Zhou Xuan ignored the shocked Li Mubai and Yu Jiaolong and continued in a serious tone.

"As people who practice Taoism, we must have the belief in the heart of coming out of the mountains to save people in troubled times and returning to the great events to enlighten the Tao. Now our country is in a turmoil, so we people who practice Taoism and martial arts must do something. Mu Bai, this is the real reason why I came to find you."

When countries see the background of the Qing Dynasty, their courage will become greater and greater. Those powerful people will come to divide China and expand their interests in China.

In 1900 (the 26th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty), the Boxers' anti-imperialist struggle caused panic in imperialism and needed to send troops to suppress it.

The Boxer Rebellion was a civil group organization in the late Qing Dynasty. It was developed from the Yihequan in Shandong and Zhili areas, the secret folk association and martial arts organization. The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the "Bontaine Incident".

In a sense, it is a common outbreak of various contradictions that have emerged in Chinese society since the 1840s.

A slogan of "supporting Qing and destroying the foreign countries" that took place in China at the end of the 19th century, mainly targeting Western invaders, their vassals in China, as well as scientific instruments and related people related to the achievements of Western civilization. It was a completely spontaneous folk movement with strong and simple patriotism.

Faced with the invasion of the Eight-Nation Alliance, the Boxer Rebellion received support from the Qing government and carried out heroic resistance.

The invading army of eight countries, including Russia, Britain, the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Austria, led by British Lieutenant General Seymour, invaded from Tianjin to Beijing.

With the cooperation of the Qing army, the Boxers blocked the enemy along the way. In Langfang and Yangcun, the invading army suffered heavy damage and fled back to Tianjin to rent a loan. In mid-June, a large number of Eight-Nation Alliance troops landed at Dagukou, captured the Dagu Fort, and invaded Tianjin. ("Draft History of Qing")

The Boxers fought bravely with the Qing army guarding Tianjin, and the Qing army general Nie Shicheng was killed. On July 14, Tianjin fell. The invading army established the Dutong Yamen and implemented colonial rule on Tianjin.

In early August, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Beijing from Tianjin. Soon, Beijing fell. Before Beijing fell, Empress Dowager Cixi, Emperor Guangxu and her trusted ministers fled in a hurry. The Eight-Nation Alliance implemented a district occupation in Beijing.

The commander of the coalition forces, Wadesi, set up a headquarters in the Forbidden City to rule Beijing. The Eight-Nation Alliance openly plundered innocent people in Beijing, massacred innocent women, committed all kinds of evil, and committed horrifying crimes.

After the Eight-Nation Alliance of Qing Dynasty (1900), the national situation declined sharply. Intellectuals proposed various ways to save the country, mainly divided into two reform paths: constitutionalists and revolutionaries.

In the 27th year of the Guangxu period (1901), the constitutionalist Kang Youwei promoted the constitutional movement. Liang Qichao issued a constitutional proposal, hoping to make Emperor Guangxu a constitutional monarchy. In order to save the decline of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi planned to follow the reforms of Europe and Japan and implement new policies of the late Qing Dynasty. The new policies mainly carried out a series of reforms such as constitutional monarchy, the establishment of a new army of the Qing army, the abolition of the imperial examination system, and the rectification of the fiscal system.

The revolutionaries were disappointed with the reforms of the Qing Dynasty. They encouraged the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China. In the 20th year of the Guangxu reign (1894), Sun Yat-sen established the Xingzhonghui in Honolulu, Hawaii, the Huangxinghui in Changsha in 1904, and Cai Yuanpei established the Guangxu Restoration Society in Shanghai in the 30th year of the Guangxu reign (1904).

In addition, there are other revolutionary groups.
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