As a man who sympathized with the people at the bottom and had a spirit of resistance, Byron's definition of China was evil. for he saw with his own eyes how the Ottoman armies ravaged Greece and slaughtered the Greek people; I also saw with my own eyes the Spanish partisans who dealt a heavy blow to the French invaders, and at the same time watched the Spaniards who were killed by French soldiers......

The struggle of the former was a failure, but the failure was very heroic; The latter struggle was won, but the gains of millions of people at the cost of bloodshed and sacrifice were effortlessly usurped by the rotten ruling class......

The aggressors involved in both of these events, the Ottomans and Napoleon, were or were close to China.

Byron could compose the Greek War Hymn for thousands of Greek rebels: Wake up, Sparta!

How can you sleep heavily today?

With your old companion Athens,

Unite into an invincible army!

Call Leonidas back—

The leaders of the ages,

This mighty and formidable commander,

He saved you,

Guarding the hot springs,

He heroically pinned down the enemy,

Fierce battle with the Persian army,

Let the motherland be free;

And he led three hundred mighty men,

In battle, always standing,

Like a mighty and invincible lion,

Drown in a sea of blood.

Arise, sons of Greece!

Swing your hand at the enemy!

Let their stinking river of blood rush like a river at their feet!

But he would not throw a good word at the ruler, so China was evil in his eyes. This is the great backstage of the Ottomans, the conquerors of Korea, Annam, Burma, the conquerors of Central Asia, the conquerors of Siberia, the conquerors of the East Indies and the Americas.

Expelled the original ruler and then sat on the throne himself, such a person was not worthy of admiration in Byron's eyes. And in 1814 Byron's most admired man, Napoleon, also fell off the 'altar'.

This is not to say that Napoleon was defeated and Byron no longer worshipped him. Byron idolized Napoleon in his heart, but not because Napoleon was invincible. But because of Napoleon's spirit of resistance, for the original ruling class of Europe, Napoleon was a saboteur, a fearless rebel, and the French army under his leadership swept across the continent, beating one after another royal families and nobles with a long heritage to the ground, making them leak their ugly colors in embarrassment. Byron admired Napoleon, but now Napoleon has compromised, and he is seeking to integrate into the ruling class of Europe.

Even though Napoleon was Britain's greatest and strongest enemy, even though he led a large army to invade European countries, such as Spain, Byron still regarded him as an idol in spirit. For whatever Napoleon did was fighting against the most formidable enemy that hung over Europe, and the ruling class of Europe as a whole was also a member of the aristocratic bourgeoisie, which in England regarded Byron as an alternative. But now Napoleon compromised, a comprehensive compromise.

If the position is different, perhaps the view is really different. Byron will not stand at the pinnacle of the whole of Europe to look at the interests of the whole white people, he is a liberal romantic poet and warrior, the struggle he sees in his eyes is only the class struggle in Britain, and the darkness in his eyes is more the oppression and oppression of the British aristocratic bourgeoisie on the people at the bottom.

Shattered by his idol, Byron decided to go to the real East, not in search of a new idol, but to solve a mystery in his heart. He wanted to truly understand China, and when the war between the East and the West began, many Westerners seemed to recognize China's strength for the first time. There was also a lot of news about China in Europe before, such as China's army and navy, such as China's financial revenue, but many Europeans still naturally regarded China as a member of the great powers such as Britain, France, Prussia, Austria and Russia, at most a stronger power than Britain. But millions of middle- and lower-class people in the West could not have imagined that China's strength would be able to intimidate the whole of Europe. This is even more exaggerated than the Ottoman Empire and the Mongols back then!

From Russia, the northernmost part of Europe, to Italy and the Iberian Peninsula in the southernmost part of Europe, the European power that China has to face really encompasses the entire north and south of Europe.

In the era when Stephen Newton's manuscripts had not yet been exposed, and when many Chinese correspondence materials had become government secrets of European countries, Europeans' understanding of China was really a little inexplicable, especially the middle and lower classes in the Western world.

