Yinzhen also knew that he was indeed a little too much, and yes, logically speaking, opium should not appear now.

"You're right, it's me who has taken the picture, and I will send someone to verify it, but now I have to snuff out this sprout in the cradle, and I must not let it sprout."

Yun Rong also agreed.

Now that you have a clue, it's much easier to do, Yun Rong and that Mrs. Cheng have also come and gone a few times, and they got a lot of useful information from it, Yinzhen sent people to check along the information, and really found a lot of things.

Yin Zhen looked at the things in front of her, her face was obscure, as soon as Yun Rong came in, she saw Yin Zhen like this, so she asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Yin Zhen's eyes looked at the table, and Yun Rong followed his line of sight and also saw the things on the table.

Yun Rong was curious: "What is this?" ”

"Fushou ointment."

Yun Rong had never heard the word: "Fushou ointment? ”

Yinzhen explained: "You can think of it as the predecessor of opium. ”

Yun Rong looked surprised: "What? Did you find out? ”

Yin Zhen nodded: "Well, these Fushou ointments were obtained from British merchants, not much, they cost a lot of money to buy them, just a little bit of gold costs ten taels of gold, and they only need gold." ”

Ten taels of gold is a hundred taels of silver.

"How long can one person smoke these Fu Shou creams?"

Yin Zhen has also investigated these: "People who are addicted are enough for ten days." ”

In other words, addicted people need to spend three hundred taels of silver a month on this, which is nothing to rich and noble families, but it is indeed put into ordinary people's homes, this is a natural disaster!

Besides, addicted people generally have confused thinking, and they will hurt their bodies, even rich and noble families can't withstand such defeat!

Yun Rong suddenly understood something: "There are already people in the Qing Dynasty who are sucking this thing." ”

This is where Yin Zhen is most angry, he originally thought that it would not be so fast, but he didn't think that these businessmen would do everything for the sake of profit, although the amount of this thing flowing into the Qing Dynasty was not much, but it was enough to arouse people's vigilance.

"Hmm"

"So what do you want to do with it."

Yin Zhen's eyes were very indifferent, looked at the Fushou paste on the table, and said, "Anti-drug." ”

Yinzhen moved quickly, but he didn't startle the snake, and sent someone to investigate in private.

After a period of investigation, Yinzhen knew more about Fushou ointment, for example, today's Fushou ointment is different from opium, although it can make people addictive, it will not be used once and it will be inseparable, it belongs to the kind of smoke that is very comfortable.

In private, some people call Fushou paste also known as Shenxian San, which probably means that it tastes happy and lives like a fairy.

And for people who are addicted to it, it is okay to make up their minds to quit, and there are not many people who know about Fushou paste nowadays, after all, this thing is also a rare commodity for British merchants nowadays, and their amount will be sold in addition to controlling the slaves on the ship.

Earning money is one thing, and the other is thinking that it would be better if you could control a few merchants.

Finding out these news made Yinzhen feel better, at least it wasn't as bad as he thought, but now as long as the control is good and the publicity is good, the scene will definitely not be staged again after a hundred years. sweet potato

The places where Fushou paste is sold are generally in some smoke pipe teahouses, most of these places are opened by locals, and they also know which people have silver to consume, and the number of Fushou paste is not much, plus this thing sounds like a longing for function, but it is actually a deadly chronic poison, and ordinary people will not hype it up.

Therefore, it is generally the customers of the cigarette pipe teahouse who take a fancy to it, and slowly sell it, the number is not much, but it makes a lot of money.

Yinzhen checked the tobacco pipe teahouses in Guangzhou, and there were nearly dozens of them secretly selling Fushou cream, most of the people who bought Fushou paste were wealthy businessmen, and a small number were local officials.

Yinzhen looked at the list, the rich businessmen were just that, after all, there was silver, and they were willing to be defeated and defeated themselves, although Yinzhen was generous to the officials under him, he was not generous enough for them to pay for the cost of Fushou paste of three hundred taels of silver per month.

How this money came from, it is naturally self-evident.

After Yinzhen found out, he immediately asked people to investigate thoroughly, take his silver, and then do what he hated the most, and don't treat what kind of person such a person governs.

So a group of people from Guangzhou quickly got off the horse, as for the reason! Naturally, it's because of greed.

The people who were rectified by Yinzhen, they also felt "wronged", in their position, there were a few who were not greedy, and those who were more greedy than them were all good, but they were removed from their official positions, but they didn't feel "wronged" very much.

The Lord Zhizhou of Guangzhou is a relatively large official in Guangzhou, so he naturally looks at the emperor's recent actions, and he also feels strange that he is so aggressive, and it seems that there is no reason.

Lord Zhizhou's name is Zhou Liaoping, he is a good official, not rigid, but he is not greedy for the people's money, and his life will not be hard.

Lord Zhizhou wondered if he could inquire about something, so he found his wife.

"What's the matter with the lord looking for a concubine?" Mrs. Zhou said with a smile, her attitude seemed to be intimate, but she felt that there was some politeness between the two.

Zhou Liaoping doesn't care about his wife's attitude, the two have lived like this for half their lives, they respect each other like guests, and there is a saying that is close to each other and sparse husband and wife.

"You have often accompanied the queen mother to some banquets recently, where has the queen mother revealed anything, many people in Guangzhou have lost their official positions one after another recently, I don't know what the situation is."

Mrs. Zhou is still a little politically sensitive, she carefully recalled Yun Rong's performance, and said truthfully: "The concubine has never heard the queen talk about things in the court, but she is more interested in some imported products on weekdays. ”

Zhou Liaoping shook his head and said: "This is not necessary, since the queen mother does not talk about the government on weekdays, then don't ask, it will be self-defeating when the time comes, and you can get along with the queen mother how you want." ”

Mrs. Zhou also breathed a sigh of relief, she was obedient to her husband on weekdays, but she knew that since the queen mother could "manage" the emperor and favor her alone, she must not be a helpless person.

She is also afraid that she will end up "doing bad things with good intentions", and the family that will be affected will not be good.

"The concubine is provincial, don't think so much about the lord, the lord is sitting upright on weekdays, although the queen mother didn't say anything about the government and politics, but she also said a lot, the queen mother said, the emperor likes loyal people, the concubine thinks that the lord is doing very well, why should the lord worry about the sky."

Zhou Liaoping only reacted after listening to his wife's words, he seemed to think a little too much, he was in charge of the affairs of a state on weekdays, and he had to think about every step, and he was used to thinking.

Now it seems that he has not committed a traitor, and the emperor is also a Ming monarch, no matter what the reason is, what the result is, at least it will not affect him.

Zhou Liaoping: "Thank you, Mrs., for mentioning it, it's for your husband to think more." ”

Mrs. Zhou smiled: "The concubine is a woman, where can I mention the master, but the master is worried about the people on weekdays, and the decision-making that can only be made by thinking well is just habitual." ”

Mrs. Zhou listened to what she said, and Zhou Liaoping was also comfortable listening to it, and this matter was in the past.

investigated and punished a group of officials, and then Yinzhen also let people control the British businessmen who provided Fushou ointment, and the crime was simple, Yinzhen was a realistic emperor, so the crime was to sell poison, and the goal of controlling the Qing Dynasty had been achieved.

This crime sounds very serious, but because there are not many British merchants who sell these Fu Shou Cream, they have not attracted much attention, and most British merchants have not thought of making a profit with Fu Shou Cream.

However, for the sudden disappearance of these people, others did not notice, but the people from the United Kingdom still noticed, and there were not many British businessmen compared to the locals, and the disappearance of a few naturally attracted internal attention.