On March 10, 1839, Lin Zexu arrived in Guangzhou to prohibit the sale of opium and sent an edict to British and foreign merchants in Humen to sell cigarettes in Humen. Early in the morning of May, a villager broke into the yamen of the governor's palace and sounded a drum of grievances. After Lin Zexu heard the sound of the drum, he put on his official uniform, sat down in the public hall, and slapped Xingmu on the desk, saying, "Bring the drummer to the hall." ”

A villager climbed into the lobby and cried: "Lord Lin, my husband died unjustly, please make decisions for me and other grass people." ”

"Whoever kneels in the hall will report his name."

"The grass man is Lin Weixi's wife He's, yesterday my husband went to sea to fish, and he didn't come back after dark, and this morning a neighbor went out to sea to fish and salvaged a corpse, which was identified by the woman as Lin Weixi, the husband of the woman."

"Lin's wife, where is your husband's body parked now, this official wants to conduct an autopsy," and then Lin's wife brought Lin Zexu into her home and called her to start the autopsy, and after observing the body of the deceased Lin Weixi, she got up and said to Lin Zexu: "Lord Lin, after repeated verification by his subordinates, the body of the deceased is bloated in many places and has scars of being beaten, which can prove that the deceased Lin Weixi was beaten to death. Lin Zexu said angrily: "How can this be true, Lin family's wife, don't worry, this official will definitely make the decision for you and get justice for you." Then he called the person concerned to the dock, stood on the shore, and asked, "You are the body that you salvaged from here." ”

"Yes, we go out to sea from here every day to fish, and today, as usual, we went to sea very early, where did the body come from," the person pointed to the sea, facing Lin Zexu.

"Who of you went out to sea to fish with the deceased Lin Weixi?" Lin Zexu said to the villagers behind him. A few of the villagers walked out and said: "It's us, the day before yesterday, we went to sea with Lin Weixi, and we met two foreigners, and they insulted us as untouchables who broke into their sea area, and then beat Lin Weixi to death and threw his body into the sea, these things are what we witnessed with our own eyes." ”

Lin Zexu led a group of officials to the embassy to arrest people, but when they were about to break in, they were stopped outside the embassy by the British army. Later, the officers and soldiers behind Lin Zexu were about to rush out to engage in a head-on confrontation with him, and the commercial superintendent in China, Yilu, walked out of the embassy, and these British troops retreated. Lin Zexu stepped forward, and the business superintendent Yilu faced Lin Zexu in front of him and said, "Lord Lin, I don't know why you came this time?" ”

"Two British sailors killed our villager Lin Weixi, and asked the commercial superintendent to hand over the murderer," Lin Zexu looked upstairs, the hypocritical faces of the two sailors.

"I'm sorry, Lord Lin, I'm here at the embassy in China, and there is no murderer you are looking for, Lord Lin, please go back."

Lin Zexu glared at Yilu's frivolous eyes and said, "Okay." Then he led the officials to turn around and leave, and after they walked out of the embassy, one of the officials was a little puzzled, and came up to him and asked, "Lord Lin, why don't you rush in and forcibly arrest people." ”

"No, if you force yourself in, there will inevitably be a firefight, and it will inevitably hurt the innocent," after that, Lin Zexu turned to look at the embassy building and said: "Immediately block the embassy building, stop all trade with British businessmen, all British businessmen in China must leave China within three days, they illegally sell *** poison to the Chinese, if there are any disobedient according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, all arrested." ”

"Yes."

The next day, many officers and soldiers broke into the embassy to block it, Lin Zexu stood behind him, and an officer and soldier stepped forward to read out the decree drafted by Lin Zexu, saying: "From today onwards, the Qing Dynasty will terminate all trade between the Qing side and the British, and all British merchants in China will leave China within three days, and anyone who disobeys will be arrested according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty." ”

"You are undermining our human rights, and we protest," many British businessmen protested against the decree issued by Lin Zexu.

"This is in the Great Qing Kingdom, the king is currently in the law, and the protest is invalid."

Taking advantage of the chaos, Lin Zexu led the officials to capture two sailors and set up a torture table in front of the embassy gate. Lin Zexu sat down in front of the desk and said, "Put the condemned prisoner on the execution table." ”

Two officers then escorted the two British sailors to the execution platform and knelt on the execution platform. The two British sailors kneeling on the torture platform saw such a large formation and knew that they were almost finished, and sat down limply on the ground. Lin Zexu glared angrily and said, "George and Rouse, you killed innocent villager Lin Weixi, are you guilty?" ”

The two sailors shuddered when they even spoke, and said, "Guilt, guilt," and the two of them were so frightened that they even said they were guilty.

"Slash!" Lin Zexu threw out the token, and the executioners on both sides raised their knives and fell, and when the token fell, they saw blood sprinkled on the torture platform and the head fell.

In May 1840, the British fleet assembled over the sea of Guangdong, and the First Opium War broke out. Lin Zexu deployed defenses along the coastline to resist the fierce artillery attacks of the British army, and more than a dozen red-coated cannons bombarded the British ships on the sea, so that the British troops on the sea had no gaps. In June, the British army invaded Dinghai in the north, and a few days later Dinghai was captured, and the British army entered the city to burn and loot, and a bloody massacre was inevitable. In July, the British army directed towards Tianjin, and the capital city of Beijing was threatened, and the people in the city were panicked. The emperor only sent the governor of Zhilu to talk with Yilu in Dagukou, Lin Zexu and Deng Tingzhen were forced to resign, Lin Zexu was exiled to Xinjiang, and ceded **, opened Guangzhou, and compensated for the price of cigarettes.

