Chapter 24: Declaring war on Japan
A.D. 1894 August 1, that is, the twentieth year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, the first day of the seventh lunar month. Outside the noon gate, hundreds of civil and military officials have already lined up in a neat queue, waiting for the morning court!
When the bell rang around 5 a.m., the palace gates opened. The hundred officials entered the palace gate in turn. The hundred officials had solemn expressions one by one, and the queue neatly entered the Forbidden City. During this process, if the official coughs, spits, or walks unsteadily, he will be recorded by the imperial historian in charge of picketing, and he will be dealt with.
The civil and military officials have been coming to the Qianqing Gate, and then stand in turn, the Qianqing Gate is the place where the Qing Dynasty emperor listens to the government, and the palace gate listens to the government is usually called the early dynasty. Nowadays, many people think that the place of the emperor's early dynasty is in the Taihe Palace, but in fact, the Taihe Hall is actually a place where large-scale ceremonies are held, and the number of times it is usually used is very small.
"The emperor has arrived, and the ministers are early!"
Hundreds of officials knelt down and bowed three times, and after the ceremony, they all got up and stood up, at this time a eunuch stood up with a scroll of holy decrees, and then the ministers knelt on the ground again to receive the decree.
"Fengtian carrier, system said: North Korea has been a vassal of our Qing Dynasty for more than 200 years, and it has paid tribute for many years, which is well known at home and abroad. In the past decade, the country has been plagued by civil strife; The imperial court sent troops to survey and settle down one after another, and sent personnel to garrison the capital of the country to protect it at any time. In April of this year, there was another bandit rebellion in Korea, and the king asked for troops to help suppress it, and the love message was urgent; Li Hongzhang was immediately ordered to send troops to help, and as soon as he arrived at Ashan, the bandits scattered. The Naiwa people sent troops to break into Seoul for no reason, and then increased their troops by more than 10,000 troops, forcing Korea to change its national government.
I obeyed the Fusui domain, and his domestic affairs were taken care of by himself; The treaty between Japan and Korea is a subordinate country, and there is no reason for Japan to bully and oppress with heavy troops and arbitrarily order the reform of the government. The public opinion of various countries is that the Japanese division is nameless and unreasonable, and it is persuaded to withdraw troops and negotiate peacefully; He blatantly ignored it, and so far he has not come to say, but has added troops one after another. The Korean people and Chinese businessmen were increasingly disturbed, and they went to protect them with additional troops. Halfway through the journey, a number of Japanese boats suddenly appeared, and taking advantage of my unpreparedness, they opened artillery bombardment on the sea off the Asan Pass, injuring our carrier. The deception is unexpected! The country's non-compliance with treaties, public law, arbitrariness, subterfuge, and provocation are clear.
With a special notice to the world, Yu Xiaoran handled this matter in the imperial court, which is really benevolent and righteous; And the Japanese people and the Chongqing League provoked, which was extremely unreasonable, and it was difficult to tolerate it again. Li Hongzhang sent various armies to quickly advance and suppress, gather strong divisions, and march one after another to save the Han people; And along the rivers and along the coast, the generals and the ministers of the army, reorganize the army, and when a Japanese steamer sails into each mouth, they will immediately meet the head-on attack, and annihilate all of them, so that they will not retreat slightly, which will lead to sin.
The edict of declaration of war has been issued, like thunder, the people of our country, you must be aware! Chin this! ”
"Long live our emperor! Banzai! Hooray! "Long live the ministers!
At this point, the Qing Dynasty officially declared war on Japan, and on the same day, Qing Dynasty Prime Minister Yamen officially read out the edict of Emperor Guangxu to the Japanese minister in Beijing, announcing the severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries and the declaration of war.
As if the two governments had negotiated in advance, on August 1, Japan's Meiji Emperor Muhito also issued an edict declaring war on the Qing Dynasty. Claiming that "Korea was the first independent state of the empire to join forces with other nations" and that the reason for the war was that "the empire then persuaded Korea to reform its government...... Although the DPRK had promised, the Qing State had always secretly tried every possible way to hinder the ...... He even sent large soldiers to attack our ships in the Han Sea, which was extremely arrogant. He stated that his purpose was to "save Korea from chaos forever," "to maintain peace in the East as a whole," and "to proclaim the glory of the empire to China and the rest of the world."
