The historical action film "Letter of Submission", starring Jet Li, Andy Lau and Jin Chengwu, was released in December 2007 and tells the story of pang Qingyun, Zhao Erhu and Jiang Wuyang, three brothers who worship each other. This movie is quite wonderful, such as Pang Qingyun, played by Jet Li, at first a young man full of ideals and ambitions, with the help of his two brothers Zhao Erhu and Jiang Wuyang, he formed a unit called 'Shanzi Battalion' to contribute to the Qing court, and as he continued to make contributions on the battlefield, his strength also continued to grow, Pang Qingyun's ambitions also continued to expand, and finally embarked on a road of no return. At the inauguration ceremony, which was one step away from success, he was killed by assassins who had already been ambushed, which was really sad and lamentable!
In the movie "Letter of Submission", why pang Qingyun was killed by assassins, some people say that the rulers of the Qing Dynasty represented by Cixi did not want to see Pang Qingyun, who was born of Han Chinese, become bigger and stronger, and became a local force that threatened the imperial court; others believed that Pang Qingyun was jealous of his colleagues and assassinated by his colleagues. I think the possibility of the former is not too great, the Han landlord who started by suppressing the Taiping Army at the end of the Qing Dynasty is not only him Pang Qingyun, the key Pang Qingyun's power is not very large, it does not threaten the security of the Qing government at all, but he is at odds with other forces, just became a pawn of the Qing court to balance the forces of all sides, there is no need to kill him. The second possibility is the greatest, there are three adults in the play, namely Lord Di, Lord Jiang and Lord Chen, they belong to different factions, Lord Di is the most powerful, the oldest, always sitting in the C position, and in the late Qing Dynasty, the most powerful local should be the Xiangjun Group, that Lord Chen is tepid, there is always a role of reconciliation between Lord Di and Lord Jiang, the power is above Lord Jiang, it should belong to the forces of the Qing government, and finally we say that Lord Jiang is also the object of Pang Qingyun's dependence, and his power is the smallest and youngest , should be the late Huai forces.
The one on the right is Lord Chen, the middle one is Lord Di, and the one on the left is Lord Jiang
Art comes from life, the story outline of the film is adapted from the thorn horse case, one of the four strange cases in the late Qing Dynasty, and in this case, the protagonist Ma Xinyi, the governor of Liangjiang, and the assassin Zhang Wenxiang, what is the grudge between them? If you say according to the film, it is That is, Pang Qingyun, the actor of Ma Xinyi, robbed the wife of his brother Zhao Erhu, causing the third brother Jiang Wuyang to be indignant and assassinated the eldest brother Pang Qingyun. In the real history, Ma Xinyi and Zhang Wenxiang don't say anything about worshiping brothers, they don't even know each other, one is a feudal official, and the other is an ordinary people. Then why Zhang Wenxiang wanted to assassinate Ma Xinyi, it should start from Ma Xinyi becoming the governor of Liangjiang.
Ma Xinyi was a 27-year-old scholar of Daoguang, who served in Jianping and Hefei successively, during which he was also praised by the Qing court and was known for his diligence. On January 11, 1851, Hong Xiuquan and others revolted in Jintian, and a vigorous Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement swept through most of China, and we, the Ma people, made our fortune in the process of suppressing the Taiping Army. In 1853, Ma Xinyi, who was still in Renzhi County, Hefei, encountered the Taiping Army attacking Anhui, and at this time, thieves were everywhere in the north and south of the Huai River, and Ma Xinyi collected intelligence from the Taiping Army while training the army in case of emergency. In 1855, Ma Xinyi followed the Qinchao minister Yuan Jiasan (Yuan Shikai's uncle) to lead an attack on the Taiping Army occupying Luzhou and Chaohu, here it has to be said that Ma Xinyi still has two brushes, he successfully defeated the Taiping Army that came to the rescue, and then attacked the Taiping Army that occupied Shengjiaqiao, Sanhe Town, Gargao and Luzhou, and the Qing court saw that he had made meritorious efforts in suppressing the Taiping Army, so he was promoted to the prefect of Luzhou. Here is an off-topic remark, the reason why Ma Xinyi has such achievements, but also thanks to Yuan Jiasan's recommendation, so Ma Xinyi has always owed Yuan family affection, and when Ma Xinyi became the governor of Liangjiang, he promoted Yuan Jiasan's nephew Yuan Baoqing to manage public security, and this Yuan Baoqing is Yuan Shikai's father, and later Yuan Shikai can stay in the top of the Qing Dynasty to eat in the circle of contacts, and if he makes a mistake, he will not be put forward, that is, the result of the accumulation of several generations of the Yuan family. From the late Qing Dynasty to the Republic of China, all the historical figures we see are almost all people in a circle, almost all of them are acquaintances. Therefore, if you want to mix well, it is difficult to become an elite at the top of society without the accumulation of several generations, so don't always think about the Chao Wei Tian Shelang and the Tianzi Hall, or you need to be down-to-earth and start step by step.
Chen Yucheng, King of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
In 1858, the famous general Chen Yucheng of the Taiping Army led an army to attack Luzhou, Ma Xinyi led the army to resist, unfortunately defeated by Chen Yucheng, it was really a blessing and a misfortune, on the way to defeat, our Ma People ended up losing their official seals, the result can be imagined, was dismissed by the Qing court, fortunately, the Qing government remembered his previous merits, and saw that it was defeated by Chen Yucheng, and there was no shame in it, so let him continue to stay in office. In 1860, his former superior Yuan Jia Sanbao raised Ma Xinyi to reinstate the official, and it had to be said that the Yuan family was really kind to him, which also showed that the late Qing court was a circle of acquaintances at that time.
