Indian captive joke

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a saddest governor and university student in history. He was once captured by the British, then transferred to India, locked in a glass room for people to watch, and finally died of hunger strike for dignity. This is Ye, the former governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and a student of the University of Reform. ?

Ye was born in 1807. Daoguang was admitted to the Jinshi in fifteen years, and served as the magistrate in Xing 'an, Shaanxi Province in eighteen years. He used to be the provincial judge of Yanping Road in Shanxi and Yandu Road in Yunnan, Jiangxi, the political envoy of Guangdong in Hunan and Gansu, and the governor of Guangdong for 28 years. By 1849, Ye was made a first-class baron for preventing British troops from entering Guangzhou. In the first year of Xianfeng, that is, 185 1 year, Ye was made Prince of Taibao for suppressing the uprising of the Heaven and Earth Society in Nanshao, and was promoted to Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi the following year. Later, he was awarded a bachelor's degree in Renge in Xianfeng seven years for his meritorious service in suppressing the Guangdong Heaven and Earth Society. It can be said that Ye's official career has always been smooth sailing.

However, in September of Xianfeng six years 10, the yarrow incident broke out at this time point, and Ye's good luck seemed to come to an end. At that time, Ye's improper handling of this matter led to the outbreak of the Second Opium War. In June 5438+10, the British army captured Guangzhou, but it quickly withdrew from Guangzhou due to insufficient troops.

However, everything is just the beginning. Over the past year, from September to September, the British and French allied forces made a comeback again and captured Guangzhou in just one month. At that time, the British and French Coalition forces demanded that Ye surrender within 48 hours. Ye never dreamed that there was no response, neither resistance nor surrender, nor escape.

Another month later, Ye was captured by the British and French allied forces and immediately escorted back to Hong Kong? Fearless Above the battleship. However, Ye was also an important official of the imperial court, so the British army did not embarrass him, but showed special respect to him and treated him with courtesy every time they met.

Ye Chenming thought he could meet the Queen of England, and he thought about how to argue with the Queen himself, but he never imagined that after living on a warship for 48 days, he was sent to Calcutta.

In Calcutta, Ye was greatly humiliated. The British forced him to wear royal clothes, boots and a three-eyed tassel hat, and imprisoned him in a glass room for people to enjoy, while the British sold tickets.

Ye was deeply humiliated, went on hunger strike and died a few days later.