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Chapter 5 The international turmoil caused by sibling love (5)
It was easy for Yuan Shikai to rise all the way through the diplomatic war in North Korea, but the troubles in his family affairs are almost unbelievable:

Sincere brother like meeting:

It is well known in the letters that all the students in my family have fallen to Sun Shan this time, so we have to wait for the next year.But my younger brother can say goodbye to stereotyped writing forever.

Recently, my brother took the battalions to practice marching against the enemy's various methods, and he was dizzy and black-eyed when he ran, but he was still able to endure hard work.

The interior of the apartment is fine. Kong Jun’s matchmaker has asked Junman to write a book, and Jing Zhang to make ice.If you can succeed, that's great.Yesterday, the fourth sister was told that she was 26 and seven years old, and she planned to tell her that she was one or two years old. It is not known whether it is possible or not.Hope to send the horoscope for hope.It's not bad for the Shen family to stop talking.In a hurry, this inquiry.

Double luck.

Four brothers.

After reading this family letter written by Yuan Shikai a few years later, we know that Yuan Shikai is facing the following troubles:
First: People from the old Yuan’s family all followed him, Yuan Shikai, and they couldn’t get involved in the imperial examination. Once they touched this imperial examination, the result was "all of them failed Sun Shan, so they had to wait for the next year"...it’s embarrassing.

Second: Yuan Shikai has a fourth younger sister, darling, these fourth younger sisters are already 26 or 26 years old, and they still can't find a man who is willing to marry her as a wife... [-] or [-] years old, she is still a leftover woman now, in the late Qing Dynasty Well, leaving such an old girl at home can make the whole family worry to death.

Third: Yuan Shikai told his family that when he told the old girl, the fourth sister, about the marriage, he might as well resort to deceit and report his age a little lower...

Fourth: The age report is false, and the other party's horoscope is required to match, can it be matched?If the other party also concealed their real age, it would be quite lively if the horoscope matches well...

After Yuan Shikai's tossing and turning, his precious fourth sister finally got married, and she married the millennium-old family in China - the Confucius family in Qufu, Shandong.It can be seen from this that it is not that the fourth sister of the old girl cannot get married, but that she cannot find a husband's family that can match up with the Yuan family...

Yuan Shikai ignored the political situation in North Korea and went home to deal with such troublesome things.

After half a year, the housework was settled, and Yuan Shikai returned to North Korea.

He has gone well in the past six months. Since he left, North Korea has spent the money Li Xiande borrowed from the Germans. This money was spent long before Yuan Shikai came back. The North Korean embassy in the United States and the Japanese embassy, They sent a telegram to beg for salary, but King Li Xi and Concubine Min were helpless, so they had to wait helplessly for Yuan Shikai to solve the problem for them.

This is what Yuan Shikai wanted.

He told the North Koreans: It is easy for me to help you solve the money problem, but you have to be obedient—if you need something authentic, you might as well ask China for a solution.

At this time, Concubine Min and King Li Xi didn't have any energy to toss anymore. They listened to what Yuan Shikai said—the feeling of being chased by people for debts is really uncomfortable.

So the imperial court issued an order: Yuan Shikai's diplomatic methods are spicy, and he was promoted to be the Minister in South Korea...

With Sister Min Concubine, promotion is fast.

It is much easier to fix Concubine Min than to find a husband's house for a 26 or seven-year-old girl.

It should be said that Yuan Shikai liked this job very much. Every time he repaired Concubine Min, he would be promoted by several ranks. Who doesn't like this job?
Yuan Datou was happy, but the Japanese couldn't take it anymore.

During the years when the rocket cadre Yuan Shikai was promoted, the Japanese tried every means to squeeze into the palace again, but Yuan Shikai blocked them here, making the Japanese jump around the small islands like crazy go.

So the picture appeared, and the Japanese considered solving this problem by force.

(18) Ten thousand husbands are at the gate, and one man is not allowed to open
By 1894, Yuan Shikai had lived happily in North Korea for 12 years.

This is also the 12 years that the Japanese are in agony.

If Shikai is not eliminated, there will be endless disasters!

The Japanese gritted their teeth and wanted to completely solve Yuan Shikai's trouble.

At that time, the Dongxue Party made a big disturbance in Jeolla-do, and the Han soldiers sent to suppress them were beaten badly and even their weapons were taken away. Yuan Shikai urgently sent a telegram to the imperial court, requesting to send troops for support. Nie Shicheng led 3000 Qing soldiers and landed in Yashan on a steamboat of the China Merchants Bureau.

The Japanese also took the opportunity to join in the fun and sent 800 soldiers to make a fuss.

