Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . aced on the thronehe was only eight years old, and the admin-istration was consequently entrusted to fourof the chief and most experienced co-regents devoted themselves to theirduty with energy and intelligence. Theirfirst act was to impeach the principaleunuchs who had acquired power underChuntche, and to issue a decree prohibitingthe employment of any of that unf
Chinese horrors and persecutions of the Christians; containing a full account of the great insurrection in China; atrocities of the "Boxers" ..together with the complete history of China down to the present time .. . aced on the thronehe was only eight years old, and the admin-istration was consequently entrusted to fourof the chief and most experienced co-regents devoted themselves to theirduty with energy and intelligence. Theirfirst act was to impeach the principaleunuchs who had acquired power underChuntche, and to issue a decree prohibitingthe employment of any of that unfortunateclass in the public service. This law wasengraved on iron tablets weighing more than1,000 pounds, and the Manchu rulers haveever since remained faithful to the pledgetaken by these Manchu regents in the nameof the young Emperor Kanghi. 82 CHINA: PAST AND PRESENT. The very first year of Kanghis reign wit-nessed the zenith and the fall of the power ofof Koshinga. After the failure of his attackon Nankin, Koshinga fixed his designs on to carry out this plan, Koshinga had to oust,not the aboriginal tribes who held most ofthe interior of the island, but the Dutchtraders who had seized most of the ports and. SENDING PRAYERS TO HEAVEN BY BURNING THEM. the island of Formosa, which offered, as itseemed, the best vantage ground for a naval had fortified them. Koshinga found willingallies in the Chinese emigrants who had fled confederacy such as he controlled. In order j from the mainland to Formosa. They rose THE FIRST MANCHU RULER. 83 up against the Dutch, and before they weresubdued the warhke aboriginal tribes had tobe recruited against them. But the Dutch, who had been on theisland for 3 5 years, flattered themselves thatthey could hold their own, and that it mightnot be impossible to live on friendlyterms with Koshinga. They themselves hadacquired their place in Formosa by the retire-ment of the Japanese from Taiwan, in 1624,when the Dutch, driven away by the Portu-guese fro
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