Chapter 20 Chapter 20

Exactly how Yuan Shikai escaped from the iron barrel-like Seoul, this incident made the Japanese very troubled. Later, the Japanese discovered that long before the Japanese soldiers of the Five Great Masters went to North Korea to repair Yuan Shikai, there was a gorgeous sedan chair in Seoul, which came and went every day. When the Japanese army arrived in Seoul, this sedan chair was still going in and out of the city gate. After watching the Japanese soldiers for a long time, they got used to it. It turned out that this sedan chair was the cunning Yuan Shikai's pre-delayed escape route for him. He and Tang Shaoyi escaped from the embassy in disguise, and then got into the sedan chair that the Japanese soldiers were too familiar with. Tang Shaoyi carried two Butcher guns escorted him all the way, and the British Minister Zhu Erdian had already prepared a British ship for Yuan Shikai. When Yuan Shikai returned to Tianjin, the Japanese soldiers were still chasing and killing him in Seoul like a blind man.

After figuring out what was going on, the Japanese were astonished at Yuan Shikai's scheming, and at the same time cast their anger on Tang Shaoyi, a hapless laid-off worker. Japanese soldiers rushed into the Chinese embassy to capture Tang Shaoyi alive. Tang Shaoyi spread his two scud legs and ran wildly on the streets of Seoul. Ten thousand Japanese soldiers failed to catch him. Tang Shaoyi fled to the British embassy. Soon Zhu Erdian also sent Tang Shaoyi to the Back to China. More than 10,000 Japanese soldiers came, but not a single Chinese employee was caught, and the Japanese became very angry.

More than forty Japanese ronin rushed into the palace. They killed the guards of the palace and beat King Li Xi. Concubine Min was so frightened that she hid in the secret room, but the Japanese ronin still searched her out. Ronin brutally killed Concubine Min, and her body was desecrated after her death. Then the Japanese ronin destroyed the body and wiped out the traces, and burned Concubine Min's body in the pine forest behind the palace. As Yuan Shikai said, China and the DPRK are closely related to each other.The Qing Empire was in trouble, and North Korea couldn't do well either.

Ye Zhichao, the leader of the Qing army in Yashan, has a bad temper, but his footwork is amazing. When the Japanese soldiers attacked aggressively, he escaped faster than a rabbit. Each of the 3,000 Qing soldiers held a piece of color that was neither yellow nor yellow. The white foot wrap, crying and screaming, even the sky and the earth ran for their lives.The Japanese army was amazed. They caught the Qing soldiers and asked them why they raised the foot wrap so high. Don't they think it smells bad? The Qing soldiers replied: This is the white flag for us to announce our surrender...

In the Sino-Japanese War of Jiawu, all the navy of the Qing Empire was destroyed, and the empire completely lost control of the sea. The Japanese army finally broke out of the archipelago. They marched forward in great strides. They divided into three groups, from Pyongyang to Gaiping, and from Lushun to Niuzhuang Yingkou. At this time, all of Liaodong fell into the hands of the Japanese. The following year, the Japanese army captured Weihaiwei. Emperor Guangxu ordered Ding Ruchang to attack quickly to "break the way for the thief to return".However, it is not the thieves who have no way back, but the Qing Empire itself.

Ding Ruchang was unable to support himself, so he committed suicide by taking medicine. At the bleak moment when the Qing Empire came to an end, China's first president jumped out unexpectedly. in Taiwan! Tang Jingsong! This unheard-of president is absolutely true. It was only because Ye Zhichao played his temper and refused to drive troops into Seoul, which led to the loss of North Korea, which led to the complete collapse of the Qing Empire. Maguan negotiated peace and was forced to cede Taiwan and the Penghu Islands. The people of Taiwan refused to recognize this humiliating treaty, and called on the imperial court not to abandon them. Governor Tang Jingsong of Taiwan wrote a letter saying that "Taiwan belongs to the Japanese, and the people will not accept it." If you are not victorious in battle, wait until the minister dies before you talk about cutting off the land."

Tang Jingsong's passionate words are definitely not big words.In the early years, he was a small civil servant in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but because the French invaded Vietnam, he stepped forward and volunteered to go to Vietnam to recruit Liu Yongfu, a righteous soldier of the Black Banner Army. Liu Yongfu was overwhelmed by his courage and wisdom, and he followed After Tang Jingsong, he served the country. But Tang Jingsong's loyalty and bravery were flatly rejected by the court. The imperial court said: Taiwan is an egg—although Taiwan is heavy, it is lighter than the capital. If the enemy takes advantage of the victory to attack Dagu directly, the capital will be in danger.

The Taiwanese gentry was furious, so they elected the governor Tang Jingsong as the president, the gentry Qiu Fengjia as the vice president, and the leader of the Black Banner Army Liu Yongfu as the general. Twelve days later, Taiwan fell. President Tang Jingsong left by boat and fled back sadly. This counts as going wild. But even though the Qing Empire was big, there was no room for such a great president who had stepped down. In desperation, Tang Jingsong lived in seclusion in Guilin and devoted himself to the development of cultural undertakings. He established the "Guilin Spring Club" and created Gui Opera.