Qing Dynasty Secret History

Chapter 95

However, it is said that Feng Zicai led his two sons, broke through the wall, and fell into the enemy. Fight fiercely.Both armies used short weapons, and the French were not as proficient in martial arts as the Chinese. They fought more than ten rounds to see if they could support them.

Unexpectedly, the banners were flying, the golden drums were loud, and a group of men and horses swept over from the slanting thorns. The leader, wearing a big red tasseled hat and a short coat, wielding a pair of knives, killed the future like the wind. Dinger Linger, none of them.Who do you know?It turned out to be Admiral Wang Debang.Since Debang was dropped by Pan Dingxin, he rode a donkey on the lake, smiling proudly in the haze, and he never quietly foresaw the world.Helplessly, his subordinates, Jun Bian, refused to accept Su Yuanchun's jurisdiction and resigned one after another, so they came to ask him to lead him.Debang had no choice but to lead the way.Just as the two armies were fighting fiercely, Debang said: "Boys, let's do our best."

With the rate of thousands of troops and horses, they galloped down like the wind sweeping the fallen leaves, and the French army was all invincible.This fierce battle, with gloomy clouds and desolate fog and desolate mist, really killed the sky and the earth.The legal person is also very brave, two hard and one pair, fighting fiercely for two days and two nights.Feng Zicai and Wang Debang, one thousand heroes, fought bloody battles, rushed into the prominence in the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, their bodies were covered in blood, and they all looked like celebrities.The French soldiers were defeated and collapsed.Zicai ordered to pursue him.After chasing Wenyuan, General Wenyuanfa saw Feng's army coming in a turbulent manner, so he didn't dare to resist, so he abandoned the city and fled.Zicai restored Wenyuan, sent Bian to the customs to report victory, and ordered to attack Langshan.Divide the army into three groups, Wang Xiaoqi led the left, Wang Debang led the right, Zicai supervised the middle, and three groups of soldiers and horses; Yunhe Dianfa arrived in half a day.The first sound is overwhelming, the momentum is like a broken bamboo, although the French soldiers resisted for a while, but the momentum here is not strong, the dark sound of the collapsing mountains, the overwhelming change of color, not to mention the battle, it is frightened and emboldened.

When the flag was opened and the horse arrived, Wang Xiaoqi broke through Langjia and marched into Guimen Pass. All the borders where he was stationed in the past were restored, and the outside of the pass was cleared.Such a big victory has been an unprecedented feat ever since China and foreign countries started the war.The French army suffered huge losses, and the whole country was shocked, leading to the collapse of its cabinet.Do you think Feng Zicai is very powerful?With his old man, even my Qing History Romance will flourish with great glory.At this time, the Five Great Regiments of Loyalty and Justice founded by the Yuemin formed camps with more than [-] people. When they heard the news, they all raised Feng Jun's banner, and Feng Zicai's banner was erected all over the border.

At present, Feng Zicai's camp is camped in Lang Son, shooting stars to visit horses, there are always several singles reporting to the camp every day.One day, I received a good report from Zhejiang, knowing that the French admiral Guba was driving a warship to spy on Zhenhai, and forced us to bombard our Chengqing and Yuyuan ships, which broke into Sanmen Bay and were bombed and sunk by our army.When Ouyang Li saw that he was guarding the fort on the north bank, he opened the cannon and bombarded Guba on the boat, and Guba was killed.Now in the ocean of Zhejiang, there is no shadow of Fa Chuanfan.

Then it was reported that 6000 French soldiers attacked Lintao Mansion, [-] troops, divided into two teams, one team went to Keling Anping, and the other team went to Burma and Luo.Cen Yuying, governor of Yunnan, divided his troops into three groups to meet the enemy. He ordered Cen Yubin and Li Yingzhen to guard the north road, while Wang Wenshan guarded the south road.The legal person suffered a small loss, joined forces and rushed to Lintao City.The Dian army fought hard to resist the battle. The northern and southern armies returned to the army to attack, and five generals were beheaded in the array.Zicai raised his beard and laughed loudly, and ordered to reward him with ten taels of silver, and the military scouts went to thank him.Zicai sent orders to buy wine to celebrate, and all the generals in the camp came to hear the invitation.Just waiting to be seated, I urgently reported that the French ship was spying on Taiwan and that Penghu had fallen.When Zicai heard the news, he pushed forward the case, and everyone was startled.Zicai said angrily, "Guardian of Penghu, it's so useless, why don't you kill him quickly."

