Lin Zexu is indeed our hero. He resisted the pressure of the government at that time and destroyed opium. People applauded, and foreigners saw China's tough attitude. I still remember his two famous words: greedy for national life and death, don't avoid it because of disaster!

This is a far-reaching behavior. Lin Zexu wrote to the emperor: If the opium trade is ignored again, there will be no salary and no soldiers available after 10 years!

So the emperor sent him to Guangzhou as an imperial envoy to ban opium. Many tough measures were used in the process, forcing British businessmen to sign a treaty: hand over all opium and never bring it into China again. If they are investigated, they will be executed on the spot!

However, this is not the real reason for the Opium War. There was no violent reaction from Britain, because if China people went to Britain to sell opium, they would definitely be put to death. The British Foreign Office informed the representatives of British businessmen in Guangzhou that the British government could not support immoral businessmen. Refuse warships to enter the Pearl River.

Of course, the British government is not so kind, but a decision made after weighing the pros and cons: their opium interests are far less than their trade interests with China, and if there is a war with China, the lifeblood of their survival will be damaged.

However, the Qing government soon issued another order: from now on, all trade with Britain will be cut off. This was unacceptable to the British government, and they decided to solve it by force. At that time, China not only had a corrupt army, but also had no available generals. Obviously, it is no match for foreign invaders. After several failures, it signed the treaty of nanking. ....