Why did the Eight-Power Allied Forces invade the Qing Empire of Empress Dowager Cixi?

The answer to this question can only be answered in one sentence: It was obvious that she was lagging behind and could not defeat others, but in order to keep her position, Cixi still had to pretend to compete, and as a result she was beaten all over the floor. Looking for teeth, and lost a lot of money. I want to say why is this necessary?

Everyone seems to have different opinions on this matter, but I have always believed that this beating was purely self-inflicted. If you are not good enough in the first place, but you still want to pretend to be a big guy, who will I hit if I don’t hit you? It’s really not worth it to fight in vain and have to pay for it!

This time the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded the Qing Dynasty (specifically, they invaded the Aisin Gioro family), it happened during the famous Gengzi Incident in history, which caused huge harm to our country, but it was also It greatly accelerated the fall of the Qing Dynasty. So what are the causes and consequences of this incident? Let me tell you all in detail: everything starts with the Boxer Rebellion

At the end of 1899, a group of Shandong people who had not enough to eat and couldn't survive formed a folk movement. Organized the Boxer Rebellion. Since the oppression by foreign powers was severe at that time, and of course the Qing Dynasty's oppression was even more severe, the money that could not be compensated by the foreign powers still had to be paid. The life of the Cixis cannot be reduced, and money can only be provided by the people at the bottom.

Due to the deep mass base, the team continues to grow and develop. The slogan of the Boxer Rebellion at that time was "Reverse the Qing Dynasty and destroy the foreign countries", but they were mercilessly attacked by the Qing Dynasty. The governor of Shandong at the time was Yuan Shikai, who led the New Beiyang Army to defeat the Boxer Rebellion. I don't know whether Cixi's attitude at that time was acceptable, but deep down in her heart she must have resolutely struck down, after all, the shadow of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has not yet dissipated. Why did Cixi's attitude toward the Boxers finally change?

As mentioned before, Cixi was not interested in the tricks of the Boxers at first. But why has it changed?

1. The Boxers adjusted their strategy in time, and their slogan became "pay off and destroy the foreigners", which meant helping the Qing Dynasty to fight the foreigners.

2. Cixi was "provoked" by foreigners at that time. After the failure of the Reform Movement of 1898, ministers from various countries had particularly strong opinions on Cixi. Cixi was asked to return the throne to Guangxu and let Guangxu take charge of the work. This was obviously unacceptable to Cixi.

3. Deep down in her heart, Cixi was probably not happy with the foreigners. She might have thought that with the help of the Boxer Rebellion, the foreigners could be taught a lesson.

4. The Boxers were still quite powerful at the time, and Cixi probably had the idea of ??leveraging their strength.

In short, Cixi, at the suggestion of Minister Yuxian, changed her focus from exterminating the Boxers to recruiting them. What did the Boxers do?

Many people now praise the Boxers for their meritorious service in resisting foreign aggression, but the reality is a bit less than ideal. The main mission of the Boxers at that time was to attack and kill foreigners. But after several years of hard work, the foreigners did not kill as many as the Boxers, but they killed the most of our own people.

According to historical records, the General Secretary of the Boxer Rebellion killed less than a thousand foreigners and as many as 100,000 religious people. They also continued to burn down churches, smashed shops, and robbed along the streets. According to current parlance, they were committing illegal crimes. In June 1900, 100,000 Boxer Rebellion members burned the capital city, covering the entire city with flames and killing chicken feathers all over the place. To put it bluntly, the Boxers were just wreaking havoc in their own homes under the pretext of killing foreigners. The most miserable people were the innocent people. The Rise of Cixi: The war against the Eleven Kingdoms led to the Eight-Nation Allied Forces' invasion of China

To be honest, Cixi also knew that the Boxers were unreliable. After all, she had experienced the Second Opium War and the Sino-Japanese War of 1894. She knows her fighting ability. Cixi held two conferences to decide whether to go to war with foreigners. The first time, her opinion was to disband the Boxer Rebellion. She felt that the Boxer Rebellion was not reliable. She was ready to recruit Li Hongzhang to come back to deal with the situation and negotiate with the foreigners about early compensation; during the second time, Cixi's attitude changed significantly, saying that the foreigners were too bullying and she must "fight to the end" with the foreigners.

Why did Cixi's attitude change so much in just a few days?

It turned out that one night during this period, someone in the court received a secret report saying: "Foreigners have decided to work together to support Guangxu and prepare to kill Cixi." This is what Cixi was most afraid of since the Reform Movement of 1898. It is said that after Cixi saw this secret report, she burst into tears, was filled with grief and anger, and felt that the sky was about to fall.

In order to keep his position, Cixi finally declared war on the eleven countries with enthusiasm and fighting power. These 11 great powers include: Britain, the United States, Japan, Russia, France, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands. What were the consequences?

When the Eight-Power Allied Forces saw that Cixi was so awesome, they "went with the trend" and occupied Beijing in just two months. Of course our Cixi Lafayette ran away again. So what did this war bring us?

1. The Boxer Rebellion was a complete failure. Before Cixi ran away, she issued instructions to destroy the Boxer Rebellion.

2. Those ministers who were in charge of the battle before the war were basically killed, and of course they took the blame.

3. The people of Beijing suffered a lot. They were first looted by the Boxers and then again by the Eight-Power Allied Forces. It was really painful!

4. After the war, the "Xinchou Treaty" was signed and more than 400 million taels of silver were lost.

5. Tsarist Russia occupied the Northeast region under the banner of annihilating the Boxer Rebellion.

6. Lafayette and all Qing officials discovered a problem: if reforms were not carried out, the Qing Dynasty would probably die. The vast majority of the people at the bottom no longer believed in the Qing Dynasty. It was said that when the Eight-Nation Allied Forces came, there were a lot of people who helped the coalition lead the way and hold up ladders. Finally, I want to say that this incident tells us: You cannot defeat foreign powers with a big knife in your hand or a "cannon" in your mouth. If you are obviously lagging behind but do not want to make progress, and you are blindly self-righteous, there is only one result, and that is to beat them up. The beating is in vain, and you will be asked to pay for it after the beating!