Beggars in the late Qing Dynasty were unkempt, ragged and anxious. The woman on the far right has a swollen face, and the woman on the left is holding pots and pans, which is the most valuable thing in a family. In the last few decades of the Qing court, the exploitation of the people was unprecedented, and the land was ceded for compensation. Under natural and man-made disasters, people fled everywhere. According to historical records, there are 20,000 full-time beggars in Beijing alone.
The coolies are moving dignitaries, transporting people and things in wheelbarrows and sweating in the hot sun. Subsequent officials were flattered. Whether it is promotion or transfer, it is an opportunity to make money for yourself.
The prisoner tied with a rope is parading the streets, his eyes full of discontent. This is Zhang Chisi, the principal offender of Gutian religious case. The whole case brought great pressure to the Qing court, and more than 300 people were arrested, beheaded and exiled.
Bare Great Wall, no one, is very different from today's Great Wall. The Great Wall had almost no defensive function in the eyes of Qing rulers. It was the Manchu soldiers who crossed the Great Wall and won the Central Plains. Throughout the Qing Dynasty, the Great Wall was rarely repaired. Many places have collapsed and no trees can be seen.
Mr. accountant, he is using an abacus to reconcile accounts, and he is meticulous. Being able to settle accounts is indeed a skill to settle down, and the shopkeeper is also far away from Mr. Accountant and can't afford to offend him.
Yi Xuan, the Prince of Alcohol, took two sons (Zai Feng, the fifth son, and Zaixun, the sixth son) to the camera, and the second son has entered the palace to become Emperor Guangxu. He is both the brother-in-law of Cixi and the brother-in-law of Cixi, and he has been cautious all his life. Two generations of Qin Chunwang Mi were under the control of Cixi, with his son being the emperor and his grandson Puyi being the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
The walls of old Beijing are magnificent and boundless, but unfortunately they have only been seen in old photos. There are two classes living in the inner city and the outer city. The moat outside the city has frozen, and some people are still playing with ice carts.
In a scene of Eight-Nation Alliance's occupation of Beijing, a hole was dug in the wall of the imperial city. An Indian soldier is patrolling on horseback, and there is a rickshaw waiting to live outside the city wall. Cixi escaped, and after the capital was looted, the people's lives remained the same.
With the signing of the Xin Chou Treaty, Eight-Nation Alliance also withdrew from Beijing. This is a scene of Russian troops withdrawing from Beijing and proudly walking out of the Forbidden City.
Su Wangfu, which was reduced to ashes in the war, was completely destroyed except the main entrance. The wall collapsed and the house collapsed, which was shocking. This is the only palace that was destroyed in the war. Later, it became the residence of the Japanese embassy.
1896 In the summer, 73-year-old Li Hongzhang was in Germany, which was his last stop in Europe. After several months' journey, he was exhausted physically and mentally and had to sit in a wheelchair. He visited many places in Germany, especially Arsenal, which made him feel a lot. Germany is also sharpening its knife, ready to share a piece of the Qing split.
1908, Empress Dowager Cixi died of illness. On the Mid-Yuan Festival the following year, the Qing court offered sacrifices to Cixi, and made the internal affairs office tie up a lot of papers, including a big French ship. I still want Cixi to continue to take a boat in the underworld. But a few years later, Qing died!