1839 When smoking was banned in Guangdong, Lin Zexu sent an unannounced visit to force foreign businessmen to hand over pills, and the confiscated pills were destroyed in Humen on June 3. 1839. The destruction of opium in Humen made Sino-British relations extremely tense and became an excuse for British invasion of China in the first Arab War. I have carefully arranged the heroic deeds of Lin Zexu for you, hoping to draw lessons from you.
The heroic deeds of Lin Zexu 1 Lin Zexu, a famous minister in the Qing Dynasty, is a well-known national hero. His growth is closely related to his father Lin Binri's tutor. No matter where Lin Zexu is an official, his father's handwritten couplets always hang in his room:
Poor tea is better than white rice, and the old lady enjoys it;
It is Cao's bounden duty to rule the country and level the world.
This couplet later became the family motto of the Lins, which was not only remembered by Lin Zexu's children and grandchildren, but also regarded as a family heirloom by the Lins' children and parents-in-law. It was copied and hung on the nave. Lin Zexu was born in a declining official family. Until his father's decline, there was not a foot and a half of land in his family. Because of his poor family, Lin's father gave up his career halfway and became a teacher in a private school. He's half hungry and half cold, and he'll make do with it. After Lin Zexu was born, Lin's father placed high hopes on him and went through all the hardships, vowing to bring up his son.
When Lin Zexu was four years old, Lin's father began to implement enlightenment education. He takes his son to a private school to read and write every day. Although the father longed for his son to be a dragon, he attached great importance to teaching methods, never suppressed the child's nature, and always let his son enjoy reading in happy activities. The child is naughty, and father Lin never beats and scolds. After class, he let the children play for a while, then held his son in his lap and taught him to read articles and poems word by word. By the age of seven, Lin Zexu had been able to recite many articles and poems skillfully and understood a lot of truth. So Fu Lin began to teach him to write articles. At that time, Lin's father was advised not to teach Lin Zexu's composition so early. Lin's father said, "The child has a good nature and sometimes finds something. If he does not introduce it, he will be suffocated. " Thanks to Lin's father's patient teaching and persuasion, Lin Zexu's intelligence has developed, and he soon became famous as a "child prodigy" in his childhood.
In fact, Lin Zexu's intelligence developed earlier, which is the result of Lin's father's proper education method. Lin Zexu recalled in "Examination Table": "The teaching of political monarch is serious, followed, not exciting, and makes people happy to learn. When teaching history, we must show a way close to ourselves, which is rare in analogy and metaphor. We must make them understand. However, they have never been cursed, but they are rarely reprimanded. Take pains to teach people, be persuasive, pay attention to using concrete visible things as examples when teaching righteousness, and ignite children's wisdom with intuitive and vivid teaching methods, and children's intelligence will naturally improve.
Creating a pleasant learning atmosphere and a patient educational environment is an important way to cultivate children's interest in learning. However, this does not mean that there are no strict constraints on children's education. Father Lin asked his children to study hard and be diligent, and stipulated that they should study late into the night every day, and they should not slack off in cold and heat. Every night, Lin's father leaves his son under a small oil lamp, and he personally urges him to help him with his study. The rest of the family are also busy doing things under the lamp. According to Lin Zexu's recollection: "The cold nights are eternal, the houses are ruined three times, and the wind is whistling. As soon as I climb the wall, the old and the young sit in the second place, studying in Sri Lanka, and my skin is swollen and always leaking." Father and son study hard, mother and daughter weave hard, and the family style of a poor family struggles hard has played a great role in the cultivation of Lin Zexu's moral quality.
Lin's life is very poor, and it is difficult to ensure food and clothing at ordinary times. Only on New Year's Eve can they eat vegetarian fried tofu. Nevertheless, even if Fu Lin pawned his clothes, he must ensure that his son studies. One spring and summer, when the crops failed, Lin's father lent his family what little food he had, but his family was hungry. That's it. After Lin's parents dug wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger, they still didn't relax their son's study.
