When Li Hongzhang presented the draft of the Treaty of Xin and Chou drawn up by the great powers to Cixi, Cixi was overjoyed to see that there was no clause in the draft that forced her to "return to politics" or let the Manchu nobles quit politics, and immediately agreed to it all. Some ministers reminded her that the draft stipulated that 450 million taels of silver should be paid off in 39 years, with customs duties as collateral, and the total principal and interest amounted to 980 million taels, equivalent to the fiscal revenue of the Qing government for more than 20 years; It is also necessary to dismantle the Dagukou Fort and allow foreign powers to station troops in the embassy district. The conditions are too harsh. Do you want Li Hongzhang to beg foreigners again and bargain? Who knows that Cixi actually said such a sentence: "Measure China's financial resources and make it happy with the country." Most historians regard this slave face of Cixi as a concrete manifestation of the Qing government's surrender to the outside world and its cruel suppression of reactionary policies at home. However, the deep-seated reason is not mentioned in the history books, or it may be a sensitive so-called "national issue" that has to be avoided. To solve this mystery, there are three questions that must be clarified. The first question is: Why are the great powers unwilling to depose Cixi? The second question is: Was there anyone in North Korea who was really firmly opposed at that time? The third question is: Is this sentence an unintentional remark made by Cixi after she was sure that she could keep her power, or is it a true expression? The first question is relatively easy to answer. Although the great powers sent troops under the banner of asking Cixi to "return to politics" during Guangxu period, they were quite satisfied with Cixi's performance over the past year or so: look how careful she is! When the invading army hit Tianjin, it was summer, and Cixi sent people to send ice cubes and watermelons to express condolences. Order the Qing army not to resist and let the allies disarm; On the way to the west, I did not forget to "respond" to the call of the great powers and ordered the extermination of the Boxer Rebellion, which was hated by the great powers. "Practice" made the powers realize that Cixi was still the "best" ruler of China, a reliable representative of the special interests of the "powers" in China, and the most loyal assistant and partner to realize the "grand plan" of completely turning China into a colony at an early date. The "brain" is such a beautiful woman sitting on the court that the powers are too late to like it. Why would they want to bomb her? The second question is a bit difficult to answer. Because there is no clear record in the history books, it is impossible for future generations to know the reaction of ministers when Cixi said this. But think about it from another angle, there must be very few people who oppose it, and no one will object fiercely in a way similar to "corpse remonstration". The Qing dynasty is not far from now, if there is, it will definitely be a big book in the history books. It may be that there are too many unequal treaties on land cession and compensation signed since the Opium War, and the imperial elite is gone. The third question is the most critical and difficult to answer. Because no one is a worm in Cixi's stomach, we can't know her truth. But this question really needs to be clarified, otherwise it will be impossible to answer "Why doesn't Cixi feel distressed to cut land compensation?" This question. I can conclude that "measuring China's financial resources and winning the favor of the country" is the real idea of Cixi, because Cixi is smart and "seeking truth from facts". She knows very well that as long as her powers still recognize her as the ruler of China, no matter how much land is cut and how much money is paid, it is a matter for ordinary people, and she can still live a life without farming, spinning or touching the Party. We look at these three issues from one angle: the powers are all foreigners, and the Boxer Rebellion made them clearly realize that the destruction of China is a dream that can never be realized; If you want to continue to oppress the people of China, you must find a partner. The partner they chose was Cixi; The Qing government, with Manchu nobles as the main body, didn't care how much it cost to honor foreigners: because they didn't have to pay a penny out of their own pockets; In their view, this is to give other people's money, and they will not lose anything. Since they regard China people, who are mainly Han Chinese, as "others", should China people also regard Manchu nobles (even all Manchu) as outsiders? The answer is, of course, yes. As the highest representative of Manchu nobility, Cixi is certainly an outsider! In fact, Manchu nobles themselves never regarded themselves as China people. As early as shortly after entering the customs, they built a "wicker border pass" on the northeast side to prohibit Han Chinese from entering the northeast. This "wicker border" is actually equivalent to the current border barbed wire, which was built to prevent people from crossing the border; The "wicker border crossing" is to prevent the Han people from "crossing the border", so the Han people are naturally foreigners! Cixi's words said it all: "Better be a friend than a slave." Who is a domestic slave? China people except Manchu people, of course. Look, how thoroughly she cut the Manchu and China people! Why doesn't Cixi feel bad about ceding land for compensation? Now the answer is clear: the Manchu nobles represented by the great powers and Cixi are a group, and they use each other to get what they want and enslave the people of China with the Han nationality as the main body. The powers drained the blood and sweat of the people of China through the Manchu nobles, who ruled the people of China under the protection of Liege. The longer Manchu nobles ruled the people of China, the more benefits the powers squeezed from China. If the powers want to gain more benefits from China, they have to provide stronger shelter for the loyal lackeys of the Manchu nobles: it is like two robbers occupying other people's estates, one as a supervisor and the other as a nursing home, and the poor manor owner is their slave.