For an 80-year-old man, traveling to a country that he claims to have never heard of is a huge challenge, both physically and mentally.

Most of the old people who have been influenced by Han culture, in the last moments of their lives, always hope to be on their homeland, and the so-called feelings of returning to their roots are like this.

But for the future of the Qing Empire, for the Qing Empire to get iron ships and iron horses, and for the Qing Empire to be passed on from generation to generation, he must take this step to see the mysterious United Empire, to see what kind of country those concepts that have been excluded from Chinese civilization have been established overseas, to see if such concepts can be transplanted to the Qing Empire, and whether they can create an immortal ruling foundation for the Qing Empire.

So he resolutely embarked on this path.

Even if he has become the emperor, he is also the de facto ruler of this empire, and when he travels, the pomp and circumstance are undoubtedly powerful. In particular, with members of the mission from the mysterious empire standing beside him, he couldn't help but show the magnificence of this empire.

To some extent, the prosperous era of Kangqian was not the prosperity of the common people, but the prosperity of the bureaucrats and landowners. Their wealth increased rapidly during this time period, which, of course, also included the treasury of the imperial court.

Even if there is an unprecedented corrupt official in the Qianlong Dynasty, all the gold and silver appear in front of him, he will be like Pixiu, stuffing them into his stomach without hesitation, in and out.

But the wealth that Qianlong could use, you are unimaginable to those emperors before him, in the history of China, at this time, the economic capacity of the Qing Empire was close to the peak of the Northern Song Dynasty. And the emperors of the Northern Song Dynasty could not use too much national wealth, they had their own inner treasury. But. Their private wealth is also often forcibly borrowed by ministers. Beginning with Zhao Zhen of Song Renzong, ministers often forcibly borrowed large amounts of silver money from His Majesty the Emperor under various banners to make up for financial loopholes.

This strange phenomenon can only occur in the relatively democratic dynasty of the Northern Song Dynasty. However, this phenomenon gradually disappeared during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, and at the same time, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty not only ended the democracy of the dynasty, but also ended the future of the dynasty. At the same time, it also put an end to the way forward for the Chinese nation, which had been moving towards the capitalist world since the Northern Song Dynasty.

It's not that the capitalist road is so good, but in history, whether it is capitalism or socialism? It's all just a coincidence. As long as you are willing to take your own steps, you will definitely have your own path, and at that time, it was precisely because of Song Huizong that prevented the Chinese nation from continuing to move forward. It also dragged the Chinese civilization back to the barbaric era of Ru Mao drinking blood.

Since then, China's history has begun a major regression, which is a regression. Obviously, this is a vicious circle. Liao, Western Xia, Jin, Yuan. The devastation that followed. This is the entire fate of the Chinese Empire, which has slipped into the bottomless abyss.

After 300 years of regression, the fate of the Chinese nation began to bottom out. But this rally was very weak. The darkness of the Ming Dynasty is not even inferior to the previous three dynasties, and as for the self-containment of the Qing Dynasty, it is unprecedented. Emperor Qianlong's treasury has such a scale, it can only be regarded as the blessing of the ancestors, and the land of Shenzhou is profound.

However, even if Emperor Qianlong put on a big show, what he saw from the faces of the envoys of the United Empire next to him was only a disdainful smile.

If Kangxi really had a private visit to Weifu, he would definitely tell Emperor Qianlong that that kind of look was looking at the nouveau riche.

A group of people who only know how to loot, a dynasty that is the master, if it does not cause class contradictions, it is a hell of a life. This emperor who is so happy is still playing music here, and he probably doesn't know that his empire has been mired in deep internal troubles.

The Sichuan-Chu White Lotus Rebellion that swept half of the country will make the entire Qing Dynasty court waste 5 years of national revenue, and at that time, the financially constrained Jiaqing Emperor can only borrow the core head and all the property under the name of this head to put serious financial pressure on the court and provide a turnover.

At this moment, Emperor Qianlong, of course, will not encounter, and Emperor Jiaqing will have to make a choice a few years later. Nor would he have noticed that this mysterious United Empire was already well aware of the Empire's internal and external troubles. No matter what method he takes, trying to hide the weakness of his empire is essentially useless.

The fate of the Qing Empire, in fact, as the supreme ruler, Emperor Qianlong, has faintly felt that it is not good. But this feeling is inexplicable, this is the intuition precipitated by the empire that gave him 60 years of rights.

When this powerful and mysterious united empire appeared in front of him, a sense of crisis appeared directly in front of him, looking for his mood, and suddenly returned to the beginning of the business, he once again found his competitors, no longer like before, looking at the world, even if it is a foreigner, I can't deny the greatness of his achievements.

But now, her mentality has suddenly changed, and the one who built the construction project no longer exists. He didn't know how many years he had left in his life, but he knew that his heart was starting to grow young again, and he wanted to bring back the direction of future development for this empire.

But he won't know that his concept has been precipitated in his heart for 80 years, even if the world he is about to see is enough to subvert his worldview, of course, if he has a worldview, but it is not a simple thing to make changes.

Emperor Qianlong and his entourage were almost 2,000 people, and when they arrived from Beijing to Tianjin Port, it was already 14 days later.

With such a short distance, they were able to walk for such a long time, and Huang Xiaohua, who learned about this matter directly, laughed that they were a group of snails without shells.

On the other hand, the Cabinet of the Reich does not seem to be in a hurry. No matter how long Emperor Qianlong spent on the road, what they had to do was to make sure that he came here in good health. As for the road he will take in the future, it is still long! After all, the schedule that the United Empire had arranged for him was really worthy of his 80-plus lifespan. (To be continued......)

PS: I recommend He Shigong's new book "Waving Yue", this book is like a cup of tea, taste it slowly, hehe