Chapter 674: The Emperor Didn't Believe It
The poison of the poppy, Sun Simiao finally saw it with his own eyes.
That Arhan is the person who manages the caravan under Xia Hongsheng, and everyone is familiar with Xia Hongsheng, so it's not that they haven't seen him. In addition, he is a Hu person, so he is even more impressed. Look at Arhan today, where is there still a person?
This is because it has only been taken for a long time by Diyega, which contains some opium components, and is not really opium extracted from the berry of the poppy fruit.
The opium that was actually extracted from the pulp of the poppy fruit was unimaginable.
“…… However, although it has medicinal effects and can treat the symptoms listed, it must be remembered not to overdose and not to use for a long time. After long-term use, he became addicted, and he still fell into a devil's cave. Addicted, his people wept and wept, and his whole body was twisted, like ten thousand insects devouring his heart. The hands and feet cannot be lifted, that is, the white blade is added to the front, and the leopard and tiger are forced to the back, and they can only bow down to death, and they cannot exercise a little. Therefore, those who have taken this medicine for a long time will shrug their shoulders and shrink, their color will wither, and they will be dying like a sick man at the beginning. Xia Hongsheng said in his mouth, Sun Simiao wrote the side, and recorded Xia Hongsheng's words: "If you get medicine at this time, or swallow it, or smoke it, you will be fluttering and there will be no pain." After a little time, the addiction returns. The more you eat, the greater the addiction, the shorter the interval, and over time, people will become ghosts, and their addiction cannot be solved unless they die! ”
Xia Hongsheng said everything he knew, Sun Simiao recorded it, and added it to the Qianjin prescription to remind people not to use this medicine more. But about the method of cutting the unripe poppy fruit to obtain the slurry, Xia Hongsheng did not say it, and was ready to let it rot into his stomach.
Arhan's drug addiction began to ease after being imprisoned in the spy camp prison by Xia Hongsheng for about 20 days, and the onset of drug addiction did not seem to be as painful as it was in the middle of the period, and he was still able to maintain his sanity.
In the past month or so, Alhan has finally recovered, Xia Hongsheng threw Diyejia into the cell, and Alhan seemed to realize the horror of this thing, and hid far away.
After trying a few more times, seeing that Arhan had already quit his addiction, Xia Hongsheng released him.
After appeasing Alhan and sending him back, Xia Hongsheng went to see Li Shimin with Sun Simiao and the medical officer who recorded Alhan's changes.
“…… Hibiscus flowers are gorgeous, and there are a few in my garden. Li Shimin said leisurely, and Xia Hongsheng, who listened to it, almost stumbled.
But this is also normal, after the poppy was introduced to the Central Plains, it was cultivated as an ornamental crop for a long time, and it was not bad.
"Is this the thing?" Li Shimin looked down at the few black pills in the box, and looked very curious: "It's so vicious?" ”
"Yes, so the minister begs Your Majesty to order that the cultivation, import and export of opium poppy be returned to the imperial court, and private cultivation is prohibited." Xia Hongsheng said to Li Shimin: "Because of its medicinal value, this thing cannot be completely destroyed. But if it is released, although it has no effect now, it is because no one knows that this thing can make such a vicious poison. If it is known, there will inevitably be wolf ambitions who will use its addictive properties to achieve the goal of controlling others. And if it spreads among the people, people will all take this thing, and a large number of people will become addicted to drugs and become sick men, and the consequences will be even more unimaginable. ”
"Import and export?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment and asked rhetorically.
Xia Hongsheng was suddenly angry, can you care about the key points?!
"Back to Your Majesty, import and export is a business between countries. For example, if Datang's goods are sold to other countries, it is an export for Datang, and for other countries, it is imports, and vice versa. Xia Hongsheng gave Li Shimin a little explanation, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, although there are very few people who grow opium poppies at present, and the role is only for ornamentation, this problem must not be underestimated!" ”
"No matter how poisonous this thing is, what kind of poison can it become?" Li Shimin looked at the pills and said, "I also read the medical officer's record, isn't that person okay again?" ”
"Your Majesty! But don't think that Weichen is making a big fuss! Xia Hongsheng saw that Li Shimin didn't pay attention to this issue at all, so he decided to start making up stories - not to make up stories, but to tell Li Shimin what really happened in the later life, and changed the time and space to Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty knows that a long time ago, there was a country known as the Great Qing Kingdom. Its national strength is not inferior to our Datang now. However, the emperor of the Qing State was very arrogant and arrogant, so he closed himself ...... the country" Xia Hongsheng told Li Shimin, about how the wealth of the Qing State flowed out because of opium, how the officials and army of the Qing State were corrupt because of opium, how the subjects of the Qing State became sick ghosts because of opium, and how the people of the Qing State were insulted and trampled on, and were called sick men...... Talk about the Qing country, how to be bullied and slaughtered, how the land was divided, and how the treasure was robbed......
"Later...... Where has become a scorched earth, people hate the harm caused by opium, people finally sobered up, but it was too late, the Qing country had already died, that land was carved up, the remorseful and angry Qing people destroyed all the opium poppies, erased all the records of opium poppies, begging that no more poppies would bloom in the world, and no one would take this poison again...... Countless hours have passed, and no one knows what the poppy does, or even the flowers, can be so poisonous! ”
Xia Hongsheng's story is very long, and it is told in detail, as if he had experienced it himself. Hearing this, Li Shimin panicked.
"Your Majesty, don't forget the past, the teacher of the future. Although the danger of poppies is not known to the world, I am afraid that one day someone will find out and take advantage of it, and at that time, it will be too late to control it. Taking advantage of the fact that not many people know about this thing now, and not many people use this thing, I cut off its source earlier! ”
Xia Qing's words made me think deeply. The Qing Dynasty, which was once prosperous, was destroyed by a kind of poison, which surprised me. Li Shimin stared and said, "However, how did Xia Qing know that this poppy is so poisonous?" ”
Of course, there are many real reasons for the tragedy at the end of the Qing Dynasty, not just opium, but Xia Hongsheng said this here in order to make Li Shimin pay attention to this issue, only talking about the isolation of the country and the poisoning of opium, and did not mention other reasons.
Xia Hongsheng looked at Li Shimin and said word by word: "Because, in the world today, only Weichen can make that opium from poppies." If Your Majesty really doesn't believe it, now is the period of poppy flowers and fruits, Wechen can make an exception to make some for Your Majesty, and Your Majesty can choose a felony death row prisoner, and you will know that it is terrible even more than Wechen said! (To be continued.) )