"Burying the Qing Dynasty ()"

The reason why Zhu Jinsong unceremoniously asked the English barbarians to go back to India was not because Zhu Jinsong was so arrogant that he completely looked down on the British Empire, but because the British Empire at this time still relied on the Ming Dynasty.

I have to admit that George III, the talker of the British Empire at this time, was indeed a rare good man. Documents record that he was taciturn and modest since he was a child, with a gentle temperament. He never bullied his playmates and subjects because of his prominent status.

Everyone admires and loves him, and he even brought this precious quality into his interactions with Ming Dynasty.

Of course, all of this is mainly due to Sir Howard.

After all, Sir Howard is a knight, and it is impossible to be openly blackmailed. Therefore, after returning to the British Empire, Sir Howard said that the Ming Dynasty's flintlocks were worth fifty taels of silver each.

It was through my own efforts that I managed to negotiate thirty taels of silver per rod.

As for an ordinary flintlock gun, it only costs ten taels of silver or even less?

God, that kind of garbage that needs to pour gunpowder into the medicine tank, will be greatly affected by rainy weather, has a loud sound but not much power, and has unbearably low range and accuracy. How can it compete with Ming Dynasty?

Imperial flintlocks on par?

As we all know, a horseshoe may affect the outcome of a war.

Therefore, there is no such thing as blackmail at all. On the contrary, Mr. Ke from the Ming Dynasty is a good man and an eternal friend of England.

From this point of view, the gentlemen of the British Empire were no better than the officials of the Qing Dynasty. Based on the news reported by Sir Howard, George III decided to send an official envoy headed by Macartney to communicate with the Ming Dynasty.

Establish formal diplomatic relations.

In fact, without Zhu Jinsong's sudden rise, George III originally planned to send Macartney as an envoy to establish formal diplomatic and commercial relations with the Qing Dynasty.

In 1790, it was the 80th birthday of the deaf old dog. George III carefully selected a number of gifts, including the most advanced steam engines at the time, battleship models, astronomical telescopes, pistols and cannons, pocket watches and world maps. It was definitely a sincere gift.

Full.

The purpose of George III was very simple, because the British Empire at that time did not dare to provoke the Qing Dynasty, a mythical and legendary Eastern country, and only hoped to exchange what was needed and exchange and cooperate on an equal footing.

Of course, there is no need to say more about what happened after that. After all, it was Qian Deafangou and the Qing Dynasty.

However, it is worth mentioning that the reason why George III and the British Empire respected the Qing Dynasty so much was not because of the apparent strength of the Qing Dynasty, but because of the long-dead Ming Dynasty——

Before the Ming Dynasty started to sing Liangliang, the Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch in Europe had already taken the lead and started in Asia. They made a lot of money through maritime trade and armed plunder. This made the then British King

Charles I was extremely jealous and could not wait to carve up a piece of Asia.

The problem is that Charles I didn't understand how the Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch played in the Far East. He didn't know that the Dutch had been pushed to the ground and rubbed several times by the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't know that the Portuguese would be beaten by the Ming Dynasty in Macao.

He was ordered to beat him - of course, the Dutch and Portuguese would not tell Charles I about the beatings they received.

Therefore, Charles I, who was dazzled by the vast wealth of the Far East, ordered the formation of a small ocean-going fleet, with naval officer Wedell as the commander, and sailed to China.

This fleet includes four large warships: "Dragon", "Sun", "Catrine", "Colonial", and two small warships: "Anna" and "Discovery"

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The warships were loaded with live ammunition and artillery. Before setting off, Charles I specifically granted Wedell military autonomy and the right to fire. The purpose of this expedition was also very clear, which was to obtain trade priority with the Ming Dynasty, backed by the threat of force.

It would be best to "seize" one or two treaty ports like the Portuguese.

In 1637, that is, on June 25, the tenth year of Chongzhen, the Weddell fleet arrived at the sea near Macau. On July 22, the fleet came to the sea near Guangzhou and brazenly dispatched the warship "Anna" to brazenly enter the Pearl River Estuary to explore the channel.

The arrival of the Wedel fleet attracted the attention of the local officials in Guangzhou. They immediately sent people to board the ship to meet with Wedel, inquired about his purpose, and ordered him to withdraw from the Pearl River Estuary immediately.

But, Wedell calculated that the Portuguese could "seize" Macau a hundred years ago, so where did the British Empire fall? So, Wedell, who relied on the strength of his ships and artillery, turned a deaf ear to the Ming government's request, and in early August

Approaching the important town of Humen.

The defenders of Ya Niang Shoe Fort near Humen ordered the British fleet to return to the sea immediately, but Wedell brazenly ordered the artillery bombardment. A fierce exchange of fire broke out between the two sides at Ya Niang Shoe Fort. However, due to the lack of combat preparation of the defenders, they became hasty and Ya Niang Shoe

The fort was blown up by British troops.

The first battle was successful. Wedel proudly sent people to notify the local officials in Guangzhou, requesting the Ming Dynasty to open trade with Britain and cede one or two treaty ports.

If this matter had been left to the Qing Dynasty, Wedel's request would probably have been met. Unfortunately, what Wedel encountered was the Ming Dynasty - the one who insisted on "the entire Liao Dynasty can be restored" even if it was about to die.

Iron-headed boy.

As a result, Wedell's request was not only not met, but Guangzhou officials repeatedly warned and arrested several British merchants in Wedell's fleet who were trading ashore.

Later, in early September, the Guangzhou garrison decided to use force to deal with Weddell. On the night of September 10, the Guangzhou Navy adopted a fire attack strategy, mobilized more than 40 sailors, drove five ships loaded with kerosene, oil, and sulfur, and approached the United Kingdom under cover of darkness.

