At this time, the Western powers began to plan to divide China. In order not to allow the war to spread, the Qing government compromised and signed many unequal treaties that were powerless and humiliating. These treaties contain a large amount of compensation. How did these comp

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the corruption of the Qing government led to the entire Qing Dynasty in a storm.

At this time, the Western powers also began to plan to divide China. In order not to allow the war to spread, the Qing government compromised and signed many unequal treaties that were humiliating.

These treaties contain a large amount of compensation. How did these compensations be handled in the end after the fall of the Qing Dynasty?

The Qing government signed a treaty of hundreds of millions of indemnities

840, Western powers started the first Opium War ht The sound of ml2's cannon . China was unable to resist, so it signed with the UK. It not only ceded Hong Kong to the UK, but the Qing government also needed to compensate 10 million taels of silver to the UK.

Since then, the great powers have regarded China as the fish on the chopping board and are at slaughtered. The Qing government has signed many extremely unequal treaties with Britain, France, the United States, Russia and Japan, most of which have compensation.

and the maximum compensation involved in the " Xinchou Treaty " signed with Eight-Nation Alliance .

Before signing the " Treaty of Shimonoseki " with Japan, the Qing government could barely to pay the previous treaty compensation , but as the signing terms gradually increased, the amount of compensation was so huge, the Qing government gradually began to lose its will.

At this time, the Qing Dynasty became a country with heavy debts, and it was impossible to repay all these compensations in a short period of time. However, if the compensation is not paid in one go, it would be necessary to accept the extremely outrageous interest installment repayment .

After repeated weighing, the Qing government chose to borrow 200 million silver from the four countries of Britain, France, Germany and Russia. to pay off Japan's compensation, and the debt was transferred to Britain, France, Germany and Russia. These four countries demanded interest of 4 to 5 cents per year and repay it in 36 years, which means that the Qing government wants to pay 370 million, and give Britain, France, , Germany and Russia , .

The Qing government's debt has not been paid off yet, and the Eight-Nation Alliance launched a war of aggression against China. The signed "Xin Chou Treaty" , China needs to compensate 450 million taels of silver .

and the great powers clearly stipulate that must be completed in thirty-nine years, in order to 4 cents per year , because in this way, the great powers can finally get 11 more than 980 million taels of .

In order to bear the compensation, the Qing government increased the burden on the people. This made the Qing government anxious. The Qing Dynasty's economy was in decline and the royal family was extremely extravagant. There was really no such much money to pay compensation.

The Qing government also increased taxes on various provinces in order to compensate the Western powers, and distributed the compensation to various provinces in China, so that each province could submit the corresponding amount as stipulated according to the different economic development.

Since ancient times, Jiangnan has been rich. Looking around, Jiangsu Province was the richest at that time. It was necessary to pay 2.5 million taels of silver to the Qing government every year.

Secondly, it is Sichuan Province with the largest population. It needs to pay silver 2 million taels every year.

The third place is the coastal port of Guangdong Province, which shares 2 million taels of silver compensation for every year.

Except for these three provinces, the other provinces also pay compensation from high to low according to their respective economic development capabilities.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, China had 450 million people, and the Western powers demanded compensation of 45,000 taels, which was also calculated that each Chinese would compensate one tael. If interest is added, each person will be compensated about 2 taels.

According to this algorithm, it seems that two taels of silver per person is not difficult. For the gentry landlords and Manchu aristocrats, two taels of silver are indeed nothing, but for the larger number of common people , this is the living expenses of their family of for one year.

After the fall of the Qing government, the Republic of China government continued to fulfill its debts such as

, which was tantamount to pushing ordinary civilians into the abyss, and then the , which overthrew the Qing government, and then broke out. With the fall of the Qing government, how to deal with the remaining unpaid compensation?

During the Republic of China period, the Republic of China government still wanted to continue to cooperate with the Western powers, so they chose to continue to compensate the Qing government, and the remaining sky-high compensation .

At that time, the Republic of China was in ruins and the economy was in a tight position. In order to pay off the compensation, I chose to continue to squeeze the working people at the bottom.

Shortly after, World War I broke out, and the situation in the world began to change. Due to anti-fascist measures, Britain and the United States have changed their compensation for China in a different way. Britain and the United States proposed that China pay compensation as the fund for overseas students , in the name of cultivating talents for China.

After the end of the First World War, China, as a victorious country, no longer needed to pay compensation to defeated countries such as Germany. As China gradually began to gain a certain status in the world, many countries also waived China's compensation .

Today, China plays an important role in the world as one of the world's powerful countries, but we should still remember this humiliating history and learn from it. We should work harder to create a better China.