"Fushou ointment?"

Because Zhu Zilong's prestige is getting bigger and bigger, local officials sometimes give gifts. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Today, there is even a Korean king who stammered with him and specially sent a thing called Fushou ointment.

Zhu Zilong didn't quite know what this black thing was, but when he listened to the explanation of the North Korean envoy.

Syllable!

"Isn't this opium? Is this trying to harm me? Take it for me! Zhu Zilong slapped the table, and the frightened North Korean envoy knelt down on the spot and kowtowed desperately.

However, this is not of much use for eggs. Zhu Zilong, who was extremely angry, then let the soldiers put him in prison.

But all Chinese, especially the Chinese of later generations, will naturally think of the Opium War when they hear this thing, which is not a good thing to remember.

You let Zhu Zilong not be angry, how is this possible?

In the past three years, it is a coincidence, it is the first time he knows that there was such a thing in the Ming Dynasty. He also thought that it would not be until the Qing Dynasty that foreigners would pay tribute.

It wasn't until after dinner that he was much less angry.

On a whim, a person went back to the room and turned on the laptop.

Ask again about the large number of stored and various contents about the Ming Dynasty. I don't know if I don't check this, and I'm shocked when I check it.

Zhu Zilong found that he seemed to have wronged the North Korean envoy.

It turned out that as early as the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there was a tribute to the court.

According to the "Daming Huidian", opium (piece) was a tribute from Siam and Java.

The "Ming Huidian" records the fact that the Asian vassal states paid opium (tablets) to the Ming royal family. In Siam, Java, and Bengal, their kings regularly sent tributary missions to China, holding gold-trimmed letters of state, and paying tribute to the Ming Dynasty with various local treasures to please the suzerain.

Among the tributes is opium (piece), but the "Daming Huidian" calls it "Wuxiang".

Siam paid 200 catties to the emperor and 100 catties to the empress each time, and the amount of tribute paid by the other two countries is undocumented.

However, this amount did not meet the needs of the imperial family, and the emperor had to send eunuchs everywhere to find and purchase opium, and the price of opium at that time was the same as the same weight of gold. Of course, the royal family of the Ming Dynasty had money, and this money was affordable and willing to spend.

Emperor Wanli did not go to court for 30 years, and tested and took pills in the palace. One of his elixirs was opium, which he named "Fushou ointment".

Hundreds of years later, in 1958, after the Dingling Tomb was excavated, scientists conducted an examination of the body of the Wanli Emperor. It was found that his bones contained morphine, which was ironclad evidence that the Wanli Emperor had eaten opium.

Seeing this, Zhu Zilong felt very strange.

So why, the Ming Dynasty royal family had already smoked it, but it did not develop like the Qing Dynasty in later generations, so that the whole country was crazy about it?

There is no answer to this question as the information on the laptop is limited.

Zhu Zilong had no choice but to turn to the next best thing to find out about opium (tablets).

Why does it cause poison in the human body, and why? It turns out that under normal circumstances, there is a constant amount of opium-like substances produced in the human body that act on something called a receptor in the human body.

Medically known as "endogenous opioids" and "opioid receptors". In contrast to the former, opioids ingested from the outside are referred to as "exogenous opioids".

Yes, normal balance of body function is maintained.

Only when opioid addicts inhale exogenous opioids for a long time, the endogenous opioids in the body are reduced due to inhibition. will be addictive!

Check it again, hey, Zhu Zilong is happy.

It turned out that this thing was once regarded as a miracle medicine in Western countries, and it was popular for n years, and it was not regarded as a harmful product.

Therefore, a large number of plants will be planted, which is also the reason why there will be a large amount of inventory in the future, which will be transported to the market of the Qing Dynasty for sale.

Europe is the homeland of the opium poppy, and the first artificially cultivated opium poppy also appeared in Europe. As early as the Neolithic period, 6,000 years ago, well-preserved remains of wild, artificially cultivated poppy seeds and fruits were found in many parts of Europe.

