Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 176
"Lin Zexu, born in the Daoguang period, styled Yuan Fu, served as Governor of Huguang, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Yunnan and Guizhou. He was appointed as an imperial envoy twice. Because he advocated the strict prohibition of opium, he has the reputation of a national hero in China."

"On June 1839, 6, cigarettes were sold in Humen."

"In the second year, the country on which the sun never sets used this as an excuse to invade China."

"But it was also because of the ban on smoking and resistance to foreigners that Lin Zexu became a "criminal minister" of the imperial court and suffered five years of tragic exile."

"Many people now say that Lin Zexu also made some mistakes. I can only say that it was Chunqiu who blamed the sage."

"The invasion of the powerful enemy of Western capitalism, which has never been encountered in the ages, prompted Lin Zexu to "was the first to wake up from the feudal closed-door sleepy state, and opened his eyes to see the world with a new attitude. ""

"Today, I will lead everyone to travel through time and space and return to the poor and weak China era."

"Dialogue with Lin Zexu, dialogue with national heroes."

"Uncover the dark years of the wind and rain."

……

on the stage.

All the lights went out instantly, and the bright lanterns lost their luster, just like the time and space more than 100 years ago.

Dead silence, destruction, darkness, depression are the only themes.

It was as dark as a pool of stagnant water.

Suddenly jump.

Then the camera gradually zoomed in, the stage was no longer there, and what caught the audience's eyes was a dilapidated town with a long history.

The entrance to the town is muddy, littered and smells bad.

As the fortress of coastal defense in the south, most of the soldiers responsible for guarding it more than 100 years ago were old, weak, sick, and skinny.

Their expressions were muddled, their eyes were cloudy, and they lacked the spirit of soldiers at all.

It's like a soulless body, ready to be slaughtered.

The three-meter-high wooden plaque was crooked, and three large characters could barely be discerned—Humen Town.

The town is not big.

It can be said to be inconspicuous.

However, at this time, in this time and space 180 years ago, an earth-shattering event broke out here.

Frontier city wall.

Someone is talking.

One of the men, I saw that he was wearing a court dress, an official hat, and a long beard, looking into the distance, as if he was thinking, and he seemed to be worried about the people!
The night was dark.

The world is dead silent.

As if the ancient oriental land under his feet, the building was about to collapse, and it was about to fall into a situation of irreparable doom.

This is the national hero Lin Zexu.

He, who was inspecting the sea defense guards, looked up to the sky and shouted with grief:

"Before opium entered China, Westerners could not find trade goods that could counter our tea, silk, and porcelain. The money earned from colonization all over the world ended up in China's pockets. We don't lack anything. What does he sell? None."

"Until these devil-like things appeared and changed the situation, a large number of people with money and leisure in China began to smoke duck slices, and one-third of the world's duck slices flowed into China.

"In particular, many of our soldiers still smoke. Once there is turmoil in various places, the soldiers have no strength to smoke duck slices, and ordinary people have no money to smoke. If everyone has strength, how can the court be undefeated?"

"Now we are far behind the foreigners."

"Our dream of going to heaven has come to an end."

"My colleagues, wake up! Listen to the governor's words, we can only keep our homeland if we unite and destroy all these demonic foreigners' things, otherwise..."

"It's really ruined the country and the family, the people are destitute, and they are ruthlessly trampled on."

……

However, regarding Lin Zexu's words, the other colleagues were silent, and there was no one who echoed them.

For these people, keeping their black hats and their glory and wealth is the top priority.

What kind of country is ruined, and what does it matter to them?
It started to rain in the sky, the rain drifted away, and the whole body was wet, and everyone else left to take shelter from the rain.

Only Lin Zexu stood on a high place, sighing constantly, with a lonely back, alone, pitiful and lonely.

this era.

Among the [-] people in China, he is the only one who wakes up!
This is the situation.

It made many viewers empathize. In the era when people were still numb and dull, what could they expect?

A gust of cold wind blew, and Lin Feng stood on the top of the fortress, fighting side by side with the heroes of 180 years ago.

With a wave of Lin Feng's palm, a light curtain flew up.

The rain falling from the sky was blocked and fell aside automatically.

