In the long run, what is the reason why the Qing Dynasty finally came to an end?

No matter from which angle we look at the demise of the Qing dynasty, the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government are the most important fundamental reasons for the demise of the Qing dynasty.

We all know that the Qing dynasty was very powerful when Kangxi Qianlong was in power, but it was riddled with holes in the later period, especially the corruption of the Qing government. When it comes to corruption, Empress Dowager Cixi cannot be mentioned. We have heard many stories about Empress Dowager Cixi. The most obvious thing is that when the Sino-Japanese War broke out, she was still celebrating her birthday at leisure and occupying the army in luxury.

Just last week, my son was in the fourth grade of primary school. There is a film "Sino-Japanese War" in their school. At home, he told me about it and said affectionately:

"Mom, I finally understand why Premier Zhou said something like' studying for the rise of China' and why the Qing Dynasty was so corrupt, especially the Empress Dowager Cixi!"

After that, I saw tears in his eyes. My son told me that many classmates and teachers were crying at that time. My son said he wanted to relive it, so I watched the film from beginning to end through the TV projection screen.

After reading it, I really felt a lot. Although the film is an artistic process, the framework of the film is real and the characters in the film are alive. They really existed, especially when they saw Deng Shichang, the protagonist, drowning in the sea after the shipwreck, and their tears could not stop flowing downwards. I said to my son emotionally:

"Son, our happy life today was exchanged by our ancestors with life and blood, so we must cherish it!"

The corruption of the Qing government at that time was really outrageous. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was openly corrupt under the eyes of Emperor Guangxu. It costs the emperor 10 silver to eat an egg, but in fact, ordinary people can buy 800 eggs for one silver.

Although Li Hongzhang saw all this, he didn't dare to deal with it, because he wanted to raise more military expenses for the navy he founded through the eunuchs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which showed how chaotic the Qing government was at that time.

At that time, the power of the Qing government was decided by Empress Dowager Cixi. In order to hold a grand birthday party for herself, she exploited the common people and misappropriated military expenses, which led to the backwardness of naval equipment and ended in a fiasco. Deng Shichang didn't want to live any longer, so he chose to sink into the sea.

Because the people were oppressed to despair and hated the Qing government, when the enemy came in, they not only did not resist, but helped the enemy. What a helpless way, until later, when they saw their homes occupied by the enemy, they stood up and resisted. ...

Therefore, the Qing Dynasty finally went to extinction, and the corruption and incompetence of the Qing government was the most important reason.