There is a joke in Beijing

In fact, it is not ridiculous to declare war on all countries. Ironically, after the declaration of war, it is impossible to fulfill your declaration promise. But being bullied and invaded, making the country and the nation the targets of bullying and oppression by the great powers, which itself has become an international and historical joke.

In the history of Empress Dowager Cixi in China, there was never a lack of historical events of declaring war on foreign countries, let alone ancient times. In modern times alone, except for Empress Dowager Cixi who declared war on other countries in 1900, the Korean War after the founding of New China is the best example of China's foreign war.

1950, in the face of the United Nations troops led by the United States pressing on the Korean peninsula, poor new China was forced to send troops to the Korean peninsula, and a war broke out with the United States, the world's largest power. China sent volunteers to participate in the Korean War, which seemed to most countries in the world at that time? Is it funny to shake a tree? choose

After the Korean War broke out, it was not surprising that China became the laughingstock of the whole world, because after decades of bitter war, China, which was already in an agricultural society, was almost destroyed by the war, and China, which was poor and white, had almost no strength except its population.

And her opponent, who is full of intestines in two world wars, has completely climbed to the top of the world's first power. Compared with China, it is not an order of magnitude in weapons and equipment, logistics supply, industry, economy, science and technology and international support.

However, it is in this situation that China, who was originally a joke, defeated the American troops armed to the teeth many times on the Korean battlefield and made them shout? Go back to America for Christmas? The US military has become a joke, but China, which was originally regarded as a joke, has shocked all countries in the world with its own strength.

The Panmunjom negotiations were also despised because of the Korean War. Even China, regarded by the international community as the sick man of East Asia, exerted its national prestige and momentum, forcing the whole world to face up to and respect the newly established new China.

Therefore, for China, it has never been a problem to declare war on foreign countries or even on many countries. The question is whether it has the ability to honor its promise and really win the battle. In this respect, Empress Dowager Cixi, who knows almost nothing about great power diplomacy but is arrogant, is obviously a typical negative textbook.

1900, China at that time had not yet emerged from the heavy losses and huge reparations in the Sino-Japanese War. Due to the rise of the Boxer Rebellion, misunderstanding of the construction and storage, and the aggressiveness of the foreign powers, Empress Dowager Cixi, who felt that her power was greatly threatened, almost lost her mind and declared war on the foreign powers, and Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China broke out.

Eight-Nation Alliance However, Empress Dowager Cixi, who had the courage to declare war on the great powers, did not have the courage and strength to resist the aggression of the great powers. After Eight-Nation Alliance formed the allied forces, it landed in Tianjin, and almost all the way was smooth. It successively conquered Beijing, Tianjin and other places, and arrived in Shanxi, Zhili and other provinces.

Beijing, the capital of the Qing Dynasty at that time alone, was occupied by Eight-Nation Alliance for a year. After Eight-Nation Alliance entered China, there were countless accounts of burning, killing and looting of China residents. Due to the temporary fever of Empress Dowager Cixi, people in China suffered so much.

Eight-Nation Alliance occupied Beijing. So, after Beijing was occupied by Eight-Nation Alliance, where did Empress Dowager Cixi go? Empress Dowager Cixi, who was unusually tough when she declared war on the powers, quickly softened in the face of Eight-Nation Alliance's powerful force. Faced with the danger that the capital will be breached at any time, Empress Dowager Cixi not only didn't have the courage to muster all her troops to do or die with Eight-Nation Alliance, but packed up her soft clothes and rushed out of Beijing all the way to xi 'an.

Empress Dowager Cixi faced Eight-Nation Alliance on her way to the west, and she was the object of her declaration of war. Instead of asking the national army to continue to resist, she ordered all the armies and local governments to wipe out the Boxer Rebellion, thus pleasing Eight-Nation Alliance.

In the end, Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China ended with the signing of the unequal treaty "Xin Chou Treaty", which compensated as much as 4.5 taels of silver. It can be said that Empress Dowager Cixi and the Qing court were a joke from beginning to end, whether before the declaration of war or after Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China. However, this joke is not funny to the people of China, the biggest victim.