With regard to the Opium War, even the so-called "scholars" were included in the Hong Kong rhetoric, and it is a popular theory to list all the events that took place at that time to prove that it was because China's actions offended Britain that year, and thus angered the latter, who was forced to send troops. Therefore, the British prime minister directly ordered the dispatch of troops without the consent of Parliament, which was retaliation for China's rude behavior, not war.
As for the legendary "motion of no confidence" on April 9, 1840, which was "271 votes against, 262 votes in favor, more than 9 votes in favor of", the theme was not the war against China, nor did it have anything to do with the opium trade, but only attacked the then Prime Minister Palmerston's China policy lack of foresight and ill-thinking, neglected the power given to the British personnel in Guangzhou, etc., that is, he was ineffective.
In my eyes, the so-called "historians" who try to draw answers by studying these detailed records, and the so-called "intellectuals" who believe in these historians, are stupid, stupid in seeing the small and not the big.
From a broader point of view, the British got South Africa, India, the Malay Peninsula, and as long as they spread out the map, they knew that the next target was China, and the best base to enter China was Hong Kong. This general pattern will not be changed by a single event at all, even if there is no Opium War in 1840, there must be other different events, leading to war between Britain and China, China is almost inevitably defeated, so it is invaded by the British Empire, even this general direction can not be seen, can be described by "cockroaches", because cockroaches use tentacles to perceive, can only get close information, can not use the eyes to see the world on a large scale.
It is said that there is a passage in the "Qin Shi Huang Benji" that says, "The King of Qin was first merged with the world", and the reason for his destruction of the Six Kingdoms was told by Xiang Xiang and Yu Shi:
Shi "The king of the other Japan and Korea, Nadi, please be a vassal, and have doubled the covenant, and zhao and Wei joined forces from Pan qin, so Xingbing attacked and captured his king." The few people think that they are good, and they have a few military revolutions. King Zhao made a covenant with Li Mu, so he gave it to his proton. Having multiplied the alliance, against me Taiyuan, therefore the army is reviled, and its king is obtained. The Prince of Zhao, Jia Nai, established himself as the acting king, so he raised an army to destroy him. The King of Wei first submitted to Qin, and had already conspired with Han and Zhao to attack Qin, and the Qin soldiers rebuked him and broke it. The king of Jing sacrificed the west of Qingyang, and had already made a covenant to strike at my southern county, so he sent an army to rebuke him, and he obtained his king, and then fixed his jing land. The King of Yan was in a coma, and his crown prince Dan Naiyin made Jing Ke a thief, and the soldiers were cursed to destroy his kingdom. The king of Qi used the rear victory plan, the qin envoy, the desire to be chaotic, the soldiers and officials, the king, and the land of Qi. The widow is in the form of a smit, a soldier who is rebellious, the spirit of the Laizong Temple, the six kings who are humbled, and the world is determined. The name of the present is not changed, and it cannot be called success, and it will be passed on to future generations. Its Emperor's name. ”
Qin Shi Huang believed that he destroyed the four kingdoms of Han, Zhao, Wei, and Chu, all because the other party repented and rebelled, and destroyed the Yan state because the Yan prince Dan sent Jing Ke to assassinate him, and the destruction of the Qi state was because the King of Qi adopted the strategy of winning after the victory of the Qi dynasty and broke off relations with the Qin state. In other words, Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms because the other party made a mistake and he was forced to do it. He originally had no intention or ambition to destroy the Six Kingdoms.
Of course, when modern people read history, no one will believe Qin Shi Huang's lies. Everyone knows that Qin Shi Huang already had the heart to unify the six kingdoms, and what he said above is just a pretext. However, this kind of nonsense is another way of saying it, and in today's Hong Kong, there are a lot of people who believe it, and the media column is full of nonsense. This not only proves that there are so many idiots in Hong Kong, but also part of the pro-Colonial, pro-British, anti-Chinese propaganda!