Eradicate opium in Humen
Achievements 1: Lin Zexu served as an official with fairness and integrity, loved the people like a son, and was hard-working and dedicated.
"As an official, you must be fair and honest, love the people like your own children, and be hardworking and dedicated." Some people will definitely say that this is not the basic requirement for being an official? That's true, but think about it, how many officials from ancient times to the present can truly practice these words? Everyone knows that there was Bao Qingtian in the Song Dynasty and Hai Qingtian in the Ming Dynasty, but they don't know that there was also a "Lin Qingtian" in the Qing Dynasty. The public's evaluation and praise of Hai Qingtian and Bao Qingtian is not an exaggeration when it comes to Lin Zexu. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Lin Zexu's achievements as an official were shown to the world as fair and honest, loving the people as a son, hardworking and dedicated. Looking at Lin Zexu's career as an official, it is not difficult to find that in addition to Bao Qingtian's impartiality and Hai Qingtian's uprightness, Lin Zexu also had the diligence, dedication and hard work of an official. During his tenure as Jiangsu's Inspector General (equivalent to the current Chief of Public Prosecutions and Justice), he clarified Jiangsu's official governance, reformed trial procedures, and personally adjudicated large and small cases. In just four months, he almost cleared up the cases accumulated by his predecessor. He was fair and honest in handling cases, so he was called "Lin Qingtian" by the people; when he was the governor of the Donghe River Channel, he was determined to break away from feelings and adhere to the rules when faced with major problems of people's livelihood in the river channel, in order to "eliminate the evils and fiscal restraint, and consolidate Lanlan's security through work." ". In order to regulate the Yellow River, he personally withstood the cold wind and traveled hundreds of miles a day to check the terrain and water flow conditions along the river. During his tenure as governor of Jiangsu, he made achievements in agriculture, water conservancy, disaster relief, and government administration
Achievement 2: As a human minister, serve the country with all your loyalty.
The story of Yue Fei's devotion to the country is well-known and has been praised by future generations and is widely circulated. Lin Zexu's devotion to the country has received little publicity, but future generations cannot deny his greatness. The destruction of opium in Humen made Lin Zexu not only a national hero, but also a world hero. However, after the destruction of opium in Humen, the Qing government ruthlessly took the blame for Lin Zexu in order to find excuses for the failure of the First Opium War. Lin Zexu was first dismissed from his post and investigated, and later directly dispatched to Xinjiang as a "criminal official". During his five years of exile, Lin Zexu did not complain about anything, but continued his path of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism. After on-the-spot investigation of the local terrain in Xinjiang, I have discovered the threat posed by Tsarist Russia to China through the Russian materials I translated, and clearly proposed the policy of "farming war" and being prepared for any danger. This is also the first thought of the "prevention theory". And based on his previous experience in river channel and water conservancy management, he led the local people to build water conservancy projects, which brought benefits to the local people.
Achievements Three: He was "the first person to open his eyes to the world" in the old bureaucratic system of modern China.
The invasion of Western powers, which had not been encountered in a thousand years, made Lin Zexu deeply aware of the erroneous idea of ??seclusion and the importance of opening his eyes to the world and learning advanced modern ideas from the West.
Fourth Achievement: Profound literary foundation, patriotic poems spread far and wide, leaving precious spiritual wealth for future generations.
Lin Zexu’s couplets: “The sea is full of rivers and there is room for it. / Standing on a wall with thousands of feet and no desire is strong.” , his poem "If you live and die to benefit the country, how can you avoid misfortune and fortune" is widely circulated.