Diaoyu Island belongs to my family and I have proof.
In 1972, when Sino-Japanese relations were extremely sensitive due to the "Diaoyu Islands issue",
an American woman suddenly appeared and shouted shocking words: "Diaoyu Islands belong to my family"!
Later, she also produced a piece of "evidence", which turned out to be a "manuscript" stamped and promulgated by Empress Dowager Cixi!
On an old scroll, the seal of Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty suddenly appeared, and the bright text on it showed:
One year before the Sino-Japanese War of 1894 , Empress Dowager Cixi rewarded the Diaoyu Islands to a person around her... …
Mysterious Woman
This woman’s name is Xu Yi.
Yes, she is Chinese and Chinese-American, from Taiwan Province of China.
Against the background of such a sensitive international situation, what kind of confidence does this woman named Xu Yi have to say such a sentence that shocked the world?
Diaoyu Island, belongs to her family? What family does she belong to?
Looking at this woman who is over fifty but has an elegant temperament, she appears in front of the whole world without fear and provides the so-called "ironclad evidence". What is she after?
Don't worry, let's talk about it slowly.
According to Xu Yi, her real name was Sheng Yuzhen, her father was Sheng Enyi,
and her grandfather was the famous wealthy businessman Sheng Xuanhuai in the late Qing Dynasty.
Xu Yi said that his father is Sheng Xuanhuai’s fourth son and his mother is an American. He was adopted to Xu Shuxi, a diplomat of the Republic of China, so he changed his surname to Xu.
With this said, we seem to be able to understand what Xu Yi means by "family"!
The Sheng family is indeed one of the most influential wealthy families in China in the late Qing Dynasty!
Let’s first talk about the legendary life of Sheng Xuanhuai, a member of the Sheng family.
Sheng Xuanhuai was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu Province in 1844. His grandfather was a Juren family member and served as the magistrate of Haining, Zhejiang Province. His father was a Jinshi family member and served as chief envoy.
However, Sheng Xuanhuai seemed not to be a natural at reading, and failed to pass the exam three times.
finally gave up on the scientific examination and looked for another way out.
However, if God closes a door for you, he will never forget to leave a window for you.
Although Sheng Xuanhuai is not good at studying, he has a flexible mind. According to today's terms, he is a business genius!
followed Li Hongzhang to carry out the Westernization Movement . During this period, Sheng Xuanhuai's outstanding business practical ability was put into play.
eventually grew into a famous politician, entrepreneur and philanthropist, and was known as the "Father of Chinese Industry", "Father of Chinese Business", and "Father of Chinese Higher Education"!
He also pioneered and created achievements that are difficult for modern industrialists to achieve. Among them, the "11 firsts" are truly beyond the reach of many others. These include:
the first private joint-stock enterprise Steamship Investment Promotion Bureau;
the first Telegraph Bureau China Telegraph General Administration ;
The first small river steamer company;
The first bank China Commercial Bank ;
The first main railway line Beijing-Hankou Railway;
The first steel complex Han Dynasty Yeping Company ;
The first higher normal school, Nanyang Public School (now Jiaotong University );
The first mining company; the first public library;
The first modern university Peiyang University Hall ( Today Jin University);
the first and only Chinese Red Cross Society was founded by him.
Key Evidence
When Chinese-American Xu Yi shouted, "Diaoyu Islands are owned by the Sheng family," he was also holding a crucial piece of "evidence"!
Xu Yi said that this was the Queen Mother's handwriting, and it clearly stated that the "Diaoyu Islands" would be awarded to the Sheng family.
So, is this mysterious oracle true or false? What is written in it?
This is a scroll about 59 centimeters long and 31 centimeters wide. After unfolding, there is an ancient seal directly above it, which actually says "Treasure of the Empress Dowager Cixi"!
Then read the contents carefully -
The Empress Dowager's Ci Edict:
Taichang Temple The pills taken by Zhengqing Sheng Xuanhuai were very effective. According to the report, the raw materials and medicinal materials were collected from the Diaoyu Islands off the coast of Taiwan. The elixir was produced in On the sea, the effect is different from that in China. Knowing that the Qing's family had set up a pharmacy to provide diagnosis and medicine to relieve the poor and the sick, which was highly commendable, the three small islands of Diaoyu Island, Huangweiyu, and Chiweiyu were awarded to Sheng Xuanhuai as property for the purpose of collecting medicines. He deeply felt the empress dowager and emperor benevolence. Admire this.
The content of the handwriting of
in October of the 19th year of Guangxu is quite clear. It indeed states that the three islands of "Diaoyu Island, Huangwei Island, and Chiwei Island" will be awarded to Sheng Xuanhuai, who serves as the chief minister of Taichang Temple.
