Chapter 153 (17) and adults save me

Along the way, seeing the poverty of China and the selfishness and indifference of the people, Macartney was shocked and devoted himself to writing a diary.His diary was later published in a book: "Macartney's Mission to China".This book described the Chinese people at that time as extremely miserable, so miserable that it cannot be added. Arriving at Dagukou in Tianjin, the imperial envoy Zheng Rui greeted him cordially. In his sleeve was hidden a secret letter just sent by Qianlong, which said: Zhengrui should tell politely during unintentional chats that when the vassal states come to the court to see each other, those who pay tribute not only kneel down three times and kowtow nine times, but also those who come to court in person, the king himself.Now that the king of Er sent you here to celebrate his birthday, it is natural that he should abide by the laws of the heavenly court.

Qianlong's letter was written in very vernacular and very simple. It was to tell the imperial envoy: You tell the British envoy, even if your British king comes, you must kneel down three times and kowtow nine times, and of course you are no exception. There is another paragraph in the back, Qianlong did not know where to hear it, foreigners are not used to kneeling, because the knees are wrapped in cloth, so he provided a solution with extraordinary wisdom: Although it is customary in your country to bind with cloth, you cannot kneel down, but it is very convenient for you to loosen it temporarily when you kowtow and wait until you salute.If you stick to the customs of the country and don't do this ceremony, you will lose the sincerity of the king to send you to the sea to celebrate your birthday and pay tribute, and you will also be ridiculed by the envoys of foreign vassals.

Just as Macartney said, Qianlong had a perverted and crazy hobby for insulting and damaging the dignity of others.The Chinese are slavish to the bone and don't think they have dignity, but Macartney is determined to raise the bar. From then on, disputes over etiquette arose. Zhengrui touched Macartney, Macartney exploded immediately, shook his head immediately, and refused to say anything.Zhengrui and other Chinese officials were terrified and frightened to the extreme. They tried their best to persuade them with reason and emotion. Zheng Rui was in a hurry, and warned Macartney that if he was stubborn and stubborn, be careful that he would not see the Chinese emperor.Not wanting this warning to activate Macartney's diplomatic awareness, this guy immediately put forward a weird condition: he can kowtow to the Chinese emperor, on the condition that Chinese officials also have to kowtow to the British king, and this clause must be added memo.

Macartney's action made Zhengrui unexpected, and he was so sad and angry that he wanted to cry but had no tears.So he went back to write a memorial to Emperor Qianlong. How did he write this memorial? The memorial said: Your Majesty Qi Zuo, under the careful guidance of the ministers, the English envoys were deeply ashamed of not being good at the etiquette of the Celestial Dynasty. Hey, this guy can't get rid of Macartney, so he simply went to fool Qianlong. Was Qianlong so easy to fool? What is there not to fool?Look at Guo Shixun, the acting governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, that guy just blindly translated other people's national books, didn't he fool Qianlong?Lao Guo successfully fooled and kicked the ball to Zhengrui. Zhengrui didn't dare to tell the truth, so he could only continue to fool, hoping that there would be an unlucky person below to take over and pass the ball.As long as the matter is not revealed in my own hands, then I can say in surprise: Hey, no, I have already taught Macartney to pout and kowtow, what did you do?Why did things become like this again?

Now the diplomatic mission has become a explosive package, and the ministers are playing a game of drumming and passing the package. It depends on whose hand the explosive package is passed to and explodes. While writing the memorial to fool Qianlong, Zhengrui looked up to the sky and shouted: "God, please do me a favor, give me a next home, let me pass this explosive package..." But unfortunately, no one took Zhengrui's attack, so he kept fooling around like this, and fooled around to Chengde Mountain Resort.University scholar He Shen came out to greet the envoy, and Macartney greeted He Shen warmly: Hello, Hei Chi Macartney, a wet nurse, nice to meet you.And stretched out a hand, ready to shake hands with He Shen.

He Shen was stunned: Zhengrui, what's going on? Zhengrui: And my lord...this...that...maybe probably, maybe maybe? What a shrewd person He Shen is, he knew what was going on in an instant, turned around and ran: Zhengrui, you go to see His Majesty first, and I'll go to the bathroom...Zhengrui cried loudly from behind, and chased after him: My lord, and My lord, help my lord, please save my whole family... He Shen: Come on, I have to save my whole family first. Zhengrui: Mr. He, you and the emperor are in-laws. The emperor will not do anything to you, but I... I was cheated to death by the old Guo from Guangdong and Guangxi. You must save me, Mr. He.