At that time, Li Hongzhang served as governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang trade, and played an extremely important role and influence in domestic and foreign affairs. Li Hongzhang owned the Huai Army and Beiyang Navy, and controlled the most elite standing armed forces of the Qing court. At the same time, Li Hongzhang's proteges and subordinates were all over the ruling and opposition parties, and there were many people who served as governors and governors. Therefore, it is not too much to use the word "ruling" to describe Li Hongzhang.
Li Hongzhang
In this case, ordinary people dare not provoke Li Hongzhang. Unless he's not ordinary.
Wei Jun is such an unusual person.
An Wei Jun, 1854, is a native of Qin 'an County, Gansu Province. /kloc-In the 1970s, when Zuo was the governor of Shaanxi but Gansu, he met Ann, appreciated this young talent and encouraged him to study hard. "Reading should study the world, and the subject name is very advanced." Ann Wei Jun's family is very poor, and he was short of money when he went to Beijing to take the exam. Zuo took out 30 taels of silver from his salary to help him go to Beijing to take the exam. "I'll give you thirty taels of silver as a gift, and I'm glad to accept it."
Zuo Tang Zong
A Wei soldier took two exams in Sun Shan and failed. Zuo comforted him: "The surname is not important enough. Fortunately, I don't mind. " It was with Zuo's encouragement and support that 1880, 26-year-old Ann finally got her wish and entered the officialdom.
Under the influence of the Left, Ann formed an upright and upright personal style. In the late Qing Dynasty, when nepotism was very important, Ann Wei Jun suffered a great loss. Although he is an academician, his career has been stumbling. It was not until 1893 that An Weijun, who had been a Beijing official for more than ten years, was promoted to Fujian Road Secretariat.
A Wei Jun.
According to the official system of the Qing dynasty, the imperial history supervision belongs to the positive six products. In Beijing, where senior officials are like a cloud, such officials are nothing more than humble and have a low sense of existence. However, although the imperial supervision level is low, its power is not small. Its duty is to "play the official evil, teach the truth, judge the punishment, and picket the ceremony", and it has the right to specialize in impeaching civil and military officials. This paved the way for Wei Jun to impeach Li Hongzhang.
1893 is the eve of the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1893. There were serious differences within the Qing court about Japanese aggression. As governor of Zhili and minister of Beiyang trade, Li Hongzhang belongs to the main peace faction and advocates compromise and concession to Japan. This hit it off with Empress Dowager Cixi. Emperor Guangxu advocated taking a tough attitude towards Japan and safeguarding the dignity of the country and the nation, but there were not many supporters around him.
The Empress
In order to support Emperor Guangxu, Ann Wei Jun wrote 65 memorials in succession in more than a year, severely criticizing Empress Dowager Cixi, Li Hongzhang and other pacifists. 1894 12, Ann Wei Jun wrote "Please punish Li Hongzhang" and asked Emperor Guangxu to "punish Li Hongzhang clearly". This is for Li Hongzhang's head to thank the world.
In this paper, Ann Wei Jun listed the crimes of Li Hongzhang emotionally, saying that he was "arrogant, greedy, ignorant and barren". "On weekdays, the enemy country has a palace, and it is self-reliant, and it is beyond the reach of the whip." "When the Japanese people commit crimes, it is obvious that they dare not send private wealth to Japan. Once they break, they can't extract it, so they don't want to fight and they are not prepared. " After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Li Hongzhang "helped Japanese ships transport coal and rice, and served as the first-class fast gun sold by ordnance;" However, the wages and weapons of our former enemies were deliberately delayed. "If someone advocates the war of resistance, he will be reprimanded by Li Hongzhang. Some people say that Li Hongzhang is "happy when he hears failure and worried when he hears victory".
Not only that, Ann also attacked Empress Dowager Cixi and Li by innuendo: "It is widely rumored these days that making peace is an imperial decree of Empress Dowager Cixi, which is actually controlled by Li. I can't believe such a road rumor. who is it? Since the empress dowager belongs to my emperor. If you are still in trouble, what will you do to your ancestors and the people of the world? How can you interfere in political affairs when you go to Li to serve the court? "
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Finally, An Wei Jun suggested that Emperor Guangxu should either remove Li Hongzhang from his post as governor of Zhili and let him hold a position of idleness in the Cabinet Department. Either Li Hongzhang is punished as he deserves and is extinct.
A stone at a memorial service in Wei Jun stirred up a thousand waves and shocked the ruling and opposition parties. Empress Dowager Cixi was furious and ordered a Wei Jun to be dismissed and handed over to the punishments for discussion. According to the meaning of Empress Dowager Cixi, she not only killed Ann Wei Jun, but also severely punished a number of ministers who fought in the main battle. Seeing this, Emperor Guangxu, out of the idea of protecting Wei Jun, took the initiative to issue an imperial edict, saying that Wei Jun was "reckless and fearless, and if he was not severely punished, he might alienate people", so he "immediately dismissed and sent Wei Jun to the podium to make an example".
Thanks to the intervention of Emperor Guangxu, a Wei Jun saved his life.
Emperor Guangxu
Since then, Ann Wei Jun has been sent to Jiakou Juntai. When he left Beijing, many scholars and poets came to see him off. The farewell place was specially chosen in the former residence of Yang Jisheng, a famous remonstrator in the middle of Ming Dynasty. They paid tribute to Wei Jun in this special way. Among the people who saw me off, there was even an Eight Banners aristocrat, who was then the minister of Counsellor Uriyasu Taizhirui. Zhirui gave Wei Jun a seal of "Iron Man on Longshang". From then on, Ann Wei Jun won the reputation of "Iron Man in Gansu" and became famous all over the world.
Ann Wei Jun stayed in Zhangjiakou for five years and was released back to Beijing in the 25th year of Guangxu. He died on 1925 at the age of 72.