In 1900, the country after Ci Xi left the capital of the mess, with Gu Dynasty and a bunch of aristocrats fled to Xi'an, a walk is one year and five months.
In the meantime, Ci Xi repeatedly at the Li Hongzhang North Beijing handle affairs, Li Hongzhang helpless, had ordered the peace talks with the representatives signed a treaty of Shimonoseki ". Negotiations back, Li Hongzhang has nearly dried up, not a few days gone.
According to records, Li Hongzhang and Japan signed the treaty, the doctor diagnosed was vomiting blood, stomach rupture of blood vessels ", visible how angry he was, in other words, the death of Li Hongzhang, more than half of the reason is gas! However, this is not the last straw that breaks the camel, Li Hongzhang returned to stay in office, lying in bed was dying, and forced him to take the document signature, and even attempted to force Li Zhongtang out of Li Hongzhang by the seal, the person is not others, it is the Russian ambassador Lesuer! !
After a hundred years, this history may be difficult to verify, so we might as well find some clues from the third party New York Times report. Li Hongzhang died after the announcement, the reporter to "Lee's death was the topic of debate" and because diplomats published news content, said: "Li Hongzhang went to see Lesuer, explain the Empress Dowager Yi Zhi, Minister strongly opposed the treaty results revealed content to other powers, therefore, a mighty storm (intense) meeting happened......" When Li Hongzhang as empress dowager Yi Zhi, in the condition of heavy occasion still refused to sign, Mr. Lesuer was on an old disease or endless entanglement, the Indian attitude peremptorily in the treaty, in an attempt to forcibly forced Li Hongzhang to accept the Russian occupation of northeast of the unequal treaties.
Li Hongzhang closed his eyes and refused to speak, and refused the unreasonable demands of the powers in action. The Russian ambassador after the departure from Baoding to replace the position of the Zhili governor Zhou Fu can not help but cry, cry alerted Li Hongzhang deathbed, he opened his eyes, Zhou Fu busy leaned over his ear comfort: "the Russians say, Chudo gone, and never Chinese embarrassed! Also, the two house soon arrived!" After listening, Li Hongzhang closed his eyes comforting. Perhaps know his visit was fraught with grim possibilities before leaving, the last one in the memorial memorial, special mention: the United States or trustworthy, but Russia, Japan more than a wolf with a savage heart!
In fact, since the Kangxi dynasties, Russia conquered a lot of our homeland, the G8 powers, but also the most shameless greed! A hundred years ago the last words of Li Hongzhang, is a great teaching, alert the world!