Their truest feeling is that China is stronger than any other Europe, but no one really thinks that China can compete with the whole of Europe. They have a relatively clear understanding of China's history, because many of the remnants of the Eight Banners have gone to Europe, and many of these people have become prosperous by writing materials on China's politics, economy, culture, customs, history, and other aspects of society. In the eyes of many 'knowledgeable' Europeans, China was originally a feudal state through and through, and a centralist society with a much stronger strength than Russia. But what about China now?

What is the difference between Chinese society and politics compared to Britain and France?

Is private property sacrosanct? Or is life free? Or is it the law, taxation and the Parliament?

It seems like both. Chen Han had a certain gap with Europe in terms of restricting the power of the emperor, restricting the actual ruling power of the emperor, and ensuring the executive, legislative, financial, judicial, and military powers of the cabinet and the senior council.

No one really confuses Chen Han's cabinet with the British cabinet, but no one really thinks of China as a 'traditional Eastern feudal society'.

In Byron's eyes, the Chinese have a political system that is inferior to that of the French, or can be compared with Russia. The power of the Chinese emperor was too big, too big. Both Prussia and Austria would certainly outperform China in terms of the limitation of their power, after all, the monarchies of the West are inherently underdeveloped in terms of centralization.

Why, then, is it that China is better than the European society as a whole in terms of specific laws?

It's like the labor protection law, it's like the protection of the rights and interests of children and women, it's like the protection of the rights and interests of farmers, and so on, and so on.

According to Byron's understanding, these laws will touch the interests of the upper classes to a certain extent, and if you want to promote the introduction of these laws, you must go through a long period of bitter political games and exchange of interests. And these struggles will inevitably drag down the development of the whole society and create a negative force for the progress of the whole country. Just like the situation in Britain for the past 200 years, like the Peterloo massacre that broke out in Manchester in 1814.

In 1813, when the Sixth Anti-French Coalition ended, there was a dawn of peace on the European continent, but there was constant turmoil in Britain. The protracted war had put a lot of pressure on Britain at home, the economy was sluggish, taxes were high for many years, and the people's dissatisfaction with the government was rising. The radicals advocated democratic reform, which led to a violent conflict with the establishment. In 1814, the merger of Britain and France began, and the dawn of peace in Europe shone on the whole continent, but the tax policy in Britain continued to rise, not to mention decline. Moreover, the implementation of policies such as the Corn Laws greatly harmed the interests of the lower classes. In April, radicals held a meeting of 80,000 people in St. Peter's Square, Manchester, Britain's industrial heartland, to demand reform of the electoral system, the repeal of the Corn Laws and the repeal of the law prohibiting workers' association. The organizers of the congress invited British radical political reformer Henry Hunt to speak. The City Chancellor of Manchester ordered the military police to arrest Hunt, which was met with popular opposition. The military police and cavalry, who had already gathered at the meeting in advance, immediately went out to wantonly slash and trample the unarmed crowd. Suddenly, blood splattered in the square, more than 100 people died (including 7 women) and more than 2,000 were injured. Afterwards, Hunter and many others were imprisoned for two years for treason. In November of the same year, the British government promulgated six bills prohibiting assemblies and processions, and restricting freedom of the press. The bill, known as the "gag order" by the masses, provoked even stronger resistance.

Byron, who advocated liberalism, was even more dissatisfied with the British aristocratic bourgeoisie. But as a member of the aristocratic bourgeoisie, he also knew that this bloody sacrifice was meaningful. Blood has made all strata of British society feel the danger, and they will be vigilant when there is danger. Although there will still be contradictions between the royal power and the parliament and within the parliament, everyone agrees on a 'truth' - that is, the contradictions in political change should not be reflected in the confrontation on the battlefield, but in the contest in parliament, and 'compromise and reform' have become the best way for all strata in Britain to resolve conflicts of interest. At the same time, Britain also embarked on another mode of faith reform. Previously, Britain was harsh on non-state religions, who could not enjoy equal political and social rights, and the government restricted non-state religions in the social sphere of religious beliefs. Subsequently, discrimination against non-Anglicans (with the exception of Roman monotheism) in English society was greatly reduced, and this was the most significant religious reform event in Britain since the break between Henry VIII and the Holy See.

