#1830: British benefits of opium trade #
event = {
id = 16481
random = no
country = ENG
name = "The Opium Trade"
desc = "British poppies grown by Indian farmers made a high-quality drug known as opium. This drug was sold in many places, but chiefly to China, where it was very popular and quite profitable."
style = 1
action_a ={
name = "Rake in the money"
command = { type = treasury value = 300 }
}
}
#1830: Opium events affecting China #
event = {
id = 16482
random = yes
country = CHI
name = "The Opium Trade"
desc = "The 1830s saw a tremendous increase in the opium trade. There were several reasons: the end of the East India Company's monopoly and the rapid influx of British traders, the policy of expanding opium production in India, the new clipper ships which made speedier transportation possible, and the rapid extension of Western economic traffic farther east and north along the China coast. The opium trade and its size had far-reaching repercussions. It mobilized a large section of the population into actively breaking the law, and disabled scores of people as they became addicted. The trade also drained China's silver taels, and crippled the Chinese economy. It also contributed to the already present corruption of local government and police forces."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1830 }
offset = 1720
trigger = {
NOT = {
event = @@@@
}
}
action_a ={
name = "Curse those British!"
command = { type = inflation value = 5 }
command = { type = provincemanpower which = 658 value = -2 }
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 658 value = 2 }
command = { type = population which = 658 value = -250 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 658 value = -10 }
command = { type = provincemanpower which = -1 value = -2 }
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = -3 value = 2 }
command = { type = population which = -3 value = -250 }
command = { type = provincetax which = -3 value = -10 }
command = { type = treasury value = -150 }
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
command = { type = infra value = -100 }
command = { type = relation which = ENG value = -100 }
command = { type = trigger which = 16481 }
}
}
#1833-Sept 1834: Lord Napier and the Battle of the Bogue #
event = {
id = 16483
random = no
country = CHI
name = "The Battle of the Bogue"
desc = "Lord Napier, the newly appointed British Chief Superintendent of Trade in China, who never obeyed the strict instructions the Chinese gave to foreigners, arrived in July 21, 1834 at Guangzhou asking for trading freedoms. Because Napier was causing trouble, the Viceroy ordered a stoppage of trade with the British. As a result, in September 7, 1834, Napier ordered two warships to come up the Pearl River, a move strictly prohibited by the Chinese. The Bogue Forts, the barrier forts to Guangzhou, entered into a small skirmish with the British ships. Napier then urged the British government for military assistance. Infuriated with Napier, the Chinese began to prepare for war with the British."
style = 1
date = { day = 21 month = july year = 1834 }
offset = 400
action_a ={
name = "Reinforce Guangzhou"
command = { type = relation which = ENG value = -100 }
command = { type = treasury value = -500 }
command = { type = fortress which = 658 value = 1 }
command = { type = ART which = 658 value = 3 }
command = { type = warships which = 658 value = 2 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Concede to British terms"
command = { type = relation which = ENG value = +50 }
command = { type = trade value = -5000 }
}
}
#Lord Napier dies #
event = {
id = 16484
random = no
country = CHI
name = "The Battle of the Bogue"
desc = "Britain did not send any forces to China to resolve the affair, and many British merchants, hurt by the trade embargo against them, petitioned the Chinese governor-general requesting the resumption of trade. In answer, governor-general promised that trade would be resumed as soon as Napier left Guangzhou and never returned. Lord Napier, thus lost the support of the British merchants, and under the governor-general's threat, decided to retreat to Macao. When he reached Macao, he was seriously ill, and in October 11, 1834, he died. The threat of war with the British had passed."
style = 1
date = { day = 11 month = october year = 1834 }
action_a ={
name = "Rejoice!"