Everyone laughed and said, "It's eight or nine thousand miles away, where can I cut it off.

"At the moment, I went to the table to drink happily, guessing and playing the game, and drank all night.

A few days later, there was a rumor in the army that the man had already asked Uncle Li for peace in Tianjin.It was the Englishman Hurd who spoke for him.The legal persons declared that they would withdraw their troops from each other and would not ask for military expenses. Uncle Li had already agreed to beg for God's grace on his behalf.Feng Zicai laughed it off after hearing such nonsense, who would take it to heart?Unexpectedly, one day, the governor's yamen sent a corner of an urgent official document to the camp, and when he opened it, the old general's white mustache was so angry that his roots stood on end, and none of the soldiers did not feel angry.It turned out that the rumors were not rumors. The imperial court had listened to Uncle Li's play, and the legal person was allowed to negotiate a peace and sign a contract, and ordered all the troops to withdraw from the border.All the generals shouted in unison: "We don't want to retreat, we are willing to fight to the death with legal persons.

Feng Zicai said: "Uncle Li, I really don't know anything. The payment road outside the customs has been greatly improved, and the French army has been defeated. Taking advantage of the victory, how can it be difficult to sweep away the legal person in Vietnam?"
Saigon is tight, and the French army in Penghu will retreat by itself. "

All the generals said: "I will not accept the order of the king outside, and I beg the army to be the master."

Zicai felt extremely sad when he saw this passionate morale, and said, "Since everyone is like this, when I return to the army, I beg him to send a letter to report."

Everyone listened, and then they didn't speak.Unexpectedly, less than ten days after returning to the text, another telegram came. The words were: the Gui army will restore Langshan, and the French soldiers will occupy Penghu.If Feng Zicai and others don't take advantage of the victory to return to the army, not only will the overall situation be ruined, but they will also fear that the lonely army will go deep, and the battle will be uncertain.No matter how much progress there is, the Yue land will not be owned by me, and the whole Taiwan will belong to my territory, and the aid will be cut off.At that time, there was a dilemma between peace and war, so what should we do?Now that the victory has been won, why not try to end it?The supervisor dispatches telegrams to each battalion. If there is a telegram that does not reach the place, it will be dispatched urgently, and the troops will cease fighting and withdraw as scheduled. No mistakes will be made to cause other changes.This is it.

When Feng Zicai received this order, he burst into tears, and all the generals also cried, so he ordered to pull out the camp and retreat to the pass.When Yuemin heard that Feng Jun was going, he covered his way and cried to stay.Zicai cried: "I can't bear to abandon you and others. The government's decree is strict and urgent. I can't help myself. What can I do?"

The Yue people cried, "Go, sir, who will protect my companion?"

When all the soldiers heard this, they all felt pain.Immediately, the sound of crying shook the field, and the triumphant songs were no longer heard.Feng Jun retreated into Zhennanguan, the imperial envoy Peng Yulin, and the governor Zhang Zhidong had already specially appointed a Taoist priest to welcome him there.When Zicai saw the committee member, he wept bitterly.The committee member said: "The old military sect, didn't you weep for Bai who won two battles and never won land?"

Zicai said: "The work of the First World War is so insignificant. The pain of the loss of Yue Fan, Yunnan and Guangxi provinces, has been troublesome since then."

The member was also very angry when he heard this.

You said that since Feng Jun won, Uncle Li was so eager to make peace. It turns out that there are many problems in the country at this time, and there are many negotiations.One wave is not flat, and another wave rises again.Those who talk can't do it both ways, so they have to bloom two flowers, one for each.Uncle Li didn't have three heads and six arms, so he had no choice but to settle down and do another thing.When the Fayue incident was turned upside down, another great storm broke out in North Korea.Killed a lot of people, shed a lot of blood, made Japanese soldiers enter the palace, Han Wang was in trouble, and Zhang Ben was at odds with Jiawu.From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the state of North Korea was actually served by the Chinese vassal, and it was in charge every year, and it came to the court every year.It was also briefly mentioned in the last book.North Korea and Japan are surrounded by the East China Sea, and the land is very close to each other.During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Toyotomi Hideyoshi of Japan aggressively invaded North Korea, overthrowing it, and North Korea almost perished.

The Ming Dynasty exhausted all its troops and could not rescue them.Thanks to Hideyoshi's death, Ba Dao gradually recovered.Outside the Longxing Pass, Emperor Taizu of the Qing Dynasty, the Central Plains had not yet been determined, and he first conquered Korea.North Korea was no match for the Qing soldiers, and became a country of brothers with Taizu.When the Qing Dynasty took over Zhongxia, covering the whole world, North Korea was reduced to a vassal service again.Although Japan and China are neighbors, they have never entered into a commercial treaty.

