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Kangxi and Cixi quit smoking
In the middle of the 15th century, tobacco first began to be cultivated in Spain. In the 17th century, tobacco was introduced to China and began to be cultivated in the Zhangzhou area of Fujian Province, and then spread throughout the north and south of the great river. By the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, dry tobacco smoking was quite popular in China. Since the Kangxi Dynasty, it has begun to smoke snuff, especially in the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods.
Kangxi was a long-lived emperor of the Qing Dynasty, who did not drink alcohol and hated smoking, and had his own set of health methods; He has a considerable study of medicine, never believing in the Immortal Taoist Techniques, and in the "Aphorisms of the Court", Zeng Yun: "When I am old and have experienced many things, I am easily not to be treated...."He summed up the mystery of health maintenance, that is, diet and diet, living cautiously; Abstain from greed, and refrain from abstinence; Learn the Six Arts, read more.... Its health regimen is noble. He was most opposed to smoking, demanding that people eat more vegetarian and quit drinking. As for people smoking, the Kangxi Emperor said that although "when he was a child in his adoptive mother's house, he was quite good at eating tobacco", he later ordered the palace to quit smoking, so he "never used it".
The Kangxi Emperor found that there were two ministers in the dynasty, one named Shi Yizhi and the other named Chen Yuanlong, who could not leave the cigarette bag in his hand, and had a great attitude of smoke-loving yu and dying without regrets. The Kangxi Emperor saw it in his eyes and took it to heart, determined to break the rules of the two of them and prompt them to quit smoking.
Once, the Kangxi Emperor toured the south of the Jiangnan River, and The Will History and Chen accompanied the driver. When they went to Dezhou, Shandong Province, to live temporarily, the Kangxi Emperor publicly rewarded the two of them with a crystal pole-style exquisitely crafted cigarette bag, and ordered him to let the two of them smoke and perform in public. Shi and Chen Zhen were overjoyed, and they hurriedly took the cigarette bag they had given, and were flattered to immediately fill the cigarette and light it and smoke it. To tell the truth, since being around the emperor, the two did not dare to be too arrogant, so they did not dare to smoke. His face was flushed and uncomfortable. At this time, they could not care about anything, and they were grateful to the Kangxi Emperor for his reasonableness. Who knows, as long as the two ministers suck a little harder, the crowd will see that mars are sliding straight up through the transparent smoke pole, accompanied by a "crackling" sound, and when Mars reaches the lips, it will make a louder bursting sound. It was only then that Shi and Chen understood the kangxi emperor's true intention, which was to use them as harmful negative teaching materials for smoking, and also to make a silent punishment for them. Since then, Shi and Chen have turned from evil to righteousness, no longer dare to smoke, and gradually quit smoking.
After the Kangxi Emperor decreed that smoking should never be used, the courtiers followed suit one after another, and the smoking cessation was very effective. Later, the Kangxi Emperor ordered officials and soldiers throughout the country to ban smoking, which achieved good results.
In the twentieth year of Daoguang (1840), the Opium War broke out, the five ports of commerce, the anti-smoking movement failed, and the Qing court went up and down, so opium smoking became popular. Opium is a drug made from the milky juice of the poppy fruit. Also known as Atake, commonly known as big smoke. It is extremely damaging to the human body, such as chronic suicide. Opium smoke is different from the above-mentioned smoke in the category of smoking cessation by the Kangxi Emperor, and there is an essential difference between them.
At the beginning of the Xianfeng Emperor's ascension, he also often smoked. At that time, the court took a very nice name for this opium tobacco processing product, which was called "Ruyi Paste" and "Purple Xia Cream". Later, Hong Xiuquan's Taiping Rebellion flourished vigorously, and its momentum surged throughout the country and was unstoppable. Emperor Chengfeng was anxious about this night, and often used opium smoke cream to dispel his sorrows.
In the tenth year of Xianfeng (1860), the British and French forces invaded Beijing, and the Xianfeng Emperor fled the palace with his family and fled the palace to the Rehe Summer Resort, but he finally could not resist the temptation of opium paste, and indulged in opium paste even more boringly.
