After the two contracts were signed, Ding Pu reviewed and sent a note to Qiying. In August of last year and in January of this year, two of our merchant ships were damaged by winds in Taiwan. The victims were sailors and civilians, and they should be protected and treated with kindness. However, Yao Ying of the Taiwan Military Preparation Department, Da Hong'a, the Chief of the Taiwan Army, and others were greedy for credit and made excuses, so that the king's order was mistakenly surrendered and hundreds of our people were killed. Yao, Da and others should be removed from official positions, their property confiscated, and their families should be distributed to the families of innocent people who died in vain. Otherwise, the war will resume.
The senior officials are afraid, saying that if Yili preaches and does not kill Taiwan, the government will be lost, and our generation will have no place to stand. Then he hurriedly played to Emperor Daoguang.
Emperor Daoguang ordered Yiliang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, to investigate and deal with the matter.
When Yiliang arrived in Taiwan, he refused to listen to Yao and Da's excuses and concluded that one of the ships was broken by the wind and the other ran aground on the rocks, so there was really no soldier to fight bravely.
Yao Ying and Da Hong'a were taken into custody and brought to Beijing. More than 30 people, including Zeng Guofan, drove to greet them.
During the interrogation by the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Yao and Da argued that the barbarian fabricated the story of being attacked by a merchant ship to cover up his shame in coming to Taiwan. From the 9th to the 12th of August last year, there was indeed a hurricane on the ocean surface of Taiwan. On the 16th, the wind subsided, and the barbarian ships arrived in Keelung to bombard our Ershawan Fort. If the wind sinks, how can you attack me with artillery? However, I obtained many artillery emplacements, large and small, and the Yi armor is still there. In the Battle of Da'an in the first month of this year, according to the confessions of Yi Mu Lin Dian and traitor Huang Zhou, Taiwanese deserter Zhang Cong rebelled and acted as an internal agent. Moreover, the weapons and other items that the barbarians plundered from the Zhenhai camp were all there. If they were merchant ships, why would they have such items? If the Tao kills and captures more than a hundred people, and the barbarians slaughter all our people, what's the point?
Emperor Daoguang exonerated Yao and Da Wuwei from the crime. Yao Ying was appointed as the Tongzhi Zhili Prefecture Magistrate and served in Sichuan. Da Hong'a was transferred to the minister of affairs in Hami, Xinjiang.
Liu Yunke, the governor of Zhejiang, lamented that in the past two years, there had been wars and turmoil, specifically to ban smoking, which was a leakage of silver. Today, the smoking ban is still open, and you can get as much money as you want.
Qiying said angrily: "Master Shu! Is it an outsider's business? Will you fight? Will there be any results?"
Yao Ying went to Sichuan alone and sent two envoys to Tibet. On the way, she lamented: To this day, foreign barbarians overseas have invaded China very much. Several provinces along the coast were ravaged, and the generals were outnumbered. They lost territory and lost their troops, and their soldiers cost tens of millions to win peace. Up to now, the high officials in Haijiang have been insulted by him and dare not compete with him. All loyal and righteous people are heartbroken and resentful day and night, thinking of killing the ugly captives to defend our kingdom, to rectify people's hearts and cleanse the filth.
People say that Yao has no doubts in his heart.
At the end of the year, Emperor Daoguang lamented the shame of the Southern Alliance and issued an order: The naval vessels set up in the past were almost the same, and the situation was different in the past and present. They must adapt to local conditions and be flexible. The size of all warships and the number of guns and equipment listed on the ship should be increased or decreased. There is no need to stick to the old system. Regardless of the name or color, the most important thing is to be well-made and suitable for temporary use. Jingni General Yishan, if the wood is not solid and the workmanship cannot be done according to the law, I will send people to find out in the future, but Yishan is the one to ask. If you really can't build it quickly, you can buy an external ship to imitate it, or you can hire an outsider.
Yi Changhua, the prefect of Guangzhou, contracted to build one, which was slightly larger than a rice boat. Yishan looked at it carefully and said: "It can only be used for arrests in rivers."
Pan Shicheng, a large merchant and a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, spent 19,000 taels of silver to defend against American warships and built a ship. The captain is thirteen feet and six inches long, the base is ten feet and eight feet long, the face is three feet three feet four inches wide, and the height is two feet one foot and five inches.
Huang Entong, the governor of Guangdong, reported: The ships built by Pan were thick, large, and equipped with many cannons. China, with its poor labor and material resources, could not add more to this, and it would be difficult to defeat the barbarian ships.
Emperor Daoguang ordered: The steamship type is not suitable for those built in this province, so there is no need to hire Yiyi craftsmen to make it. No need to buy either.
Qiying, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, occasionally received a double-barreled rifle and a six-eye small gun from the foreign barbarians, and presented them to Emperor Daoguang.
Emperor Daoguang said: "It is the most agile and the most wonderful product. However, if it is imitated, it will become a sigh of relief."
Lin Zexu traveled westward into Xinjiang, met his close friend Wei Yuan, and gave Wei Yuan "Records of the Four Continents".
