In 1894, after the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese Naval Battle, the Beiyang Navy fought a battle, but the feudal rulers led by Cixi were helpless to bow down to the Japanese and arbitrarily withhold the military expenses of the Beiyang Navy, which eventually led to the defeat of the Sino-Japanese Naval Battle. However, the Japanese Kou, a small country with a projectile, defeated the Qing Dynasty's yangyang country, and the chinese people were ashamed of it.
Song Yuren
And what is Empress Dowager Cixi doing? Empress Dowager Cixi gathered treasures from all over the world and built a palace, which cost thousands of taels of silver for a meal. In the record: "The construction of the Xingning Palace and the construction of the Cixi Palace, the heavy costs of great work, the feasts and rewards are not festivals, and the national use is scarce." ”
Empress Dowager Cixi enjoyed extravagant luxuries, where did this money come from? One part was the embezzled silver in the treasury; the other part was the looting of the people's fat, and under the greedy exploitation of Empress Dowager Cixi, the entire empire came to an end.
Song Yuren visited Europe
Japan was also a feudal imperial state, but after the Meiji Restoration, this small country, which China has historically called the "Uighur Kingdom", rose rapidly and became the Asian power at that time. The rulers of the Qing Dynasty still dreamed of the Heavenly Dynasty, and finally slowly woke up in the fiasco of the Battle of Jiawu.
During the Qing Dynasty, a person proposed a measure that almost destroyed the "Uighur State" and turned the "Uighur State" into a province of China. This hero is Song Yuren, who once presided over the work of the Sichuan Bureau of Commerce, and when he was working in Sichuan, he set up a glass, medicinal materials, and kerosene company.
Song Yuren buys equipment
Later, Song Yuren found an opportunity to go to Europe, learned about the economic and social situation in Europe, and got to know many European scientists, and his thinking changed dramatically.
At the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Song Yuren served as the counselor of the Four Kingdoms, and later temporarily acted as the Minister of the Four Kingdoms. Song Yuren heard the news of the defeat in the Battle of the Yellow Sea in Europe and was heartbroken. Faced with the aggressive Japanese Kou, Song Yuren came up with a good idea.
He sent his men to buy five warships from Britain, Argentina, and Chile, and recruited two thousand Australian naval soldiers to pretend to be Australian warships. He wanted to attack Tokyo, Japan, directly from the Philippines in the name of defending the Australian merchant group. The idea was highly feasible, as Australia was a British vassal at the time, and the navies of the countries at the time would also protect caravans. If Song Yuren's idea comes true, then the situation in the Sino-Japanese War will inevitably be reversed.
Prepare to attack the Japanese
After Song Yuren contacted Zhang Zhidong and other feudal officials, and received their support, Song Yuren borrowed two million pounds from foreign banks, bought warships, and the weapons and equipment had been configured, just waiting for the sails to set sail. When the Qing government was ready to make peace on the same day, Empress Dowager Cixi angrily rebuked: "Song Yuren was a 'treacherous villain', who took matters into his own hands and was dismissed from his post for questioning. ”
Under the obstruction of Empress Dowager Cixi and others, the purchase of ships and the recruitment of troops were shelved, and Song Yuren returned to China. In March 1895, at the urging of Empress Dowager Cixi, the Qing government signed the Treaty of Maguan with the Japanese Kou. On the way back to China, Song Yuren learned the news of this humiliation and cried bitterly for two days and two nights.
Since then, the Qing Dynasty has been in the hands of Empress Dowager Cixi, and in the records: "Even if the chaos in recent decades has also been initiated by one person after the Qing Cixi, it can be said that the ancient and modern people are the same." ”
Song Yuren had no choice but to return to China
In the "Later Han Dynasty", it is evaluated that Empress Dowager Cixi was the culprit of the chaotic government at the end of the Qing Dynasty, and it was because of Empress Dowager Cixi that the Qing Dynasty eventually went to its demise. From song Yuren's encounter, we can see that if it were not for the obstruction of Empress Dowager Cixi, the small country of "Wuguo" would have been occupied and should have become a province of China. Unfortunately, Empress Dowager Cixi was short-sighted and buried the excellent situation.