After Humen sold cigarettes, the British stopped working and immediately clamored for a war of aggression against China. This was the beginning of the First Opium War. (Because of the opium) the British army has just begun to attack, Daoguang Emperor

After Humen sold cigarettes, the British stopped working and immediately clamored for a war of aggression against China.

This was the beginning of the First Opium War. (Because it was caused by opium)

As soon as the British attacked, the Daoguang Emperor wanted to make peace with the British.

Daoguang appointed a governor, Qi Shan, to negotiate with the British army, and Qi Shan said that as long as the British army retreated, he would punish Lin Zexu and meet the british demands.

The British army retreated, and Lin Zexu was dismissed.

Then Qi Shan was appointed minister of Chincha and went to Guangzhou to negotiate with the British, and before the negotiations could be concluded, the British army captured Shajiao and Dajiao Forts at the mouth of the Pearl River.

Qi Shan was forced to agree to the conditions of ceding Hong Kong, compensating 6 million yuan for opium prices, and opening up Guangzhou.

Then the British occupied Hong Kong.

After the Qing court (referred to as the Qing court) learned of the loss of Shajiao and Dajiao Forts, it declared war on the British.

As a result, the imperial chancellor sent led the army to Guangzhou, resisted for a while, and then retreated into the city to negotiate peace with the British army.

So the British army put forward conditions, signed the "Guangzhou Treaty", and handed over 6 million yuan to the British army to redeem the city, and the Qing army withdrew from Guangzhou.

However, the British government also felt that the benefits gained by the British army in China were too small, and sent people to expand its aggression against China.

Then Xiamen, Dinghai, Zhenhai, and Ningbo were captured by the British one by one.

When the British army reached the surface of the Nanjing River, General Qi Ying was ordered to rush to Nanjing to seek peace with the British army, and then signed the Treaty of Nanking on the British warship, ending the Opium War.

Alas, if you are backward, you will be beaten, this British army invaded China, as if entering no man's land, every piece of land has no resistance, as easy as cutting tofu, one city after another, the Qing Emperor has no way, can only send people to negotiate peace with the British army again and again, sign treaties, lose money and cut the land.

Moreover, other countries saw that Britain took advantage of China so easily, and thought that this kind of good thing could not be less than me, so they came to share a piece of the pie, And China and Britain signed the "Humen Treaty", China and the United States signed the "Wangxia Treaty", and China and France signed the "Huangpu Treaty".

Seeing that the Qing government was so weak and deceitful, in the spirit of having a cheap and not taking advantage of the king, every country came to pick up a bit.

Territory was ceded, silver was compensated, treaty ports were opened, and foreigners had the right of residence at these ports, providing conditions for the later establishment of concessions...

Since then, feudal China, which has been closed to the outside world, has begun the semi-feudal and semi-colonial road.