In the history of the peninsula, the Samhan region has always been a vassal state of the Central Plains Dynasty, even if it occupies the Goguryeo region of the Samhan region, it has to be beaten down, since Zhu Yuanzhang gave the country the name of Korea, the rulers of the Joseon Dynasty absolutely did not dare to call the exclusive title of the ruler of the Central Plains "Emperor", but in the end of lee Korea, actually "a little scenery", actually dared to call the emperor, this is the short-lived Korean Empire.
Lee Xiao Image
After the title of emperor
Since the founding of the Joseon Dynasty, successive kings have accepted the canonization of the Emperor of the Central Plains, but in 1897, the last king Li Xi actually became the "founding emperor", on October 12, the name of the country was changed to "Korean Empire", the "Empire" people at that time were raised, the suzerainty of the Qing Dynasty had just been defeated by the same emerging Japan, the Heavenly Dynasty was so vulnerable, making them feel that they could also, as for the surrounding Tsarist Russia and Japan, they are also empires at present, naturally do not have to bow their heads, naturally do not have to bow their heads, So they made a picture, quite "ambitious".
Ambitions of the Korean Empire
In this picture, the Korean national treasure is depicted: the Korean tiger, whose front paws captured the northeast of the Qing Dynasty's Longxing Land, and the other reached out to the Tsarist Russia region, and even in subsequent derivative versions, its tiger tail swept towards the Japanese archipelago. There are also eight Chinese characters in this picture: "Geonyu Jiangshan, Tiger Weather". Hibiscus is the national flower of South Korea.
Frontal view
From this picture, everyone knows how confident the citizens of the Korean Empire at that time were, and they were proud and proud, believing that from the kingdom to an empire, they could seize the Qing Dynasty in the west, kick Czarist Russia in the north, and sweep through Japan, so from the establishment of the Korean Empire, the Qing Dynasty border could not live in peace.
Li Xi before the emperor
Plague the border
In 1900, the Korean Empire signed a secret treaty with Tsarist Russia, intending to encroach on the Yanbian region in the northeast of the Qing Dynasty, when the "Gengzi Revolution" coincided, the Korean Empire took advantage of the fire and robbery, created incidents on the border, and with the support of Tsarist Russia, actually regarded the Yalu River and the north bank of the Tumen River as its own territory, and appointed a group of officials to "manage" in a dignified manner.
Li Xi, who was called empress dowager
In 1903, the Korean Empire built three pontoon bridges on the Tumen River to facilitate "administration," which was met with strong protests from local officials of the Qing Dynasty.
On October 23, 1903, more than a thousand soldiers of the Korean Empire crossed the river to attack the Shangjiang area, burning many houses and plundering many people.
On October 30, 1903, the Korean Empire crossed the border again and attacked Qing patrols, resulting in many injuries.
In 1904, the Russo-Japanese War broke out in the northeast of the Qing Dynasty, and the Korean Empire was even more excited, and even some "people of insight" suggested in the newspapers, asking the Empire to quickly send troops to divide the northeast with Japan and Russia, fearing that it would not be able to catch up late.
Russo-Japanese War
Shadows shrouded
Unfortunately, the Korean Empire did not have the life of the Empire, but it suffered from the disease of the Empire, and the humble Japan actually defeated the Tsarist Empire and expelled the Tsarist Russian forces from the peninsula, casting a shadow over the Korean Empire that had just been established for eight years, because historically, Japan liked to use Korea as a springboard to go deep into the interior, and this time, it did not "disappoint" the Korean Empire.
On November 17, 1905, Japan, which won the Russo-Japanese War, could not wait to force the Korean Empire to sign the "Otomi Treaty", since then, the Korean Empire has become a protectorate of Japan, and Japan has also set up a post of unified supervisor in Korea to exercise the right of "protection". Ignored them.
Treaty of Otomi
In 1907, Lee Hee, who had been emperor for two years, was still not satisfied, and at the Second Peace Conference of All Nations, he sent people to complain and call on all countries to support the Korean Empire, but unfortunately it was ignored by various countries again, not only that, the countries also sent a telegram to the Japanese to inquire about the situation, so that Japan put the plan to depose the Korean Empire Lee Hee on the agenda. Eventually forced to abdicate, he was called "Emperor Tai", and his son Li Tu succeeded to the throne, but was also a puppet emperor.
The second emperor of the Korean Empire, Li Tu
The end of the empire
In 1910, under the coercion of Japan, the "Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty" was concluded, the Korean Empire, which had been in existence for only thirteen years, officially collapsed, and the Emperor Ofejo of the Korean Empire, Lee Hee, was named King Lee of Deoksugung Palace, and after nine years of illness, some people said that he was poisoned by Japan, and his death became the fuse of the later "Trinity Movement".
Treaty of Annexation between Japan and South Korea
The Samhan region was originally a vassal state of the Central Plains, in the case of the decline in the strength of the suzerainty, in a vain attempt to get rid of the status of the vassal state, want to become stronger, but not simply change the title will become rich and strong, although it can bring the people self-confidence, but this self-confidence on the basis of no strong strength, is the rootless Ping, with the wind and rain and swinging, and eventually inevitably overturned situation.