鸦片在中国原本是一种药,从唐朝开始,四川就种植罂粟,产鸦片,叫做阿芙蓉。但是到了明朝中期,鸦片由药品变成了春药。明朝的皇帝,尤其是中后期的一些皇帝,以淫乱出名,他们发现鸦片有壮阳作用,但是国产鸦片极少,难以满足皇室的需要。因此,明朝的鸦片是通过朝贡,从一些藩属国取得的。《大明会典》记载了当初亚洲藩属国给明皇室进贡鸦片的事。暹罗、爪哇、孟加拉 Opium was originally a medicine in China. Since the Tang Dynasty, poppies were planted in Sichuan and opium was produced. However, by the middle of the Ming dynasty, opium had become an aphrodisiac from medicine. Ming dynasty emperor, especially in the late emperors, famous for promiscuity, they found that opium has aphrodisiac effect, but very few domestic opium, it is difficult to meet the needs of the royal family. Therefore, opium in the Ming dynasty was obtained from some vassal states through tribute. The Ming dynasty chronicles the first tribute to the Ming royal family by Asian vassal states. Siam, Java, Bangladesh