From this edict of declaration of war, it can be seen that the little devil is shameless, obviously a war of aggression, but it is whitewashed as maintaining peace, typical both want to be **, but also want to establish a chastity archway.
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At noon that day, Ren Chao led his troops to the city of Quanzhou, and at this time the elf flew to Ren Chao's ear, "There is one thing I want to inform you, just now the Qing Dynasty and Japan issued a declaration of war edict at the same time, and the two countries officially broke off diplomatic relations and went to war. This is the edict of the declaration of war between the two countries! ”
With a wave of the elf's finger, two screens immediately appeared in front of Ren Chao, which respectively displayed the edicts of the two countries declaring war. When Ren Chao saw that "Korea will never be spared from disaster", "maintain the peace of the East as a whole", and "proclaim the glory of the empire at home and abroad". When he waited for the words, he finally couldn't help but be furious, and raised his horsewhip and smashed the little devil's edict of declaration of war with a whip.
"! What bullshit, this group of slaves still has to be shameless, is there a lower limit! Ren Chao snorted coldly, "If you don't throw all these Oriental beasts into the sea to feed Wang Ba, the responsibility of maintaining peace will still be handed over to my brother!" Step into the city! ”
"Report~" At this time, a scout ran over and said loudly, "Report to the commander, the Korean officials in Jeonju City knew that the Heavenly Soldiers were here, and came to welcome the Lord into the city." ”
"Oh!" Ren Chao smiled proudly, "Let them come over!" ”
Soon two people wearing North Korean official uniforms were brought over, and the two saw Ren Chao wearing a yellow coat on a horse, and bowed down one after another, "Xiaguan Hunan Xuanfu Envoy (here "Hunan" refers to Jeolla Province of North Korea) Yan Shiyong, Jeolla Provincial Observation Envoy Jin Hezhen, meet the envoy, I don't know that the Lord led the heavenly soldiers here, and he missed the distance, and he hoped to atone for his sins!" ”
Ren Chao didn't understand the official position of North Korea, turned his head and glanced at the elf, and the elf hurriedly explained to Ren Chao briefly, these two people are considered to be feudal officials in North Korea, and this Yan Shiyong is responsible for appeasing the Dongxue Party, which can be regarded as the minister sent by the king of Korea. is a member of the second grade, and Jinhe Town is from the second grade. ”
"It's the second product, from the second product! What a big official! But Lao Tzu is also a third-grade general now! Moreover, Lao Tzu is an official of the Qing Dynasty, and the gold content is much higher than their so-called Xuanfu envoy and observation envoy in North Korea! Ren Chao thought in his heart. Although he looked down on these Goryeo sticks, he thought that he would need these two people in the future, so he immediately changed his smile and turned over and dismounted.
"Huh! There are two adults who come to greet you! Ren Chao said with a smile, "This official is Ren Chao, the commander of the Tiger Army, who was ordered to come to Quanzhou on business, and I hope that the two adults will bear with me if I am disturbed!" Hehehe! ”
"How dare you! How dare you! The lord came from afar, the boat and car were tiring, and the lower officials had already prepared a banquet in the city, to catch the wind for the lord, and invited the lord to lead the heavenly soldiers into the city! Although Yan Shiyong didn't know why this group of Qing soldiers suddenly came to Quanzhou, he didn't dare to ask more for fear of offending the adult in front of him.
"So it bothered!" Ren Chao smiled, then turned around and said, "Order the whole army to enter the city!" ”
Ren Chao arched his hand towards the two, turned over and jumped on horseback, and led the troops towards Quanzhou City.
"My lord! I heard that the Qing Dynasty and the Japanese have already started fighting, what are these Qing soldiers doing here? On the way, Jin Hezhen quietly asked Yan Shiyong.
Yan Shiyong sighed helplessly and said, "How do I know, but this group of Qing troops is well-equipped, obviously the elite of the Qing army, but it is not something we can offend, let's treat it well!" I'll report it to the court right away! ”
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