Hong Kong Movies: You Hongxingzi, what the hell is the charity king?

Chapter 433 "432" Citizen: Regarding the Opium War, why are the contents of the books and textbooks contradictory?

"What? A banned book?"

"I wasn't interested in it at first, but I have to take a closer look at it."

"What on earth is written in it? Why is it banned?!"

After seeing the news, Hong Kong citizens

Wow, now that you say that, I’m not sleepy anymore!

The more you forbid, the more excited I am.

Ajie, a young office worker, had just finished cooking and was having dinner with his girlfriend.

When I saw the news, I suddenly became interested. I quickly took out the book and started reading it slowly.

Chapter 17 tells the background of the East India Company’s establishment in the early th century with the Victorian Royal Charter.

Ajie and his girlfriend were educated in the 70s, which has undergone substantial reforms and established a Western sense of identity.

Chapter 1. He looked at it feeling nothing.

Chapter 2: Business Expansion and Monopoly

Describes how the East India Company gradually expanded its trade network in India, used monopoly means to exclude competitors, and cooperated with and conflicted with local rulers in India.

Chapter 3: The Rise of Military Power

It tells the story of how the East India Company formed its own armed forces to protect its trade interests and conquered and controlled the Indian states.

He didn't read all of them, but only picked out the ones that interested him.

However, the book was well written, with lots of illustrations and information, and he enjoyed reading it.

Watched for 2 hours,
He jumped to--

Chapter 4: Political Domination and Plunder

This chapter introduces the process of the East India Company establishing its political rule in India, including taxation policies, land system, and the plunder of India's wealth.

Chapter 5: The Opium Trade and Crime

It describes how the East India Company used the opium trade as an important commercial means to export large quantities of opium to East India, and analyzes the serious harm caused by the opium trade to East India society and the Opium War it triggered.

After reading the fifth chapter, Ajie frowned.

The opium war?

This was in his high school history textbook, which also described the Opium War.

Its descriptive paragraph is:
"In the 19th century, the Victorians discovered that many Japanese smoked opium, which was a public enemy of the world. The Victorians were the defenders of the world, so in order to help the Japanese quit smoking and eliminate the evil opium, they launched the Opium War."

However, in the book "Anarchy and the East India Company", he is told that it was the East India Company that deliberately launched the dumping of opium in order to plunder, which eventually led to the Great Opium War.

In the end, who is right and who is wrong?
Ajie already had a guess in his mind.

at this time,

Many young people in Hong Kong Island have also noticed this "Opium War" and can't help but have the same doubts.

……

……

Guan Zu returned to Causeway Bay.

Mao Xiangyang called over, his tone full of excitement: "Brother Zu, let's have a midnight snack~~~"

Guan Zu touched his six-pack abs and replied, "Okay."

Not long after,
He drove a black Chevrolet to the pig offal porridge snack stall...

Haven't gotten off the bus yet.

“Tuk-tuk-tuk~~~”

A Hongxing gang member knocked on the car door and said, "Brother Zu, there's a stranger..."

Guan Zu nodded and said to Ah Xing who was driving, "Let's go to other late-night snack stalls..."

The black Chevrolet leaves.

Two people at one of the tables saw this and made a phone call.

Not long after, we arrived at a salty bone porridge, fried noodles, and barbecue stall and found a seat inside to sit down.

Soon Mao Xiangyang came.

"Haha~~~Brother Zu, well done!" Mao Xiangyang happily gave Guan Zu a thumbs up.

"It's no big deal~~~" Guan Zu handed a bottle of gout beer to Mao Xiangyang.

(The year he retired, Mao Xiangyang covered his gout-infected knee and said: I should have known not to go to Guan Zu to eat gout meals every day.)
Mao Xiangyang finished drinking tons of wine and said happily: "I think Fatty Peng will be so angry when this news comes out."

"I read the book 'The East India Company', which happened to describe the Opium War against China. The last time I read their textbooks, they distorted the Opium War, and I was very angry at the time. This book 'The East India Company' just refutes the viewpoints in the textbooks."

