Today is August 23rd, the summer season, heralding the end of the hot summer and the arrival of autumn with the fragrance of melons and fruits. However, today in the history of the Beiyang Navy, there is no joy brought by autumn, but a mess.
August 23, 1886, july 24 in the old calendar. Li Hongzhang sent a letter to the Prime Minister, Prince Yi of the Admiralty Yamen and the biological father of the Guangxu Emperor, reporting on the situation in Korea, saying that the DPRK denied the United Russia. Zhang Wenxuan, who had been ordered to be the capital and was also the nephew of Li Hongzhang, led the second sentry of the escort battalion to cross korea with a steamship and arrived at Inchon on the 22nd. The Nanyang 4th also arrived in Incheon in the near future. Ding Ruchang waited for "Dingyuan" and "Zhenyuan to complete the repairs in Nagasaki, Japan, and went to the Korean sea for a tour.
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On the same day, Xu Chengzu, minister in Japan, sent a telegram to Li Hongzhang, receiving a report from Cai Xuan, a director of Nagasaki, saying that the officials were cunning and cunning, and asked Yang Shu, counselor of the Embassy in Japan, to go to Nagasaki to handle the matter, but the discussion has now been suspended. Only my director counselor participated in the handling, I am afraid it will be difficult to complete the mission. Please call the British lawyer to come quickly, and then ask Ding Ruchang to stay in the staff to handle it, and leave the certificate to wait for the hostage. He also called Li Hongzhang to report that he had met with Japanese Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi to discuss ways to handle the Nagasaki incident. Itō Hirobumi said that he was afraid that the dprk affairs were inaccurate, and asked Li Hongzhang to check it out again and not to make the situation worse.
August 23, 1888, july 16 in the old calendar. Ding Ruchang telephoned Li Hongzhang, saying that after aiding Taiwan, lang Weili and Lin Tai had seriously consulted and handled all kinds of affairs, and Lin Tai had acted on behalf of Lin Tai.
Lin TaiZeng
August 23, 1889, july 27 in the old calendar. James Zhirui played, considering the navy's affairs, and his view was that the navy should be exclusive, the materials should be pre-stored, and the funds should be widely funded. Please follow the example of the outer ocean, set up a bureau of land and water surveying, and select water diverters. The Qing court handed over the music played by Zhi Rui to the Navy Yamen.
James Chi Rui
August 23, 1894, July 23 of the Old Calendar. The Military Aircraft Department sent a telegram ordering Ding Ruchang, saying that Weihaiwei, Lushun, Dalian bay, and Yantai were the key passes of Beiyang and the gateway to Dagu, and that the ships of the Beiyang Navy should patrol back and forth here, strictly guarding them, not staying away, and not allowing a ship to break in, and if there was any negligence, Ding Ruchang would be severely punished.
On the same day, the Qing court believed that Ye Zhichao and Nie Shicheng had made a dangerous attack on the whole army, and the silver, guns, and bullets were released and transported from Lushun to the bank of the Datong River.
Ye Zhichao (first from left))
On the same day, Li Hongzhang called the General Administration and said that the purchase of two Chilean warships had been negotiated, and that the new big express ship had to pay 500,000 pounds to sell, and there was a fast ship with a demand price of 265,000 pounds.
On the same day, Ding Ruchang led the Beiyang Fleet to anchor between Yantai and Weihaiwei. The two warships "Weiyuan" and "Zhenyuan" went to Yantai to carry Weihaiwei guard equipment, and sent two torpedo boats to detect the enemy situation in Weihaiwei's eastern ocean and into the mountains. In the afternoon, it was also reported that the Chengshan Lighthouse and the people had said that they had not seen the ship for more than ten days, and the fleet returned to Weihaiwei's home port at night.
On the same day, Li Hongzhang sent the German Hannagan to help the Beiyang Navy defend and suppress.