We know that China's late Qing government, which was originally a heavenly kingdom, finally became a soft persimmon, anyone can come to pinch a hand, its tragic situation has not been able to bear to look at directly, this period of history is worth telling too many stories, piles and pieces are a handful of snot and a handful of tears.
The matter I want to talk about today is also in the context of the late Qing Dynasty, when China's political power was controlled by Cixi, and I don't know if other countries felt that China was a woman in power, and they despised China even more, after all, looking at the world in that era, how many countries were run by a woman? In any case, the final situation is that other countries do not agree with each other and actually run to China's turf to fight.
This is the beginning of the twentieth century, Japan and Russia broke out of the war, the cause is that the two in the struggle for Northeast China and the Korean Peninsula, fight on the fight, anyway, other countries in order to seize China's territory is not the first time to see each other, it is not unusual, and this situation is a good thing for China, after all, Japan and Russia for China, is not a good thing, it is best to end up together, so that perhaps Northeast China can be preserved.
However, the problem is that Japan and Russia tacitly set the location of the fight in China, which makes China very nervous, but it is not easy to say anything, after all, China at that time had no right to speak, and could only obey the arrangements of other countries, so it was bitter to the people of northeast China, two countries opened fire in the northeast, the local houses were burned, and everything that could be eaten was robbed, and for a time the northeast almost became a hell on earth.
Japan and Russia fought happily in China, and the Qing government has always maintained a neutral attitude, after all, both ends are uncles, and neither is easy to provoke, but after all, the battlefield is China's territory, Japan and Russia are asking the Qing government to show its position behind their backs, and the weak and fearful Qing government thinks about it, thinking that Russia seems to be more hateful than Japan.
Russia has been eating and drinking in northeast China for four years, and the whole country hates Russia with itchy teeth, but it can't beat it and can't beat it, so it has to hold it in its heart. At this time, although Cixi still maintained a neutral attitude on the surface, she had secretly fallen to the Japanese side.
In order to provide assistance to Japan, Cixi secretly sent people to provide Japan with military supplies, such as explosives and grain, and even when Japan suffered losses, the Qing government quietly sent troops to help, in short, the Qing government used a lot of means to help Japan suppress Russia, and the final result was That Japan's victory over Russia.
Of course, Japan knew that this time to win the war, the Qing government was a big help, so in order to express gratitude, the Japanese side sent a gift to Cixi, it was a yacht, which is also a big deal, because the Japanese heard that Cixi usually likes to go boating in the Summer Palace, so they gave her a yacht to her.
Cixi liked this gift very much, and specially named this yacht, called Yonghe, which could not be clearer, that is, she hoped that China and Japan could always get along with each other, and it can only be said that this wish is really beautiful.
The second year after receiving the yacht, Cixi died, this noble yacht has since become a decoration, until the complete decline of the Qing Dynasty, cixi once lived in the Summer Palace also became a tourist attraction, Yonghe was wasted, tourists can pay a small fee to ride the Yonghe, feel the joy of Cixi boating on the lake.