Before entering Guangzhou. Lin Zexu first clear Guangzhou by the opium poisoning situation, look for the tobacco shop, master a lot of first-hand information, in the first month of the 19th year of Daoguang (March 1839) to Guangzhou, in the fourth of February (March 19), Lin Zexu together with Deng Yanzhen summoned thirteen rows of foreign merchants, ordered to transmit the Oracle post, foreign opium dealers ordered to pay the smoke by the end of the day, and a guarantee of the future will never be entrapped in the opium, he also declared sternly: "If the opium one day does not end, this minister one day does not return, sworn with this matter always, never suspend the reason." But foreigners refused to hand over, after a determined struggle, thwarted the British commercial supervisor in China Yilu and opium dealers, seized all the opium nearly 20,000 boxes, about 2,370,000 pounds. On April 22 (June 3) in Humen beach public destruction. Daoguang 18 years on November 15, Lin Zexu was appointed Minister of Qin, has come 1839 is to make the most important year in the history of anti-smoking, for Lin Zexu life is the most glorious years. In the period of banning opium, Lin Zexu had written a couplet in his own government office: "the sea is tolerant of hundreds of rivers, the wall of a thousand refuges, no desire is just" this couplet image vivid, profound meaning. The first couplet earnestly admonish themselves, to listen to a wide range of different views, in order to do things well, invincible; the second couplet to sharpen their own, when the official must resolutely put an end to selfish desires, in order to be as upright as the mountain, standing up to the world. Lin Zexu advocated this spirit, admirable, for future generations of reference.　On March 10, 1839, Lin Zexu arrived in Guangzhou after a two-month journey. Thousands of people crowded both sides of the Pearl River, all vying for a glimpse of the Chinaman. The whole Guangzhou was waiting and listening to the voice of the minister, Lin Zexu's answer was two notices posted outside the Regulus Gate the next day, "Receiving Submission" declared that the purpose of the minister's visit to Guangzhou was to investigate the Haikou incident. The other one, the "Draft of the Declaration on the Protection of the Guan", was the first declaration of the minister's trip and the precursor of the anti-smoking action. This announcement was Lin Zexu's first public appearance as a minister to the officials, people and foreigners of Guangzhou, and it was not only another confession of cleanliness, but also an attempt to navigate an extremely complicated situation. Lin Zexu's diary records that he stayed at the Yuehua Academy that day.　On March 18, 1839, Lin Zexu issued two edicts: on March 19, he ordered foreigners to be prohibited from leaving Guangzhou; on March 21, he ordered the siege of the merchant houses; and on March 22, he ordered the arrest of the British opium trafficker, Bendi.　The arrival of the British commercial superintendent in China, Yilu, the conflict naturally shifted to him, he arrived the same day, Lin Zexu ordered all foreign ships moored in the Huangpu River to seal the cabin, the same night blockade of the merchant house, and the withdrawal of all the servants and Chinese employees. But Yilu is a complete rogue, in the face of Lin Zexu's orders, backtracked, to take the rogue, blackmail, deception, lying, the vile tactics of alternating. Yiliu cunning, but not Lin Zexu's opponent, March 28, presented to Lin Zexu, "Yiliu comply with the Oracle to submit a single payment of 20,023 boxes of tobacco endowment".　May 18, practical for 34 days, **** seized 19,187 boxes of tobacco soil, and 2,119 bags, a total weight of 1,188,127 kilograms. Collection of this period of time, Lin Zexu not a moment's negligence to supervise this ponderous process. Day and night labor, meticulous, no error. The seizure was a complete victory, but how to dispose of such a huge amount of opium, foreigners speculated that China might legalize the opium trade by imposing a monopoly on opium, but they were wrong. Lin Zexu reported to the Daoguang Emperor, requesting that the physical quantity be examined and then burned. Daoguang expressed great confidence in Lin Zexu, and he asked him, along with Deng Tingzhen and Yiliang, to destroy the seized opium on the spot. On June 3, the 23-day Humen Smoke Suppression, under the command of Lin Zexu, proclaimed to the world that the Chinese nation would never succumb to aggression. The Humen Smokeout is a feat unprecedented in human history. The Humen Smokeout demonstrates the unrivaled greatness of the Chinese nation and is a victory against foreign aggression. Lin Zexu, rightly so, is the organizer, conductor and completion of this event. In this sense, he has become a historical giant without any shame.170 years ago, Britain was the largest imperialist country in the world at that time. He kept plundering colonies all over the world frantically, and also tried to open the door of China with opium. In 1838, when the local government of Guangzhou executed a Chinese opium dealer, British tobacco merchants came out to obstruct the execution, which aroused the righteous indignation of the people of Guangzhou. 1839, in February, more than 10,000 people demonstrated in front of the inns where the foreigners were living to denounce the crime of interference in China's internal affairs by the foreigners' tobacco dealers. 1839, in March, Lin Zexu arrived at Guangzhou, and the campaign of banning smoking was rapidly carried out. On the one hand, he stepped up the reorganization of the sea defense and took strict action against the tobacco traders; on the other hand, he ordered the foreign tobacco traders to hand over the opium. Lin Zexu said in a notice to foreign tobacco merchants: "If opium is not stopped, this minister will not return." Due to Lin Zexu's firm attitude and strong measures, coupled with the support of the people, foreign tobacco merchants were forced to surrender more than 20,000 cartons of opium. Lin Zexu ordered the opium to be publicly destroyed at Humen and led major and minor officials to personally supervise it. He was made to put the opium into two large pools dug, the pools were put into brine, the opium was soaked for half a day, then lime was added, and the lime boiled the raw water, and the opium was destroyed. It took 23 days to destroy all the seized opium. This is the world-famous "Humen Smoking Cessation". The just action of eliminating opium has gained the support of the general public, Humen Beach every day there are tens of thousands of people to watch, people all clap their hands and applaud. When foreigners saw this situation, they also expressed their admiration for Lin Zexu's decisiveness in banning cigarettes. Humen smoke is a glorious page in China's modern history of anti-imperialist struggle, Lin Zexu led the anti-smoking campaign victory, is the first great victory in the history of the Chinese people's anti-aggression struggle, this feat, a severe crackdown on foreign opium traffickers, to safeguard the dignity and interests of the Chinese nation, and grow the ambition of the Chinese people.

