It is said that the Qing court is incompetent and decadent. Why did it still leave more than 654.38+million square kilometers of territory?

The territory of the Qing dynasty is very large, so even if the Qing government ceded a lot of land and became a semi-colony, these land will eventually be returned; Moreover, in the crisis of the Qing Dynasty, a group of patriots used their lives to safeguard national dignity, protect territorial integrity and minimize the lack of territory. These people include Li Hongzhang, Zuo, Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong and so on!

Throughout history, every dynasty had its heyday and decline, and the late Qing Dynasty was indeed incompetent and decadent, but no one can deny its glory in its heyday, especially during the Kangxi period, when many areas were recovered and pacified, which made the Qing Dynasty's plate on the world map expand a lot!

Although Nuerhachi, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, and his son Huang Taiji failed to enter the Central Plains, they gradually unified the Jurchen nationality and Mongolia, laying a solid foundation for the establishment of the Qing Dynasty. Kangxi, the holy father of Qing Dynasty, pacified Hunan, recovered Guangxi, Sichuan, Heilongjiang and Taiwan Province provinces, and personally invaded galdan for three times to pacify the rebellion!

The recovery of these lands indicates the gradual expansion of the territory of the Qing dynasty and the gradual reunification of the nation, which has brought protection to the prosperity of the Qing dynasty, the stability of people's lives and the rapid economic development! Later, Yongzheng proposed that Kangxi had made great contributions to the Qing Dynasty during his reign, and his greatest achievement was to expand the territory. Therefore, the name of the temple should be "Zong" Kangxi and "Zu", and it is called Qing Shengzu!

In the late Qing Dynasty, when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing, the Qing government made a cowardly move to cede land for compensation and peace. But these places were originally understandable by the Qing government, and even if they became semi-colonies, they did not belong to western powers!

In addition, a group of patriots such as Zuo also supported the Qing dynasty with their meager strength. Although they failed to save the situation, their efforts were not in vain, at least they didn't make the land of the Great Qing Dynasty lose a lot, and finally left more than 654.38+million square kilometers of territory!