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

Chapter 783 Treaty! Treaty! It’s still a fucking treaty!
{What are you talking about? ｝
{Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? I must have opened the memorial in the wrong way!}

{Ye Mingchen's actions were ridiculed by his contemporaries as "neither fighting, nor peace, nor defending; neither dying, nor surrendering, nor fleeing. His magnanimity as a prime minister and his ambition as a frontier minister were unprecedented in ancient times and are rare today."}
{With mediocre officials being relied upon and capable officials being excluded, how can the Qing Dynasty not be in danger of collapse?}

{Ye Mingchen is indeed quite unique. He is knowledgeable and has a strong ability to organize government affairs. He was promoted to several positions within ten years. He is both civil and military, and his ability to lead troops in battle is also very admirable.}
{But at the same time, he is also deeply influenced by traditional Confucianism. It is difficult for him to view and evaluate many things from an international perspective. Instead, he is arrogant and makes blind judgments.}
{He was indeed very responsible. When the country was in crisis, he took the responsibility of the country and assisted other provinces. However, he also deceived the emperor and bent the law to confuse the public. He was indeed a very three-dimensional minister, but he failed at the last moment.}
……

The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
Liu Che hated the Qing Dynasty, but he now also felt that Emperor Xianfeng was a bit too miserable.

"Employing and judging people is the first major policy of a monarch."

"I can't say there are no such people who can deceive a trusted minister into this state, but they can be counted on one's fingers."

The key point is that there are many kings who lost their country.

"I'm not afraid of stupid people, nor am I afraid of bad people. I'm just afraid of encountering such a stupid minister who still thinks he is loyal and devoted to the king."

It took a lot of willpower for Wei Zifu to swallow the words that could easily have stabbed her.

Xiao Liu Ju said in a childish voice:
"The capable are suspected and excluded, while the incapable are promoted step by step by following the will of God."

"You really can't tell right from wrong. How foolish!"

Wei Zifu's eyes lit up and she secretly gave him a thumbs up.

Good son! Well said!

Liu Che rubbed little Liu Ju's head and said with a smile:
"Smart."

Xiao Liu said that he was just speaking from his heart.

Huo Qubing sat on the side watching this scene and moved his butt slightly away.

Stay away from it.

……

Period of Emperor Guangwu of Yanhan Dynasty

"If you want to make a move, there will be no war, and if you want to retreat, the Holy Spirit will come first."

Liu Xiu saw the dilemma of Qing officials with compassion.

"If I want to tell you the truth, the future is unpredictable."

"It's hard to get off a tiger. It's hard to get off a tiger."

It is a dead end, how to break it?

"Living in this mountain, one cannot see the whole picture."

"Even if Ye Mingchen reported the truth, the result would be dismissal and replacement by another moderate person, which would be the same fate as Qiying."

"Send a hardliner instead, and he'll be the next Lin Zexu."

"Xianfeng, who was far away from home, could not give Ye Mingchen a more pragmatic decision."

"In the face of overwhelming military might, all of these decisions become insignificant details and will ultimately end in the loss of sovereignty and humiliation of the nation."

Liu Zhuang listened quietly.

This is a sorrow that cannot be expressed in words.

An ancient country that has been closed to the outside world for hundreds of years.

The smartest people are doing the most backward things.

From the entire bureaucratic system to the peddlers, there are all-round differences in cognition.

This has nothing to do with how smart the individual is.

……

Ji Han.

Liu Bei looked at Ye Mingshen, who had not lost his integrity in the end, and sighed slightly:

“Look at the past from the perspective of the present, and look at the present from the perspective of the past.”

"This is not Ye Mingchen's fault alone."

"Put yourself in their shoes. You have to give an explanation to your superiors, external parties and subordinates."

"In this critical period of time, he was able to maintain his integrity and not to fawn on others and surrender. This is much better than many people who betrayed their masters."

Mi Zhu felt everyone's gaze and once again wanted to kill Mi Fang.

