Non-guan loves to be light, and the cold is better. Don't have roots, not the rich flowers of the world. Who can be sorry after Xie Niang's farewell, floating in the end of the world. The cold moon is sad, and the west wind is hanhai sand.
- Naran Rongruo, "Picking Mulberries"
Under the rule of ancient feudal society, the emperor is the arbiter of the world, coupled with the countless glorious deeds in the historical trend, many emperors have become overwhelmed, the Qing Dynasty after experiencing the Opium War, the Daoguang Emperor learned through interrogation of prisoners that the British Queen was only 23 years old, and even germinated the idea of marrying as a concubine, if you can marry the Queen of England, what kind of battle will you fight, where did such a ridiculous idea come from?
The "Queen of England" mentioned here refers to Queen Victoria.
Queen Victoria was born on 24 May 1819 and succeeded to the throne on 20 June 1837. The coronation ceremony was completed at Westminster Abbey on 28 June 1838. On 1 May 1876, Queen Victoria was again crowned Empress of India. The two Opium Wars and the eight-power invasion of China both occurred during the reign of Queen Victoria.
The rise of Britain, the decline of the Qing Dynasty.
In the late Qing Dynasty, the British first attacked the Great Qing, and at first the Daoguang Emperor did not think so, he did not take foreigners seriously, the foreigners he understood were the southern barbarians who had not yet been civilized, there was no need to use the army, as long as a command was issued to scare them. However, things reversed too quickly, and after the real fight, I regretted it.
And what about England at the same time? In the process of navigation, he accumulated capital, and then began a colonial policy in the world, during which he vigorously engaged in industrial technology, embarked on the road of rich countries and strong soldiers in a short period of time, fought invincible hands all over the world for a time, and finally achieved the title of "Empire that Never Sets". After the settlement of India, the eyes immediately set on the Qing Dynasty, which was full of gold.
At first, Britain did not understand the strength of the Qing Dynasty, china's area is really huge and hopeless, and its strength to rule such a large land should not be underestimated. The initial intention was to use opium to slowly control it; unfortunately the conspiracy did not arrive. At that time, the Qing Dynasty still had sober ministers, and Daoguang was not as idiotic as he thought, and then issued a nationwide ban on smoking.
What happened after that was well known, Britain's road to wealth was interrupted, simply lifted this fig leaf, and directly used force to solve it. The Opium War broke out, ending with the complete defeat of the Qing Dynasty and the signing of the Treaty of Nanking, which humiliated the country, and China opened the curtain of modern history, and eventually degenerated into a semi-colonial society.
It is funny to say that after being beaten by the British, the Qing government was finally willing to look at the world, but the Qing Dynasty still felt that they were the most civilized, how could they lose to the barbarians who had not yet been civilized? This time it was just a battlefield defeat. After the Daoguang Emperor learned that the Queen of England was a woman, and that fang was 23 years old, he had a whimsical idea and married the Queen of England as a concubine.
Three questions have become the laughing stock of future generations
In the course of the war with the British, an Englishman was captured. Daoguang wanted to use the captive to understand the current situation in Britain.
So history has left three questions and answers that make people cry and laugh.
The first question is, where are your English countries?
Daoguang wants to know where the UK is located? In what direction? Is it next to Russia? What is the land area? How many people are there in total?
After getting a satisfactory answer, Daoguang still did not pay attention to Britain, but instead felt contempt. Because it was learned from the captives that Britain was very small in size and that the domestic population was far inferior to that of the Qing Dynasty, it was certain that the Qing Dynasty had the advantage in fighting a war. Poor Daoguang became a frog at the bottom of the well after experiencing the forbidden sea lock country, and he believed that war was to suppress the number of people, and the side with more people would definitely be able to defeat the fewer. At that time, British military weapons were already very advanced, could the human flesh be able to resist it?
The Daoguang Emperor asked whether Britain bordered Russia, a question that might make the British laugh at Daoguang's ignorance, and anyone with a little geographical knowledge knew that Britain and Russia were far apart. At that time, the sea had begun to sail around the world, and it was because of the closed country that such a farce appeared.
The second question is, can xinjiang reach Britain by land?
Daoguang asked if the captives could leave Xinjiang to reach Britain. In the worldview of Daoguang, let you go to the end of the world, just give me a horse to arrive smoothly. Perhaps at that time, the Daoguang Emperor had not seen the territory of the world at all, let alone the location of the British territory
The third question is, is Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married?
In 1842, the Queen of England was only 23 years old, but fortunately Daoguang still knew that the British monarch was a woman and was still so young. This made the Daoguang Emperor feel very incredible, although there was a precedent of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, but he was not so young, how could he become a monarch at such an age of 23? The Daoguang Emperor also whimsically told his ministers that he would include the Queen of England in the harem. He should not have known that Britain was a constitutional monarchy, and even if he married the Queen of England, he would be an expired Queen. Therefore, his whimsical ideas, and the ignorant questions he raised, would decide to push the Qing Dynasty into the bottomless abyss.
The idea put forward by Daoguang has become the laughing stock of posterity, the great Queen of England, who ushered in the Victorian era, pushed Britain to the top of the world, and achieved a hegemony. Although limited by the constitutional monarchy, this still could not stifle Victoria's exploits, not even Xuan Ye, who created the Kangxi Dynasty, let alone your Daoguang.
It can be seen that the Qing Dynasty, after experiencing a closed country, behaved like a three-year-old child to the outside world. The ideas that have been put forward are even more ironic.
Lao Tzu said: "Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are wise." The winner is strong, and the one who overcomes himself is strong. The contented are rich, and the forcible have aspirations. Those who do not lose what they do will last, and those who die and do not die will live."
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