102 years ago today, May 5, 1923 (March 20, 1923, the lunar calendar), who was the first China person to become the cover character of Time? On May 5, 1923, on the second special express train from Pukou to Tianjin on the Jinpu Line, there were more than 200 Chinese and foreign passengers, including dozens of foreign journalists and foreign tourists who participated in the inauguration ceremony of Gongjiaba Dikou on the Yellow River in Shandong Province. In the early morning of the next day, when the train reached Shagou Mountain, 3 miles away from Lincheng Station, it was suddenly intercepted by more than 1000 people from the "Shandong Founding Autonomous Army" led by Sun Meiyao, robbing 39 foreign passengers and 71 China passengers. Except for the British Na Enman, who was killed on the spot, all the others were taken to Chaoyun Temple at the foot of Baodugu Mountain in Feng County and imprisoned. The purpose of this kidnapping by bandits was to force the government army to stop encirclement and suppression of bandit nests and incorporate them into the national army. On the day of the incident, four Japanese destroyers sailed to Tianjin Port. The sailors boarded the shore and marched, and the protesters were robbed. The Beijing government was very panicked and immediately ordered the punishment of military and political personnel along the road at the scene of the accident, and ordered Shandong governor Tian Zhongyu to step up the pursuit. Sun Meiyao rumored that if Tanaka and others dared to pursue them, they would immediately kill the captured foreign hostages. From May 7 to 8, envoys from Britain, the United States, France, Italy and Belgium successively lodged the most severe protests to the Beijing government. Foreign missions in Beijing have decided to: (1) all countries jointly question responsibility for the Lincheng incident;(2) set a deadline to release the kidnapped persons; (3)To ensure the safety of Jinpu Road in the future, foreign coalition forces must take emergency measures when necessary. On the same day, Shanghai Meiqiao sent a telegram asking the U.S. President to quickly rescue the kidnapped overseas Chinese. The U.S. troops in Beijing requested direct action. The U.S. Secretary of Defense also suggested to the Secretary of State that troops should be sent to China. Although no Japanese nationals were kidnapped, Japanese newspapers also advocated organizing an international coalition to jointly manage China's railways. On May 9, the envoys of the five countries gave the Beijing government three days to rescue all captured foreigners, otherwise, a certain amount of money would be paid every 24 hours. Since the foreign envoys insisted on sending people to make peace with Sun Meiyao, the Beijing government put all government affairs aside and concentrated on rescuing the foreigners. In order to ensure the safety of the kidnapped foreigners, the Beijing government ordered that the suppression be stopped, the suppression be changed to pacification, and sent people to negotiate with Sun Meiyao. The negotiations were facilitated by Yang Qishan, the son-in-law of Yuan Shikai, who was kidnapped to Baodugu Mountain. The Beijing government specially invited Anderson, an American adviser to the Presidential Office, to serve as the mediator. Chen Xiaoquan and Guo Taisheng, who were related to Sun Meiyao's autonomous army, were also called in as intermediaries. After many visits from Andison and others, starting from May 15, Shandong Governor Tian Zhongyu, Governor Xiong Bingqi, Transportation Chief Wu Yulin and others started negotiations with Sun Meiyao's Self-Defense Force representative Zhou Dasong and others at Zaozhuang Zhongxing Coal Mining Company. On June 12, 1923, the two parties in the negotiations on the Lincheng carjacking case finally reached an agreement. The agreement agreed: all government troops that surrounded Baodugu would withdraw to their original location; the Beijing government agreed to recruit 3000 people from Sun Meiyao's Self-Defense Forces and pay 85,000 yuan. At the same time as the agreement was signed, Andison exchanged guarantees with Sun Guizhi, the "old boss" of the Autonomous Army, in his capacity as an investigator, to show the sincerity of both parties. Addison said in the guarantee: "I would like to guarantee that after the brothers are reconciled, all former criminals will be pardoned by the government. After being appointed, all prescribed rates will be paid monthly by the government according to class." Sun Guizhi also stated in the guarantee: "From now on, we will always be loyal to the country and will never violate military discipline or other acts that harm the reputation of soldiers." On the day of the exchange of guarantees, Sun Meiyao released all the captured foreigners. The next day, the expatriates arrived in Shanghai safely. According to the agreement, Sun Meiyao's "Shandong Founding Autonomous Army" was officially reorganized into the "Shandong New Brigade" on June 27, which was under the control of the Fifth Division of the Shandong Government Army. Sun Meiyao was the brigade commander and had 2 regiments and 6 battalions under his jurisdiction. The brigade headquarters was located in Zaozhuang and Guoliji was designated as its defense area. Wu Peifu is the first China to become the cover character of "Time" commented: The game of catching and releasing Cao between our country's officers and soldiers and bandits has never ended for thousands of years. The Republic of China version of the Water Margin!