Cromwell's anti-smoking campaign is still in progress. Not only the Ming Dynasty's opium was confiscated, but also the opium of the opium companies in the Netherlands and other countries was confiscated.

Nationalists throughout England couldn't help but cheer, believing that this was a great event worth remembering by history.

Liverpool was just a small town with a population of hundreds, but due to the rise of the opium trade in the Ming Dynasty with England, it has become an important cargo transfer station in the entire England.

On this day, Cromwell also wanted to do something of great significance in this meaningful place. He ordered people to carry more than 100,000 kilograms of opium into a wasteland. In the wilderness of the sea, he ordered people to dig dozens of large pits and pools, and a group of British military and civilians came to see it. It was crowded with people and was very lively.

Cromwell ordered people to lay stones under the big pit pool, then nail wooden boards around it, and dig a ditch, poured into the ditch and flowed into the pool, divide the opium opium into several pieces, and then fell into the salt water. After soaking for half a day, quicklime was added. The quicklime boiled in water and quickly dissolved the opium and then stirred continuously, so that the opium was completely dissolved in the water. When the tide was low, send the pool water out of the ocean and wash the pool with clean water without leaving any residue.

This is Cromwell's Liverpool sales of cigarettes. In this world, he failed to become the leader of the British bourgeois revolution, but he also became a national hero of England because of Liverpool's sales of cigarettes.

It seems that awesome people will be awesome no matter which historical plane it is.

Perhaps Cromwell himself didn't know that his behavior had copied a Han official named Lin Zexu, but in fact, there was still a gap between his Liverpool cigarette sales and Lin Zexu's Humen cigarette sales. He only destroyed more than 100,000 opium, which was not as big as Lin Zexu's big money. Millions of opium were directly destroyed in Humen.

Charles I was also very excited. Cromwell's behavior was very exciting and allowed him to try out the wonderful taste of a dictatorship, which could easily cause a loss of trade in an empire.

Of course, because of Cromwell's actions, his prestige among the lower-class people and handicraftsmen was one step further, and the rule of the Stuart dynasty seemed to be consolidated.

Cromwell was also named Liverpool Marquis by Charles I, which is a compliment for his cigarette sales this time.

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"Just just got the news that England, it was this tiny island country, forcibly confiscated a total of one million kilograms of opium in the Ming Dynasty! It also killed the people of the Ming Dynasty and injured several people!"

Zhu Youxiao called Daqi once this day and hung a huge global map on the Golden Palace of Qianqing Palace. He ordered the chief minister of the cabinet Lu Xiangsheng to point to the officials in front of him to Yingjili's position, then waved his sleeves and sat back: "You are dear friends, discuss how to deal with this matter!"

In fact, many officials have learned that the opium of the Ming Dynasty's major opium companies were forcibly confiscated and destroyed by England, so no one was surprised at this time and couldn't wait to express their opinions.

In addition to Meisheng Company being a royal capital, there are also several opium companies that are private capital. Most of them are the companies of the cabinet ministers present, otherwise they would not be able to obtain the right to operate. Zhu Youxiao allowed them to make money from the opium trade overseas, and they also wanted to form a competitive mechanism with Meisheng Company. After all, Meisheng Company cannot be the only one and loses its enterprising spirit. At the same time, it is also considered to win over the court officials, allowing many officials to stand on their own side because of their interests and support further overseas colonial expansion.

But what Zhu Youxiao didn't expect was that the conservative leader became the foundation of the leader.

Cheng Jiming picked up the elephant mat and bowed to Zhu Youxiao, and said, "Your Majesty, England and Gili's move has damaged the majesty of our great country. However, since ancient times, such a barbarian country overseas has been arrogant and unruly, and it is far away from the sea. Although our Ming Dynasty King's Army has countless elite soldiers and generals, it is beyond reach. Moreover, this is also the internal affairs of other countries, which are not easy to interfere."

"Your Majesty is wrong. What is his internal affairs? A small British Geely is clearly deliberately provoking our Ming Dynasty. If it is a domestic affairs ban, it should ban smoking in a comprehensive manner. Why do we only attack our Ming Dynasty? This is clearly because we see that our Ming Dynasty opium is of good quality, and we think about our own opium merchants. We can tolerate the trade protectionism we have implemented in the past, but we can tolerate it. Now we blatantly rob our Ming Dynasty merchants of the opium merchants of the Ming Dynasty and directly destroy it. This move is right where is the majesty of our Ming Dynasty!"

The person who stood up was Yang Sichang. After receiving the permission and investment from Zhu Youxiao, Yang Sichang's father Yang He retired and also ran an opium company, and thus became the top rich family of the Ming Dynasty. Now, because of Cromwell's ban on smoking, he also suffered a lot of losses. In addition, he himself was a hawk in charge of the Ministry of War, so he became more radical. He went forward and advised directly: "Your Majesty, I believe that a heavy blow to England must be used to demonstrate the national prestige of our Ming Dynasty and protect our Ming Dynasty's business exchanges. Otherwise, in the future, all countries will follow England's actions, our Ming Dynasty's maritime trade will be greatly damaged, and the treasury revenue will be sharply reduced, and the pockets of the people here will be much weaker!"

As soon as Yang Sichang said this, the officials present couldn't help but blush. Although it was difficult to say it clearly, they had to admit in their hearts that what Yang Sichang said was the fact. Because of the rise of opium trade, all the officials of the Ming Dynasty benefited from it.

For a moment, Chen Zilong, a young official in charge of the current Hujian student, also stood up: "Your Majesty, I dared to advise Your Majesty to promote the royal army to attack Yingjili!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

"I'm going to discuss it!"

The ministers were very angry.

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Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but sigh in secret. When did the court ever become so united? It seems that it is unreliable to talk about loyalty and righteousness to these officials. As long as this common interests is damaged, everyone can hold it together. Now, there are no reformist and conservative parties. Except for a few old guys such as Cheng Jiming, almost no one raised any objections. Even Cheng Jiming and other old people shut up and dared not speak again. They did not want to offend all the officials.

Zhu Youxiao immediately issued an order to order Admiral Yang Sichang to fight against England and follow the first squadron of the South China Fleet to England and represent Zhu You to England.

However, according to Zhu Youxiao's instructions, this battle against Britain will be directly commanded by Li Dingguo, while Yang Sichang is only dispatched in the center.
Chapter completed!