Chapter 45 Chapter 33: The Twentieth Century

For China, the 20th century was a turbulent century. Since the establishment of the Yellow Emperor’s dynasty in the 27th century BC, the sum of the things that happened in the past 4,000 years is not as great as in the past 100 years. So many, so big, and so serious things happened. ——The Qing Dynasty was overthrown, and the autocratic politics that lasted for about 5,000 years was also ended, and the first democratic republic in Asia was established. ——The Chinese themselves invented the Three Principles of the People and established the first country in Asia to hold high the banner of doctrine.

——Accept Marxist communism and establish the first communist country in Asia. Allied Forces of Eight Nations In the first year (1900) of this century (20th), the Boxers killed foreigners working on the railway in Zhuozhou (Zhuozhou, Hebei) and Baoding (Baoding, Hebei). Zhao Shuqiao, another tycoon of the Conservative Party and ministerial-level Beijing Mayor (Shang Shu Zhi Shun Tian Fu), went to investigate.The results of the investigation had been written before the investigation. When he returned, he reported that the Boxers were all loyal people, and they were indeed not afraid of any guns.So Nala Lan'er ordered the boxers to march into Beijing to meet their leader (big brother) Cao Futian in person.Cao Futian assured the old woman that his magic could kill all foreigners in the world.Governor Yulu of Zhili (Hebei Province) also welcomed the female leader Madonna Huanglian to his official office, knelt down and kowtowed, asking to save the common people in the world.Our Lady of the Yellow Lotus claimed that she had ordered the heavenly soldiers and generals to rain down fire and burn all the foreigners to death.Crown Prince Pu Quanjun was in the Summer Palace, dressed in Boxer attire, claiming to be the deputy leader (Second Senior Brother), and vowed to wipe out those foreign devils who hindered his immediate ascension to the throne.

As a result, the riots were in full swing and out of control.Beijing, Chihli (Hebei Province), and Shanxi Province, where Yuxian was later appointed governor (governor), were all caught up in the Boxer storm.Foreigners rarely escaped with their lives, and neither did women and babies.Not only foreigners, but also all Chinese who believe in Christianity and those who are related to Western affairs, such as those who wear Western glasses and western clothes, will suffer the same bad luck.Things related to the West, such as western-style buildings, railways, and electric wires, were also burned.

All countries were shocked by this bloody turmoil, and some envoys stationed in Beijing asked the Chinese government to quickly send troops for protection.They still don't know that destroying the embassy is the main plan of the Chinese government. They think that the embassy is the lair of the barbarians. As long as the embassy can be destroyed, the barbarians will be completely wiped out.Just on May 15th of this year (1900), Akira Sugiyama, secretary of the Japanese embassy, ​​went to the railway station to inquire about reinforcements. On the way, he was stabbed to death by the army (Wuwei Army) under the direct control of Prime Minister Ronglu.On May 24, German Minister Klader went to the Prime Minister's Office of International Affairs to negotiate in person, but was shot and killed by the army (Tiger God Camp) led by the crown prince's father Zaiyi on the way.Beijing's external telegrams, railways and all other communications were cut off. Nala Lan'er believed that the time had come and ordered the regular army and the Boxers to jointly attack the embassies of various countries concentrated in Dongjiaomin Lane and massacre foreigners.The next day, on May 25th, Nala Laner issued an edict to declare war on all countries in the world that have diplomatic relations with China.

The original motivation of the Boxers was pure, their spontaneous national feelings, and their instinctive resistance to foreigners and the Chinese who were slaves of foreigners.They are not well educated and have no knowledge. This can be seen from the fact that the gods they worship are all characters from "Fengshen Bang".Unfortunately, it fell into the hands of ignorant careerists, big and small, and turned into a pitiful, hateful, indiscriminate, and xenophobic fanatical mob.The evil of the Boxers is not in the Boxers, but in the Conservative Party who used the Boxers. The Conservative Party is all intellectuals. They should understand that invulnerability is impossible. At least they can verify it. After teaching a Boxer to chant a mantra, shoot him in the ear with a bullet try.At the imperial meeting convened by Empress Dowager Nala Laner, who was about to declare war on the whole world, someone also made such a suggestion, but Zaiyi, the father of the crown prince, shouted loudly: "Okay, this is the first good way to lose the hearts of the people. "This group of stubborn dignitaries mixed with Manchus and Hans, like a litter of blind pigs, crashed down the cliff in anger, and anyone who stopped them from falling was regarded as a traitor.

