The indemnity of the Xinchou Treaty was paid off in 39 years, but the Qing Dynasty died 10 years lat

The indemnity of the Xinchou Treaty was paid off in 39 years, but the Qing Dynasty died 10 years later, what about the remaining debts? In May of the 26th year of Guangxu (June 1900), the Empress Dowager Cixi promulgated the "Edict of Declaring War on All Nations" in the name of Emperor Guangxu. The Qing Empire officially declared war on 11 countries, including the United States of America, the British Empire, the French Third Republic, the German Empire, the Russian Empire, the Japanese Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Kingdom of Italy.

After the blood subsided, the revenge of the great powers also came immediately, and the Eight-Nation Coalition went straight to Beijing, and the Empress Dowager Cixi could only flee with Emperor Guangxu.

The Empress Dowager Cixi rushed to "hunt in the west" while sending Li Hongzhang and Prince Qing to negotiate with the foreign powers. On September 7, 1901, the two signed the "Xinchou Treaty" on behalf of the Qing Dynasty, which completely reduced the Qing Dynasty to the ruling tool of the foreign powers, and China's semi-colonial and semi-feudal society was fully formed. In addition to these humiliating ends, the most closely related to the hundreds of millions of people at that time was that everyone was saddled with one or two ** debts.

The Xinchou Treaty did not allow Qing ** to cede land, but the amount of compensation was unprecedented, reaching 100 million taels. And this standard was formulated precisely because the Qing Dynasty had a population of 100 million at that time.

But the Qing ** couldn't come up with so much money for a while, so the powers came up with their usual trick - "installment payment". But in addition to relieving the pressure of clearing **, the interest that needs to be paid in installments is also amazing. The indemnity of the Qing ** was divided into 39 years, and the final full repayment required a total of 100 million taels of system principal and interest.

The great powers intended to let the Qing ** return from 1901 to 1940, but just 10 years later, the Xinhai Revolution broke out, and the Qing Dynasty also died. Obviously, the 39-year installment repayment ** has definitely not been repaid. And what about the rest of the debt?

Finally, let's calculate the account, this almost "astronomical" Gengzi indemnity, with a total of 100 million taels of principal and interest, with a deadline of 39 years. The actual payment of 100 million taels, accounting for about 59%, and the actual repayment cycle is 37 years. The shocking numbers are undoubtedly not a warning to us:

If you fall behind, you will be beaten!

The rest of the debt was also repaid, and it was not until after Japan's defeat in World War II that the reparations ended, and this huge reparations also put a lot of pressure on us.

The remaining debts have not been repaid at all, but these money are also compulsory and demanded by other countries, and our country does not owe them at all.

The reparations of the Xincho Treaty have not been paid off.

According to common sense, because it was the Qing Dynasty that signed the indemnity treaty, it perished, then the treaty should be considered null and void. However, whether it is Beiyang** or the later Nanjing National**, they are continuing to repay this money.

At that time, China was constantly fighting and strife, and the domestic situation was relatively turbulent, and if the Western powers took the opportunity to attack China at this time, the consequences would be unimaginable. Therefore, the continued repayment of this arrears is also for the sake of the harmony of the social order at that time. Later, with the turmoil in the domestic situation in Western countries, some countries gradually began to give up reparations.

The content of the Treaty of Xincho:

There are four main provisions in the Xinchou Treaty, the first three are the suppression and weakening of China's territorial control, and the last one is an indemnity of 100 million taels**. Due to the emptiness of the Qing Dynasty's treasury at that time, it was impossible to take out so much money at once, so they chose to let the Qing ** pay in installments, so that with interest, they actually had to pay a total of 100 million taels**, more than doubled, and the total repayment time was 39 years.

It stands to reason that there were 100 million people in China at that time, so one person gave one tael, and the total was 100 million taels. But counting the interest, it takes more than 2 taels per person. However, in 1912, Puyi, the last emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was forced to abdicate, and thus the rule of the Qing Dynasty came to an end.

The total amount of indemnity paid in the Treaty of Xincho was more than 1 billion taels, but due to the development of the situation, the actual indemnity did not reach this amount after delay, suspension and refund.

According to historical statistics, until January 15, 1939, when the Ministry of Finance of the Nationalist Republic issued a notice announcing the cessation of the payment of Gengzi indemnity, in the 37 years from 1902 to 1938, the total amount of Gengzi indemnity paid was 100 million customs taels, and after deducting the refunds from the United States and Britain and other countries, the actual amount of indemnity paid by China to imperialism totaled more than 576 million taels, accounting for about 58% of the total.

The Xinchou Treaty demanded that the Qing Dynasty compensate the 11 powers with 100 million taels, to be repaid in 39 years, with a total of 100 million taels of principal and interest.

At that time, China's population was about 400 million, and each person had to bear more than 2 taels of indemnity. In order to compensate, ** intensified the oppression of the people, causing strong dissatisfaction. Chinese customs were also in the hands of the British, and the vast majority of customs revenues became indemnities.

Qing ** appointed Briton Hurd and others as the General Department of Taxation of China's Customs.

Since then, China's customs administration has been manipulated by foreigners for nearly a century.

Didn't pay it off, it seems that the contract is 100 million**, the installment installment accumulated interest is 100 million, and the indemnity is only tens of millions, and the Qing Dynasty is gone, and the money lost is used by the Americans to build a Tsinghua University.

After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, to the outbreak of World War I, China gave tariffs to the great powers as reparations. After the outbreak of World War I, Japan entered the war as a party to the agreement, and many countries followed the example of the United States to refund money.

It fell on the head of the people, and later because of the First World War as the victorious country, the Western powers successively abandoned this reparation.

The rest of the reparations fell on the heads of the people, but after the "First World War", the powers of various countries successively gave up the indemnity or returned the indemnity.