What did imperialist aggression bring to China? (Did colonial aggression have merit? Has it ever happened?)

A 1,000-word paper, haha, let me briefly explain my views. You can refer to the examples below to enrich it.

1. Too much has seriously damaged China’s interests. Regardless of sovereignty, economy or national self-esteem, all have been seriously trampled on. Sovereignty, but Soviet Russia once occupied 1.5 million square kilometers. Outer Mongolia was once part of China's territory. The McMahon Line between China and India was the British at that time. left behind by the invaders. Economics, just the reparations from the unequal treaties. Dogs and Chinese are not allowed, which was the slogan at that time, the sick man of East Asia. The self-esteem of a nation was ruthlessly trampled on.

There are too many "passes" but too many. . . .

"Gong" opened the door to China, prevented China from being forgotten by the world, accelerated the demise of China's feudal society, and promoted the modernization process. It also made China abandon its "confidence" as a superior country and understand that if it falls behind, it will be beaten.

2. This question seems difficult to answer. Several people have never heard of it. I feel ashamed

Open your eyes and see the world: changes that have not happened in three thousand years, powerful enemies that have not happened in three thousand years

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Lin Zexu, national hero, banned smoking, fought against invaders in the Opium War. To benefit the country's life and death, why should we avoid it due to misfortunes and blessings?

Look at Lin Zexu again. Lin Zexu is known as the first person in modern China who opened his eyes to see the world. He organized the translation of "Records of the Four Kingdoms", which enabled us to know for the first time how big the world was, with so many countries, including Britain, France, Portugal, and Spain-----

This station at that time How does the person at the forefront of our nation see the world? On August 4, the 20th year of Daoguang's reign, the Opium War was about to start. The British had already sent troops. Lin Zexu gave Emperor Daoguang a memorial, and he thought there was no problem. The British are coming and we can defeat them. The memorial reads: "The only thing that will get him there is the strength of his artillery and the strength of his ship. Once he reaches the shore, he will have no other skills. Moreover, his body will be wrapped up and his waist and legs will be stiff. He can get up with just one servant, but he can kill countless enemies with more than one soldier." Even though the brave civilians in the village were able to kill him, the Yi people said something different and their eyes, nose and hair were completely different from those of the Chinese. If our people work together to annihilate the foreign species, we will definitely not kill them by mistake. "This was Lin Zexu's view at the time. Today we may think this is a joke, but at that time it was the most advanced people of our nation, the force standing on the front line. The most sober force of the nation has such an understanding of the world!

Many people in modern times believe that the failure of the Opium War was due to the stupidity of Emperor Daoguang, who removed Lin Zexu from his post and hired a group of capitulators. This is the fulfillment that history has given to a person. Emperor Daoguang dismissed Lin Zexu, which fulfilled him from history. Lin Zexu preserved his reputation. This is the most painful and complicated part of Chinese history. We often fail to face it directly. We usually find a few scapegoats, saying that we were good in modern times, but it was just a few bad guys who betrayed the country. Otherwise, we would never be like this. As a result, the entire nation gained spiritual liberation. This concept of looking for scapegoats prevents us from fully understanding the lessons of this history until today.

Let’s look at a national hero who was as famous as Lin Zexu at that time, Yu Qian, the governor of Zhejiang. Emperor Daoguang later appointed him as the imperial minister to supervise Zhejiang's military affairs. More than a week after Lin Zexu's memorial, he also gave a memorial to Emperor Daoguang, saying that the British had committed a military taboo and they would definitely fail, and he summarized it into eight clear and logical points. Yuqian said that if the barbarians violate these eight taboos, their defeat can be dealt with immediately. As a result, Yuqian was defeated and committed suicide by drowning. This is the most painful part of our history. Yuqian's unyielding spirit in fighting imperialism is of course very valuable, but why do we fail and fail again and again? Is it that we don’t have anyone? We dare not fight? We dare not sacrifice? A group of us fought bravely at the front, but in the end we all failed. At that time, Yuqian was guarding Zhenhai and "swore to fight for the survival of the city." He felt that he would definitely win. As a result, Zhenhai was captured and Yuqian threw himself into the water.

During the entire Opium War, the Chinese army did not defend a single location attacked by the British, nor recaptured a single location occupied by the British! Many of us put all the blame on Emperor Daoguang. Daoguang, the first person on the pillar of shame in modern Chinese history, because he signed the "Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing".

Daoguang is a huge contradiction. In fact, he is an emperor who wants to work hard to govern.

When Daoguang came to power, he felt that something was not good. The trend of the court was declining, and the people's customs were declining. Daoguang tried to reorganize the court. Daoguang stipulated that "the annual income in the palace should not exceed two hundred thousand." There is a fight with the British. The "four dishes and one soup" we are talking about today may be one of the origins of Daoguang. At that time, Daoguang said that "meals in the palace should not exceed four bowls a day." On the queen's birthday, Emperor Daoguang entertained ministers and ministers in the palace with braised noodles. eunuch. He was frugal and even wore patched trousers. In modern times, Emperor Daoguang was the first person to wear patched trousers. This is history, and of course the cruelty of history is here: history does not record the process, only the results. Daoguang, you worked hard to govern, but you signed the first treaty that humiliated the country and lost power. Then the first person on the pillar of shame in history is you.

After the Sino-British Treaty of Nanjing was signed, the news reached Beijing, and Daoguang was very sad. Qing history records: "After retreating from the court, I lay down on the steps of the palace. I didn't take a breath all day and night. However, when the waiter heard the sound of Tai breathing, he played five drums, and he almost paused and let out a long sigh." He felt very sad. It was not like what we say today: "Selling out the country and losing power and humiliating the country just for the sake of one's own safety." But Emperor Daoguang did not realize where his failure lay. When he came to power, he desperately wanted to make a difference, but he failed in the end. He remained depressed until his death.

The greatest wish of Emperor Xianfeng was to avenge his father and avenge his father. The first thing he did when he came to power was to remove all the peace parties from the Daoguang era and re-establish the war party. Lin Zexu and others were all appointed, but later due to Lin Zexu's poor health, he died of illness on the way to his appointment. After Xianfeng came to power, he also followed his father's example and worked hard to govern, hoping to reorganize the government. Xianfeng also took as his motto "Beware of three emergencies" written by a minister: first, "prevent the advance of civil engineering"; second, "prevent the advance of banquet safety"; third, "prevent the advance of obstruction and obstruction." He wanted to be an enlightened emperor, He wanted to figure out the problem and avenge his father. As a result, Daoguang lost the first Opium War and Xianfeng lost the second Opium War.

I’m not familiar with the others, haha, you’d better summarize it yourself