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Both countries were extremely powerful at the beginning of their founding, and in the first few decades, if not 100 years, there was no shortage of wise men in both countries.

The Ottoman Empire, with Mehmed II, then Selim II, and then Suliman the Magnificent, was at its height in the 17th century.

Look at the Qing Dynasty, first there was Huang Taiji, then Kangxi, and then there was Emperor Qianlong, all of which continued to be glorious for hundreds of years.

But in modern times, why is Turkey called the "sick man of the Near East" and the Qing Dynasty called the "sick man of East Asia"?

In the eyes of the whites, the yellow race had fallen into decay and decay in that era, far behind the "trend", the national strength was weak, and the army was becoming more and more corrupt and vulnerable.

Not to mention that since Peter the Great, Russia has continued to expand and has broken out 12 wars with Turkey.

The situation is like the Qing Dynasty was defeated in the Opium War, defeated for the second time, defeated in the Sino-French War, defeated in the Sino-Russian War, defeated in the Sino-Japanese War, used as cannon fodder in the Russo-Japanese War, and was beaten by the 8-nation group when the coalition invaded China.

From the geographical point of view, Turkey seems to be located across the borders of Europe, Asia and Africa, with national strength and strong enough territory, but it is only heavily taxed in the ruling area, forcing Western merchants to divert their routes and find other trade routes, resulting in overseas adventures in Spain and Portugal, which led to the overseas expeditions of Columbus, Magellan and da Gama to the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and then greatly expanded the colonies of the West, and foreign funds flowed into the treasury of Spain and Portugal on a large scale. Belgium also came, Italy and Germany also came, and finally Austria and Russia also came, and the result was that they all quickly became stronger.

Look at the great Ottoman Turkish Empire, which is still spinning in circles.

Although I dare not say that the empire at this time is more backward than the Ottoman economy when it was first founded, and its national strength is even stronger, compared with the barbaric and backward whites in the eyes of the yellow people back then, I really dare not use a certain word to describe it.

The whites were backward in the past, and the Ottoman Turkish Empire's troops almost reached Vienna, almost ending the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, causing the Europeans to panic and shout that the "Yellow Peril" was rolling in from Europe again.

As everyone knows, this catastrophe was quickly contained, first at the Battle of Vienna in 1683, and then at the Battle of Lebando, which marked the beginning of the decline of the Asian trolls, after which it was no longer capable of destroying Europe.

On the contrary, in the next 100 years, the West desperately developed, resulting in an unprecedented trend of scientific and technological development, when the strength of Western countries was rising in a straight line, when the world expanded its colonies, and when the rolling money was included in the world, the Ottoman brothers still stayed at the "junction of Europe, Asia and Africa", as if they could dominate the world by occupying these places, but they did not know that they had been only besieged on the outer front, and the final result was that they were tightly tied to death by the Western world, and finally became the "king of Asia Minor", trapped in a corner of the peninsula. Become a sick man who can be tarnished casually.

Isn't that the case in the Qing Dynasty?

After a century of dreams of the great powers of the Celestial Empire, he was woken up by the Western capitalist powers, followed by endless defeats, land cedes, reparations, defeats, land cedes, and reparations.

Both Turkey and the Qing Dynasty were defeated many times by the most backward Russia, and finally the country was dismembered, fragmented, and unsightly.

The decline of the two countries is not only the result of the general trend of world development, but also the result of the rulers' confused eyes and their indulgence in the dream of becoming a strong country.

"It's almost time to get to Istanbul." Hua Huang looked out the car window.

Let's say that the Ottoman Turkish Empire was backward, they already had trains, and the railway lines were not short, but they did not have industry and still belonged to an agricultural country.

"Yes, I suddenly felt a little nervous, I don't know what the Ottoman Turkish Empire will do towards us? From the intelligence, it was shown that they were not particularly friendly. Princess Katrina Kaaf answered.

Geeger, Lee Tae-hee, and Yakoterina Klimova immediately looked at Hwahuang.