The changes in British society are not insignificant, but looking at the previous bloodshed and sacrifice, this cruel scene once again made Byron understand the cruelty of the conflict of interests, and also made him more curious, how did the Chinese settle these problems?

Although the former Tatar royal family who fled to Europe blackened and scandalized Chen Ming, there was not a single piece of news about China in the European world, such as the Petruw massacre, so it is clear that there was no bloody conflict in China after such sharp contradictions were intensified. It's incredible. China is a much larger empire than the Ottomans and Russia, and the interests are even greater, so the contradictions should be more intense, so how can it be safely passed?

Byron is truly puzzled.

How can the Chinese eliminate internal contradictions and disputes while developing at a rapid pace on the other hand while internal struggles and disputes are constantly continuing?

You know, China 50 years ago is really too different from the China today. That's just like Britain 200 years ago and Britain now, the difference in comprehensive national strength cannot be counted.

If it weren't for the revelations from the Chinese who fled to Europe, Byron would not have known that the Chinese army fifty years ago was not even equipped with flintlock pistols, the artillery was also heavy and rough, and the naval warships were only the size of the sampans of European battleships. That is China, so backward that even many British people feel that the British Empire has missed the greatest opportunity to dominate the earth, that is, it did not colonize China fifty years ago.

No matter how big such a country is, it is also a giant with feet of clay, and the Tatars are really lo up. But such a country can overwhelm the whole of Europe after forty years of development. Byron was really curious about China.

Of course, such a powerful China did not make Byron lose his fighting spirit, if one day, the Chinese really like the Mongols, crossed Russia, swept Poland, Hungary, and directly entered Austria. Byron was willing to go to the front as an ordinary soldier, he was by no means a coward.

But now, Byron prefers to get to know China deeply, about this powerful country that makes the whole of Europe tremble.

The reason why it is necessary to understand it is not to worship it, but to overcome it. Just like the victory over the Ottoman new army back then, it defeated China now.

It's just that Byron, who has been in China for a while, has not yet found the answer in his heart. The laws and regulations that he saw as 'advanced' were not so much a 'solution' to social contradictions as a 'solution' to the Chinese emperor's benevolence.

Byron is simply a dog, no, he was given a dog a day.

After spending some time in China and gaining a certain understanding of the evolution of Chinese society, Byron felt the same way.

Many of China's policies were made by Emperor Chen of China himself, and he formulated the cabinet system, restarted the court push system, and also single-handedly supported the local council bureau and the State Council of Ministers......

He couldn't tell his heart at all. Could it be that these things really limited the rights of the Chinese emperor? In the past few days in China, Byron has clearly seen the respect and admiration of all levels of Chinese society for this old emperor. In the words of the Chinese, the Wanjiasheng Buddha is not comparable to the prestige of His Majesty the Emperor.

But Byron still had a lot of respect for the old Chinese emperor. Regardless of whether His Majesty the Emperor is deceiving himself or not, but people can deceive him for decades, it is also awesome.

This is like Uncle Liu Huang in the Three Kingdoms, many people say that he is hypocritical, hypocritical, benevolent, and false, but people's 'benevolence' can be pretended for decades and a lifetime, this is the real ability.

Moreover, His Majesty, the powerful emperor, will take the initiative to abdicate next year in the near future, and go directly to the northwest battlefield to conquer in person, Byron really can't help but admire him. It is rare for such power to give up so happily.

With a long sigh of relief, Byron pressed down on the chores in his heart, and picked up the quill in the inkwell again, his notes not yet finished.

There was still some time before nine o'clock, and although Byron was going to attend the opening ceremony of the industrial exhibition at nine o'clock, he only had one hour left......