Why did Qianlong make foreign kings' dentures laugh? What is his gift for his 80th birthday?

Qianlong's life can be said to be a glorious life, and even the succession to the throne is much smoother than his father Yongzheng. Moreover, in the early days of his administration, Qianlong was a good emperor who made great efforts to create his own prosperity. However, Qianlong has a disadvantage that he is arrogant. In Qianlong's world, there has always been such a view that the Qing Dynasty is a real celestial dynasty, and all the countries and nationalities outside are barbarians.

It was King George of England at that time who sent envoys to give gifts to Qianlong. In order to show the majesty of the Great Qing Dynasty, Qianlong gave the envoy a gift and asked him to bring it back to England for George. The king of England opened the gift given by Qianlong and found that there was only some flour and local products, as well as an imperial edict. The imperial edict is also very funny, probably to belittle Britain and raise China. It is said that George laughed his head off after reading this imperial edict.

Of course, Gan Long's arrogance also planted the seeds of extinction for the Qing Dynasty. What is even more exasperating is that the later rulers learned Gan Long well. It can be said that the policy of closing the country to the outside world has been brought to the extreme, and foreign advanced technologies and concepts have been completely isolated. To put it mildly, even Myanmar at that time was better than us.

Myanmar has also introduced advanced weapons from the west. Otherwise, the Qing-Burma War could not last 10 years. Finally, because Myanmar's national strength could not be sustained, it held peace talks with the Qing Dynasty. Moreover, after the war, the Qing rulers did not learn the lesson and went their own way.