The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 737: Fighting for the Emperor

Chapter 737: Fighting for the Emperor
On the canopy.

Several foreigners in "strange costumes" strolled on the compacted loess road accompanied by Qing Dynasty officials.

The accompanying official pointed around and raised his head slightly, his expression full of pride.

The leading foreigner looked around with a look of surprise on his face.

The foreigners behind him were either observing carefully, writing furiously, or drawing quickly.

And around a group of people.

The poor, skinny and ragged people looked at the group of people in panic.

……

[As soon as the British delegation landed on Chinese soil, they immediately saw the shocking poverty.]

[The officials who received the British delegation hired many common people to come to the British delegation's ship to serve tea, water, sweep the floor and cook for them.]

The British mission noted that the men were "extremely thin"

“It is hard to find the beer bellies of British citizens or the cheerful faces of British farmers among ordinary Chinese people.”

[“These ordinary Chinese people would always thank us profusely every time they received our leftovers. They would always greedily fight for our used tea leaves, and then boil them in water to drink.”]

……

The period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty
Liu Heng didn't know why.

Suddenly I felt an inexplicable sense of shame.

These are obviously the ways to entertain guests...

But between the lines, one could see a hint of surprise and...disdain?
"... like looking down on someone..."

Just like the nobles look down on the untouchables.

Liu Qi hugged his shoulders and sneered:

"What is the Qianlong era?"

"Look at these people! They don't look like they are living in a prosperous era!"

……

[Because the Qing officials sent too much food and "some pigs and poultry had been killed by collisions on the way", the British delegation threw some dead pigs and chickens from the Lion into the sea.]

[When the people on the shore saw this, they rushed into the sea to retrieve the food discarded by the British, "washing it and pickling it in salt"]

[Member of the mission John Barrow said in "My View of the Qianlong Reign": "Whether in Zhoushan or on the three days of sailing up the Baihe River to the capital, we did not see any evidence that the people were well-fed and well-clothed, or that the countryside was rich and prosperous."]

[“Houses are usually mud-walled bungalows with thatched roofs. Occasionally there is a small independent building, but there is absolutely no gentleman’s mansion or comfortable farmhouse.”]

[“Neither the houses nor the waterways can be compared with those on either side of Redriff and Wapping (two towns on the banks of the Thames near London in the UK). In fact, all that can be seen is poverty and backwardness.”]

……

Tang Xuanzong Period
"Ha! Shengshi?"

Li Longji was so angry that he laughed.

"If this is a prosperous era, then how should I calculate the Kaiyuan Prosperity?"

"The grandest of the grand?"

Li Longji stood up from the golden wooden couch, supported his knees, and strolled in the court with his hands raised.

Loudly said:
"The rice is fat and the corn is white! The public and private granaries are full!"

“This is what we call a prosperous age!”

“Only when the people are rich can we be truly rich!”

"I believed your lies!"

"You're still hiding your wealth from the people? Pah!"

"During the reign of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, the people were extremely wealthy!"

"Every household rides horses, and they all ride stallions!"

"Anyone who rides a mare or pony will be laughed at by everyone!"

"You are still prosperous, huh!"

Li Longji stood straight, looking down upon the prosperous era of Emperor Qianlong.

……

{The total grain output during the Qianlong period reached a record high, but per capita output was at a historically low level.}
{The main purpose of traditional agricultural production is not to improve living standards, but to feed as many people as possible.}
{Even if increasing the population means lowering the standard of living, the Chinese people are willing to do so.}
{In traditional Chinese society, the rate of population growth was often higher than the rate of increase in grain production, and this characteristic was even more evident during the reign of Emperor Qianlong.}
{On the one hand, a large population has always been the most powerful proof of a country's governance achievements and strength. On the other hand, population growth also brings about problems in all aspects.}
{The total grain output in the Qing Dynasty was the highest in history, but the per capita output was the lowest.}
{According to the book On the Problem of Food Security in Ancient China and Its Influencing Factors, the per capita grain possession in the Qin and Han dynasties was 985 catties, 988 catties in the Sui and Tang dynasties, 1,457 catties in the Song dynasty, 1,192 catties in the Ming dynasty, and only 780 catties during the Qianlong period.}
{It was the same before, the total GDP was very high, but the per capita GDP was... it looked very rich, but in fact the bottom...}
{GDP is no longer the most important factor this year, so there should be some changes.}
……

Datang.

