Several consecutive loud noises scared the Dutch envoy to the point of trembling all over. He was frightened by Zhou Lishun and was also shocked by the power of the grenade.

In the seventeenth century, the muskets used in the West were basically flintlock muskets, and grenades had also been invented by then.

But at that time, their grenades needed to be ignited and were very large. They did not have such advanced grenades as the Ming Dynasty.

Hand grenades with pull tabs like the Ming Dynasty were only developed during World War I. How could the Dutch Ambassador not be extremely shocked?

Seeing Zhou Lishun's back with his hands behind his back as he left, the Dutch envoy was shocked and angry.

Almost at the same time, the ambassadors of several other Western countries held a notice in their hands, and they all looked confused.

It is prohibited to preach in the Ming Dynasty and to sell tobacco in the Ming Dynasty!

Since they entered the Ming Dynasty, their country has never been prohibited from preaching in the Ming Dynasty, and no one has prohibited them from selling cigarettes in the Ming Dynasty.

They even sold the tobacco and soil brought from the West as luxury goods to the Ming Dynasty clan, nobles, wealthy businessmen and other wealthy people.

The Spanish ambassador was confused, the Portuguese ambassador was confused, the Italian and British ambassadors were even more confused...

They came to the Ming Dynasty to preach with a certain purpose, which was to educate the Chinese people.

Although it brings a little scientific knowledge, it is more of a spiritual and cultural invasion.

During the Middle Ages in Europe, the church was powerful and became the actual controller of Europe. Europeans were representatives of the church in their speech and daily actions.

During the Age of Discovery in Europe, the West began to lead the world, and their purpose of sailing around the world was to find wealth.

And on this basis, we spread European civilization, and the best way to spread European civilization is through missionaries.

It was not that Zhu Cihong did not allow them to conduct trade exchanges with the Ming Dynasty.

Instead, they were strictly prohibited from inducing Ming people to join the church.

As a time traveler, Zhu Cixiang is very aware of their great harm to China.

The discredited Boxer Rebellion is a period of history that we need to re-understand.

Around the world, imperialist aggression has always been carried out with a gun in one hand and a Bible in the other.

Since 1840, the Qing government, which had become corrupt internally and externally, suffered a complete defeat under the aggression of the imperialist powers and was forced to sign a humiliating unequal treaty.

If you really look at the contents of these treaties, you will find that basically every treaty signed by the great powers has such an article.

The Treaty of Wangxia between China and the United States allowed the establishment of churches and hospitals in treaty ports

According to the "Sino-French Treaty of Huangpu", churches can be built on rented land in Wukou, and China has the obligation to protect churches.

"Sino-Russian Treaty of Tianjin" provides for the freedom of Orthodox Christians to preach in the mainland

"Tianjin Treaty between China and the United States" provides for the freedom of Jesus Christ leaders to preach.

"Sino-British Treaty of Tianjin"Jesusian and Catholic priests can preach freely

According to the Treaty of Tianjin between China and France, Catholic priests can enter the mainland to preach freely.

The Treaty of Peking allowed Western missionaries to rent land and build churches in China.

This is the consistent behavior of imperialist countries. During the Age of Discovery, whether in Africa, Latin America or North America, they were bloody plundering colonies.

Their troops and missionaries entered at the same time, and even the missionaries took the lead.

This is to use cult brainwashing first to pave the way for future robbery operations.

No official dared to offend foreigners. If there was a dispute, they would punish the Chinese, but they would tolerate the missionaries blindly.

This makes these foreigners more and more emboldened and domineering.

Missionaries and developing believers who are not under the jurisdiction of local governments also enjoy this privilege.

This allowed many outlaws, such as those gangsters and bandits, to discover a good opportunity and suddenly become devout Christians.

The missionaries and these believers worked together to bully the local market, seize land, and interfere in the local economy and justice. The church seemed to have become an existence beyond the local government.

With the collusion between foreigners and these Japanese devils, they intensified their oppression of the people.

If things go on like this, the conflicts between the common people and these foreign priests and their Japanese devils will become increasingly deepened, and their anger will eventually break out.

These foreign priests not only spread the idea of ​​religious control, but the churches they built also became strongholds for foreign powers to control China.

At the same time, the foreign priests and the Japanese Japs they absorbed also became the spies of the great powers in China and the best candidates to control the people.

In the decades since the Eight-Nation Allied Forces entered China, not a single foreigner has been sentenced for committing a crime. The common people have been blamed for all crimes.

They described the Boxers as ignorant and barbaric and did not meet the standards of civilization at all.

But the common people did something wrong. They were oppressed and bullied by foreign priests, and no one redressed their grievances.

When a farmer is forced into a desperate situation, the only solution he can think of is to respond with violence and retaliate with violence.

The vast majority of Boxer Rebellion members were hardworking farmers.

If they were not forced to live no longer, they would not organize to resist. Even after fighting the foreigners, they would still think of going home and farming.

They had little cultural knowledge and did not understand any advanced theories. Of course, no one in that era could understand them.

