Prosperity leads to decline, and decline leads to victory. ? In the heyday of the Qing Dynasty, he didn't realize that it would decline in the future. After Kangxi pacified San Francisco and recovered lost territory, the situation returned to stability, but in order to prevent outsiders from invading again, he ordered the sea to be banned. During the Qianlong period, the internal officialdom was corrupt, the anti-Qing uprising was rampant, and foreigners came to the coastal areas to provoke harassment. What's more, Qianlong thinks that China is vast and rich in natural resources, so it implements 1757? Closed to the outside world? Policy, leaving only one customs in Guangzhou for western trade.
From 65438 to 1968, Britain colonized overseas countries because of the outbreak of the industrial revolution, and the empire was born. At that time, the Qing dynasty was at the peak of the world, and Britain could not annex this behemoth and chose to trade with the Qing dynasty. 1792-1794, the British sent George? Magalny came to celebrate Gan Long's 80th birthday. As a matter of fact, he wants to talk business with Gan Long. Gan Long found that Magalny didn't really celebrate his birthday, and urged him to return to China as soon as possible. Commercial negotiations between the two countries ended in failure.
18 16, Britain sent its envoy to China for the second time, and Amish, a diplomat, was sent to China on the orders of Britain. Before Amish came, he refused to visit Emperor Jiajing? Three kneeling and nine knocking? Li, the most western-style kneeling ceremony, three bows. The next day, Jiajing summoned Amish in Yuanmingyuan, but Amish still refused to kneel and knock on the door, saying that he was ill and could not go to see Jiajing. Jiajing felt that Amish was too arrogant and let him go home in a rage.
Poor Amish was driven back before he saw Jiajing's shadow. On the way back, he was still very angry, thinking that trade could not open the door of Qing dynasty, and only by building strong ships and guns could he. He returned to England and passed by St. Helena. He remembered that Napoleon was imprisoned here and wanted to see him. 18 14, Napoleon was defeated in the anti-French alliance, fell from the throne and was exiled to St. Helena.
In the main room, Napoleon talked about China and wanted to ask him what he thought of China. Although Napoleon has never been to China, why hasn't he heard of the prestige of the Qing Dynasty? He said that classic famous saying: China is a sleeping lion. ? The lion is the king of all animals in the forest. Napoleon compared China to a lion, which is tantamount to saying that China is the king of the world. Then he added? Once you wake up, it will shake the world? .
After listening to the second half of Napoleon's sentence, many people can't laugh if they want to. Because the Amish were right, the gate of the old city in Qing Dynasty was finally blown open by their gunfire. Britain participated in two Opium Wars and Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China. China experienced more than a century from sleeping to waking up, and suffered too much humiliation and sacrifice. No one can laugh at these cruel history. However, with the development of the times, China's economy and technology gradually catch up, making the world tremble. Unfortunately, Napoleon couldn't see how the lion woke up in his eyes.