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Why is it superficially banned?

[After a pause, Xiao Xiao explained: "Because from the middle and late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty, a huge number of opium-smoking consumer groups, ranging from the emperor to the common people, had formed across the country.

Not all opium at that time was expensive, poor quality was also very cheap, and ordinary people could afford it. ”]

Okay, I understand, even the emperor himself took the lead in smoking, it is strange that this can be banned.

The things for the dignitaries are of 'good quality', that is, they are more stimulating to the brain. The things for ordinary people are of 'poor quality' and sold at low prices. It is really necessary for future generations of Chinese people to try it no matter what, until they can't live without it. stuff.

So many people in the entire country, from commoners to kings, couldn't live without him. Without him, they would feel uncomfortable. They would be in a daze and not do anything serious, and just lie there all day long in a state of intoxication.

No one is cultivating the fields, no one is doing business, the ministers do not go to the yamen, the emperor does not deal with government affairs, the women do not take care of the household affairs, and everyone lies down and smokes.

The scenes in those black-and-white photos were transformed into real people, from Beijing to Jiangnan, from the Central Plains to the border... Thinking about it makes people's heads tingle.

The degree of sinisterness and viciousness greatly refreshed the ancients who were relatively well-informed.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty were reminded of Wanli, who detected morphine in his skull.

At that time, there was probably no way to smoke it. He added it when he was refining the elixir. The ingredients in it could be stored in the bones for hundreds of years. You can imagine how strong the stimulation to those brain nerves was.

Kangxi also had a gloomy look on his face. His own medical skills were quite good, and he was more aware of the harm of this stuff to the human body than other emperors. He was so angry that he couldn't help but wonder if the emperor of the Qing Dynasty would inhale it himself. He would send his ancestors away first.

[“More and more opium is being smuggled in from outside, and some people who like it even give it many names such as ‘Furong Paste’ and ‘Afurong’.

People who smoke opium also regard it as a cultural and tasteful thing.

Since it is something that gentlemen like to do, it needs to be 'fastidious'. They even organized a culture of opium smoking and developed various smoking utensils and etiquette. "

Take out a set of photos and let them experience it slowly. 】

Those photos before were scary enough, but one of the photos this time made all the Confucian students go crazy.

This photo has a huge impact on me.

There were six people in the photo. Two women in the middle were lying down smoking cigarettes. There were two other women on their left and right. The woman on the left was standing with a book open, the woman on the right was sitting here smoking, and the man on the far right lowered his head and bent over. He was also smoking, and the man at the back lowered his head and inserted the incense candle.

Why do I put incense candles? Because there is an incense altar on the back table with incense. There is a painting hanging high at the end. On the left side of it is written "Master" in traditional Chinese characters, and on the right side is written "Confucius".

Almost all the Confucian students in the dynasty became so angry when they saw this scene that they were so angry that they threw the things at hand.

There were candles, incense, and various ingots hanging on it, obviously for worship.

But worship?

Smoking opium to "worship" in front of the statue of Confucius?

This behavior makes all Confucian students feel deeply insulted.

It did not disappear completely during the Qin and Han dynasties. Mohism and Taoism, which were the schools of thought that had gone back and forth with Confucianism in the past, all fell silent.

Sometimes, they are not passed down to later generations, but that is not entirely a disaster. At least no one takes their teachings out of context or tampering with them, and no one would do such a thing to the portraits of Laozi and Mozi.

They used to think that various things in later Neo-Confucianism had greatly affected the current Confucianists, causing them to bear grievances that did not belong to them. Now that they saw this photo, they once again felt that the current Confucianists were not guilty of this.

Compared with later generations, the current Confucianism is still a bit fundamentalist. Although some are too inflexible and some are too flexible, in general, everyone respects and respects Confucius.

Even the Mohists and Taoists who criticized Confucianism and Confucius and Mencius directly every day never thought that Confucius would still be insulted after thousands of years.

Liu Che thought about the Confucian students in Chang'an City now and observed two seconds of silence for them.

Not to mention the Qin and Han Dynasties, even the Tang and Song Dynasties were greatly impacted, let alone a group of Ming and Qing students who respected Confucius.

Regardless of whether they were in Neo-Confucianism, Psychological Studies or New Studies, their respect for Confucius was engraved in their bones. When they saw such a debauched and decadent scene, they became so angry that their throats tightened and they started to curse at the people in the photos.

Wang Shouren, who had not yet left the capital, was filled with anger. This Qing literati might as well learn Neo-Confucianism.

