Qu Shishu, the Minister of Rites, sighed at this and gave instructions to his officials in the Ministry of Rites: "Let the major government-run newspapers actively follow the orders and send more capable reporters to the feudal states. Don't let those feudal towns run amok. , continue to do things that do not distinguish between Han and Hu! Let the words and deeds of these feudal princes be supervised by Han people all over the world!"
Like the Ministry of Rites, government offices such as Jinyiwei and Dongchang were also active in extending their tentacles to various vassal states.
After all, this means that you can expand the scale of your government office, apply for more funds, and internal staff can also get more promotion opportunities.
Of course, what Zhu Youxiao did was naturally a bad thing for the kings of the feudal vassal states.
After all, this means increasing centralization.
However, Yi Guogong Bai Yangcui, who was far away in Prague, did not know all this at this time.
He originally followed Zhou Yuji in his campaign to the west and made great contributions, and participated in the wars against the Rakshasa Kingdom, Poland, Lithuania, and the Ottomans. He was made a Duke and was sealed in Prague.
And he indeed only used the concept of Xingming Society as a tool to help him become famous. After he finally became famous and became the head of the Principality of Prague, his true colors were revealed, and he began to show what he missed as a son of a noble family. The kind of landowner life before the dawn of tomorrow.
Therefore, Bai Yangcui used the savings gained from his many years of service and the property he plundered in Prague to start buying Han people here through various channels to be his slaves.
Of course, Bai Yangcui does not like to use white people as slaves, but only likes to make his own compatriots his slaves.
Therefore, he would rather pay a high price to buy people from China.
But as he got more and more playful, he actually thought that he was also the king of a country and should also have a team of eunuchs, so he wanted to find some Han people to be his eunuchs.
After all, this is the standard for a king.
The person who helped him find these channels was Dolittle, the prefect of Prague, who was naturally his accomplice in enslaving the Han people.
At this time, the two of them and the Han officials in Prague who liked the old life of squires and landlords played a game of drinking water in the winding water on the outskirts of Prague, and there were Han maids waiting on them.
Bai Yangcui was very satisfied with this and asked him about the matter of establishing a temple name for his ancestors, which he had been thinking about: "How are you discussing? Regarding the temple name, the ruler of this country will naturally occupy the title of Gaozu or Taizu in the future. .”
Doolittle replied: "We are currently discussing, and I think it is quite appropriate to give Grandpa the temple name of the Holy Ancestor."
Bai Yangcui nodded after hearing this: "The Holy Ancestor is very good! Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs. Although our country of Yi is just a vassal state, we must have everything that the court should have! Institutions like Dongchang and Jinyiwei must also have , there must be twenty-four yamen in the inner court, so I won’t be left behind when choosing a concubine, but it’s a pity that the people in this area are all very smelly Hu girls, and there aren’t many Han women, so it’s really difficult to choose a concubine.”
Just when Bai Yangcui was feeling inadequate, Gao Shiqi, an official of the vassal state, hurriedly came to Bai Yangcui and said solemnly: "Master, something bad has happened!"
After hearing this, Bai Yangcui hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"
"According to the Kuai Malai newspaper, many people from the imperial court suddenly came to the Warsaw Kingdom. They said that major official newspapers under the names of Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Metropolitan Procuratorate, and even the Ministry of Rites wanted to set up branches in various vassal states to Reporting on real-time developments in each domain!”
Gao Shiqi replied.
Suddenly, there was a thud.
"Save the country's lord! Hurry and save the country's lord!"
Doolittle shouted quickly.
Several escort sergeants jumped into the stream where Bai Yangcui and other dignitaries were playing with the water, and rescued Bai Yangcui ashore.
Bai Yangcui spat out blisters and said, "It's over, it's over now. When the Jinyiwei, Dongchang, the Procuratorate, the Ministry of Etiquette and other major official reports come, I, I privately keep Han people as slaves." , don’t you want everything to be known to the court?”
As Bai Yangcui spoke, he hurriedly squeezed towards the stream and said with a sad face: "It's better to let me drown! I don't dare to look at His Majesty's face."
"Don't worry, my lord! You are not the only one who keeps Han people as slaves. There are many vassal states and officials who do this. If your majesty really wants to do this, you must consider executing a large number of vassal state leaders. As for the consequences, the key now is to get rid of all the Han slaves in the house before the Jin Yiwei comes. When the people from the court come, once they ask, they will say that they did not enslave the Han people, and they will find a way to buy them off. These people will naturally be fine.”
Doolittle tried to persuade him at this time.
Gao Shiqi came from the side and whispered: "Demobilization is not enough, why not kill all the Han people who were deceived into slaves! To avoid any accidents! Anyway, these Han people who were deceived are not of any standing. If they are killed, their families will just think that they are working outside, and no one will know if they are killed."
After hearing this, Doolittle glanced at Gao Shiqi in surprise.
He didn't expect that this civil servant who was in charge of academic affairs in Yi State would be so vicious!
"Yes, kill me!"
But Bai Yangcui nodded in agreement, but suddenly said: "But when I think of killing my beautiful maids, I feel very sad. I originally wanted to buy some more Han girls. Let’s have a simple concubine selection ceremony.”
"If you continue to suffer the chaos, my lord, please make up your mind!"
Gao Shiqi continued to reply.
Bai Yangcui nodded: "Help my lord up!"
However, after Bai Yangcui stood up, he still couldn't help complaining and said: "Speaking of which, the imperial court has gone too far. Since the border areas have been enfeoffed, they should be allowed to be autonomous. Why do we still need to send People come and watch! Can’t the local lords of the vassal states, and even the governors and governors, have some autonomy? In spite of what Mr. Lizhou said, enfeoffing local areas to make them autonomous should be beneficial to the people’s livelihood and prevent bureaucrats from only catering to them. The people above are not aware of the common people below! Therefore, this place must have the right to self-government, and the court cannot interfere without authorization and compete with the people for power!"
"Your Majesty, be careful! The Ningxi Kingdom and the Siam Kingdom are examples. Even if they are kingdoms, they can be rectified if the emperor says they can."
Doolittle reminded him at this time.
Bai Yangcui sighed after hearing this: "My lord knows that the court is bullying us and dare not fight back. However, the rabbit is anxious and wants people, so don't push people too hard!"
"snort!"
With that said, Bai Yangcui ordered: "Kill the Han slaves in the mansion! Do it immediately to avoid long nights and dreams."
"yes!"
Doolittle replied and ordered the escort to arrest all the Han servants in Duke Yi's mansion and rush them to a wooden house.
These Han slaves still don’t know what’s going on.
It wasn't until they realized they were locked up in a room and smelled the acrid smell of smoke that they realized the danger and yelled manically.
"Master, what are you doing!"
"Why do you want to burn us?"
"Let us out!"
