Volume 5 Divine Wind and Rain Volume 16 Chapter 16 Zhao Erfeng
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However, Lord Curzon, who succeeded Elgin as the governor of India, strongly advocated that since it was absolutely impossible, we should tell the Chinese that Britain planned to use this line as a border. However, Britain did not give this claim to China. At this time, Britain's border policy began to fluctuate with the pressure from Russia and the toughness of China.
At this time, Zhao Gang had already understood what had happened in Tibet in recent decades, and of course he was so angry that he had never seen anyone treason like this!!
The Qing Dynasty was about to fall on the brink of collapse, and the Qing government at this time could not take into account the distant territory. In 1894, Louis Dane, the famous representative of the Forward Sect, then Indian Foreign Affairs Secretary, fanatically proposed to extend the Indian border to the Kunlun Mountains and annex Tibet. However, the Russians would not allow Britain to do so. In 1897, the agreement between Britain and Russia Tibet.
Since the British goal in Aksaichin is to not allow Russians to enter, then making Aksaichin belong to Tibet is the easiest way. This has always been the goal of the British. Speaking of Britain's policy towards Russia, the United Kingdom is determined to put Aksaichin in Tibet, but don't think that Britain has any kindness.
Relying on foreigners to defend their borders is simply something that only idiots can do. This is obtained by the failed experience of countless self-righteous people. The most fundamental idea of Britain doing this is to eat Tibet together, and it has been doing it all the time.
In 1876, Britain annexed Tibet's vassal Zhemengdan), which was the year when the thirteenth generation of the Dalai Lama was born. Every time the Dalai Lama was reincarnated, Tibet might have wars or foreign teachers invaded, how could it be that the Buddha was guilty of the crime?
In 1887, the Tibetan Union Government set up a military war on the Longtu border, but failed. The Qing court repeatedly ordered Wen Shuo, the minister stationed in Tibet, to ask Tibetans to withdraw their cards. This was another good thing that the dog thief Li Hongzhang and the old bitch did.
Wen Shuo reported that Longtu was indeed Tibet, and there was nothing to be told. The old bitch said if you want to do it anymore. Wen Shuo said that it was my uncle, I just quit. Longtu was also Tibet territory. The Qing court removed Wen Shuo's official position and replaced it with Tai.
Li Hongzhang actually said to Shengtai, "Go and see if Longtu is a place in Tibet. Why haven't you heard of it before?" He hinted that Shengtai said that it was not the territory of Tibet. Shengtai went to Tibet and said that Longtu was in the territory of Zhemengxiong (Sikkim). However, Zhemengxiong and Brookba have always been vassals of Tibet. Although they are occupied by Britain, the ministers there (the king of the earth) come to Lhasa in person every year. If there is any dispute between the two ministers, they will ask the ministers in Tibet and the Dalai Lama to send people to deal with it. So it is still our territory (in fact, the British documents admit that although these two ministers belong to Britain in name, they actually obey Lhasa).
Li Gou Thief and the old bitch actually ignored it. Tibetans heard that Wen Shuo was dismissed from office and knew that the old bitch didn't want to care about them anymore, so they decided to work hard to fight the British. The old bitch ordered Shengtai to stop him. Taisheng thought to you, you should buy the country. If I want me to take the blame, don't even think about it. I didn't stop it, so I said no and secretly supported it.
The Tibetans became even more angry after hearing Taisheng's words. They gathered in Parker and swore to the sky: "All men and women in my hiding place will not share the world with the British. If you have this oath, everyone will share the same destruction!" (Good man! Good brother! Unfortunately, some Tibetans have forgotten their vows back then, forgotten the teachings of Master Tsongkhapa, and became Christian lackeys, and I cried for it).
The Indian colonial army attacked the Rhelebara Mountain, and the Tibetan brothers holding Tibetan swords fought bloody battles with India, with hundreds of casualties. Assam's rifle battalion was later known as the most capable force in India, but in fact it was garbage and could only bully the tribal brothers holding weapons.
After the Indian army was victorious, winter approached. The Indian government was afraid that it would suffer losses in the winter battle on the plateau, so it proposed a delaying plan and told the Qing ambassador to Britain Liu Ruifang to request peace talks. The Tibetans said that if the British occupied our Zhemeng Xiong, they would swear to be incompatible and refused to negotiate peace talks. The next spring of the following year, the Indian army continued to attack, defeated the Tibetan army and occupied Zhemeng Xiong in August.
After arresting Minister Zhe Mengxiong and continued to attack Renjingang in Tibet, Taisheng knew that the frontal confrontation of the Tibetans would suffer a great loss, so he sent an official Xiao Zhanxian to stop the Indian army. Xiao Zhanxian had no soldiers, and he relied on his words to fool him. He ran to Renjingang and set up a sign with the Chinese character "Chinese Territory". When the Indian army arrived, he fooled Ah San and said, "Look at what it said? Don't know? Tell you that this is Chinese territory. We didn't want to fight with you, but the Tibetans wanted to fight with you. Now our queen mother has already blamed them. You can go back. Ah San and others really believed it and asked to negotiate peace quickly and retreated.
Shengtai knew that Xiao Zhanxian was also rushing the ducks to put them on the shelves, and it was not easy for a few days, but after the Tibetans were defeated, they still shouted to take revenge. Two Tibetans said they wanted to negotiate peace, so they threw them into the Yarlung Zangbo River. Shengtai finally suppressed them, but still asked to retrieve the entire territory of Zhemengxiong and Brookba. When the weather began to get colder, Shengtai knew that Ah San would definitely not be able to withstand it. At this time, the negotiations were the most favorable. The Tibetans also gathered tens of thousands of troops. Shengtai told them not to act rashly and run to the border to negotiate on their own. Britain
If you don’t agree with the request for land cenitation, we will fight to Lhasa. Zangran quit. More than 10,000 Tibetan troops entered Renjingang. Shengtai told them not to move first, and then told the British that Zhemengxiong has always been a place for us to watch, so why give it to you?
