Ye, a member of the Qing dynasty, was he really "caught in India for amonkey exhibition"?

On March 12, 1858, the British Intrepid arrived in Kolkata, India. A51-year-old Qing official was escorted out of his hut. He was thendetained at Fort William, Kolkata, the Chief Justice of the Qing Imperial Courtand the Governor of Guangdong and Guangdong, who arrived at his last stop aftera 48-day escort at sea.

In the history of modern China, which is lagging behind and beating, Ye's"Six Capital Governors" are often trampled by historicalvoters. Some even said he was kept in a glass cage by the British andvisited like a monkey. He earned enough "tickets" for theBritish all the way, which was quite vivid.

So in real history, is this poor Ye Zhu really such a low energy?

The fact is that in the court before the Second Opium War, the late "SixNone" member Ye was also a talented high school junior. At the age of39 (1846), he was sitting in a seemingly obese position, but actually was likea crater, the governor of Guangdong!

Why is the governor of Guangdong called "crater"? After theFirst Opium War, the Qing government signed many unequal treaties, which becamea difficult problem to implement. Seriously say "obey thecontract"? The people must be very dissatisfied, and the youngEmperor Xianfeng even refused. Can I breach the contract? It must bethreatened by British warships. Doing anything is wrong.

But it was in this predicament that Ye was like a fish. Every time he wasforced by the British, he used both hard and soft. While pushing Tai Chito the British, they armed local villagers in Guangdong and used "publicopinion" to put pressure on the British. When negotiations arefierce, Ye often adopts "one way or another, and returns it to the otherside." He even studied the loopholes in the provisions of the NanjingTreaty carefully, hitting opponents one by one and defeating the British manytimes.

Especially in June 1854, the famous "Red Army Uprising" broke out inGuangdong, and Guangzhou was once surrounded by the "RedArmy". This year, the Taiping Army has occupied the south of theYangtze River, and the Taiping Army's northern expedition is approaching thecapital. The North has become a pot of porridge, the rich South has lostall its wealth, and Guangdong has become the source of bloodtransfusions. The rest of the commotion was just fueling the fire.

But this fueled the fire. Ye, the "Governor of Guangdong, Guangxi andMinister of Commerce", just took over. Under his management,Guangdong became the most reassuring "pillar" of the crumbling Qinggovernment at the time. The future "faint official" also becamefamous at the time and was praised by Emperor Xianfeng everyyear. According to the Qing History Draft, "That's it, we doubt theancient and modern winners." This is an inspiring example in officialdom.

After the outbreak of the Arroyo incident in October 1856, Ye