In the first month of the 21st year of Daoguang, the British army captured Humen Shajiao and Dajiao Forts. The emperor was forced to declare war on the British army, and sent Yishan as a rebellious general to Guangdong to preside over the war. In February, the British army invaded Humen in Guangdong again, and Humen was in an emergency, and General Jing requisitioned a large number of fishing boats from the fishermen, and the fishing boats were placed with cannons, which slowly rowed in the artillery fire. The British gunboats were so fierce that they were all sunk before he could get closer. Guan Tianpei, the commander of the naval division, boarded the Humen Fort to personally direct the battle, and a cannonball happened to fall, and it exploded with a bang, Guan Tianpei died, and Humen, Guangdong fell. The "Canton Peace Treaty" was signed in May, and at this time, the anti-British struggle broke out in Sanyuanli, which caught the British army by surprise and suffered countless casualties.

In May of the 22nd year of Daoguang, the British army captured the Wusong Fort on the Yangtze River, and Chen Huacheng, the governor of Jiangnan, died in battle, and Shanghai fell. In July, they marched to Nanjing, and in less than a day, Nanjing fell, and the Minister of Qin, Qi Ying, negotiated with the British Ambassador Plenipotentiary to China, Pu Dingcha, on the ship on the Nanjing River, and signed the Sino-British "Jiangning Treaty", which ended the Opium War.

On this day, the prince returned to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and in the face of the heroic spirit of his ancestors, he couldn't kneel for a long time, making him sweat profusely, looking up at the tablet of his ancestors, and said: "Ancestors and ancestors, my great country has been completely defeated in a small barbarian state, and the country will not be the country, where should the country go?" Please tell the old man," and then closed his eyes and fell down. The clan elders behind him rushed forward to help Taigong and shouted: "Taigong, Taigong," at this time, Taigong was already dying, so these clan elders shouted behind him: "Quick, go and invite Lang Zhong," in the old house for Taigong to diagnose and treat the condition, and then Lang Zhong walked out and shook his head, and said: "I have done my best, let's prepare for the future." The local county commander sent Taigong back to Chengdu, and the family was anxious about the matter. Guozhi broke into Taigong's room and cried, "Grandma, how is grandpa?" Mrs. Chen stood aside and couldn't cry, the maid and the subordinates were the same, and He Yuan was crying.

"Grandson, go and have a look, grandpa really wants to see you at this time."

Guozhi stepped in and stood in front of Taigong's bed, looked at Taigong who was lying on the bed, lay on Taigong's bed, wept bitterly, and said, "Grandpa." ”

"Grandson, don't cry, birth, old age, sickness and death are normal human feelings, the old man's time is running out, and the burden of the He family will be handed over to you," at this time, he walked into a Taoist and said: "Immeasurable Tianzun," this Taoist is the head of Qingcheng Shanping, and he has some friendship with Taigong on weekdays, and he learned that Taigong will die soon, so he came to visit. Guozhi stood up and said, "Dao Chief." ”

"Time flies, and the children who used to have nothing to do now become adults, but they can be married."

"I was never married in my later life."

"Starting a family is a major event in life, and it should be there," then Lao Dao sat down in front of the bed to take his pulse. When he was young, he turned to face Guozhi and said, "Child, go and call your grandma in, Poor Dao has something to say." ”

"Okay, I'll go and call grandma in."

Guozhi walked out and said, "Grandma, the Taoist chief told you to go in, he has something to say." ”

"Okay," said Mrs. Tai, who entered the house with a cane, and the Taoist stood up and said, "Madame, please hold your shoulders." ”

"Stand down, all of you," and the rest of the men withdrew from the room. Mrs. Tai asked the chief anxiously, and said, "Dao chief, I don't know how the old husband's condition is?" ”

"Madame, please be seated."

Mrs. Tai sat down at this time, and the Taoist chief sat down with her, and said, "Mrs. Tai, your husband is depressed and sick, and there is a way to delay his lifespan, Mrs. Tai might as well give it a try." ”

"What method? Michigan, please. ”

"I don't know if Mrs. Tai has ever heard of the technique of collecting yin and supplementing yang."

"This old man has heard of it, but he doesn't know the details, and he still wants to complain."

"You can marry a young and beautiful girl to enter the door, but this girl must be a virgin in order to treat the illness of the princess, I don't know if the lady is willing."

"Okay, at this time, the old body will focus on it."

That night, Mrs. Tai called the housekeeper Gou Cai to the room to talk. Gou Cai entered Mrs. Tai's room and knelt down and said, "Mrs. Tai." ”

Mrs. Tai sat on the chair, looked at Gou Cai at her feet, and said, "Gou Cai, how is your injury?" Is it better?"

"Thanks to Mrs. Tai's concern, the minion's injuries have improved."

Mrs. Tai felt ashamed in her heart, and said in a low voice: "Grandson is reckless, please don't hold a grudge." ”

"It's the fault of the slave, don't blame the second young master, the second young master is chivalrous, and the slave is convinced."

"That's good, the old body has something for you to do," Mrs. Tai relieved herself after hearing this, and then faced Gou Caidao.

Gou Cai raised his head and looked at Mrs. Tai, and said, "Mrs. Tai has anything that needs to be done by the slave, and the slave will definitely be able to handle this matter well." ”

"You go back to your hometown, choose a girl to enter the door to serve the master, remember, you can say this to the outside, you can say that the He family's draft enters He Yuan to supplement the maid, you can choose more to hide people's eyes, have you written down these?"

"The minion made a note of it."

"The matter is urgent, so I will leave today."

"Yes, the minion will go down and prepare."

"If you don't have enough money, you can go to the account office and get some out."