From the 17th century to the 18th century AD, ancient China ushered in the "Prosperous Era of Kangqian", the national strength reached its peak, and the folk were a peaceful and prosperous scene, but this was only a superficial phenomenon. Because the Yongzheng period began to prohibit Catholic activities and missions in the country, and the implementation of the sea ban, the Qing Dynasty became the frog at the bottom of the well.
During the Qianlong period, the measures of the sea ban were once again strengthened, and Guangzhou's policy of "one-port trade" was only achieved under the soft and hard bubble of foreign envoys. However, Chinese jing, can do business, even if this mouth of trade, two-thirds of the profits from trade will flow into the Qing Dynasty.
In such an unequal and weak position of commerce and trade, Westerners are eager to red-eyed, on the one hand, greedy for the Qing Dynasty's vast land and treasures, on the other hand, they do not want to lose gold and silver in their hands, but the Qing government has always regarded itself as a heavenly dynasty and is unwilling to open commercial cooperation, so what can it do? The British came up with an idea—to blast open the gates of the Qing Dynasty with artillery fire.
At this time, the imperial power and nobles of the Qing Dynasty were still recuperating, but the people were no longer happy. People immersed in the supreme power of feudal dynasties have not yet realized that a capitalist revolution has begun in the West, thousands of kilometers away. Hailed as one of the most famous military and statesmen in Western history, Napoleon Bonaparte became a shining star in this land of chaos and turmoil.
Born in 1765 in Corsica, France, he grew up with the ambition to separate his birthplace, Corsica, from France. In 1784, after his father sent him to the Military Academy in Paris, France, he was able to build his own forces.
In 1789, the French Revolution broke out, and Napoleon also rose up in the chaotic world and gradually emerged in the French military and political circles. But he did not expect that he not only failed to split his hometown from France, but also protected the achievements of the French Revolution and single-handedly contributed to the strength and invincibility of the French Kingdom.
Napoleon galloped on the battlefield, commanding his army to rise among thousands of troops. In 1799, he smashed the conspiracy of the feudal dynasty, successfully established the First French Republic, and crushed the anti-French alliance of other feudal dynasties. But no matter how powerful the individual is, it cannot withstand the attraction of imperial power.
In 1804, Napoleon successfully ascended the throne as Emperor of the First French Empire, and although he was in the ascendant at this time, although he was known as the "Emperor of the French", his delusional attempt to go against the tide of history would always kill himself. In 1815, Napoleon was defeated at Waterloo, and the once almost victorious monarch became a prisoner of the British order and was exiled to St. Helena.
At a time when britain was trying its best to open up the Chinese market, in addition to continuously sending diplomatic envoys to the Qing government, China's customs and human geography were all under their control, and britain's main war faction was in the limelight. In 1816, the British diplomat Amyster came to the Qing Dynasty with a heavy mission to meet the Jiaqing Emperor.
However, due to the language barrier, some misunderstandings occurred, and Amistad was unwilling to perform the ritual of three kneels and nine kowtows, and finally did not complete the mission of trade. In 1817, Armestad returned to England and went to The Island of St. Helena to meet Napoleon and hear his opinion.
But unexpectedly, the emperor who once proudly dominated the entire West was on the side of the Qing Dynasty. Napoleon not only criticized Amistad for not following the country, but also scorned the British war faction. He left a famous comment on China: "China is a sleeping lion, and once it wakes up, the whole world will be shaken."
This sentence shook the whole of Europe and slowed down the British invasion of the Qing Dynasty. But in 1840, the British still impatiently opened the door of the Qing Dynasty, they saw a devastated, poor and backward country, they put Napoleon's words behind, and wantonly plundered the wealth of the Qing government.
In the end, China woke up, but from being invaded to rising up, it took more than 100 years and more than 100 years. But fortunate China has indeed gradually walked in the forefront of the world at a leap forward, but the sleeping shame is unforgettable.