The Daoguang Emperor took over the Qing Dynasty, a mess of corruption
Daoguang ascended the throne, Kang Yongqian's prosperous life was no longer brilliant, and the Jiaqing Emperor, who had high hopes, ai xinjue Luo Yan, had shown no achievements in other aspects except in abolishing he and Yan's rapid seizure of power. The Daoguang Emperor after the Jiaqing Emperor wanted to revive the Great Qing Dynasty. He started with himself: it is not easy to be dressed for three days, although it is not easy to be happy; The money used in the palace is only 200,000 yuan (even in the Ming Dynasty, where the finances collapsed, the palace did not have such a tight budget). However, the trend of corruption has a long history, and Daoguang, who advocates frugality, is helpless. Land annexation intensified, and the financial deficit was short. During the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods, the land was increasingly concentrated, from the royal family, nobles, bureaucrats to the common people and landlords, all of them frantically annexed land, and the children of the Eight Banners no longer had the extraordinary combat strength of their ancestors when they entered the customs.
Although the diligent emperor was not effective in his internal desire to change corruption and the decline of the river, foreign aggression against foreign countries was quite strong, especially opium.
The Arabs spread the poppy to Persia, and the Persians changed the sound of "flat" to "piece" and called it "opioid".
No smoking twists and turns and the Opium Wars
The First Opium War [Reason]: After the closure of the country, the Qing Dynasty gradually lagged behind the world tide, but in foreign trade, it has always been in a trade surplus, and the silver extracted by colonists in the Americas, Africa, and India has flowed into China. In order to reverse the trade deficit with China, britain began to smuggle drugs and opium into China for huge profits. Speaking of the Opium War in 1840, which lasted more than a year, most people thought that the only one who dared to say no to foreign devils was Lin Zexu, and Daoguang Dili was even more exclusive, resolutely advocating strict prohibition and supporting the use of Lin Zexu. For the emperor's support, Lin Zexu was even more moved to tears.
Lin Zexu famously said: If the country lives and dies by profit, it is better to avoid it because of misfortune and happiness
Why not use fire to sell cigarettes? Lin Zexu used the seawater leaching method to dig two ponds on the seashore, lay stones at the bottom of the pond, and nail boards around to prevent opium leakage, and then dig a ditch. The brine is poured into the gutter and flows into the pool. Then cut the tobacco soil into four petals, pour it into salt water, soak it for half a day, and then put in the lime, the lime will boil when it meets the water, and the soot will dissolve. The soldiers took wooden rakes and stirred them in the pool to ensure that the smoke soil was completely dissolved into the water. When the tide is low, send the pool water out of the ocean and wash the bottom of the pool with clean water without trickling. This is done for fear that during the burning process, the smoke will fill the air and may poison the people of the city.
During the Opium War, the wooden ships, and the later Beiyang Fleet, were changes made against the great Shimizu Division's inferiority to the Western ships' guns
Daoguang, who dares to declare war, let who command the battle? Imperial Chancellor and Great General Yi Shan of jing rebellion. Yishan also made Yang Fang, the general of Su and the viceroy of Hunan, the main forward general.
So how did Yang Fang resist the British? He believed that the steel British ship could automatically sail on the surface of the sea, and there must be magic included. The method of breaking must be made of filth (this paragraph is quite similar to the Three Kingdoms Liu Guanzhang Breaking the Yellow Turban Army). So the first battle order was to collect women's urine pots and toilets into the rafts against the British army. Some officials proposed to use monkeys with firecrackers and other flammable materials to attack British warships, but they did not know that warships were the products of the Industrial Revolution.
Sanyuanli anti-British
The British army was only one-tenth of the Qing soldiers, but still invincible, and hung a shameful white flag at the head of Guangzhou.
Yi Shan, who surrendered, did not want to lose anyone, so he wrote to the Guang Emperor, saying that when the British army attacked jinghai gate and the fierce battle was in full swing, the statue of Guanyin was suddenly seen in the smoke, and the British army did not dare to strike again, and the bodhisattva blessed it! It is worth mentioning that this general of the Aixin Jueluo imperial family signed the Treaty of Yaohun on behalf of the Qing court more than ten years later, which was the largest number of land ceded treaties in modern China.
Yishan
Daoguang heard the news and personally wrote the four-character plaque of "Ciyou Qinghai" to the Guanyin Temple to thank the bodhisattva.
Of course, there was no shortage of dignified people in the Qing army, and in the Battle of Humen, Guan Tianpei, the admiral of the Guangdong Marine Division, led his soldiers to guard the fort day and night, fighting alone. Guan Tianpei said: "We are in the fort, not half a step away from the fort!" "They repelled many attacks by the enemy, most of them died heroically, Guan Tianpei was seriously wounded, and still swung his sword to fight the enemy until he was martyred." In the Battle of Dinghai, Ge Yunfei, Wang Xipeng, and Zheng Guohong led their subordinates to use rudimentary weapons to stop the enemy's attack, and at the last moment, they all sacrificed their lives for the country.
However, the Gods and Buddhas could not defeat the guns of the foreigners, and the final result was that, on August 29, 1842, the Treaty of Nanking aboard the British warship Gao Huali: the cession of Hong Kong, the five ports of trade, the indemnity of 21 million silver taels (Spanish silver dollars), the tariff agreement.
Dao Guang's old age was silent, and he did not know where he was defeated until his death. The corruption of a dynasty's bureaucracy, the abolition of armaments, the decay of the system, the people's morale (the indifferent reaction of the common people during the Second Opium War), and even do not know that the social contradictions are sharp, and in the next ten years there will be a yellow nest style talent, almost ending the rule of the Qing Dynasty, which is beyond the understanding of that era.
Lin Zexu detained a British opium merchant