China's late Qing Dynasty, poor and weak, the great powers of all sides regardEd China as a huge cake, can be invaded at will, since the Daoguang years into modern times, the greatest humiliation in Chinese history began, the defeat of the Opium War, ceded Hong Kong to Britain, The Daoguang Emperor wept bitterly, Kangxi reigned, once left an ancestral precept: those who dare to lose inches of land, can not be included in the ancestral spiritual throne, the Daoguang Emperor also has to pay for his actions.
Of course, in fact, after the Opium War, the Daoguang Emperor punished two people, one was Lin Zexu, we all know that Lin Zexu was a minister who advocated smoking bans, and later actively prepared for war when the British army attacked, and the other was no one else, it was Qi Shan of the Lord and the Faction, after he took over As the governor of Liangguang of Lin Zexu, although he was humble and condescending, but due to unfavorable handling, he was eventually dismissed by the Daoguang Emperor, but unexpectedly, these two people were successively reused.
In fact, it is easy for us to understand, but qishan is not very acceptable, qishan betrays the country and seeks glory, and it is not too much to raid the family and destroy the ancestors, but in the end it is still necessary to die well, why is this? In fact, there were many hats on Qi Shan's head in later generations, of which there were four relatively large crimes, advocating relaxation of the ban and sabotage of the ban on smoking; when the British fleet arrived outside the Dagu Pass, it took the opportunity to attack lin Zexu, the leader of the anti-smoking ban, advocating surrender; during the sino-British negotiations in Guangdong, he did not fight and defend, and refused to send aid when Humen was in danger, resulting in the defeat of the war and the death of Guan Tianpei; and privately ceding Hong Kong to britain.
We all think that Qi Shan does not advocate smoking cessation, but according to historical records, Qi Shan himself is strongly in favor of quitting smoking, but he and Lin Zexu, who advocate smoking ban, are different, led by Huang Juezi and Lin Zexu, advocating smoking ban, in fact, advocating the re-treatment of smokers, but Qi Shan believes that smokers are innocent, and smokers should be taken seriously, when Qi Shan was directly subordinate to the governor, he ordered a ban on smoking and seized 130,000 taels of tobacco soil.
Qi Shan and the anti-smoking Lin Zexu and others may also have a certain festival, but they are only limited to the conflict of political views between the two sides, Qi Shan does not advocate war with Britain, because he knows that the war will be lost, but even so, after Qi Shan took over as the governor of Liangguang, he still mobilized some soldiers and horses, strictly guarded the passes everywhere, and did not sit by and watch the defeat, can only say that Qi Shan himself is indeed limited in military command, and this point can not be compared with Lin Zexu.
As for the private cession of Hong Kong Island, Qi Shan, as the minister of peace talks, in fact, before signing the "Treaty of Nose-piercing Grass" and ceding Hong Kong Island, Qi Shan personally asked the imperial court for instructions, and after getting permission, the treaty was signed, and at that time, the Qing government believed that even if the treaty was signed, it could be used in a rogue way in the future, which was not only the idea of the Daoguang Emperor, but also the idea of the following courtiers, everyone did not care about themselves and hung high, for this ancient insult, Qi Shan's psychology was very clear, and in fact, it was not others who really played the decision-making power. It was precisely the Daoguang Emperor sitting on the dragon chair.