From the entry of the Qing Dynasty to the overthrow of the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, a foreign regime ruled China for nearly 300 years, compared with the collapse of the Yuan Dynasty in less than a hundred years, the Qing Dynasty is also quite strong. In addition, during the reign of the Qing Dynasty, there were also many promising monarchs, such as the three grandchildren of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, who are more familiar to everyone. In addition to the fierce contradictions in the early days of the entry, the contradictions between the Manchus and the Han people in the later period were not as prominent as those of the Yuan Dynasty, and the society as a whole was in a relatively stable situation. Why, then, did the fire of the people's hatred for the Manchus burn again in the last years of the Qing Dynasty? Why did Sun Yat-sen put forward the revolutionary goal of "expelling the Tartars"?
This was caused by many reasons, first of all, the Qing government was corrupt and incompetent, many officials betrayed the country and sought glory, coupled with Cixi's chaotic government, the people were increasingly dissatisfied with the Qing government. In addition, if revolutionaries want to be famous, they must prove their own legitimacy, and the Manchu Qing, as a foreigner, naturally became a very good reason to "expel the Tartars". Of course, there is also a very important reason, that is, after the Qing army entered the customs, it massacred the Han people on a large scale, and several tragic cases were recreated at the end of the Qing Dynasty.
Previously, the relevant records of these massacres were covered up by the Qing rulers, so not many people knew about these massacres at that time. At this time, these tragic cases were turned over again, which was tantamount to adding firewood to the collapse of the Manchu Qing regime. At that time, Wang Xiuchu's "Ten Diaries of Yangzhou" was introduced to China, and the massacre of "Ten Days of Yangzhou" created by the Qing army shocked the world. What is the "Ten Days of Yangzhou"?
Yangzhou has been a rich land in jiangnan since ancient times, but when the Qing army entered the customs, Yangzhou suffered a major catastrophe. At that time, the Southern Ming general Shi Kefa retreated to Yangzhou, duoduo led the Qing army to attack in a big way, Shi Kefa knew that it was difficult to resist, so he asked Hongguang for help, but never replied. In desperation, Shi Kefa still decided to stick to Yangzhou, and Duoduo's repeated persuasions did not impress Shi Kefa. I don't know if Shi Kefa's "ignorance of lifting" angered Duoduo, who ordered the Qing army to take Yangzhou at all costs.
Although Shi Kefa led his army to resist, Yangzhou was quickly breached, and the Qing army poured into Yangzhou like a flood beast, and Shi Kefa was martyred. However, at this time, the people of Yangzhou fell into hell, and the Qing soldiers slaughtered the city on a large scale, slaughtering for ten days, the Qing soldiers sealed the knife, the city of Yangzhou was full of devastation, and the corpses of the yangzhou people were piled up into mountains. According to records, the Qing army slaughtered 800,000 people in Yangzhou, although the authenticity of this figure is still in doubt, but the crime of the Qing army to slaughter the city in that year was already a foregone conclusion.