The place where the two of them stood was no longer wet by the rain.

Lin Zexu turned his head, and saw a young man with ordinary books and long clothes, with a smile on his face.

"you are?"

"Junior Lin Feng, call on senior."

"You are also a descendant of the Lin family? Where do you come from? This place is an important coastal defense area, how dare you break into it?"

"The younger generation comes from 180 years later, traveling through time and space."

"Nonsense, you leave quickly. If you break the rules, the governor can't abolish the government for personal reasons, so you won't be allowed."

"Senior, look at the light curtain above your head."

"This is?"

……

After talking for a while, Lin Zexu believed in Lin Feng. After all, how can an ordinary person have the ability to block the rain?
Afterwards, Lin Feng said, "The younger generation comes from later generations, do you have any doubts in your heart?"

Lin Zexu asked directly, "How to deal with the confiscated 1000 tons of duck slices is a big problem. Can you tell me?"

This is not a problem.

In the distance is the sea.

If Lin Feng didn't show up, Lin Zexu would think of soaking in sea water soon.

Historically, after Lin Zexu received duck slices, he discovered a practical problem. It was not easy to collect, and it was even more difficult to destroy. An intuitive feeling, to sell cigarettes, of course it was burned, but in fact, this would not work, so The big duck slices are smoked out, isn't everyone in Guangzhou excited?Many paintings do not understand this point, and they also draw a flame to indicate the sale of cigarettes. This is because they did not read history carefully.

In order to sell the cigarettes, Lin Zexu searched everywhere, and finally came up with the idea of ​​using seawater and lime to smoke together.

Guangzhou is not close to the sea, there is no large-scale seawater, and it is not conducive to the discharge of waste water. Finally, Humen was selected.

Moreover, at that time Lin Zexu wanted to transport the opium back to the capital for destruction, but Yushi Deng Ying thought it would be better to destroy the opium on the spot in order to prevent the duck slices from being secretly replaced, and Emperor Daoguang agreed.

Lin Zexu decided to publicly sell cigarettes in Humen, and then Lin Zexu would find a way to destroy the duck slices.

Lin Zexu once used the traditional method of burning duck slices with "smoky soil mixed with tung oil", but the residue of the ointment would seep into the ground, and drug addicts still got two or three out of ten of them digging the ground for soil.So Lin Zexu found out the second method "sea immersion method".

The method of seawater immersion method is to pick and dig two pools by the sea, and pave stones at the bottom of the pools to prevent ducks.
Leakage, nail boards around, and dig a ditch.Pour the salt water down the gutter and into the pool.Then cut the smoky soil into four pieces, pour salt water into it, soak for half a day, then add lime, the lime will boil when it meets water, and the smoky soil will dissolve.The soldiers kept stirring in the pool with wooden rakes, so that the smoke and soil could completely dissolve into the water.When the tide is low, send the pool water out to the ocean, and wash the bottom of the pool with clean water without leaving any trickle.

It was also said in the diary that day: "Digest the duck slices within a day and release them into the ocean, so that the aquarium will temporarily migrate in advance to avoid its poison."
It can be said that Humen entered the historical field of vision and became a beginning of modern Chinese history.

This is the first time that Dongguan Humen has opened a new era.

Since then, China has become semi-colonial and semi-feudal.

There is no way, as early as the Ming Dynasty or the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there was going to be a national transformation. If you are content with the status quo, if you don’t change, you will have to pay the bill sooner or later, but the price is too heavy.

This is the first time Dongguan has opened an era.

A hundred years later, Dongguan has opened another era.

This is the era of manufacturing.

……

In the lens.

Lin Zexu asked the second question, saying, "Young man, you come from later generations. The governor asks you, did the "Humen cigarette destruction" incident effectively save China from the fire?"

Lin Feng shook his head and replied, "No, the incident angered the foreigners. They took the opportunity to launch an invasion. Huaxia couldn't stop it, and was forced to sign a series of unequal treaties that humiliated the country."

Lin Zexu said helplessly, "What's the use of this gunpowder smoke? The country is still in ruins, the city is still in ruins, and the people are still suffering..."

(End of this chapter)