After inquiring from all sides, Ma Doudou and Zhiguoguo brothers and sisters quickly found the place to sell cigarettes.

They stood there with the crowd, and the Qing soldiers put the confiscated opium at the cigarette point one by one.

"It's a pity to just burn like this..."

"You said that so much opium is going to burn, it's really money."

"Do you think these opiums would not be sold to foreign devils?"

"Sell it to foreign devils? They are here to cheat us so they don't smoke these ghost things."

There were all things in the crowd, some people were sorry for burning smoke, and some people applauded, just as people were happy to confiscate opium before.

Lin Zexu, who was full of righteousness, walked ahead with a torch in his hand.

He raised the torch and looked at everyone, and passionately delivered a speech that made the Chinese people at the scene excited.

"They used opium to poison us and lost our silver boxes. They sold not opium, but robbers. They stole a large amount of our silver, making our country poor and weak.

Their artillery fire hit our country's gates and forced us to open them. They used opium sugar-coated shells to confuse the people. It's time to wake up, otherwise the country will be gone and your home will be gone.

I, Lin Zexu, swear here, if opium has not been stopped for a day, I will not reply for a day, and I will swear to be consistent with this matter and never stop it."

There was thunderous applause at the scene, and many people burst into tears. The old smokers who were deeply harmed by opium were complaining there, and the scene was polarized.

Everyone was not happy about Lin Zexu's cigarette removal in Humen for a few days. A piece of news came that it was said that the British warships were sailing to Nanjing and asked the Qing government to open the country's doors for trade negotiations.

"I'm in trouble and going to fight. The foreign devil's warship has arrived at Nanjing Port. They are very arrogant..."

On this day, Ma Doudou and Zhiguoguo happened to hear what people were talking about in the teahouse.

"Nanjing Port? Did the court fight? Once Nanjing is broken, they will go straight to the capital. I heard that these foreign devils are very treacherous."

"Do you think the court can fight with others? You all overestimated our Daoguang Master. This guy is just a turtle. When smoking bans, he was very tough. Now he has come to the door, guess what? He sent Qishan, a pro-foreign sect, to discuss with the British foreigners."

When everyone heard Qi Shan’s name, they looked disdainful. They hated Qi Shan’s behavior deeply.

"Qishan, a guy who is obsessed with greed, is a foreigner's tyrant. This peace talk will probably cause Daoguang to peel off a layer of skin."

"What are you doing? The British foreigners said that if Daoguang asked them to cede land in Hong Kong, they would have to pay 10,000 taels of silver. Anyway, they would have paid a lot of money, which was more than Lord Lin's opium."

Qishan?!

Ma Doudou searched for Qishan's name in his limited historical library. The reason he remembered Qishan was because Qishan was the initiator of the Treaty of Nanjing.

If Qi Shan had not signed the "Narrow-Wearing Treaty" with Britain without authorization (the content is similar to the Nanjing Treaty, and it also involved the ceasing of Hong Kong). When the British ships drove to the Xiaguan River in Nanjing, the desperate Qing Xuanzong had no choice but to send Qiying and Ireb to sign the first humiliating treaty of the Qing Dynasty with the British army, and cede Hong Kong land to Britain for more than a hundred years.

In 1997, China took back Hong Kong from the hands of Britain, and Hong Kong officially returned to the embrace of the motherland.

The signing of the Treaty of Nanjing has brought China into a semi-feudal and semi-colonial society. From then on, China has moved from ancient times to modern times, and Emperor Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty has become the only emperor across ancient and modern times.

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【Sesame brother and sister have something to say】

Aisin Gioro Minning, Emperor Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty, was originally named Mianning, the eighth emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the sixth emperor after he established his capital in Beijing. He was called Torgret Khan in Mongolia and was named Daoguang. He was the only emperor in the Qing Dynasty who inherited the throne as the eldest son of the eldest son. The second son of Emperor Jiaqing, and his mother was Empress Xiaoshurui, Xitara.

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty, he rectified the administration of officials, rectified the salt administration, promoted sea transportation, quelled the Zhanggeer rebellion, strictly prohibited opium, practiced frugality, and was diligent in government affairs, but his talent was limited, and social ills were difficult to return. In the 20th year of Daoguang (1840), the Sino-British Opium War broke out, and China was defeated. He was forced to sign the "Nanjing Treaty" that was humiliating in the 22nd year of Daoguang (1842). In the eight years since then, Emperor Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty tolerated himself and refused to change. His internal and external troubles became increasingly serious. The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom movement was also brewing, and the Qing Dynasty was in crisis.

It was really sad that Emperor Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty wavered his position in the Opium War and failed to command, which caused China to be humiliated. But what was even more sad was that he did not reflect on it after this incident and did not have any measures to revitalize the dynasty.

Emperor Xuanzong of the Qing Dynasty was the first emperor in China's two thousand years of imperial history to sign a treaty of humiliation with Western colonists. Emperor Daoguang should bear the main historical responsibility for the failure of the Opium War and the signing of the Treaty of Nanjing, which was powerless and humiliating.
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