In the process of imperialist colonial rulers' aggression against China, there was a joint action of theirs, that is, the eight-power alliance invaded China, the most famous bad thing they did was the destruction of the Yuanmingyuan, but the Yuanmingyuan is after all a royal thing, burning and snatching away all the treasures of the Chinese royal, compared to the small people at the lower levels, the burning of the Yuanmingyuan is not too big an impact on them, but the bad things done by the Eight-Power Alliance are definitely more than this, and their invasion of China is to put it bluntly for money. After sweeping the Yuanmingyuan at the end of the 19th century, it attacked innocent people again in 1900.
In 1900, the looting of the people by the Eight-Nation Alliance involved the entire city of Beijing, we know that no matter how developed a city is, there will still be suburbs and counties and townships under its jurisdiction, and this looting of the Eight-Nation Alliance, without sparing any corner related to Beijing, can be said to be a 360-degree plunder without leaving a dead end, in addition to Beijing, neighboring Tianjin and Tongzhou have not been able to escape a disaster, the Eight-Nation Alliance army this time back to rob is not the same as the previous burning of the Yuanmingyuan, before the burning of the Yuanmingyuan can be taken away, The one that could not be taken away was burned.
But for the common people, they are tortured back and forth, and even every household is looted and violated by the Eight-Nation Alliance, and one country and one country have to take turns to loot and invade, it can be said that it has reached the point where the people are not happy, and in order to protect their own interests, they even hang the flags of the various powers of the Eight-Nation Alliance at their doorsteps to pray to avoid being brutally plundered by the Coalition, and some people ask soldiers to write foreign language signs at the door of their homes, indicating that they have been looted, hoping that the soldiers can let them go. What did the Eight-Power Alliance do besides burning the Yuanmingyuan? The looting lasted three months, and the people were not happy
As the imperial city of Beijing, the Eight-Power Alliance dared to be so rampant, it can be seen that the Qing government at that time was corrupt and incompetent to what extent, let alone to protect the interests of its own people, that is, the Qing Dynasty imperial family itself was also in a precarious state, so in 1901, the Qing Dynasty sent Li Hongzhang to sign an unequal treaty with the great powers, this treaty is the "Xinugu Treaty" that we are very familiar with, the treaty stipulated a series of land-cutting indemnity requirements, the Qing government at that time was already empty of the national treasury. Inability to afford high indemnities.
Since it is necessary to collect the reparations by scavenging the people's fat and people's ointment, this also means that the people have to experience the oppression of the current government in addition to the cruelty of the Eight-Power Alliance, which can be said to be a very miserable group of people, but fortunately, today our nation has finally stood up after suffering hardships, no longer need to be invaded by foreign tribes, and can stand up straight.