What is Lin Zexu’s goal in writing the letter to Britain's Queen Victoria?

Lin Zexu wrote to Queen Victoria to urge her to use her authority and moral responsibility to stop British merchants from supplying opium to China. He argued that opium was harming Chinese people and appealed to the queen’s integrity. His main goal was to end this harm, not to encourage more opium imports or negotiate a profit-sharing compromise.

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