At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the two kings of Tang and Lu of the Ming Dynasty, relying on the sea corner, tried to recover, and repeatedly asked Japan for help, but Japan never paid attention to him.Since the Kangxi and Qianlong dynasties, Chinese merchant ships have been moving eastward day by day, so Japan created three executives in Nagasaki to take charge of Chinese merchant affairs.After Daojian, China entered into business agreements with Western and Eastern states, but Japan was not close at this time.

In the first year of Tongzhi, Japan carried out Changsha and sent people to attach Dutch ships to Shanghai.The Consul of the Netherlands said that Wu Xu, who was on the way to Shanghai, please follow the laws of the small countries in the West to trade in Shanghai, and set up a consular officer to pay taxes according to the department, so I dare not ask for a contract.Wu Xu forwarded a report to Xue Huan, the Minister of Commerce and Governor of Jiangsu Province, and Xue Huan agreed, so the Japanese began to do business in Shanghai.

In the third year of Tongzhi, the Japanese businessman Jieying Consul Pachari begged to report to the customs and pay the tax.In seven years, the British Consul invited prospective Japanese businessmen to travel to Fengdi, and gave passport inspection.This is all about the time of the Japanese general Tokugawa.

In the Meiji era, Liu Yuanmaemitsu, Minister of Foreign Affairs, was dispatched to Tianjin to meet Li Hongzhang, the governor of Zhili, and demanded to conclude a treaty in accordance with the example of other countries in Thailand, but the General Administration refused to agree.Qian Guang asked again and again, but Hong Zhang was unable to entangle him, so he agreed.So Japan sent the Minister of Great Tibet, Date Zongcheng, as the chief envoy, and Yanaghara Maemitsu as the deputy envoy. In Tianjin, they negotiated with Li Hongzhang 33 articles of the treaty of commerce.This is the words of the 13th year of Tongzhi.Next year, Qian Guangfu came to ask to change the contract, but Hongzhang refused.The Japanese emperor also sent Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs Shima Tanaka as the Minister of Plenipotentiary, urging to change the agreement.I had no choice but to agree.

In April 12, the charter was revised and exchanged in Tianjin.At this time, there was another unexpected negotiation. First, the Ryukyu ship encountered a hurricane and drifted to Taiwan.All the people in the boat were killed by the students, 54 of them were Ryukyu people, and [-] were Japanese.After the minister changed the charter and entered the capital to submit the letter of credence, he asked Qianguang to go to the Chancellor's Office to tell about Shengfan.

The ministers of the General Administration Mao Chang and Dong Min were both ignorant of international affairs and sovereignty, and replied: "The Fanmin are all alienated, just like the barbarians of your country, who refuse to accept the king's transformation, and it is also what all nations have, and our country does not take the blame for it." .”

Qian Guang said: "Shengfan kills people, your country gives up and does not rule, and our country will ask Shengfan for the crime. Because of the good alliance, so someone came to sue."

Chang and Xun Qi replied: "Since Shengfan belongs to foreign countries, whether to cut or not to cut depends on your country."

Qianguang left as promised.

In March of the 13th year of Tongzhi, Japan took Lieutenant General Xixiang Congdao as the governor, and launched an army to conquer Taiwan.First ordered the Xiamen Consul to send a note to Xiamen Road, claiming that last year the deputy island ambassador invited you to your country. "

Xiamen Road was forwarded to Li Henian, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, but Henian replied and refused, and the Japanese ignored it.The Japanese army landed at Liao'ao, Boshe, and Shufan greeted them. Shufan was Shengfan's feud. He led the Japanese army into the village of Fenshengfan, and went deep into Mudanshe.The Japanese army was not familiar with the route and suffered a lot.So he retreated to Guishan, established the Dudu Mansion, opened up barren land, and practiced farming for a long-term stay.The governor of Fujian Feizhang heard that the imperial court was shocked, and issued an order for martial law in the sea and the border, and imposed the noon.Shen Baozhen, the minister of shipping, was appointed as the imperial envoy to supervise and lead the Fuzhou navy to Taiwan for defense.Pan Wei, the governor of Fujian, and Xia Xianlun, the Dao of Taiwan, were sent to see Xixiang Congdao to discuss the matter of withdrawing troops.When Pan Fantai arrived at Lang (Wang Qiao) Bay, he saw Japanese soldiers standing along the road with bare knives.Strictly questioning and debating for a long time, the discussion was inconclusive.Pan Fantai stood up in a huff, and said from the way of the road: "Our country's violent army conquered Haiyu for your country, and opened up barren land outside, but there is no reward?

