C1698 Stealing of the State! (1/2)

There was no power in this world that was willing to be destroyed, and the Qing Dynasty was the same as each and every one of them, hoping that the Great Qing would live for a long time.

Selfish! Extreme selfishness! If I were to spread my power within the group, then withdrawing it would be a dream. Let alone the fact that the empress dowager couldn't do it, even the Jade Emperor wouldn't be able to snatch the power from me.

All Manchu s knew that if they wanted the imperial government to be good, they needed to have a strong army to protect themselves. They wanted the imperial government to have a strong army too, but everyone wanted to be the master of this army. Everyone wanted power to belong to them.

There were many forces fighting each other, but no one could crush the other. No one had an absolute advantage. Since no one could obtain it, then let's destroy it together!

What I can't get, you can forget about having, these are the unspoken rules of the late Qing.

Actually, history had really given the Manchu several chances to turn things around. One was after the destruction of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, one was after the war with France, and the third was after the official formation of the Northern Ocean navy. These three historical opportunities were all bestowed by the heavens upon the Qing dynasty for great reforms.

If the Qing Dynasty had really put in great effort at that time to build a strong western army of about a hundred thousand people, then the history of China would have changed drastically.

With this army in his hands, even if Qing Dynasty met with a uprising by the Han people of the entire country, and even if they met with the Northern Channels, they would have the strength to protect themselves. At the very least, they could slowly retreat to the other side of the pass and defend their land of Dragon.

The three provinces beyond the border had enough land and resources to build a new nation, so the Chinese territories would have to be restored to the Ming dynasty's general territory.

However, the Eight Flag Military groups who was good at courting death did not seize this historic opportunity. Ever since Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, his military power had become weaker and weaker, and he had become more and more dependent on the Chinese.

After Xiang Army, there was Beiyang, and at the end of Beiyang, she relied on Yuan Shikai's Little Station New Army. The only exception was the Manchu himself. From the start of the Tongzhi Dynasty, the military had no foundation at all. There were a lot of people training in name, but not a single one could fight.

To take an off-topic example, the success of the Wuchang uprising in recent history was the first war to overthrow the Qing Dynasty, and also the first war for the founding of the Republic of China.

At that time, all the rebellion troops in Wu Chang were left by Zhang Zhidong to strengthen his own army, and the weapons used by the army and the revolutionary party were all supplied by the Han Yang Military Plant built by Zhang Zhidong during his reign.

In other words, in the history of the late Qing, perhaps when the Han Manipulation was still alive, there was no uprising or revolution, but all the revolutionary powers that came later on relied heavily on the legacies left behind by these ancestors. This was the important history and achievements of the Han Manipulation at that time.

On the other hand, on the Qing Dynasty's side, not only did they fail to accomplish anything, they had even thrown away the land where the ancestors were flourishing, and handed over ten million square kilometers of sovereignty to the Republic of China with Empress Dowager Long's abdication. In the end, the Manchu could only choose to merge with them passively.

There were no coincidences in history, there were also the reasons behind the Manchu's suicide. Of course, there were also the reasons behind the Chinese elites' cowardice, and their perseverance and decisiveness.

Actually, the Han Chinese had studied the profound art of stealing a country much more than the Manchu.

For example, there was the Young Fifth Master Yi. Although this person did not like to read, he had his advantages and that was to be able to ask.