I make a popular science video and all the emperors learn from it!

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[If there is two, there will be three. ].

[At a certain period, China was also invaded by drugs. ]

[You dare to believe that this is the origin of the title of the sick man of East Asia and the fundamental reason for China's decline. ]

[It is opium. ]

[A primary drug, once smoked, it is difficult to quit. ]

[People who smoke are weak, pale and thin, weak all over, and look sick. As long as they don't smoke, they will go crazy. They even dare to take risks to smoke, which is extremely harmful. ]

[At that time, almost everyone in the Qing Dynasty smoked opium. ]

[For this reason, foreigners despised the people of the Qing Dynasty and even called the Qing Dynasty the sick man of East Asia. 】

【At first, opium was expensive, even more expensive than gold, and only the royal family and dignitaries could enjoy it. 】

【Around 1839, the Qing government began to restrict Yingguo's trade with China. 】

【Before banning the opium trade, Emperor Xianfeng thought it was better to produce it than to import it. 】

【So the Qing Dynasty frantically planted opium in the country, especially in Yunnan and Guizhou. 】

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【However, how could the Ying people, who had already tasted the sweetness of the opium trade, agree? 】

【After several rounds of parliamentary discussions, the Ying people finally decided to open the door to the Qing government. 】

【The result is self-evident, the Qing government was defeated. 】

【Not only did the Qing government cede land and pay compensation for this defeat, but it also signed a treaty with Yingguo, which stipulated that the Qing Dynasty would levy taxes on opium. 】

[That is to say, the opium trade was legalized. 】

[Foreign opium flowed into China, and coupled with domestic opium production, opium became rampant and the price fell to cost price. 】

[At this time, opium was no longer a symbol of status and wealth, and even ordinary people could afford it. 】

[According to data, each person smoked about 4.5kg of opium per year at that time. 】

[Due to the rampant opium cultivation, farmers turned to growing poppies, and even caused a huge famine that was rare in nearly 200 years since 1876, known as the "Dingwu Famine." 】

[This is also the root cause of the corruption in the Qing Dynasty. 】

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"I am so ashamed! We laughed at others for a long time, but we are the ones who suffered the most!"

"Fuck! How can I laugh at this?"

"Damn foreigners, they dare to sell anything to make money!"

"The Qing Dynasty is also unbearable. It can't even beat a tiny country. It's really shameful!"

"......"

The ancients broke the defense.

I laughed at the other two countries with the attitude of watching a show, but now I find that I am the clown!

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Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng's pupils shrank, as if he had received a great shock.

"Famine lasting for two hundred years!"

"No wonder, no wonder."

"Two hundred years of famine, even the most powerful dynasty will be dragged down and destroyed."

"The harm of opium is so great!"

The previous calmness disappeared, replaced by a hundred thousand vigilance!

Li Si was also very worried. He immediately shouted: "Minister, I beg Your Majesty to completely ban opium in the Qin Dynasty! People are not allowed to grow, buy, sell, or smoke."

Other ministers joined in after seeing this.

No wonder they are cautious.

A famine that can last for two hundred years is amazing!

Unheard of before!

Ying Zheng was not careless at all and immediately banned opium throughout the country. Even if you saw it but did not report it to the authorities, it was also against the law.

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Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin could not remain calm.

After seeing the experiences of the first two countries, he did not have much feeling. After all, they were foreign countries and had nothing to do with the Tang Dynasty.

But this time it happened on the land under his feet!

And it indirectly led to the collapse of a dynasty!

It even continued to weaken for many years!

Li Shimin immediately pulled the ministers to the court to think about how to resist this kind of thing from entering the Tang Dynasty.

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Qing Dynasty.

Kangxi almost exploded on the spot with anger.

He gritted his teeth and said angrily: "Unfilial descendants! Untalented descendants! Short-sighted descendants!"

"Emperor Xianfeng, whose offspring is this?"

"Simply stupid!"

"Such harmful things, you actually planted them on a large scale in China, and let foreigners bully you, it's really a disgrace to our ancestors!"

As he said this, Kangxi even slapped his face with his hand.

He was really going crazy.

Having a grandson like Qianlong was already enough to defy the heavens! I didn't expect that there was an even more defiant Emperor Xianfeng!

"Are you two sent by the previous dynasty to destroy the Qing Dynasty!?"

Kangxi's lips were trembling.

Another period.

Emperor Xianfeng's face flushed, and his face was almost parallel to the ground.

The decline and corruption of the Qing Dynasty actually started from him.

Previously, heI also blamed Emperor Qianlong for the decline of the Qing Dynasty, but now I realize that I am also responsible! .