The organization was chaotic, and they didn't know how to censor those who joined the Boxer Rebellion. They couldn't tell who was the enemy and who was the friend. They only had the simplest and simplest ideas of Chinese farmers for thousands of years.

A large number of looters joined the Boxers. Under the banner of the Boxers, they burned, killed and looted everywhere. Afterwards, they all blamed the Boxers.

The followers of the religion all pretend to be Boxers and seek revenge and kill people everywhere. The Catholic people often imitate the Boxers and commit robberies everywhere. Those who are captured call themselves the Boxers.

The Boxers were exploited by the Qing government and eventually betrayed. They failed completely with the most humiliating result, and all the charges were pinned on them.

They fell on Chinese soil, which belonged to the Chinese people, but they were massacred in the most bloody and brutal way.

Some people say that the Boxer Rebellion was also caused by feudal superstition and fallacies, such as drinking paper ashes, being blessed by gods, and becoming invulnerable.

This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Some people say that the war was a complete mess. Thousands of people could not even defeat a few hundred foreigners. They were just a mob.

Some people even say that during the Boxer Rebellion, they often killed innocent people indiscriminately without any purpose, and there was almost no real resistance to the Western invaders.

When these peasants hold machetes and charge at the foreigners holding foreign guns, who can tell them how not to be afraid and how to bravely charge at the enemy?

How did the arrogant Qing government sign the humiliating Treaty of Nanjing in the face of British aggression? How could the performance of these Chinese peasants be any worse than that of the Qing government's regular army?

When we look at the Boxer Rebellion, most people look at the Boxer Rebellion in the current context, which was organized voluntarily by Chinese farmers more than a hundred years ago.

We have received a good systematic education, and we understand science and civilization. If we put ourselves in their shoes and go back to that era, would you be able to do better than them? It is basically impossible.

It is true that the Boxer Movement certainly had many shortcomings, which were the limitations of the times.

Under the high-pressure rule of the corrupt and incompetent Qing government, they were able to raise their swords and rise up to resist the invaders in order to protect their land and their families, which was of greater significance than its real role.

Later, the imperialist powers saw the rebellious spirit and determination of the Chinese people, which was what they feared most. At first, they thought that the Chinese people would be just like the Indians, obedient and cowardly.

After the Boxer Rebellion, Laos and the United States immediately changed their policy toward China and discouraged other countries from attempting all-out aggression.

Has the conscience of the United States discovered this? Impossible. How can imperialist greed have such a thing as conscience?

Lao America discovered that the Boxer Rebellion Movement originated from the common people at the bottom, and there will be more Chinese people's movements launching movements in the future.

That would seriously shake the interests of imperialism in China, so the United States and the United States invested hypocritical refunds in China's education, medical care, charity, religion and other fields.

Beginning in 1840, churches and universities were built in droves in the United States.

Soochow University, Fu Jen University, Jingu University, and hundreds of church universities are the results of this period. If you include religious primary and secondary schools, there are countless of them.

According to many people, isn’t this a good thing?

Song Meiling, mother-in-law of Taiwan Province, Christian, graduated from Wesleyan Women's College in the United States;

The Song family really started to make a fortune by printing Bibles.

Printing Bibles, selling Bibles, and the special relationship between the Song family and the British and American Christian churches are inextricably linked, which is the key to their true fortune.

Let them also become the designated spokesmen of the British and American Christian Church in China. This is the real core.

Our old Mr. Jiang is also a philanthropic Christian who reads the Bible devoutly every day.

Mr. Jiang does not smoke or drink. He does not even drink tea, but only boiled water. Everyone would think that he is a self-disciplined and responsible leader. But what! It can only be said that the Bible is poisonous.

In response to the claim that the Boxer Rebellion was a superstition, a mob, and a riot, Mao Zedong retorted:

"Did the Chinese people organize the Boxer Rebellion and go to Europe and the United States, and the Japanese imperialist countries went to rebel, killing people and setting fires? Or did the imperialist countries come to invade China, oppress and exploit the Chinese people, and thus arouse the Chinese people to rise up against imperialism and

Are their lackeys in China corrupt officials? This is a big issue of right and wrong that cannot be debated clearly."

What Grandpa Mao said was so good. It hit the nail on the head. In just a few words, the complex matter of the Boxer Rebellion against imperialism was explained clearly.

As a descendant of the dragon, no matter what dynasty changes for thousands of years.

However, Han culture has always been the mainstream, and among the four ancient civilizations, only the Chinese civilization has been passed down to this day.

Whether it is the powerful Mongol Empire or the barbaric Eastern Capture Dynasty, Han culture has always been passed down.

In later generations, the awesome and coaxing Ah San next door was even more different from my Chinese nation.

Asan could not stop the invasion of foreign races, nor could he stop the invasion of foreign cultures, which eventually led to the early interruption of the ancient civilization.

During this period, the West did not have the ability to invade the Ming Dynasty and wanted to use another method to invade.

As a modern person who traveled to the Ming Dynasty with a golden finger, how could Zhu Cixiang let them succeed?

Although these Western countries usually fight each other, when they encounter stubborn resistance, they will stick together to keep warm.
To be continued...