Live streaming life: The ancients begged not to stop

Qi Cheng drank a glass of water and continued explaining.

"The failure of this war allowed the foreign powers to clearly see the true nature of the Qing Dynasty. So in 1856, the sixth year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign, Britain and France used the Arrow and Father Ma incidents as excuses to once again send troops to the Qing Dynasty."

"This time, the two nations captured the capital and plundered the Old Summer Palace, known as the Garden of Gardens. Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing fled to Chengde, and ultimately had no choice but to sign another humiliating treaty."

"Russia, under the pretext of mediation, also occupied 1.5 million square kilometers of Qing territory."

Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin sighed helplessly. Although he had signed a humiliating treaty with the Turks, he and his ministers had endured hardships and finally destroyed the Eastern Turks.

He captured Jie Li Khan and brought him to Chang'an to dance.

Why is the Qing Dynasty so weak? It was defeated last time and made no progress a few years later. Then its capital was taken down again.

It also allowed other countries to extort 1.5 million square kilometers.

What is this operation?

Ming Dynasty

Emperor Chongzhen also despised Xianfeng. He thought that this emperor was too cowardly and did not even have the courage to guard the country's borders.

And the external performance is too poor.

Even in its last years, the Ming Dynasty was still able to defeat these distant Western barbarians.

Qing Dynasty

Qianlong threw the teacup in his hand again and again. Which generation of his descendants were these? They actually fled to Chengde. Did he think that since he was not in the capital, the loss of the capital had nothing to do with him?

Even Emperor Sizong of the Ming Dynasty couldn't catch up.

Moreover, Russia swallowed up 1.5 million acres of land. When Emperor Kangxi was fighting a fierce battle with the Russians in Northeast China for the Battle of Nerchinsk, he even transferred the Fujian rattan shield soldiers there.

Russia has swallowed up so much land, so isn’t my hometown in danger?

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"This is the harm caused by the two Opium Wars. On the one hand, the loss of the customs allowed opium to become even more rampant. On the other hand, the country's weakness attracted even more vicious wolves."

"That's our little life not far to the east."

Qi Cheng sighed. Before introducing the war, he said that another reason for the decline of the Qing Dynasty was its policy of closing the country to the outside world.

Immersed in the beautiful dream of the Celestial Empire, I can't wake up at all.

In fact, closing the country to the outside world was not a policy exclusive to the Qing Dynasty. It was also the case during the Ming Dynasty. Due to the threat of Japanese pirates, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the closure of the sea.

However, Zhu Di did a good job by sending Zheng He to the West.

"However, after the mid-Ming Dynasty, the power of the civil officials in the court was too great. They were naturally lacking courage when it came to the ocean. An official named Liu Daxia actually hid the sea charts."

"This Liu Daxia was no minor official. He had served as Minister of War and a member of the Cabinet. Not only did he destroy the sea charts, he also destroyed the materials on Zhang Fu's southern expedition because the then Emperor Zhu Jianshen wanted to recover Tujiao."

"There are plots in the novels written by later generations that Liu Daxia refused to provide information and directly sent people to destroy his family's ancestral tomb."

Liu Daxia, who was looking at the sky curtain, spat out a mouthful of blood. He thought he had done something good, but it turned out that people in later generations viewed him this way.

He wanted to dig up his own ancestral grave.

Just as he was thinking about whether to hand over the information about Zhang Fu's southern expedition, Zhu Jianshen's imperial edict arrived, asking him to bring the information into the palace immediately.

If he dared to say no, the emperor would dig up his family's ancestral grave right now.

"During the Qing Dynasty, the policy of isolationism became even more severe. Some important officials in the imperial court didn't even know what countries existed outside."

"Xu Tong was a representative of that time. He was a Jinshi (Jinshi) during the Daoguang reign, and served as Minister of Rites and Grand Secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Once, while chatting with a colleague, he remarked that Spain had teeth, Portugal had teeth, and that a country could be built on teeth. This was unheard of."

"Spain and Portugal had interactions with the imperial court during the Ming Dynasty. For example, the famous red cannon is from Portugal."

Qi Cheng shook his head helplessly after saying this. He didn't know what these conservatives were thinking. Did they think that if they didn't hit others, others wouldn't hit them?

"Let's go back to the war with the Japanese. At that time, they had already carried out the Meiji Restoration, while the Qing Dynasty was still playing the game of "Chinese learning as the basis, Western learning for practical use."

"Since we are an island nation, we are naturally interested in land, so we formulated an infamous continental plan, first occupying Korea, then planning to take over the areas outside the Great Wall, and then all of our land."

"The Qing army in Korea suffered repeated defeats and had to withdraw from Korea, while the Beiyang Fleet, known as the strongest navy in Asia, fought a naval battle at the Battle of the Yellow Sea in the Yellow Sea."

"It's barely a draw."

"Later, at Weihaiwei, the Beiyang Fleet was completely annihilated, and Admiral Ding Ruchang committed suicide."

"The Qing government was unable to resist and had no choice but to surrender again and sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki. It paid 200 million taels of silver as compensation and ceded Taiwan, Penghu, and the Liaodong Peninsula (which was later returned to the Qing Dynasty through intervention.)"

"Combined with the previously mentioned Eight-Nation Alliance, it pretty much sums up the entire humiliating history of the late Qing Dynasty."

Qi Cheng was a little emotional. He slammed the cup in his hand on the table and continued, "Although the Qing Dynasty was destroyed, the disasters they caused did not stop."

"Xiao Ri later launched a full-scale war of aggression against China, committing one tragedy after another. In Nanjing, they launched a killing spree, resulting in the deaths of 300,000 people."

"The economic losses are incalculable."

After he finished speaking, he showed a series of photos, showing that people from all dynasties had long hair and beards.

Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He was now living a peaceful life and wanted to send envoys to the Tang Dynasty all day long. He did not expect that it would cause such great harm in the future. The Qing Dynasty was also incompetent and even ceded Liaodong.

"It was announced that an order would be issued to build seagoing vessels in Dengzhou and to send a large army to land in Xiaori and exterminate their descendants."

Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't expect that there were things related to the Ming Dynasty involved. Now it seems that not only can he not close the country to the outside world, but he must speed up the opening up, otherwise the people of Nanjing will not agree.

Three hundred thousand! How dare you live such a simple life?

Qing Dynasty

Those who could become Grand Secretaries were not from ordinary families. Kangxi considered whether to kill Xu Tong's ancestors, as it was too shameful.

As a university scholar, you don’t even understand your enemies clearly.

Besides, the three northeastern provinces are my hometown. It’s too tragic that I have lost even my hometown.

Emperor Daoguang looked at the sky, sweat on his forehead never dried. He was afraid that his ancestors would curse him madly. At the same time, it was the first time for him to recognize the officials under him. They were actually incompetent.

He talks about all sorts of things all day long and never says a word when there is something to say.

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Although Xia Wanchun died peacefully in Jinling, the resistance in his time and space was becoming increasingly fierce. Who knew one of those who died on the sky screen was actually one of his descendants?