Li Shimin frowned and thought hard, and recalled the "prosperous age" of Emperor Qianlong described in the sky curtain.

It finally dawned on me.

“The peak of traditional agricultural society supported an extremely large population.”

“But low per capita food production leads to poverty!”

“Plus, there’s so little land and so many people!”

“This is the dilemma of the Qianlong era!”

“It’s the plight of agricultural society!”

“It’s the dynasty’s dilemma!”

"So we have to start an industrial society?!"

……

On the canopy.

The clear river meanders along.

The "white lotus roots" are undulating on the surface of the river.

People on both sides of the strait do their laundry and fetch water.

On the roadside when carrying water back, there will be a few clusters of "lotus roots" sticking out of the soil.

It seems to be struggling to "grow".

No one cares about those "lotus root festivals"

There was only one foreigner sitting under a tree not far away, recording everything.

……

[John Barrow said: "In the capital alone, there are nearly 9,000 abandoned babies every year... I once saw the body of a dead baby, without a gourd tied to it, drifting among the boats in the Pearl River. People turned a blind eye to it, as if it was just the body of a dog. In fact, if it was really a dog, it might attract more attention."]

……

{Children's Tower, you are the Forbidden City of young bones, standing in this vast plain, listening to the helpless sorrow of the evening wind, and singing in harmony with the chorus of the crows! You are the residence of young souls, you are the hometown of the forgotten.}
{The population expanded too fast, from a peak of 40 million in the Tang Dynasty to 300 million in the Qing Dynasty.}
{The population is approaching the limit of the environmental carrying capacity.}
……

On the canopy.

The poor and hungry people squatted in the corner, feeling the cold wind.

Within a wall.

The nobleman with a ruddy complexion and a plump body is eating, drinking and having fun.

The people stared at their feet with numb eyes and curled up.

……

[The miserable lives of the common people formed a sharp contrast with the extravagance and corruption of the Qing Dynasty officialdom.]

[“Qing Dynasty officials were too extravagant when it came to eating. They ate several meals a day, and each meal had many meat dishes.”]

……

Yanhan·Lingdi Period
Liu Hong looked at this very familiar scene and shuddered subconsciously.

He hugged himself and said faintly:
"...Yellow Turban..."

Everyone also thought of the Yellow Turbans.

But let’s follow the “Yellow Turban” path upwards!
They were shocked to discover that Qianlong's various tactics had already turned the Qing Dynasty into an iron barrel.

Liu Bei looked at the things in the sky and sighed:

"If there were no external factors..."

"The world will remain silent in this stagnant water forever."

"Stablize……"

“It’s really stable.”

But is this stability really right?

Some people in the hall began to think.

……

The sky curtain shows the tip of the iceberg near the Qing capital.

The officials, as fierce as tigers and wolves, rushed to the ruined thatched hut and dragged away the men inside.

The petty official in official uniform whipped the skinny boatman with a whip.

……

[Officials forced a large number of people to pull the oars, earning them "about six pence a day" but not giving them money to go home.]

[Many people do not want this salary, and often run away at night when they get half of it.]

[To find replacements, officials sent their soldiers to nearby villages and unexpectedly pulled some villagers out of their beds to join the fleet.]

[There was hardly a night that went by without soldiers whipping civilians who tried to escape or who asked to be exempted from military service on the grounds of old age and infirmity.]

"It was painful to see the miserable condition of some of them. They were obviously poorly fed and emaciated."

[“They were always supervised by soldiers or some minor officials’ attendants, who would whip them with long whips without hesitation, as if they were a team of horses.”]

……

Qing Dynasty and Qianlong period
"enough!"

Qianlong slammed the table and stood up.

His clothes fluttered and his steps were hurried.

He pointed at the sky, his throat rolling up and down, and the white beard under his chin trembling.

A few words came out from between his teeth.

"Am I the only one like this?"

He suddenly shouted angrily:
"Is it only the Qing Dynasty that is like this!!!"

"I give them food to eat and clothes to wear!"

"What else do you want from me?!"

Qianlong spoke sternly. At this moment, he was like a child who was eager to seek recognition but couldn't get it.

The tone was intense and outrageous.

"Wenjing! Zhenguan! Kaiyuan! Renxuan!"

"In these prosperous times, there are no dead bones on the road! The rich are feasting and drinking!"

