Psalms:
The old chariots and horses have not left the saddle,
You don't know when you are in trouble.
For 300 years,
Hanging people from 8 thousand miles away.
Autumn wind sword lonely minister tears,
Sunset flag general altar;
The dusty atmosphere overseas still lingers.
Gentlemen, don't take it for granted.
Let's look at the historical background of this poem. It happened at 190 1. At that time, Li Hongzhang, who was 78 years old, was recalled to Beijing as the plenipotentiary foreign minister of the Qing Dynasty to negotiate with the eight imperialist powers. /kloc-in September of 0/9, Li Hongzhang arrived in Tianjin under the escort of Russian troops. This 80-year-old and experienced official took over the long-lost seal in Zhili Governor's Office for 25 years, and then transferred for several years. Naturally, he was deeply moved, and was associated with the ruin of the country and the single soldier of the Huai army. 10 in June, he encountered another one. What impressed me deeply was the tragic scene after Eight-Nation Alliance was ravaged. The capital is in ruins, except for the palace. The powers only recognized that the residence of Wang and his two plenipotentiaries was owned by China. In fact, even these two places are guarded by Japanese and Russian troops, and they are just prisoners of courtesy. In this scene, the result of the negotiations can be imagined. On the platform of negotiation, Li Hongzhang tried his best to defend with the powers on the issue of retaining Cixi. In the end, Li Hongzhang saved Cixi's life, but in the face of huge reparations, he had no choice. 190 1 On September 7, 2008, Li Hongzhang, who had been overworked, signed another unprecedented humiliating treaty on behalf of the Qing Dynasty. The total amount of compensation received from China is 450 million taels of silver. The powers said that China has a population of 450 million taels per capita. As an insult, the court will take it back. After signing, Li Hongzhang wrote in his memorial to the imperial court: In recent decades, every time I made trouble, I suffered more. Today, peace has been reached, and the overall situation is not so certain. Still, turning your attention to the imperial court, sticking to your own fixed views, making peace with the outside world, and becoming rich and strong at home may gradually turn the situation around. At this time, he vomited blood, purple and black, with a large piece, and he coughed up phlegm and didn't eat. Diagnosis of microvascular rupture by western medicine. (See Liang Qichao's Biography of Li Hongzhang) An hour before Li Hongzhang died, under the guise of friendship, the Russian who had been escorting him to Beijing stood by the bed and forced him to sign a treaty of Russian occupation of northeast China! Li Hongzhang, who defended and compromised with foreigners all his life, said nothing but190111.7. Li Hongzhang died at Xianliang Temple in Beijing at the age of 78, which was the only small courtyard in Beijing that was not occupied by Eight-Nation Alliance at that time and still under the jurisdiction of the Qing government. Li Hongzhang sang this poem before his death.