Lin Zexu, the minister of the Imperial Mission, had arrived in Guangzhou a few days ago, and Guangzhou was one of the few treaty ports opened by the imperial court, and was one of the main channels for opium trafficking, from which a lot of opium was transported into the land of China, causing many wives to be separated, families to be destroyed, and a large amount of silver to flow out. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Lin Zexu entered Guangzhou with everywhere, he heard about Zhang Yuanzheng's deeds in the army, and met Zhang Yuanzheng at the governor's yamen. When Lin Zexu first came to Guangzhou, he urgently needed someone he could trust to help him ban smoking, Zhang Yuanzheng was promoted by civilians, and he did not participate in officialdom battles with military exploits, and there were more than 1,000 elite soldiers under his command, so he was the best candidate.

"Report, my lord, the patrol camp manager has brought Lord Zhang here." A small soldier came to report to Lin Zexu.

"Please bring Zhang Guan in."

"The lowly patrol battalion manager will take Zhang Yuanzheng to see Lord Qincha." Zhang Yuanzheng bowed to Lin Zexu.

"Zhang Guan, please take it, come here, serve tea." Lin Zexu helped Zhang Yuanzheng up, Zhang Yuanzheng was quite excited at this time, and today he finally met this national hero who banned smoking.

"My lord, no need, I am not thirsty for my humble duties," Zhang Yuanzheng said scratching his head.

"Haha, how can a big hero who is famous in the Guangzhou area and scared the robbers to run away when they see it." Lin Zexu smoothed his beard.

"The despicable gaffe made the adults laugh."

"Zhang Guandai, this official was ordered to come to Guangzhou to carry out a smoking ban, and I don't know much about this situation, you can talk to this official about this situation" Lin Zexu looked at Zhang Yuanzheng seriously and said.

As far as I can see, there are many families in Guangzhou who have been ruined because of this, many young people have nothing to do all day after smoking opium, and the labor force in Guangzhou has generally declined, and now even the soldiers in the army have many opium smokers, which directly affects the combat effectiveness of the army. But it took more than a year to wipe out the bandits around him. Zhang Yuanzheng took a sip of water and continued.

"As you may not know, many of the barracks are not fully staffed, and there are no soldiers to recruit everywhere because of the opium erosion, and most of them are opium-smoked soldiers. After taking office, many old, weak, sick and disabled people and all opium smokers were eliminated, and because of the special location of Guangzhou, the patrol battalion had been required to have 2,000 people, but so far only more than 1,000 people have been recruited. ”

"I can't imagine that the harm of opium has become so great, it's really frightening, and this official will crack down on opium this time." Lin Zexu said angrily.

"My lord, I'm afraid this is not easy to handle, the opium business is behind the British, and there are many high-ranking officials in the DPRK and China, and many families are involved in this matter, I'm afraid it's not that simple." Zhang Yuanzheng said.

"Don't be afraid, the expedition will return to the barracks quickly, and you will be at your disposal at any time."

"Yes, sir." Zhang Yuanzheng got up and left, Lin Zexu looked at Zhang Yuanzheng's departing tall figure and said, "This son will definitely be extraordinary in the future, and it is rare in the world to have this kind of knowledge." Lin Zexu stepped up the investigation of the Guangzhou family, and after Zhang Yuanzheng returned, he also told the soldiers to prepare for battle. One day, Lord Qincha sent someone to summon him, telling Zhang Yuanzheng to immediately lead troops to arrest people in the city according to the list.