Fu Lin is well-known in the local area because of his profound knowledge and good teaching. In the predicament of Lin's life, a local rich bully came to Lin's house and asked Lin's father to teach in his house at a salary several times higher than others. Lin's father was so hateful that he didn't want to leave his son to study hard and resolutely resigned. At the same time, he taught his son to learn the virtues of the ancients. The more difficult it is, the more he must temper his will, the more he must strengthen his faith and the more he must be upright.
Under the careful guidance of his father, Lin Zexu has a solid knowledge base and noble moral character. Since he was a child, he has set a great ambition to rule the country and the world, and has developed an indomitable strong will. At the age of 20, I took the provincial examination. However, he was ill-fated, and just entered Beijing, he failed in the exam. After he returned to his hometown, he still did not change his ambition to save the world and studied hard. In the 16th year of Jiaqing (A.D. 18 1 1), it was promoted to imperial academy again. Thus began his political career. He once served as a local official in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shaanxi, Hubei, Henan, Hedong, Liangjiang and other places, and achieved considerable political achievements, even having the reputation of "Lin Qingtian". He always takes the national economy and people's livelihood as the top priority in his official duties. "every cloud has a silver lining, saving the world and saving the people is a portrayal of his character." Throughout his life, he inherited his father's lesson that "the whole family governs the country, and Cao Ren governs the world", and devoted himself to the prosperity of the country with his knowledge, knowledge, talent and morality. Lin Zexu became a great man, and Lin's family education method set an example for the world.
Lin Zexu's Heroic Deeds 2 During the late Qing Dynasty, colonialists and speculators from Britain, France, the United States and other western countries bought and sold drugs to China in succession. One of their purposes is to plunder the wealth of China; The second is to maim the people of China with drugs to facilitate their aggression. At that time, many honest officials saw through the sinister purpose of the British and insisted on banning movies. Lin Zexu's attitude is the most determined. He said: If smoking is not banned, there will be no money in China, and there will be no elite soldiers to resist aggression.
For the sake of national dignity, smoking must be banned. The emperor told him to go to Guangzhou to ban movies. As soon as Lin Zexu arrived in Guangzhou, he ordered foreign businessmen to hand over all the inscriptions, and promised not to smuggle them to China, or hell to pay. Some foreign businessmen complied, but British businessmen refused to pay, and Yi Li, the representative of the British government, also planned a plot to resist. Lin Zexu made a decisive decision, resolutely exercised sovereignty, interrupted trade with Britain and stopped supplying food and water. The British have no choice but to hand over the film. 1On June 3rd, 839, Lin Zexu personally went to Humentan to preside over the destruction of harmful drugs. He defended the dignity of the Chinese nation with great courage and determination, and was a great patriot.
Chapter 3 of Lin Zexu's Heroic Story Lin Zexu (1785-1850) was an official of the Qing Dynasty. The word stroke, and the word Shaomu, was born in Houguan, Fujian (now Fuzhou, Fujian). Born in a scholar-bureaucrat family. Jiaqing Jinshi entered imperial academy.
Nine years of Jiaqing (1804). Eleven years (1806), he went to Xiamen as the secretary of tongzhi of coastal defense, and was recruited into the shogunate by Zhang Shicheng, the governor of Fujian, the following year. In the 16th year (18 1 1), Jishi Shu was elected as a scholar. Together with Gong Zizhen, Wei Yuan, Huang Jue and others, he advocated the study of practical application. Later, he successively served as an editor, assistant editor and other Beijing officials, and twice passed the provincial examinations in Jiangxi and Yunnan before releasing the examiner. Since 25 years ago, he has served as the salt transport ambassador of Hangjiahu Road in Zhejiang, the provincial judge of Jiangsu and the minister of Jiangning. He was ordered to rectify salt affairs, set up river engineering, plan shipping, and take measures such as persuading the people to be peaceful, prohibiting hoarding, and helping the poor and the people.
