guangxu and install Pu Jun as the new emperor.
It was originally planned to be held on New Year's Day in 1900, but due to the strong opposition of the ministers of various countries stationed in China at that time, the matter was finally dropped. Then the Boxer Rebellion began to rise. The Boxer Rebellion was an anti-imperialist patriotic movement, targeting foreign invaders, so it was carried Yi gave one to Empress Cixi, thinking that the Boxers could drive out foreign forces, and his son would be able to ascend the throne.
As for the Boxer Rebellion issue, the Empress Dowager Cixi had been undecided, so the court was divided into two factions. One side advocated the suppression of the Boxer Rebellion, but Duan Wang Zaiyi advocated taking it for his own use, so Zaiyi told the Empress Dowager Cixi: "The Boxers are all out of the Boxer Rebellion. Good people who risk their own lives and go to the trouble of their country!".
Zaiyi was not wrong at all when he evaluated the Boxers in this way, but he had his own political purpose, which was to make his son the new emperor. Fortunately, at this time, the Eight-Nation Allied Forces had already captured Dagukou in Tianjin. The situation changed drastically. Zaiyi actually forged a diplomatic note from the great powers to the late Qing government, and also made four tough demands: first, the location of Emperor Guangxu's residence must be arranged by the great powers; To replace the late Qing government, collect various annual money and grain taxes; third, to manage the national army of the late Qing government; fourth, to require the Empress Dowager Cixi to return power to the emperor.
Therefore, after the Empress Dowager Cixi saw such a diplomatic order, she immediately fell for Zaiyi's deception. Naturally, she became furious and immediately summoned all the courtiers for a meeting in front of the imperial court. At the same time, the imperial edict officially declared war on the invading armies of various countries. In order to show her determination, Empress Dowager Cixi also ordered the killing of several ministers who were responsible for suppressing the Boxer Rebellion.
But just a few days after the incident, the Empress Dowager Cixi was fooled because the coalition offensive was too fierce. At this time, the Empress Dowager regretted her haste and had to order Prince Gong and Li Hongzhang to find the foreign ministers stationed in various countries and where to go. Various countries explained that the Qing Dynasty was overestimating its capabilities and should not go to war with other countries, but should fully assist various countries in suppressing rebellious people, etc.
But why are the invaders from various countries ignoring Empress Dowager Cixi's plea for mercy?
After receiving Li Hongzhang's return, Cixi turned pale on the spot, but at this time, Prince Gong came to inform Empress Dowager Cixi that the Far East was willing to form an alliance with the late Qing Dynasty to resist the great powers of various countries. Although at this time, regarding the power of the Far East, Cixi The Queen Mother knew something about it, but she didn't believe that the Far East was really capable of starting a war with eight countries at the same time, so she was ready to escape.
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