The date of declaration of war is May 25th, the first year (1900) of the beginning of this century (20th). All countries in the world couldn't believe their ears at first, and they were all taken aback when it was confirmed that such a strange thing really happened.Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany declared that he would deal with China as he had dealt with barbarians.Thus, Britain, the United States, Italy, Germany, France, Japan, Austria-Hungary, and Russia, a total of eight countries, formed the famous Eight-Power Allied Forces and landed in Dagu Port, Tianjin.On June 18, captured Tianjin and advanced to Beijing to rescue the besieged embassy.In fact, the embassies of various countries are not in danger of falling. Although they have only 400 people guarding them, the Qing government's regular army and the boxers' tens of thousands of people can't break through.However, although the Boxer system had no power externally, it was very violent internally.Last year (1898), the Reform Party, which survived the Reform Movement of 1898, and officials who pointed out at the imperial meeting that the Boxers were unreliable, advocated calm, and opposed atrocities were all executed.They use xenophobic actions as a means of blackmail and personal revenge, and they can kill someone who is casually accused of being Catholic.A vigorous national self-consciousness movement has completely changed its nature, and Beijing and Beijing have become a world of terror.

On July 20, the Eight-Power Allied Forces captured Beijing, only fifty-five days after the old woman Nala Laner declared war on the world.Tens of thousands of boxers, barebacked and chanting incantations, went into battle frantically, and the regular army staggered, holding opium pipes in their hands, and they collapsed at the same time.The escaped Boxers were captured and killed by harassed and plundered peasants.After the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing, they took retaliatory actions, and the Chinese were ravaged by foreigners after being "ravaged" by the Boxers. Nala Lan'er ran away with Zai Tian like a bereaved dog. Before she left, she hit Zai Tian again and threw one of his favorite concubines into the well to drown.The old woman fled to Xi'an (Xi'an, Shaanxi), and urgently sent Li Hongzhang, the signer of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, and Prince Yikuang to Beijing to beg for peace with the eight countries.

However, something bigger is happening in the Northeast. When the Eight-Power Allied Forces were advancing from Tianjin to Beijing, Russia suddenly dispatched a large army to launch a large-scale invasion of the three northeastern provinces of China. The governor (general) Shoushan of Heilongjiang was defeated and committed suicide.The Russian army marched straight in, occupying Harbin, Fengtian (Shenyang, Liaoning), and reaching Shanhaiguan, the starting point of the Great Wall. In only 70 days, Russia seized Chinese territory covering an area of ​​more than 110 square kilometers. This is the change that took place in China in the first year (1900) of this century (20th) and the tragic scene it presented.After Li Hongzhang arrived in Beijing, he pleaded guilty to the eight countries and asked to stop the military operations. The response from the countries was lukewarm, and they once again secretly took this opportunity to carve up Zhongkuang.There are at least 30 million innocent Chinese people whose families were ruined, crying bitterly, and taking punishment for the stupid Qing government.But Nala Lan'er was still stubborn in Xi'an.Watching the theater happily every day.

——Backing back to the story of the Junggar Khanate in the 18th century, when its last khan, Amursana, was born, he was covered in blood, and the people firmly believed that he came for revenge.It is said that when the Houjin Khanate, the predecessor of the Qing Dynasty, first rose in the 17th century, the first emperor Nurhachi conquered the Nala tribe, which also belonged to the privet tribe, and the massacre was extremely cruel. There is only one woman left, and I want to take revenge." Nala Lan'er is the descendant of the old chief, and she is unknowingly avenging the bloody revenge of her race three hundred years ago, and the descendants of Nurhachi will be killed. Bury with her vengeful hand.

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