The mainland has a long history and has experienced many dynasties, but in most of the reign periods, the mainland was a very powerful country in the world at that time, and even sometimes it was the world's first power, such as in the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty was enshrined as the "Heavenly Empire", and often accepted the worship of the surrounding small countries, which is enough to see how strong our strength is, in addition to the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, etc., all of which are the same, but in the Qing Dynasty, everything became different.
The Qing government fell into a situation of passive beating
In the middle and late period of the Qing Dynasty's rule, the Qing government implemented the policy of "closing the country to the outside world" for a series of reasons, and decided to close the door and live a self-sufficient life, but it was such a policy that led to China's development beginning to lag far behind the rest of the world, and China's strong posture has gradually disappeared.
First of all, the outbreak of the Opium War, the Opium War launched by the British, directly opened the door of the Qing government, which made the Chinese people also know that their country was far behind the world, the funny thing is that before the outbreak of the war, the Qing government still thought that it was still in the leading position in the world, knowing that after the powerful artillery fire of foreign countries entered the door, they also woke up, but it was too late at that time, and China was already in a passive situation of being bullied by foreign powers.
Human trafficking is rampant
After opening the door of the Qing Dynasty by force, many foreign merchants also took the opportunity to come to this huge market to do business, hoping to take the opportunity to make a fortune, but not all business is serious business, such as human trafficking, but what is shocking is that the people of the Qing Dynasty at that time did not show their unwillingness to sell human beings, let alone strong resistance, but there is a reason for thinking about it carefully.
Because the Qing government at that time was too backward, and the economy was not developed, the people even had a problem to eat, and often had a meal without a meal, so in order not to starve, the people of the Qing Dynasty would rather be trafficked, although they were reluctant in their hearts, but in order to survive, they could only accept it, plus foreigners at that time often said some rhetoric to deceive the simple and kind Qing Dynasty people, for example, they could earn a lot of money after going abroad, at least it was not a problem to support themselves.
So under a series of factors, many people have followed foreigners to foreign countries, to put it mildly, they went abroad to make a living, but to put it mildly, they were actually sold abroad as slaves, the reason is because they are cheap labor, do the same work without giving too much money, and they work hard, so this is not only cost-saving, but also just to ensure the opportunity of efficiency, foreigners will naturally not let go.
The Karl brothers tricked a Qing Dynasty woman out of the country
Among these foreign merchants, there was a pair called the Karl brothers, when they came to China, they were not interested in other places, but found the Qing Dynasty women's clothes and the custom of wrapping small feet very interesting, and in their thoughts, they were interested, and their own country must also be very interested, after all, their own country had never seen these, so for this strange practice, the two wanted to let more people in their country see it.
However, it is difficult to believe the people of their own country if they say it orally, so after thinking about it, the brothers decided to bring the women back to their own country and exhibit them to the people of the country for a fee, and then the brothers immediately took action, and finally after some searching, they finally bought the daughter of a family at a low price.
The woman is exhibited like "animal".
In order to let the girl go abroad with them with peace of mind, they even coaxed and said: At that time, the task is very simple, and you only need to perform some shows to earn money, and this simple Qing Dynasty girl believed it, and finally followed the two foreigners to go abroad. When they got abroad, instead of letting her put on a show, the Carr brothers put her in a cage and exhibited her like an "animal" for 50 cents each time.
Because the local foreigners have never seen such a person, they are very interested in this Qing Dynasty girl, and there is an endless stream of people who spend money to watch it, because of this, the Carl brothers also make a lot of money, after the visit, the local foreigners often discuss the Qing Dynasty woman after tea and dinner, discuss why the Qing Dynasty woman wears this kind of clothes, and also discuss the problem of her small feet, but the Qing Dynasty girl is very dazed, and does not know what these people are talking about.
Sometimes people are very curious about how such a woman with small feet walks, in order to satisfy the curiosity of the audience, the Karl brothers will even beat the Qing Dynasty woman with a whip in their hands, and let her walk in the cage, the woman can only walk because she is afraid, while the foreigners outside the cage are enjoying themselves as if watching acrobatics, I have to say, what can this woman do? Even if she wants to resist, she is powerless, after all, her fate cannot be controlled.
A strong motherland requires the efforts of every generation
And there is no strong country to rely on behind him, for this Qing Dynasty woman, she thought at first that she could improve her life in a foreign country, but after coming here, she found out through various experiences that this is not the case, foreigners at that time were indeed ill-intentioned, everything was just for their interests, but in the final analysis, it was because the country she lived in was not strong enough, just imagine that if this woman lived in a country as strong as other dynasties, then her kind of misery would have been avoided。
It can be seen from her experience that if a country wants to stand tall among the nations of the world, it must make itself continue to become stronger, and only by enhancing its comprehensive national strength will the country have a higher status and a more powerful voice in the world, and the people of the country will not be bullied, so after these lessons in history, we will work harder to develop in China, and I believe that with the efforts of our future generations, China will become stronger and stronger.
epilogue
We must look forward, but we must also look back at history from time to time, the shame of history cannot be forgotten, and the value of their existence is to give us the impetus to move forward and urge us to keep moving forward. Through the experience of Qing Dynasty women, what do readers have to say about modern Chinese history?