November 16, 1884, September 29, 1884. Li Hongzhang sent a telegram to Shangshu Rebbe, Zeng Guoquan, governor of Liangjiang and minister of trade and commerce, and the general inspector of the Beiyang Marine Division and the German-style Ballantine said that there must be French warships on the fujian ocean, and our ships could bypass Taiwan from the ocean to Luzon (now the Philippines) and Singapore to intercept the transport ships of French warships from Saigon to Hong Kong and Taiwan, so that the French warships would have some scruples and could not concentrate their forces on attacking Taiwan, and our warships could support Taiwan as soon as possible. In addition, two or three merchant ships must be hired first, or coal must be stored on the islands of Nanyang for assistance.
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November 16, 1886, October 21 in the Old Calendar. Li Hongzhang sent a telegram to the General Administration, saying that according to a telegram from Xu Chengzu, minister stationed in Japan, the Japanese side wanted to delay the Nagasaki incident and asked for instructions on how to deal with it.
November 16, 1891, the fifteenth day of October in the old calendar. The Qing court contributed to the establishment of the naval affairs yamen, and rewarded the blue flag manchurian vice-governor Enyou Shangshu title, the red flag Han army deputy governor Shang Changmao head wear, Yu Shengxu added a poor rank.
On the same day, Prince Qing Yi played, founded the navy, three years of proofreading, five years of routine protection have expired, please give Kun Yue, Chang Ming, Ming Hui, Zailin, Lian Kui, Tie Liang, Lin Rui, English, Seketu, Jing Heng and other excellent awards.
Admiral Ding Ruchang of the Beiyang Navy
November 16, 1894, the nineteenth day of October in the old calendar. The Guangxu Emperor telegraphed that in recent days, Lushun had warned that Ding Ruchang, the admiral of the Beiyang Navy, could not lead the division ship to be effective, so he stripped away the title of Shang Shu, removed the top wear, and made meritorious deeds to see the after-effects. On the same day, the Guangxu Emperor summoned Xu Jianyin, an alternate of zhili, and ordered him to go to Beiyang to inspect all the situations in the Beiyang Navy and return to Beijing to resume.
On the same day, Lin Tai, the commander-in-chief of the left wing and the pipe belt of the "Zhenyuan" ship, was heartbroken that the warship he was in charge of had not been destroyed in vain, and he was also anxious about how to end this flying disaster he encountered.
Lin Tai was cowardly and introverted by nature, and hesitated when things happened. According to Lu Yuying, an officer in the "Guangjia" ship management ship, Lin Tai was a classmate of the same class as Liu Butou, the same batch of people staying in Britain, the same seniority in the navy, Liu Butou's ability was above Lin Taizeng, but every time he was promoted, he would be surpassed by Lin Tai, whose uncle was Shen Baozhen.
"Zhenyuan" ship pipe belt Lin Tai
Liu Butou was very unhappy about this, often looking for opportunities to slander Lin Taizeng, and ridiculed his timidity and fear of things and other shortcomings. Seeing that the left and right wing generals were in a commotion, Ding Ruchang, who had a generous personality, interceded for him to make peace, and married Lin Taizeng's son with Liu Butou's daughter, but the contradiction between the two remained the same.
Although Lin Tai may not have had much good feelings for this classmate and his family, lin Tai Zeng, who was trapped in a sad city at the moment, the first thing that came to mind was this resourceful classmate and relative, Liu Butou, hoping to get guidance from Liu Butou.
But what he did not expect was that on November 15, Lin Tai had asked Liu Butou about the plan. However, Liu Butou saw that the relatives who had come to ask questions about the plan were cold and relative, and their performance was enough to be surprising, and before Lin Tai could speak, he suddenly shouted loudly: "The 'town' and 'ding' two ships are state guarantees, and the imperial court has repeatedly issued edicts and admonished protection. The tone of an official style made Lin Tai feel lost and desperate, and the psychological defense line gradually collapsed.
The scarred "Zhenyuan" ship in the Yellow Sea
The day after the "Zhenyuan" was damaged, that is, in the early morning of November 16, Lin Taizeng, who had been sleepless all night, sat alone in the captain's room of the "Zhenyuan" ship, with a cup of opium dove medicine on the desk in front of him. Self-blame, guilt, worry, fear... The mountain-like pressure of the ironclad ship's injury made it impossible for him to breathe. The introverted general was still unable to untie the dead knot in his heart, and Liu Butou's words were like a curse to him. "Erhe will be broken, and what will be the face of the people?!" After inspecting his cabin again, Lin Tai suddenly raised a glass of medicine and committed suicide by drinking medicine, cutting off everything with one death, and Chen ke died at the age of 44.
On the same day, the General Taxation Department, Hurd, called Jin Denggan, director of the China Customs office in London, saying that if Lang Weili still refused, please find another competent person. Kim Denggan went to the port of Defeng on the same day to find Lang Weili.