However, after the unsuccessful intervention in the North Manchurian Railway in the Battle of the Middle East Road, Japan was still unwilling. Although they had a military presence in Manchuria, they were only nominally interfering with Soviet Russia, at least in the general sense, and could not be used rationally, at least in the general sense. Moreover, as soon as the Middle East Road problem broke out, Zhang Zuolin's government closed the connection between Suifenhe Station, the terminal of the North Manchurian Railway, and Soviet Russia. Separated from the Soviet Russian Far East, it is not easy for the Japanese to stretch their hands too far.

After thinking about it, they set their sights on the disputed Yanbian area.

It is said to be a controversy, but in fact it is just a unilateral "controversy" by the Japanese, which has not been recognized by the Chinese government in successive dynasties, and in legal theory, the Japanese have no merit in saying it. But the reason for the existence of this "controversy" is related to China's weakness, the incompetence of the late Qing government, and the revenge of the North Koreans.

This "controversy" is the Majima issue.

Jian Dao, formerly known as "Kendao" (named after a large number of Korean immigrants crossing the border to reclaim the land), is a unilateral name given by South Koreans to the territory of Yanbian in China north of the Tumen River and south of the Hailan River, including the four counties and cities of Yanji, Wangqing, Helong, and Hunchun. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the border people in the northern part of Korea went to China, which is separated by a river, to seek a way to survive due to disasters and poverty. China, as the suzerainty at that time, also generously set aside a piece of land for them to farm, which was a benevolent and righteous act, but I didn't expect to open Pandora's box.

When Japan annexed Korea, it began to covet the Yanbian region. On November 18, 1906, the Korean Minister of Counsel, Pak Jae-chun, sent a letter to the Korean Governor Ito Hirobumi, requesting that Japan send personnel to China's Yanbian area to protect the Korean people, which was exactly what the Japanese government wanted, but considering that the establishment of a colonial ruling organization and a military police stationed in Tuntun was likely to arouse strong opposition from the Chinese people and the attention of European and American powers, it was changed to temporarily establish a temporary office of the Korean Unified Supervision Office in the Yanbian area.

Then Japan claimed that the border between China and North Korea had not been cleared and that the ownership of the island (China's Yanbian region) had not been determined, and under the pretext of protecting the Korean people, it illegally invaded China's Yanbian, and the issue of the island (i.e., China's Yanbian area) arose, and was repeatedly mentioned by the shameless royal literati of a certain stick country before Zhang Hanqing crossed.

As a result, from August 1907, China and Japan began to negotiate the "Majima Case", which lasted for two years until September 1909. The Sino-Japanese negotiations on the "Majima Case" were first conducted between the central government and the envoys of the two countries; First, it was conducted between the local government in northeastern Qing Dynasty and the police station illegally set up by Japan in Yanbian.

But the Japanese were clever enough to include the issue of sovereignty over "Majima" in the negotiations with the other five on railways and coal mines. The negotiations continued into 1909, when Japan and North Korea intensified their harassment in all the "Majima" areas, and the Qing government was overwhelmed.

In that year, the two sides signed the "Tumen River China-South Korea Boundary Clause", which clearly stipulates that the Tumen River is the national border between China and South Korea, and Shiyishui is the source of the river. Since then, the decades-old border issue between China and South Korea has been resolved. Later "Manchukuo" and the border with Korea, the border between China and Korea have not changed. On the land reclaimed north of the Tumen River, the Han people are still allowed to live, which can be regarded as leaving a tail.

It was only in the 70s of the 20th century that with the economic take-off of South Korea, the so-called "myth of the Han River", South Korea's right-wing nationalism was on the rise, and the so-called "Majima" issue began to be shouted at by the invincible sticks of the cheeky universe.

However, the signing of the treaty does not mean that the Chinese government can effectively restrain Koreans from coming to the Northeast. The border of this place is originally long, and the Tumen River is not very wide, especially from the upstream to the source of the river, the river is shallow and shallow, the boundary is unknown, the source is not clear, and many places are dog tooth interactions, resulting in the situation that you have me and I have you. In this place, border management is already difficult, not to mention people with ulterior motives making waves in it?

Therefore, the water of the Tumen River is actually muddy.

After the Japanese had nowhere to touch the Middle East Road, their eyes swept here again, and they intended to open a passage here to the hinterland of the Northeast. Of course, it is not possible to send troops directly, and the Republic of China is also a sovereign state recognized by the great powers. So, they used the best "salute before soldiers" trick.

The solution was to make the Koreans living in the Yanbian area chaotic, and then the Japanese side would send troops into the area under the pretext of "calming the situation." According to the experience of encroachment in the three small areas in the east, as long as the Japanese soldiers arrive, it will be the area under the actual control of the Japanese forces.

No, a news of the violent resistance of North Korean settlers to the local administration attracted Zhang Hanqing's attention.

Here's how it happened: As one of the main sources of finance in Northeast China, agricultural tax is the foundation on which Zhang Hanqing relied to develop the economy of Northeast China. According to the truth that has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in China for thousands of years, it is the proper duty to cultivate land and pay for grain. At this time, unlike in later generations, growing grain was not only tax-free, but also directly subsidized.

With the expansion of Zhang Zuolin's strength, Feng's control over the Northeast has also begun to be implemented from large and medium-sized cities to the grassroots level, especially with the implementation of land reform, and the government's tentacles over the first-tier villages have been much more consolidated than before. Township and town police stations, financial offices, and government offices, together with the grassroots party branches of the People's Party, firmly hold the administrative power.

