From a historical perspective, why is the Korean peninsula rich in assassins?

The unreliability of Malaysian police is well known all over the world, and I think this is also the reason why some people chose to assassinate Jin Zhengnan at Malaysia's second airport. He should have discovered the weakness of social management in Malaysia. However, Jin Zhengnan's assassination did anger Malaysian officials. Isn't this bullying? So this time they are really trying to solve the case. It is reported in today's news that Malaysian police have identified two suspects, one is said to be a staff member of the North Korean Embassy in Malaysia and the other is a staff member of Korean Air.

We must wait for the truth.

An interesting topic can be drawn from this case: the tradition of assassins on the Korean peninsula.

/kloc-for more than 0/00 years, the Korean peninsula is indeed a place rich in assassins. Assassin is actually a very old phenomenon with many positive images. Sima Qian's Historical Records specifically recorded their biographies-Biography of Assassins, including Jing Ke, Nie Zheng, Yu Rang, Zhuan Xu and Cao Mo. However, in modern times, big countries with more civilizations and rules rarely use assassins, and feel that this means is disgraceful.

However, for some groups or alternative countries that are not strong enough to fight against big political forces, it is still an option to send assassins to assassinate important enemies.

From An Zhonggen to Yin: the patriotic performance of North Korean assassins

1933, Jin Jiu, the father of Korea, went into exile in China and was then the chairman of the provisional government of the Republic of Korea. He met Mr. Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing Central Army School. Jin Jiu hoped that the National Government would support him face to face and pay him to train assassins to assassinate important Japanese figures and enemies of China and South Korea.

At that time, Mr. Chiang Kai-shek made a particularly interesting remark. He said that you assassinated an emperor, and there will be a new emperor. You assassinated a Japanese general and there will be a new general. We should train military talents and train the army to fight him. This is the vision of a big country leader. In fact, Chiang Kai-shek was also an assassin in his early days. Under the planning of Chen, Tao was assassinated. The man who assassinated Mr. Tao was a native of Zhejiang, who was said to be a warlord of Chiang Kai-shek.

For the Republic of Korea, which is sandwiched between China, Russia and Japan, it has a long history of humiliation, so in modern times, people or political groups in South Korea can easily express themselves through assassination in a period of near despair.

When we talk about the history of assassins on the Korean peninsula in modern times, we should start with An Zhonggen.

An Zhonggen is a descendant of a "two types" aristocrat in South Korea, and his father is a scholar. After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, Japan gradually annexed South Korea, and the disaster of national subjugation was just around the corner. An Zhonggen decided to assassinate Ito Bowen, the chief culprit of the aggression against South Korea, who was the supervisor of South Korea.

1909 10, An Zhonggen learned that Ito Bowen would visit Harbin, arrived at Harbin Railway Station at 2105 on the 22nd of that month, and then formed a "Ranger" to wait for Ito Bowen's arrival. That night, An Zhonggen read a message in Far East Daily: "Ito Bowen will take the special train of Dong Qing Railway Administration on1on the afternoon of October 25th 1 1 and leave Kuanchengzi Station (now Changchun) for Harbin to meet Russian Finance Minister Kokokov."

190910/early in the morning of October 26th, An Zhonggen put on an old suit jacket, put on a cap and put the gun in his right pocket. At 7 o'clock in the morning, An Zhonggen came to Harbin Station by carriage. Russian officers and men are busy preparing for it. Although the security check was very strict, An Zhonggen was mixed into the waiting room of the Japanese welcome team. This is because the Japanese Consul General in Harbin, Kawakami, told the Russian side that only Europeans and China can see the pass, while the Japanese will be allowed to pass. In the eyes of Russians, An Zhonggen's appearance and costume are no different from those of Japanese.

At 9: 30, after reviewing the Japanese honor guard, Kokovtsov and Ito came back, about 5 meters away from An Zhonggen. An Zhonggen pulled out his pistol and fired three shots at Ito. Afraid of shooting the wrong person, An Zhonggen fired four shots at several Japanese who followed Ito, then threw away the pistol and shouted three times in Russian: "Korea Qingpu! (Корея! Ура! ) "(Long live Korea), and then calmly arrested. Ito Bowen died on 10 due to his injuries.