In the twenty-five years of Jiaqing (1820), he worked in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hubei, Henan, Shandong and other places, dealing with military and political affairs, water affairs, salt administration, river engineering, water conservancy and other affairs, paying attention to practical investigation and being able to make achievements. He moved from the platform to the governor.
Daoguang served as the envoy of Hubei and Henan for ten years (1830), and was promoted to the governor of Hedong in the following year. During this period, he worked tirelessly, did not avoid resentment, and worked hard to eradicate long-standing abuses. He personally inspected the Shandong Canal and the project along the Yellow River in Henan, and put forward a plan to change the Lijin Yellow River in Shandong into the sea to eradicate floods. In 12 years, he was awarded the governor of Jiangsu and ordered to expel the British merchant ship with dried shrimps spying outside Wusong. He also assisted Tao Shu, governor of the two rivers, and adopted many economic reform measures that benefited the country and the people. Drought and flood disasters are serious in Jiangsu. He ignored the court's reprimand, toyed with the sufferings of the people, and insisted on delaying the expropriation of Cao Fu in the affected counties. Committed to the construction of water conservancy projects, dredging rivers such as Baimao, Liuhe and Tuyang Canal. In order to overcome the shortage of silver and facilitate the circulation of money, he opposed the total ban on foreign currencies and put forward his own idea of casting silver coins. This is the forerunner of China's modern monetary reform. 15, 16 years (1836), the governors of the two departments and the salt affairs bureau of Huainan and Huaibei devoted themselves to implementing the "ticket salt" system in Huaibei.
In the seventeenth year of Daoguang (1837), he was promoted to Governor of Huguang. At that time, movies had become a serious problem that endangered China's national economy and people's livelihood. In the eighteenth year (1837), Huang Jue, an upright official in the crack hon temple, advocated that smokers should be severely punished by capital punishment, and Daoguang Emperor ordered local governors to express their opinions. Lin Zexu firmly supported Huang Jue's idea of banning smoking, and put forward six specific plans to ban smoking, which were first implemented in Huguang and achieved remarkable results. In August, he pointed out that the failure of banning smoking in these years was that it could not be banned. Warning: "If we still ignore it, there will be few soldiers who can defend the enemy in decades, and there will be no money to pay." In September, he was summoned to Beijing and tried to explain the importance and strategy of banning smoking in eight consecutive summonses. 1 1 month served as an imperial envoy, went to Guangdong to ban smoking, and restrained Guangdong navy from investigating Haikou.
During the film ban, Lin Zexu wrote a couplet in the office: "All rivers run into the sea; The couplet "No desire is just" is vivid and meaningful. Shanglian earnestly warned itself that to do things well and be in an invincible position, we must listen to different opinions extensively; In the second part of the league, we should sharpen ourselves, and officials must resolutely put an end to selfish desires in order to stand upright in the world like a mountain. This spirit advocated by Lin Zexu is admirable and a lesson for future generations.
