British imperialism imported a lot of opium into China, poisoning the people. In Qing Dynasty, Daoguang Yanning specially appointed Lin Zexu as an imperial envoy to go to Guangzhou to ban smoking. The smoking ban was blocked by opposition leaders Zhang Mu and Qishan. They secretly destroyed it and told the British opium dealer that it was in a remote place. After Lin Zexu arrived in Guangzhou, he joined forces with the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi to repair coastal defense, detained British opium merchant ships, confiscated opium cigarettes and burned more than 20,000 boxes of cigarettes in Humen. 65438+May 0840. The British government launched the Opium War of aggression against China. The British army failed to attack Guangzhou, and moved northward to attack Tianjin, threatening Beijing. The fatuous and incompetent Daoguang Emperor was afraid that the British army would enter Beijing, so he sacrificed Lin Zexu and dismissed him in the name of ineffective smoking ban. In addition, Qishan was sent to Guangzhou to handle the surrender. Guan Tianpei, a patriotic general, fought against Britain alone. Unfortunately, he died heroically in Humen. Daoguang Emperor also sent Lin Zexu to Xinjiang. Not satisfied with the British invaders, the war of aggression against China spread everywhere, burning from the coast to the mainland. Finally, the people of Sanyuanli, Guangzhou, under the leadership of fisherman Kuang Dongshan, launched a heroic anti-British struggle.

Lin Zexu was also chosen because he is the official who is most concerned about smoking ban. He told the famous saying to Daoguang, "If you are still venting, there will be few soldiers who can defend the enemy in a few decades, and there will be no money to lose." Unfortunately, this famous saying is aimed at the "silver ticket" that appeared at that time. Lin Zexu's original words are that silver tickets are popular in the market now, and some businesses have no capital, so they abscond with them, and the people suffer greatly. Why is the silver ticket so smeared? It's because business is bad, and business is bad because opium business is too good. If opium is not controlled, in a few years, it will be said that the silver ticket has no credibility, and even the national salary will become a problem.