The foreign students rushed to tell each other, and at 12:40 noon, He Peizhen, Liao Enbai and others rushed to the Qing and Manchu Embassy in the United States, demanding that the minister in the United States release the arrested students and allow the students studying in the United States to choose according to their own wishes.
Whether to stay in the United States.
"A group of students are blocking the door of the embassy, demanding that we release the arrested students. Mr. Chen, how should we deal with it? You can give us an idea!"
Inside the embassy, Deputy Ambassador to the United States Zhang Yinchang said anxiously.
"The ban on young children studying in the United States is the decree of the imperial court. Those more than ten international students were also arrested by the American imperial court. They want to save people, so they go directly to petition the American imperial court. What's the use of going to the embassy!"
Chen Lanbin pushed the responsibility away from himself and spoke forcefully.
"My Lord Minister, the students who caused the trouble are sure that you informed the Americans and asked the Americans to assist the imperial court in repatriating students studying in the United States. Now they are clinging to this matter. If you don't come up with a response, I'm afraid they will
They will always be blocked outside the embassy and won’t leave.”
"How dare they do this! The embassy is the diplomatic mission of the imperial court to the United States and represents the authority of the imperial court. How dare they disobey the imperial court's authority?"
Chen Lanbin stared at the person 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 forget their origins!"
"We can't blame them entirely. The plan to study in the United States was suddenly suspended. The students were so angry that they were bewitched by the hairy remnants of South America. They lost their minds for a moment and blocked the door of the embassy. If you can explain it to the students in person,
Considering the imperial court’s intentions and difficulties, I believe most students will understand your difficulties and return to the country with peace of mind.”
"After learning a little bit of foreign ink, I dare to violate the will of the imperial court without knowing the heights of the sky! I don't even bother to explain to them!"
Chen Lanbin controlled the posture of Manchu officials and ordered, "Master Zhang, let the soldiers in the embassy be equipped with foreign guns and go out and drive out all those who are making trouble at the door!"
"My lord, have you forgotten that two days ago, the Americans banned the guards from carrying weapons outside the embassy on the pretext of worrying about conflicts between the embassy guards and white people."
"This is unreasonable, foreigners are really going too far!"
Wu spontaneously sulked, but Chen Lanbin was still unwilling to compromise and said, "Change the foreign guns into wooden sticks, and let the soldiers use the wooden sticks to drive out the mob at the door!"
"No sir! Right now, the United States of America has promulgated the Chinese Exclusion Act, and the Chinese people studying in the United States are very angry. If students who are petitioning are kicked out with sticks indiscriminately, I am afraid they will cause big trouble!"
Rong Hong, the supervisor of young children studying in the United States, walked in from the door. He happened to see Chen Lanbin issuing an order and immediately dissuaded him.
"It's not this, and it's not that. Are we just going to let them block the entrance of the embassy?"
"Your Excellency, please wait for a while. Rong went out a few days ago and visited American National University scholar Mark Twain, the mayor of San Francisco, city councilors and many other celebrities. Perhaps through their help, the American government will change its attitude toward Chinese people in the United States.
it has been improved."
"That's all we can do for now."
Chen Lanbin took a breath and arranged, "I leave it to Mr. Rong to persuade the troubled students. I hope Mr. Rong will explain to the students the efforts the court is making. After listening to them, they can change their minds. Otherwise, I can only use
The soldiers forcibly drove them out of the embassy gate."
…………
"There is no crime in studying! Release the arrested students immediately!..."
Outside the embassy, nearly a hundred young Chinese students were so angry that they shouted slogans demanding the release of the arrested students! The entrance to the embassy was blocked with water.
"Students, please be quiet. I am Rong Hong, the supervisor of young children studying in the United States. If you have any requests, please put them forward one by one! I will try my best to solve them for you!"
Rong Hong walked to the entrance of the embassy and shouted to the students gathered on the street.
"Sir Rong, seven years ago, we heard about your deeds and came all the way from China to study in the United States. Now, regardless of the students' desire to serve the country, the imperial court arbitrarily interrupts the program for young children studying in the United States and arrests aspiring young students. Regardless of whether the international students are studying in the United States.
The country lives and dies!
Mr. Rong, the student would like to ask you, is this the imperial court's attitude toward young people studying abroad?"
Zhong Juncheng stood in front of the crowd and said excitedly.
"Students, please calm down. The long-haired remnants of South America are good at deceiving people. In order to prevent international students from being deceived and abducted by the long-haired remnants, the imperial court has no choice but to stop the program for young children studying in the United States. The original intention of the court is for the good of the students. Everyone must also understand the court's intentions.
Difficulties."
"I have been studying abroad for ten years and am not a three-year-old child. How could I not understand the truth and listen to other people's ploys in my confusion? Sir Rong, I'm afraid you can't even convince yourself of the reasons you gave, and you use them to deceive.
