Chapter 158 Lin Zexu

[This issue reviews the history of China's founding. ]

[In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, the country was closed to the outside world, and it was trapped in its own trap. Without any reason, the foreign powers became stronger and stronger. They coveted the magnificent mountains and rivers of the Central Plains and sent troops to invade. The late Qing Dynasty was still immersed in its own rule, but the way they fled in panic was really embarrassing. ]

[Finally, opium flowed into the court. The Qing dynasty had been on its last legs for nearly three hundred years and was barely surviving. Foreign countries forced opium into China, and in exchange for it, countless gold and silver treasures were taken away. The foundation of the country was destroyed, and its dignity was lost. The great country became a laughing stock.]

[Opium is spreading all over the country, causing great harm, and the law should be strictly enforced. If we continue to ignore it, in a few decades, the Central Plains will have almost no soldiers to defend against the enemy, and no silver to pay for military pay.]

[The dignity of the country is gone, the dignity of the people has been lost, the great country has been enslaved by foreign countries, and the power of life and death is in the hands of foreign countries. Isn't this shameful? ]

Every line of words and every stroke was filled with dead silence.

All the emperors, generals, poets and saints were silent.

They all felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

No dynasty lasts forever.

Everything that rises must inevitably fall; this is a law that every dynasty cannot escape.

All emperors knew that the winners would be kings and the losers would be bandits, and all they could do was to extend the life of the dynasty as much as possible.

But no one could bear to see it end like this.

They just felt humiliated.

It's humiliating to watch.

Not to mention doing it!

“This is the dark state of the country. When will it reach its peak?”

"This country is hopeless and desperately ill!"

The emperors shook their heads and sighed.

Li Du, Wang Meng clenched their fists. There were troubled times in every dynasty, but no troubled times were like the one at this moment!

“This country can still be saved!”

Just as the emperors were sighing, a sonorous and powerful voice rang out like thunder.

The text disappeared and the picture changed.

A minister wearing an official hat and a beard spoke passionately to Emperor Daoguang: "I am willing to go to Guangdong to ban opium. Things in the world are unpredictable. How can everything go as planned? I just hope I can live up to my conscience!"

"As long as the opium is not extinguished, I will not return. I swear to stick with this matter from beginning to end, and there will be no end to it!"

The country was destroyed, but the mountains and rivers remained. The imperial court was complacent, sticking to its old ways and unaware of changes. So, he would be the first pioneer to break the rules!
Lin Zexu, Imperial Commissioner of the Qing Dynasty.

No one dares to do this, but he does!

No one dares to face the Western long spear and short distance, but he will face it!

Go ahead to dangers!
He knew that he couldn't go on like this.

No one knew better than him how dangerous opium was. For more than ten years, the Qing Dynasty had no more men to fight in the war and no more silver to support military pay.

This is a slow death!
At this moment, the Tang Dynasty.

Wei Zheng served Li Shimin. When he saw this scene, he clenched his fists and spoke excitedly.

"As long as this country has him, there is still hope!"

"China, China, why is it said that this is a country that rose from ruins? Now I understand."

"This is the origin of glory!"

In the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei looked at the scene and muttered to himself.

At this moment, he thought of himself.

"How great it would be if he was born in the Southern Song Dynasty..."

He sighed from the bottom of his heart.

Because the Southern Song Dynasty was also dominated by eunuchs, it needed upright ministers like Lin Zexu.

After so many years, he knew that he might be in danger, and at worst he would lose his job, but he still went without hesitation.

Wherever there is persecution, there is resistance.

He fired the first shot of resistance.

The scene changes to Humen, Guangdong.

He personally led a large number of troops to garrison the ports of Guangdong, forced foreign merchants to hand over opium, and directly suppressed any resistance.

"Throw!"

Lin Zexu's eyes widened with anger and he roared to the sky.

The roar was like the roar of thunder, which dispersed the clouds and cleared the sky.

This roar expressed the anger that had been pent up for many years among Chinese people.

The group of foreign merchants who had been tied up were dumbfounded - were these still the Qing people who were timid and afraid of their advanced artillery?

For the first time, they saw the bloodiness of the oppressed Orientals.

"boom……"

All the opium was poured into a puddle of seawater.

Limestone tumbled and steam rose.

To turn the tide, to support the collapsing building - this is to destroy the opium in Humen!
The emperors of all dynasties fell silent and watched quietly.

Until the screen turned black, the emperors, princes, generals, poets and sages could not calm down for a long time.

When they saw opium rampant, harming civilians and soldiers, and draining the imperial court's treasury, they felt despair.

