At the beginning, Qin Shi Huang traveled to my home

Chapter 726: Smoking cigarettes in Humen

Others have already fantasized about a better life in the future. Having enough food and clothing is a good life.

Since the appearance of the little fairy, their lives have undergone earth-shaking changes and their lives have become better.

The lives of the lower classes were no longer so miserable, and there were fewer people rebelling.

Because if anyone wants to rebel, the emperor will know it in minutes thanks to the cheating tool called barrage.

Moreover, the people are not so easily fooled. They didn’t know this in the past because news came slowly and many people believed everything they heard. And it was indeed because the court did nothing and the emperor was too incompetent that the lower-class people could no longer survive and chose to rebel.

Now, few people want to rebel. They just need to wait for a while, and then they can get the immortal seeds and plant them themselves. They are all looking forward to planting the immortal seeds, but they don’t have the mind to rebel.

They will soon have enough food to eat, and they don't want to start a war, nor will they allow others to start a war and ruin their good days.

"Then I will continue to talk about your deeds, Mr. Lin Zexu.

Later, Mr. Lin Zexu was sent to serve in other places, and successively served as the examiner of Nanchang, Jiangxi, the censor of Jiangnan Road, etc., which were actually just minor positions.

It was not until Emperor Daoguang ascended the throne that you, Mr. Lin Zexu, were given an important position.

You have made outstanding achievements in agriculture, water transport, water conservancy, disaster relief, and administration.

Because Mr. Lin Zexu was very observant, fair and honest, and benefited the people, you were called "Judge Lin" by many people.

Being called the Great Lord of the Heaven shows that you, Mr. Lin Zexu, are a good official who works hard and loves the people."

There are not many people who can be called the blue sky.

Zheng Chenggong looked at Lin Zexu. He didn't expect that this junior could be called Lin Qingtian. It seemed that he was indeed a good person.

Although Ban Chao did not understand how important the blue sky was to the people of later dynasties, he knew a little bit about it.

The ancestors in front of the sky curtain also looked at Lin Zexu with satisfaction, especially the emperors of the Qing Dynasty. There were relatively few of them in the Qing Dynasty and no emperor had ever gone up there.

But compared with the Yuan Dynasty, it is still much better.

But this Lin Zexu is really good. Judge Lin, good, good, good, Judge Lin, is really good. He is worthy of being a good minister of the Qing Dynasty.

The Qing Dynasty needs more good ministers like this.

So the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty couldn't help but praise Lin Zexu in the barrage, but other people didn't say anything. After all, they thought that Lin Zexu was indeed good.

Although they still looked down on the Qing Dynasty.

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"These are just nonsense said by the common people. They are not worthy of the title of Justice," Lin Zexu himself didn't even know he was called Lin Justice. After hearing this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise. This was a recognition of his official status.

"Senior Lin Zexu, how can you not be worthy of this title? Don't say these humble words. The people say you are who you are. The people have seen with their own eyes what you have done for the people." As the people, they know whether an official is good or not. Which official is good to the people and which official is not? Don't the people themselves know this?

Can't they feel it?

“The Daoguang period was a period of rapid development of Western capitalism.

Among them, the British government, which was at the forefront, supported and condoned British opium dealers in smuggling opium into mainland China in order to open up the Chinese market through smuggling and tax evasion.

After Emperor Daoguang ascended the throne, a large amount of silver flowed out of the Qing Dynasty, threatening the people's physical and mental health, the interests of the working people, and even the rule of the Qing court. Therefore, Emperor Daoguang was determined to strictly ban opium, which was harmful to people!

Moreover, before that, in 1836, Xu Naizhi, then Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, proposed relaxing the ban and allowing private opium sales and smoking, attempting to compete with Britain with opium produced in the mainland and thus prevent the outflow of silver. However, this aroused strong opposition from the court.

The calls for a strict ban on opium are growing louder.

In 1838, Mr. Lin Zexu wrote a letter to Emperor Daoguang, bitterly describing the harm caused by the large-scale dumping of opium by Western countries to the Qing Dynasty.

If it is not banned, in a few decades, the Central Plains will have no soldiers to defend against the enemy, and no silver to pay for military expenses. After seeing this, Emperor Daoguang was deeply moved.

After that, you, Mr. Lin Zexu, will be summoned to Beijing.

During his stay in Beijing, Emperor Daoguang summoned you, Mr. Lin Zexu, every day to discuss the issue of banning opium.

At first, Emperor Daoguang allowed you, Lin Zexu, to ride a horse to court in the Forbidden City. However, riding a horse to court was too ostentatious, so you said you were not used to riding a horse.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Daoguang said that if he was not used to riding a horse to court, then he could take a sedan chair.

Not only that, Emperor Daoguang also allowed you, Senior Lin Zexu, to kneel on a blanket to meet him, and even to sit on a chair to talk to the emperor. This shows that Emperor Daoguang really treated you very well. This kind of favor was only bestowed upon you, Senior Lin Zexu, in the entire Qing Dynasty."

Li Wu looked at Lin Zexu, this was an existence that the ministers of the Qing Dynasty envied.

When Lin Zexu heard this, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide. "This, little fairy, are you telling the truth?"

Li Wu nodded. "Of course, that's what happened later."

In front of the skylight, Emperor Daoguang just smiled after hearing it. Now that Lin Zexu was on the skylight, it would be a big deal if he asked the other party to sit down and talk to him. He was a talent and he would naturally use him.

The ministers of the Qing Dynasty were envious.

"Soon after, Senior Lin Zexu went to Guangzhou as an imperial commissioner to investigate and ban opium. He confiscated nearly 237 boxes of opium from the Thirteen Hongs, weighing more than million kilograms, and destroyed them all in public on the Humen beach.

This is the famous Humen Opium Destruction Incident, so when you mention Mr. Lin Zexu, you must know about the Humen Opium Destruction Incident.

Unless the other party is uneducated, after all, Mr. Lin Zexu, you are the first person to fight against drugs. In our later generations, the awareness of fighting against drugs is very serious. These things that harm people must be absolutely banned.

But there are still people who take risks and harm others and themselves," Li Wu sighed.

She thought of those anti-drug police officers and paid tribute to the heroes!

"That's right. It must not flow into the Central Plains and harm the people there. That foreigner is simply hateful. He wants to use this thing to control people," Ban Chao frowned. This opium is simply too terrible. How did those foreigners discover this thing?

They don't understand why they do this.

Zheng Chenggong and Lin Zexu also nodded.

"Behind, ah," Li Wu looked at Lin Zexu sympathetically. Lin Zexu just felt his heart skip a beat and felt uneasy. What happened to him later?

Those in front of the sky curtain who knew what happened to Lin Zexu later also sighed.

“Many people say that the First Opium War was caused by you, Mr. Lin Zexu, so many people blame you for it.

But is this really the case?

Even if it weren't for your action to ban opium, Mr. Lin Zexu, the Opium War would have been fought sooner or later, it was just a matter of faster or slower.

All I can say is that the Qing dynasty was too weak at the time, and it also had so many good things that other foreigners were jealous of. "

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