For many friends who like to read history, the last piece of history they want to see should be China's modern history. Because, at that time, the Manchu Qing government in China felt that it was bullied by the great powers of various countries all the way. Among them, especially after the Sino-Japanese War, Japan forced the Manchu Qing government to sign an unequal treaty that humiliated the country, which made people even more indignant. However, what Xiaobian wants to tell you today is that in fact, this is not the whole of China's modern history. Because, in the very beginning, it was not Japan that bullied the Manchus, but the Manchus who bullied Japan. At that time Chinese killed people in Japan, and Japan had to apologize. If you don't believe me, let's take a look at it together!
The incident dates back to July 1886, when the Manchu Qing dynasty ordered the Mitsubishi Shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan, to overhaul four warships of the Beiyang Marine Division. So on August 1, the four warships of the Beiyang Marine Division, Zhenyuan, Dingyuan, Weiyuan, and Jiyuan, marched into Nagasaki, Japan, and the Japanese could only obediently repair the ships. By August 13, at the invitation of the new Japanese government, soldiers of the Manchu Beiyang Marine Division had landed to shop, and several of them had run to the brothels in Nagasaki to have fun.
Unexpectedly, after a Beiyang soldier got drunk, he began to make trouble and fought with many Japanese people. Subsequently, the Japanese police entered the brothel to try to calm the incident, but the agitated Beiyang soldier immediately drew his knife and cut a Japanese policeman into serious injuries (it is also recorded that this Japanese policeman died), and the Beiyang soldier was slightly injured. As soon as the Beiyang Marine Division received the news, more than 400 soldiers ran from the warship to find the Japanese police! In short, the situation at that time was a sentence: "I don't care what you Japanese do, anyway, I have a brother here who was injured, and you don't apologize and don't want to get out alive!" ”
According to statistics afterwards, 5 people were killed by the Beiyang Marine Division, 5 people were also killed by the Japanese police, and a number of Japanese civilians were injured. The incident immediately angered the Beiyang Marine Division, which was at its peak, when the Dingyuan ship entered wartime mode and aimed its cannon at Nagasaki. At home, Li Hongzhang summoned the Japanese consul in Tianjin, Hatano, and threatened: "My warships are anchored in your country and can be put into battle at any time." ”
Because, at that time, the Japanese Navy was weak. Until February 1887, under pressure from the Manchu qing government, Japan had to pay the Manchu Qing 50,000 yen and send someone to apologize. Manchu also paid more than 10,000 yen to Japan, but said he would never apologize.
Looking at the whole incident at that time, the new Japanese government was basically suppressed by the Manchu Qing and appeared weak and incompetent. But instead of feeling incompetent about the new government, the Japanese people have aroused their patriotic enthusiasm and rallied more closely around the new government. Therefore, we can see that the strong ship and the cannon are only superficial factors, and the unity of the people and the government is the foundation of the nation's prosperity!