"How did Lin Zexu die? Why has it become an unsolved mystery?

Lin Zexu was a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty. In the Western powers to divide the invasion of the Qing Dynasty, Lin Zexu with extraordinary courage, the implementation of the "Humen smoke", to show the world the Chinese people's determination and courage to protect the country, a great deterrent to the Qing Dynasty invaders. According to the Qing Historical Manuscripts, Lin Zexu died of illness due to old age. But in fact, Lin Zexu's death is full of doubts.

One of the reasons for Lin Zexu's death was recorded in the draft of the history of the Qing dynasty

Lin Zexu's "elimination of tobacco smoke at Humen" shook the whole world, but it also aroused the incomparable hatred of the British invaders. In the ensuing Sino-British War, the corrupt and incompetent Qing Dynasty suffered a series of defeats and was unable to resist the British attack, and had to rely on reparations and cession of land to survive. In order to reach a compromise with the British invaders as soon as possible, the Daoguang Emperor pushed Lin Zexu out as a shield. In the twenty-first year of the Daoguang era, Lin Zexu was removed from his post and sent to Ili.

Daoguang 27 years, the Sino-British war tide subsided, the Daoguang Emperor still think Lin Zexu talent is rare, he reappointed him as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. At that time, the Qing Dynasty had already reached the end of the temple, the ruling order is about to collapse, Yunnan and Guizhou is a multi-ethnic settlement area, the complexity of the people, the peasants around the repeated occurrence of uprisings. Lin Zexu to the old body, bouncing around thousands of miles, the condition is increasingly heavy.

In the first year of the Xianfeng era, the Taiping Rebellion broke out in Guangxi. Lin Zexu was appointed by the Xianfeng Emperor as governor of Guangxi, to suppress. Lin Zexu traveled to Chaozhou and unfortunately fell ill.

Two, Lin Zexu's death of the suspicious clouds

But in the Qing Dynasty left a forest of wild notes, Lin Zexu's death put forward a different view. The "Goan Suibi" "Dongguan County Records" all recorded that Lin Zexu banning smoking, so that rely on and the British to do business with a lot of foreign merchants buyers suffered great losses. They hated Lin Zexu to the bone, ""Banning of smoking, Guangzhou, the thirteen lines of food barbarians, hate Lin Zexu bone. After the public rose again to supervise the western part of Guangdong, they are afraid of its come back, will be unfavorable, and will be paid a lot of money to bribe cooks, seeking to poison. The public Chao Yang (should be Puning ), the cook into the surimi, and to Ba Dou soup cast. Batou can discharge diarrhea, because of the disease leakage is not, the Commission and died ."

Some people have persuaded the Lin family, reported to the authorities to investigate the treatment, to find out the culprits behind the scenes, to find out the truth. But his family is bound by traditional concepts, can not bear to open the coffin again, Lin Zexu's death has become a mystery of the ages.