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March 10, 1839, was ordered to Minister Lin Zexu arrived in Guangzhou to check the ban on opium. In the process of banning opium in Guangzhou, Lin Zexu realized that the British colonialists refused to give up the sinful opium trade and were plotting to invade China by force. In order to fight against the opium invasion and defeat the enemy, he carried out a lot of practice of military change "to learn from the enemy's strengths and techniques to control the enemy".　He personally presided over and organized the translation team to translate foreign books and journals. The foreigners about China's remarks translated into "the Chinese matter of barbarians", as the Chinese officials at the time of "reference news". In order to understand foreign military, political and economic information, he translated the "Guangzhou Weekly News" organized by British merchants into "Macau News". In order to understand the geography, history and politics of the West, he also organized the translation of the Englishman Murray's The Complete Book of World Geography, which was compiled into the Four Continents, and the translation of a series of works such as the Swiss jurist Vattel's International Law. By analyzing the political, legal, military, economic and cultural aspects of foreign countries, he realized that only by learning from the West could he defend himself against foreign aggression.　On the military front, he set out to strengthen and improve the defense forces along the coast. Specialized in sending people from foreign countries secretly purchased more than 200 new-style cannons configured in the Haikou Fortress. In order to improve the military technology, and collected and organized the cannon aiming method, warships books and other information. Although Lin Zexu's understanding of the West is relatively shallow, the purpose of contact with Western learning is out of diplomatic, military needs, but after all, created a modern China to study and research the West's culture, China's modern modernization thought to play an enlightening role.　Lin Zexu will be the Western countries, "shipbuilding, firearms manufacturing and military training" as an important part of the search for military change. Organize officers and soldiers in the East Stadium (now the People's Stadium area in Guangdong Province) to learn Western weapons drills, learning Western practice, and often personally to parade exercises, to grasp the training of officers and soldiers. He also joined Deng Tingzhen, the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Guan Tianpei, the Governor of Guangdong navy, and Yiliang, the Governor of Guangdong, in reviewing the army at Dongguaibaichang, preparing to meet the British invasion army. At that time, hundreds of selected officers and soldiers practiced volley gun, artillery, etc. Lin Zexu was greatly appreciated after watching. In order to stimulate the patriotism and sense of responsibility of the officers and soldiers, Lin Zexu immediately waved his brush to write a new couplet, hanging in the East Field of the drill hall.　Couplet cloud: "small team out of the countryside mine wish soldiers to be accomplished to wash the Milky Way long without the use of partial division into the barricades to see a hundred barbarians deterred by the smoke eliminated Zhuhai have the rest of the clear." [See Sajiaju series: "Lin Zexu couplets class collection" Volume 1] Lin Zexu's couplets, the wording is open and honest, full of patriotism and righteousness, it is condensed into an invisible spiritual force, inspired by the East Comparison Field on the practice of martial arts officers and soldiers, officers and soldiers to become the spirit of the hard work of the spiritual power of training.　Lin Zexu in Guangdong while banning smoking, while actively preparing for war, the construction of fortresses, pulling the river barrage chain, believe that "the people's heart can be used", recruited more than 5,000 fishermen into the water brave, repeatedly defeated the British provocation. In the second half of 1839, won the Battle of Kowloon, the Battle of Chuanbi Guanchong and other counterattacks.　Since March 1839 Lin Zexu arrived in Guangzhou to check the ban on opium, to October 1842 the Qing Court dismissed Lin Zexu Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Lin Zexu presided over the anti-smoking and anti-British military struggle in Guangzhou **** 19 months.　Lin Zexu dare to learn the spirit of foreign advanced science and technology, was highly praised by the people, known as "the first person to open his eyes to the world".