The prince ordered the slave to drag Gou Cai out and hit the twenty boards heavily to show severe punishment, Guozhi sat next to him, looked at the prince, and said: "Grandpa, my grandson sees that the old house in his hometown is in disrepair, and in his grandson's opinion, it is better to allocate some silver taels to repair the old house in his hometown or use it as a kind relief to the people in his hometown, as a condolence." ”

"My grandson's proposal is very good, and the old man agrees, so let's do it."

Taigong so readily agreed to Guozhi's request, which made Guozhi's heart extremely happy, and then stood up and withdrew. The day before he returned to Chengdu, he had an argument with his brother Guoan, fearing that his brother Guoan would be angry with him, so he went to visit. Qiu Yue sat beside the bed and cried bitterly, Guoan lay on the bed and said very happily: "There are many blames for last night's incident," Qiu Yue slowly put on her clothes without saying a word.

"Don't worry, I'll be responsible for what I did last night."

Qiu Yue turned to Guoan, who was lying on the bed, took out a silk scarf to wipe the tears on her face, and said, "Young master, the slave has a humble status, and I am afraid that I can't climb the heights, so the young master is not saying this." ”

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside the door of Guoan, and then someone outside the door: "Brother, I am Guozhi, open the door," and suddenly the two of them panicked in the room, got out of bed and dressed. Guoan sat in front of the desk and pretended to be normal, and then Qiu Yue came forward to open the door, and arranged her somewhat disheveled hair while saluting, and said, "Second Young Master," Guozhi just nodded, looking at Qiu Yue, feeling that her expression was a little strange, and Guozhi didn't think much about it at this time? Walking into Guoan's room, Guoan put down the book in his hand, raised his head, and said: "She is a new maid, she doesn't know etiquette, and she doesn't dress up to enter my room, so she reprimanded her fiercely," At this time, Guoan explained to himself inexplicably, and he didn't know what he wanted to explain? After a pause, he said, "Brother, please take a seat." ”

Guozhi sat at the desk at this time, and Guoan said, "I don't know why my brother came to my room?" ”

"The day before yesterday, I contradicted my brother, it was a foolish brother's rudeness, and I am here to apologize."

"Actually, it's nothing, let it pass when it's over," Guoan picked up the book in his hand and continued to read after speaking. Guozhi stood up and said, "Brother, you are busy first, and my brother is gone." ”

"There you go."

Guoan put down the book in his hand and looked at the back of Guozhi leaving, then got up and walked to the window, looked through the window, and made sure that after Guozhi left, he walked out of the room and wandered outside for a while. Gou was beaten by 20 boards, and after returning to his side room, he lay on the bed but couldn't move, two subordinates stood on both sides, and one of them complained: "Why did we do our best, but I didn't expect such an end." ”

Gou Cai immediately reprimanded this subordinate and said: "We are slaves, we are this fate, what is there to complain about." In the past few days, we have to be a little more restrained in doing things, to tell you those so-called cousins or relatives or something, don't let the second young master catch our handle again," Gou Cai said this, his heart was excited for a while, and he moved his body to sit up, his butt was in unbearable pain, and he shouted: "Ouch! Ouch! These turtle grandsons, they are really ruthless, and they are dead, ouch! At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Gou Cai was a little impatient and said, "Who is it?" ”

"He Guoan."

"It's the eldest young master, what are you still doing in a daze? Go open the door, why are you so stupid? Gou Cai immediately sat up sideways, waiting for Guoan to enter his room. Only then did the subordinates step forward and open the door, looked at Guoan who was standing outside the door, and said, "Young Master." ”

"Stand down, all of you."

"Yes," after the men left the room, Guoan stepped into Gou Cai's room. Gou Cai was about to get up and salute, Guoan stepped forward and said: "Gou Cai, you don't have to salute like this, you have injuries on your body and lie down." ”

"Yes, the slave will lie down," Gou Cai looked at Guoan with his eyes after lying down and listened to Guoan's speech.

Guoan brought a stool, sat on the side of the bed, and said, "Alas, my younger brother is acting too recklessly, and he beat you like this, isn't it just for a few untouchables?" I have gold sore medicine here to apply around the wound and it will be good for your wound. ”

"Young Master," Gou Caihu was a little moved at this time.

"It's our He family who is sorry for you, don't have any psychological shadows in the future."

Gou Cai stiffly supported his body, endured the pain, and said, "In the future, the slave will be the head of the eldest young master." ”

"Lie down and wait until your injuries are healed before you say these words."

In June 1834, the first British commercial superintendent in China, Laubert, arrived in Canton and met with the Governor of Liangguang aboard merchant ships to discuss trade matters. It was dusk, and the red sun in the west reflected the clouds on the horizon and shone on the surface of the sea like bright red blood. The big red sedan chair must have landed on the shore, and the Governor stepped out of the sedan chair. Laubert led LinkedIn businessmen to the bow of the ship and clapped in welcome. The Governor boarded the merchant ship and shook hands with the merchants, then entered the cabin and sat down at the negotiating table.