"Pan Wei said: "If you quit the army immediately, you are willing to pay back the military expenses. "

So three draft treaties were signed.At this time, the Japanese envoy in Beijing, Liu Yuan Maemitsu, had more than ten meetings with the prime minister's office, but they were not in harmony, and they were about to break up.Fujian Fu Wang Kaitai led 300 troops to Taiwan. It happened that the Japanese soldiers in Guishan suffered from miasma and died of illness one after another. They were planning to withdraw their troops.Hearing that the army crossed Taiwan, they asked for peace even more.Okubo Toshimichi, the special secretary of the interior, was appointed as the plenipotentiary minister to discuss the peace treaty and debate the boundary of the Han Dynasty, which was pending for two months.The British envoy Wade Wade acted as a mediator and persuaded China to repay him 50 million yuan in military expenses.Shen Baozhen tried his best to play electronically, and the court council did not want to start a war hastily, so he agreed to pay [-] yuan in compensation.In September, the seal was exchanged, and the Japanese army returned to the country with a triumphant ceremony. Since then, China has been underestimated.

In the first year of Guangxu, Japanese warships broke into Ganghwa Island in North Korea, bombarded forts, burned Yongzong City, killed the Korean army, plundered ordnance prisoners of war, and sent warships to Pusan ​​Yaomeng again.Do you know why Japan is so unreasonable?It turned out that when the vice-dao minister came to China to negotiate an agreement, he asked the general administration whether North Korea is a state of your country. If it is a state, please preside over the business of North Korea.The General Administration replied that although North Korea is my vassal, its domestic and foreign affairs are left to its own discretion, and I don't know about it.This sentence, in the Minister of the General Administration, is just to save trouble, but the Japanese actually used it as evidence to send their own warships to persecute.On the one hand, a special development envoy, Kiyotaka Kuroda, was sent to discuss the agreement with Minister Plenipotentiary, and Kaoru Inoue, as his deputy, went to North Korea to discuss the agreement.North Korea is no match for Japan, so naturally it always obeys Taiwan's orders.The first clause of the covenant was that Japan recognized North Korea as an independent country and sent envoys to each other.The remaining few items are to open the two ports of Incheon and Wonsan for trade, and the Japanese ships have to survey the Korean coast at any time, etc., to write off the Qing Dynasty.The government ministers were indifferent, and instead laughed at Japan's lack of ambition. They were willing to enter into a business agreement with our vassals and surrender their status. Who knows that they are far-sighted and have ulterior motives?
In the spring of this year, the government sent a minister, He Ruzhang, as an envoy to Japan, and established consuls in Yokohama, Kobe, and Nagasaki.In the third year of Guangxu, North Korea broke with France because of Catholicism. After mediation by the Japanese consul in Busan, there was no break.

The treaty between France and South Korea, in which China is referred to as the country above, declares that all the articles stipulated must wait for the command of the country before they can be relied upon.When Japan saw this agreement, they protested loudly, asking how North Korea, its diplomatic regime, can only respect China?If North Korea is a vassal state of China, it will be difficult for Japan to recognize it if it greatly damages Japan's statehood.The king of Joseon learned about Beijing, and the Prime Minister’s Yamen defended Japan, repeating thousands of words, and there were a few inconceivable witty words in it. North Korea has been under China for a long time, and it belongs to China, and everyone in the world knows it. , How can Japan refuse alone?When the Japanese saw this kind of witty commentary, they laughed it off and ignored it.

In the fifth year of Guangxu, taking advantage of the fierce conflict between China and Russia over the Yili incident, they sent troops into Ryukyu, wiped it out in one fell swoop, and razed it to Okinawa County.The government questioned Japan, but Japan simply ignored it.At this time, the Thai and Western states requested to trade with Korea because of the example of aiding Japan to trade with Korea.