In the 19th year of Daoguang (1839), he arrived in Guangzhou in the first month. He and Deng Tingzhen, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, called together foreign businessmen and asked foreign cigarette sellers to hand over their cigarettes within a time limit. Take just measures, such as withdrawing comprador workers and closing down commercial museums. , defeated the British commercial supervision law in China and the cunning of cigarette dealers, and collected all the films on the British barge. On April 22nd (June 3rd), Humen Beach sold cigarettes. Within 20 days, 2,376,254 kilograms of tablets 19 179 boxes and 210/9 bags were destroyed. During this period, Lin Zexu paid attention to understanding the foreign situation and organized the translation of western books and newspapers for reference in formulating countermeasures and handling negotiations. Translation works such as Chronicle of Four Continents, Petrochemical Yi Yan, and Laws of Various Countries in Sliding Darfur were compiled one after another, which became the earliest documents to introduce foreign countries in modern China. In order to guard against foreign aggression, Lin Zexu made great efforts to rectify coastal defense, prepare for war, buy foreign cannons to strengthen forts, and collect foreign ship gun patterns for imitation. He firmly believed that people's hearts were available, organized local group training, recruited water brave from coastal fishermen and villagers, and practiced teaching. In July, he refused to hand over the British sailors who killed villagers in China, and refused to promise not to carry any more films. He ordered the British businessmen in Macao to be cut off. Righteousness and law resorted to force, provoking Kowloon artillery battle and nose-to-nose naval battle. Lin Zexu went to Humen to defend himself, and the governor defeated the British army several times. 1 1 month to stop Sino-British trade. In December of nineteen years, he was granted the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. By this time, he had realized that Britain was deliberately launching a war of aggression against China. With the news from the west, he called the coastal provinces five times to prepare for the war.
At the beginning of 1840, he served as governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. In June, Britain launched a war of aggression. Because of Guangzhou's tight defense, he was captured in Dinghai, and Chen Bing sold it. Because the surrenders took the opportunity to frame him, Xuan was dismissed. In May of the following year, he was ordered to go to Zhenhai military camp to assist in military affairs, and was once again slandered and soon exiled to Xinjiang.
He used to reclaim land, build water conservancy and popularize advanced production technology in this area. Since 1845, he has served as governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, governor of Shaanxi and governor of Yunnan and Guizhou.
1849, the British invaders returned home due to illness and occupied Fuzhou City to build houses. Together with the gentry, he wrote to Liu Yunke, governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, urging the invaders to be expelled from the city.
1850 served as an imperial envoy, went to Guangxi to suppress the peasant uprising, and died in Puning County, Guangdong Province. To a teacher, Shi Wenzhong.
He realized the ambition of tsarist Russia to invade China. In his later years, he said, "After all, it is Russia!" There are official letters, letters and records of Lin Wenzhong, as well as Lin Zexu's diary. Lin Zexu is not only a passionate patriot. The most brilliant achievement in his life was during the war. Its main achievements are:
First, ban smoking.
Second, Lin Zexu believed that "the people's hearts can be won" and organized the masses to invade abroad in loyal opposition.
In Guangzhou, he gradually realized the difficulty of banning smoking and the war threat of western aggression, so he made great efforts to rectify coastal defense, make up water and courage, and strengthen combat readiness. In his view, to resist aggression, we should not only be "well-equipped, skilled and brave in unity", but also use the "masses" of the "people" to offset the "strength" of the "foreigners". Therefore, he dared to publicly advise and encourage the people, "As soon as British and foreign warships come in, let everyone kill them with knives." Under his leadership, he repeatedly defeated the armed provocation and invasion of the British army. Even during his dismissal and stay in Guangdong, he persisted in the struggle with the invaders and traitors. On the way, I also carefully studied the "recovery strategy" and summarized the experience of resisting Britain. After staying in Xinjiang for three years, I realized Russia's ambition to invade China. A few months before my death, I was still shouting loudly, warning the Chinese people: "Only Russia will eventually become a patient in China! I am old, and you should see it. " When Lin Zexu was worried about his country and people, he not only took a consistent stand against aggression, but also had great insight into the invasion of China by foreign capitalism. Lin Zexu deserves to be the first great patriot and national hero in modern China.
Third, advocate learning from the west.
