At the end of the Qing Dynasty, due to the emergence of the Industrial Revolution in Europe, China's strength and Western countries had long since opened up. In order to expand the sales channels of products and compete for the production of raw materials, the great powers launched colonial wars in many places and further expanded the power of capital. And such a huge Qing Empire is a huge piece of fat in the eyes of capitalism, and countless countries are eyeing it.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Britain became the strongest capitalist country in the West, in order to solve the deficit between China and Britain for many years, and at the same time obtain the export place of goods, britain decided to sell a large number of goods to the Qing Dynasty, in an attempt to use these products to pry open the closed door of the Qing Dynasty. However, due to the Qing Dynasty's self-proclaimed supremacy of heaven and the implementation of its policies, the British had some helplessness. In order to reverse the situation, Britain sent emissaries many times to conduct trade negotiations with the Qing Dynasty and make strong representations. After struggling to reach an agreement, the British decided to use yin and began dumping large quantities of opium into China. This move not only reversed the trade deficit for many years, but also caused the Qing Dynasty to flow out more than 6 million silver every year, and the national treasury was empty.
During this period, although Lin Zexu and others realized that something was wrong, they adopted a campaign against smoking. However, at this time alone, according to incomplete statistics, the number of opium addicts in China has exceeded 10 million, and the number of smokers is even more difficult to estimate. His side was smoking bans, but it made the addicts dissatisfied, and the British interests were even more damaged, and the Opium War was launched.
However, opium appeared as early as the Tang Dynasty, and it was an important gift for the feudal kingdom to pay tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and it did not cause any harm at that time. Even after a thousand years, opium has not been popular except for a few emperors and nobles who have been obsessed with it. Why did the Qing Dynasty spread so quickly a thousand years later?
This, of course, is related to the seclusion of the Qing Dynasty and the decay of the country! At that time, the international situation was already very bad, but the aristocratic class of the Qing Dynasty mostly took pleasure in playing with birds, walking dogs and fighting clams. Under the support of the state, they have no worries about food and clothing, only know how to have fun, and they hold a lot of money in their hands but they can't find a new way to play. And opium can satisfy their empty and lonely hearts. It is precisely for this reason that during this period, opium expanded rapidly, and soon became a new way of entertainment and socialization for the aristocratic class, and the folk also followed suit, and for a time, there were many addicts.
Of course, it is impossible to make a group of male brothers willing to buy, and there is no gimmick. Therefore, the British packaged it as a "fushou cream". And after taking it, it looks like a god and prolongs life as an advertising slogan to sell to the public. Once someone has tried this feeling, it is difficult to extricate themselves, and they are even more convinced of the efficacy of propaganda. And when the side effects are becoming more and more obvious, 90% of the people who have taken it have been inseparable from it, let alone eliminated it.