After Cixi gained the favor of the Xianfeng Emperor, she often accompanied the attendants, and naturally became addicted to smoking. At that time, the opium smoke cream smoked by the Xianfeng Emperor was made by the Guangdong people Lu, and the tobacco paste made in his home was different from other homes, its fragrance was not only strong, but also a little bit of energy could be a hundred times higher. This is because the Lu family has a well, the water is clear and clear, and it is an excellent water quality made of boiling tobacco. Those who cook with cigarettes need silver 2 taels, and the smoke is tried to be inhaled, the fragrance is fierce, and it is very unusual, so that people cannot smoke it after smoking. Cixi served the Xianfeng Emperor for many years, and after smelling it, she could not help but secretly try to suck, who knew the great joy, deeply trapped in the inability to pull out and became addicted to smoking, and then to the point of irrepressibility, specially given the name day: "Fushou Cream".
After Cixi came to power, in the palace, he always remembered the Lu family's cigarette paste, and praised it when he smoked it. The Lu family's anointing method can only be done by two people, one is Lu himself; The first is Lu's wife, Guo Mei. Li Lianying was happy for Empress Dowager Bo Cixi and gave advice for Cixi on whether to send Guo Mei's secret edict to Beijing to specially refine cigarette paste for her, which was exactly in the heart of Empress Dowager Cixi. After Guo Mei was ordered to enter Beijing, Cixi rewarded Li Lianying with a heavy sum of money, and arranged for Guo Mei to refine the smoke cream in the Da Ruan Hutong outside the imperial city. Due to the daily refining every year, the "Fushou Cream" stored in the palace was placed in the Kunning Palace, the Xiyuan and the Summer Palace, which could not be used up for Cixi to enjoy for 30 years. Li Lianying also took the opportunity to make a fortune, and it would be glorious for the princes and ministers to bribe Li Lianying and get the "Fushou Ointment".
Since Ci Huang became addicted to smoking, the guards of Taiyuan paid tribute to Cixi with Taikoo smoke lamps, and Fuzhou also entered two extremely exquisite and exquisite smoking guns, as well as other opium and tobacco paste products. It is recorded that the smoking gun used by Cixi was also Guangzhou bamboo, as thick as a child's arm, with a small tube on it, and breathing through it. At present, there is a smoking gun in the collection of the Palace Museum, about 2 feet long, which is black and has a copper-shaped head, which is estimated to be a relic left by the harem. When smoking, the smoking gun has a rack, and with the height of the lamp, the eunuch kneels on the ground and burns the ointment, not daring to lean slightly.
In the last years of Guangxu, the Qing government also repeatedly applied for a ban on smoking bans, and Cixi had to implement and restrain her actions. Later, when Cixi fell ill because of her old age, Prince Qing, in a tone of concern, persuaded her to open the smoking ban and offered her a small golden box: "The empress dowager is a democracy for the world's subjects, the government and the opposition are dependent, and the days of compassion and hesitation, the hardships are increasing, and now she is quitting smoking and causing illness, and once she does not hide it, I am afraid that it is not the sustenance of the heavy life." When Cixi heard this, she was furious, threw her box on the ground, and re-added shen rao.
Hatherine. Carl's "Portrait of Cixi" also talks about Empress Dowager Cixi's abhorrence of opium habits, and if she is allowed to find that the eunuch in the palace is smoking, she will be severely punished and will not be forgiven. Not only did they take matters into thin air, or they inflicted extremely severe corporal punishment, or they were expelled from the palace, and they were never used. Cixi was too strict with the palace, but he failed to destroy Kuoqing, because the eunuch smoked and finally had a set of methods to prevent him from being caught. In order to prevent the empress dowager from being aware, they wore another kind of sackcloth cloth when smoking, and after smoking, they changed into regular clothes, so that even before the empress dowager, there would be too strong smoke to make her smell. Of course, Seatherine, Carl did not know that the elderly Cixi was quitting smoking, and thought that she was a queen who hated smoking.
Because Empress Dowager Cixi was old and depressed, her strength weakened into a disease, and finally because she quit smoking too late, she was already terminally ill, and she had no power to return to heaven, and finally died silently.