Many years ago, in Egypt, opium was used to eliminate abscesses, relieve headaches, treat trauma, and sedify noisy children.

There is a prescription in ancient Egyptian papyrus: "Mix the poppy pulp with the fly droppings on the wall and filter it." After taking it for four days, the effect is immediate. At that time, this method was adopted by people all over the world.

In Europe, until modern times, mothers or nannies still gave opium to babies who were not quiet. For example, many mothers of women textile workers in England do the same in order to get enough rest at night because they work very hard during the day.

Until the beginning of the 19th century, opium was not considered a drug.

Many countries in Europe have issued anti-alcohol laws, but there are no anti-opium laws, and people still hold the concept that "opium (film) is harmless".

This is also, when it was first introduced to the Ming Dynasty, it was given as a tribute. Even when he first entered the Qing Dynasty, the reason why it was acceptable to a large number of Qing Dynasty people was because the starting point was not all foreigners, who thought they were harmful.

It can only be said that ignorance harms everyone, because many white people are also tricked.

Even in later generations until the first decades of the 21st century, the armies of both sides of the American Civil War were inseparable from opium.

Because in the harsh war environment, taking opium (tablets) can effectively treat and prevent epidemic dysentery and diarrhea, and can also temporarily relieve the pain caused by homesickness or the loss of loved ones.

As some biologists have counted up to now, there are many things that are not wrong in themselves. It's only because humans use it indiscriminately that it becomes a harmful substance.

From a global perspective, the history of opium cultivation and use in other parts of the world is much longer and more extensive than in China.

However, opium has not caused very serious social problems in other countries. Why is this TM?

Could it be that this thing only harms the Chinese on a large scale?

Again, this is not a genetic weapon!

Until the middle of the Ming Dynasty, there were basically no groups in China who were addicted to opium, because opium was expensive and only the rich could afford it. During the same period, opium was widely used in India and became an indispensable part of their lives.

Well, it seems that there were in the Ming Dynasty, but it still did not cause a large-scale disaster.

Zhu Zilong touched his chin and thought, it's not that my brother is bent on blackening the Qing Dynasty, now it seems that the Qing Dynasty has a big problem.

After thinking about it, Zhu Zilong believes that the reason why this thing became a catastrophe during the Qing Dynasty.

It may be related to the following reasons, one is the influence of various external factors, and the other is the reason for the Qing Dynasty's cheating.

External factors refer to the fact that in the Qing Dynasty, when the earth was not known to be square or round, it was dragged into the process of the first real globalization.

When the foreigners came to the Qing Dynasty, they traded spices and silver for Chinese goods, Chinese silk and porcelain were the commodities they were interested in, and later tea.

The people of the Qing Dynasty, like the royal families of the Later Jin, were almost not interested in their imported goods except for a few kinds of clocks and watches, woolen woolen and so on. This situation did not change for some time after the Opium War.

This is the commercial asymmetry, foreigners can come to you to buy a lot of things, but they can't come empty.

Before coming, the cargo on the ship, you Qing Dynasty people basically don't want it, so isn't our loss too great?

So, the foreigners thought left and right, and finally found something that the Qing Dynasty people would be interested in, needless to say, you also know what it is.

In the beginning, it was sold to everyone in the Qing Dynasty at the price of cabbage. Wait until people are addicted to smoking, and then raise the price. That's how the deal is fair!

And the Qing Dynasty's own reasons for cheating are easier to understand.

Until the 19th century, the Qing Dynasty was ostensibly an "all-encompassing" and powerful empire. However, the actual ruling ability has been very weak, and the Qing Dynasty army, let alone large-scale operations, cannot even deal with some small smuggling fleets.

In order to consolidate the security of their rule, they should weaken the ability of the Han people. Therefore, it is reasonable to let the whole country take the initiative to smoke opium (film).

After all, full of all this garbage, you can't expect how high their discipline can be.

If you can shout out, you will be killed if you save China. The slogan of state property, which would rather be tied up by friends than given to domestic slaves, hehe, that's it.

- (To be continued.) )