Chapter 14 Emperor Daoguang hastily dealt with the aftermath
After the signing of the two treaties, Ding Pucha replied to Qi Ying, in August last year and the first month of this year, our two merchant ships were broken in the wind in Taiwan, and the victims were originally sailors and small people, so they should be protected and treated. However, Yao Ying, the commander of Taiwan's soldiers, and Da Hong'a, the chief soldier of Taiwan Town, were greedy for merit, and made up words and falset-played, so that the king's order was surrendered by mistake, and 100 of us were killed. Yao, Da and others should go to the official to correct the law, confiscate family property, and distribute the innocent and unjustly killed families. If not, it will be a resurgence.
The elderly are afraid, it is said that Yili preached, if he does not kill the town of Taiwan, he is afraid of losing the situation, and my generation has no place to stand. Then he hurriedly played the Daoguang Emperor.
Emperor Daoguang ordered Yiliang, the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, to investigate.
When Yiliang arrived in Taiwan, he did not listen to Yao and Da's defenses, and ended the matter of destroying the ship, one was shattered by the wind, and the other was stranded on the reef.
Yao Ying and Da Hong'a were detained in Beijing, and more than 30 people, including Zeng Guofan, drove to greet them.
During the interrogation by the Criminal Department, Yao and Da argued: Cai Yi fabricated that he had been attacked by a merchant ship in order to disguise his shame for coming to Taiwan. From August 9 to 12 last year, there were indeed hurricanes in the ocean of Taiwan; On the 16th, the wind rested, and the ship went to Keelung to shell our Ershawan Fort. If the wind sinks, how can you fire on me? And I have obtained many large and small artillery positions, and the armor of the Yiren is still there. In the battle of Da'an in the first month of this year, according to the confessions of Yimu Lin Dian and traitor Huang Zhou, it was the Taiwanese deserter Zhang Cong's anti-water response. And the weapons and other things that were plundered by the Yi side from the town's naval camp are all there, if they are merchant ships, how can there be such things? If the Tao kills more than 100 prisoners and kills all my people, what will I do?
Emperor Daoguang exempted Yao and Da Wuwu from the crime, and Yao Ying knew Zhili Prefecture with the same knowledge, and issued Sichuan effect; Dahonga was transferred to the post of Minister of Hami Affairs in Xinjiang.
Liu Yunke, the governor of Zhejiang, sighed that in the past two years, he has been fighting and disturbing, and he has been fighting for a ban on smoking, which is a leakage of silver. Today, the smoking ban is still open, and the silver is all available.
Qi Ying said angrily: "Vertical husband! Outsiders? Do you fight? Can it be fruitful? ”
Yao Ying entered Sichuan alone, and made two envoys to Tibet, and was sentimental on the way: to this day, overseas Yiyi has invaded China very much. Several coastal provinces have been ravaged, the generals have been counted, lost land and lost divisions, and tens of millions of dollars have been taken for peace. So far, the officials of the sea and frontier have been insulted by it and dare not compare. Loyal and righteous people are heartbroken, resentful day and night, thinking of destroying ugliness, defending our king's territory, upholding people's hearts and cleaning up filth.
People said that Yao was not confused.
At the end of the year, Emperor Daoguang lamented the shame of the Southern Covenant and decreed: In the past, the sailors and ships were almost the same, and the situation was different in the past and present, so it was necessary to adapt measures to local conditions and adapt the amount to be flexible. All warships should be increased or decreased in size, breadth and narrowness, and the guns and equipment listed on the ships should be increased or decreased, regardless of the old system, regardless of the name and color, and always be well-made and temporarily applied. Jing rebel general Yishan, if the wood can not be solid, the manufacturing can not be as lawful, in the future I sent personnel to find out, but Yishan is asked. If you really can't build it, you can buy a foreign ship to imitate it, or you can hire outsiders.
Yi Changhua, the prefect of Guangzhou, undertook to build one, which was slightly larger than a rice boat. Yishan took a closer look, but said: "It can only be used for inland river arrest." ”
A big merchant, Pan Shicheng, who was registered in the Criminal Department, spent 19,000 taels of silver to prevent American warships and cause a ship. The length of the ship is 13 zhang 6 inches, the bottom bone is 10 zhang and 8 feet long, the face width is 3 zhang 3 feet 4 inches, and the height is 2 zhang 1 foot 5 inches.
Huang Entong, the governor of Guangdong, played: The ship built by Pan is strong and grown, and there are many guns, and the poor Chinese labor and material resources cannot be added to this, and it may be difficult to win by destroying the ship.
Daoguang Emperor's Edict: The steamship type, which is not suitable for the province, does not need to hire a craftsman to make it. Don't buy it.
Qi Ying, the governor of Liangguang, occasionally obtained a double-barreled rifle and a six-eyed small gun from Waiyi, and entered the Daoguang Emperor.
