Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 180
From the sea to the boundless, the sky is the shore, and the mountain climbs to the top, I am the peak

How many people know?

Such domineering verses are from Lin Zexu.

Or the poems he wrote when he was a teenager.

This ancient and modern dialogue.

The two left Haiphong City and walked towards a warehouse, where countless old boxes were lined up densely.

The contents of each box are poisons that have poisoned the Chinese people.

Lin Feng asked, "Senior, how much opium did you confiscate this time?"

According to historical records, Lin Zexu destroyed opium in public in Humen. It lasted 6 days from June 3 to June 6, destroying 25 boxes and 23 bags of opium, with a total weight of 19,187 jin.

Lin Zexu replied:
"At that time, my officer, together with Admiral Guan Tianpei of the Guangdong Navy, inspected and accepted the opium. The tobacco dealer handed over the cigarettes in Shajiao and issued a receipt on the Louisa. At the same time, he suggested that a box of opium be handed over, and a reward of five catties of tea would be given."

“5月12日，民间缴烟第一次结束，此次拘捕吸毒者、烟贩一千600人，收缴烟膏46万一千520六両、烟枪四万二千740一杆、烟锅210二口。”

"When the second round ended on May 5, a total of 18 boxes and 180 bags were collected."

"The total weight of all smoke cream is 230 million kilograms."

……

238 million kilograms?
What is this concept?
Many people were stunned by these statistics.

"Good guy, how many tons does this have?"

"A ton equals 1000 kilograms, so that's 2380 tons,"

"You know, this is only Nanguang. Are there other places?"

"I just want to know, after Humen sells cigarettes, will this vicious thing still exist in our land of China?"

"Yes, in the two Opium Wars, the incompetent Qing court was completely defeated. When the port was opened, a larger amount of smoke cream poured in, causing even more unprecedented torment."

"Smoking, and it's even more serious. After the second Opium War, it reached n times that of Humen gunpowder. Although the Chiang government banned it, the effect was not good, and the phenomenon of reselling and smoking by military and government officials was serious. Tobacco and drugs have harmed our people until the new Huaxia was established."

"After the sale of cigarettes in Humen, there were fewer people smoking opium for a period of time, but this seriously violated the interests of merchants in the country where the sun never sets. Before opium was popular, Chinese silk and tea products were very popular overseas. The surplus was quite large, and the country on which the sun never sets used high-profit opium to alleviate this situation. Moreover, the country on which the sun never sets started the industrial revolution in the middle of the eighteenth century, and its national strength was already very strong. Destroyed by the artillery fire, Lin Zexu was dealt with, and since then opium has flourished again, and even now, the evil thing of tobacco paste is still rampant!"

"No wonder some people say that the most difficult time for China is that it has reached the point of subjugation and extinction."

"If the sun doesn't set on a dog's day, it's not as good as a beast."

"The sad thing is that there are still a large group of people who worship foreigners and those white-haired animals that have ruined China for hundreds of years."

"Think about the invasion of the Eight-Power Allied Forces, how many precious antiques have been stolen from us? Does anyone still remember the history of blood and tears?"

"This period of history is our humiliation and must be remembered."

"The destruction of opium in Humen is a glorious page in the anti-imperialist struggle in the modern history of our country. The destruction of cigarettes in Humen is the climax of the anti-smoking movement. It is a solemn protest and resolute attack against foreign opium trafficking for decades. It has safeguarded the dignity of the Chinese nation and demonstrated Our will to resist aggression."

"Some people say that selling cigarettes in Humen is useless, it's just nonsense."

"Agreed, through this gunpowder, let more people know the harm, from where to start, we have greatly reduced the number of people who died due to smoking."

……

On the Internet, heated discussions are boiling, and countless barrages are flying all over the sky on major mainstream live broadcast websites.

in the lens.

Lin Zexu took Lin Feng to check a box of tobacco ointment.

Take everyone.

I saw the chief culprit who poisoned the Chinese nation 200 years ago.

Subsequently.

I went to various places in Humen Town, and under the light of torches, skinny people could be seen everywhere on the streets and at the end of the street.

They were in a state of drunkenness, lying on the cold ground, sitting in muddy water, babbling, as if unconscious.

There are even smokers struggling like a mass of rotten meat, life would be worse than death.

There was a choking stench in the air.

These smokers, who are like garbage, are homeless, like people abandoned by God, they continue to degenerate, and eventually rot to death.

In a wild forest outside.

It's late at night.

At this time, there were still people working, and the officials of the Yamen were carrying corpses and discarding them into the tunnels in the dense forest.

Lin Zexu said sadly, "In just a few years, tens of thousands of people died due to opium smoking, and the trend is still increasing every year. If the cigarettes are not sold, in a few years or decades, maybe the Chinese people will die because of it. There will be millions, tens of millions..."

Those who died from opium.

Obviously too much.

The imperial court did not have more money to settle.

Only to be buried together.