Deep despair!
This kind of despair is something that emperors of any dynasty have never experienced or thought about.

However, the appearance of Lin Zexu made all the emperors and generals' eyes light up.

He is like a dazzling comet, passing through the endless darkness and bringing the first ray of light.

The emperors saw a glimmer of hope.

It is believed that the glory of the great country began with him.

History is vast. When such martyrs who are not afraid of life and death and who are at the forefront of reform appear in troubled times, they often awaken the soul of a country.

Is it the same for China?
Lin Zexu used the destruction of opium at Humen to awaken the Chinese people who were immersed in fantasy.

Southern Song Dynasty.

Yue Fei had always taught by example, and had "Serve the country with loyalty" tattooed on his back, but in this era when treacherous officials were in power, he was still somewhat powerless.

He was thinking whether it was time to carry out reforms just like the destruction of opium at Humen.

If his death could change the country, then he was willing.

Looking at the scene at this moment, he was suddenly inspired and wrote a poem with great eloquence.

This poem is called "Man Jiang Hong".

During the Tang Dynasty, during the Zhenguan era, singing and dancing flourished.

Looking at the dancing palace maids in front of him, Li Shimin suddenly lost interest for some reason.

He waved his hand to send them away, then focused on watching the picture on the sky.

The picture would show the glory of the future, but all he saw was darkness and decadence.

"In this age where dukes are no longer dukes and kings are no longer kings, will there be more people like this in the future?"

Li Shimin was looking forward to it.

Finally, there is Daqin.

The First Emperor fell into a long silence.

As the first emperor in history and the first emperor to establish a country, his talent and strategy are hard to match.

Although Lin Zexu fired the first shot to awaken the sleeping nation, he had already sensed that this road would be too difficult!

It’s even basically impossible to achieve!
Recalling those golden letters, he gradually understood that the country had moved step by step from darkness to light, and the process in between was glory.

Darkness, so dense that it is despairing!
In this situation, it is not easy to survive, let alone establish a country and rise!

"With powerful enemies surrounding us from outside and natural and man-made disasters from within, and the imperial court being corrupt and cowardly, when will we be able to rise again?"

Not only Ying Zheng, but also Emperor Wu of Han, Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor Taizu of Song, and the commoner emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, raised such questions.

Just when all the emperors thought that after Lin Zexu fired the first shot, the dynasty would gradually get better.

Reality once again gave them a ruthless blow!
I just saw the words continue to count——

[The destruction of opium at Humen suppressed the harm of the rampant opium to a certain extent, and Lin Zexu was also hailed as a "national hero", but from the results, the results of the destruction of opium at Humen were not sustained, and it was just a drop in the bucket. The country was too seriously ill! ] [The emergence of the destruction of opium at Humen became the fuse of the war. ]

[The imperial court wanted to stop the foreign dogs from advancing directly, but it was powerless. The city walls were no match for the artillery fire, and the swords and guns were no match for the foreign guns. The Qing Dynasty was defeated and forced to cede territory and pay compensation.]

"This……"

Looking at these words, the emperors were stunned and could not say a word.

I thought the situation had improved after the Battle of Humen, but it turned out to be even worse.

"Ceding territory and paying compensation... What a shame! What anger! Where is the dignity?"

Especially the First Emperor and Zhu Yuanzhang were extremely angry.

Even the 'audience' like them, just looking at these cold words, became so angry, let alone people living in this era?
They must have lost faith in this country, right?

Jiang Li also interspersed some clips of direct war in the inventory.

Leaning to one side.

It's really a one-sided situation.

It was clear that the Qing Dynasty had ten or even twenty times more people than the enemy, but in the end they were massacred!

Those holding long swords will never be able to defeat those holding guns.

According to cold statistics, the other side suffered only 500 casualties in the entire war, while the Qing Dynasty lost more than 20,000 people!
A full forty times!

Southern Song Dynasty, parallel time and space.

"Bang!"

A military scientist watched this scene with his eyes wide open, and in desperation, he even smashed the cup in front of him.

His name is Chen Gui, and he is a military scientist.

He invented the musket.

He didn't expect that his invention would be developed and promoted by foreign countries!
It has also become a powerful weapon to attack future countries!

"Raising tigers will bring disaster, raising tigers will bring disaster..."

During the Yuan Dynasty, many people sighed like this.

It was they who passed the gunpowder technology to a Westerner named El Monte Carlo.

Unexpectedly, this move brought technology directly to the West!

But it's too late to regret!

"If you fall behind, you will be beaten..."

