1996 Jindou coup d'etat attempt

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**1995 Jindou coup d'etat attempt** more commonly known as **April 19 Coup** (四幺九政变) is a failed coup attempt to asassinate Emperor Lu Ming on the 19th of April 1996. The commander of the Army, Qu Limeng and wife of descesed General Xu Zehui, Zhu Xiu, orchastrated the coup. The coup attempt was a failure. The coup came just four years after the Airplane Coup of 1992.

## Background

Following the Airplane Coup of 1992, General Qu Limeng, managed to gain trust with Emperor Lu Ming after his dicisive action to arrest the rebels during the coup. However, Qu Limeng has his own personal vendetta as one of his personal friend after he was killed and tortured by the Jindou Security Department. Zhu Xiu on the other hand was the wife of Xu Zehui who managed to escape to Fanuai after the coup. Both have personal vendetta against the monarchy and seeked to establish a republic. In March 1993, the two came into contact to discuss on orchastrating the coup. They decided that 19 April 1996 would be the day was Lu Ming's birthday.

## Attack

Unlike the Airplane Coup, all actions happened on the ground.

Around 12 noon that day, most guests and members of the government arrived at the Dragon and Phoenix Palace. The royal guards were on high alert as protest against the government occur outside. Cadets of the Suceng garrison in tanks and APCs arrive outside the palace and the sight of it caused the protestors to disipate and flee. Around 3,000 of them started storming into the palace after about 10 minutes after arrival. The royal guards were quickly defeated and entered the palace with sub-machine gun and grenades.

However, many of them were distracted by the luxury and the granduer of the palace as none of them have ever been there before. The royal guard received the news and gave the news to the Emperor who escaped to the Cynedrycan Pavilion in the Northwest side of the palace. Beliving the royals were still in the party ballroom, they fired into the crowd killing 92 peope including the Ambassador of Ninhundland, Minister of Justice, Former Prime Minister Liu Linzi, the Royal Surgeon, and the Emperor's brother Prince Lu Fan along with his wife and son, Prince Kevin Lu, during the shooting.

The rebels managed to reach the Cynedrycan Pavilion where they searched for the Emperor who hid in a wardrobe during the fighting with the Crown Prince. While the coup was under way, Qu Limeng and his troops went to the National Broadcasting Service station close to the palace and proclaimed that the Emperor was dead and a republic was established after usinf his brother's image as evidence.

Despite this, many recognised the person as his brother and the broadcast was a major blunder. Royalist forces soon arrived at the palace and broadcasting center. Qu Limeng managed to escape in a helicopter. The palace was later retaken by royalist forces and the Emperor was unharmed. Qu Limeng killed himself after being found in a forest near Zhongchuan the next day.

## Aftermath

Following the attack, tanks patrolled the streets of Suceng for a month and the cadets were arrested and executed for treason. On 12 June that year, Zhu Xiu, who helped to orchastrate the coup was killed after recieving a letter bomb from the Jindou Security Department and killed her children as well.

Following the Jindou Revolution of 2020, it was later found that there were other plans to kill her including using a nerve agent, an axe, a sniper and thowing bio weapons into her house. As the Jindou Security Department wanted to cut cost, they decided to mail her instead.