Guangxi Hakka. Historical Figures Volume (President Liu Yongfu of Taiwan Democratic State)

Liu Yongfu

Liu Yongfu (1837-1917), ziyuanting, common name Liu Er, ancestral home of Bobai Dongping Fuxin Village, born in Fangcheng Gusenyuan Xiaofeng Township (now Fangcheng County Naqin Township Xiaofeng Village), at the age of 8 with his parents moved to Shangsi, in his later years settled in Qinzhou. In the 17th year of the year, the mother died, and soon after, the father died. Yongfu Zero Ding is lonely and miserable, and earns a living by collecting firewood and fishing. Yongfu has few ambitions, and has the courage to be chivalrous. He was a famous general at the end of the Qing Dynasty and a famous anti-imperialist patriotic military figure in China in the nineteenth century. He was awarded the high rank of "General Jianwei" of the Military Attaché of the Qing Dynasty. "Liu Er (righteous) fights the ghosts, and the more he fights, the better he looks (see)!" This is the praise for him that has been circulating among the broad masses of the people in the Liangguang area for nearly a hundred years.

In the seventh year of Xianfeng (1857), Liu Yongfu joined the Tiandihui Rebellion Peasant Army and participated in the anti-Qing struggle. In 1866, the "Flag Army" was founded in Guishun Ender. The following year, he led the Black Flag Army into Vietnam and reclaimed the areas around Anli, Gaoping, Lu'an, and Baosheng (LaoJie), eliminating local bandits and winning the support of the local people

In the twelfth year of Tongzhi (November 1873), the French invading army invaded Hanoi, Liu Yongfu was sent by the Vietnamese Nguyen Dynasty to resist the French, the French army was defeated, and the enemy commander An Ye was killed, known as the Great Victory of Luo Chi. The King of Yue made Liu Yongfu a deputy leader and a defensive envoy. The following year, because of his meritorious assistance to Huang Chongying, the Yue King made Liu Yongfu the deputy governor of Sanxuan. The Black Flag Army grew from a few hundred to more than 3,000.

In the ninth year of Guangxu (May 1883), during the Battle of Paper Bridge on the outskirts of Hanoi, the Black Flag Army attacked the French army again, killing the French commander Li Weili. King Yue promoted Liu Fu to the position of Viceroy of Sanxuan, made him a Baron of the First Rank, and concurrently served as the Military Minister of Northern Xuanguang.

In the tenth year of Guangxu (1884), the Sino-French War broke out, and the Qing government appointed Liu Yongfu as the titular governor, leading the army to fight against the French army with Feng Zicai's troops, and achieved important victories such as the Great Victory of Lintao.

In the eleventh year of Guangxu (1885), the Qing government withdrew its troops in a humiliating truce, and Liu Yongfu was ordered to return. The Qing Dynasty issued the Great Seal of "Nominal Admiral Commander Fu Zi QuanJun GuanFang", the Black Flag Army was renamed fu jun, the Qing government gave Liu Yongfu the honor of "Ibod en Batulu" and the honor of "Three Generations and One Pin Seal", and qin awarded general Zhenwei to general Jianwei. And lay off more than 2,000 people In December of the same year, Yongfu led his troops to Guangzhou and camped in Yantang. In the twelfth year of Guangxu (March 1886), Liu Yongfu served as the commander-in-chief of Nan'ao Town, Guangxu Fourteenth Year (1888) Winter, Liu Yongfu took a leave of absence to return to Bobai County to build Liu Clan Ancestral Hall.

In the 20th year of Guangxu (1894), the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War broke out, and the Qing government ordered Liu Yongfu to assist in Taiwan's military affairs and led the Black Flag Army to Taiwan. The following year, the Qing government signed the "Maguan Treaty" with Japan, cutting off Taiwan and the Penghu Archipelago, and in May the Japanese army landed at Keelung, Taiwan's democratically elected president Tang Jingsong fled, the Taiwan people had no master, elected Liu Yongfu as the democratic president and general, and commanded the military and the people to resist Japan and save Taiwan. Liu Yongfu resigned from the presidency and was willing to take responsibility for defending the Taiwan military. He led the Taiwanese army and people to heroically resist the enemy in Miaosu, Changhua, Chiayi and other places, killing and wounding more than 32,000 Japanese troops, and the Japanese generals Lieutenant General Kita Shirakawa Nobuhisa and Major General Yamane Nobunari were also killed. We have persisted in the struggle to defend Taiwan for more than half a year. In the end, due to the lack of support from the Qing court and the exhaustion of ammunition, the Japanese army was about to fall into Taiwan, and Yongfu had to hide in the British steamship to cross Xiamen.

In the twenty-eighth year of Guangxu (1902), Liu Yongfu was appointed as the commander-in-chief of Jieshi Town, Guangdong. In the spring of the third year of Xuan reunification (1911), Liu Yongfu joined Sun Yat-sen's League. In November of the same year, he became the chief of the Guangdong Militia League, and soon resigned and settled in Qinzhou.