The fleet, after igniting the fireship, crashed into the British warship. The British crew hurriedly fled to the sea and luckily escaped.

Since then, the navies of both sides had many small-scale battles, causing damage to each other.

Wedell's attempt to force the Ming Dynasty to submit by force failed completely. He himself was beaten by the Ming Navy and was stunned. In order not to return empty-handed, Wedell started negotiations with the Ming Dynasty, claiming that he only wanted to buy a batch of Ming Dynasty.

For goods, the goods will leave immediately after being put on the ship.

During the negotiations between the two parties, Ming officials finally agreed to Wedell's request, released the captured British, and allowed them to go ashore to purchase a batch of goods, but only if they apologized and compensated the war losses they caused to Ming, totaling 2,800 taels.

silver.

Facing the tough Ming court, Wedel could only hand over the compensation in despair, purchase another batch of goods and return home sadly.

Of course, it was impossible for the Qing Dynasty to promote such a thing. After all, the Ming Dynasty was able to force the British Empire to pay indemnities and admit defeat before its demise. However, the Qing Dynasty had been ceding land since Qian Deafangou’s grandfather’s generation, so it knew this

There really aren't many people involved in a naval battle.

For example, the Yuan and Qing Bars are full of stories such as: Britain is the Stuart dynasty, and the king is the brainless Charles I. They fought against other people's caravans, and they destroyed all the forts, and the losses were far greater than those of Britain.

Businessmen, British businessmen only left because they were afraid of causing trouble, they were just here to do business, etc.

The problem is that those brainless little chicks can spew shit and talk nonsense, but the British Empire, which has been really beaten, knows what is going on.

Even in the age of money-deaf old dogs, the British still have the psychological shadow of being beaten by the Ming Dynasty - even a Ming Dynasty struggling on the edge of destruction can press the British Empire's fleet to the ground and rub it. The Ming Dynasty at its peak

Why can't Qing press the whole world to the ground?

It was not until 1840 that the British Empire finally understood the true face and strength of this so-called Eastern super empire.

And now it is 1790.

At this time, George III did not realize the true face and strength of the Qing Dynasty. Instead, he was thrown into a ditch by the news brought back by Sir Howard - the Qing Dynasty replaced the Ming Dynasty, so the Qing Dynasty was more powerful, and Zhu Jinsong

The Ming Dynasty defeated the Qing Dynasty again, so the new Ming Dynasty became even more powerful.

In particular, the flintlocks and cannons brought back to the British Empire by Sir Howard can be used as proof.

Therefore, George Sandwich sent out Macartney, who was good at writing diaries.

However, this time George III did not have the nerve to prepare flintlock muskets and artillery. After all, the British Empire now had to reversely imitate the flintlock muskets and artillery exported by the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the gifts Macartney brought included the most advanced steam engines and battleship models of the British Empire at that time, astronomical telescopes, pocket watches and world maps.

And Zhu Jinsong naturally cannot be like the money-deaf old dog and let these things stay in the warehouse to eat dust -

In 1860, when the British and French forces invaded the capital, they found some large boxes from the capital. The British and French forces originally thought they contained great treasures. However, when they opened the boxes, they realized that these boxes contained the treasures that George III had given to the horse.

The batch of congratulatory gifts that Garni Britain brought to Qian Deaf Old Dog, but Qian Deaf Old Dog didn't take a serious look at them at all.

Regarding the good things Macartney brought, Zhu Jinsong waved his hand and sent them directly to the Ming Dynasty Royal Academy which had just been established not long ago.

By the way, Zhu Jinsong arranged for Macartney to visit the Ming army's artillery salvo and line-up shooting tactics drills, and test-fire the newly developed 4487-type artillery and 4487-type flintlock guns.

Then Macartney officially represented the British King George III and requested to establish commercial relations with the Ming Dynasty. As for Zhu Jinsong's just-made request for the British Empire to stop stirring up trouble in Burma, Macartney naturally had no intention of doing so.

Hesitantly agreed.

For Macartney or the entire British Empire, it would be best if a poor place like Myanmar could take advantage. uu Kanshu www.uukanshu.com It’s not a big deal if you can’t take advantage. After all, compared with the entire Ming Dynasty market,

There is really not enough to see in Myanmar.

As for using force to intervene in the war between Myanmar and the Arakan Dynasty, or even directly sending troops to occupy Myanmar...

If Macartney was meeting the money-deaf old dog of the Qing Dynasty, it is estimated that after Macartney returns, the British Empire, which has initially seen the trash of the Qing Dynasty, will be very moved.

However, after meeting Zhu Jinsong, the Ming Emperor, in Macartney's audience, he no longer had similar thoughts.

"He was a very young but very majestic emperor. When he had a formal audience, he wore clothes with extremely complicated patterns and a crown with curtains of pearls on his head - according to people in the Ming Dynasty, this kind of thing was called

The bead curtain called "Yu" is to prevent anyone from seeing the changes in joy and anger on the emperor's face."

"His will can be spread to any place in the entire Ming Empire within three days. No one dares to block the emperor's order, not even the generals who hold military power."

"In fact, the Ming Empire has nearly a million troops defending their Emperor. They will only obey the orders of His Majesty the Ming Emperor. No general can mobilize them privately."

"In addition, the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty is very complicated, and it is difficult to learn it without the guidance of a dedicated person - the etiquette of bowing, prostrating, kneeling, worshiping, rising, bowing, etc. needs to be used in different situations."

"Compared with the Ming Dynasty, the so-called etiquette of the British aristocrats is just like a group of peasants in the countryside amusing themselves."

"The people of the Ming Dynasty are also very friendly. They will look at us with a trace of curiosity. This is completely different from what I heard from Sir Howard before about the people of the Qing Empire, although they may be the same group.
Chapter completed!