"Parents of Heaven and Earth, Anti-Qing and Restoration"
This is a slogan of the Heaven and Earth Society in Jin Yong's novel "Deer Ding".
Seeing this sentence, did it instantly evoke the good memories of many people?
Yes, this novel is witty and interesting, among which the friendship between Wei Xiaobao and Kangxi, the kindness between master Chen Jinnan, and the love between him and many wives are simply addictive to us.
And the "Heaven and Earth Society" led by Chen Jinnan in this book runs through the whole process and becomes the fulcrum of the whole story, they rob the rich and help the poor, and they perform heroic deeds, especially they carry the heavy responsibility of driving out the Ta Qing and restoring the Han people, which arouses everyone's enthusiasm.
So many people have always had doubts in their hearts,
Does the "Heaven and Earth Society" really exist?
Is it a fiction made up by Mr. Kim to set off the story?
The "Heaven and Earth Society" in History
In fact, it is not a fiction of Mr. Jin, this gang is also a real existence in history, he is not only a secret organization of the Qing Dynasty, but also the predecessor of the Hongmen who later became the jianghu. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic,
Even Dr. Sun Yat-sen's revolution depended on the support of Hongmen.
So how did such a mighty gang come about? In fact, when it comes to the establishment of the "Heaven and Earth Society", it is related to the "Ten Days of Yangzhou" and other suppression actions after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs.
After the imperial court created these massacres, Han compatriots throughout the country rebelled against them, but under the pressure of the Qing court, they moved from open resistance to the underground, and slowly these people were organized together, and the "Heaven and Earth Society" of "Heaven and Earth Mother" was also conceived.
After Kangxi officially took control of the situation, he began more violent purges, especially the northern organizations were almost slaughtered. In desperation, some rudders located in the south began to develop overseas, and the names were also more and more.
For example, we are familiar with the Hongmen, triad and so on.
In the late Qing Dynasty, they seized the opportunity to infiltrate the Xiang Army and the Huai Army and other regimental training organizations, and in order to hide their identities, they also divided into "Brotherhood of Elders", "Three Points Society" and so on.
Hate each other
However, at this time, China is facing not only internal worries, but also national disasters brought about by the great powers, and because of this,
They temporarily put aside their hatred and worked with the Qing Dynasty to defend against foreign enemies.
Later, a man named Sun Yat-sen appeared in people's field of vision, and he was well aware of the strength of the "Heaven and Earth Society" in the people, so he began to cooperate with the "Hongmen" after the reform of the Shangshang Imperial Court was rejected.
In 1894, Dr. Sun Yat-sen contacted the local Hongmen leader in Honolulu, usa, and then with the help of this leader, he established the "Xingzhong Association", and he even directly joined Hongmen and held a high position, making Hongmen a strong backing to help his revolution.
Finally, under the leadership of Mr. Sun, the Xinhai Revolution broke out in China, which was also the direct cause of the demise of the Qing Dynasty, and although Hongmen was not the protagonist, he was undoubtedly the best supporting role.
Then the Heaven and Earth Society and its branches, which were originally under the banner of "anti-Qing and restoration",
Where should we go with the demise of the Qing Dynasty?
Nation-building
In fact, in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the core goals of the "Heaven and Earth Society" have quietly changed, especially some of the branches developed below, some of them have become gangsters, some have emigrated overseas, some have even established a country early, and one of the countries has a larger territory than Japan.
This is the Republic of Lanfang.
The Republic of Lanfang was a country founded in Borneo by Luo Fangbo, a member of the Heaven and Earth Society, in 1777, when the domestic frenzy of gold panning was in full swing, and the Qing Dynasty's purges were becoming more and more serious, so he led a group of brothers to flee to Borneo to pan for gold.
As a Native of Guangdong, he had a great talent for business, so he first founded a company, and then united all the Han Chinese to build his own business empire in the mixed island of dragons and snakes.
But his wealth made the pirates nearby very red-eyed, so they began to beat him up.
But Luo Fangbo had been honing in the "Heaven and Earth Society" for many years, and in the face of these pirates, he knew very well that he could not cope with his own ability alone, so he called on the local people to fight with him, and it was also under this opportunity that he established a country after driving out these pirates, in his heyday.
The land area is larger than the two Japans, reaching 730,000.
There is another country
Dai Yan Kingdom
But this country has always existed, right next to the Luo Fangbo country, but because the monarch of this country is very cruel, the local residents can not bear to bully and turn to Luo Fangbo for help.
So Luo Fangbo's army captured the country, and the position of king was ceded to one of his brothers, Wu Yuansheng. Since then, the two countries have formed a corner against foreign enemies, and for a while they have also lived a happy and happy life.
More than 100 years later, in the 19th century, the Netherlands plundered land everywhere as sea robbers, and although the two countries desperately resisted, the Dutch ships were strong and strong, and eventually became their colonies.
Nevertheless, after nearly 200 years of inheritance, the land has been deeply branded with Chinese civilization, and most of the customs and languages of the people have been preserved, and they still speak Hakka today.
References: Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, Jin Shan Fu, Legend of Luo Fangbo