Many people think that the first time Britain attacked Our Tiger Gate was in the First Opium War, but in fact it was not, during the reign of Emperor Ming Chongzhen, the British fleet wanted to invade Our Tiger Gate, when the British fleet had defeated the sea overlords Spain and the Netherlands, so it launched a war against our country with confidence.
But even though the Ming Dynasty was already worried about internal and external troubles, the Ming Dynasty still made the British obediently sign a pledge that they would never invade China again, and the British compensated the Ming Dynasty with 2800 taels of silver.
During the Qianlong period, the British king sent emissaries to our country to request trade in our country, but Qianlong refused, this time Britain has witnessed our country began to fall behind, but our country has had a great influence in the world since ancient times, and the British side did not attack our country in a hurry.
In the twentieth year of Daoguang (1840), the British attacked China on the grounds of Selling Cigarettes in Humen, and as a result, the Qing Dynasty was defeated, and the Qing government signed the treaty of Nanking, the first unequal treaty in China's history.
At that time, the door of our country was forcibly opened by foreigners in the form of force, and the Daoguang Emperor was also very stunned, although the Qing Dynasty had many problems, but it still regarded itself as a heavenly kingdom, how could it be easily defeated by barbarians? So the Daoguang Emperor personally interrogated a British prisoner, who was captured by the Qing army in the Opium War.
The Daoguang Emperor was also frightened by the appearance of the British captives when he saw them, but the Daoguang Emperor still interrogated them without changing his face, and he asked where the British prisoners were? What is the population? Can I get to the UK from Xinjiang? Questions as to whether Britain borders Russia.
The British captives also answered the Daoguang Emperor's questions in 1510, and by this time, the Daoguang Emperor knew that Britain's territory was far smaller than that of the Qing Dynasty, and the population was far less than that of the Qing Dynasty, and that the British King was still a 23-year-old woman, which broke through the daoguang Emperor's cognition.
The Daoguang Emperor continued to ask according to his curiosity, is the British heroine married? Where is his husband from? What position is held in the UK... Of course, the Daoguang Emperor did not want to include the British heroine as a harem, and there was only one orthodox female emperor in the history of our country, and Wu Zetian ascended the throne as emperor at the age of 67.
The Daoguang Emperor couldn't think of how a 23-year-old woman could govern the country, so he asked the Husband of the Queen of England, and now these interrogations of the Daoguang Emperor make people cry and laugh, and some people ask whether this is really the mouth of the Daoguang Emperor?
During the four emperors of Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong, they all came into contact with some foreigners, and the Shunzhi Emperor was even closely related to the foreigner Tang Ruo' death, but in the late Qianlong period, it was difficult for foreigners to come to our country to do business, and it was naturally difficult for Chinese people to see foreigners, and China's readers were also busy memorizing the Eight Strands of Literature, taking the meritorious name, and knowing nothing about the current and external affairs.
Although the Daoguang Emperor was diligent and thrifty, if the Daoguang Emperor had a detailed understanding of qing dynasty society, he should be able to find that the old robes on the officials were even bought at a high price, because the Daoguang Emperor was thrifty and often wore old robes, and those rich officials only wore old robes to cater to the emperor, and the result was that the old robes were priced higher than the sky for a while, which was also ironic.
The Daoguang Emperor naturally knew nothing about the industrial revolution carried out in Western countries, and even if he did, it was unknown whether the industrial revolution would threaten the imperial power when the country began.
The Qing army captured a British prisoner, and the Daoguang Emperor asked some strange questions that made people cry and laugh