Empress Mingcheng was the original wife of the Korean emperor Li Xi.
Li Xi was weak by nature, because his uncle had no children, and he inherited his uncle's throne. After the succession, his father Dayuanjun became the Regent.
Empress Mingcheng is the daughter of Min Lu Zhi, a North Korean minister. She is smart and decisive, and has a strong ruling ability.
After Meiji Restoration, Japan put forward the slogan of annexing Korea and conquering China.
At that time, Korea was divided into two factions. One faction is the Guan Sect of the Dayuan Army, which does not listen, watch or listen to foreign technology and culture, hoping to rely on North Korea's own strength to resist foreign aggression.
The other school is an open school headed by Empress Ming Cheng. She firmly believed that the Qing Dynasty was the strong backing of North Korea, and at the same time introduced advanced science and technology from other countries, hoping to use the strength of neighboring countries to resist Japanese aggression.
The differences between the two factions have led to fierce contradictions. In order to quell the civil strife, Empress Mingcheng turned to Qing for help. At that time, the Qing dynasty was harassed by western powers, so it was difficult to protect itself and unable to send troops.
Ming Chengzu sought help from western powers. Dayuanjun thought that Empress Mingcheng was going to cross the ocean to betray her country, so he encouraged the people to rush into the palace to capture Mingcheng. Ming Cheng took advantage of the chaos to flee to the Qing Dynasty for asylum. Yuan Shikai led the troops to quell the chaos of Dayuan Army.
Dayuanjun was forced to withdraw from the historical stage of North Korea, and Empress Mingcheng became the actual ruler of North Korea in the next twenty years.
Yuan Jun is unwilling to back down, and has been looking for opportunities to retaliate against Ming Cheng. Mingcheng's brother and mother were killed in the bombing at home, which shocked North Korean politics.
Empress Ming Cheng's surname is Min, and her parents' brothers and other relatives occupy most official positions in North Korea. They bought officials and sold them, and they were arrogant and extravagant, which caused great dissatisfaction among the people and broke out a large-scale peasant uprising in Korean history-the East Learning Party Uprising.
This time, the East Learning Party uprising was aggressive, defeating loyal ministers one after another and pushing Seoul. Empress Ming Chengzu was in a hurry and asked the Qing court for help again, asking the Qing court to send troops to suppress the peasant army uprising and safeguard her rule.
The national strength of the Qing dynasty declined day by day, and it was unable to protect North Korea. Japan stepped up its aggression against Korea.
Japan sent a large number of troops to North Korea on the grounds of protecting Japanese nationals and embassies, and announced that it would help North Korea manage its internal affairs, which was rejected by the North Korean government.
Empress Ming Cheng used the relations with neighboring countries to pressure Japan to withdraw its troops in North Korea.
The Japanese decided to kill Empress Ming Cheng who prevented them from annexing Korea.
1895101On 8 October, nearly 2,000 Japanese troops, led by Ryunosuke, military attache of the Japanese legation, rushed into Gyeongbokgung Palace.
Ming Cheng dressed as a maid-in-waiting and hid in a small room with a group of maids. After the first innocent maid-in-waiting was killed, Mingcheng stood up.
The Japanese brutally killed Empress Mingcheng with a knife, burned her before she died, and threw her ashes into the pond.
The Japanese openly dismembered Empress Mingcheng, which angered the Korean people. They set out to avenge their mother and delayed the process of Japan's annexation of Korea.
In the late reign of Empress Mingcheng, she made outstanding contributions to the protection of North Korea in order to prevent it from being annexed by Japan and mobilize the strength of neighboring countries. Koreans gave her a high evaluation: the great iron lady.
References:
Mei Lu, film and television drama Ming Chengzu.