The emperors of all dynasties clenched their fists tightly, with a ball of anger in their chests.

This anger is due to the cunning and treachery of overseas foreigners, but more importantly, it is due to the helplessness of the late Qing Dynasty for not making progress and closing its doors to the outside world while other countries were developing rapidly.

"Once upon a time, how much ahead was our dynasty's technology than those foreign nations? How much has it been surpassed now? This proves the saying that there must be something pitiful about pitiful people!"

All the emperors were disappointed with their achievements. Emperor Qianlong lowered his head and was speechless.

At this time, new text appeared again.

[Although we lost this battle, and lost completely, we still had to fight this battle. We had to fight even though we knew we would lose! ]

[If we don’t fight, this country will really be finished. ]

These two sentences come from Guan Tianpei.

He led his warriors to fight against the British Empire and died heroically.

All emperors agreed with this. What could be more stimulating than blood?

The golden words continue.

[The British Empire became the first to try something new, and other powers saw this and wanted to get a piece of the pie.]

[Many countries are invading, and the big country is surrounded by enemies! ]

"The Dragon's Trap!"

"Who can solve this game?"

The emperors were all stunned and exclaimed in surprise.

I thought the situation after the war was bad enough.

I didn't expect that there is no worst, only worse.

Other countries also want a piece of the pie!

A great country, like a delicious cake, is shared by many people.

This is the darkest hour!

Every emperor was trembling physically and mentally, and their breathing became rapid.

I dare not read on!
Finally, Emperor Qin Shi Huang muttered to himself: "How can we start a new country? This is simply impossible! I don't believe this can start a new country!"

The First Emperor's voice trembled with excitement.

Emperor Zhaolie of Han, Liu Bei: "That's right, even if Zhuge Kongming were resurrected, there would be nothing we can do about this situation!"

At this moment, the emperors were all silent.

They vaguely felt that a sleeping country was about to awaken and the flame of reform was about to be ignited.

But reality gave them a heavy blow!

Many overseas countries intervened and divided up the cake.

The imperial court could only endure and tolerate, make concessions again and again, cede territory, pay compensation, and provide convenience.

The wind and waves were so strong that they extinguished the flames that had just ignited.

It calls itself the "most glorious country", but the road to nation-building for this most glorious country is still far away!
At this moment, dazzling words appeared in the sky again.

[At the end of the dynasty, the opium war ended, sovereignty was destroyed, the country was trapped both internally and externally, and all the horses were silent. However, where there is oppression, there is resistance! ]

[Finally, a group of people emerged. They climbed out of the mud, lit torches, and launched the first battle of resistance.]

In the Southern Song Dynasty, a decadent trend gradually emerged.

Lu You always worked hard for the court to fight the Northern Expedition and recover lost territory.

Now, he sees a darker time ahead.

"How can we rise from the darkness?"

He asked himself, asked the Southern Song Dynasty, and even more asked China.

Great Qin.

In addition to Li Si, Fusu was also there to look at the sky curtain and take inventory with the First Emperor.

He has been climbing up step by step throughout his life. In fact, the imperial court in the picture is the best time for him to display his talents.

However, if he had the chance to be so passionate, why would he choose conspiracy?

Not only words appeared in the sky, but also pictures.

Before the picture fully appeared, a burst of excited voices was heard.

"I, a Han Chinese with 400 million people, have been controlled by millions of Tartar monsters. How could there be such a great shame in the world?"

It was a middle-aged man who stood up and shouted, and around him, a group of followers gathered.

Most of them were dressed in coarse linen, were of rough build, had little education, but were full of passion.

"Since ancient times, business has been done by people. If the government does nothing, then we farmers will do it. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!"

A roar, like thunder, split the sky.

He was a farmer in rough linen clothes, shouting in the village with anger in his eyes.

He gave such speeches almost every day, advocating that "the world belongs to all people."

Then a line of words appeared on the sky curtain.

【Hong Xiuquan wrote "Original Dao Song of Saving the World" and founded the God Worshipping Society, with the name "Heavenly Kingdom".】

[This was the biggest uprising of the entire century, but they were born in the lower class and could not resist the interests. After winning some victories, they became extravagant and their original intentions changed. They began to fight among themselves, fight for power and profit, and indulge in beauty all day long.]

[After the suppression war lasted for fourteen years, Hong Xiuquan died in despair and the uprising failed! ]

[Heroes emerge in troubled times. Hong Xiuquan wanted to be the Zhu Yuanzhang of this troubled time, but how could the Ming Taizu be copied so easily? The real hero of this era is someone else.]

(End of this chapter)