Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1352 The Total Collapse of Britain ([-])

The subject of this "acceleration" is of course people.

Just when the people in Dashun and the group in North America were discussing the concepts of "country" and "ruling tool of the ruling class".

Britain is interpreting the "acceleration" that some people behind the scenes of Dashun consider in a common way.

Nothing special is common.

England, Liverpool.

The militiamen, mobilized from Devon, were beating up the crowd in the street and shooting at them.

If we talk about abstract laws and procedures, this kind of shooting seems to be legal and in line with procedures.

Because according to the "1715 Riot Act", "any Englishman who gathers more than 12 people is a riot."This law was not repealed until 1967.

According to this decree, if the warning is notified for one hour and they still do not disperse, they can be killed and arrested.

Highest hanging.

Moreover, the "1715 Riot Act" is one of the few laws in the UK that is not bound by the "no punishment for scholar-bureaucrats" clause.

According to the Clergy Protection Act, the clergy are not subject to secular laws.However, the "Treason Law" and the "Insurrection Law", in addition to this, clearly stipulate that the crimes of treason and riots are not within the scope of "the punishment of priests and officials".

Of course, the way to distinguish whether it is a "priest" or not depends on memorizing scriptures.Recite the 51 chapters of the "Book of Songs" in the Christian world. If you can recite it, you will be regarded as a "scholar" and exempted from secular punishment. The Book of Songs, exempted from the death penalty.It's just a mark on the thumb with a soldering iron, indicating that the death-saving gold medal is invalid and can only be used once.

However, since this time it was identified as a riot, it would be useless not to mention memorizing the "Book of Songs", but memorizing the "Bible" and saying that I am Jesus' own father.

These suppressed soldiers were not from Liverpool, but were mobilized from Devonshire.

Wasn't it because of Dashun's participation in the war that there were some rumors that the militia law might be amended and the militiamen would be forced to go abroad to fight?
The British government also specially introduced the new "Mitia Law", emphasizing: Don't revolt, don't worry, you really won't be mobilized to fight overseas.

However, according to the "1745 Militia Law", the militiamen in each county must be stationed in rotation every year.

The reason for the garrison in rotation is also very simple. If they are all locals and fellow villagers, when they shoot, they may not be able to kill them.

Therefore, each county should be garrisoned every year.

If you are asked to serve as a militiaman, it is not impossible if you refuse to go, as long as you pay a fine of 30 taels of silver.If you don't pay, then go to the "debt prison", walk around the plantation, and pay the fine of 30 taels of silver.

This Devonshire can be regarded as a backcountry, and it has little sympathy with these citizens of Liverpool, and they don’t even know it.

As a result, the militiamen in Devon beat and suppressed the common people in Liverpool. They were really handy in beating and killing with red faces.

The citizens of Liverpool took to the streets. Speaking of this matter, the shit pot can really be put on Da Shun's head.

But, because it can be pinned on Dashun's head.

So it wasn't on Dashun's head.

The reason why the citizens of Liverpool opposed the British government was to ask why Britain participated in the war in Europe?Why should provoking China in India cause Dashun to join the war?If not stimulating China in India, how could Dashun join the war?
If Dashun didn't join the war, how could their life be so miserable?

Of course, if this question continues to be extended, there will be more to be extended.

For example, question the British royal family, why did they participate in the European war?Not for Hannover?

Is it Paul Britain?Or Paul Hanover?
Is your family the Elector of Hanover?Or the King of England?
For example, to question the British government, why should it invest money in North America, which is like a bottomless pit?Why fight in North America?Burn the flames of war to North America?
This was one of the reasons why Dashun decided to join the war at that time - if it was Britain, which was already stable in the Nahuang era, Dashun would not join the war, because at that time Britain really dared to fight to the death and was not afraid to go ashore.But right now, Britain is not at all stable internally.

The "1745 Militia Law", the rotation system is to prevent the Jacobite uprising, expel the Hanover Tartars, and welcome back the orthodox ones.

As for why the citizens of Liverpool opposed the British government at this time, the superficial reason is too simple.

Liverpool's economy collapsed.

As a small city with only 60 people 6000 years ago, its population increased tenfold within a few decades, making it one of the best port cities in the UK at this time.This rapid development also means that the city is extremely fragile.

For neither industry nor agriculture, but pure commerce.

Later generations have always ridiculed China's "heavenly kingdom" mentality since ancient times, claiming that it is a heavenly kingdom with everything.

This is... definitely not true.

For example, there is no Japanese copper, and even casting money is a problem, not to mention the fact that there is not even a large Potosi-level silver mine lacking in precious metals.

But before the 19th century, it is not wrong to remove these precious metals.For example, when Dashun comes to Europe for trade, it is purely a one-way trip, because when I come back, I don’t know how to make money by shipping it. It’s not that Dashun has high tariffs, but that even if there are zero tariffs, it really only includes gold, silver and copper. There is nothing else that can be shipped back and sold for money.

Historically, in the late 18th century, Guangdong watchmakers were already flying imitations; the French music boxes made a total of five years of money.

Therefore, it is true that the small-scale peasant economy and self-sufficiency are not good in one way or another, but there is one thing that will not lead to a direct and comprehensive economic collapse due to the naval blockade.

