Except for the robes in the army, few people remember Zhou Yi, and naturally few people pay attention to what happened in a village in Lunan.

In some special groups of people, they still noticed the meaning of this year.

Wu Yu, whose name is Youling, is a native of Huayang, Sichuan, and studied in Japan. The diary of Chinese New Year's Eve, "The year of doom is over, the next year is auspicious, and the family is happy and happy", which can also be said to have experienced the great political turmoil and the general expectations of people from the imperial system to the republican era for the new era. Wu Yu, who entered the period of the Republic, was ready to read old books for half a day and read new books for half a day. Wu Yu joined the Progressive Party and drew up six political programs for the party, the first of which was to promote the completion of democratic constitutional government, and the last two were to promote world morality and reform the family religion. Wu Yu has decided to officially become the chief writer of "Zhengjin Bao" after the next year, and show his skills in the new dynasty.

Yun Yuding, the word Weisun, ancestral home in Changzhou, Jiangsu, Guangxu fifteen years of Jinshi. On Chinese New Year's Eve, he burned incense to thank the heavens, and bowed three times and nine times to the abdicated Emperor Xuantong in the northeast. still wore Qing Dynasty clothes, and wrote to friends, "After the new year, don't be a world." Brother Wei sat in the study, and the ancients were not right, and he didn't ask about things outside the door. "He is different from Wu Yu, and he is completely on the position of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

However, Yun Yuding was duplicitous, not completely ignorant of the affairs of the court, he encouraged his colleagues to stay in the new dynasty, the reason is, "Brother Fei dares to be the official of the republic, and he is thinking that there are many things in the world, and those who have the talent and courage of our party will hold the power of affairs early, and they will be able to borrow their hands and ears in a few different days!" The public should implicitly imply this meaning. "There is a great sense of waiting for an opportunity to counterattack.

Yun Yuding doesn't just hope for like-minded friends, he also takes action. This is done by taking advantage of the freedom of association allowed by the Military Commission. The Shunzhi Public Welfare Association was organized, and Wang Shizhen, the deputy mayor of Beijing, who had proven his heart to the Qing Dynasty, was invited to serve as the president to strengthen his momentum, and he served as a co-admirer. He also actively participated in the activities of the Chinese Society, and founded the Confucius Society, "focusing on maintaining the holy way and expounding the sacred learning"

Yun Yuding revealed his feelings of missing his homeland many times in his diary, "I dreamed of talking to people about the hatred of the country's death, and I couldn't stop crying." Both wake up, tears are especially faced. ”

For that ugly sign of the Manchu Qing. Of course, Yun Yuding will not cut it off. But it is also admitted that there are advantages to cutting braids and being easy to wear. dragged on for several months, and finally cut off the braid of "50 years together".

Although he did not agree with the national donation initiated by the Shunzhi Public Welfare Association. But it was a grand event. He also served as the interim chairman of the Shunzhi School Student National Donation Federation. He's more like trying to be a good citizen. Instead of the widow who doesn't eat Zhou Su. This. It also shows the complex character of the elders.

Ye Changchi, whose name is Lanshang, is originally from Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Born in 1849. The diary of Chinese New Year's Eve said, "There are two out of sixty years in the year, the European wind is immersed, the new national and new teenagers are like drinking crazy medicine, my generation is like Chen people's lodging things, and what they have learned in the old days has become earth." After the New Year, you can only stay in hibernation, that is, start the next day. ”

All former friends and colleagues who took up official posts in the republic felt pity and hatred, and there was a cloud and mud at the moment. Ye Changchi represents another state of mind of old-school intellectuals.

The great Confucian king of Xiangzhong, a native of Xiangtan, Hunan, was born in 1833, the word Renqiu, and it was not surprising to learn that the Qing court abdicated the throne. It's horrifying. and make up for the unforeseen events in 24 history, and those who use the world as an artifact can be refreshed. "Poetry of the time: Looking at the dust of the post in the north, Du Ling is worried about the country but swallows. There is no vertical son who can accomplish things, and sit and see the group of arrogant self-esteem. In the Yuan era, the monkey demon lurked, and the old foundation of the yellow crane was burned. Please don't shed tears in Xinting, and return to Qingchun to Xing Village.

Obviously, this world-famous Confucian looks down on the Mengshan Army, and the "Vertical Son" and "Qun'er" in the poem are enough to prove his contempt for the Mengshan Army Bingguo.