After Liu Bei said this, he also thought of something wrong.

But at this time, covering it up would only make it more obvious. Then he said:
"However, current events are unpredictable, and wise birds choose their trees to roost in."

"When the state is ruled by the right way, one should serve; when the state is ruled by the wrong way, one should hide away."

Cao Cao watched coldly.

Interesting... but a pity...

He glanced at the double-edged sword at Liu Bei's waist.

He looked at Guan Yu with melancholy again.

Drink the bitter wine silently.

……

Qing Dynasty, Xianfeng Period
"Wow!"

The porcelain bowl fell from his hands and broke on the ground.

Concubine Yi couldn't help but exclaim.

Xianfeng sat on the brocade couch, leaning forward, staring with red eyes, veins popping out on his neck, and said angrily:
"Rebellion!"

"Old man!"

"How dare you deceive me like this! How dare you mislead me!"

"Mistaken me!!!"

Twenty-one days!
This memorial took twenty-one days to complete!
"Even if I were cut into pieces, it would not be enough to relieve the hatred in my heart!!!"

Xianfeng pounded the brocade pillow, furious!

Because of the time...

Guangzhou City has been captured...Ye Mingshen has been captured...

……

【After the fall of Guangzhou, Emperor Xianfeng dismissed Ye Mingchen from his post and replaced him with Huang Zonghan, the former governor of Sichuan. Before Huang took office, Bai Gui, the governor of Guangdong, was acting as the governor.】

[The first instruction he sent to Bai Gui was: The one that the British and other countries hated was Ye Mingchen. Now that Ye Mingchen had been dismissed, Bai Gui had "no old grudge" against the British, so he could come forward and "enlighten them with reason."]

If Britain returns Guangzhou and requests trade, "it can be arranged as appropriate to show control."

[If Britain continues to be rampant, "we will have no choice but to mobilize troops to fight it"]

……

Ming Dynasty Yongle Period
"It can't be said to be wrong..."

Zhu Di smacked his lips twice.

“It’s just the wrong object.”

Zhu Zhanji understood everything now.

The ruling method of using both suppression and appeasement to deal with traditional border troubles is no longer effective.

The diplomatic relations have changed now!
"It has been 20 years since the Treaty of Nanjing was signed. How can we suppress the foreign powers without any military or political reform?"

"They don't even try to understand the rules of the game between the great powers, and they imagine using the Celestial Empire's thinking to appease..."

"Then what will happen..."

The father and son were silent for a moment.

Zhu Di looked at the sky and said leisurely:

"It's not shameful to resist. What's shameful is that you lose the fight but still feel like you won."

“They did not learn from why the war was lost, nor did they innovate military equipment, tactics and ideas.”

"The most terrifying thing is just living a muddled life."

……

Qing Dynasty, Daoguang Period
Daoguang opened his eyes wide in shock.

He looked carefully twice and finally made a desperate discovery.

This idiot uses the same method as me!
To some extent...it's really my own...

and……

Daoguang closed his eyes helplessly and murmured:

"The whole country is in the midst of a civil war. How can we get soldiers and money to fight?"

……

【However, the situation in Guangzhou has changed again. 】

[After the British and French allied forces occupied Guangzhou, they were eager to restore order to prevent small groups of people from harassing and attacking British and French soldiers.]

[On November 1858, 1 (January 9, ), Bai Gui, who was detained by the British and French allied forces on Guanyin Mountain, returned to the governor's office with bayonets at his side to "reinstate" and jointly govern Guangzhou with the so-called "British and French General Office."]

【This was the first puppet regime in Chinese history established by Western colonizers.】

[Although Bai Gui was called "Governor", he had no freedom of movement and no one was allowed to visit him.]

[On December 1858, the seventh year of Emperor Xianfeng’s reign (February 2, 11), the British and French allied forces announced the lifting of the blockade and resumed foreign trade that had been suspended for more than a year.]

