130 years ago today, on October 8, 1895 (August 20, 1895 lunar calendar), Concubine Min of Korea was tortured and killed by Japanese ronin, known as the "Yiwei Transformation" in history. In 1895, Concubine Min, who lost the Qing Dynasty as a backer, turned to Tsarist Russia to fight against Japan. The Japanese were not happy. Before they dared to provoke Russia, they tried to force Concubine Min to submit, and later tried to use the pro-Japanese faction to get rid of Concubine Min, but these plans failed. Instead, with the support of Russia, Concubine Min dismissed a group of pro-Japanese cabinet ministers, introduced a group of pro-Russian factions under the cabinet of Jin Hongji, and used Russia to oppress Japan to withdraw its troops from Korea. The Japanese wanted to help Dayuan-kun come out for the fourth time to replace Concubine Min. But Dayuan-kun was not confused this time. Although he has hated this daughter-in-law for many years, his family's hatred is his family's hatred, and the national hatred is the national hatred, and he must not help you Japanese devils! On October 8, 1895, the Japanese devils who couldn't bear it finally committed murder themselves. This is probably a rare large-scale "assassination" in history: a mob of thousands of Japanese ronin and guards, with the cooperation of the same number of "Han traitors", stormed into the palace. All the way to capture Gao Zong and force him to sign the edict "Abolition of Concubine Min"; the other way went straight to the palace where Concubine Min lived. Concubine Min was brutally murdered at the age of 45 in the cries of the palace guards and the miserable screams of the maids. The process of killing Concubine Min by the Japanese is the most "civilized" way of saying that she was hacked to death with a knife and then burned in a pond to wipe out the traces. According to other accounts, some say that she was raped before death, some say that the corpse was insulted, and it was even more inhumane. The cruelty of the Japanese devils does not need to be repeated here. Min Ziying, a rare woman from East Asia, exhausted her wisdom and courage to save her country, and finally came to her end. She also fought for power, led wolves into her house, and made such mistakes. She is not a saint, not a genius, but a woman with personality and pursuit. At the last moment of national danger, in the face of the rising hungry wolves around her, she fought to the end and sacrificed herself to her motherland. Therefore, she was revered as the "mother of the country" by the Koreans at that time, and is also revered and missed by the Koreans today. (Min Fei's Funeral) Two years later, when Gaozong became emperor with the support of Russia, he chased the posthumous Concubine Min as "Empress Xiaoci Yuanshenghuahe Tianmingcheng". Therefore, Korean historians generally call her "Empress Mingcheng". A few years ago, there was a Korean drama called "Empress Mingcheng", which was quite popular. Of course, the play made some beautification of Concubine Min, and even the scene where she was killed by the Japanese army was beautifully treated. Correspondingly, Yuan Shikai and Manqing were distorted. As a local TV drama, it is not surprising to have these characteristics. (TV drama Empress Mingcheng poster. The fierce man on the side was Gaozong Lee-hee) who fought with Min Fei for half his life, and Comrade Daeyuan-kun, who withdrew from the historical and political stage earlier, also died silently three years later. The death of Min Fei made the North Korean people sad and angry. The "anti-Japanese volunteer movement" of armed resistance to Japan gradually emerged. A homeless righteous man killed a Japanese officer in a hotel in anger. This righteous man was the father of the future famous Republic of Korea - Kim Koo. After he was arrested, he generously confessed his motive in court, which was to avenge the mother of the country. Gaozong Lee-hee was grateful for his loyalty and finally pardoned him. Of course, Kim Koo was lucky, when Gaozong was relying on Russian forces to achieve independence. Two years later, Korea would be completely controlled by the Japanese, and he was afraid that he would be doomed.