Chapter 2086 The Trembling Movement (4)

In the cartoons that Georgiana had seen in the carriage, Macartney knelt on one knee before the "Emperor of the Tartars", while the other envoys seemed to be threatened by bloody knives and fell to the ground.

However, according to the records of the Qing government, Macartney performed three prostrations and nine kowtows, which means that he knelt down nine times.

In fact, Qianlong was generous enough in this regard. During his son's Jiaqing period, as the authority of the empire declined, kneeling became a more urgent etiquette.

According to the rules of the Celestial Empire, foreigners from various countries who come to serve the Celestial Empire must serve as officials. For example, Chao Heng, the envoy sent to the Tang Dynasty, his Japanese name is Abe Nakamaru. As the British proposed, sending a separate person to live in the capital is not abide by the rules of the Celestial Empire.

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. He served successively during the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong dynasties, and he also participated in the design of the Western-style Building in the Old Summer Palace.

Wang Zhicheng was originally supposed to take over from Castiglione, but he was exhausted and died in December 1768, and his bones were buried in that place.

The court painters not only painted portraits for the emperor and concubines, but also for princes and ministers. During the period when Jia went to Rehe, in addition to the emperor's brothers, concubines, several clan princes and princesses, and several princes

He and his favorites also asked him to paint.

It’s just a painting, the key is to change it, to remove the content that the customers don’t like and add the content that they like. Today I think the posture of riding a horse and throwing spears is majestic, but tomorrow I feel it is necessary to modify the posture of the knight. Wang Zhicheng was suffering from a fever at the time.

, went to the palace every day, listened to customers' requests, worked from morning to night, and later had diarrhea, half of his life was gone. Qianlong saw that he worked so hard, so he rewarded him with a blue hat, but Wang Zhicheng declined.

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As a court painter, he could 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 also brought a lot of convenience. For example, Wang Zhicheng once expelled the French from Macau for the Portuguese.

I asked a prince for help in a matter.

However, life was at stake. He could still paint without being a court painter, but he could control the workload himself. Even so, he still died of overwork at the age of 66.

Regarding the "soul-calling case" mentioned by John Brown just now, the French also heard about it, but what they heard was a different version.

There is a popular cult in the wasteland from Zhili to Mongolia. It claims that Old Mother Puguang can inform the world of blessings and misfortune. She also believes in the coming of the end of the world and the "millennium". After joining the cult, they must eat fast and observe the precepts, and believers must buy "golden elixirs".

Mead" as medicine.

They had nothing to do with the White Lotus Sect, but they wanted to chant the "Nine Lotus Praise". Later, they heard about the Braid-Cut Demon Party and asked the believers to spend money to eliminate the disaster.

Whenever there is a change of dynasty or a natural disaster, it is a good time for these cults to recruit followers. When the believers were distributing leaflets in Baoan City, they were arrested by government officers. Then the government followed the clues and caught these people who were deceiving the public with their monstrous words.

Members of the Bao'an cult regarded cutting their braids as a sign of doom, so Hongli did not sentence the leaders to execution, but executed them late.

Are you afraid of death, are you afraid of Ling Chi? In order to die happily, the leader of the security cult confessed a person. This person's religious name is Haiyin, his common surname is Ren, he lives near Zhengzhou, he was ordained locally at the age of 15 and became a monk. He worshiped the monk Xingyuan as his

After the master died, he became a wandering monk.

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 all of them were confirmed. Continuing the investigation, he found that this monk and Guangdong

It has something to do with the "Timothy Club".

Zhengzhou is not far from Northern Shaolin. It is said that Emperor Kangxi once recruited Southern Shaolin masters from Quanzhou, Fujian Province as officers to participate in the expedition to XZ. After the victory, some people falsely accused these masters of treason, so the imperial court sent Eight Banners soldiers to burn down Southern Shaolin. There were only 5 lay disciples of Shaolin.

Survived.

From then on, they were inseparable from the Qing court and respected Zheng Chenggong as the founder.

These are all legends, but it is true that the Tiandi Society participated in the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. What's more, it may also involve Northern Shaolin. This kind of big sect that has opened a mountain gate is not a wandering monk. It is easy to find. The problem is official officials.

Just arrest people based on hearsay?

The missionaries could smell the 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.

Orientals who were charged with the same crime as him were jailed and beheaded, and his original exile was changed to house arrest during the execution. The remaining foreigners were sent to Guangzhou and repatriated, but these people were soon able to move freely in Guangzhou.

Already.

Have friends come from afar.

Even though not long before the mission came to China, the Manchus and the Qing Dynasty had fought a war with the Nepalese, and the British sided with the Nepalese. Many ministers regarded the British as enemies. Qianlong was not unhappy. After all, the British mission was not far away.

Came from thousands of miles.

As for the conditions and negotiations proposed by the British, they were rejected. Zhejiang has been closed to the outside world since the implementation of the maritime ban in the Ming Dynasty.

Because of the problem of Japanese pirates, Japan was not in the Ming Dynasty's tribute system. 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. Every local daimyo was related to smuggling gangs.

When the Manchus and Qing Dynasties arrived, the Qing government re-established diplomatic relations with Japan. At this time, Japan already had the Tokugawa shogunate. The rich and powerful had a great demand for silk, and the country did not have enough. Where could silk be exported? So there was a limit on silk exports.

, and only Japan exports silk and satin.

Mr. Brown's pocket watch should be given to Prince Heshuoyi, the eleventh elder brother Aixinjueluo Yongxuan. He is the half-brother of Emperor Jiaqing. He was given the privilege of walking in the military aircraft department, walking in the inner courtyard, and walking in the Old Summer Palace.

Although it can hold court meetings and handle political affairs, it can also be regarded as the emperor's harem.

Even if a court painter wants to paint a portrait of a concubine, there are still many restrictions and rules. When Macartney lived in the Old Summer Palace, he took a walk almost every day. Once he may have gotten lost, broke into the harem, and captured the female family members living there.

Screaming in fear.

The eunuch in charge of monitoring him found that the person was missing and searched for him for a long time. When he heard the screams, he ran over screaming. First, the British did not send small items such as snuff bottles to take care of them. Second, they caused trouble to others. Even if they were Manchu Qing

The eunuchs are no longer as powerful as the governor of Dongchang in the late Ming Dynasty, so they can still do more to slander.

The same thing expressed in different ways means completely different artistic conception.

Ximen Qing was originally a grassroots man. How did he come to be chosen by Cai Jing, the Grand Master, and be selected to oversee thousands of households in Shandong?

If it's money, then how did he go from a small prodigal with a poor family background to become wealthy?

The change of dynasty may not necessarily be the same as in the late Ming Dynasty. Mr. Brown chose a good time, otherwise no one would have the courage to give him tribute.

Heshen and Zhongtang were very clean at the beginning, but didn't they become huge corruptors in the end? As soon as the accounts that didn't match him were handed over to him, his head fell to the ground and everything went smoothly. In the past, when Qianlong was on his southern tour

He is always with you.

This is a matter of 20,000 ounces of silver, and it is not a matter of 20,000 ounces of silver.

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

In fact, Chang'e was very lucky. She secretly took the elixir and was imprisoned in Guanghan Palace. But what will be her own ending?

Anyway, if one day she had to go to the guillotine like Madame Du Barry, she would never say "wait a minute".
Chapter completed!