In 1911, the vigorous Xinhai Revolution broke out in the land of China, which completely shook the foundation of the Qing government's rule, and this incident also marked that China's modern history was about to turn a new page. However, we must not only see the tremendous achievements of the Xinhai Revolution after its success, but also must not forget the dedication of countless revolutionaries who sacrificed their lives and forgot their deaths.
Above - Relief of the Xinhai Revolution Memorial
Before the Xinhai Revolution, many patriots began to try to save the motherland by various means, some people chose to abandon medicine and follow the literature, using words to awaken the numb nerves of the people, some people donated huge sums of money to provide materials for the revolutionaries, and some people were radical and tried to force the Qing government to compromise by force.
Qiu Jin was one of the third kind of people, and in 1904, Yuan Shikai's aide, Jiang Kanghu, almost became a political tool of Qiu Jin Mingzhi.
In fact, Qiu Jin and her family can be regarded as vested interests under the rule of the Qing Dynasty, since her great-grandfather, the Qiu family has been an official for generations, and Qiu Jin's father is an official in Chenzhou, Hunan Province, and he can also be regarded as a major member of the party. What is valuable is that the Qiu clan, as a famous local family, was not bound by the traditional feudal system, but adopted a more enlightened principle of handling things, which can be seen from the education received by Qiu Jin:
Qiu Jin studied with her brother at an early age, was good at literature and history, could write poetry, and learned to ride a horse with her cousin to fencing at the age of 15.
Above - Qiu Jin statue
When Qiu Jin was nineteen years old, her father promised her to Wang Tingjun, a distant relative of Zeng Guofan, whose father ran a pawnshop in the area. As we all know, the daily operation of the pawnshop requires a lot of funds to do the guarantee, which also shows that the Wang family is not a small local household.
However, the combination of strong and strong did not make Qiu Jin hide in the deep door of the big household, on the contrary, the domestic vigorous new trend of thought made her very yearning, after marriage, she ignored her husband's opposition, and went to Japan at her own expense, that is, the country that was the earliest founding country in East Asia at that time, intending to seek a way to break through the traditional shackles.
Above - Portrait of Wang Tingjun
It is not difficult to see that Qiu Jin is full of reading history books, knowing things and understanding right and wrong, coupled with her character of not loving red clothes and loving arms, which makes her essentially different from the traditional ladies of the late Qing Dynasty, more concerned about national affairs and the people's livelihood, when she keenly discovered that there were huge problems in old China, she did not stay out of the matter, but took the initiative to think about how to save the country's life, and did not hesitate to give up a good life to seek the truth, becoming a great revolutionary. Incidentally, Qiu Jin's jealous and hateful personality laid the groundwork for her to become a radical revolutionary.
Qiu Jin went to Japan in July 1904, that is, in the same year, another talented teenager in the southern region also left a footprint in Japan, he was the first ideological disseminator of socialist ideas in China, Jiang Kanghu.
Under the recommendation of Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, Jiang Kanghu was sent to Japan for political investigation and study at public expense in order to serve the Qing government after returning to China. However, when he was less than half a year old, he was greatly humiliated by a scandal, and recalled him in advance:
Due to the misconduct in life, a Japanese maid became pregnant, and Jiang Kanghu had to end his investigation in Japan early and apply to return to China.
Above - Jiang Kang Tiger Statue
Generally speaking, Jiang Kanghu was basically abandoned by the government after returning to China, but his political life was not extinct, and after landing in Tianjin, he was summoned by Yuan Shikai, the governor of Zhili, and gave a good performance, which made the latter satisfied and accepted him as a staff member.
However, Jiang Kanghu, who had just come of age at that time, although talented but lacking political experience, was too close to Yuan Shikai to offend his traditional staff and was ostracized, and he could only resign in disgrace and take the opportunity to propose to go out to Japan for training again. Yuan Shikai was more optimistic about Jiang Kanghu first, and second, he did not care about a person's expenses, so he agreed to Jiang Kanghu's request.
In fact, at this time, Jiang Kanghu had already stepped down from his official post and became a cloth cloth, and the trip to Japan could also be regarded as a personal act, however, because of his previous reputation, many people did not think that he had completely dissolved relations with Yuan Shikai, including revolutionaries, the Japanese government, and Qiu Jin's various forces.
Jiang Kanghu went to Japan about the spring of 1904, a few months earlier than Qiu Jin's visit to Japan, and when he set foot on Japanese soil, the Japanese government that received the information mistakenly thought that he was Yuan Shikai's envoy, came to deal with some secret issues, regarded him as a political figure, properly arranged his itinerary, and sent special personnel to protect him. For this misunderstanding, Jiang Kanghu not only did not deny it, but also actively cooperated because he obtained convenience.
Portrait of Yuan Shikai
The high-profile behavior naturally aroused the attention of others, and qiu Jin also set his sights on Jiang Kanghu shortly after coming to Japan, and proposed to assassinate Jiang Kanghu at a small gathering of revolutionaries.
It is reasonable to say that Qiu and Jiang did not know each other and did not intersect in their daily lives, so why did Qiu Jin assassinate him? In fact, there are three main factors:
Reject Sun Yat-sen's rejection of revolution
After Jiang Kanghu's first visit, he was favored by Sun Yat-sen and invited him to discuss the revolutionary plan together, but he was rejected, which also clearly indicated that Jiang Kanghu was far away from the revolutionary camp.
Fox Fake Tiger Wei was close to Yuan Shikai
After returning to China, Jiang Kanghu took the initiative to attach himself to Yuan Shikai, a major minister in Beiyang, which also showed that he completely defected to the Qing government, which was the object of the revolutionaries' intention to overthrow.
The reputation is great, which helps Qiu Jin to show her attitude
At that time, many revolutionaries had traveled to Japan, such as Sun Yat-sen, Zhou Shuren, Tao Chengzhang, etc., they and Qiu Jin either knew each other or were like-minded, and Jiang Kanghu was the most famous person outside of these people who clearly expressed opposition to the revolution, and assassinating him helped Qiu Jin show his loyalty to the revolution.
Driven by these three inducements, it was reasonable that Qiu Jin intended to assassinate Jiang Kanghu.
Above - Statue of Sun Yat-sen
In Qiu Jin's view, Jiang Kanghu, as a government official, did not care about the world in the depths of the sea, and brazenly wore the hat of opposing the revolution in Japan to flaunt the market, which is really a negative example of not seeking his own government in his position, and the fox pretended to be a tiger to grab benefits for himself, so she hoped to get rid of this kind of person to mingzhi and play a role in strengthening the revolutionary contingent to suppress the arrogance of the rulers.
At this time, although Jiang Kanghu acted extremely self-interested, after all, he had not yet done anything too detrimental to the national character and personality, and at best he was at odds with the revolutionaries' political views. However, looking at Jiang Kanghu's subsequent performances, especially the bad behavior of taking sides in many ways to protect himself and not hesitate to betray the country and seek glory, Qiu Jin's judgment does have its rationality.
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The description of Qiu Jin's experiences as a teenager in this article is from "Qiu Jin: Pioneers of the Women's Liberation Movement"
The Japanese expedition materials about Jiang Kanghu in this article are referenced from "Jiangxi Local Figures : The Life of Jiang Kanghu"
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