Yuan Shikai's uncle Yuan Jiasan
Ma Xinyi, who was reinstated as an official, followed Yuan Jiasan in the battle against Luzhou and repeatedly made meritorious contributions until he was promoted to inspector of Zhejiang. During his tenure in Zhejiang, he also made some measures to benefit the people, leaving a good impression on the Qing government at that time. For example, the Qing court commented on him: "Ma Xinyi is prudent and prudent, and he is diligent in his work, and he uses Zhi County by jinshi, and has served in various dramas." During the Xianfeng period, he accompanied the camp to suppress thieves and stacked Kejian City. Since Jian served as the governor of Liangjiang, he handled all local affairs properly. Ma Xinyi served the official Anhui for the longest time, and when the hair and twist were exchanged, he tried to protect Linhuai and insisted on defending the city of Mengcheng, and made great achievements...".
At this time, Ma Xinyi had already been concerned by the upper echelons of the Qing court and was about to be entrusted with a heavy responsibility. Soon after, he was promoted to the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and on the way to the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, he was appointed by the Qing court to transfer him to the viceroy of Liangjiang. In fact, making Ma Xinyi the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang was undoubtedly the Qing court's strategy to attack the west from the east, and its real purpose was to transfer him to the governor of Liangjiang. What is the mystery of this position as governor of Liangjiang? Why did the Qing court go to such great lengths.
Then we need to understand how important the position of viceroy of Liangjiang is, the viceroy of Liangjiang, one of the nine most senior feudal ministers of the Qing Dynasty, managing the most developed provinces in China at that time, which included the military and civilian affairs of Nanjing, Jiangsu (including Shanghai), Anhui and Jiangxi provinces, and was an important taxation place for the late Qing government, and its importance was self-evident. This was also the base of the Xiangjun group at that time, and it can also be said to be its basic disk. The reason why the Qing court at that time valued Ma Xinyi was because he had a disagreement with the Xiang army clique, such as his contradiction with Zeng Guoquan, an important general of the Xiang army, who was also the younger brother of Zeng Guofan; and also because he was concise and pro-army during the tenure of Zhejiang Fu and Jiang Governor, and greatly reduced the Xiang army against the lawless Xiang army, which had aroused the resentment of the leaders of the Xiang army and wanted to get rid of it quickly. For the land of the two rivers, the Xiangjun clique has always regarded it as its core interest, so the important position of viceroy of liangjiang can only be held by the personnel of the Xiangjun clique, and no one else can.
Zhang Wenxiang assassinated Ma Xinyi, the governor of Liangjiang
On July 26, 9th year of Tongzhi, this day was no different from usual, Ma Xinyi, escorted by his own soldiers, went to the west side of the official office to train the soldiers to practice archery, and after walking back to the official office, suddenly a man named Zhang Wenxiang suddenly rushed out from the side, claiming to be wronged and humiliated, hoping that Ma Xinyi would be wronged for him. Ma Xinyi did not feel anything strange, so he thought of accepting his case, just at this moment Zhang Wenxiang suddenly drew his knife to stab Ma Xinyi, and before Ma Xinyi and his guards could react, they saw the governor shout, and everyone stood up to look, only to see Ma Xinyi respond to the end, his armpits were bleeding non-stop, and Zhang Wenxiang stabbed Ma Xinyi's armpits impartially. When Ma Xinyi's soldiers eased up, they were surprised to find that Zhang Wenxiang did not choose to escape, but stood quietly in the same place and stood motionless, shouting: "The assassin is me Zhang Wenxiang", as if waiting for them to catch themselves. The next day, Ma Xinyi died of his injuries. The protector general Kui Yu reported the matter to the imperial court, and after the case occurred, the Qing court was very frightened. Ma Xinyi, the governor of Liangjiang, was assassinated by an ordinary assassin, which was a rare thing in both the Qing Dynasty and in any dynasty in history, and the governor of Liangjiang was a feudal official, which was disgraceful in his face. Therefore, the Qing court strictly ordered a thorough investigation to the end, and even Cixi personally came forward to handle the case, and at the same time informed Zeng Guofan, a senior member who was handling the teaching case in Tianjin, and transferred him to try the case. On the eve of Zeng Guofan's departure, Cixi summoned him and said coldly: "Ma Xinyi is doing a good job", which is to set the tone for this case, but also to suggest that they should not play us as monkeys, I will always stare at it. Then, within a week, a series of senior officers were sent to participate in the trial. For example, Shangshu Zheng Dunjin of the Punishment Department was also ordered to try zeng guofan, although the Qing court attached great importance to this case, but the result was very strange, saying that some of them were not, and the result of the trial was to set Zhang Wenxiang a crime of "slipping through the net and rebelling" and "futong pirates", and Zhang Wenxiang was executed late to pay tribute to Ma Xinyi, and then Ma Xinyi was greatly praised, and at the same time gave his family a generous pension, and the case ended hastily.
The Xiang clique headed by Zeng Guofan
After the assassination case, the Qing court understood that the Xiang forces were already entangled in the land of the two rivers, and it seemed that there was a trend that the tail could not be lost, and it was not easy to touch their core interests unless they had to, so in order not to provoke a rebound from the Xiang forces and maintain the rule of the Qing Dynasty, they quickly transferred Zeng Guofan back to Jiangning to sit in the town. Since then, the throne of the Viceroy of Liangjiang has long been in the hands of the Xiang clan, and others dare not ask for help.
Because the thorn horse case ended without results, people were even more confused about its case, coupled with the rumors, so that posterity referred to the "thorn horse case" and "Yang Naiwu and the Cabbage case", "the famous Yang Yuelou case", and the "Taiyuan case" as the four strange cases of the late Qing Dynasty.