Why did Cixi spend her birthday on military expenses as the biggest excuse for her defeat in the Sino-Japanese War?

1On July 25th, 894, Japan launched a naval battle at Toyoda, followed by the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1894.

As we all know, the war suffered heavy losses. Beiyang Navy declared victory. Under the military pressure of Japanese militarism, the Qing government signed the unequal treaty-treaty of shimonoseki.

Many people blamed the victory on Cixi. It is said that in order to celebrate her 60th birthday in advance, Cixi summoned the navy to build the Summer Palace, which led to the inadequate preparation and equipment of Beiyang Navy before the Sino-Japanese War, leading to the defeat of the Sino-Japanese War.

Liang Qichao's Drinking Room Collection? 6? The Book Selection says: "After Ma Jiang's defeat, the ministers competed to train the navy, with a reserve of 30 million yuan? The Summer Palace project has been greatly expanded, and all the money raised is used for civilian purposes. "

But in fact, this is not in line with the general discipline of naval fundraising. According to relevant historical records, apart from keeping the navy and allocating 6,543.8+2,000 silver for southwest training in advance, it was impossible for the naval yamen to raise 30,000,000 silver for military spending during the six years from Guangxu 14 to 20 years. Liang Qichao's article aims to incite people to support Cixi.

As early as the seventeenth year of Guangxu, Cixi began to live in the Summer Palace. This shows that the Summer Palace has begun to take shape. However, the project is still in progress, preparations are being made for the celebration of Cixi's 60th birthday, and the funds of the naval yamen will continue to be used by gardeners. According to the book Westernization Movement, on the 16th of mid-spring, Yi Kuang said: "Since the completion of the Summer Palace, the navy has temporarily allocated 302,000 yuan each year for the use of the engineering department, and 2.6 million yuan from the navy has been donated to provincial governors, and all the proceeds have been used for work.

On August 25th, Yi Kuang and Fu Kun sang: "The sum of the Summer Palace project/kloc-0.000000 taels of silver is temporarily borrowed by Tianjin Weiwei Interest-Living Project every year". In particular, it should be pointed out that the funds used in the Summer Palace project are the funds of the naval yamen, not the funds of the Beiyang Coastal Defence Association, and have been lent.

Therefore, although Cixi is not a bad person, it is still a bit unfair to fully push the obligation of defeat in the Anti-Japanese War.

After the victory, Cixi chose to beg for mercy and surrender automatically, which can't be said to be a helpless move.

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