Qianlong gave the king an imperial edict. What did the imperial edict say to make him laugh?

During the Qianlong period, the strength of the Qing dynasty was still very strong, which can be said to be among the best. In the year of Qianlong's eightieth birthday, although the industrial revolution had begun in Europe at that time, their national strength was not enhanced by the achievements of the industrial revolution at that time. Therefore, western countries still attach great importance to the 80th birthday of the emperor of this great eastern country and sent many envoys to celebrate it.

Of course, we can befriend the Qing dynasty, and then it is naturally better for the two sides to carry out trade cooperation. In particular, Britain attaches great importance to this birthday and has given over 1 10,000 pounds as a gift. According to records, Britain sent exquisite pocket watches at that time, as well as the latest royal warship models, telescopes, gunpowder and muskets, all of which were relatively advanced products at that time. But at that time, few people in the Qing Dynasty knew what to do. They could only say that these scientific and technological products were novel and thought they were new gadgets, and they didn't understand the technology behind them at all.

And Qianlong himself didn't dare to look at these gifts, so he let people eat the ashes in the royal treasure house. After Gan Long's birthday, it's time for everyone to get down to business. At that time, British envoys wanted to trade with the Qing Dynasty. This was mutually beneficial to the Qing Dynasty and Britain, but when Qianlong heard this request, he thought Britain was telling a joke. He believed that if Britain wanted to communicate with the Qing Dynasty, it only needed to go to the Qing Dynasty and become one of its vassals. If you do business with the Qing dynasty on an equal footing, let people write an imperial edict and bring it back to England.

The imperial edict says that I am rich in products in the morning and the people are self-sufficient If you want to make a deal with me, it's not necessary. What do you need? I can give you a little every year, and you don't need to give me a gift. It's good to have a meaning in your heart. It is precisely because of this imperial edict that Britain saw the arrogance of the Qing Dynasty. After that, Britain vigorously developed industry, but the Qing Dynasty lost the opportunity to trade with Britain because of its closed door, and did not take the shuttle bus of the first industrial revolution.