The arrested An Zhonggen was executed by Japan in Lushun prison. An Zhonggen once wrote in court that "heaven and earth are upside down, and the righteous lament; The building is about to fall down, and it is difficult to support a tree. " This is a helpless mood. His assassination inspired Koreans who didn't want to be conquered, but it didn't change the course of history.

1On April 29th, 932, South Korean scholar Yin assassinated a Japanese military and political official with a bomb in Hongkou Park, Shanghai, which was basically a copy of An Zhonggen's assassination of Ito Bowen. It was Hirohito's birthday, the so-called "eternal festival", and Japanese representatives, diplomats and expatriates celebrated the "victory of the Battle of Songhu and Shanghai" in Hongkou Park. Yin was recruited under his command. With the help of China Wang Yaqiao, he found an arsenal and made a bomb in the shape of a Japanese lunch box. He went to the front desk and dropped the bomb. Shigemitsu Mamoru, China's ambassador to China, suffered a broken leg. Shigemitsu Mamoru later became the Japanese Foreign Minister. After World War II, he dragged his broken leg and signed the surrender letter on the Missouri.

Assassination is increasingly difficult to change the course of history.

Assassination is an addictive weapon, because South Korea is a weak country and cannot organize enough armed forces against Japan. Assassination is an important manifestation of their indomitable resistance to Japan. But later, they often used the tool of assassination when solving internal disputes.

Take Jin Jiu as an example. He organized the assassination of Japanese generals, but was assassinated by internal political enemies. A member of the Korean government in exile was invaded by Japanese troops in Nanjing, China. When he came to Changsha, he was assassinated by an internal political enemy and sent to Xiangya Hospital. The doctor said it was hopeless. Chiang Kai-shek telegraphed Zhang Zhizhong, chairman of Hunan Province, three times a day, demanding that Jin Jiu be rescued at all costs in order to survive. After World War II, South Korea gained independence from Japanese rule, and Jin Jiu returned to the motherland, but was assassinated by another political force.

Park chung-hee, the father of South Korean President park geun-hye, who was suspended today, also experienced several assassinations. 1968 1, North Korea sent death squads, crossed the 38th parallel and sneaked into Seoul, near the presidential palace Cheongwadae, and was found. The assassination failed, and the death squads were either killed or committed suicide. 1974, North Korea sent assassins to assassinate again. He was safe and sound, but his wife Lu Yingxiu was stabbed to death. Park chung-hee, who escaped the assassination of North Korean assassins, failed to escape the assassination of his own people. 1On October 26th, he was shot dead by Jin Zaigui, the intelligence director of his own government. -the assassination of the president by the director of intelligence is really impossible to prevent.

After park chung-hee's death, Quan Doo-hwan became president. 1983 Quan Douhuan almost died while visiting Myanmar. 1983 10 9 Quan Douhuan will lay a wreath at the memorial hall of General Aung San, the founder of Myanmar independence movement. North Korea sent agents to install remote-controlled bombs on the roof of the memorial hall. The bomb exploded before Quan Doo-hwan arrived, killing 17 South Korean officials, including 4 cabinet ministers. -Thanks to the unreliable diplomats in Myanmar this time. When the Myanmar Foreign Minister went to the hotel where Quan Douhuan stayed to meet the distinguished guests, he was late, so Quan Douhuan's trip was delayed for some time. Before his car reached its destination, the bomb went off.

Back to today's topic, I think what Chiang Kai-shek said to Jin Jiu was right. Even if you assassinate their emperor, there will be a new emperor, and if you assassinate their general, he will also have a new general. We must defeat them on the battlefield, which is the bearing of a big country and the rule of civilization. But today, assassination has not disappeared in this world.

We should look at the assassination from a historical perspective. For example, even if Jing Ke assassinated Ying Zheng, the State of Yan would still perish, which was due to the comparison of national strength, and the basic historical process could not be changed. So many assassins in the process of South Korea's independence did not make the Republic of Korea independent, but they just breathed a sigh of relief and expressed a national integrity that they did not want to be conquered. In the end, South Korea became independent because its allies defeated the fascist "Axis Power".

In modern civilized society, the role of assassination is getting smaller and smaller. So my assessment is that the course of history cannot be changed by an assassination. But the assassination is likely to continue in human history.