Italy forcibly leased Sanmen Bay in Zhejiang. Why did the Qing Dynasty have the courage to prepare for war directly?

Personally, I think Italy forcibly leased Sanmen Bay in Zhejiang. Prior to this, the Qing dynasty had been in a passive state and knew nothing about the powers. At this time, the Qing dynasty had already understood the details of Italy and had the confidence to win, so the Qing dynasty had the courage to prepare for the war directly.

Since 1840, the Qing dynasty has been in a passive state of being beaten in various foreign wars, and the pain of shutting the country out has been great enough. ? Being a soldier for so many times, Qing became a little smarter. Understand? Open your eyes and see the world? Enlightened by the Westernization Movement and the Reform Movement, we are no longer confused about the outside world. Like Daoguang, there will be no more cases where Queen Victoria's age, marriage and husband's native place are unknown.

In the face of aggressive Italian ships, the Qing dynasty was not intimidated, but did some homework through diplomatic envoys. They learned that Italy was the weakest of the western powers and had just been defeated in the battle of Adua, which showed that their army's fighting capacity was not high. Therefore, the Qing dynasty not only disagreed with Italy's request, but also refused to open the diplomatic note they submitted.

So, Italy is not? Big country? , right? Italy was very angry and sent three warships to cruise in the lion's mouth of Sanmen Bay. It demonstrated on the basis of investigation and issued an ultimatum to the Qing Dynasty. The Qing dynasty didn't like this, and actively prepared for the Sanmenwan War. After the Sino-Japanese War, the Beiyang Navy was called to reorganize and assist in the battle.

In fact, Italy is not ready for war. Gunboat diplomacy? After the defeat, Italy had to withdraw the ultimatum in frustration. Italy issued an ultimatum and then retracted it, which became a joke.

Later, in order to save face, Italy gave up the concession of Sanmenwan and demanded to build a coal station along the coast of China. Empress Dowager Cixi explicitly refused, saying: I won't give the Italians a handful of loess. ? Italy had to give up all its sovereignty over the territory of China.