Chapter 152 (16) Chinese people are too primitive

Just when Emperor Qianlong was conquering east and west, instituting literary prisons, massacring intellectuals, and trying to return China to primitive society, Britain had completed the bourgeois revolution, established a constitutional monarchy, and replaced feudal autocracy with the separation of powers.Then the industrial revolution liberated the productive forces, and a large number of commercial products were produced from the assembly line "crash". Then the Brits found a troubling problem: they needed a market. There is no doubt that there is a huge market in China that is being idled.However, China's system is super primitive, seemingly huge and sophisticated, but lacks any valuable social functions. The emperor is high above him and does not need to bear any responsibility for the country's economic development and people's livelihood. This surprised and annoyed the British.

So the British thought about sending a guy who can fool you to China to see if he can fool the emperor of China. Maybe if he is stupid, relax the confinement and allow the Chinese to evolve into civilization. Wouldn't that be a good win-win solution? ? So the messenger Cathcart set off excitedly. Halfway through the boat, he suddenly felt unwell. He lay on the bed and let the waves bump up and down, so he died. He was favored by the Lord. Look at this nonsense, the British are really disappointed. After five full years, the British found another suitable candidate, and that was George Macartney.

Why is this guy the right candidate? This is because Macartney's diplomatic experience is so rich that it scares people to death.He served as the British special envoy to Petersburg, Russia, as the governor of Grenada, and as the governor and chairman of the management committee of St. George's Fortress in Madras, India.All in all, Macartney has been wandering around the East all his life, so it should be most appropriate to send him to fool Qianlong. Before leaving, British Foreign Secretary Henry Dundas talked to Macartney: George, do you have confidence in this mission? Macartney: ...I'm thinking about it, you really don't understand the Chinese, those monsters are too primitive...

Henry Dundas: How can you be discouraged before you start?Listen to me telling you, your mission to China this time is mainly to complete the following tasks: first, don’t let the officials in Guangzhou, China blackmail us, those guys are too dark; The first is better; the third is to abolish or reduce tariffs; the fourth is to set up a convenience store on any coastal island; the fifth is to let our goods enter China and ensure the personal safety of our employees... It's that simple Five, it's not hard for you, right? Macartney: Your Excellency, let me tell you this, if there is anyone who can complete this mission, I will call him Dad.

Henry Dundas: You... Let me tell you this, be flexible. There is only one principled attitude, be flexible.When you arrive in China, as long as the dignity of His Majesty the King and your own dignity are not harmed, you can agree to all conditions. Macartney: Your Excellency, hearing you speak like this, I know that you don't understand the Chinese at all.Let me tell you the truth, the Chinese are not interested in anything but insulting and compromising your dignity. Henry Dundas: ...George, your psychology is too dark. The Chinese have a civilization of more than 5,000 years. How can it be as fucked up as you say?Give me a word, can you do this job?

Macartney: No! Henry Dundas: ...If you can't, you have to go. Anyway, the East India Company will pay all the expenses of your mission this time. If you don't go, you won't go. Macartney: Then... I'll just bite the bullet and go there. Before Macartney left, Palin, chairman of the British East India Company who sponsored the visit, wrote a letter to Guo Shixun, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, saying: It was previously heard that the Chinese Emperor Bazhi was celebrating his birthday, and the subjects of the former Hebei overseas Chinese living in Guangzhou should send committee members to Beijing to congratulate Gu, but I heard that the committee members of Zhu Gu were not dispatched in time, so I apologize.I wish the Emperor of China to have friendship, to promote the diplomatic relations between the two countries, and to expand the commerce between the two peoples. I am hereby sending Macartney as a special ambassador. He is a man of noble rank, has held important positions in the country, and possesses both virtue and ability. The monarch of our country is hired before the emperor of China, and expresses his sincere affection on behalf of him.

After Guo Shixun received the letter, he immediately asked a translator to translate it into Chinese, and handed it to Lao Guo after the translation.Lao Guo looked left and right: No, no, your translation was wrong, please re-translate. The interpreter said it was right, that’s how the original text was written. Guo Shixun: It’s not okay to write like this, you must translate it to the level that makes His Majesty comfortable and comfortable, otherwise, believe it or not, I will cut off your head? Let Lao Guo interfere in such a way, the well-behaved national envoy, just made a weird text of Xiyi begging for tribute.Qianlong was overjoyed, and Macartney officially landed in China in this spoof atmosphere.