The closed country at the end of the Qing Dynasty not only made China lag behind other countries in industrial manufacturing, but also indirectly reduced modern China to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society.
It brought serious harm to the land of China, and it was not until the Xinhai Revolution overthrew the Qing Dynasty that Chinese society gradually moved towards a new journey.
The war of the Opium War caused panic in the Qing Dynasty, and they finally realized their own shortcomings under the long guns and cannons of the foreigners.
The main trigger for this incident was the British effort to infiltrate opium into the interior of Chinese society, thus bringing huge benefits.
During the Daoguang years, in order to resist the British ships harassing the coastal areas of Guangdong, the Qing government at that time appointed the famous general Guan Tianpei as the admiral of the admiralty to command the army in the coastal areas of Guangdong.
In the process, a miracle happened.
1. Admiral admiral
During Daoguang's reign, britain sent emissaries to recommend some inventions and apply for the right to import trade.
However, at that time, the Qing Dynasty had long been closed to the country for a long time, and it had always turned a blind eye to the commodities and goods of foreign countries, so it refused the request of the British envoys.
At that time, the British royal family was not willing and wanted to open the door to China by importing opium privately.
All this became the beginning of the First Opium War. At that time, the British did not go to war with the Qing government, but only invaded the coastal areas of Guangdong through ships, but this was enough to challenge the authority of the Qing emperor.
Therefore, the Daoguang Emperor specially ordered Guan Tianpei to be the admiral of Guangdong and go to Guangdong to quell the chaos.
Guan Tianpei, as a famous patriotic general in the late Qing Dynasty, once fully supported Lin Zexu Humen. He believes that the reason why the ruling class of the Qing Dynasty is anxious and the reason why the people of the Qing Dynasty are ignorant and numb is inseparable from smoking opium all day.
After being appointed as the admiral of Guangdong Water Division, Guan Tianpei rushed to Guangdong for the first time.
Guan Tianpei, who had just arrived at the site, did not rush to rest, but went all out to survey the terrain and make defensive preparations.
After several days and nights of hard work, Guan Tianpei planned a battle plan against the British ships, and by this time he had not slept soundly for several days.
After the rest, Guan Tianpei led people to the coastal area to inspect and survey.
He found that the soldiers on the shore were waiting in tight formation, and even when he walked past the crowd, everyone did not show a panicked look.
They always had a resolute look in their eyes, which made Guan Tianpei very pleased.
It was almost noon, and wang tour, the head of the coastal camp, asked him to stay here for lunch. Originally wanting to refuse, he found himself a little hungry, so he agreed to Wang Zhu's suggestion. However, the next dish stunned everyone, and guan Tianpei's entourage had an angry look on their faces.
Second, two consecutive upgrades
It turned out that Wang Patrol had people present a bowl of white noodles, without any meat or vegetables.
Guan Tianpei's entourage directly reprimanded Wang Tour, believing that it was too rude for him to entertain Lord Admiral with such a poor and sour meal.
Guan Tianpei's face did not have any expression, Wang Patrol looked at Guan Tianpei, and could not help but kowtow to apologize, he explained: "It is not that I want to use noodles to entertain Lord Titus.
It's just that our silver and silver are invested in military defense, and there is no extra money to prepare dishes.
Therefore, forced to use noodles to entertain adults in desperation, I hope that adults will understand! ”
Guan Tianpei helped Inspector Wang up and said, "This behavior fully shows that you are a clean and honest official and sympathetic to your subordinates, and I am glad that it is too late, how can I blame you?" ”
Wang Was surprised and delighted after hearing this, not expecting Guan Tianpei to know so much about the great righteousness, Corporal Li Xian, and couldn't help but burst into tears.
After Guan Tianpei praised Wang's tour, he directly made the latter rise two levels in a row with an oral situation at the scene.
Wang Zhu did not expect that this move of his own would actually bring so many chain effects. After that, he made up his mind that he must make great achievements to repay Guan Tianpei's kindness.
Although in the subsequent wars, Wang Tour did not make great achievements, he took the lead and set an example for the soldiers behind him.
This point was seen by Guan Tianpei and was quite praised. However, when faced with the same situation, there was a person who had a completely different treatment from Wang Tour.
Third, know people and make good use of them
The reason why the Qing Dynasty was not a rival to Britain at that time was not only a long-term isolation, but also closely related to the serious corruption within the government.
The problem of corruption in the Qing Dynasty has existed since the Qianlong period, and several officials and eunuchs led by Hezhen have secretly hidden gold and silver, so that the people have suffered a lot, and the imperial court has not had too much money to remedy it.
Guan Tianpei was well aware of the problem of corruption within the imperial court, and after Lin Zexu was removed from his post and investigated, he was even more disgusted with these officials who were dead. He had written to the Daoguang Emperor to advise the other side to strictly and thoroughly investigate the problem of corrupt officials, but although the Daoguang Emperor agreed with his suggestion, he was really powerless.
At that time, the interests of the officials were intertwined, and the phenomenon of corruption had spread throughout the foundation of the Qing Dynasty, and no matter what method was used, it could not be completely eliminated.
After Guan Tianpei entered the Guangdong territory, many local officials considered giving him gifts in order to seek further development in the official arena.
But after hearing the news that Guan Tianpei hated the phenomenon of corruption, he gave up this idea one after another. One of them was not reconciled, he did not believe that Guan Tianpei could suddenly move in the face of gold and silver jewelry.
Zhang Yutang, an official in Humen, Guangdong Province, was about to give it a try, after all, when the former admiral of the admiral was faced with his own money, although he behaved very cleanly, none of them could completely refuse.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yutang was full of confidence and sent someone to give Guan Tianpei 34 pieces of Long Yang.
Longyang is the silver dollar currency of the Qing Dynasty, and Zhang Yutang is quite generous this time. But he didn't expect that this act would bring him three levels in a row.
Guan Tianpei directly reprimanded the people who came to deliver Long Yang, and personally ordered Zhang Yutang to be demoted to the Humenmen camp as a sentry commander.
Guan Tianpei was a man of fortitude, jealousy and hatred, and his incorruptibility brought a different atmosphere to the decadent Qing Dynasty at that time.
According to the "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty", when Guan Tianpei resisted the British army in 1841, he regarded death as a homecoming, bravely insisted, and was eventually hit by the bullets of British soldiers and martyred.
His sacrifice brought great losses to the Qing Dynasty.
4. Summary
Guan Tianpei spilled his own blood on the battlefield, and his heroic dedication dealt a head-on blow to the corrupt officials of the dynasty.
If the late Qing Dynasty could have more heroes like Lin Zexu and Guan Tianpei, then the Qing Dynasty might not have been so depraved and would not have had no dignity in the world.
Part of the history of this article is written according to the "Draft History of the Qing Dynasty", about more character deeds of Guan Tianpei, interested friends can consult the relevant information.
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