The Last Eighteen Years of the Late Qing Dynasty 2
by Huang Zhijun
About This Novel
After the disastrous defeat of the Sino-Japanese War, the Westernizationist Li Hongzhang lost power, and the reformist Kang Youwei came to power. However, the reform effort ended in a palace coup, and the original intention of learning from the West unknowingly became a tool for careerists. Reform is the consensus, the biggest profit cake of the late Qing Dynasty, and a duel ground for factional politics. Whether it is the Empress Dowager Cixi, the royalists, the Manchu dignitaries, or the pro-Western forces and the Boxers, everyone is involved in it and takes turns to appear. In the end, the Eight-Power Allied Forces came to Beijing under the guise of protecting the embassy. The turbulent and chaotic situation of the Qing Dynasty was finally reshuffled, with some people being eliminated and others taking over.
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Official(3)Scraped 22d ago
The author uses a leisurely attitude and strong historical narrative logic to string together a complete story, which is more impressive than any similar work I have read before.
After reading this book, I suddenly discovered that modern history is actually very interesting, full of all kinds of games and trade-offs. Ronglu in the book is also a legend, he is extremely smooth.
I originally thought it would be a boring historical book, and I thought so at first, but it completely exceeded my expectations. It actually made me feel like I was immersed in reading, and I could read it for a long time in one sitting.
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Community(0)
Official(3)Scraped 22d ago
The author uses a leisurely attitude and strong historical narrative logic to string together a complete story, which is more impressive than any similar work I have read before.
After reading this book, I suddenly discovered that modern history is actually very interesting, full of all kinds of games and trade-offs. Ronglu in the book is also a legend, he is extremely smooth.
I originally thought it would be a boring historical book, and I thought so at first, but it completely exceeded my expectations. It actually made me feel like I was immersed in reading, and I could read it for a long time in one sitting.