【Due to the memorials submitted by Hunan Governor Luo Bingzhang and others, Emperor Xianfeng learned that Bai Gui had been "coerced."】

[So, he ordered Luo Bingzhang to send a special messenger to Guangdong to deliver a secret decree to Luo Dunyan, the minister in Guangdong, and others, asking them to "inform all gentry and civilians to gather tens of thousands of people" to drive the British army (until this time, Emperor Xianfeng did not know that France had declared war on China) out of Guangzhou, "and then the local officials will mediate, so that it can be within our scope"]

[Xianfeng thought that the British army only had a few thousand soldiers, while the militia could gather tens of thousands of soldiers. With ten of them against one, how could they not win?]

……

Tang Xuanzong Period
"Using loose militia to attack the well-trained British army head-on."

"This military blunder will only lead to disastrous defeat in the end."

Li Mi, who was dressed in a purple robe, glanced at Yang Yuhuan, who was a stone statue not far away, and bowed to Li Longji and said:

"But what is even more ridiculous is that I am afraid that in Xianfeng's mind at this time, the war between China and Britain could also be transformed into a war between the people and the barbarians." "In the end, the Qing court came forward to act as a neutral party and mediate the conflict between the warring parties."

"This method has been used in all previous and subsequent dynasties."

Li Longji ignored the searching look in Li Mi's eyes and said to himself:
"Yes, first of all, he did not realize the disparity in military strength between the two sides."

"Secondly, he had no idea about the enemy's military situation. He didn't even know which countries were participating in the war."

"Third, he did not realize the essential purpose of the British army's war and even dreamed of relying on local officials to mediate."

Li Mi took over the conversation and said with lowered eyes:

"The emperor's decree is absolutely correct, and no one can have the slightest doubt about it."

"But during the Xianfeng era, the emperor's sacred status had been shaken."

"Disobeying the order is something I dare not do."

"But if you praise the emperor and then lie to him, that's not a big deal."

Li Longji listened and became restless.

He glanced at Yang Yuhuan and then at Li Mi.

I knew that the person on the other side had misunderstood.

"Come on, come here."

Li Longji waved to Li Mi.

Li Mi walked forward with a frown.

Li Longji whispered crickets in his ear.

Li Mi was serious, Li Mi was shocked, Li Mi was confused.

After Li Longji finished speaking, he leaned back, spread his hands, and said helplessly:
"Now, you understand."

Li Mi said nothing, took a step back and bowed deeply.

"Your Majesty, take care!"

Then turned and left.

Oh my god!

This news is so exciting!
Yang Yuhuan watched the oppressive minister leave, and came over, curiously asking:
"What did Saburo say?"

Li Longji was watching Li Mi's departing figure with a half-smile on his face. When he heard Yang Yuhuan's question, he laughed and said:
"Hahahahahaha!"

"I said, we are in the same group!"

"Hahahahahaha!"

……

[The news of the fall of Guangzhou soon spread to Shanghai along with the merchant ships traveling north and south, causing a small panic.]

【At this time, He Guiqing, the Governor-General of Liangjiang, feared that the war would spread northward, so he took the initiative to send his subordinates to contact the consuls of Britain, France and other countries, and announced a piece of news that surprised Britain and France: "Guangdong affairs should be handled by Guangdong. There is no grudge between the Chinese and foreigners in Shanghai, and trade should continue as usual."】

【He Guiqing's proposal was approved by Emperor Xianfeng.】

[This led to a miracle in the history of wars between China and foreign countries.]

【One part of China is at war with Britain and France, while the other part is at peace with them.】

[According to international practice, when two countries go to war, they should evacuate civilians, interrupt trade, blockade each other's ports, and fight to the death on all land and water.]

[In Wusong, Ningbo, Fuzhou, and Xiamen, a different scene appeared: people were drinking and doing business as usual. They were the "peace zones" among the warring countries.]

[Wusong was particularly prominent. Officials of the Qing Dynasty had close contacts with British and French officials, and sometimes even called each other brothers.]

