At the beginning, Qin Shi Huang traveled to my home

Chapter 725 Unable to Support the Family

Several people nodded in agreement. This opium really shouldn't appear.

I think those foreigners also knew the harm of opium, so they sold it to the Qing Dynasty. They coveted the fertile land of China and wanted to take it for themselves, but they knew they couldn't fight, so they allowed this harmful thing to appear, letting opium corrupt the people, so that they could seize China without losing a single soldier.

It's really abominable.

"Now that we know, we will definitely take precautions. This thing has not been eradicated until now. It has always existed and it keeps changing in various forms," ​​Li Wu sighed. In order to make money, the bad guys are secretly transporting those things for people to inhale.

When Lin Zexu heard the immortal say that there are future generations, his eyes turned red. "There are future generations too?"

"How could there not be? That stuff is addictive. It makes money. You know what some people will do to make money."

Everyone was silent. Indeed, they had seen a lot. What wouldn't they do for money?

Moreover, once you are infected with that harmful thing, you can be completely controlled.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. I'd better talk about your deeds, Mr. Lin Zexu."

"Little Immortal, please speak."

"Senior Lin Zexu, you are the only person in the Qing Dynasty who dares to sit on a chair and talk to the emperor!

You are really brave," Li Wu looked at Lin Zexu with a smile, but behind.

Ban Chao and Zheng Chenggong looked at Lin Zexu in disbelief. They did not expect that this young man would dare to sit on the chair and talk to the emperor. What an awesome guy!

The ancestors in front of the sky curtain were also confused for a moment. They were sitting on chairs and talking to the emperor. Some emperors didn't care, but some emperors were angry. How could Lin Zexu be so ignorant of the hierarchy?

Which minister would dare to sit and talk to the emperor, let alone in the Qing Dynasty? Ministers could only call themselves slaves. Slaves of whom? They were the emperor's slaves.

Lin Zexu just smiled and didn't respond.

"Senior Lin Zexu, your name is Lin Zexu, courtesy name Yuanfu, and you were born into a scholarly family in Houguan, Fujian Province.

Your father, Lin Binri, was a tribute student during the Jiaqing period and made a living as a teacher in the local area.

Because of your father, you, Mr. Lin Zexu, started studying in your father's private school when you were four years old.

Under your father's careful teaching, Mr. Lin Zexu could write articles at the age of six, was proficient in writing at the age of seven, and wrote the poem "The sea is boundless and the sky is the shore; I am the peak when I climb to the top of the mountain" at the age of eight, which shocked everyone!

In 1799, Mr. Lin Zexu took part in the provincial examination and won first place. He passed the examination and became a scholar the following year.

In 1804, Mr. Lin Zexu was only 19 years old and passed the imperial examination.

Later, you went to the capital to take part in the imperial examination, but naturally you failed.

In 1806, in order to make a living, Mr. Lin Zexu was hired by Fang Yongqing, the co-governor of Xiamen's coastal defense, to serve as a secretary.

At that time, the social atmosphere in Xiamen was corrupt, and opium smuggling was very serious. All the successive Tongzhi were corrupt officials, and bribery by foreign businessmen was rampant. No one was in charge of the problem of smuggling, so everyone turned a blind eye to it, after all, they were receiving benefits from others.

It was also at this time that Mr. Lin Zexu became aware of the opium problem and the tricks of opium traffickers, and broadened his horizons.

But at this time, you can't do anything, you are powerless."

Lin Zexu also sighed. In fact, long before the immortal mentioned that opium was harmful to people, all dynasties had already made preparations.

The Qing Dynasty also banned opium, and he destroyed a lot of it and cracked down on the drug dealers. The Qing Dynasty had become much better.

However, behind the scenes, there are still some fearless people who are secretly transporting and selling these things.

"In 1808, Senior Lin Zexu took part in the imperial examination for the second time, but failed again.

In 1910, Zhang Shicheng came to the imperial court, and you, Mr. Lin Zexu, also followed him to prepare for the third imperial examination.

The following year, Mr. Lin Zexu, who was already 26 years old, took part in the imperial examination for the third time. He was selected as a scholar-official with the fourth place in the second class of the palace examination and became a Hanlin editor.

Mr. Lin Zexu, you stayed in the Hanlin Academy for seven years, during which time your children were born one after another.

After having a child, the expenses became huge, and the annual salary of two hundred taels of silver was simply not enough to cover family expenses.

Mr. Lin Zexu, you sometimes taught in private schools or consigned your own calligraphy works to support your family.

In fact, this is all normal. Senior Lin Zexu, your family is not rich to begin with. Eating, drinking, defecating, and urinating in the capital city are all expensive, and the prices in the capital city are high, so you don’t have enough money to spend.”

Speaking of this, Li Wu couldn't help but think of the present. Many people are in the same situation. One person's salary is simply not enough to support a whole family. Many people dare not get married and have children. Why? It's because they are poor.

Marriage requires a dowry, a house and a car. Without the help of parents, a person in his twenties simply cannot afford these things. In his twenties, it is already good if he is not in debt.

As for girls, if there is no protection, who would dare to give themselves to others casually?

So it’s difficult for both men and women, it’s too difficult.

When Lin Zexu heard this, he could not help but nod his head and said, "That's right, I can't afford it. I can't afford it at all. I live a tight life every day."

Ban Chao did not have that kind of distress. After all, his family was still relatively large and he had family support.

As for Zheng Chenggong, he was naturally different. Supporting a family was no problem, but supporting an army was difficult!

Many people in front of the sky felt the same way. They were also like this. One person simply could not support a family.

Didn’t the people expect that being an official wouldn’t be enough to support a family?

Many people think that as long as they become an official, they will have a lot of money, wear silk and satin, and wear gold and silver jewelry. However, they didn't expect that they still couldn't even support their families!

This shocked them a little, but the capital city is the capital of the emperor, so many things must be very expensive.

Ministers also cried out in the barrage, especially people like Lin Zexu, who came from an ordinary family and had no family support. If he really relied on that little salary, he would starve to death sooner or later.

After seeing this, the emperors fell silent. They didn’t know that the officials under their command couldn’t even support their families?

Adjusting the salaries is not a good idea, because their emperor himself is very poor. If the treasury is rich, they would also want to be nice to the ministers, right?

Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, looked at his officials with a frown on his face. He had calculated that the salaries were enough to support his family. Before, the immortal said that the salaries he gave were too low, so he had already raised them a lot.

It is enough to have enough food and clothing. If you want more, Old Zhu will not be so easy to talk to.

The ministers were trembling with fear, but they didn't say anything in the barrage that the salary was too low. Don't look at them, don't look at them, it's scary.

Sky

"Oh, it's okay. Let's grab the gold and silver mountains and the good things from other small countries. Then our life will be better. Plant the seeds and cotton. With these, everything will be fine."

"Little Immortal, you are right. With these, our lives will get better and better in the future."