The Qing Dynasty was the epitome of China's feudal dynasty, and its means of rule were so high that it enslaved the people fiercely, and the dynasty has always had to do the inferior work. It is because the means of rule are too comprehensive, resulting in technology and ideas far behind foreign countries, and eventually by the Western powers to open the country.
The Qing government's self-imposed approach made future generations grit their teeth when they mentioned it, scolding the Qing Dynasty for being corrupt and incompetent, and they knew that they were enslaving the people internally. In fact, the early days of the Qing Dynasty were still very powerful, when the Eight Banners also relied on advanced artillery to lay down thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, its artillery application technology is not inferior to the Ming Dynasty, if the Qing Dynasty continues to work hard, it will not cause the world to derail, there will be no later loss of power and humiliation of the country.
Why are artillery powerful, and in the late Qing Dynasty, they did not vigorously develop it? Some people say that the world is too peaceful, there is no need to keep such a powerful killing weapon, and the Manchus are originally less than the Han, if they develop advanced cannons, it is likely to dig their own graves. To put it bluntly, it is still related to the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi is a famous saint of the Qing Dynasty, and you can see the clues by looking at the development of artillery when he was in power.
In the middle of the 17th century, Tsarist Russia marched eastward to the Heilongjiang River Valley. The savage Cossack cavalry carried guns and pulled cannons into the northeast of our country, and every time these hairs went to a village, they burned and robbed without evil, and the local tribes called them Luocha, which means evil. At that time, Kangxi was busy at both ends, both to fight against the Southern San Francisco and to guard against Geldan in the west, and for a while he could not divide the troops into Heilongjiang. Maozi took the opportunity to establish the military stronghold of Yaksa Castle.
In 1684, Kangxi successfully defeated Wu Sangui and extinguished the San Francisco Rebellion, and then reorganized his armaments and began to concentrate on solving the problem of the invasion of Tsarist Russia. This was the first time that the Qing army fought against a Western power, and as soon as the attack began, the flintlock gun of Tsarist Russia showed great power, and it was difficult for the Qing army to move forward. The news of the defeat in the first battle to Beijing shocked Kangxi and asked the chancellor in the court how to deal with this unfavorable situation. A Hanchen named Lin Xingzhu replied that he could use a quilt to block the impact of the musket. Kangxi felt that it was not good, the muskets of the foreigners were more powerful, and it was not convenient to wear too many quilts to march and fight.
Lin Xingzhu then replied that in addition to the quilt, there was also a fireproof gun with a Teng brand.
It turned out that Lin Xingzhu had followed his uncle Lin Risheng to follow Zheng Chenggong against the Qing army when he was young, and he had seen the role of the rattan soldiers with his own eyes, which was very effective in preventing the arrows and muskets of the Eight Banner Soldiers. In order to prove that what he said was true, he sent someone to take the rattan card, and when the patent arranged for six people to perform how the roll card was defended against bows and arrows and bullets. Kangxi was very satisfied with it, but in order to increase the protection, he ordered the rattan card to be upgraded, the heavy Teng card plus a layer of old cotton, and the light Teng card plus two layers of old cotton, so that the function of the quilt and the Teng card were combined into one.
In order to annihilate this group of Russian cavalry as soon as possible, Kangxi specially selected 500 elite soldiers from the three provinces of Shandong, Shanxi, and Henan to train them. Dressed in tiger clothes and armed with rattan cards and long knives, these elite soldiers were known as the Tiger Cloth Rattan Army.
A month later, the Tiger Army arrived on the outskirts of Yaksa, and the two armies fought on the riverside. The rattan army took the lead in crossing the water to attack, and the Cossack cavalry had never seen this thing before, and watched from a distance that they were holding up a big hat like a big hat, and they all shouted that the big hat tartar was coming. The Russian hair was very fine, and waited for the rattan soldiers to approach before shooting. However, after the gunshots, they were stunned, and the power of the muskets could not penetrate the rattan cards. At this time, as soon as the rattan army rushed up, the big long knife saw the person and cut it, killing more than half of the maozi killed and injured. In this river crossing operation, the Tengpai army showed great might, killing more than 30 Russian troops, capturing 15 prisoners, capturing 1 enemy ship, and not a single casualty of its own.
Since then, the Rattan Army has become more and more courageous in the war, and has made more and more miracles. Not only did the Cossacks come out of the psychological shadow, but even the warhorses they rode did not listen to them. When the usually majestic war horses saw the tiger clothes of the rattan army, they either stood and trembled, or ran wildly, causing the old hairy people in Russia to have blue noses and swollen faces. The rattan army took the opportunity to charge and easily won the battle.
After several confrontations, the Cossack cavalry felt that victory was hopeless, and finally raised their flags and surrendered, declaring that they would never come to Yaksa in the future. However, the Tsarist Russia was very sophisticated, did not pay attention to faith at all, and two months later took advantage of the fact that the Qing army was not ready to retake the city of Fayaksa. Kangxi was furious and doubled the number of Tengpai soldiers, allowing Lin Xingzhu to personally lead the rush to Heilongjiang. The rattan soldiers lived up to expectations, killing more than 800 Russian troops, losing their temper in Tsarist Russia, and finally the two countries signed the Treaty of Nebuchu.
Kangxi was very satisfied with the bravery of the Tengpai Army, and while praising the Tengpai Army, he also looked down more and more on Western firearms, believing that with the presence of the Tengpai Army, foreign firearms were not enough to worry about. The emperor began to despise firearms, and the people below could not say much, and since then, the official and civilian importance of firearms has become less and less, until the arrival of the British awakened the Rulers of the Qing Dynasty.
Although it helped the Qing Dynasty defeat Tsarist Russia, it also created the illusion that firearms were so powerful that firearms were only so powerful, and ultimately laid the foundation for the Qing Dynasty. In March 1842, the British army captured Dinghai, and the Qing Dynasty sent the elite division Ofte Pai to meet the battle. With a burst of gunfire, to the disappointment of the Qing army, more than 600 rattan troops fell in response to the sound, never to regain the glory of yaksa city. The British troops on the other side were not surprised, these people were similar to the African natives, the only difference was that they were dressed differently and dressed like tigers.
Backwardness is not necessarily beaten, but not thinking of making progress will inevitably lead to beatings.