It is said that when a country is about to fall, evildoers will appear. These evildoers may be treacherous and petty ministers, or they may be cowardly kings and mediocre leaders.
For example, the Qing emperor buried his neck in loess.
During this period, they have been attacking the food stamps and the Holy See. There was a roaring sound in the court, and all the ministers were cautious about what they said, for fear that if they said something wrong, they would offend the emperor and lose their lives.
In the court where all the horses were silent, a minister came out.
"Your Majesty, there are Westerners sailing across the sea, transporting opium to our Qing Dynasty, harming the people, and plundering money, causing the people of our Qing Dynasty to become poor and the country to be weak. If this continues..."
Another one talking about opium.
If in the past, this kind of thing would just fall into obscurity, no one would care about it, and no one would ask about it. Even many ministers would tacitly suppress it and turn it into a minor matter.
As for why, you can tell by looking at the way those ministers yawned.
However, it was different today. The ministers who had been silent for many days finally found an outlet and came out one after another to report on opium.
The ministers wanted to divert the emperor's attention, at least away from killing the ministers.
It's okay to kill anyone, as long as the butcher's knife doesn't fall on your own neck.
The Qing Emperor frowned immediately after hearing this.
"My beloved sirs, do you have any good advice regarding the opium issue?"
A minister immediately replied: "The inflow of opium is nothing more than the customs ports. All we need to do is to close the country and not allow any pieces to enter the sea. The transportation channels for foreigners will be cut off and opium will be extinct."
Another minister replied: "Foreigners' opium travels across the ocean, which consumes countless manpower. If the Qing Dynasty grows opium and produces and sells it at a cheaper price, the foreigners will have no profit and will not continue to traffic in opium. And
, an opium tax can be set up to enrich the national treasury and enrich the national wealth."
The ministers were so imaginative that they came up with one unreasonable idea after another, which attracted unanimous praise from everyone.
The Qing Emperor listened to them one by one, pondered carefully, and felt that these drunkards had finally done something serious.
As a result, the Qing emperor followed his advice and announced a series of outrageous practices such as seclusion and vigorous cultivation of opium poppies.
As for the foreigners in the Qing Dynasty, on the grounds of colluding with evil cults, their property was confiscated and their people were expelled from the country. Those who were willing to be the pawns of foreigners were executed on the spot.
There were several Western missionaries in the Qing Emperor's palace, all from the Vatican. These missionaries had known each other for decades and although they had never been able to convert the Qing Emperor, they still had a private friendship.
The Southern Holy See has judged the Vatican as a heretic. Naturally, the Vatican will not be polite to the Southern Holy See and will spare no effort to smear it.
It was precisely because of these missionaries that the Qing emperor was so afraid of the Southern Holy See that he suppressed and eradicated them on a large scale.
Moreover, the orthodox missionaries were full of disgust and disdain for the opium dealers, so they twisted their lips in front of the Qing emperor and said that the opium dealers were in league with the Southern Holy See, so they had the opium dealers confiscated and expelled.
History is surprisingly similar. Even with the disruptor Xi Tong, history has been changed beyond recognition, but it still develops along its inherent trajectory.
Take this opium war for example.
The reason for the dispute was not so fair and square. The Qing government's purpose of banning foreign opium was also to promote domestic products, not really for the health and happiness of the people.
However, the consequences are the same.
The opium dealers who suffered huge losses began to gather ship manpower. The opium dealers from various countries gathered together more than 300 sail warships and thousands of cargo ships. After the fleet was assembled, they headed north along the coastline, preparing to talk to the Qing Empire.
As in history, their first stop was Huacheng.
The only difference is that they did not dare to act recklessly in the Flower City. Instead, they landed respectfully and went to the temple to worship the system's main god, hoping that the system's main god would bless them with a smooth expedition and a complete victory.
Xi Tong:……
Subsequently, the commander of the fleet asked to see the Pope.
Xi Tong wanted to know the purpose of these opium dealers, so he asked Ye Yiruo to meet them.
"Praise the Lord God of the system, praise His Majesty the Pope, your disciple Pu Dingcha, I am willing to follow your guidance and open up new territories for the bright world."
After saying a few words, Xi Tong gradually understood what Pu Dingcha meant.
This guy wants to bring the Holy See together to fight the Qing Empire. They are responsible for the sea route, and the Holy See is responsible for the land route. The two sides will jointly go on an expedition, but the Holy See is responsible for the logistics and care.
Damn it, this is an obvious empty-handed wolf.
However, Pu Dingcha was not embarrassed, so he puffed out his chest and said: "Your Majesty the Pope, I heard that the barbarian emperor in the north is destroying churches, massacring believers, and slandering the great Holy See as heresy and rebellion."
"As a people of God, I cannot tolerate such blasphemous behavior. I will take up arms to fight for God. I will express my devotion to God with the blood and heads of my enemies!"
Ye Yiruo also heard the purpose of Pu Dingcha's visit. She didn't know how to answer, so she asked quietly in the chip.
Xi Tong replied: "Kick him out!"
Xi Tong also wanted to defeat the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but he would only use his own power.
What’s the point of relying on the power of outsiders?
What's more, with Xi Tong's strength, he still needs to rely on the power of outsiders?
Pu Dingcha didn't even look at who he was, and he fought on behalf of the main god of the system.
Pu Dingcha left angrily, and the soldiers who came ashore quickly returned to the ship. After thousands of warships and cargo ships replenished their supplies, they immediately headed north without stopping.
On the other side, Xi Tong contacted Luo Tianyi.
"Open Huacheng's weather control center."
Soon, a projection screen appeared in front of Xi Tong, which clearly displayed everything within a hundred miles of Huacheng.
Pu Dingcha's fleet had just left Huacheng and headed north along the coastline. It had not yet traveled ten kilometers.
Xi Tong pointed at Pu Dingcha's fleet.
"Destroy them!"
Xi Tong knew the next story of this fleet, and Xi Tong would never let this happen. For this reason, he did not hesitate to use the black technology of the weather control center.
On the sea, the wind was calm and the sun was shining brightly, with no clouds in the sky.
Pu Dingcha was thinking about where to dock the ship and which city to log in to.
He was focused on digging a grave for the Qing Empire, but he didn't realize that he had already reached the grave.
"Your Majesty the Supreme Executive, the wind in this area is weak. However, there are many brewing storms around. When activated, they can produce storms in local areas.
"Not enough!"
"What I want is that no one of the thousands of ships will be spared, and to hell with Pu Dingcha and his men!"
Sure enough, Pu Dingcha and his fleet encountered a storm that had never happened in a century. They struggled hard in the storm for a long time, but they still could not escape the end of being annihilated.
If you are good at water, you just hold a piece of board and start swimming. If you are lucky, you can touch the low prices in Guangzhou. If you are not lucky, you will fall into the sea and feed the fish.
The first time was when the Opium War ended in vain.