Wang Minyun is nearly eighty years old, and he is a good emperor. There is no foolish loyalty of the Qing Dynasty, as early as 1857 before the prediction of Zeng Guofan that the Qing Dynasty will die within 50 years, Zeng Guofan seems to agree with Wang Minyun's judgment, saying "I look forward to death day and night, I can't bear to see the fall of the temple", 50 years ago dared to make this assertion to the leaders of Zhongxing, which shows that Wang Minyun has a clear understanding of the Qing Dynasty's demise, and the development of history also proves Wang's foresight, however, although Wang Minyun is old, he is not ignorant of the world, he sent a letter to Yang Du, a disciple who is keen on the design of the political structure, and talked about his own opinions, he made great mockery of the political system of divided power advocated by Long Qian, believing that the great chaos was about to begin, and the initiators would die without a place to be buried.

But the little people are not all Wang Minyun's generation who has no worries about their livelihoods.

The flour for making dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve was still borrowed by his wife, and Ye Wu, a "remnant" of the Qing Dynasty who lived in Xicheng West 40, couldn't help but curse the new dynasty, but was stopped by his always obedient wife, "Okay!" You are a big man, you are either hanging out with a bunch of scoundrels all day long, or drinking at home, and you have the ability to get some money, so that you can cut catties of meat for the children to eat! What kind of ability is hiding at home and scolding? When the first town recruited troops to fight Shandong, why didn't you hide? Calculate it, that is, the upper and lower mouths are just begging for some profits! ”

In the past, Ye Wuye had already slapped him! But now people are poor and short-minded, and horses are thin and long-haired, which is not as good as in the past. Since the money and food of the Qiuqi people ran out last year, for a few months, the Ye Wu family, who had no savings, had relied on selling his wife's dowry jewelry to survive, and Ye Wu naturally couldn't muster up the courage to teach his wife a lesson.

Cutting off money and food is not the same as cutting off the livelihood of the banner people. But there are not many people like Ye Wu who boast of having backbone and not eating Zhou Su, not to mention recruiting a large number of primary school teachers, it is a good career that everyone is jealous of, and the salary is said to be more generous than being an official. It is the renovation of the barracks in Nanyuan, the repair of the canal wharf in Tongzhou, the construction of a power plant in the mountains of Mentougou, the new textile factory outside the south and the food factory in the east city, recruiting laborers everywhere, and the recruitment notice of the municipal government clearly states that there is no distinction between Manchu and Han, and everyone is treated equally. If those places are too far from home, there is a lot of work in front of the house, and removing garbage in the city is a job that even women can do, and they are paid on a daily basis. But Ye Wuye just didn't do it, so that he was reduced to the point where the whole family drank porridge, and he still didn't want to fall the flag.

"The Qing Dynasty will not die! You don't believe it! Ye Wuye craned his neck and yelled at his wife.

"Don't associate with people who don't mess around! I don't want to end up with a lot of slaughter! Your head is worthless, and our mothers are dead. The mother-in-law unceremoniously pushed back. Countless princes and nobles below the regent have no way to take others, and now it's you. If you really have the ability, why would you go earlier? ”

"! You've learned to teach you a lesson? "Ye Wuye finally broke out.

"What are you yelling at me! Didn't you climb the high branches? It is serious to have the ability to find those princes Baylor to ask for a few taels of silver! What's the point of yelling at me?! The emperor is not short of hungry soldiers! Don't forget, what do you live on these months! "The wife, who also belongs to the white flag, is tired of her husband's idleness and childbirth.

The parents' quarrel made the youngest daughter, who was not yet three years old, cry. The mother-in-law glared at Ye Wu fiercely and hugged her little daughter, "Don't cry, don't cry, let's make dumplings and eat." ”

The fall of the Manchus. Except for the noble princes. It has had the greatest impact on the ordinary flag people in Beijing. The days of sitting and enjoying its success for more than 200 years are over, and there are many banner people who hate the Mengshan Army and look forward to restoration, Ye Wuye is one of them, and it is said that the Zongshe Party was organized above. Liaison with lower-level flag men is very frequent. Ye Wu's wife knew that her husband had been very uneasy recently. It seems that I have forgotten the experience of being warned by plainclothes police for insulting "Imagami".

It's also New Year's Eve. Wu Gouzi, a rickshaw driver in Hankow, dressed in a black cloth shirt with a yellow number written on it, trotted empty on the streets of the British Concession, although it was Chinese New Year's Eve. He also wanted to do a few more orders of business and was not in a hurry to go home.

