In the late Qing Dynasty of ancient China, the city of Tianjin was also influenced by the Restoration of 1898. The Great Qing Dynasty declined. Tang Qing Shan was also influenced by the new thoughts; however, he had been doing a booming business and engaged with Shi Pei Zhen, who was a gifted girl. She had dressed up as a boy and sworn to be brothers with Tang Qing Shan and his best friend, Fei Yong Jia. On the wedding day, armies abruptly flooded in to search houses and confiscate the property under the name of "collusion with parties and coveting the royalty". Tang Qing Shan and his father were arrested. The father died, and Tang Qing Shan was condemned to be in jail forever.