How did Lin Zexu die?

184 1 in may, 2000, in order to please British imperialism, the fatuous and willful Daoguang removed Lin Zexu, who made the first contribution in banning opium in Guangdong, from his position as an imperial envoy and governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and transferred him to the Zhejiang military camp to "redeem oneself by good deeds". A month later, Lin Zexu was sent to Yili, Xinjiang by Daoguang.

In the early winter of the first year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty (A.D. 185 1), 65-year-old Lin Zexu was re-employed as an imperial minister by the court. He left his hometown in Fujian with his son Lin Congyong and his close assistant Liu Cunren, and went straight to Guangxi overnight. When a group of people passed through Puning, Guangdong, Lin Zexu suddenly became ill, and his condition became more and more serious and he was unconscious.

Lin was at a loss. Fortunately, Liu Cunren was self-serious and sent someone to Chaozhou overnight to ask a famous doctor to take Lin Zexu's pulse. Lin personally decocted medicine for his father and waited on him day and night.

Three days later, Lin Zexu's condition really improved. When he woke up this morning, he felt hungry. Lin sent someone to the kitchen to deliver food. At this time, Lin felt that the stone in his heart had fallen to the ground, and he was weak and could no longer support it. So I called my father's page and told him, and then I went back to my room to lie down and rest.

After a while, I saw the new chef bring out a steaming bowl of shredded chicken and millet porridge from the kitchen, which is Lin Zexu's favorite food at ordinary times. When I got to the building, the cook didn't come in and quietly asked the page to pass the porridge forward. Lin Zexu leaned back on the couch, inadvertently opened his eyes and glanced at the cook who had already bent down. I can't help but be surprised: "It looks familiar!" ! As he thought about it, he took a few sips with a silver spoon in his bowl and thought the taste of porridge was a bit strange. Just when he was surprised, a chubby yellow face appeared in front of him. It suddenly occurred to him: Isn't that the cook Fazheng who I hired in the Aviation Academy when I was investigating opium in Guangzhou? He hasn't cooked for foreigners since he was sentenced to exile in Ili. Why is he here today?

When Lin Zexu came to his senses and ordered Fazheng to be called, the cook had disappeared. Lin went to see his father immediately after hearing the commotion in his room. I saw my father was livid, silent and puzzled, but I was afraid to ask more questions. That night, Lin Zexu had loose bowels and was bedridden again.

On the fourth day, Lin Zexu was dying and his life was so weak. That night, he was lying on his deathbed, holding his son's hand tightly with withered hands, and said, "Smart son has been fighting against Britain all his life ... hateful traitors are still doing evil, ghosts are still rampant in China ... and he died of dissatisfaction with his father ...! "Suddenly, Lin Zexu let go of his hand, straightened up, pointed to the front and shouted," New beanstalk, new ... "Before he finished, he fell down with a bang. ...

Seeing this, Lin threw herself on her father and burst into tears. He would never have imagined that his father had realized the reason for his murder when he was dying: foreign businessmen who made a fortune from opium in Xindoulan (the street name of Guangzhou where foreign businessmen gathered in the Qing Dynasty) bribed the cook Fazheng to cook porridge with croton, a powerful laxative.

After Lin Zexu's death, there was a legend in Guangdong: in a hotel in Guangzhou, a confidant of Wu Shaorong, the head of Thirteen Foreign Firms, was whispering to Fa Zheng, and there was a string of glistening gold ingots on the table. ...

There are other theories about the cause of Lin Zexu's sudden death, but there are still different opinions, which has become a mystery for 100 years.