When the 800 Japanese troops landed, Yuan Shikai realized that something was wrong. The 800 Japanese soldiers were not many, but the problem was that they were the vanguard and there were five divisions still behind.And it also includes various arms of horse artillery workers. As soon as they entered Seoul, more than 1 Japanese soldiers were in full swing to dig fortifications.

Yuan Shikai was in a hurry and urgently telegraphed the imperial court, requesting for more troops.

The imperial court replied: I have already made an agreement with the Japanese. If China does not increase its troops, it will be a great country. How can it go back on its word?

Yuan Shikai was so anxious that he joined the ministers stationed in North Korea and went to the Japanese barracks together to meet Keisuke Ohtori, the leader of the Five Masters, and force him to retreat with moral responsibility.

However, controlling North Korea by force is a national war strategy formulated by the Japanese, and Keisuke Ohtori is fully implementing it. How can it be resolved by a dispute of words?
However, Japan's momentum is very fierce, and officials from various countries are helpless for a while.

Knowing that a military encounter with the Japanese was inevitable, Yuan Shikai thought about it and finally came up with the most effective solution:
Ye Zhichao's 3000 Qing soldiers were transferred into Seoul to protect the royal palace, so that no matter how many Japanese soldiers came, there would be no mantras to chant.

So Yuan Shikai immediately sent a telegram to the court, and the court replied: Lao Ye has a bad temper, and no one dares to provoke him, or...you have a good talk with him yourself?

Yuan Shikai had no choice but to call Ye Zhichao to discuss how to tide over the difficulties.

Ye Zhichao called back: Don't talk to me, it's annoying.

The tide is gone.

Yuan Shikai looked up to the sky and sighed.

The Japanese fortifications were completed, and on the nine high forts, nine giant cannons looked down on Yuan Shikai's mission.

Yuan Shikai had no choice but to call the court:

The date of the Tianjin agreement has been violated first, and I should do it myself. If the Japanese army continues to fight with the Japanese army, if the quarrel ends, there will be no way back. I beg for a speedy judgment... Yuan Shikai means: I want to go home...

This telegram caused an uproar in the court, the crowd was indignant, and there were heated discussions. Why is this Yuan Shikai so timid?So the imperial court sent a telegram: Be steadfast and don't retreat.

Yuan Shikai had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to hold on, but the staff of the bureau were frightened by the cannons, and fled over the wall one after another at night, leaving Yuan Shikai alone, without food, so he had to call the court again:
Kai waited in the Han Dynasty, surrounded by the sun and the moon, and regarded China as a hatred.There are two or three people working hard, but they all fled today. Kai's disease is such that he can only die once. How can death benefit the country?As for whether to invite grace to rescue, or to go to Yiping to wait for the ship, I beg for speedy instructions.

The imperial court is tired of this Yuan Shikai, who are you scaring, and the Japanese hate China very much. Is there anyone who talks to Japanese friends like this?What's more, once Yuan Shikai returned to China, wouldn't outsiders say that China and Japan were at odds?Surprised by AIA?
No call back allowed.

So Yuan Shikai stopped sending telegrams, but the court received a telegram from Tang Shaoyi, a laid-off employee of the customs:
Now the two departments in Seoul are working, and there are only two members left. Now that they have heard that the north and south are marching, they have fled and cannot be retained.It is already difficult for Yi to translate electricity and work alone.And Yuan Dao had to be taken care of when he was ill, and he was in a hurry, so he begged for prompt compliance.

——It turned out that Yuan Shikai was really ill, and he and Tang Shaoyi were the only two troubled brothers who were left in Seoul.At this point, the imperial court finally felt compassionate and sent a telegram:
Today, by decree, Yuan Shikai is ready to be transferred back.This is it.Xi will handle all the affairs and hand them over to Tang Shaoyi as an agent, and then return to Tianjin.

The imperial court was gracious and allowed Yuan Shikai to go back, but at this time, outside Yuan Shikai's mission, there were densely packed Japanese soldiers, Japanese ronin, samurai and assassins from the Dongxue Party. How could Yuan Shikai get out safely? Where to go?
(19) Veteran cadres use their residual heat

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 himself. He and Tang Shaoyi escaped from the embassy with makeup, 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 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 took their anger out on the unlucky laid-off worker Tang Shaoyi.

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 1 Japanese soldiers came, but none of the Chinese employees were caught, and the Japanese became very angry.

More than 40 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 3000 Qing soldiers held a piece of color that was neither yellow nor white. The foot-binding cloths, crying and screaming, each fled 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 rushed out of the archipelago. They made great strides forward, 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.

In the bleak time 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 for the minister to die before you talk about cutting 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. Following Tang Jingsong, he served the country.

But Tang Jingsong's loyalty and bravery were flatly rejected by the court.

The imperial court said: "Forget about Taiwan's eggs—although Taiwan is heavy, Taiwan 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.

(End of this chapter)