[Wusong Port still opened its arms to the British and French warships, becoming a transit station and supply base for the invading army heading north and south during the Second Opium War.]

……

{Oh my god! I was wondering before where the invading army would get supplies if they went deep into the interior. Now, there is a way to deliver supplies to the enemy... It's really rare to see a war like this...}
{Both Count Elgin and General Montauban mentioned that because the Allied soldiers paid cash for their purchases, the Chinese residents were very happy to trade with them and did not have to worry about supplies... It can only be said that the people of Tianjin also did it.}
{This was the view of the coastal officials at that time: "Guangdong affairs should be handled by Guangdong"}
{They regarded the British and French military actions in Guangzhou as a war between Guangdong Province and Britain and France.}
{Since Jiangsu officials have good relations with Britain and France, Shanghai should not go to war and become the second Guangzhou.}
{Isn't this also the result of not having a modern concept of the nation, but only the concepts of locality and the world?}
……

【Guangzhou was occupied by the British and French allied forces. Emperor Xianfeng neither sent troops nor allocated funds, but simply allowed local officials and gentry to "save themselves", so it was generally in a peaceful state.】

[Shanghai and other four ports were "peace zones" specially approved by Emperor Xianfeng, where British and French warships and troops could enter and exit freely, without any signs of war.]

So, where is the war zone?

……

On the canopy.

"boom!"

Hundreds of cannons fired at the same time.

Shells streaked across the sky.

The rumbling sound of cannons woke up the people of Dagukou.

The huge flames made everyone panic, and the deafening explosion shook everyone's eardrums.

……

[On the sixth day of the fourth month of the eighth year of Emperor Xianfeng’s reign (May 1858, 5), the British and French envoys and their naval and land force commanders held a meeting and decided to capture Dagu by force and headed for Tianjin.]

[On April 5 (May 20), the British and French gave the Qing army two hours to surrender Dagu. After being refused, they attacked the Dagu North and South Forts with twelve gunboats and a landing force of about people.]

[After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the defenders collapsed. ]

[On April 5 (May 26), the British and French allied forces entered Tianjin without encountering any resistance.]

[On April 5 (May 30), the envoys of the four countries demanded that the Qing Dynasty send a minister with "full power and discretion" to negotiate in Tianjin, otherwise they would march into Beijing]

[On April 6 (June 1), Emperor Xianfeng appointed Dongge Grand Secretary Gui Liang and Ministry of Personnel Minister Hua Shanna as ministers of discretion, and sent them to Tianjin to negotiate with various countries.]

[On April 6 (June 2), the former Wenyuan Pavilion Grand Secretary Qiying was summoned and on the same day, he was given the title of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works and ordered to go to Tianjin to participate in the negotiations.]

【On April 6 (June 3), Emperor Xianfeng issued an edict, ordering the Zhili Governor-General Tan Tingxiang to preside over the "suppression" and ordering the assistant minister Xian Qiying to preside over the "pacification discussion."】

……

Ming Dynasty and Zhengde Period
"It's almost like teasing a child."

The young Zhu Houcong thought that Xianfeng must have gone stupid from reading so much.

Or maybe Daoguang didn't teach him any real skills at all.

But on second thought, that Emperor Daoguang...

Maybe there is really nothing I can teach him.

Zhu Houzhao saw it all and pointed at the sky curtain and said:
"Let Guiliang and others play the good guy, and let Qiying play the bad guy. The good guy and the bad guy are both kind and powerful."

"It's a good idea, but has he forgotten it?"

"How did his father get beaten?"

……

[After arriving in Tianjin, Guiliang and Huashana met with envoys from four countries. ]

【Britain, France, and the United States took a tough stance, but the Russian envoy set a trap: if they agreed to Russia's conditions, they could mediate with Britain and France on their behalf.】

【As for Qiying, the British and French envoys only sent two interpreters to meet him because he did not have the title of "acting at his own discretion". 】

[It turned out that after the British and French allied forces captured Guangzhou, they looted the archives of the Governor-General's Office of Guangdong and Guangxi, and they had a clear understanding of Qiying's trump card of pretending to be docile but actually wanting to control him.]

