Chapter 127 Restriction-Lin Zexu: Prohibition of Tea Rhubarb

Lin Zexu believed that Britain's combat effectiveness was not high, and the British "tightly bound their legs and feet, making it inconvenient to bend and stretch."He also believes that foreigners must have tea rhubarb, as long as the export of tea rhubarb is prohibited, foreigners can be killed. After the Opium War, more and more people went abroad to make a living along the southeast coast. In 1858, when negotiating the Sino-US Treaty of Tianjin, the American representative suggested to Tan Tingxiang, governor of Zhili, that "China should send consulates to the United States to take care of Chinese nationals", but Tan said that China "would not send envoys abroad". grounds for refusal.The representative of the United States further stated that the number of Chinese nationals is "no less than hundreds of thousands", and that some of them are "all wealthy, and seem to be quite valuable for protection."Tan said: "The Great Emperor caresses thousands of people, who are mere vagrants, drifting overseas, so why should he care about it?"

Li Hongzhang said to Zeng Guofan: "China only has flowering cannons and ships, and Westerners can hold back their hands!" On September 5, 1897, "Game News" published in Shanghai contained "A Note on Watching American Movies", which is the earliest Chinese film review.The article said: "There is an American tele-optic film recently, which uses the same shadow lights and the wonderful illusions are unexpected. Last night after the rain, I took a break from the cool, and I went to watch the spectacle with my friends. Once the audience gathered, the lights were turned off and the show started. , two Western girls are dancing, with fluffy yellow hair and cute naivety; another shadow, two Westerners playing a role in a play; A woman is bathing in a basin, all kinds of strange, indescribable, life is really dreamy and in vain."

Sun Yat-sen was unknown when he advocated the revolution. Among intellectuals with revolutionary tendencies, Zhang Taiyan was the first to pay attention to Sun Yat-sen.But at the beginning, Zhang echoed the popular opinion at the time, thinking that Sun was an "unlearned and incompetent bandit" and a "gangster".Later, he boldly put forward his own opinion, thinking that Sun "was proficient in Western affairs and knew how to distinguish races". At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the constitutional debate was open, and the provinces elected members to form provincial assemblies in order to implement a democratic system.As a general, Zhang Huaizhi was known for his bravery. When he heard that a group of literati were fooling around and asked the Qing government to shorten the preparatory constitutional period, he led the army into the parliament.The members of the House of Representatives were excited, and suddenly saw the officers and soldiers who were like wolves and tigers suddenly squib. Seeing this, Zhang was very proud of this, and made an impromptu speech on the stage: "All gentlemen are educated people, and they must understand the ancient saying that officials are the parents of the people. Now, we I am an official, and you are the people. That is to say, I am like your father, and you are like my sons. The father has orders that the son must obey, otherwise it is unfilial. Our ancestors taught us this way, and you can’t I don’t know! So please take care of yourself.”

In May 1913, Yuan Shikai asked Liang Shiyi to send a message to the Kuomintang people: "Now it is clear that Sun and Huang have no ability except to make trouble... If they dare to organize another government, I will dare to send troops to conquer them... My strength is not invincible. .” Huang Kan opposed Hu Shi's advocacy of vernacular writing.Once, he praised the brilliance of classical Chinese in a lecture, for example: "If Hu Shi's wife dies, his family telegram will say: 'Your wife is dead! Come back quickly!' It is 11 characters long. And in classical Chinese Then you only need 4 words of 'wife mourning and return quickly', and you can save two-thirds of the telegraph fee."