The rising price of rice has made Wu Gouzi worry about his livelihood. He did not listen to his family's persuasion to work in the Hanyang Iron Works, and he felt that the life of pulling a cart was more reliable.

The dim street lamps prevented Wu Gouzi from seeing the British patrols standing on the road.

The baton slammed into the carport with a dull crashing sound. Wu Gouzi was taken aback, he didn't care about his car, he tried his best to stop the car, and finally saw the patrolman with a yellow beard on his face angrily pointing at his leather shoes - his car had rolled over someone's feet!

It was too late to compensate, the baton in the hand of the yellowbeard patrol man was smashed down, Wu Gouzi screamed and fell to the ground, and Yellowbeard still kicked a few feet in anger.

"Killed!" Several passers-by witnessed the scene and angrily blocked the Yellowbeard patrol. Yellowbeard was a little frightened, felt out the whistle and blew it, and several patrols ran over, carrying Wu Gouzi into the patrol room with all hands and feet, and Western medicine determined that Wu Gouzi was dead. Yellowbeard didn't take it seriously, and called for the workers to carry Wu Gouzi's body to the back city outside the British Concession. The shantytowns in Houcheng were filled with rickshaw pullers, civil engineers, and other miscellaneous coolies, who demanded to collect the bodies that night, and the residents rushed to tell each other, "Which family's car hasn't returned yet?" ”

Wu Gouzi's family hurried over, and the residents said angrily, "Wherever you brought it from, you can carry it back!" Can't die in vain! ”

Indian patrols arrived to disperse the crowd and an argument ensued. Someone reported that the Xiakou Branch of the Wuhan Police Department had been established, and the police quickly arrived, called a doctor, and determined that Wu Gouzi had been beaten to death, and the head scar was like a scar, and it did not require much advanced technology. The police quickly found eyewitnesses, and then led the police officer Zhang Duo to negotiate with the patrol house in the British Concession, the other party categorically denied it, and there was a verbal conflict during the period, and the patrol house expelled the police of the Xiakou branch on the grounds that the public security was rented and did not need to be managed by the Chinese, which angered Zhang Duo, who was injured in the original Third Brigade and turned into a policeman, and reported to the Hankou garrison headquarters for this, and the 23rd Brigade of the garrison quickly dispatched a battalion to surround the patrol house and demand that the murderer be handed over.

The British Consul in Hankow, Fareth, protested against the Wuhan authorities' violation of the Lend-Lease Regulations, which was a naked provocation to the British Empire. The British marines anchored on the Hankow River were urgently transferred ashore to defend the consulates and banks, and the commander of the British ships sent a 50-man marine corps into the concession and formed a confrontation with the garrison.

The attitude of the police and the garrison was strongly supported by the people of Hankow, who had never received support from the army and police in a similar incident. Because they didn't expect that the officials and soldiers would not be oriented towards foreigners!

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, more and more people gathered in the British Concession to support the garrison and police, and formed an anti-British alliance.

Hubei Civil Affairs Chief Tang Hualong was worried about the expansion of the situation, and urgently met with the head of the garrison, the original Hubei troops have been reorganized into the 14th Division, following the division commander Li Yuanhong to transfer the defense of Liangguang, the defense of the two lakes is in charge of the newly established Eighth Division, and the 23rd Brigade is stationed in Wuchang, and the brigade commander Lu Dafang said to Tang Hualong that he has asked Jiang Division Commander, and the division commander's instructions are that the murderer must be severely punished! Now it's not the Manchus, and the army has to support the people. If the patrol house does not hand over the murderer, the troops will never withdraw from the siege.

"My Brigade Commander Lu, this is not a trivial matter! When it comes to diplomacy, let's consult the center. Tang Hualong was extremely dissatisfied with Lu Dafang's indifferent attitude.

"Tell the center? The commander is in charge of the great cause of the founding of the country, how can he have the energy to deal with such a trivial matter? Are you kidding?! Lu Dafang was originally the commander of the Third Brigade, and was transferred to the newly formed Eighth Division and promoted to officer, "The commander has taught us many times that the mission of the army is to defend the country and protect the people, and now that the people are dying at the hands of foreigners, how can the army stand idly by?" You can rest assured. Something went wrong and I was around. ”

Tang Hualong complained bitterly. Thinking you're carrying it? Can you, a brigade commander, handle diplomatic affairs? "I have already met with the British consul, and the British are angry and threaten to send warships! General Lu, you don't understand the complexity of diplomacy! Don't let small things affect the overall situation of the center! Tang Hualong felt that the generals under Long Qian were too ignorant. How can you casually send troops into the concession?

