Harry Potter Morning Light

Chapter 2086 Trembling Movement ([-])
In the cartoons seen in Georgiana's carriage before, Macartney knelt down to the "Emperor of Tartar" on one knee, and the other envoys seemed to be threatened by bloody knives.

However, according to the records of the Qing government, Macartney performed three bows and nine kowtows, that is to say, he knelt down on both knees nine times.

In fact, Qianlong was magnanimous enough in this regard. In the period of his son Jiaqing, with the decline of imperial authority, kneeling became a more urgently needed etiquette.

According to the rules of the Celestial Dynasty, foreigners from various countries who come to serve the Celestial Dynasty must be officials. For example, Chao Heng, the envoy sent to the Tang Dynasty, his Japanese name is Abe Nakamaro. It is wrong to send a person to live in the capital alone like the British proposed. possible.

Before Wang Zhicheng, there was an Italian painter. He was really from Milan, Italy. His original name was Giuseppe Castiglione, and he later changed his name to Castiglione.Originally Wang Zhicheng was going to take over Castiglione's class, but he was exhausted and died in BJ in December 1768, and his bones were also buried in that place.

Court painters not only painted portraits for the emperor and concubines, but also princes and ministers. During the period of time when they went to Rehe with the carriage, in addition to the emperor's brothers, concubines, several clan princes and princesses, there were also several princes He and his favorite ministers also asked him to paint.

That’s all for painting, the key is to change, remove what the customers don’t like, and add what they like. Today I think the posture of riding a horse and throwing a spear is mighty, but tomorrow I think it is necessary to modify the posture of the knight.At that time, Wang Zhicheng was suffering from a fever and a cold. He entered the palace every day, listened to customers' requests, and worked from morning to night. Later, he got diarrhea and lost half of his life.Qianlong saw him working so hard, so he rewarded him with a blue crown, but Wang Zhicheng declined.

As a court painter, he can use this special status to get close to the emperor and protect the church’s missionary work in China. Wang Zhicheng’s dedication to painting for the princes can also bring a lot of convenience. For example, Wang Zhicheng once drove the Portuguese out of Macao and France People asked a prince for help.

However, life matters. He can paint without being a court painter, but he can control the workload by himself. Even so, he died of overwork at the age of 66.

The French have also heard about the "soul calling case" mentioned by John Brown just now, but what they heard is another version.

There is a cult popular on the wasteland leading from Zhili to Mongolia. It claims that Puguang’s old mother can tell the blessings and misfortunes of the world, and believes in the coming of the end of the world and the "millennium". "Mead" as medicine.

They have nothing to do with the White Lotus Sect, but they want to sing "Nine Lotus Praise". Later, when they heard about the braid-cutting demon party, they asked the believers to spend money to eliminate the disaster.

Whenever there is a change of government or a natural disaster, it is a good time for these cults to recruit believers. When the believers were distributing leaflets in Baoan City, they were arrested by government officials, and then the government followed the vine to catch these people who deceived the public.

Members of the security sect regarded braid cutting as a sign of the end of the world. Hongli did not sentence the leading few to be executed, but executed Ling Chi.

Not afraid of death, not afraid of Ling Chi?In order to die happily, the leader of the security sect confessed a person. This person was named Haiyin, and his common surname was Ren. He lived near Zhengzhou. He was ordained and became a monk at the age of 15. Monk Youfang.

This confession is different from "Zhu Shijiang from Suzhou" and "Fortune Teller Zhang Siru". Asha, who was in charge of the trial at the time, followed this clue to investigate and found that they could all be confirmed one by one.Further investigations revealed that this monk was related to the "Tiandihui" in Guangdong.

Zhengzhou is not far from the North Shaolin. Legend has it that Emperor Kangxi recruited Southern Shaolin masters from Quanzhou, Fujian as military officers to participate in the XZ expedition. After the triumphant return, some people falsely accused these masters of rebellion, so the imperial court sent Eight Banners soldiers to burn the South Shaolin. There were only 5 Shaolin lay disciples. survived.

Since then, they have been inseparable from the Qing court, and respect Zheng Chenggong as the originator of the mountain.

These are all legends, but it is true that Tiandihui participated in the anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty. What's more, it may also involve the Northern Shaolin. This kind of big sect that opened the mountain gate is not a wandering monk. It is easy to find. The problem is that there are officials. Just arrest people based on hearsay?

The missionaries smelled blood from far away. Tang Ruowang actually almost died because he had helped the Ming army. Fortunately, there was an earthquake in BJ, which changed Tang Ruowang’s fate from beheading to exile. The Orientals charged with the same crime as him were Ling Chi and beheaded, and his original exile was also changed to house arrest during the execution, and the rest of the foreigners were sent to Guangzhou for repatriation, but these people will soon be able to move freely in Guangzhou up.

Have friends come from afar.

Even before the envoys came to China, the Manchu Qing fought with the Nepalese, and the British sided with the Nepalese. Many ministers regarded the British as enemies, and Qianlong was not unhappy. After all, the British envoys were not far away. From thousands of miles.

As for the conditions and negotiations proposed by the British, they were rejected. Since the Ming Dynasty implemented the maritime ban, Zhejiang has not been open to the outside world.

Because of the Japanese pirates problem, Japan was not included in the tributary system of the Ming Dynasty. If Japan wanted to trade with the Ming Dynasty, the only way was smuggling.

At that time, Japan was in the so-called "Warring States Period", and there was no unified central authority, and all local daimyos were related to smuggling gangs.

In the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the Qing government re-established diplomatic relations with Japan. At this time, Japan already had the Tokugawa Shogunate. The dignitaries had a great demand for silk, and the country could not supply enough. How could there be silk exports?So there is a limit on silk export, and only Japan can export silk and satin.

Mr. Brown's pocket watch should be given to Prince He Shuoyi, Eleven Elder Brother Aixinjueluo Yongxuan. He is the brother of Emperor Jiaqing with the same father and mother. Although it can hold court meetings and deal with political affairs, it can also be regarded as the emperor's harem.

Even if a court painter wants to paint portraits of concubines, there are many restrictions and rules. When Macartney lived in the Yuanmingyuan, he walked almost every day. Once he might have lost his way and broke into the harem. screamed in fright.

The eunuch in charge of monitoring him found that he was lost and searched for a long time, and ran over after hearing the screams.The British did not send small items such as snuff bottles for packing, and they also caused trouble for others. Even if the eunuchs in the Qing Dynasty were not as powerful as the governor of Dongchang in the late Ming Dynasty, they could still do it by slandering them.

The same thing expressed in different ways is a completely different artistic conception,

Ximenqing was originally a grassroots person, how did he be favored by the grand master Cai Jing, and Pingdi was selected as a thousand households in Shandong?
If it was money, then how did he become rich from a little slut from a poor family background?
The change of dynasty is not necessarily the situation in the late Ming Dynasty. Mr. Brown chose a good time, otherwise no one would have the courage to give him the tribute.

He Shen and Zhongtang were also very clean at the beginning, but didn't they become huge corrupt in the end?As soon as any accounts that do not match are sent to him, it will be flat as his head falls to the ground. He used to accompany Qianlong often during his southern tours.

It's about [-] ounces of silver, and it's not about [-] ounces of silver.

Georgiana looked at the silver fan that was placed on the table, exuding metallic luster in the sunlight. Now that it was put away, Chang'e could not be seen on it.

In fact, Chang'e was lucky. She stole the elixir and was imprisoned in Guanghan Palace. What will happen to her own ending?
Anyway, if one day she had to go to the guillotine like Madame Dubarry, she would never say "wait a minute".

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