After Lin Zexu arrived in Guangzhou, he quickly got rid of the traditional prejudice of shutting the country out. He put forward the idea of "learning from the enemy to control the enemy". Therefore, understanding the political, military and economic conditions of western capitalist countries, setting up translation libraries, translating foreign books, newspapers, decrees, military technology and other works, and organizing the compilation of four continents' chronicles have created an atmosphere for learning from the West in modern times. In addition, in foreign trade, he also put forward the correct principle of "those who abide by the law come and those who resist the law go". In short, under the conditions at that time, Lin Zexu was able to "seek truth from facts, regardless of the trend of the times", without the false arrogance of "China's great power" and obsessed with the outdated concept of treating foreign countries as "foreigners" for thousands of years, and "open a dead end and open a pioneer". The first relief on the Monument to the People's Heroes in Tiananmen Square, Humen's Opium Suppression, shows Lin Zexu's immortal historical achievements and status to future generations. Lin Zexu's anti-British struggle is tragic. Lin Zexu's spirit and character are the embodiment of China's excellent cultural traditions for thousands of years. However, Lin Zexu's personal experience is unfortunate, and he was repeatedly hit in the struggle to safeguard national interests. This is the inevitable fate of the national elite under the conditions of corrupt politics and backward economy. This is also a great misfortune for the whole nation. Future generations can't think deeply about this! Lin Zexu's works include Wen Chao, Shi Chao and Lin Zexu's Works.
The heroic deeds of Lin Zexu. Lin Zexu is very clever since he was a child, but he has an obvious shortcoming, that is, he is impatient and rude, and he often makes some mistakes for this reason. His father thinks that if this goes on, he will form the habit of impatience and be afraid of making big mistakes in doing things in the future.
One day, my father told a story to Lin Zexu. Once upon a time, there was a judge. Because he is filial to his parents, whenever he meets a prisoner who is not filial, he will give a heavy sentence. One day, two men tied a young man to the county government and told the judge that the young man was unfilial to his parents. Both of them asked the judge to punish him severely. Hearing this, the judge flew into a rage and roared, "This unfilial son gave me a slap in the face." The young man wanted to say a few words of defense, but his mouth was blocked by a piece of cotton cloth, and he had nowhere to complain, so he had to bite the bullet and get hit on the ass.
After a while, an old woman rushed to the county government with a cane and cried to the judge that two thieves had stolen her cow and were found in time. Her son caught them red-handed and escorted them to the government. But my son is no match, but he was tied up by the two thieves with a rope and disappeared. The old woman then described her son's appearance to the judge. I thought to myself, this looks exactly like the unfilial son who has just been tied up. I shouldn't be wrong about people. He quickly asked his men to call the two men who escorted the unfilial son, but they had already run away. At this time, the young man who was knocked unconscious struggled to get up. The old woman went over and looked at it carefully. That's her own son. With a scream, she fainted and could not get up.
The clever Lin Zexu deeply realized the intention of his father's story. From then on, he secretly remembered this story, slowly got rid of the impetuous habit, and finally became an important official in the late Qing Dynasty and a national hero remembered by people.
Chapter V The Heroic Deeds of Lin Zexu Lin Zexu is going to Guangzhou to deal with the British. It was summer, and once an Englishman treated him, Lin Zexu went with a few minions.
The British brought some ice cream to entertain Lin Zexu. When Lin Zexu saw this thing, he was furious. He thought it was very hot, so he blew it. Those British people died of laughter. Although Lin Zexu knew that he was ugly and depressed, he was embarrassed to have an attack.
A few days later, Lin Zexu invited the last Englishman over for dinner. Lin Zexu also took out ice cream to entertain this time, and the British immediately began to chew. Within two seconds, everyone was crying!
It turned out that Lin Zexu asked the chef to make taro paste and then make it look like ice cream. It is still steaming when it is hot. So those foreigners didn't guard against this, so they were all taken in.
Lin Zexu's Heroic Story 6 On New Year's Eve in the light years of the Qing Dynasty, Lin Zexu, then the governor of Jiangsu Province, had just eaten, and his wife complained that he had not asked about his daughter's marriage. He remembered his experience of being selected by his father-in-law and thought he could learn from it.
