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Breaking-News >> TodayHistory On April 23, 1910, Wang Jingwei and others were arrested for attempting to assassinate Zaifeng
On this day, 115 years ago, on April 23, 1910 (March 14, 1910), Wang Jingwei and others were arrested for attempting to assassinate Zaifeng. Wang Jingwei, who attempted to assassinate the regent, on April 23, 1910, Wang Jingwei and others attempted to assassinate the regent Zaifeng, shaking the whole country. Since the defeat of the Zhennanguan and Hekou campaigns, the mood of the Tongmeng has become increasingly depressed. Wang Jingwei was infuriated and wanted to inspire the revolution with his death. So he invited Huang Shuzhong, Yu Peilun, Li Zhongshi and others to Beijing to carry out the assassination. He wrote to Hu Hanmin: "Whether this trip is successful or not, there will be no hope of survival." "Although my brother bled on the streets of the vegetable market, I still look forward to the entry of the revolutionary army into the capital." They set up a photo studio in Liulichang as a cover, and rented a house in Northeast Garden as a venue for gathering comrades. Initially, they planned to bomb Qing Wang Yikuang and Belle Zaixun and Zaitao, who returned from a naval expedition in Europe, but failed. So they decided to bomb Regent Zaifeng. In order to increase the bombing power, a "iron watermelon" that could hold forty or fifty pounds of explosives was cast at Hongtaiyong Iron Shop on Luoma Street. On the night of April 2, Huang Shuzhong and Yu Peilun planted bombs under the Silver Ingot Bridge near Shichahai and were found. On the 16th, the police arrested Huang Shuzhong and Wang Jingwei. During the interrogation, Wang Jingwei wrote a confession of thousands of words, claiming that "constitutionalism is hopeless" and that "there is no other way to achieve the goal of democracy than to fight to the death with the government." Zaifeng originally planned to execute Wang and Huang. Cheng Jiachan, a member of the alliance, was working as a tutor in Su Wang's Shanqi Mansion. He said to Shanqi: "If the country kills Wang and Huang, the party will find disaster day and night, and it will not be a blessing for the court." Shanyin persuaded from it. On April 29, the Qing court ordered that Wang and Huang be imprisoned forever. News raw data sources → https://www.abtool.cn/today_detail/1d8o.html 17WorldNews[2025.09.12-13:44] 访问:73
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