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    Ronglu (6 April 1836 – 11 April 1903), courtesy name Zhonghua, was a Manchu political and military leader of the late Qing dynasty. He was born in the...
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    Prince Qing. The supreme commander of the Chinese forces, the Manchu general Ronglu, later claimed he acted to protect the foreigners. Officials in the southern...
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    Chinese government was still indecisive about the Boxers. Some officials—Ronglu, for example—counseled the Empress Dowager that the Boxers were "rabble"...
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    up in the Forbidden City, were trusted aides to the Dowager, including Ronglu, commander of the army and her friend since childhood. At Zhengyang Gate...
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  • Ronglu, take control of the garrison at Tientsin, and then march on Beijing and arrest Cixi. However, Yuan had previously promised to support Ronglu;...
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    the disgracing of Li Hongzhang in the First Sino-Japanese war the Manchu Ronglu was made chief commander of the forces in Zhili and eventually Viceroy of...
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    Puyi (Xuantong Emperor), the last emperor of China's Qing dynasty. Father: Ronglu (1836–1903), served as the Minister of Works from 1878 to 1879, the Minister...
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    the role of regent and resume control at the court. The Manchu general Ronglu on 21 September 1898, took the emperor to Ocean Terrace, a small palace...
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    the daughter of Ronglu, a conservative politician in the imperial court and a staunch supporter of Cixi. Prince Chun loathed Ronglu because the latter...
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    modernized army, albeit only 6,000-strong. Cixi relied on Ronglu's army in Tianjin. Ronglu also had an ally, General Dong Fuxiang, who commanded 10,000...
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