The foreign envoys who were asked to participate in the prisoner dedication ceremony were also shocked by such punishment.
Albuquerque and Kroner, who came to Beijing with Shen Zhaoyun because they were invited to Beijing to participate in the prisoner dedication ceremony, could not help but feel chills on their backs at this time.
"It turns out that if you disobey the Ming Emperor's order, you will be cut to pieces."
"Who dares to go against the will of the Ming Emperor?"
Both Albuquerque and Kroner realized another side of Ming Dynasty.
None of them expected that the Ming Emperor would be so cruel to those who disobeyed.
Zhu Youxiao has no intention of changing this harsh punishment system.
Because in his view, whether order can be maintained well depends on whether the cost of betraying order is high enough.
If a super empire like the Ming Dynasty wanted not to break up, it had to have a top-down order, and to have such an order, there had to be harsh punishments to maintain this order.
Zhu Youxiao believed that he was here to be an emperor and maintain order, not a Bodhisattva who tolerated those who disobeyed the order.
Therefore, he will not forgive the evil ones.
Not to mention that just because a bad guy who betrayed the order laid down his butcher knife, he will become a Buddha immediately.
"Fang Yizao, the young minister of Dali Temple, said in a message: Since the ancient Ming Dynasty, foreigners have been treated with courtesy. Now, although Castro, Peso and other Buddhist officials are resisting the emperor's orders, they are still enjoying their royal affairs. After all, loyalty is commendable, but now it is a bit far-fetched to punish it with the crime of treason. The country should be governed by the law of foreign kings and internal laws, so that all nations can obey, instead of punishing crimes severely and seeking hegemony by force, so please forgive me. The crimes of Stro and Pesso were spared and released, in the style of a great nation."
Fang Congzhe handed Zhu Youxiao a report from Fang Yizao.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows and said calmly: "When did I say that governing a country should be governed by external laws and internal laws? What I said is that laws and regulations cannot be abolished!"
Fang Congzhe immediately stood up solemnly, bowed to the side, and a slight cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
He did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor, who had been taught Confucianism by Xu Guangqi for many years, still advocated the rule of law and was unwilling to replace the law with Confucian benevolence and forgiveness.
"Everything in the world that is not the king's land, the land illuminated by the sun and the moon, should be controlled by me! However, due to geographical isolation and lack of cultural unification, I have to temporarily tolerate the barbarians to stand on their own, and use the combination of vertical and horizontal to control them. Since the art of the Ming Dynasty has fallen into the hands of the Ming Dynasty, those under my control should follow the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Those who do not comply should not be punished less lightly than the people of this country. Otherwise, will it not appear that the people of this country are despicable? A foreigner?
It is true that Castro and Peso are the best in the Western world, but this is not the reason for me to be extraneous. If the best in the foreign world think that they are excellent, they will cause great trouble to the Ming Dynasty. , if they become prisoners of the Ming Dynasty in the future and will still be forgiven, then they will definitely work more unscrupulously for their master and deal with me, the Ming Dynasty! "
Zhu Youxiao said.
"What your Majesty said is that this Fang Yizao is just a scholar's opinion."
Fang Congzhe replied.
"This is not just a scholar's opinion, but a clever tongue. He must have received someone's favor, and his hands and feet were dirty. He racked his brains to defend these two extra stories. He thought he was smart and could use He wants to fool me with seemingly flawless remarks, but he doesn’t know that in this world, if someone hides his or her stupidity, it’s hard to see it, but if someone is smart, it’s easy to see it.”
Zhu Youxiao said this.
Fang Congzhe's heart skipped a beat, he was a person who loved to pretend to be stupid.
Then, Zhu Youxiao issued an order: "Go to Dongchang to investigate this person closely! Once evidence of bribery is found, report it immediately!"
