Why did the income of the Qing court reach its historical peak when it was clearly the most compensation?

This is actually because there were other extra incomes in the late Qing Dynasty at that time. Because in the late Qing Dynasty, people lived a miserable life and had to pay a lot of customs duties and other taxes to the court. Then, due to the large amount of taxes collected, the Qing government always relied on the taxes collected at that time to maintain its daily work.

Later, although the Qing government said that it had signed a series of indemnity treaties, at that time, other economic-related businesses were also carried out in the late Qing Dynasty, so it was said that the Qing government built railways in the later period. Then the construction of the railway promoted the economic development at that time to a certain extent, and also absorbed more funds for the Qing government to a certain extent.

Because after the completion of railway construction, the productivity has actually been greatly improved, so in this state, the government's income has increased. In fact, as far as the financial situation of the late Qing government is concerned, if there is no such huge unexpected expenditure as land compensation, then the economic situation in the late Qing dynasty is considerable.

But what makes people feel sad is that although the Qing government seems to be rich and has a sum of money after the construction of the railway, in fact, all the rich people are upper-class people, and the people live a very miserable life. Take the personal funerary objects of Cixi after her death as an example. In fact, her funerary objects are numerous and valuable.