葡萄牙人自1557年以“水渍贡物,需上岸晾晒”为由借居澳门后,一直企图从僦居者转变为统治者,却在很长的时间内未能得逞。鸦片战争刺激了葡萄牙人的侵略野心,他们一反过去对中国政府的表面恭顺态度,也向中国伸出了侵略的魔爪。1843年,澳葡兵头向清政府提出改变澳门管理制 Since 1557, the Portuguese, who dwelt in Macao on the grounds of “water-stained tribute, drying up in the water on the shore,” has been trying to change from a dweller to a ruler but has failed for a long time. The Opium War stimulated the Portuguese’s aggressive ambitions. Once they opposed the past and treated the Chinese government on the surface, they also extended the clutches of aggression to China. In 1843, the Portuguese and Portuguese troops proposed to the Qing government to change the management system in Macao