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"Don't worry, as long as you can really get His Majesty the Emperor of your country to forgive their death penalty this time and release them for the use of our Dutch people, we will definitely give you 100,000 yuan of your country's silver coins every year! At worst, we will directly establish When it comes to contracts, we Dutch are the most contract-heavy.”
Abu Kui said to Fang Yizao, the young minister of Dali Temple, with a bright smile.
Fang Yizao was also a Huizhou merchant, and he also attached great importance to the word "profit". After hearing what Abu Kui said, he smiled and said: "Easy to say, easy to say, lenient sentences and reduced crimes, external kings and internal laws, this is what I advocate. Zhengdao, even if you don't come to intercede on their behalf, I will advise you on this matter."
"I admire China very much, whether it is its culture or scenery, I love it, but the only thing I don't understand is that the punishments in your country are too harsh. If it is like this for civilian slaves, it is restrained properly, but it is also the same for nobles. It is really It goes against God’s will.”
After Albuquerque learned that Castro and Peso were sentenced to death by the Ming Emperor, he was somewhat worried that Dutch nobles like himself would be severely punished if they violated the Ming Emperor's will in the future. Therefore, he decided to rescue Castro and Peso. So.
At the same time, Albuquerque also wanted to take the opportunity of rescuing Castro and other Portuguese nobles to restore relations with Portugal and deal with Spain.
After all, this time he sent troops to Goa, because his businessman nature of Albuquerque was exposed and he was greedy for profit, which caused heavy losses to his Dutch side. It will be difficult to surpass Spain in strength in the future.
And now he has also learned some methods from his interactions with the Ming Dynasty. He knows that it is better to join forces to fight against each other than to be enemies everywhere, so he wants to unite Portugal to deal with Spain.
In addition, Albuquerque also wanted to take this opportunity to bribe some Ming Dynasty officials as a spokesperson to safeguard his Dutch interests in the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Abu Kui took the initiative to make friends with some Ming officials before leaving Beijing, and tried to collude with some Ming officials to achieve his political goals through money bribes and bribes by offering accompanying orchids.
Now, Abu Kui also started chatting with one of the Ming officials he colluded with - Fang Yizao, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.
When Abu Kui heard that Fang Yizao said that he advocated lenient sentences and reduced crimes, and that the king should be outside the country and the law be within the country, he was very happy. He felt that Fang Yizao was a close friend, so he agreed to put forward the view that nobles should not be treated harshly. Of course, The nobles he mentioned were not just Han scholar-bureaucrats, but also foreign nobles like them.
"That's exactly what you said! Nobles, what is noble? They know etiquette and have dignity. How can they be treated the same as the common people? You go back and wait for the news. I, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, have the heart to dominate the world. If all nations come to court, I must treat you with courtesy. The foreign nobles now say that the law cannot be repealed, but it is just in front of the ministers, and the law cannot be revoked lightly. If there are ministers who argue with me, they will change their minds."
After Fang Yizao said that, he put down the tea cup.
Now Abu Kui also understood some of the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty, and knew that the host meant to see off the guests when he put down the tea cup, so he immediately resigned.
However, as soon as Abu Kui came out of Fang Mansion, a team from the Dongchang Flag School stopped him. One of the chief flag officers named Lu Rong said: "You are a red-haired fan, but you are very active. Let's pay attention in Dongchang." You've been here for a long time, so you probably don't know how powerful our Dongchang is! Privy Councilor Lu Qian reported that you bribed him to find out about the emperor, so come with us."
Dongchang?
After coming to the Ming Dynasty, Abu Kui had heard about some Dongchang, but since he came to the Ming Dynasty not long ago, he was not very impressed by the power of the Dongchang.
In addition, he really didn't expect that any of the Ming court officials he made friends with were not greedy for profit.
He thought that he had given Lu Xiangsheng a lot, because he knew that Lu Xiangsheng was a guard general beside the Ming Dynasty emperor, so he spent a lot of money and directly gave up part of his shares in the East India Company as bribes.
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