"Good job!"

"It's so clear!"

Mao Xiangyang picked up another bottle of San Miguel beer and started drinking.

Guan Zu did not stop his interest.

After drinking,

Mao Xiangyang continued, "Tomorrow, the Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po will conduct a comprehensive analysis and report on this book and why the Governor of Hong Kong wants to ban it. What do you think?"

Guan Zu is happy.

This is a fierce beating of Fat Peng.

"I think it's okay..."

Suddenly, Guan Zu had an idea.

Newspapers alone are not enough.

"Brother Mao, what do you think if I ask ATV to do an interview and invite left-wing teachers in the education field to talk about this period of history, teaching materials, and "The East India Company"?

"Crack~~~"

Mao Xiangyang was excited after hearing this: "That's right! This is a great idea... Then who should we invite?"

Guan Zu thought of Mr. Ho On, who lost the last election for the education sector seat.

He is a respectable gentleman.

"I have a candidate..."

……

……

a new day,
Guan Zu got up early in the morning, had breakfast with Ruan Mei, and then went downstairs.

I went to the newsstand and bought two newspapers:
Ta Kung Pao————"The Governor of Hong Kong banned the book? That's the truth! Exposing the truth about the lies in the textbooks!"

"The middle school history textbook actually said 'The Victorians were the defenders of the world, so they launched the Opium War to help the Chinese quit smoking.'"

"But the true history is what is told in the book 'The East India Company': With the support of the Victorian government, the East India Company frantically dumped opium in order to open up the Chinese market and make huge profits."

"Now, the Governor of Hong Kong banned the book because he was dissatisfied with the East India Company's accurate description of history and the Opium War. He was afraid that the public would learn the true history and that the lies that had been fabricated in the textbooks for a long time would be exposed."

Wen Wei Po - "The conspiracy of British education in Hong Kong: tampering with history, banned books are the real history!" "It is ridiculous that the secondary school textbooks glorify a war of naked aggression, plunder and massacre as a just act of "helping people quit smoking"."

"The Governor of Hong Kong's ban on books is undoubtedly a sign of his fear of the truth of history. A copy of The East India Company exposes the false masks they have carefully woven in their textbooks."

"As Chinese people, we should read the book 'The East India Company' to understand the sufferings that happened to our ancestors."

Guan Zu looked at it for a few times.

Not sharp enough!
But at least the main idea was written out.

With the spread of Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po newspapers, it quickly spread to the streets and alleys of Hong Kong.

On buses, subways, in offices... many people were reading the reports attentively and talking about them.

"The truth is this..."

"I was saying that when I was studying, I always felt that the logic of that period of history was a bit strange. They agreed to help China, but in the end, China had to cede land and pay compensation..."

“So this is the real reason.”

On campus, many students were also discussing this matter, comparing the history in their textbooks with the book "The East India Company". Anyone with a little bit of intelligence would realize that what is written in the book "The East India Company" is the historical truth.

Many students were very angry and felt that their faith had collapsed!
……

At night,

ATV deliberately cleared half an hour, postponed the broadcast of "Justice Bao", conducted an exclusive interview, and invited Mr. He An to come on stage to talk about history.

Mr. He An highly praised the contents of the banned book "The East India Company" as reflecting the true face of Victoria.

Then he angrily refuted the distorted content in the textbooks.

“Why did the Governor of Hong Kong ban the book The East India Company, written by a British man?”

"Because he's scared!"

"As human beings, we cannot blindly follow others, we cannot just follow what the textbook says, we must learn to think independently..."

The writing is eloquent and inspiring, and it is a good scolding.

By the way, the book "East India Company" is also interpreted, which is similar to "Reading a book in 20 minutes".

After reading it, I praised the book for its very detailed information.

Because all Hong Kong citizens are waiting to watch "Judge Bao", the ratings of this program are particularly high.

