Through the Opium War, britain opened the door of China's closure for hundreds of years by force, because the Qing Dynasty suffered a crushing defeat in this war because of the long period of isolation. The rulers of the Qing Dynasty had long closed their eyes and listened, and did not understand Britain at all, and many questions were raised during the Daoguang Emperor, which were like jokes after reading them today. So what are some of the stories that make people cry and laugh?
During the Opium War, Dahong'a and Yao Ying, who were guarding Taiwan, "used a trick to lure the ship to run aground" and once captured several British prisoners of war. For example, "Is there a dry road to all the ministries from England to Xinjiang?" Are there any contacts? Does Russia border? Is there any trade connection? ”
Daoguang Emperor stills
Three months before the signing of the Treaty of Nanking, the Daoguang Emperor received a recital from the Yangwei general Yijing. When the Emperor reviewed the recital, the imperial pen wrote down the doubts hidden in his heart, of which he was most interested in Queen Victoria of England. The Daoguang Emperor asked, "The heroine is twenty-two years old, so why was she pushed to be the head of a country?" Is there a match? Who is his husband and what position does he currently hold in the country? ”
This question is not to be said to be Yijing, that is, the scholars and doctors of all China were tied together at that time, and they could not answer it. The Daoguang Emperor still used traditional Chinese thinking to see the problem, in China, the chicken can not be Si Chen, how can a yellow haired girl in her twenties become a queen? Where did the Daoguang Emperor know that Britain had long practiced a constitutional monarchy and a responsible cabinet system.
Queen Victoria
The Opium War opened the eyes of the Daoguang Emperor, who was just like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, curious about everything, and all of them were so ignorant. After the end of the Opium War, the Daoguang Emperor was very unconvinced in his heart, and I had many generals in the Qing Dynasty, so how could I lose to tens of thousands of foreigners? The Daoguang Emperor couldn't figure it out, so when he reviewed Qi Ying's recital, he raised his doubts:
"When the rebels are engaged in battle, how can the Yi soldiers they bring with them be able to advance and retreat?"
That is to say, why are foreigners not afraid of death when they fight wars? Although he had a lot of contact with foreigners, he could not really understand Britain. Now that the emperor has a question, how can he not answer it? I don't know where Qi Ying got the information from, but he actually made the following answer, which really made people cry and laugh! Qi Ying's answer was:
"The Yingyi military attache does not marry a wife within forty years, and the soldiers are the same, because they do not care about it, and the same is true when they are facing the enemy."
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When the Daoguang Emperor saw Qi Ying's answer, he wrote, "Abominable! "Alas, the Qing Dynasty's closed eyes have reached this point, and the two monarchs and courtiers discuss why the British army fought so hard, and the reason was that the British soldiers were not allowed to marry their wives before they were 40 years old, because they had no family, so they were not afraid of death when they started a war. What is called rat eyes, what is closed eyes and listening, it is they who are talking.
The Qing Dynasty has long been closed to the country, blindly arrogant, from the supreme ruler down to the ordinary people are immersed in the dream of the heavenly kingdom, when the dream is shattered, they find that they know nothing. Only by remembering the lessons of history can we continue to move forward.
Reference: "The Beginning and End of the Preparation of Yi Affairs"
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