After the Opium War in Humen, Lin Zexu was exiled to Xinjiang. Before taking office, he left two famous sayings handed down from generation to generation.

Lin Zexu is an undisputed national hero. His heroic deeds of "banning smoking in Humen" have been passed down to this day. In fact, in addition to this great event, he also laid a solid foundation for the recovery of Xinjiang in the future. Unfortunately, few people know this dusty memory.

First of all, we have to start with his story of "Humen exterminating opium". 65438+Before 1930s, China was always in a position of transcendence in foreign trade. In order to reverse this unfavorable trade situation, Europe and the United States and other countries have come up with shameless methods.

The British bourgeoisie first exported textiles to India, then opium from India to China, and then tea and silk from China to Britain. The British benefited a lot from this triangle trade. Drug dealers come like flies. In addition to Britain, the United States also imports opium from Turkey to China.

The continuous outflow of silver caused by a large number of opium imports not only disturbed the currency circulation in the Qing Dynasty, but also caused the emptiness of the national treasury in the Qing Dynasty, which made the Qing economy on the verge of collapse. More seriously, the spread of opium has greatly damaged the physical and mental health of smokers. If left unchecked, the Chinese nation will face the danger of extinction.

Seeing this situation, Lin Zexu wrote a letter to Daoguang, and then launched a vigorous anti-smoking campaign. "Smoking ban in Humen" is one of the most representative and influential events.

After the British government suffered losses, it decided to "protect their rights", so Lin Zexu's destruction of opium in Humen became the direct cause of the first opium war. Under the western artillery fire, the corrupt and incompetent Qing Dynasty was defeated and made peace, and Lin Zexu became a scapegoat and was exiled to Xinjiang.

184 1 year, Lin zexu, who is nearly 50 years old, set off for Xinjiang. When he said goodbye to his family in Xi 'an, he left a poem "Want to live and die in the country?"? Every cloud has a silver lining, why not avoid it? " To show patriotism.

When he came to Xinjiang, he deeply felt that Russia was eyeing Xinjiang. For this reason, he visited all parts of Xinjiang on the spot, and then proposed a "wasteland war" to the then general Ili to stop Russia's covet as soon as possible. At the same time, he put forward a series of national defense thoughts in combination with reality and became a pioneer of national defense in modern northwest China.

1850, when Lin Zexu returned to his hometown and passed through Changsha, he met Zuo in a boat in Xiangjiang River.

On the Xiangjiang River, the two of them talked about state affairs. Lin Zexu deliberately expressed his views on Xinjiang, and entrusted Zuo with his summed-up defense plan, saying, "I am old, with empty ambition to resist Russia, and I have accomplished nothing. I have been paying attention to talents for several years and want to entrust them with important tasks. With my years of hard work, I will devote myself to the first step, or I will need it later. Southeast foreigners, some people can resist, and you are the one who decides Xinjiang in the west. "

Unexpectedly, Lin Zexu's prediction came true. More than 30 years later, Russian-backed Agubo invaded Xinjiang, and Zuo argued in court for the recovery of Xinjiang.

At this time, Zuo, an elderly veteran, carried the map of Xinjiang given to him by Lin Zexu in those years, carried the coffin to war, successfully recovered Xinjiang, defended the integrity of the national territory, and comforted Lin Zexu's spirit in heaven.

Lin Zexu has been practicing the sentence "The country is life and death, selfish, why not avoid it because of disasters?" Even though he was exiled to Xinjiang, he did not forget to die for his country. This is the real national hero. Salute the hero!

Today, these two famous sayings left by him still inspire countless Chinese sons and daughters.