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The General History Of China:
and for a missionary to betray , the least suspicion of that kind would be sufficient to banish him the empire . ' However this is certain , that China was inhabited above two thousand one hundred and fifty-five years before the birth of Christ wnich is demonstrable by an eclipse that happened that year , as may be seen in the Astronomical Observations , extracted from the Chinese and other books
History , in that language , and published in 1729 . Thus for four thousand years and more this imperial throne has been enjoyed , without interruption , by twenty-two different families in which they reckon two hundred and thirty-four emperors , who reigned successivel y till the invasion of the King of Tartary , who about hundred and
one twenty years since made himself master of the crown , and has been succeeded by three emperors of his family , namely , Chun tchi ,. who rei gned seventeen years , Gang in , who reigned sixty-one , and Yong tching , who ascended the throne in 1722 . This conquest was made with the most surprizing facility thsoush
the misunderstanding of the Chinese , and the divers factions which divided both the court and the empire : the greater part of the imperial army was employed , at that time , near the oreat wall m repulsing one of the Kings of the Eastern Tartars called Mantcheoux . This prince . in order to the injustice which his
, revenge subjects had received m their trade with the Chinese merchants , and the little regard which the court had shewn to his complaints , had entered into Leaotong , at the head of a formidable army , and begun a war which lasted several years with various success on both sides .
The emperor Tsong tching lived with tranquility in his capital , though he had but little reason to be so easy . Theunjustpunishment to winch he had condemned one of his most considerable ministers Ins excessive severity , and extreme covetousness , which would not permit him to lessen the taxes , to ease the people , even at a time when there was the greatest scarcity , provoked the people to revoltand increased the number of
, malecontents both in the capital as well as in the provinces : In this juncture a Chinese of the province of Se tchuen , called Li cong tse , who was a bold enterprising man , put himself at the head of a great number of rebels ; . his arm y increased dail y , and in a short time he took several considerable towns , conquered divers provincesand the affection of the
, gained people by easino- them of the taxes , with which they-were overburthened , and ° by removing several magistrates , and placing in their stead others in whom he could confide , charging them to use his subjects with mildness ; but on the other hand he plundered every city which made the least opposition to him , and gave the plunder to his .soldiers
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The General History Of China:
and for a missionary to betray , the least suspicion of that kind would be sufficient to banish him the empire . ' However this is certain , that China was inhabited above two thousand one hundred and fifty-five years before the birth of Christ wnich is demonstrable by an eclipse that happened that year , as may be seen in the Astronomical Observations , extracted from the Chinese and other books
History , in that language , and published in 1729 . Thus for four thousand years and more this imperial throne has been enjoyed , without interruption , by twenty-two different families in which they reckon two hundred and thirty-four emperors , who reigned successivel y till the invasion of the King of Tartary , who about hundred and
one twenty years since made himself master of the crown , and has been succeeded by three emperors of his family , namely , Chun tchi ,. who rei gned seventeen years , Gang in , who reigned sixty-one , and Yong tching , who ascended the throne in 1722 . This conquest was made with the most surprizing facility thsoush
the misunderstanding of the Chinese , and the divers factions which divided both the court and the empire : the greater part of the imperial army was employed , at that time , near the oreat wall m repulsing one of the Kings of the Eastern Tartars called Mantcheoux . This prince . in order to the injustice which his
, revenge subjects had received m their trade with the Chinese merchants , and the little regard which the court had shewn to his complaints , had entered into Leaotong , at the head of a formidable army , and begun a war which lasted several years with various success on both sides .
The emperor Tsong tching lived with tranquility in his capital , though he had but little reason to be so easy . Theunjustpunishment to winch he had condemned one of his most considerable ministers Ins excessive severity , and extreme covetousness , which would not permit him to lessen the taxes , to ease the people , even at a time when there was the greatest scarcity , provoked the people to revoltand increased the number of
, malecontents both in the capital as well as in the provinces : In this juncture a Chinese of the province of Se tchuen , called Li cong tse , who was a bold enterprising man , put himself at the head of a great number of rebels ; . his arm y increased dail y , and in a short time he took several considerable towns , conquered divers provincesand the affection of the
, gained people by easino- them of the taxes , with which they-were overburthened , and ° by removing several magistrates , and placing in their stead others in whom he could confide , charging them to use his subjects with mildness ; but on the other hand he plundered every city which made the least opposition to him , and gave the plunder to his .soldiers