When Wei Yuan saw it, his heart was filled with emotion, so he wrote "Pictures of the Sea Country".
The people of the Qing Dynasty lived a mediocre and idle life, and were hardly recognized by anyone.
Wei Yuan sighed: "Why was this book written? It said: It was written to use the barbarians to attack the barbarians, to use the barbarians to subjugate the barbarians, and to learn from the barbarians to learn skills and control the barbarians. The useful things for the barbarians are strange skills and not obscene Skillful. Don't sacrifice your strengths to be harmed; you must stop your harms and learn from your strengths. Those who are good at teaching the four barbarians can control the four barbarians."
The Japanese Jiujin Yitang read it and sighed: "No one is good at coastal defense strategies like this."
"Hai Guo Tu Zhi" was introduced to the Japanese, and the Japanese regarded it as a guide and rushed to circulate it.
In February of the following year, U.S. warships arrived in Macau. Qi Ying, the imperial envoy and governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, wanted to refuse, but remained in a stalemate for half a year before signing the "Sino-U.S. Wangxia Treaty."
In September, the French fleet arrived in Australia, and Qiying negotiated for two months to sign the "Sino-French Treaty of Whampoa."
In addition to cession of territory and compensation, these two treaties included various provisions of the Treaty of Nanjing and the Treaty of Humen. Article 34 of the "Wangxia Treaty between China and the United States" was agreed: Once the contract is agreed, both countries should abide by it and not make any slight changes; as each country's situation is different, all trade and maritime clauses are subject to slight modifications. Twelve years later, the two countries will dispatch personnel to handle matters fairly.
In November of the same year, in accordance with the Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing, Shanghai was opened to trade, followed by Ningbo, Fuzhou, and Xiamen. However, the people of Guangzhou were deeply resentful and burned the magistrate's mansion. They jointly asked the government to prevent the British and foreigners from entering the city.
Qiying, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, could not restrain him, but the British repeatedly asked him to fulfill the agreement. Qiying, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, neither dared to accept nor refuse, so he told the British: "The people of Guangdong are fierce, please ask Xu Tuzhi."
The new Hong Kong governor, De Bi, had no intention of causing another conflict, so he signed an agreement with the senior citizens to postpone their entry into the city. The people of Guangzhou became more and more excited and took pleasure in disturbing the British. Derbi was angry and occupied the Humen Fort again.
Qiying panicked and promised that Guangzhou would be opened in two years. Before the promise was made, the senior British officials opened vacancies due to old age and frailty. The new governor of Guangdong, Xu Guangjin, and the governor of Guangdong, Ye Mingchen, both hated the British, fanned the flames and instigated the people to suppress the British. The people's sentiments were strong for a while, and sometimes hundreds of thousands of people gathered to reject the British.
Emperor Daoguang issued a secret edict to Xu Guangjin: When traveling overseas, always treat them with trust and trust. Since the other country reiterated the idea of entering the city, if the governor repeatedly stopped it, he would lose his tolerance. It is appropriate to consider the date and temporarily visit the city. Do not take it for granted.
Xu Guangjin's flying chapter enters the poem: If you resist politely, you may not suddenly start a provocation; if you allow it lightly, you will definitely raise your troops. And if they are prevented from entering the city and something happens, then the people will unite and there will still be minions to rely on; if they are allowed to enter the city and something happens, the people's hearts will be broken, and there will definitely be conflicts between internal and external forces. The harm is more important than the benefit, but it is still impossible. And knowing clearly that it is harmful but not beneficial, do you dare to give it a try?
Wenhan, the successor governor of Hong Kong, thought about it again and again, and finally realized that the Qing people were raging and that Guangcheng was difficult to enter and dangerous even if it was entered, so he abandoned it and started trading.
This move by the British shocked the Qing court and the public. Emperor Daoguang said happily: The rise of Westernization has been going on for ten years. The coast has been disturbed and the troops have been taxed. Although they have achieved a little peace in recent times, the method of controlling it has not been equal to hardness and softness. , thus the evils become more frequent. I am afraid that the residents living near the sea may be ravaged, so I will bear with them at all costs. Yesterday, the British chieftain renewed his request to enter the city. Xu Guangjin and others took great measures to handle it and made appropriate arrangements. Entering the city to discuss sleeping arrangements and still doing business. Not losing a single soldier, not firing a single target, and maintaining domestic and foreign appeasement will lead to long-lasting peace and profound joy. Xu Chen Guangjin and Ye Chen Mingchen possess extraordinary wisdom and are indeed worthy ministers.
British Foreign Secretary Palmerston angrily said: Officials of the Qing Dynasty must not make the same mistakes again. So far, the patience of British officials is not weakness. Free trade must be supported by peace before it can thrive. The British chief knew very well that if the situation required, the British army could destroy the entire city of Guangzhou. No matter what happens between the two countries in the future that is detrimental to the Qing Dynasty, the fault will be borne by the Qing Dynasty official.
However, this is nothing. In Huaxian County, Guangdong, a man named Hong Renkun had a high fever and fell into a deep sleep. He had a dream about yellow beams. According to the Bible, the prosperous southern country became chaotic...
