What was Wu Dacheng, a little-known Manchu national hero in history?

The past is the past, count the romantic figures and look at the present! Hello, everyone, I am the echo of Qing history and the creator of high-quality history. Today, I want to talk about a little-known hero. Born in the Opium War, died in the Boxer Rebellion. It can be said that he was ill-fated, but it was such a character that gave China a big face. He is today's hero-Wu Dacheng.

They all say that heroes come out of troubled times, which is true. In the history of China, troubled times produced talents. But sometimes, there are not only heroes but also strange people in troubled times.

Looking back at the history of the late Qing Dynasty, there are famous ministers like Zeng Guofan, Zuo and Li Hongzhang, and promising people like Kang Youwei and Liang Qichao, but the role of some small people can not be ignored, and they are also changing the course of history. It's really amazing that you think incredible things will happen in this period.

Today, I'm talking about a nobody, Wu Dacheng, the left deputy capital of Douchayuan in the late Qing Dynasty. The achievement of this national hero is incredible, but unfortunately many people don't know the name.

About 70 kilometers south of Hunchun City, Jilin Province today, there is a small village in China called Fang Chuan Village. The village is located in the Jiang Xinzhou of Tumen River, only 15km away from the mouth of Tumen River.

What is worrying is that this village where you can see the waves of the Pacific Ocean as far as the eye can see is actually the end of our territory. Further along the Tumen River, the Russian border post is on the left and the uninhabited Korean wasteland is on the right. They built a boundary bridge on the river, like an iron chain, blocking the road from the northeast to the sea.

Tumen River Estuary

1886, 25 years after Cheng Qi, head of the China demarcation delegation, completed the demarcation project, Wu Dacheng came to inspect the border defense work. The emaciated official traveled through every inch of land on the border, and then wrote a report full of national indignation to Emperor Guangxu:

There is no "Wu" monument at the mouth of Tumen River, and the "Tu" monument is 44 kilometers away from the sea, far exceeding the agreed distance; Wind and rain and deliberate Russian actions damaged the wooden boundary markers in China. The Russian boundary pillar has crossed the territory of China, and the area around Heizishan has become a Russian barracks. If this goes on, the whole northeast will be lost and Beijing will become the front line.

What's going on here? It turns out that this is the evil result of the Beijing Treaty between China and Russia. Russia demanded that all the land east of Wusuli River be allocated to Russia, but it was redefined in the upper reaches of Wusuli River, and it was determined that "from the source of Songgacha River, the border between the two countries crossed Xingkai Lake to Bailing River; From the Bailing estuary along the mountain to the Hubutu estuary, and then from the Hubutu estuary along the ridge between the Hunchun River and the sea to the Tumen River estuary, it belongs to the eastern part of Ohio. "

At that time, Cheng Qi, the head of the China demarcation delegation, was cheated by the Russians. China has ***8 boundary markers, and Russia has helped to set up six, each of which is desperately shifting to Chinese territory. Most importantly, the most strategic ship numbered "Wu" should be only a stone's throw from the Sea of Japan, but it has never been found! Russian territory has expanded and China is farther away from the sea. ...

Later, when the court saw this letter, there was no way out. There is also Cheng Qi, a school waiting for embarrassment. Wu Dacheng is determined to complete this impossible task. At the negotiating table, the right time, the right place and the right people were in harmony, and the advantage was not occupied. Wu Dazhi got the nerve and made a face for the motherland.

Wu Dazhi

First of all, it advocates the reconstruction of the word "earth". The Russian side said that the place where the tide is rising is the sea and refused to change it. Wu Dacheng retorted that the whole world knows that the estuary is at the mouth of the sea. Because it is based on a formal treaty, Wu Dacheng is justified, and Russia can't find an excuse, so it has to make concessions.

As a result, the "earth" tablet was pushed outward, and the land with a total area of 10 square kilometers returned to the motherland, and the sea was clearly visible.

Then Wu Dacheng proposed that China and Russia * * * have the right to go to sea in Tumen River. The Russians were surprised to know that this representative was different from the original straw bag and had sea power in the modern sense. Russia flatly refused. Wu Dayou has repeatedly negotiated with the Russian side, claiming that if we don't consider this matter, other things will be out of the question, and finally reached an agreement: China ships can not enjoy the right to go to sea, but the Russian side can't stop them.

Since then, China has the legal right to go into the river and enter the Sea of Japan with a cup of tea. Considering the complex geopolitics in Northeast Asia, it has achieved the actual sea power of Tumen River, which is of far-reaching strategic significance, and Wu Dacheng's vision is really far-reaching.

128 years later, on may 20 14, China and Russia signed an agreement to enjoy the zarubino seaport in Shanghai. The seaport is only 18km away from Hunchun, China, and it is the largest port in Northeast Asia. The precondition of this agreement is that Wu Dacheng prepared it that year.

The Russians didn't expect Wu Dayou to "push your luck" and ask for Heidingzi mountain area. Spit out the meat in your mouth. Russia has no such precedent. Wu Dacheng deliberately said that he would go to the sea first, but the Russians flew into a rage and refused to budge. The Russians also turned on the headlights of Vladivostok warships, showed off their force to China, and persuaded Wu Dacheng to stop. Wu Dacheng had already arranged, and the whole beiyang fleet arrived. He turned on all the lights and warmly invited Russian representatives to visit Dingyuan Ship.

At that time, before the Sino-Japanese War broke out, this beiyang fleet was the first in Asia and Dingyuan was the most advanced warship in the world. After careful consideration, the Russians painfully returned the Heidingzi Mountain area to Zhao, which is today's Jingxin Town in Hunchun.

When Wu Dayou visited the frontier for the first time, he proposed to the central authorities to open the whole northeast and allow immigrants. But the northeast is the land of Longxing and the strategic rear of the Qing Dynasty. Closing the northeast is a basic national policy and there is no room for discussion. But Wu Dacheng understood that the reason why the Northeast was eaten by foreigners was because the population decreased. Only when the population increases and resources are utilized can the Northeast be stable.

At the end of the rights negotiations with Russia, Wu Dayou maintained the momentum, replacing all the tattered wooden tablets left by Cheng Hao and adding new ones, and there were always 36 stone tablets standing tall. There is also a glittering bronze boundary pillar, four meters high, which reads: the territory has national dimension, and this pillar can be erected and moved!

stone tablet

From the perspective of land alone, Wu Dayou only strives for a few hundred kilometers for the motherland. However, since the Opium War, the negotiations between the Qing government and foreign countries have always ended in compensation for land cession, which is the only time under the rule of the Qing government. It can be said that the work is in the future. /kloc-in the 9th century, China has such a broad vision, and Wu Dacheng is really extraordinary!

Wu Dacheng, a national hero, bravely stood up and propped up the backbone of the country in the run-down era when the country was trampled by others. How can you not make people cry with excitement? Who says China is deserted!