Emperor Daoguang and his ministers were immersed in the victory of the ban on smoking, completely unaware of the approaching danger from the West, and the British convened a parliament to discuss how to recover their losses, and the parliament passed a bill to send troops to China to force the Qing Dynasty into submission. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

In June 1840, the British army blocked the mouth of the Pearl River and the mouth of Xiamen, and Lin Zexu and Deng Tingzhen, the governor of Liangguang, ordered the whole army to enter a state of combat readiness and made careful arrangements. However, the Qing troops in various places did not prepare for war in time, and the battle was defeated at the beginning.

The situation of the war took a turn for the worse, and by August the British warships were approaching Tianjin, and the Daoguang Emperor, who had always advocated fighting, was shaken, and the British army offered to punish Lin Zexu, the leader of the ban on smoking.

At the end of August, Emperor Daoguang could not resist the pressure of the British army, and ordered Qi Shan to negotiate with the British army, agreeing to revoke the smoking ban and punish Lin Zexu, and sent Qi Shan to Guangzhou to replace Lin Zexu.

In October, Lin Zexu and Deng Tingzhen, the governor of Liangguang, were removed from their posts and investigated, and two ministers who resolutely banned smoking were removed from their posts, and the hearts of the entire people of Guangdong sank back to the bottom.

Zhang Yuanzheng, as a student of Lin Zexu, and the main force of the smoking ban were also removed, Lin Zexu was pressed back to Beijing for trial, and Zhang Yuanzheng rushed to see the teacher off. Although Zhang Yuanzheng already knew the result, he still couldn't help but feel sad.

"Teacher, Governor Deng takes care all the way and pays attention to your health." Zhang Yuanzheng said

"Suzhi, we have caused you to be tired, and I am uneasy for the teacher." Lin Zexu and Deng Tingzhen looked at Zhang Yuanzheng and shook their heads helplessly.

"Teacher, Governor Deng, the imperial court is already so corrupt, it doesn't matter if this official doesn't do it, don't care too much." Zhang Yuanzheng said.

"Take care." Lin Zexu and Deng Tingzhen were escorted back to Beijing, and Zhang Yuanzheng was also idle, relying on his previous savings to start a business.

His mentor Lin Zexu was sent to the bitter cold land of Xinjiang, and the Qing Dynasty was so backward and corrupt that it was inevitable that it would be destroyed. Knowing that the life of his mentor's family was extremely difficult, Zhang Yuanzheng sent some money to his mentor's family, considering that his mentor had already arrived in Xinjiang and had no time to take care of him, he simply took his mentor's family to Guangzhou for easy care.

The people sent by Zhang Yuanzheng picked up the two daughters of the master and the teacher, and learned that the three sons of the teacher were going to Beijing to take the exam, and the eldest daughter and the third daughter had already married, and this time the second daughter and the fourth daughter came with the mother.

"Master, the journey has been tiring, please go down and rest with the two sisters, I have arranged the room." Zhang Yuanzheng said.

"Suzhi, I thank you for the whole family, I bothered you."

"Master, there is no need to say that, one day is a teacher and a father for life, here is home, you don't have to be polite, my mother and sister are also there, and my mother can usually talk to my mother." Zhang Yuanzheng said.

The Qing army was defeated in various battlefields, most of the seaports such as the Pearl River Estuary were occupied, the British army fought and talked, the battlefield situation was not optimistic, and the successive defeats made the Daoguang Emperor extremely angry, and ordered the dismissal of Qi Shan's post and sent another minister to command the battle.

Although Zhang Yuanzheng was dismissed from his post and idle at home, he was still concerned about the war, due to the unfavorable command of Qishan, the Qing army in Guangzhou suffered heavy casualties, and the British army sent a total of 27 warships and 4,000 soldiers to attack Guangdong.

Although the British army was small, the British army was well-armed, and the Qing army was still in the era of swords and arrows.