Hua Huang smiled slightly, "It's nothing, people are still dreaming like the collapsed Qing government, and their dreams are even more stubborn, they can't wake up, they always think that they are a big country across the Eurasian continent, or a superpower." ”

When Princess Katrina Kafu heard this, she covered her mouth and smiled, "Your Majesty's analogy is very vivid. ”

Gege pouted, "Hey, Your Majesty, can you not compare the Great Qing Kingdom?" The Qing Dynasty is gone, so what is it all the time for? ”

Hua Huang smiled: "Where am I damaged?" Don't I always say that Kangxi is amazing? Every dynasty has its ups and downs, and we must learn from history. ”

Princess Katrina Kafu also nodded: "Yes, it is necessary to learn from history, the good ones must be said, the bad ones must be vigilant, and the same mistakes cannot be made, it is not so much that the Hua Kingdom overthrew the Qing Dynasty, but that the Qing Dynasty itself fell, and we actually didn't fight much." The process of His Majesty's reunification, I am afraid that the founding monarchs of all dynasties said that the least number of dead people was less than 50,000 in total. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty's unification is the greatest merit, especially loving the people like a son." Timothy Lee praised from the bottom of his heart that Timothy Lee was not a person who liked to pat on the back.

President Meng knows Timothy Lee's personality, and this sycophant is still very comfortable to use.

Catherine saw that Timothy Lee actually knew to praise His Majesty, and, obviously, His Majesty liked this compliment, and was secretly happy, in fact, Catherine still loved Timothy Lee, and Timothy Lee met Emperor Hua after coming to China, and the trajectory of his life changed since then, all of which made Catherine happy.

Catherine only sometimes thinks that her husband hates iron but not steel.

Catherine shook Timothy Lee's hand, which made Timothy Lee very happy.

While everyone was talking, the train suddenly stopped.

"What's going on?" Hua Huang frowned, what he hated the most was to stop at a small station, especially as a monarch in the car, which was very disrespectful.

Wang Zhankui immediately came over to report: "It's not clear, it seems to be to check the belongings of our entourage." ”

President Meng was furious and suppressed his anger, "We are a visiting group, are there any items that can't be brought?" We're not parallel traders. ”

Princess Katrina Kafu hurriedly stroked Emperor Hua's arm and motioned to His Majesty not to be angry.

President Meng's anger came quickly, and it dispersed quickly, after all, it was the rich generation, not the rich second generation, after so many things, he would not easily show his emotions, closed his eyes, and leaned on the car seat.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the reception troops of the Ottoman Turkish Empire really wanted to check the materials of the visiting delegation, and they did the same inspection, even the suitcase of the Chinese Emperor.

The Turkish officers noticed that the guards of the visiting group were carrying pistols and ordered the weapons to be removed.

"You bastards, we are a visiting group, guests of your emperor!" Wang Zhankui couldn't help but scold, he figured out what His Majesty meant, this kind of thing can only be said by him, Your Majesty definitely doesn't need to speak.

Hua Huang opened his eyes.

The officer leading the team could not understand Chinese, so Wang Zhankui motioned for the interpreter to tell him.

When the interpreter directly translated Wang Zhankui's words into Turkish, the Turkish officer was furious and drew his pistol, and the group of soldiers behind him also raised their rifles, and the breech flintlock pistols did not enter the eyes of the Chinese Emperor's guards.

Wang Zhankui and the guards also raised their guns, Wang Zhankui was uneasy in his heart, because it was a bit of a big fuss, and he didn't know if Emperor Hua would blame him for his actions.

Huahuang nodded slightly at Wang Zhankui, and Wang Zhankui suddenly had a bottom in his heart.

Princess Katrina Kafu also understood what His Majesty meant, and said to Wang Zhankui: "Tell them that if you want to hand over your weapons, we won't go, and we will return!" ”

The emperor is the king of a country, carrying a hundred guards, and carrying guns, this is said in the past, put in the past in any country, this Turkish officer actually did not get clear instructions, just to show off his might, to give the Chinese people a dismount, this is the order he received in advance, but to drive people away, it is estimated that it is not his own responsibility.