In fact, to be precise, there is no question of whether the timing is right or wrong, when the Scourge of Opium in the Qing Dynasty has reached an insurmountable point. According to Lin Zexu, if this continues, in a few years, the Qing Dynasty will not be able to recruit soldiers who can be used to resist the enemy, and there will be no silver, so smoking bans are imperative.
Some people say that it was Lin Zexu's timing of the ban on smoking that was not chosen correctly, which led to the British finding an excuse to launch the Opium War, which is pure nonsense. The situation was that the British wanted to seize China's consumer market, and China did not allow it, so the battle between China and the United Kingdom was sooner or later.
Lin Zexu Humen was not wrong to sell cigarettes, he fulfilled his duty as the minister of Chincha, he saw the harm of opium to the Chinese people, the harm to the country. The Daoguang Emperor, who was sitting high above the court, was not very clear about the situation below, coupled with the fact that the main war faction and the main peace faction within the Qing court attacked each other, and for a while, the Daoguang Emperor did not know how to be good.
At this time, a letter from Lin Zexu ignited his blood, and for the sake of the Qing Dynasty, opium must be banned. Some people say that the timing of smoking bans is not right at this time, so when is the right time? Is it the right time for Chinese all of them to become sick men and the land of China can no longer come up with one or two pieces of silver? On this issue, Lin Zexu has merit and no fault.
Some people say that Lin Zexu's biggest fault is that he misestimated the military strength between China and Britain, which is a fact, but this is also a fact that Lin Zexu has no way to change. Britain has just completed the industrial revolution, the national strength is strong, and it urgently needs to export a large number of industrial products to the outside world. Their ships were strong and strong, and the Eight Banners soldiers at that time were already decayed, even if there were excellent generals like Guan Tianpei, Ge Yunfei, and Chen Huacheng to lead the expedition, it was useless.
So even if Lin Zexu saw the gap in national strength between China and Britain, he had no way, did he know that there was a gap, so he bowed down and conceded defeat? Chinese has never had this tradition, knowing that it cannot be done, which is what bloody Chinese must do.
In addition, although Lin Zexu is known as the first person in China to open his eyes to the world, he still has his limitations. In his view, opium poisoning China is only the responsibility of some British domestic opium dealers, and if the arrogance of these opium dealers is eliminated, then they will not dare to come to China to sell opium.
He did not think that this was actually the british government action, where the little opium dealers had the courage to challenge a country, behind them was the support of the British. Britain, on the other hand, wanted opium as a pioneer in opening the door to China and dumping its own surplus industrial products.
Lin Zexu's sale of cigarettes at Xuhumen was a major event that shocked the world at that time, and no matter what later generations thought, this was always a manifestation of a national hero's daring to act. There was no question of choosing the timing of the ban on smoking, and the internal strife in the Qing court could not affect Lin Zexu's decision. This most traditional scholar in China spilled his own righteous blood on the land of southern China, and although he was a civilian official, his courage and boldness were not inferior to those of a military general.
To this day, we still believe that he is the greatest patriot in modern China, and his deeds will be remembered by history and will be remembered by the future. Only by removing the fog of history can we return to the original truth, and those who still have doubts about Lin Zexu to this day, I think they can shut up.