The historical background of Shi Kefa's suicide note.
/kloc-in the spring of 0/645, the Qing army marched south in an attempt to destroy the small court of Nanming with Nanjing as its capital. 13 On April 3rd, Shi Kefa, a former minister of the Ministry of War who was the records of Nanming court, hurried to Yangzhou, the only barrier of Nanjing in Jiangbei, to step up the deployment of guarding city. /kloc-in June of 0/5, the Qing army striker had arrived in the northwest of Yangzhou. 19 years, a large number of Qing troops assembled, and Yangzhou became an isolated city. The enemy commander-in-chief sent many people to surrender with books. Despite the disparity in numbers, Shi Kefa proudly said: "I am the first defeated imperial court, and I don't want to complain!" On this day, he wrote down the legacy of the court on the tower; Wrote five more suicide notes. A mother, a wife, a consistent relative, a son Stilwell, and a duo duo who was handed over to the commander of the Qing army. 20, duo duo and five times to send books to surrender, Shi Kefa does not open, in front of people into the fire, determined to die in the same city, until death do us part. Shi Kefa's family lives in Beijing. 2 1, Shi Kefa wrote another book to bid farewell to his mother, mother-in-law and wife, which is the suicide note on this scroll. On 22nd, the Qing army attacked the city. On 25th, Yangzhou was broken and Shi Kefa was captured. Duoduo turned himself in. After being rejected, Shi Kefa was dismembered and killed at the age of 44.