In May 1828, the 8th year of Daoguang, a large amount of opium in Guangdong flowed in, the price was expensive, there were many smokers in Guangdong, the people were in mourning, and the social contradictions reached the extreme. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The following month, in the Forbidden City, Emperor Daoguang was sitting on the dragon chair, his face was angry, and he asked, "You Aiqing, who knows what's going on in Guangdong?" ”

The Son of Heaven was angry, the important ministers trembled, no one answered for a while, half a ring, one person walked out, calmly bowed to the ground, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, the disaster of Guangdong stems from opium, opium harms people, and it makes a large amount of silver flow out of the Qing Dynasty, and the people suck it so that they are weak and weak, and they squander their family wealth, which is really a black sheep." ”

"Although the minister is not in Guangdong, the above statement is true, and I heard that there is an 'anti-opium alliance' in Guangzhou, which was formed by the people to resist the harm of opium.

"But after all, the power of the people is limited, and they can't save the overall situation, maybe these people who formed the 'Anti-Opium Alliance' are calling on the court again, hoping that the emperor will take action, and the emperor, if opium is not removed, it will be a **** crisis!"

Emperor Daoguang was silent, silent for a long time, and said with great joy: "Lin Aiqing is reasonable, Zheng will appoint you as the minister of the Qin Mission, and go to Guangdong to solve the opium matter, you are Zheng Zhongyi's minister, don't let Zheng down!" ”

It turned out that the person who spoke was a well-known good official in ancient and modern times-Lin Zexu

Hearing this, Lin Zexu's eyes were firm, and he shouted: "Minister Lin Zexu, definitely live up to the emperor's grace, live up to the people, thank the emperor for his grace." ”

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The affairs of Guangdong were urgent, Lin Zexu did not delay, the army did not arrive, and took the lead in leading several horsemen and horses to rush to Guangdong first, and the people investigated and secretly visited.

On the morning of June 7, 1828, Lin Zexu's army arrived in Guangdong.

The Guangdong Governor's Mansion was a little flustered at the moment, and He Chun was above the lobby, his face full of anxiety, "Butler, you said that Lord Lin Zexu is coming, what should I do?" ”

"Don't worry, adult, I heard that this Lin Zexu is a famous Qing official, bribery will not work, we just need to put away the horse's feet, serve carefully, and vigorously support him, of course, if the real thing is revealed, the adult will still bribe him with a lot of money, I can't really have someone who doesn't love gold and silver."

"Well, the housekeeper has a point, so do it!" Kaharu laughed.

In the afternoon, a bunch of people broke into the governor's mansion, without saying a word, directly arrested Hechun, Hechun was shocked, shouting "wronged", Lin Zexu rushed to list, he investigated and secretly visited and obtained Hechun's ten sins, so far, Hechun bowed his head and was dismissed and investigated, but he hated Hong Renkong in his heart.

Lin Zexu's army did not commit any crimes, all corrupt officials and corrupt officials were dismissed, the people were widely spoken, and grievances and sufferings could be poured out for the record, and they were resolved one by one.

However, this was only the beginning, and in the following three months, Lin Zexu used thunderous measures to vigorously crack down on opium addicts, set up smoking cessation centers, forcibly helped opium addicts to quit smoking, and banned the flow of opium.

All opium parlors were closed, and opium dealers, whether Chinese or foreigners, were forcibly confiscated of opium, and they were dragged to educational reform......

In just three months, under Lin Zexu's orders, Guangdong took on a new look, and the people collectively cheered and sincerely supported this good official who really worked for the people.

On September 8th, the weather was getting cooler, and Hong Renkong, who had been out for two months, finally returned to Guangdong again, and he was really shocked by the changes in Guangdong.

Hong Renkong's return was naturally greatly welcomed, and Song Guanyou, Luo Xuan, and others came together to pick up the wind and wash the dust for him.

At the banquet, looking at the two people who came back with Hong Renkong, everyone was surprised, because one of them turned out to be a foreigner.

"Brother Hong, this is ......" Du Huizhen asked, after such a long period of calm, she has come out of the grief of losing her mother, buried her mother's body, and she sincerely devoted herself to the ranks of anti-Qing.

"Oh, I'll introduce you, these two! It's a good brother I've befriended, and they're all like-minded."

"This one" Hong Renkong pointed to one of the bearded people, and said with a smile: "This brother is called Qin Rigang, loyal and kind, brave and brave, and even more strategic, both civil and military!" ”

"My brother praised it." The man was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly waved his hand, he was the later Yan King Qin Rigang, Hong Renkong was also very surprised, he actually met him by mistake.

This Qin Rigang is also an important figure among the generals of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and he is also a loyal follower of Hong Xiuquan in history, extremely brave, and later one of the main forces to kill Yang Xiuqing, the king of the East.

After introducing Qin Rigang, Hong Renkong looked at another person, a foreigner, with a smile.

However, the foreigner let go, stood up happily, and said in not very standard Chinese: "Hello everyone, my name is Oh, I am British, and I am very happy to meet you." ”

Although China and Britain have not yet had a big war, everyone knows which country got the opium to China, so when they heard that it was from the United Kingdom, everyone was expressionless, if it weren't for Hong Renkong's face, I was afraid that they would throw this foreign devil out.

Hong Renkong had expected that he would never underestimate the patriotic feelings of the Chinese people, and when he saw the helpless gaze cast by him, Hong Renkong stood up with a smile, patted his shoulder, and looked at everyone: "Oh, he is a trustworthy foreign friend, although he is divided in race, but his beliefs are the same as ours, they all love peace and oppose oppression." ”

"And he came here to sympathize with the poor fate of our people, to help us, and I hope that everyone can sincerely accept it."

Hearing Hong Renkong say this, everyone eased up a little, of course, there is still a mustard for sneering.

But Chen Daonian stood up abruptly and shouted: "The surname is Hong, I think you are a foreigner, and he is also your brother, what use can he have?" Don't you know that opium was brought by the British to harm our people? ”

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Embarrassed, although his Chinese is not very good, he can still hear Chen Daonian's words of scolding Huai, "I ......"

"Bah" Hong Renkong pressed Woo down, signaling that he didn't need to explain more, he looked at Chen Daonian, and said lightly: "Seriously, I'm annoyed with you, you are like a fly on a ****, you don't say anything about your own stinkiness, and you always want to make others stink, with bad intentions, in addition, tell you, one Woo can be worth 100,000 of you." ”

"You ......" Chen Daonian was furious, he was insulted by Hong Renkong in front of so many people, how could he stand it, he was about to have a seizure, but he was stopped by Song Guanyou's shout, but the resentment against Hong Renkong in his heart was even more extreme.