[During the meeting, the two young translators held files in their hands, ridiculed and cursed Qiying, and insulted him wantonly.]

【Qiying could not bear it any longer, so he returned to Beijing from Tianjin.】

[The remaining two were Guiliang and Huashana. They had no soldiers to fight, and no power to succumb to peace, so they repeatedly asked the relatively mild-mannered Russian and American envoys to mediate.]

[Russia and the United States took the opportunity to pretend to mediate and benefit first.]

[On the second day of the fifth month of the eighth year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign (June 1858, 6), the Sino-Russian Treaty of Tianjin was signed.]

[On the eighth day of the fifth month (June 6), the Sino-US Tianjin Treaty was signed.]

[On the third day of May (June 6), Xianfeng received another memorial from Heilongjiang General Yishan, in which he learned that Yishan had signed the Treaty of Aihui with Muravyov, the Russian Governor-General of East Siberia.]

……

On the canopy.

Xianfeng looked at the memorial and said angrily:

"Barbarians do not know how to repay kindness."

"Send the order to Gui Liang and ask him to tell the Russian envoy."

"Now Russia has allowed five ports to open for trade and signed the Treaty of Tianjin. It has also signed the Treaty of Aihui in Heilongjiang. Everything is settled!"

"We should help China, reason with Britain and France, and stop their unreasonable requests!"

"Only by resolving this matter quickly can we be worthy of China!"

……

{…Wait a minute, did he read this memorial? The Treaty of Aihui?! More than 600,000 square kilometers of land north of the Heilongjiang River were ceded to Russia!}

{I remember that Engels said in his article "Russia's Success in the Far East": In the Second Opium War, Russia "in addition to sharing all the obvious benefits gained by Britain and France, also gained the area along the Heilongjiang River"}
{Russia "seized from China an area of ​​territory equal to the size of France and Germany combined and a river as long as the Danube."}
{This idiot must think that a barren land thousands of miles away is nothing compared to the military threat that is so close.}
{But the Sino-Russian and Sino-American Tianjin Treaties, whose ink was not yet dry, both had tightly worded, unlimited most-favored-nation clauses, which meant that all the benefits that Britain and France had snatched could be "shared equally" by Russia and the United States.}
{The imperial monarch has only his own interests in mind.}
{There is little national interest.}
……

[On May 1858, the eighth year of Emperor Xianfeng’s reign (June 6, 22), British envoy Elgin sent a note to Gui Liang, saying that if he continued to hesitate, he would march to Beijing.]

[On May 6 (June 25), the British side submitted articles of the draft peace treaty, "not only are they non-negotiable, but not even a single word can be changed."]

[When Xianfeng heard the news, he was ready to break off the war. Guiliang and others knew that going to war would lead to failure, and the situation would be out of control, so they ignored the emperor's order and signed the Sino-British Tianjin Treaty with Elgin the next day (June 6).]

[On May 6 (June 27), Gros signed the Sino-French Tianjin Treaty]

[After the treaty was signed, Gui Liangcai submitted a memorial, emphasizing the five reasons why war was unacceptable, and declared that "the weather was like this, the human factors were like this, and the overall situation was like this, so we had no choice but to agree to it temporarily and urge them to withdraw their ships quickly to calm people's hearts and preserve the overall situation." ]

[Negotiations under fire can only end this way.]

【Xianfeng was filled with anger, but he could only vent it on the scapegoat.】

[He ordered Qiying to commit suicide, accusing him of "returning to Beijing without permission"]

【After the treaty was signed, Xianfeng regretted it. 】

【But he regretted it not because of the huge indemnity and the loss of a series of sovereignty, but for other reasons. 】

(End of this chapter)