1839年8月10日,林则徐被任为钦差大臣到达广州主持查禁鸦片。他下令强行没收了英、美商人私自运进广州的两万多箱鸦片,共237万斤,于1839年6月3日至25日,在虎门海滩把这些毒品全部当众销毀,向全世界表明了中国人民的禁烟意志和反抗外国侵略者的坚强决心。并严令外国商人,保证以后来华贸易,永不夹带鸦片,否则,一经查出,“货尽没官,人即正法”。他虽然严格查禁鸦片,但仍主张保 August 10, 1839, Lin Zexu was appointed minister of imperialism arrived in Guangzhou presided over the ban on opium. He ordered the forced confiscation of more than 20,000 boxes of opium imported by British and U.S. businessmen into Guangzhou alone, totaling 2.37 million catties. These drugs were completely destroyed at Humen Beach from June 3 to June 25, 1839, Demonstrating the Chinese people’s determination to ban smoking and their firm determination to resist foreign aggressors. And strictly ordered foreign merchants to ensure that future trade with China will never be carried with opium. Otherwise, once found, “there is no official goods, but people are just now.” Although he strictly banned opium, he still claimed to be a guarantor