The UK is different.

Liverpool is a typical example of the difference.

For Dashun people who often read history books, it is easy to understand the vicissitudes of life when they see him build a tall building, see him entertain guests, and see his building collapse in the history recorded a few years ago.

The Mili of Haojing ranks among the kings. There is no eternal dynasty in the world, and there is no city that does not rise and fall.

If Yangzhou, which has been prosperous for thousands of years, was changed from water transportation to sea transportation, it was directly abolished; Liaocheng, a small northern Yangzhou that had prospered for hundreds of years, was abandoned along with the diversion of the Yellow River and the canal. .

There are too many such histories, and it’s not just Gaojing and Mili?

Therefore, for many people in Dashun, especially those who have experienced a series of reforms such as the abolition of the canal, the Dashun New School people.

They still understand a reason.

The fate of a city, of course depends on... but it must also be considered...

The citizens of Liverpool, obviously because the history of writing is too short-after all, the "literacy test" of the clergy protection law that cannot be punished for scholar-bureaucrats is so outrageous that it relies on "reciting 51 chapters of the Book of Songs"-so it is difficult for them to understand what It is called "considering the process of history".

At least, before that, because of the vigorous development of trade and many factors, the citizens of Liverpool have always believed that they have a quality, spirit, adventurous spirit, and commercial spirit that are different from others, which led to Liverpool's rapid development in just 60 years. From a small city, it has developed into a large trading port.

Of course, this view is also normal.

After all, the great British economist, Thomas Moe, believed that the British economy was not as good as that of the Netherlands because the British were inferior and lacked the Dutch's hardworking and adventurous spirit.

This is the difference between the three views.

Because in the eyes of people from the new school of Dashun who has been subtly influenced by the Three Views, they will only feel that this kind of statement is really a slap in the face.

The historical process factors that Liverpool have been able to develop in recent years cannot be simpler.

First of all.

Britain has been fighting all day long since it entered the 18th century.

The French and the Dutch may not really be able to go to the island.

But it is still easy to bring disaster to Britain in the strait. After all, the Dutch even burned London.

Fighting today.

Fight tomorrow.

As soon as there was a war, the two sides issued private plunder certificates to each other, and sailed to ports on the side of the strait, which was often affected.

This Liverpool is hiding in the northwest, which is much safer.

Much of London's shipping business, shifted westward.

London is out.

Second.

Beginning in the 18th century, the climate warmed up, and Britain began to smelt iron, and a large number of forests were destroyed.

The precipitation carried sediment, which seriously affected the navigation conditions of the Severn River.

The famous "black country" coal and iron area, Birmingham, is between Liverpool and Bristol.

Iron Smelting in Birmingham.

Birmingham cut wood and smelted iron.

Birmingham has nearly cut the wood.

Without wood there will be soil erosion.

Soil erosion caused the navigation of the Severn River to be abolished, and it was inconvenient to go to Bristol.

Then, England learned to dig canals, and after the canals were dug, it was much more convenient to go to Liverpool.

Bristol out.

At last.

Next to Liverpool is Cheshire.

Cheshire is home to the largest rock salt mine in the UK.

People have to eat salt.

For well-known reasons, Britain cannot dry salt.

It is said that Shu dogs bark at the sun, and British dogs bark even harder.

So have to boil the salt.

Salt is very profitable.

So have to carry salt.

Also, because of the UK's rainy climate, the North West is particularly humid.

Therefore, the nearby Lancashire can twist cotton yarn-they have a very low level of cotton spinning technology, and they don't know how to use starching to improve the strength of cotton yarn.

This is also one of the reasons why the cotton textile industry in Lancashire was able to develop first. Other places have also tried spinning cotton, but they found that the quality of spinning is really not good, but it is not as tough as Lancashire.

By is:

Because the eastern region faces the naval threat from the European continent, the silting of the Severn River, the excavation of canals, the Cheshire Rock, Birmingham Coal, Iron and Manchester textile industry, coupled with the slave trade, Liverpool has developed like a balloon over the years.

In addition, there are ceramics from Staffordshire and bone china from Wedgwood.

In short, the pillars of Liverpool's development were cotton cloth, china, slaves, tobacco from the Americas, and sugar from the West India.

Therefore, it is very clear why the riots occurred.

In a city of more than 8 people, eating, drinking, and drinking are equivalent to relying on trade in cotton cloth, porcelain, slaves, and tobacco.

After Dashun joined the war, Britain could only stick to the straits, and its overseas trade was cut off. It would be unreasonable for Liverpool not to be chaotic.

If there is no Dashun to participate in the war, but France itself blocks it, then it will be fine.

France's industrial production capacity is not eligible for the continental blockade.

But Dashun's participation in the war, and Dashun's "war is for trade" strategy, this is not good.

In the simplest terms.

There is duty-free, serious Jingdezhen porcelain.

Who Buys Staffordshire Bone China?

Any technology needs to be improved slowly, and it cannot be achieved overnight.As far as this moment is concerned, the bone china technology that has just started... can only be said that bone china in the 1760s is also called porcelain?

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