"Your Qing blockade of the pass, so that our British Empire's exports of wool, velvet and other industrial products have been boycotted and impacted, out of the trade deficit, in order to reverse the trade deficit with China, our requirement is that your Qing country must open the Guangzhou market, we also like your tea, silk, porcelain."

"This is the law of the ancestors, it cannot be changed, you can enter the court to pay homage to the emperor, and the emperor will reward you with tea, silk, and porcelain."

"You don't agree to open the Guangzhou market, we have guns and cannons, and we will open your closed country with powerful firepower."

"Come on! From August to September of the twelfth year of Daoguang, your merchant ships entered the sovereign waters of our Great Qing Dynasty to make trouble, and the emperor will not be held accountable, if you dare to do it again, we will face it head-on," After speaking, the governor left the negotiation table. The next day, British warships gathered in Chinese waters and shelled Humen, and suddenly Humen was surrounded by thick smoke, and countless soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded. The veteran general Guan Tianpei personally led the soldiers to mount the fort under artillery fire, turned the 10,000-ton cannon and aimed it at the British warship, and bombarded it repeatedly, only to hear the rumbling of cannons above the sea, the splash of water was thousands of feet high, and the stern of a British warship was emitting thick smoke and retreating.

The British warships provoked and suffered defeat in the waters of the Qing court, which was undoubtedly not a shame for the British Empire, so they replaced the commercial overseer in China and took office by Yilu. The newly appointed Yilu summoned his British merchants in China for a meeting in the cabin of the ship, a business meeting with China. As soon as the merchants had an argument, Yoshiri sat on the sidelines and watched quietly.

"These people in Qingguo, they are too arrogant, yes, too arrogant."

"You fools, we have lost our blood, and a large amount of British currency has flowed into the Qing Kingdom without knowing it, what are you arguing about here?"

"We can smuggle opium to the Qing Dynasty and reverse the deficit, opium is a disaster for them, a disaster of extermination, and for us we can open up a broader colony and make more money," at this time, Yilu was no longer silent, and proposed an amazing plan to them. Then he called for Western food, Yilu raised his glass and said, "Cheers to our success!" ”

"Cheers!" Everyone stood up and shouted.

The British smuggled a large amount of opium to the Qing Dynasty, and then spread to the royal family and the army, and these rich children visited brothels and tobacco houses in addition to playing birds and crickets. At the foot of the Son of Heaven in Gyeonggi, there is a saying that there are eight major alleys, they hide in brothels all day long to have fun, lie in the gentle township, smoke opium, and want to die. As a result, Huang Juezi, the emperor of Honglu Temple, advocated strict prohibition, and more than 20 tobacco houses and brothels were closed overnight, for which the emperor issued a smoking ban.

The red sun rises in the east, the eunuchs stand outside the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and the long whip rings three times, and the civil and military officials enter the court one after another, standing on the court. The emperor ascended the main hall to face the civil and military officials in the court, and the hundred officials knelt down one after another and said, "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." ”

"Everyone, let's settle down," the emperor sat on the throne, looking down at the hundred officials for a long time before saying: "The opium poison is so deep that it has spread to the royal family and the army, hateful, hateful, the country laid down by the ancestors will be lost in our hands," the emperor sighed after speaking, and kept shaking his head.

The ministers looked at the emperor above the main hall, knelt down again and said, "The ministers can't share the emperor's worries, and the ministers are guilty." ”

"What are your crimes, it is I who are guilty, the British smuggled a large amount of opium to our Qing Dynasty, and the silver flowed out, which has a recital written by Huang Aiqing, the secretary of Honglu Temple, and it is recommended to strictly prohibit it, it is Guangzhou that the most serious opium poisoning is Guangzhou, which is an important coastal defense town of our Qing Dynasty."

Lin Zexu stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to go to Guangzhou, and the opium will not be returned to the court for a day." ”

"Okay, I will appoint you as the minister of the Imperial Mission, and I will take up my post in Guangzhou immediately."

Then the court was dispersed, and the ministers withdrew from the court one after another. The next day, Lin Zexu set off to Guangzhou with the guards in an official sedan chair, arrived in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and went to visit his friend He Jiehao, whom he had not met for a long time. He Jiehao learned that Lin Zexu was coming, and personally walked out of the mansion gate to greet him outside the mansion gate, the official sedan chair stopped outside the mansion gate, and Lin Zexu walked out of the official sedan chair.

"Brother Shaomu."

"Brother Ben."

"Let's go, let's enter the door of the mansion and have a good narrative," He Jiehao stretched out his hand to the door of the mansion, entered the hall with Lin Zexu, sat down, and served tea. He Jiehao looked at Lin Zexu and said, "Brother Shaomu, how do you plan to go to Guangzhou this time?" ”

"The first thing to do when I went to Guangzhou this time was to strictly prohibit opium and repair the Humen Fort, Britain is a barbarian country, and if we dare to invade our big country, we will definitely make him come and go. Therefore, after I went to Canton, I consulted with the Governor, Lord Deng Tingzhen, on countermeasures to crack down on those unscrupulous British merchants. ”

"Okay, I'm here waiting for Brother Shao Mu's triumph."