Aren’t we making people laughable?”
A Chinese student with his braids cut off and wearing a suit said sarcastically.
"How outrageous. Mr. Rong is a senior student studying abroad and an advocate of the program for young children studying in the United States. Even if you disagree with Mr. Rong, you should not talk about it without distinction! Slander Mr. Rong!"
"If he didn't speak for the Manchu and Qing court, I would naturally respect him. But he clearly knows that the South American Han country is the orthodox Chinese country, but he still slanders the South American Han country on behalf of the Manchus. What he does is not worthy of my respect, Ouyang Jing!"
"You...are talking nonsense!"...
There was a chaos in front of the embassy. Among the students who petitioned, there were some who had hopes for the Qing government or Rong Hong himself, and some who were leaning toward South America and Han and fully intending to undermine the Qing government.
Neither party could convince the other, and Rong Hong could not produce evidence that convinced the students, so he could only return to the embassy disappointed.
"Rong Hong is a senior who has studied abroad in vain. He repeatedly defended the Qing court, but never mentioned the release of the arrested classmates! Students and compatriots! Do you all see clearly? This is the Manchu Qing court we place our hope on!
Faced with the humiliation of the United States, he gave in step by step, and faced young students crying and petitioning, and repeatedly refused!
Students and compatriots, is it possible to rely on such a court to take charge of the affairs of overseas Chinese and uphold justice? 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 embassy! Rescue the arrested classmates! Rush!”
A young and beautiful figure appeared in the crowd, calling on everyone in a unique feminine tone, and took the lead in rushing towards the gate of the legation.
Infected by the emotion of righteous indignation, not only dozens of young students were moved by He Peizhen's actions, but also the more than 40 ordinary Chinese who were watching, inspired by the passionate atmosphere, rushed towards the legation.
The petition developed into a violent attack on the embassy. Although more than a hundred Chinese rushed into the embassy with enthusiasm, they were driven away by more than 40 heavily armed soldiers. An hour later, all the Chinese who broke into the embassy were driven away.
At the same time, due to the crowds, pushing and beatings and expulsions by the embassy guards, more than 20 Chinese people suffered wounds of varying severity. Fortunately, due to the orders of the US government, the embassy guards did not use firearms to attack the crowd, so
There were no deaths.
After the attack on the embassy in the United States, the relationship between students studying in the United States and the Qing government's overseas institutions further deteriorated. Many students who originally had illusions about the Qing government also changed their attitudes and instead placed their hopes for national rejuvenation in South America and Han Dynasty.
At the same time, the consulate collision incident that occurred directly in the San Francisco area of the United States also provided news material for the American media. They characterized it as the bad nature of the Chinese. The Chinese were brave enough to fight among themselves, were not united, and were not adaptable to life in a civilized American society.
The government promulgated the "Chinese Exclusion Act" to expel Chinese from the United States. This was a very far-sighted decision...
"The Chinese are a contradictory nation. The Chinese under the Qing Dynasty were submissive and taciturn. Even if they were bullied by white people, they did not dare to resist. However, those Chinese in South America and Han were like ferocious wolves, full of aggression and expansion.
………”
Mark Twain, who had once placed his hopes on Rong Hong, followed the trend of the American media and published a self-righteous study on the different spirits of the same Chinese race in the Far East and South America.
In a later book, "My Chinese Servant and I", he explained that the reason for his association with Rong Hong was to understand the thoughts of Qing officials and provide practical data solutions for exploring the Chinese character, but not because he really wanted to
Make friends with him.
In the book Mark Twain and His Chinese Servants, Mark Twain exaggerates the threat of the Han Dynasty: the Chinese are a contradictory nation. The Chinese under the Qing Dynasty were submissive and taciturn.
In order to understand the Chinese people, he contacted Rong Hong. Rong Hong came to him to intercede and persuaded the US government to abandon the Chinese Exclusion Act, but failed.
I think Rong Hong’s efforts are useless,
At the same time, his Chinese servants changed, no longer being submissive, they resigned and said goodbye to him, and offered him a reward to guarantee his stay. If they refused, they woke up and wanted to return to Han!
The Han Dynasty was tyrannical, one was numb and cowardly, and the other was eager to learn but cruel, fanatical, and warlike!
On October 8, 1882, the San Francisco city government handed over the fourteen arrested students to the Qing embassy in the United States.
At noon on October 9, more than thirty Qing army guards, armed with wooden sticks, were escorting the arrested students to the San Francisco port of Hong Kong. They were intercepted by the rioting Chinese people. Hundreds of Chinese people swarmed forward and killed only thirty Qing soldiers.
After the soldiers drove them away, they rescued fourteen students.
On October 11, Chen Lanbin once again asked the San Francisco government to assist in the arrest of international students, but was rejected by the San Francisco government on the grounds that the local Chinese had promised to evacuate the United States and had already gathered at the port on their own and were about to leave.
