At 12:40 p.m., He Peizhen, Liao Enbai, and others rushed to the Qing Manchu Embassy in the United States, demanding that the Chinese Embassy in the United States release the arrested students and allow them to choose whether or not to stay in the United States according to their own wishes.

"A group of students are blocking the door of the embassy, demanding that we release the arrested students, Master Chen, what should we do with it, you have an idea!"

Inside the legation, Zhang Yinchang, the deputy envoy to the United States, said anxiously.

"It is the will of the imperial court to suspend the children studying in the United States, and the more than ten international students were also arrested by the imperial court of the United States, they want to save people, and they go directly to the imperial court of the United States to petition, what is the use of going to the legation!"

Chen Lanbin pushed the responsibility away from himself and said in a tough tone.

"My minister, the troublesome students have recognized that you have informed the Americans and asked the Americans to assist the imperial court in repatriating the students studying in the United States, and now they are grasping this matter and not letting go, if you don't want to come up with a solution, I am afraid that they will keep blocking the door of the legation and not leaving."

"How dare they! The legation is the diplomatic mission of the imperial court to the United States, representing the authority of the imperial court, and they dare to disobey the authority of the imperial court? ”

Chen Lanbin stared at the side outside the door, and said angrily, "The imperial court spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to arrange for students to study abroad, but in the end, it raised a group of white-eyed wolves who forgot their ancestors!" ”

"Can't blame them all, the plan to study in the United States was suddenly suspended, the students were angry, and they were bewitched by the remnants of the South American hair, so they lost their minds for a while and blocked the door of the embassy.

"After learning a little foreigner's ink, you dare not know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth to go against the will of the imperial court! The official doesn't bother to explain to them! ”

Chen Lanbin took the posture of the Manchu officials and ordered, "Lord Zhang, let the soldiers in the embassy be equipped with foreign guns and drive out all the troublemakers at the door!" ”

"Have you forgotten, my lord, that two days ago, the Americans, under the pretext of fearing that the embassy guards would clash with the whites, forbade the guards to carry weapons outside the embassy."

"How can this be reasonable, foreigners are too much!"

Wu spontaneously sulked, Chen Lanbin was still unwilling to compromise and said, "Replace the foreign guns with wooden sticks, and let the soldiers use wooden sticks to drive out the mob at the door!" ”

"No adults! At present, when the United States promulgated the "Chinese Exclusion Act", the Chinese people in the United States are angry, and if they indiscriminately drive out the petitioning students with sticks, I am afraid that they will cause big trouble! ”

Rong Hong, the supervisor of young children in the United States, walked in from the door, and just saw the scene of Chen Lanbin issuing an order, and immediately dissuaded him.

"It's not, it's not. Do you want them to block the door of the embassy? ”

"Adults wait for a while, Rong went out a few days ago, and visited many celebrities such as Mark Twain, the mayor of San Francisco, and city councilors, and perhaps through their help, the American government will improve its attitude towards Chinese people studying in the United States."

"That's all there is to it."

Chen Lanbin breathed a sigh of relief, and arranged, "I will ask Lord Rong to persuade the troublesome students, I hope that Lord Rong will explain to the students the efforts that the imperial court is making, and after they hear it, they will be able to change their minds, otherwise, the official can only use soldiers to forcibly expel them from the gate of the embassy." ”

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"There is no sin in studying! Release the arrested students immediately! ……”

Outside the embassy, nearly 100 young Chinese students shouted slogans demanding the release of the arrested students! The entrance to the embassy was blocked.

"Classmates, be quiet, I am Rong Hong, the supervisor of young children in the United States, if you have any requirements, put them forward one by one! I'll try to solve it for everyone! ”

Rong Hong walked to the door of the embassy and shouted to the students gathered on the street.

"Lord Rong, seven years ago, we heard about your deeds, and specially rushed from the Celestial Empire to the United States to study, and now the imperial court disregards the students' desire to serve the country, arbitrarily interrupts the plan for young children to study in the United States, and arrests aspiring young students, regardless of the life or death of international students in the United States!

Lord Rong, the students would like to ask you, is this the attitude of the imperial court towards young people studying abroad? ”

Zhong Juncheng stood in front of the crowd and said excitedly.

"Calm down, South American long-haired remnants are good at demagoguery, in order to avoid international students from being deceived and abducted by long-haired remnants, the imperial court had to stop the plan to study in the United States, the original intention of the imperial court is for the good of the students, and everyone should also understand the hardships of the imperial court."