He couldn't help but scolded: "What a 'fussy' and 'etiquette', shameless bastard!"

They are the closest to the Qing Dynasty in the Ming Dynasty and have the most similar customs.

In the current era, ordinary people do not have so many exquisite worship utensils in their homes. Those who have such a portrait of Confucius must be from a scholarly family who has no worries about food and drink. And such a family must have a man in charge, and will not let a woman. Go to the statue of Confucius.

Find a young and beautiful woman to smoke in front of the sage, do you want him to be able to enjoy it even as an old man?

I think Confucius might want to take out his own bow and arrow and shoot you to death with one arrow.

Even scholars were poisoned to this extent. People in the Ming and Qing Dynasties couldn't help but shudder when they thought about it, and their fear of this thing increased several levels.

"By around 1835, under the deliberate guidance of Western powers, the number of opium smokers was estimated to be about 200 million. The population of the Qing Dynasty at that time was about 4 million or million."

Taking out the data at that time, Xiaoxiao couldn't help but grit his teeth.

“Across the entire land of China, opium is consumed by both high-ranking officials and poor people, men and women, young and old.

Opium seriously corroded people's body and spirit. Princes, ministers, civilians, and even the army all took opium.

During the Opium War, many soldiers in the army were addicted to opium, which made them depressed and without fighting ability. As a result, he was called the "sick man of East Asia" from the late Qing Dynasty, and this title has been with us for a long time. ”]

WTF?

"Two million people!" Li Shimin stood up suddenly, his expression unable to conceal his shock.

It was only after the end of the Sui Dynasty that a large number of people died or even went into hiding. The current population of the Tang Dynasty is only about 200 million households, which is equivalent to at least one opium addict in every household in the Tang Dynasty.

By analogy, it is equivalent to having a person in every family who does nothing but only spends money from home to buy this thing, and then his body is damaged and the person is dead within a few years...

Just thinking about this scene, he wanted to burn all these damn things and shame all those who dared to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty.

"From now on, everything entering Datang from outside will be inspected!"

Empress Changsun also stood up and said with the same serious expression: "In the future, the guards responsible for city gate inspections will also need to be carefully selected."

Kangxi faced him. Kangxi gritted his teeth while trying to steady his body, his eyes red.

The second brother below saw it and thought that this was even more angry than when father and son had a complete falling out some time ago.

But it was true that even though he was no longer destined to the throne, he had been the prince for so many years and had no feelings for the Qing Dynasty. He also felt very angry when he heard such things.

Before they were bullied into their faces and signed that kind of treaty, others had been secretly doing dirty things to them for so many years.

People who already knew that they were in East Asia were more shocked than the others.

Even the Song Dynasty did not expect that the Qing Dynasty who was still a unified dynasty would be called that.

The Song people, who felt that they were already embarrassed in front of future generations, did not expect that one day they would see such an expression of deep hatred on the host's face.

But in a country, more than two million people are living in such a state of intoxication, and the remaining people have to bear the burden of doing things that these two million people do not do, and have to live hard every day. What are they like? ?

Shaking his hands, the old Su Shi gritted his teeth, seeming to understand why later generations viewed Song Dynasty that way.

They themselves had experienced even more humiliating things, being so poisoned and bullied by foreigners. No wonder Song was so disgusted by An Yiyu's inaction.

[Put down the photo and take a long breath.

“So many opium addicts led to the outflow of a large amount of silver from the Qing Dynasty, which seriously affected the country’s finances. The financial crisis will inevitably affect the foundation of governance.

Emperor Daoguang began to realize the dangers of the entire population being addicted to opium and determined to ban opium.

He repeatedly issued edicts to ban smoking, and fully supported Lin Zexu, the governor of Huguang who advocated a ban on smoking. He appointed him as the imperial envoy and minister of customs protection, and went to Guangdong to investigate and deal with smuggling of opium. ”]

The people of the Qing Dynasty felt a little better, and at least they were aware of the dangers. For such a life-threatening thing, it was better to decide to do something than nothing.

This Daoguang shouldn't be the smoking emperor, right?

["When Lin Zexu arrived in Guangzhou, the opium merchants knew what he was doing, but they didn't take him seriously. They just wanted to bribe him with money as before.

But Lin Zexu didn't do it for money at all. As soon as he came over, he asked the merchants to hand over all the cigarettes within three days, and he also had to sign a commitment letter promising not to sell them again in the future.

