Some netizens asked: "Why did the Qing government blindly seek peace at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and the price of fighting down would be greater than the compensation for land cutting?" "The late Qing government did not want to fight, but could not fight, and that reparations were not made because they were defeated. If you can beat the other party, do you still use the indemnity to seek peace? In addition, the Manchu Qing was worried about internal and external troubles, and if they defeated the foreigners, their own strength would also be weakened, and the internal uprising would be difficult to deal with. In short, the Qing government wanted to preserve its strength to suppress the counter-revolution in the country, and if it could not fight, it would pay compensation and cut off the land. In any case, the great powers had no intention of overthrowing the Qing government, but only greedy for money, so they fought and made peace.
Of course, the most crucial point of the Manchu Qing was political corruption. Civilian officials are greedy for money, and military attaches are not only greedy for money but also afraid of death. Political corruption has exacerbated the decay of the army. At that time, the Eight Banner Soldiers were no longer the Eight Banners disciples of the early Qing Dynasty, they were all a group of old soldiers who were greedy for life and afraid of death, and they had no combat effectiveness. It can be said that the late Qing Dynasty has been terminally ill and there is no medicine to save. No matter which dynasty in history, as long as it loses the hearts of the people, the only thing that awaits them is destruction, and no one can save them.
Any dynasty feels invincible in the early days, but in the advanced stages of cancer, it is simply vulnerable. It is the rulers who enjoy peace and ignore the government. Especially at the end of the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's power was sidelined and virtual. The deceitful officialdom is playing a power game, can such a dynasty still be saved, is it necessary to save him?
From the beginning of the Opium War, the Qing government was hanged by the West, first of all: Daoguang first signed the Treaty of Nanjing, ceded Hong Kong Island to Britain, and paid 21 million silver dollars to the British. Secondly, it was the Anglo-French coalition that invaded Beijing and destroyed the Old Summer Palace. The Xianfeng Emperor fled to Rehe and signed the Treaty of Tianjin, in which China compensated Britain with 4 million taels of silver and France with 2 million taels of silver. The subsequent Treaty of Peking increased reparations to Britain and France to 8 million taels of silver each. Again: In the Sino-Japanese War, the Qing government signed the "Treaty of Maguan" with Japan, in which China ceded the island of Taiwan to Japan and "compensated" Japan for 200 million taels of silver in military expenses; later increased by 30 million taels of "ransom fees". Finally: in the War of Aggression against China by the Eight-Power Alliance, the Qing government signed the Treaty of Xinugu with the great powers, and the Qing government paid 450 million taels of silver to various countries (a total of 11 countries), which was repaid in 39 years, with an annual interest rate of 4%, and the principal and interest totaled about 982 million taels. As a result, China was completely reduced to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.
Judging from the above several reparations cuts, the Qing government fought against the great powers and did not win a single victory. The Qing government had to cut off the land to seek peace, and the Qing government paid compensation for the land cut, resulting in a large outflow of Chinese silver. The Qing government's reparations to Japan, combined with the resources japan plundered from the northeast, were enough to support Japan's military spending to start World War II. Therefore, the Qing government's reparations indirectly supported Japan's invasion of our country, and the Manchu Qing mistakenly made china for 300 years, which is really not wrong at all.