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1、TheDragonandthePearlBarbaraCartlandAuthor'sNoteAlltheeventsandthemajorityofthecharactersinthisnovelarefactual.TheAlliedtroopsenteredPekingonthenightofApril13,andtheBritishLegationafterafifty-five-daysiegewasrelievedthefollowingday.Thoseimprisonedinth
2、eLegationwereabletosurviveduetotheforesightofHerbertSquiers,theFirstSecretaryattheAmericanLegationwhoboughtlargequantitiesoffoodbeforethesiegebegan.AtdaybreaktheDowagerEmpress,dressedasapeasant,lefttheForbiddenCityinacartwiththeEmperor,andtheferretyP
3、rinceTuaninanother.Onlyahandfulofeunuchswentwiththem.PekingwaslootedbythetroopsandChinesesoldiers.Whattheycouldnotcarryawaytheyburnt.ThePowersbehavedwithgreatmagnanimityandagreeddiplomaticallywithLiHung-ChangthatwhathadhappenedwasaBoxerRebellionagain
4、sttheauthorityofthethrone.OnthisbasistheDowagerEmpress'spartintheeventscouldbeoverlooked.Somewhatgrudginglysheagreed,andhandedPrinceTuan,togetherwithotherBoxerleaders,overforpunishment.Hewasexiled.Reparationhadalsotobemadeinthesumof67millionpoundsfor
5、257deadmissionaries,66personskilledintheLegations,and30,000Chineseconverts.AfterLiHung-ChanghadsealedthelastofhisagreementswiththeforeignPowersoverthirtyyears,hecollapsedanddied.TheDowagerEmpressorderedthataShrineshouldbebuiltinPekinginhishonour.OnNo
6、vember14,1908,theweak,ineffectualEmperorpassedintotheHallofhisAncestors,andthenextday,astheastrologershadprophesied,theDowagerEmpressfollowedhim.ChapterOne1900"Icannotthinkwhyyouaresoapprehensive,MajorWare,"SirClaudeMacdonaldsaid."ThePrimeMinisterhas
7、heardrumoursthatthereisagreatdealofunrestintheProvinces.""ThereisalwaysunrestinChinaandIcanassureyouthatasBritishMinisterIamperfectlyabletocopewithanysituationwhichmayarisefromit."SirClaudeMacdonaldspokealmostsharply,asifhefanciedhisauthoritywasbeing
8、questioned.StantonWare,lookingathim,thoughtthatthePrimeMinisterwascorrecttohaveinsinuatedthathewasnottherightmanintherightplace.TheMarquessofSalisburyhadbeentootactfultosayverymuch,buthisadvisorsintheForeignOfficehadbeenbluntandthePressmoreso.TheCorr
