Why was a high-ranking official of the Qing Dynasty taken captive to India and used as a monkey for people to watch?

Because Ye, a first-class official of the Qing Dynasty, was arrested by the British in the war to safeguard the interests of the Great Qing Dynasty and sent to India for detention, because Indians were climbing the wall to see Ye in the yard at that time, and it was said that Ye was treated as a monkey in India.

Ye was a senior official in the late Qing Dynasty. As the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he clashed with the British in order to safeguard the interests of the country and the people. Especially when the British tried to enter Guangzhou for trade, he and the local Yong ying tried their best to resist the British and bankrupt their plot. Many attempts by the British to enter Guangzhou were destroyed by Ye, so they had a great resentment against Ye. Later, the British attacked the Qing government and the Guangdong government out of thin air with the help of the Yarrow incident. Driven by other historical events, the Second Opium War took place.

During this period, the British found that there was no Qing army stationed in Guangzhou, so they sent troops to win Guangzhou. Ye know the strength is very different. In order to minimize casualties, he did not resist or escape, but let the British arrest him, which shows that he still has integrity. After the British arrested him, they were afraid that he would be rescued, and later they moved Ye to India, a dependency of the British Empire.

When Britain moved Ye Chenming to India by warship, they were more polite to him and didn't treat him as a real prisoner. They also gave him a lot of freedom. Moreover, as a senior official of the imperial court, some British officers took off their hats when they saw him, which shows that foreigners still admire him very much. When he was sent to India for house arrest, Ye was also kept in a yard and was not driven out because of the so-called exhibition. On the contrary, some curious Indians climbed the wall to see that he was an oriental, so he was exhibited and watched. Later, after eating his own food, Ye Chenming didn't touch any Indian food, and then he starved to death. What he did was admirable.