China ordered North Korea to respond to the camera, so don't refuse them all.So he negotiated a mutual market agreement with the United States.Earl Li Hongzhang sent Ma Jianzhong, a Taoist priest, and Ding Ruchang, the commander of the navy, to command the fleet, and together with the US Minister Plenipotentiary, he went east to form an alliance.The king of North Korea first sent a letter of credence to the President of the United States, and since he was a vassal of China, he asked China to form an alliance.With the permission of the US envoy, the contract was signed in Jimulpo immediately.After the agreement was made, the North Korean special envoy signed the agreement and sent a letter to the United States, submitted it to the Ministry of Rites, and transferred it to the Zongli Yamen for record.The three countries of Britain, France and Germany, after receiving the news, all sent envoys to the east, demanding that Jianzhong follow the American law and enter into a contract for trade.Jianzhong couldn't refuse, so he had to make contracts with them one after another and leave.

The Japanese envoy to South Korea wrote a letter to the North Korean government and questioned the content of the agreement, but the North Korean government ignored it.Ask Jianzhong, but Jianzhong keeps secrets, the Japanese are very displeased.At the same time that North Korea had the Daewon-jun rebellion, the Japanese military training taught them seven people below Horimoto were killed, and the Japanese embassy was also burned.The Japanese envoy Huafang Yizhi fled back alone.The Japanese government heard the police and sent Rear Admiral Renli Jingfan to lead the warship to North Korea to question the crime.North Korea was terrified and called China for help.Beiyang Minister Zhang Shusheng sent Ma Jianzhong and Ding Ruchang to supervise the three warships, which rushed eastward.As soon as Ma and Ding arrived in Incheon, they saw the strength of the Japanese army. They discussed: "Now the Japanese ships are all in Incheon, and there is an army stationed in Jimulpo. It is rumored that Huafang Yizhi will lead his troops directly to Wangjing. It is true. One is to damage the prestige of the country, and the other is to lose the feudal title, what did Minister Zhang send us to do?"

Ma Jianzhong said: "I think it's better to rush to Wang Jing quickly and stick to the head of the rebellion. It's better to strike first, and no matter how powerful the Japanese ideas are, we will be helpless."

Ding Ruchang said: "The navy alone is too weak. I will stay here for observation. I will wait for my brothers to cross over and ask for more troops."

Jianzhong agreed.

After Ruchang's inland crossing, Shusheng continued to advance. The land and water armies sailed on the fourth day of the seventh month, whistled, black smoke and owls, and surged through the waves. It took only four days to arrive at Masanpu, North Korea.The thunder was too fast to cover their ears, the navy and the army went straight to Wang Jing, Ruchang and Jianzhong followed Changqing's trick, and the three children went to the city to visit the Lord of the Courtyard.Mr. Dayuan brought 500 guards to the camp to pay homage.The Ministry of Secret Order in Changqing will put all the Han Palace Guards under soft watch.While arranging a large banquet, the Lord of the Grand Court was invited to have a written discussion.The king of the courtyard was suspicious and wanted to call the congregation back to the palace to get the clothes. Changqing took out the imperial decree and announced that he abolished the king without authorization;When he arrived in Tianjin, he was ordered to confine him in Lianchi Academy.After Wu Changqing quelled the chaos in Korea, he stayed in Seoul and stationed in Changchuan.The Japanese people were greatly disappointed, Hanafang's threats failed, and he wanted to leave.The Koreans were afraid of Japan's breakup and Jianzhong's disobedience, so they had no choice but to comfort the Japanese envoy and at the same time come to Jianzhong to ask for instructions.Jianzhong granted him special powers to discuss with the Japanese envoy in Incheon.

The Koreans were afraid of Japan, and finally paid 50 in compensation to Japan, opened up Yanghua Town as a commercial port, promoted Wonsan, Busan, and Incheon as the marching places, and joined forces in Wangjing, and fought against the Qing army in Changqing, just like the company's trustworthy appearance .

When this letter was sent to Beijing, the courtiers were extremely passionate. During the incident, Deng Chengxiu and Zhang Peilun, a bachelor's attendant, successively asked to take advantage of this military power to conquer Japan and accuse the barbarians of the crime of destroying Ryukyu.

Fu Hongzhang was ordered to discuss it in detail.Hongzhang's replay, the navy is not ready, and the expedition across Liao is not very appropriate.

At this time, the imperial court was very considerate of Li Hongzhang. Seeing that Hongzhang said it was not appropriate, let it go.This is the long-term cause of China, Japan and South Korea's misfortune, and the near-term result of seeking revenge.Compared with the talents of the Three Kingdoms, the means of the Three Kingdoms, except for North Korea, are wise, stupid, stupid and cunning.If you want to know the difference between wisdom, foolishness and cunning, stop pleading guilty and talk about it next time.

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