command = { type = relation which = ENG value = +20 }
}
}
#1834: End of the British East India Company's monopoly #
event = {
id = 16485
random = no
country = CHI
name = "British East India Company's monopoly expires"
desc = "In 1834 the long monopoly of the British East India Company came to an end; in the previous year the British Parliament had decided not to renew its charter. The growing belief in free trade had made such a monopoly hateful to British merchants. The ending of the East India Company's monopoly brought an increase in the number of British merchants in Canton. Many of the new merchants had less understanding of Chinese ways, which greatly aggravated the Chinese."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = january year = 1834 }
action_a = {
name = "Grumble..."
command = { type = relation which = ENG value = -75 }
}
}
#1839: Commissioner Lin events #
event = {
id = 16486
random = no
country = CHI
name = "Lin Zexu"
desc = "Lin Zexu was an energetic and purposeful governor in Central China who was famous for his effective prohibition of the sale and smoking of opium in those provinces. Lin Zexu was considered for the task of removing the offensive opium trade from the shores of China. One entrusted with such a task needed to weed out the large-scale corruption and required eyes of an eagle to spot all of the perpetrators. Despite the fact that Lin Zexu was renouned for his integrity, most of the Chinese court expected even Lin Zexu to have his price."
style = 1
date = { day = 1 month = december year = 1838 }
action_a = {
name = "Appoint him Imperial High Commissioner to stamp out the trade"
command = { sleepevent = 16487 }
}
action_b = {
name = "Appoint Kishan instead"
command = { type = sleepevent which = 16488 }
}
action_c = {
name = "Appoint Xinbao Zhang instead"
command = { type = sleepevent which = 16488 }
}
}
#1839: Commissioner Lin events #
event = {
id = 16487
random = no
country = CHI
name = "High Commissioner Corrupted!"
desc = "Regularly, even the highest of officials became corrupted in the opium trade and began to sell opium to the population for an extra profit instead of eliminating the trade."
style = 1
trigger = { event = 16486 }
action_a = {
name = "Curses!"
command = {
type = inflation value = 5
type = trigger which = 16481
type = treasury value = -20
}
}
}
#1839: Commissioner Lin events #
event = {
id = 16488
random = no
country = CHI
name = "Commissioner Lin stamps out the opium trade"
desc = "Commissioner Lin, with vigilance and integrity slowly stamped out the opium trade. Commissioner Lin had a public burning, burying a fortune, around 20 283 chests (2.5 million pounds) of opium in lime and watching it dissolve into the sea. Lin composed an apology to the Spirit of the Sea, for dipelling its poison. Lin then threatened any foreign merchant who brought opium to Guangzhou punishment by death."
style = 1
date = { day = 3 month = june year = 1839 }
trigger = { event = 16486 }
action_a = {
name = "Send congratulations to Commissioner Lin"
command = { type = inflation value = -20 }
command = { type = trigger which = 16489 }
command = { type = province_revoltrisk which = 658 value = -4 }
}
}
#1839: British response #
event = {
id = 16489
random = no
country = ENG
name = "China threatens British merchants in Guangzhou"
desc = "Chinese officials in Guangzhou are threatening British merchants with death, if they continue to dabble in the opium trade. The Chinese have no right to lay a finger on any British subject, and need to be taught a lesson. The British Superintendent of Trade, Captain Elliot, has written us telling that, in protest, the entire British community has left Guangzhou for Macao. Captain Elliot insists that a show of force is the only way to show the Chinese their place."
style = 1
action_a = {
name = "Follow Elliot's advice - prepare for war"
command = { type = casusbelli which = CHI value = 12 }
command = { type = relation which = CHI value = -400 }
}
action_b = {
name = "Ignore Elliot's advice - enforce opium prohibition"
command = { type = sleepevent which = 16482}
command = { type = sleepevent which = @@@@}
}
}
#1839: Outbreak of War #
event = {
id = 16490
random = no
country = ENG
name = "Murder at Guangzhou"
desc = "On July 7, Lin Weixi, a Chinese sailor, was been killed in a quarrel with drunken English sailors. Chinese authorities demanded that the perpetrator be handed over, where he would have been undoubtedly killed. Captain Elliot refused to hand the sailor over, and days following the incident, shots were exchanged. With a declaration of war, the British government was given the opportunity to show China its place and expand its influence in east Asia. A note that British citizens over the empire would not look kindly on a government that allowed one of its subjects to be killed without trial."