"I support tens of millions of people!"

“Tens of millions!”

"If you let them sit in my position, can you guarantee that they will do better than me?!"

"Can you promise?!"

"Can I?"

It was as if time was standing still in the Qianqing Palace.

There was silence.

After a while.

Qianlong slowly opened his eyes and his expression returned to being cold and ruthless.

"Call the military ministers to discuss this matter."

He ignored Yongyan who was kneeling on the side, and just spoke as if stating, teaching, or talking to himself.

"When the two words are compared, the Qing Dynasty looks like a doomed nation."

"The British are about to make a move."

……

On the canopy.

A few white candles were burning on the high mantelpiece.

The shadow of the person writing at the desk in the room was cast dimly.

The white quill glides across the paper.

A series of characters appeared.

Macartney wrote seriously.

As his pen tip slid, the meaning of the text was translated along with the writings of past dynasties.

"I've met Chinese people in other parts of the world, and they seem normal."

"In the Philippine Islands, Batavia, Penang, and other possessions of our East India Company."

"The Chinese immigrants are as remarkable for their honesty as for their docility and diligence."

"Their ingenuity in invention seems to be as good as their precision in imitation." "However, the Chinese living in their own country are far less lively and spontaneous than those living abroad, and lack creativity."

As the text unfolds, what he saw and heard along the way is also displayed like a kaleidoscope.

"They are more cowardly than people in other parts of the world, and at the same time more indifferent, callous and cruel."

……

Period of Emperor Guangwu of Yanhan Dynasty

Liu Xiu looked at the sky without saying a word.

Liu Zhuang sat there blankly, muttering to himself:

"It shouldn't be like this..."

“This is not a prosperous scene…”

Liu Xiu said calmly:
"Qianlong did it."

“The Qing emperor did it.”

Liu Xiu did not deny that the lives of the people of the world could not be the same.

He also fought his way out of mountains of swords and seas of fire.

But because of this, he knows better what the underlying color of this world should be!

Just like the Book of Songs...

Warm, vigorous and full of vitality.

"They have completely tamed most of the people in this land with their heavy-handed tactics."

"And molded these people's characters in his own mold."

With the help of the perspective of the foreigners in the sky, Liu Xiu also put himself in the perspective of a bystander and analyzed calmly.

"Moral concepts and behavior are completely dictated by the ideology of the imperial court."

“It was almost completely under the control of the imperial court.”

"The lifestyle, thoughts, feelings and moral sentiments of the people on Chinese soil are more distorted than those of Chinese people elsewhere."

"They put silence, obedience..."

"Twisted into indifference..."

Liu Zhuang was extremely anxious but there was nothing he could do.

"Then just look at it like this?"

Liu Xiu trembled his lips and whispered:
"Unless... we can rebuild the world."

"Otherwise, there is nothing we can do."

……

On the canopy.

Macartney wrote down everything he saw and heard.

He classified the country according to customs and character, religion, government, justice, property, population, taxation, the rank and system of civil and military officials, commerce and trade, skills and science, water conservancy, navigation, language, etc.

It records in detail his "inspection" of the situation in China.

"Chinese officials are indifferent to water pressure, optics, perspective, electricity, etc. They do not understand or care about globes, planetariums, and barometers, but they are very interested in beautiful European vases and porcelain."

"Their medical level is so low that it can hardly be called a science."

"There are no public medical schools or teachers, no professors of relevant sciences, and no formal physician associations or groups in the country."

"I have no idea of human anatomy and physiology, have never performed a human dissection, and have no idea of how to learn about it."

"Also, there are a large number of syphilis patients."

……

Big man.

"No wonder...no wonder..."

Liu Bang suddenly muttered something twice and then kept silent.

Lu Zhi, Liu Ying and little Liu Heng looked at him strangely.

Liu Bang at this time was very different from usual times.

In other words, no one had ever seen Liu Bang like this.

At this moment, he was like a prisoner who had taken off his shackles.

A sense of spiritual clarity emanates from within.

"I see……"

Tianmu said that the two thousand years of imperial era had ended.

……

The period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty
Liu Heng smiled.

"Knew it……"

“Putting people first is the right way.”

King Li of Zhou fled to Zhui, which is known in history as the "Zi Rebellion."

After the Zhui Rebellion, the government was jointly held by the ministers Duke Ding of Zhou and Duke Mu of Zhao, which was called the "Republic".