In view of the large number of Koreans in southern Jilin, the autonomous government put forward the concept of the "Chinese nation" to guide nationalist tendencies. Following the household registration system of later generations, the "dual nationality", cross-border Koreans, and Japanese overseas Chinese were effectively screened on this land.

The orderly order made it impossible for the Japanese to stir up trouble, so they artificially started unrest. The organizer is the well-known "Yijin Society" Beiken Island Branch in the Huichun area.

The "Ijinkai" is a Korean association that originally served to sell Korea to flatter Japan, but later became an accomplice in Japan's expansion into China, and also played an important role in the so-called "Majima issue." It infiltrated the Majima area early on, and in October 1905, as soon as it entered the association, it sent member Lee Kwang-so to "inspect" Majima. After that, a large number of members immigrated to Majima, and they set up their headquarters in Linjiang Liudaogou and set up many branches in other parts of Majima, carrying out various reconnaissance and sabotage activities, and colluding with Japan's "Majima Police Station" in an attempt to seize local sovereignty.

In this regard, the book "Jilin Old News" has a detailed record: "The number of Koreans in the four genera of Yuyan, Hun, He, and Wang has exceeded 400,000. Counting the household registration, more than half of the Koreans will be counted, and there will be more people who are reckless during the period, and there will be more people in the 'first meeting', leading the wasteland and renting land, and treacherously fooling around. I am deeply afraid that the 'Yijin Society' will be a dog, and the Japanese will sneer at it, and the 'Yijin Society' will be a puppet, and the Japanese will hold its rope and move, and Yanbian will be the return of North Korea. Walking on frost and ice, it is also said to be dead! ”

The government of the Qing Dynasty did not welcome the Yijin Society. The "14 Articles on Safeguarding Sovereignty" formulated by the Jilin authorities clearly stipulates: "If the Korean people of Vietnam abide by the laws of China, they are the people of our country." There are also quite a few people who have entered the Korean Association, and such people, regardless of whether they are naturalized Koreans or not, will be arrested and punished separately under civil and criminal law. But with the Japanese backing up here, once the incident involves "friendly subjects", the former Celestial Empire has no way to deal with its original younger brother, and the first entry will always be a headache for the Qing government on the border between China and South Korea.

After the unification of the Northeast by Zhang Zuolin, the situation began to change. Zhang Zuolin followed the previous practice and reformed the land and returned to the Han people. Those who wish to be citizens of China will be granted a household registration, and their cultivated land will be recognized and protected; Those who do not wish to be Chinese citizens will be deported within a time limit and their land will be confiscated. In this way, the people who had been controlled by the Yijin Society began to divide, and under the pressure of the Jilin government, many Han people expressed their willingness to submit---- they were originally the people of the Qing Dynasty of the Celestial Empire, and there was no conflict with this.

There will always be a handful of stubborn people who are only subject to Korean management on the grounds that they have been farming here for "generations". The local government in China is still very kind and asks them to leave the country within a time limit after the summer grain harvest is completed---- this is for the sake of their livelihood. But they were not grateful, and they refused to leave, but even stopped paying the grain tax that was supposed to be paid.

What is even more outrageous is that the Beiken branch of the "Yijin Society" is clamoring for the people everywhere and saying: "If the island is reassigned to North Korea, or if we take a step back and let us govern ourselves, we will be exempted from grain taxes, and the Koreans can manage this land." With the support of the Great Japanese Empire, the government of China will not dare to be rude to you. ”

A group of white-eyed wolves were bewitched and really refused to pay the rent. What's more, they also secretly conspired to pull up more people to "petition" the Jilin Provincial Government, demanding that Huichun realize "Korean governance and reclamation".

"Why can the three eastern provinces be independent of the central government and become autonomous, and engage in a system of serving people and governing the service, but we can't? More than half of the people living in this land are Koreans, and of course this land should be managed by our Korean people. That's their main argument, and it's quite marketable.

Originally, it was just a "petition" clamour, but the local government of Jilin Province and Huichun are like great enemies, why? Because since the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there have been several incidents here. It stands to reason that it is not difficult to solve this kind of internal affairs, as long as the government is tough enough, but because there are Japanese people waving their flags behind and even rushing to the front line, they have risen to the international level every time.

Besides, there are quite a few teams of thousands of people... It's enough to cause a big storm...

The new governor Liu Shangqing was quite troubled. He is characterized by a clear eye in words and deeds, polite to others, the most stable in handling things, and quite a "Kong Ming is only cautious in his life". This is what Zhang Zuolin likes, and it is also the top three figures in Zhang Zuolin's civil and official system, second only to Wang Yongjiang. Being able to become the governor of the three eastern provinces alongside Zhang Guogan and Wang Yongjiang is enough to illustrate the problem.

Because he is an economic background, he is known for his shrewdness, and he understands the philosophy of being alone, but sometimes he is regarded as too serious.

Because of this, he was overly cautious in dealing with Huichun's "Korean people governing Korea", and just wanted to be properly appeased. While instructing the Huichun District Commissioner to resolve the "grievances" of the people, he sent people to find a compromise and promised the settlers to suspend the taxation of their land.

Who wants to make the brainwashed reclamation people more on the road, they simply shout "autonomy".