At that time, Lin Zexu worked as an official in Changle County. One day, the Changle county government received an urgent official document from the governor and rushed Lin Zexu to the governor's office. Knowing that Lin Zexu must have been framed, the magistrate took out twenty taels of silver to persuade him to fly away. Lin Zexu refused the kindness of the county magistrate and said without fear: "I sit upright and try my best not to be afraid of false accusations. If you leave like this, the innocent will become guilty. "
After being escorted to the governor's office by an official, Governor Zhang Shicheng asked, "Did you write all the books and letters submitted by Changle County?" Lin Zexu answered yes. Zhang Shicheng said with a smile, "I think the letters and slips presented by Changle County are correct and neat, and meticulous from beginning to end. Through understanding, I learned that it was from you. In order to test your courage, I specially invite you to write a fictional article. I didn't expect you to be surprised when you were young and not angry for no reason. What a talent! " So he entrusted Lin Zexu with an important task in the Governor's Office and soon became Zhang Shicheng's son-in-law.
Inspired by her father-in-law's choice of husband, Lin Zexu also wanted to choose a husband for her daughter. What criteria should be used in choosing a husband? It is essential to be studious, pragmatic, close to the people, diligent and honest. It is very important to take the overall situation into consideration ... a burst of firecrackers sounded and interrupted Lin Zexu's train of thought. Only then did he realize that he should visit the governor's office.
The governor's office was quiet except for a room with a light on. Lin Zexu pushed the door and went in. Seeing that it was a scholar Shen Baozhen, he asked, "Today is New Year's Eve. Why are you still here? " Shen Baozhen respectfully replied, "I dare not go home until I finish my official duties." Lin Zexu nodded. Seeing an unfinished picture album introducing western customs in the case, Lin Zexu was silent for a while and suddenly said, "I have a memorial, which I want to hand in today. Please help me finish it before you go. "
It was not until midnight that Shen Baozhen finished copying thousands of words of the paper. Lin Zexu read it several times and said discontentedly, "The handwriting is scrawled and copied again!" " He threw the paper on the box. Shen Baozhen was supposed to go home to work, but he copied it again. He left without saying a word.
At dawn, officials from the governor's office came to celebrate the New Year. At this time, Shen Baozhen just copied the paper and respectfully handed it to Lin Zexu. Lin Zexu looked at the memorial hall. He introduced the story to the guests and said, "If he goes home for the New Year without completing his official duties, it means that he can stick to his post;" Correct handwriting and consistent ink color indicate that he is peaceful; In case of injustice, he is not angry, taking the overall situation into account, which shows that he is a young man; There are obvious typos in the original manuscript, which was copied twice and changed again, indicating that he respects his superiors and dares to stick to his own opinions. " Soon he took Shen Baozhen as his husband.
Shen Baozhen was admitted to Jinshi shortly after he was recruited by Lin Zexu as his son-in-law. Later, he served as editor of Hanlin, governor of Jiangxi, governor of Liangjiang, and minister of foreign trade in Nanyang. He is a good official of the Westernization School and is famous for his foresight, pragmatism and honesty. He and his wife Lin Puqing are also very harmonious, loving each other and growing old together.
Lin Zexu's Heroic Deeds 7 1804 In the autumn, Lin Zexu, who was only 19 years old, took the Fujian provincial exam and was proud of his spring breeze. The following year, Lin Zexu, a confident young man, came to Beijing to take the exam, but he fell out of Sun Shan and was hit hard. In order to make a living, he became a private school teacher like his father.
Soon, he accepted the employment of Fang Yongqing, a good friend and friend of Xiamen Haiphong, as Fang Yongqing's clerk. So, Lin Zexu bid farewell to the examination room for a while, went to Xiamen, became a master, and embarked on a new life path. Because of Lin Zexu's meticulous work, especially his meticulous writing and profound calligraphy skills, and his friend Fang Yongqing's promotion of Lin Zexu in Fujian officialdom, Lin Zexu's reputation soon spread in officialdom.