Its meaning is joint governance.

The meaning is then obvious.

Liu Heng looked at it curiously.

This is a scenario that has never occurred and is unlikely to occur.

Liu Qi squatted aside and said sincerely:
"This founding emperor is truly extraordinary."

"Father, you are really right."

“The will of the people is the will of heaven, and the will of the people is also the will of heaven.”

"He has returned the Mandate of Heaven to the will of the people... this... this..."

Liu Heng took over the second half of the sentence, stroking his beard contentedly and said:

"Unless China sinks, all those who make a move will be wiped out."

"otherwise……"

"The destiny will not end..."

"Sacrifice one family, save the world!"

"This kind of courage has never been seen before!"

Liu Heng began to look forward to it.

"I really want to see..."

……

The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
"people……"

Liu Che chewed these words in his mouth.

"Republic..."

He recalled a statement made by his descendants in later generations.

"Long live the people..."

Liu Che felt like he was starting to grow a brain.

He pressed his hands on his temples and kept muttering to himself.

“Is this… people-oriented?”

"is it?"

……

Ming dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at the sky for a long time.

Finally smiled.

"Hahahahaha!"

"Qianlong put a lot of thought into it!"

"Didn't you forget it in the end?"

As for whether it's poisonous or not...

He knows plum blossoms!

Syphilis? Not sure.

……

Ming Dynasty Jiajing Period
Zhu Houcong probably knew what syphilis was.

"Xiaozong..."

This damn thing was introduced during the Hongzhi period!
"Someone come! Someone come quickly!"

Check!

Be sure to check!

……

On the canopy.

Macartney stretched his back and looked at the papers scattered but not in a mess on the table.

He picked up his pen and wrote the last few paragraphs.

"China is now a complete dictatorship ruled by a small group of Tatars over more than 300 million Chinese."

"Since the last conquest by the Manchurian Tatars in the north, at least in the past 150 years, there has been no development or progress, and even regression."

"And as our technology advanced, they actually became semi-barbarians compared to today's European peoples."

"It went from being a civilized and prosperous country that was the envy of Europeans to a miserable and backward place."

……

{The grand and grand vision described in Marco Polo's book no longer exists.}
{But the gold and honey there still sparkle.}
{Macartney also wrote in his book that Chinese science lagged far behind Europe, and that China only had very limited knowledge of mathematics and astronomy.}
{After astronomy began to modernize in the late Ming Dynasty, it regressed again in the Qing Dynasty.}
{Like Yongzheng, Qianlong liked to boast that “one person rules the world, not the world serves one person.”}
{Yongzheng probably achieved both of these, while Qianlong could only achieve the first half in the middle and late period.}
{Qianlong resolutely suppressed any active appeals or protests from the people, and did not give the people any right to actively protect themselves. He also strengthened his control over the people by strengthening Neo-Confucianism and patriarchal system, and placed the ruling privilege above all livelihood policies.}
{The combination of these factors ultimately resulted in a bureaucratic group lacking moral ideals, with speculation and opportunism becoming the mainstream.}
{Faced with the oppression of bureaucrats and gentry, the people lack any effective means of appeal and defense.}
{Only a very few cases of corruption and privilege would be exposed to the emperor by chance, and the bureaucrats and gentry would never learn any positive lessons from them.}
{Imperial power, bureaucratic privileges, and patriarchal clan power became the three mountains that weighed on people’s heads.}
{The so-called "Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous era" was nothing more than a prosperous era for nobles, bureaucrats, and landlords to enjoy themselves. For ordinary people, it was not only not a prosperous era, but a purgatory.}
{Comparing the records of China by the missionaries who arrived in China during the late Ming Dynasty with the records of the British delegation that arrived in China during the Qianlong period, we can see the tremendous changes that China has undergone after the transition from the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty! }

……

Great Qin.

silence.

There was endless silence in the Xianyang Palace.

Everyone here can be called a great man of our time.

But until the scene in the sky appeared, no one felt anything was wrong.

Ying Zheng stared closely at everything the foreigner wrote.

The scene that I was used to seeing now seemed so out of place in my mind.

So eye-catching.

He recalled the argument with Liu Bang.

Recalling the changes that took place throughout the dynasties from the Qin Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty.

Recalling the various "foreign objects" brought by these foreigners.