In the future, there will be businessmen smuggling this stuff. Not only will the goods be confiscated, but the people will also be executed on the spot.

However, due to his resolute attitude, only a part of the merchants were handed in. More merchants, and even the local government servants and subordinates did not respond at all.

Even if Lin Zexu said that he would not leave Guangzhou as long as opium was still there, the foreign businessmen were still delaying, and Lin Zexu became even tougher. They just handed over a little symbolically and settled the matter. ”]

They have sent a border official of the level of the Governor of Huguang there, but they still have no deterrent effect?

Yinreng didn't know what to say.

Either the later generations of the court lost their prestige, or they were no longer afraid of foreigners. It is also possible that everyone who came to ban smoking was bribed with money, causing everyone to completely ignore the governor and imperial envoy who was responsible for this matter.

Especially compared with the current situation in the Qing Dynasty, it seems that the court's local deterrence will be reduced a lot in the future.

"Lin Zexu led his men to surround the Thirteenth Bank of Guangzhou where foreign merchants gathered, moved all the Chinese people out, and cut off communications and food and supplies inside and outside.

The 350 foreigners inside had no Chinese servants and had to do everything themselves. They were soon forced to hand over all their opium.

Lin Zexu, who arrived in Guangzhou on March 18, confiscated more than 237 million kilograms in just days.

He also cooperated with the Admiral of the Guangdong Navy to uncover more than a hundred opium smuggling cases, confiscated opium taels, and internally punished officials who provided protection for opium smuggling.

He originally wanted to transport all these items back to Beijing and destroy them, but he was worried about various risks on the way. After petitioning Emperor Daoguang for permission, he decided to publicly destroy the cigarettes in Humen. "

After finding various painting and sculpture materials for Gunsmoke in Humen, Xiaoxiao continued with a serious face.

"On June 1839, , Lin Zexu piled the confiscated opium on the beach near Humen, and the famous "Humen Opium Destruction" began.

The previous method was to use tung oil and burn the opium together, but this would still allow the opium to penetrate deep into the soil, and addicted people could dig up the soil and refine the opium.

In order to completely destroy these things, Lin Zexu used the "seawater leaching method": dig two pools on the beach, lay stones on the ground of the pools, nail wooden boards around them, dig a trench and put the opium into the seawater, cut the opium into four pieces and throw them in. Soak in sea water for half a day and then pour in lime.

The lime boils with water and dissolves the opium. Stirring is continued until it is confirmed that the opium has been dissolved. The water is then discharged into the sea and the pool is washed with clean water.

The opium burning activity continued until June 20, and a total of 500 pounds of opium was destroyed.

This anti-opium campaign was so vigorous that not only the local people, but also foreign businessmen, reporters, consuls, and missionaries who did not sell opium came from Macau and other places to watch.

Local and foreign newspapers reported the incident extensively, and even foreigners who did not sell opium expressed their affirmation and support for this behavior.

The destruction of opium in Humen curbed the spread of opium to a certain extent and made more people aware of the dangers of opium. Lin Zexu has since become our national hero.

In order to commemorate this anti-smoking campaign, the People's Republic of China engraved the scene of smoking cessation in Humen on the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square. ”]

Whether they are rulers or ordinary people, their tightly held hearts finally relax a little.

They were thankful that someone finally saw this dangerous thing and was willing to withstand the pressure to do such a thing.

After taking a long breath, many people also admired Lin Zexu.

For being able to do such a thing for the country, he deserves the title of 'national hero'.

Even Kangxi's face looked better. No matter why future generations didn't take care of this before, at least he supported the underground ministers in doing this before it caused a bigger crisis.

But later he realized that he was rejoicing too early.

Zhu Di was only in the first year of Yongle at this time. It would take four years to build the Forbidden City, and it would take more than ten years to complete it.

He saw that Tiananmen was nothing, but the emperors and ministers of Zhengde, Jiajing, and Kangxi had many questions about this monument and Tiananmen.

All in all, he is a heroic figure, but would it be too much praise to have his deeds engraved in front of Chengtian Gate?

["Since then, the top-down anti-drug campaign of the Qing Dynasty has flourished in various places, and various places have launched crackdowns on illegal officials and opium smugglers.

At the same time, the Qing government directly sent troops to suppress domestic opium smuggling groups that openly opposed the smoking ban.

At the same time, British opium traders, who suffered heavy losses, began to encourage the British government to launch a war against the Qing Dynasty, which was the Opium War we just mentioned. ”]

The outcome of the Opium War is clear to everyone.