Later, in order to take care of his parents, Lin Zexu was introduced by Fang Yongqing and returned to Changle County, which is close to home, as an adjutant. Lin Zexu worked very hard during his tenure as the aide of the county government, which won the appreciation of the magistrate. The two became friends.
At that time, Zhang Shicheng, the governor of Fujian, was thirsty for talents and loved talents like life. He supports a lot of talents. One day, when he was looking through the official documents, he found that the official documents presented by Changle County in this province were correct and neat, and the calligraphy was quite skillful. From beginning to end, there was no alteration, which could not help but be greatly appreciated. Upon inquiry, Zhang Shicheng learned that the writing of this document was written by a scholar named Lin Zexu, the official's son of Changle County, and could not help secretly nodding.
Soon after, the yamen of Changle County received an urgent official document from the Governor's Office, ordering the magistrate to take Lin Zexu to the Governor's Office quickly. Changle county magistrate was surprised and puzzled when he saw this official document, because he knew Lin Zexu very well and thought that Lin Zexu would not participate in illegal things. Why are you escorting him?
The county magistrate is a kind man, who cares about friendship and can't bear to be imprisoned. He quietly found Lin Zexu, told him the contents of the official document, and took out twenty taels of silver to persuade him to fly away overnight.
Lin Zexu is an aboveboard person. On the one hand, he feels selfless and has never done anything illegal or criminal. On the one hand, I didn't want to involve the magistrate's adult, so I refused the magistrate's kindness. He said without fear: "It is a blessing, not a curse, but a curse cannot be avoided!" " ! I sit upright and do well. If I am guilty, I am willing to serve my sentence. If I am innocent, I will definitely find out. I can't be vague! "Then let the chief escorted to the province.
In the province, Lin Zexu's calm attitude made Governor Zhang Shi secretly and sincerely praise him. When asked if the official documents in Changle County really came from him, Zhang Shicheng laughed and said, "I have heard about Mr. Lin's merits for a long time, and I specially wrote fake documents. If I test your courage, I really have courage and insight! " So Lin Zexu was left in the Governor's Office and entrusted with reuse.
With the support of Zhang Shicheng, Lin Zexu won many exams. 18 1 1 In the spring of, Lin Zexu took the exam, ranking 74th, first in the second interview, fourth in the palace exam and fifth in the Korean exam. He has a background as a scholar and chose Jishi Shu from imperial academy. Since then, he has become an official.
When Lin Zexu went to Humen to ban smoking, a British consul gave a banquet and invited Lin Zexu to attend. At the end of the party, the last dessert was ice cream. At that time, ice cream was still rare. Lin Zexu saw the ice cream steaming and thought it was very hot. He sent it to his mouth and blew it with his mouth.
Now, foreigners here will take the opportunity to laugh. Lin Zexu was angry when he was insulted, but he suppressed his anger and seemed unconcerned. He said, "This snack looks like steaming outside, but it is actually cold. Today, I was fooled for the last time. "
A few days later, Lin Zexu hosted a banquet in honor of the last foreigner at the Governor's Office. At the banquet, China's famous dishes feasted those foreigners' eyes and enjoyed themselves!
After a full meal, a foreigner said, "Chinese food is so delicious that there is nothing to say. Unfortunately, there is a dessert missing."
"Yes!" Lin Zexu ordered: "Give sweets!" The words sound just fell and a pot of betel nut and taro mud was brought up. Seeing that it was dessert, the foreigner excitedly raised the spoon and sent it to his mouth. Enough for those foreigners to taste. They cried "ahhh-"and made a fool of themselves.
Lin Zexu said calmly, "This is a famous dish in my hometown of Fujian, called betel nut taro paste. This sweet food looks cold on the outside, but it is hot inside, which is the opposite of ice cream that looks hot and cold. Don't be impatient when eating. Burn your throat if you are impatient! "
Foreigners stared at round blue eyes, all stupefied.
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