Dourgen led the Eight Banners into China,
After the prosperity of Kanggan III, the Qing Empire began to accelerate the depression. The reason is not only the vicious circle that empires of past dynasties cannot escape, but also the invasion of foreign powers.
Since Xianfeng, several generations of Qing emperors have lost their former sense of honor to serve the country, and they are worried and trembling all day long. What they are afraid of is not the loss of life and people's lives. But a person's ancestral property will be lost. As the saying goes, "it is better to give it to a friendly country than to a domestic slave."
Around 1860, the Westernization Movement began in the Qing Dynasty, but it was only a reform led by vulgar bureaucrats under the condition of absolute monarchy. Although it has its shape, it has no room for reform. Therefore, the Westernization Movement should be said to be a failure.
After signing the treaty of shimonoseki and the Treaty of Xin Chou, the Qing Dynasty began the New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty. Re-reform government agencies and abolish imperial examinations. However, it's too late. On the one hand, it destroyed the reader's desire to be "all humble, only an official." On the other hand, after knowing democracy, the people began to oppose the rule of the Qing Dynasty. On the other hand, the most important thing is that local power is far higher than central rule. As a result, the Qing dynasty was finally pulled down from the historical stage in the new army of Yuan Shikai and the revolutionary party led by Sun Yat-sen, and at the same time, it also overthrew the monarchy that prevailed for more than two thousand years.