"I have been studying abroad for ten years, and I am not a three-year-old child, how can I not be unreasonable and listen to the bewitchment of others in a daze! Lord Rong, I'm afraid that you can't even convince yourself for the reasons you said, and you still use them to deceive us, isn't it shameful? ”

A Chinese student in a suit with his braids cut off sarcastically.

"Presumptuous, Rong is a senior student studying abroad, and the initiator of the plan for young children studying in the United States, even if you don't agree with Lord Rong's point of view, you shouldn't be humble and humble! Discredit the Adult! ”

"If he didn't speak for the Manchu court, I would naturally respect him, but he knew that the South American Han State was the orthodoxy of China, but he still slandered the South American Han State for the Manchus, so he did it! I can't be respected by Ouyang Jing! ”

"You...... Sling the bull! ”……

There was a mess in front of the embassy, and among the students who petitioned were those who had hopes for the Qing court or Rong Hong himself, and those who were inclined to the Han Kingdom in South America and completely wanted to demolish the Qing court.

Neither side could convince the other, and Rong Hong could not come up with a convincing certificate for the students, so he could only return to the embassy disappointed.

"Rong Hong was a senior studying abroad in vain, and repeatedly defended the Qing court, but he never mentioned the release of the arrested classmates! Students, compatriots! Have you all seen it clearly? This is the Manchu court on which we pinned our hopes!

In the face of the bullying of the United States, he retreated step by step, and in the face of the crying blood petition of young students, he repeatedly resigned!

Students, compatriots, is it possible to rely on such a court to be the masters of the country and uphold justice for overseas Chinese? It is simply impossible, only by relying on the strength of our unity can we protect the safety of overseas Chinese!

Everyone unite and rush to the legation! Rescue the arrested classmates! Rush! ”

A youthful and beautiful figure appeared in the crowd, calling on everyone with its characteristic feminine tone, and taking the lead in rushing towards the gate of the legation.

Under the infection of righteous indignation, not only dozens of young students were driven by He Peizhen's actions, but even more than 40 ordinary Chinese onlookers rushed to the legation under the inspiration of the enthusiastic atmosphere.

The petition turned into a violent assault on the embassy, and although more than 100 Chinese rushed into the door with all their blood, they were expelled by more than 40 heavily armed soldiers, and after an hour, all the Chinese who broke into the embassy were driven out, and at the same time, because of the crowd, pushing, and beating and expelling by the embassy guards, more than 20 Chinese were left with wounds of varying severity.

After the incident of the collision with the embassy in the United States, the relationship between the students studying in the United States and the Qing court's foreign institutions further deteriorated, and many students who originally had illusions about the Qing court also changed their attitudes and turned to the hope of national rejuvenation on the Han country in South America. The expulsion of the Chinese from the United States was a very far-sighted decision. …………

"The Chinese are a contradictory people, the Chinese under the rule of the Qing court are submissive and silent, even if they are bullied by the whites, they do not dare to resist, while those Chinese in the Han Kingdom of South America are like fierce jackals, full of aggressiveness and expansion............"

Mark Twain, who was once pinned on by Yung Hong, closely followed the trend of the American media and published a self-righteous study of the different spirits of the same Chinese race in the Far East and South America.

In a later book, My Chinese Servant and Me, he explained that the reason for his association with Rong Hong was to understand the thoughts of Qing court officials and to provide practical data solutions for exploring Chinese personalities, not to make friends with him.

Mark Twain and his book of Chinese servants, Mark Twain exaggerated the threat theory of the Han state: the Chinese are a contradictory people, and the Chinese under the rule of the Qing Dynasty are submissive and silent.

In order to understand the Chinese, he contacted Rong Hong, and Rong Hong interceded with him to persuade the US government to abandon the Chinese Exclusion Act, but failed.

thinks that Rong Hong's efforts are useless,

At the same time, his Chinese servants changed, no longer submissive, resigned to him and said goodbye, saying with a reward that he could guarantee him to stay, and if he didn't agree, he woke up and wanted to go back to Han!

The Han Kingdom is tyrannical, one is numb and cowardly, and the other is studious but cruel, fanatical, and belligerent!

On October 8, 1882, the San Francisco City Government handed over the 14 arrested students to the Qing Legation in the United States.

At noon on October 9, more than 30 Qing guards used wooden sticks as weapons to escort the arrested students to the San Francisco entrance of Hong Kong.

On October 11, Chen Lanbin again asked the San Francisco government to assist in the arrest of the students, but the San Francisco government refused on the grounds that the local Chinese had promised to evacuate the United States, had gathered at the port on their own, and were about to leave.