The emperor asked Lin Zexu to go to Guangzhou to ban opium. As soon as Lin Zexu arrived in Guangzhou, he ordered foreign businessmen to hand over all opium, and promised not to smuggle opium to China again, otherwise hell to pay.
Some foreign businessmen did this, but British businessmen refused. Representatives of the British government also planned a plot to try to resist. Lin Zexu made a decisive decision, resolutely exercised sovereignty, interrupted trade with Britain, and stopped supplying food and water. The British had no choice but to hand over opium.
On June 3, 839, Lin Zexu personally went to Humentan to preside over the destruction of opium, a harmful drug. He is a great patriot with great courage and determination to defend the dignity of the Chinese nation.
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Lin Zexu (1785 August 30th-1850165438+1October 22nd), Fujian? Hou Guan was a politician, thinker and poet in Qing Dynasty.
He was called the "national hero" of China because he advocated smoking ban.
Lin Zexu forced foreign opium dealers to hand over opium when smoking was banned in Guangdong on 1839, and the confiscated opium was destroyed in Humen on June 3.
Although Lin Zexu opposed western aggression all his life, he was open to western culture and technology and advocated learning and using western culture and technology.
Wei Yuan, a thinker in the late Qing Dynasty, compiled the documents translated by Lin Zexu and his aides into "Seaside Map", which was quite enlightening to the Westernization Movement in the late Qing Dynasty.
The anti-smoking movement led by Lin Zexu severely cracked down on foreign opium dealers, safeguarded the dignity of the Chinese nation and increased the ambition of the people of China.
Although representing the interests of the landlord class, Lin Zexu advocated learning advanced western technology and developing industry and commerce, and was indeed a representative of the landlord class reformists.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Lin Zexu