style = 1
date = { day = 4 month = september year = 1839 }
trigger = { event = 16485 }
action_a ={
name = "Declare War on China"
command = { type = relation which = CHI value = -400 }
command = { type = war which = CHI }
command = { type = trigger which = 16491 }
}
action_b ={
name = "Order Elliot to hand the sailor over to be killed"
command = { type = stability value = -1 }
command = { type = revolt which = -2 }
}
}
#1839: Outbreak of War #
event = {
id = 16491
random = no
country = CHI
name = "Murder at Guangzhou"
desc = "On July 7, Lin Weixi, a Chinese sailor, was been killed in a quarrel with dunken English sailors. Commissioner Lin demanded that the perpetrator be handed over to Chinese custody. Captain Elliot refused. As a result, Commissioner Lin ordered the villagers of Hong Kong to arm, and poison the springs to prevent the Captain Elliot from landing. On September 4, in Hong Kong harbour, shots were fired by a British ship when a war-junk tried to stop villagers delivering food which they had agreed to sell to the British. Without a declaration of war, Britain and China engaged in the first major Sino-European conflict."
style = 1
action_a = {
name = "We are at war with Britain!"
command = { type = INF which = 658 value = 5 }
}
}
#20 Jan 1841: Convention of Chuanbi #
event = {
id = 16492
random = no
country = CHI
name = "Convention of Chuanbi"
desc = "On January 7 1841, the British captured the two forts at the Bogue entrance. Kishan, the Manchu official who replaced Commissioner Lin, who saw that the way was then open to Guangzhou, agreed on January 20 1841 to sign the Convention of Chuanbi. By this convention the island of Hong Kong was to be ceded to the British Crown, though all duties payable there were to belong to China. The convention was also to provide for compensation to be paid for the opium destroyed by Commissioner Lin and there was to be intercourse on an equal footing between Great Britain and the Middle Kingdom. The Emperor was not at all pleased with these terms."
style = 1
trigger = {
OR = {
control = { province = 659 data = ENG }
control = { province = 657 data = ENG }
}
}
offset = 13
action_a = {
name = "Sentence Kishan to death!"
command = { type = secedeprovince which = ENG value = 657 }
command = { type = population which = 657 value = -5000 }
command = { type = provincetax which = 657 value = -5000 }
command = { type = treasury value = -300 }
command = { type = trigger which = 16493 }
}
}
#20 Jan 1841: Convention of Chuanbi - British response#
event = {
id = 16493
random = no
country = ENG
name = "Convention of Chuanbi"
desc = "On January 7 1841, the British captured the two forts at the Bogue entrance. The local Chinese commissioner, who saw that the way was then open to Guangzhou, agreed on January 20 1841 to sign the Convention of Chuanbi. By this convention the island of Hong Kong was to be ceded to the British Crown, though all duties payable there were to belong to China. The convention was also to provide for compensation to be paid for the opium destroyed by Commissioner Lin and there was to be intercourse on an equal footing between Great Britain and the Middle Kingdom. The Crown hoped that Captain Elliot would take more. The compensation for the opium was insufficient, and no income came from Hong Kong."
style = 1
action_a = {
name = "Results of the Convention"
command = { type = treasury value = 300 }
}
}
#Restoration of Hong Kong#
event = {
id = 16494
random = no
country = CHI
name = "Restoration of Hong Kong"
desc = "Hong Kong has been returned to its rightful owner."
style = 1
trigger = {
owned = { province = 657 data = -1 }
event = 16492
}
action_a = {
name = "Celebrate!"
command = { type = population value = @@@ }
command = { type = provincetax value = @@@ }
}
}