It went straight to 70%+ (Chinese channel).

It was also because of this program that most citizens took out the book "The East India Company" and started reading it.

At last,
Mr. He An on TV was fearless: "If any historian has any objection to what I said, please come to the TV station and debate with me face to face. I welcome it very much!"

……

The Governor's House...

"Bang~~~"

Something fell again.

Fat Peng was furious.

Guan Zu tricked him last night and now he's doing it again.

Without saying anything, he called Guan Zu and said, "Stop today's TV show immediately!"

Guan Zu: "Sir, I'm sorry, this is pushed by the left, I can't do anything about it, my heart is with you."

Fei Peng: Go to hell and get close to me!
When you cut open your heart, it's all black.

Fat Peng: "I order you not to allow them to make such comments again. Also, ATV is not allowed to broadcast news about 'banned books' again!"

Guan Zu: "Okay, okay, I won't broadcast it anymore!"

Fei Peng then hung up the phone angrily.

I got angry for a moment, but it didn't cause any harm to Guan Zu.

The more I think about it, the angrier I get!

He called his secretary and said, "Urge Chief Secretary Hodder to replace the Commissioner of Police as soon as possible!"

Damn, if I can't teach you a lesson, can't I teach your teammates a lesson? !

……

……

a new day,
The police force encountered a major earthquake.

The Chief Secretary's order was issued, and Johns was promoted to Deputy Director of the Security Department (Section) for his so-called "effective work and well-organized police force."

The Security Secretary is a subordinate department of the Chief Secretary, and under him is the Police Force. After 9, the Security Secretary was changed to the Security Bureau, which is the department headed by Lu Minghua in "Cold War".

At first glance, it seems like a big promotion from the top police officer to the Deputy Secretary for Security.

But those who are familiar with the ins and outs of officialdom understand that Johns held great power when he was in the police force and had great autonomy over the management of public security in Hong Kong Island. He was able to directly deploy police forces and make decisions on key matters.

But now he has become the Deputy Secretary for Security. Although the title sounds good, he is actually a sidelined position. Most of the time he can only assist the head of the department in handling trivial matters, and his say in important decision-making is minimal. This is obviously a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality.

And Johns felt like the sky was falling!
No delusion!

In addition, the Chief Secretary announced another order: Deputy Commissioner Davis was promoted to Commissioner of Police.

Deputy Director Davis was pleasantly surprised.

Joy falls from heaven!

He had imagined a scene.

Johns: "Davis, you're going to regret this!"

Davis: "I am the boss!"

Hahaha~~~~
This scene makes me happy just thinking about it!
Soon, he received a call and quickly went to the Chief Secretary to visit Secretary Hod.

As you step into Hood's office, you are struck by a strong British style.

A heavy walnut desk is placed in the center of the room, with a vintage brass desk lamp.

On the walls of the room hang several huge oil paintings depicting the pastoral scenery of the British countryside.

The sofa area is matched with a coffee table, on which is placed a set of English tea sets.

Seeing Davis coming in, he pointed to the sofa opposite and said with a smile: "Davis, come and sit down first."

After that, he pressed the call button on the table and asked his secretary to make two cups of coffee and send them in.

When the coffee was served, Hood slowly picked up the cup and took a sip. The steam rose and blurred his lenses.

"Davis, what do you think of that Guan Zu?"

Davis' face flashed with disgust. He put down the coffee in his hand and said without thinking: "Huh, that Guan Zu, his style of doing things is really unbearable. He is always self-righteous and doesn't take people like us seriously at all."

Huo De nodded with satisfaction, put down his coffee cup, and leaned forward slightly: "Very good, the Governor of Hong Kong also hates him very much, and is very dissatisfied with the police who are close to Guan Zu."

"This time, the reason why Johns, who was close to Guan Zu, was transferred away was to let you take the position..."

"So, you understand what to do?"

Davis understood what he meant and immediately expressed his determination: "Director, don't worry, I know what to do!"

(End of this chapter)