Before this person died, he was starved to the point of skin and bones, and his family was completely destitute. Even his relatives were deeply disgusted. Before he died, he was a starving ghost mourning his misfortune.

after death.

There is still no one to pay homage, no one to burn incense, and the corpse is still in the mass grave, becoming a lonely ghost.

It was bleak to the extreme.

This is the danger of smoking cream.

The past and the present, the two walked around Humen Town, and then returned to the place where Lin Zexu lived.

Boil a pot of hot tea.

Three dishes of peanut and radish side dishes.

The oil lamp was shining, and he drank a cup of tea. Lin Zexu asked, "Young man, the one who finally made China fall into the quagmire, does the sun never set?"

Lin Feng shook his head and said, "No."

"Those Western powers that achieved industrialization and quickly became stronger?"

"Not at all."

"Not Westerners? They are like ambitious beasts at present, treating the land of China as fat, intending to share food, such a great opportunity, how can they be willing to leave?"

"These foreigners have indeed caused untold crimes. However, in the near future, our nation will begin to awaken. Under the leadership of the pioneers, we can stop their invasion. There is only one country that is hard to stop."

"who is it?"

"at East."

"East of Huaxia?"

"Wogo country."

"Young man, are you kidding me? How could it be the Japanese country? How could the poor and white people in that small place invade China and cause huge disasters."

"The younger generation is not joking. After 100 years, the Japanese kingdom expanded outwards and aggressively attacked China, causing an unprecedented catastrophe. In this tragic war, China lost more than 3000 million people."

"what……"

Lin Zexu was stunned, his face extremely astonished, obviously he never dreamed that China, which had been weakened for a hundred years, would finally suffer the murderous hand from the small Japanese country in the east.

"Why does this foot basin tribe have so much energy?" Lin Zexu asked doubting life.

Foot basin family?
Lin Feng didn't slow down for a while.

"Isn't this Japanese country called Japanese pirates, Dongying? Later, I named myself Japan. The English pronunciation of Japan is called foot basin?"

Lin Zexu said with a surprised face, and his words also opened the eyes of many viewers.

This is also what Lin Feng heard.

He asked, "The pronunciation of Japan, in this day and age, what is it really called a foot basin?"

Lin Zexu replied, "Yes, they are all transliterated by foreigners. When they read it out, we follow suit."

Ok!

Wa country...

Basin family...

Sounds like a perfect match.

In fact, it is appropriate and beneficial for the Japanese country to be a foot basin tribe.

Lin Feng said, "The heinous crimes committed by the Japanese nation a hundred years later, every one, every one, makes people feel angry. I can't wait to peel their skin, eat their flesh, and tear their bones..."

There are countless crimes committed by the Wa Kingdom in the land of China.According to incomplete statistics:
In May 1874, Japan sent more than 5 troops to invade my country's Wanwan Island and brutally killed the Gaoshan people. In October, the Qing court was forced to sign the "Yanjing Special Articles", recognizing Ryukyu as the protectorate of the Wa Kingdom and compensating the Wa Kingdom for military expenses of 3600 taels of silver.

In July 1894, the Japanese warships raided the Huaxia warships performing escort missions in the sea of ​​Fengdao, severely damaged the "Jiyuan" and "Guangyi"; sank the "Gaosheng" transport ship, killing more than 7 Chinese officers and soldiers. "The Sino-Japanese War".

In September, the Japanese fleet attacked our Beiyang fleet in the Yellow Sea and sank 9 warships.

"Zhiyuan" took Deng Shichang and 250 people on the ship, and "Jingyuan" led Lin Yongsheng and 270 people on the ship to die heroically.

In October, the Japanese invaded China's Liaosu Province in two ways.

In November, Japan occupied Dalian and Lushun.After the Japanese entered Lushun, they killed everyone they saw. During the 11-day and 4-night massacre, more than 3 Chinese people in the city were slaughtered, and only 2 people who buried their bodies survived.

In February 1895, the Japanese attacked the Huaxia Navy stationed in Weihaiwei from both land and water.

In March, the Japanese nation occupied the entire Liaodong Peninsula. The Japanese army burned, killed, raped and looted wherever they went. In Tianzhuangtai alone, they killed more than 3 Chinese soldiers and civilians.

……

……

Before mentioning the tragic history of the real Japanese country's full-scale invasion of China, Lin Zexu was already furious, his face flushed, his veins swollen, he slapped the table heavily, stood up again, paced back and forth, and kept spitting.

"Foot basin tribe, damn it..."

"The foot basin tribe, wantonly killing my Chinese people, should be punished by heaven..."

"Foot basin family, my official day is you @￥%..."

Lin Zexu, who has always been prudent, even came out with national curses.

Can be imagined.

What a monstrous hatred in his heart.

At this moment, the audience who were watching the show were also aroused by this unbearable history of blood and tears, and the verbal criticism of the Wa Kingdom began to be staged.

(End of this chapter)