The Tibetans didn't go to India to fight, so what money should they pay? If you want to negotiate, you should withdraw your troops first. If you want to fight, fight with the Tibetans, and I don't care. At this time, Minister Zhemengxiong's younger brother also rushed over and said that you British people are too fucking nothing. You don't let our family come to me, and they were almost beaten to death by several Asans on the way.
Britain did not have the power to fight Lhasa at that time, and it was winter soon. If it didn't fight, it would be frozen to death. Moreover, the Tibetan army gathered more and more. In addition to the 10,000 at the beginning, it also had three more monk soldiers from the temple. Therefore, Britain neither retreated nor entered, and began to fight verbal battles with Shengtai.
Minister Zhe Mengxiong also came and said: We had a concession to Britain and agreed to see the ocean in 12,000 yuan, but we didn’t see a penny. I didn’t say that I wanted our land if I caught my son, but I didn’t even want our land. We didn’t even have any doors, so we returned to the Qing Dynasty.
The boss of Brubak (Bhutan) is going to send 1,700 troops here at this time, and he is using the excuse to escort Shengtai. Shengtai thought that the matter of Zhemeng Xiong is gone. Aren’t you not seeing any signs of your coming at this time? Besides, I don’t need any troops, so I asked them to go back again.
Just as Shengtai was working hard to maintain the border at the border, Britain put pressure on Li Hongzhang in Beijing. Li Hongzhang told Shengtai that Britain had occupied Zhemengxiong and could not be vomited out. You just need to keep Tibet and make a contribution.
Shengtai was in a state of depression at that time. The British forged a letter from Minister Zhe Mengxiong and wanted to deceive his mother to hand over his two sons. My mother refused to do so and led her two grandsons to Shengtai camp to cry (it was no similar to the prince of Ryukyu who knelt in front of Li Hongzhang's mansion for several months and returned home after crying. It was not only the land, but the hearts of the people who had been operating for hundreds of years).
Shengtai knew that no one had made any decision in the court, and he had no choice but to do anything. In 1890, he finally signed a treaty to recognize that Zhemeng Xiong (Sikkim) was a vassal state of Britain. From 1894 to 1895, the British took advantage of the trade to make a move, and they advanced from Zhemeng Xiong (now Sikkim), defeated the Tibetan army in Gymeng, entered Lhasa, and signed the "China-British New Treaty on Tibet and India".
At that time, under the command of the governor of Sichuan Xiliang, Zhao Erfeng clearly realized this situation and told his boss that Britain had "full of conspiracies, ulterior motives, and the situation in Tibet was in danger." This person was also a well-known figure in the late Qing Dynasty. His brother Zhao Erxun was one of the compilers of the Qing Dynasty's history draft. He also asked the Qing court to reform the administrative divisions of the Tibetan area and change the land and return to the land. The Taining Temple Lama rebelled in Batang. Zhao Erfeng and Sichuan Admiral Ma Wei led troops to Xikang, cleared the entire territory, and implemented the policy of changing land and returning to the land and returning to the land and used force, and cut them all down if they didn't listen.
In the first month of 1896, the academic affairs, agricultural reclamation, water ~ Lihua, Dingxiang, Ba'an and other counties were established. In July 1896, Kang'an Road was established and the arcade furnace was changed to Kangding Prefecture, and Hekou County was established, Lihua|
In his memorial to the Qing court, he said: "The Sichuan was moved to Batang, and in Sichuan, Lhasa each set up governors, imitating the example of the three eastern provinces, setting up governors of the three western provinces, so as to covet Du Ying people and also control the Dalai Lama's attachments." It is to control Tibet by force under the precarious situation, and establish administrative agencies that are like inland. This is a very clever suggestion. Li Sichun, a famous modern scholar, said: "The 19 counties east of the Jinsha River can still be surrendered because of the remaining power of Zhao Erfeng in the Qing Dynasty, and the borders will be unpredictable since China."
To put it in particular, Zhao Erfeng vigorously implemented the policy of sinicization in Tibet, forcing Tibetan students to learn Chinese and speak Chinese, and required Tibetan families to adopt the surnames of the Han. To this day, there are many Tibetans with the surnames of the Han, most of which were passed down from then on. In terms of changing customs, he asked Tibetans to change the habit of sticking out their tongues to show respect, and stipulated that young men and women should wear pants in their Tibetan robes. Even because he believed that Tibetans' customs for sky burial were not good, he also asked for changes.
At the same time, the policy of "immigration to implement borders" was actively implemented. During the process of "reforming land and returning to the current", some valley areas with good environment were handed over to the Sichuan residents who moved here. However, the war was stopped due to the outbreak, and the newly launched immigration plan from Sichuan to Tibet was suspended, so the number of immigration was not large. However, Chayu and other southern Tibet areas also migrated a large number of Han people in the mainland.
Zhao Erfeng made great contributions to the reason why the southern Tibet territory, known as the Jiangnan of Tibet, did not fall into India in the hands of India. It is even more rare that Zhao Erfeng was a good official with integrity. He taught local officials, "The magistrate is to know the affairs of a county, that is, to know the affairs of the people. Therefore, those who work diligently and love the people are diligent because of their love for the people. It is not just one thing to do, but one thing to love the people. Anyone who suffers from suffering but cannot know it and cannot save it is a traitor." On the way, he found that a commoner had no overnight food, but the local official did not know it, so he punished him severely.
Naturally, Zhao Gang had Zhao Erfeng's idea again at this time.
Chapter completed!