"Punish the murderers. Compensation for damages. Apologize and show mercy to the deceased, this is the attitude of the military! You go talk to the British. As for the British warships, okay. I have an artillery battalion in my hand, and several warships in the Yangtze River are live targets. ”

"Don't be brutal!" Tang Hualong, who was reused by Long Qian, wanted to do something in the new dynasty, and he didn't want to ruin his future in a trivial matter. So he sent an urgent telegram to the Foreign Affairs Bureau to report the Hankow incident truthfully. Tang Shaoyi quickly called back, asking him to negotiate properly and be sure to seek justice for the rickshaw driver.

Tang Hualong did not know the above negotiations, but not only did the army not withdraw, but more troops were transferred, and the concession became a dead place. The British, including the Indian red-headed patrols, who have always been tigers, could not go out of the rental world. And the people were completely on the side of the army, not only in Hankou, but also in Wuchang and Hanyang, who joined the demonstration and supported the government in punishing the murderers and making decisions for the people.

The press also moved, and the Chinese-language newspapers in Wuhan stood on the government's standpoint to denounce the crimes of the British patrol and denounce the British for their arrogance and unreasonableness. Zhan Dabei, chief writer of Dajiang Bao, successively published signed articles such as "Why Did Lord Yang Kill Wu Gouzi in Hankou" and "The First Time to Open the World," exposing the truth about Wu Gouzi's killing on Chinese New Year's Eve and vigorously praising the attitude of the new government, believing that it was the first time that the government and the army sought justice for a humble rickshaw driver. News media in Beijing, Tianjin, Jiangning, Guangzhou, and Changsha also joined the chorus. Wu Gouzi, a rickshaw driver who was originally as humble as an ant, is famous.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, under tremendous pressure, the Concession Patrol House agreed to conduct an autopsy, and two servants retained by the new government, two military doctors sent by the garrison, two traditional Chinese medicine doctors invited by the Hankou Chamber of Commerce, and forensic doctors appointed by the consulate, eight people from all over the world took turns to play.

The scar on Wu Gouzi's head could not be concealed, although foreign forensic doctors denied it in every possible way. The autopsy report admitted that Wu had been hit the head – the cause of death. With the garrison doctor with a camera, the forensic doctor sent by the consulate signed the report.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the Hankou District Government reached an agreement with the British Concession to expel the offender to China in view of the "consular jurisdiction" of the British Concession, and to deal with it under British law. The patrol room compensated Wu Gouzi Yinyang 200 yuan, and gave a pair of cypress coffins.

The telegram from the Foreign Bureau is clear, and it ends here. The army withdrew, and the Wuchang city government properly pacified the dead and the people, and the situation must not continue to escalate.

Although the murderer was not brought to justice, it was dissatisfied, but the face of the army was to be given, Wu Gouzi's family signed the agreement, and the body was buried on the seventh day of the first lunar month, and the situation basically calmed down.

British Minister Zhu Erdian wrote in his routine report to China without worry: The role of the new government in the Hankow Incident has brought about an upturn in the morale of the Chinese people, and the mentality of the people, who are afraid of foreigners and do not care about their own affairs, is changing, and the direct change brought about is hatred of the foreign powers. An awakening China will bring about changes in East Asia that the empire does not want...... Unfortunately, it is no longer possible to take the same stance to put pressure on China as it did a decade ago.

When the Hankow Incident broke out, American and German diplomats in China openly condemned the British for their atrocities in arresting and disregarding human life, which made the British very angry, and the great powers were no longer monolithic. With the development of the large oil fields in Shandong, the American people and the government had unprecedentedly close ties with the new China, and the legend that Germany was negotiating a series of economic and military cooperation matters with China, the British Foreign Office noticed the changes in the Far East, and a new China close to Germany politically was deeply worried by the British, and Gray's instructions contributed to the settlement of the Hankow Incident, and Zhu Erdian found that the new Chinese government did not seem to care about the rush to conclude diplomatic relations with the British Empire, which annoyed the British. Indeed, the blockade of China cannot be done, let alone solved by force. Once China establishes diplomatic relations with Germany, the United States, Austria and other countries, Britain's interests will be even more damaged. (To be continued......)