Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 51

Chapter 51. Can't wake up the lion
How shrewd are you and adults.

Immediately felt the emperor's displeasure.

He hurriedly said: "Long live, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has never manufactured this kind of musket. Craftsmen have to imitate it from scratch, and there will inevitably be some loss of materials. In addition, the Ministry of Internal Affairs purchases iron materials and other materials. The cost will be very high before the musket head”

Qianlong nodded slightly.

But in his heart he already tends to buy from Westerners.

Think of Westerners.

Qianlong thought of the envoys from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of France who had come a few days ago.

Due to the dispute between the two parties on etiquette.

The envoys of the two countries were left in Tianjin by the Qing Dynasty.

Not allowed to enter Beijing.

But now.

Qianlong, who had already felt the great threat posed by Zhu Daohua, had already decided to lenient the so-called etiquette issue.

Since you want to buy guns from Westerners.

Then it doesn't hurt to meet the envoys of the two countries.

When the stakes are at stake, Qianlong's figure will be relatively soft.

"Go and ask Ji Xiaolan to invite the ministers of those two countries to Beijing."

Thinking of this, Qianlong explained to the little eunuch beside him.

The negotiation with the envoys of the two countries is in charge of the Minister of Rites Ji Yun Ji Xiaolan.

He Shen had no expression on his face when he heard the words.

But my heart skipped a beat.

This mouthful of fat.
To fly.

"He Shen, you know about Zhu Daohua, right?"

"The servant knows."

He Shen hurriedly said.

"What do you think?"

Qianlong stood up and looked at the gift sent by the British envoy some time ago.

A map of the world.

He Shen looked up.

I only saw the west side of a big island south of Guangdong being circled.

That is West Borneo.

That is, the Lanfang province against the Ming Dynasty.

"Long live the Lord, against the Ming Dynasty, there is a sudden rise, and its soldiers are fine and powerful, so we must guard against them." As the court's favored minister, He Shen is by no means a fool.

"There are about [-] soldiers from the Guangdong Green Camp and the Guangxi Green Camp, which is not enough to defend the thousands of miles of sea area along the coast of Guangdong. Green camp soldiers from Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and other places should be dispatched to Guangdong to enrich Guangdong's defense strength."

"In addition, Niming has the advantage of guns. The imperial court must supervise the manufacture of ordnance and strengthen equipment to deal with the army of Niming."

Qianlong nodded slightly.

Move troops into Guangdong and strengthen armaments.

It's sound advice.

He waved his hand and asked He Shen to step back for now.

This weapon is made by myself.

Or buy from Westerners
Qianlong was still hesitating.

Posthouse in Tianjin.

It was here that Macartney, Bourblon and his party were arranged.

Even the city of Beijing cannot enter.

When they arrived in Guangzhou, they wanted to see the governor of Guangdong or the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi.

As a result, only a supervisor from Guangdong Customs received them.

After expressing that he had news about Zhu Daohua.

I thought I could get an interview with local officials in Guangdong.

结果
Guangdong officials avoided it.

Send them to Beijing like a plague god.

I'm afraid of having any relationship with them.

None of the officials in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty wanted to have anything to do with the Niming case-this kind of case is quite terrible.

Make more mistakes.

Better not do it.

Fortunately, Macartney and others said that they had news about Zhu Daohua.

Otherwise, they might not even be able to go to Beijing
So the group of them started to go north from Guangzhou.

Walked for more than two months.

Just when I was about to arrive in Beijing.

Officials from the Ministry of Etiquette of the Qing Dynasty came to announce to them the etiquette of "worshiping the great emperor".

Both Macartney and Burblom said.

They represented their respective countries and did not come to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty.

Both the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of France are sovereign states equal to the Qing Empire.

It is absolutely impossible to kneel and worship the Qing Dynasty.

结果
The two were left hanging in Tianjin for almost a month.

Just when the group thought they would not see the Qing emperor during this trip, they were about to head back home.

The news from the south came that Zhu Daohua defeated the Lanfang rebellion, forced the Borneo countries to declare themselves vassals, and changed the Lanfang Grand Duchy and Lanfang Province.

A stream of news led Macartney to judge.

If Emperor Qianlong was not stupid.

He will temporarily put aside the dispute over etiquette and seek contact with European countries such as Britain and France.

really.

Soon an official from the Ministry of Rites came.

It means that the emperor wants to summon them.

Macartney immediately said: "My lord, we are not ministers of the Qing emperor, but come on behalf of the king of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the king of the Kingdom of France."

The official from the Ministry of Rituals nodded repeatedly: "The Great Emperor has an order. The envoys from England and France are here on behalf of the King. We, the Qing Dynasty, will treat each other as friends. The two envoys only need to bow on one knee to the Great Emperor."

Macartney and Bourblon glanced at each other.

Excitement flashed in his eyes.

Let the Eastern world, especially China's Ming and Qing regimes fall into long-term confrontation and war,

It is the joint judgment and decision of the two messengers.

They all think that this is in line with Britain and France.and the interests of Europe as a whole.

When going north from Guangzhou.

The two saw a shocking scene.

There is not a single fat person in this country.

All were dressed in shabby clothes, with disheveled faces on their numb faces.

This is completely inconsistent with the image of the powerful Eastern Empire they imagined.

Come this way.

The two made a preliminary judgment: this is a big but not strong, rather weak empire.

Such an empire cannot withstand Zhu Daohua's attack.

not to mention.
Most of the people of this empire.

There is a huge gap between the rulers of the empire and the empire.

"The rule of the Qing Empire over China is somewhat similar to the rule of the British over India."

Bull Bron made a very precise judgment.

"But this is a lion. This nation has a very splendid civilization. From Zhu Daohua and his subordinates, it can be seen that this nation's IQ is very high, no less than that of white Europeans. Once they have a real leader, It will be a nightmare for the whole of Europe to lead the entire nation to wake up, relying on their numerical superiority."

"If Zhu Daohua is allowed to rule China, the lion will wake up, right?"

Riding on horses, the two walked into the city of Beijing with the officials received by the Ministry of Rites of the Qing Dynasty, staring at the majestic Forbidden City in front of them.

Stepped into the center of this empire.

"Macartney, the envoy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, pays homage to His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and our king extends his sincere greetings to His Majesty the Great Emperor."

"The envoy of the Kingdom of France, Bourblon, pays homage to His Majesty the Great Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Our King extends his sincere greetings to the Great Emperor."

The two knelt down on one knee.

"Be flat!"

Qianlong's voice sounded.

The two also stood up from the ground.

Look around.

It was found that His Majesty the Great Emperor was sitting in a high position.

The ministers on the left and right stood aside.

Why don't you even have a seat?
Compared with Zhu Daohua.

His Majesty the Great Emperor seems to be a bit too high-spirited.

Macartney couldn't help thinking.

(End of this chapter)