So, why did Empress Dowager Cixi give away these three islands for no reason? This is not Lafayette’s usual style!
It turns out that the reason for the reward was also written in the handwriting. The reason starts with Cixi 's illness.
In 1893 AD, Cixi suffered from a strange disease, and the palace doctor could not find a cure.
Because Sheng Xuanhuai founded a pharmaceutical company called "Guangrentang", maybe for this reason, he was called by Cixi to give him a prescription for treating the disease.
After going back and forth, Sheng Xuanhuai presented a pill called "Huichun Wanshou Pills", which actually cured the Queen Mother's disease...
Because the main raw material of this pill, " Haifuong", is the unique medicine produced on the Diaoyu Islands. medicinal materials.
When the Empress Dowager Cixi was happy, she rewarded the island to the Sheng family to continue planting sea hibiscus...
According to Xu Yi, the Diaoyu Islands had already become the property of the Sheng family before the Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War in 1894 !
Of course, it has always been owned by China’s sovereignty!
In order to confirm the authenticity of the manuscript, Xu Yi even took out a letter written by his grandfather Sheng Xuanhuai to his father Sheng Yuzhen in 1960.
The letter stated that they should keep the Cixi manuscript and not let down the emperor's grace...
This matter is a matter of course. came out, public opinion was in an uproar.
True and false
It turns out that China and Japan have always had serious differences over the ownership of the Diaoyu Islands. The United States, the initiator of the
, handed over jurisdiction over the Ryukyu Islands to Japan in 1970, and also "gifted" the Diaoyu Islands to Japan. Japan then sent troops to patrol the Diaoyu Islands.
During this period, Japan has refused to negotiate and has always persisted in its misunderstanding!
It was during this period that an old American lady took the handwriting of the Empress Dowager Cixi and ran out shouting "Diaoyu Islands belong to her family!".
Faced with this situation, Japan is probably the most embarrassed and panicked!
If what Xu Yi said is true, then at least it can be proved with certainty:
The Diaoyu Islands were under the jurisdiction of the Qing government before the Sino-Japanese War of 1884-1894!
Otherwise, how could Cixi reward the Sheng family?
After all, no matter who owns the Diaoyu Islands, it cannot be attributed to the Japanese!
This is embarrassing...
However, the final outcome of this matter was a bit unpredictable and even ended in a "farce". makes us laugh and cry a little when we think about it!
With the emergence of the Queen Mother's handwriting, many historians have questioned this attitude.
Because there are many things that don't make sense, and Xu Yi can't explain it!
The flaw in the matter lies in Xu Yi’s two pieces of evidence!
The so-called "Queen Mother's Handbook" was later proved by many experts to be inconsistent with historical facts in many places, and was suspected of fraud.
There are four reasons:
. The beginning of the manuscript states that Sheng Xuanhuai was the chief minister of Taichang Temple at that time.checked the historical records and found that in the 19th year of Guangxu's reign, Sheng Xuanhuai did not enter Taichang Temple at all, but followed Li Hongzhang to develop industry and served as the governor of customs. The timing is not correct at all!
. The "Treasure of the Empress Dowager Cixi" seal on the handwriting had been deactivated before. How could it be taken out and stamped again? . Xu Yi said that Sheng Xuanhuai wrote a letter to his father in 1960 and sent a manuscript. However, Sheng Xuanhuai passed away in 1958, and this loophole is even bigger... . If Cixi really gave the three islands to Sheng Xuanhuai, such a thing would definitely be mentioned in historical materials such as " Qing History Manuscript ", but why not Can't find a word? While historians were arguing endlessly, another key figure appeared, which can be said to be a sharp denial of the authenticity of Xu Yi's so-called "evidence"!
This person is none other than Sheng Enyi's eldest son Sheng Yuyou. He said that he had never known that there was an adopted sister named Xu Yi, and he had never heard of the Queen Mother's handwriting!
Faced with this situation, things took a turn for the worse and turned into a "farce".
After that, Xu Yi hurriedly returned to the United States and never showed up to express his views again...
Final question
Some people say that Xu Yi is crazy about money and wants to gain control of the Diaoyu Islands by forging evidence to benefit himself. Make huge profits!
Some people also say that there must be someone behind Xu Yi's premeditated operation, and the main purpose is to "spoil the situation" at the most sensitive time for Sino-Japanese relations!
To this day, many people can't figure out what the purpose of this "Old Lady Xu" is?
What she did did not please the United States and Japan, nor did it help China. What kind of medicine was she going to sell in the gourd?