Emperor Daoguang said: "It is the most agile and the best product." However, if it is imitated, it will become a sigh of hope. ”
Lin Zexu traveled west into Xinjiang, met his best friend Wei Yuan, and gave Wei "Chronicles of the Four Continents".
Wei Yuan looked at it, his heart was surging, and he wrote "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom".
The people of the Qing Kingdom are busy and stealing, and few people know about it.
Wei Yuan sighed: "How can you make a book?" Said: It is made for the razing of the raze, for the sake of the Yi, and for the master's long-term skills to control the razing. Useful things in the country, that is, strange skills rather than obscenity. Don't give up your strengths and be willing to do harm; It is necessary to plug its harm, and learn its strengths. Those who are good at the four Yi can control the four Yi. ”
The Wajin Yitang read it and sighed: "The strategy of coastal defense is not good at this article. ”
"The Atlas of the Sea Kingdom" was entered into the Japanese people, and the Japanese people regarded it as a model and rushed to circulate it.
In February of the following year, the American warship arrived in Macao, and Qi Ying, the minister of the Chin Cha and the governor of Liangguang, was unable to resist it, and he signed the "Sino-US Wangxia Treaty" for half a year.
In September, the French fleet arrived in Australia, and the British circled for two months to sign the Sino-French Whampoa Treaty.
In addition to land cession and compensation, these two treaties include the provisions of the Treaty of Nanjing and the Treaty of Humen. Paragraph 34 of the Sino-US Treaty of Wangxia stipulates that once the contract is agreed, the two countries should abide by it and shall not change it slightly; The circumstances of the various ports are not the same, and all the trade and sea conditions are not without the slightest variation, and after twelve years, the two countries should send representatives to act fairly at their discretion.
In November of the same year, according to 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 down the prefect's mansion.
The governor of Liangguang, Qi Ying, could not be restrained, and the British repeatedly asked to fulfill the agreement. The governor of Liangguang, Qi Ying, did not dare to accept or refuse, so he told the British: "The people of Guangdong are fierce, please Xu Tuzhi." ”
The new Governor of Hong Kong, De Pi, had no intention of resuming the conflict, so he signed an agreement with Elder Ying to postpone his entry into the city. The people of Guangzhou were excited, and they were happy to disturb the British. Debi was angry and occupied the Humen Fort again.
Qi Ying panicked and promised that after two years, the city of Guangzhou would be opened. Before the promise, Qiying opened the vacancy with old age and physical decline, and the new successors Xu Guangjin, the governor of Guangdong, and Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong, were all evil British, fanning the flames and instigating the people to curb the British. The people's hearts were immense for a while, and occasionally 100,000 people gathered to reject the British.
Emperor Daoguang secretly instructed Xu Guangjin: Chase away the foreign ocean, and always treat each other with faith. Since the other country has reiterated the idea of entering the city, if the governor repeatedly prevents it, he will lose his tolerance. It is advisable to consider the date and temporarily order a visit to the city, and do not take it for granted.
Xu Guangjin Feizhang entered: Graceful obstruction, may not provoke a side provocation; If you allow it lightly, you will set up a soldier. and prevent it from entering the city and there is something, then the city is united, and there are still minions to be feared; If he is allowed to enter the city and something happens, the people's hearts will disintegrate, and it will inevitably lead to internal and external conflicts. The harm is more important than the benefit, but it is not possible, and knowing that it is harmful and not beneficial, dare to try it lightly?
The successor Governor of Hong Kong, Wen Han, thought about it again and again, and finally realized that the hearts of the people were raging, and it was difficult to enter Yangcheng.
The British moved to shake the Qing court and the opposition, and Emperor Daoguang congratulated: The prosperity of foreign affairs will be ten years, the coastal disturbance will be tired, and the labor division will be poor. I am afraid that the coastal inhabitants may be ravaged, and everything will be forgiven to them. Yesterday, the British chieftain replied to the invitation to enter the city, and Xu Guangjin and others carefully took measures and moved at the right time. Entering the city to discuss sleep, it is still trade. If you don't break a soldier, don't send a single arrow, China and foreign countries can be appeased, you can have peace for a long time, and you will be happy. Xu Chen Guangjin and Ye Chen Mingchen have extraordinary wisdom, and they are actually the ministers of the virtuous pillars.
British Foreign Secretary Palmerston angrily denounced: The officials of the Qing Dynasty must not make the mistakes they have made again. So far, Britain's patience has not been weak, and free trade must be supported by peace in order to flourish. The British knew that if the situation required it, the British army could destroy the entire city of Guangzhou. Whenever any incident occurs between the two countries in the future that is unfavorable to the Qing State, the fault of the Qing State will be borne by the Qing State Zhengfu.
However, this is not a thing, in Huaxian County, Guangdong, a person surnamed Hong Renkun has a high fever and sleeps, and has a dream......