But at this moment, Gao Shiqi hurriedly came to Bai Yangcui and gasped: "The King! The Imperial Army, the Imperial Army suddenly came! And they are coming towards our Duke's Mansion!"
"What!"
Bai Yangcui stood up in horror and said, "We haven't had time to burn these Han slaves to death yet."
As he spoke, Bai Yangcui ordered: "Hurry up and get people to rescue him. It's too late to silence him now! In addition, let Du Fuyin go and hold off the imperial army first!"
Although Bai Yangcui was already the head of a principality, he really did not dare to openly confront the Ming Dynasty.
Because throughout the Ming Dynasty, there were many people who wanted to take the place of Duke Yi and obtain the fiefdom of Prague.
Therefore, if Zhu Youxiao really wanted to destroy Bai Yangcui's vassal state, there would be many people willing to sacrifice their lives for the court.
Today's Ming Dynasty has no shortage of capable warriors.
Because of this, Bai Yangcui was only afraid of the imperial court from the beginning.
Even though he never took ordinary Han people seriously.
…
"Where is your king?"
Imperial Army Staff General Zhu Hezhen has indeed entered Prague City, and now he has begun to inquire. Because he heard that the Imperial Army was coming, he hurriedly came out to greet Dolittle, the prefect of Prague.
Doolittle hurriedly replied: "Due to the flood in the Duke's Mansion, everyone was busy putting out the fire. The Duke is also there now, but now that he knows the general is coming, he has also rushed here."
"I don't know why the imperial army came to Yiguo? Please ask the general to clarify the doubts."
Doolittle asked with a smile.
Zhu Hezhen did not answer Doolittle's question, but rushed directly to the Duke of Yi's Mansion, saying: "Go and put out the fire first!"
“I don’t know when the general arrives, he may be greeted from afar, but he may be greeted from afar.”
However, when Zhu Hezhen was waiting for him to come over, he also ran into Bai Yangcui.
Bai Yangcui immediately raised his hands to Zhu Hezhen and laughed.
Zhu Hezhen just nodded and said: "I didn't expect to meet you when I came to Duke Yi's mansion. Please forgive me for being arrogant and let's put out the fire together!"
With that said, Zhu Hezhen led the imperial army and continued to rush into the mansion.
He could tell from Dolittle's panicked look just now and Bai Yangcui's panicked look now that there must be something fishy about the so-called leakage.
Therefore, he only used this as an excuse to rush to the place where the smoke was coming.
It didn't take long for his people to arrive here.
At this time, the fire here had been saved by Gao Shiqi and his people. After seeing the imperial army coming, he only said: "It's irrelevant, it has been saved."
Zhu Hezhen only looked at the rescued Han people and asked: "Why are there so many Han people? Who are they from the Duke's Mansion? There are actually many young women!"
Zhu Hezhen glanced at Bai Yangcui.
"Master! Why did you burn the slave's family? I don't know what the slave's family did wrong. Please spare the slave's life, sir."
At this time, Bai Yangcui's concubine ran towards Bai Yangcui with disheveled hair and was crying. She knelt in front of Bai Yangcui and kowtowed.
Zhu Hezhen was stunned when he heard this.
Bai Yangcui also glanced at Zhu Hezhen with some fear, then picked up the concubine, slapped her face with his backhand, and cursed: "You lunatic, you are playing with fire. Lure all the employees in the house into the house, then set the house on fire, and then say such nonsense, do you still want your master and me to live?"
"ah!"
The concubine screamed, then covered her face and looked at Bai Yangcui in shock.
But at this time, the other Han people who had been forced into slavery by Bai Yangcui were so frightened that they knelt down because they had just escaped death: "Master, let us go, let the slaves go!"
Zhu Hezhen was even more horrified when he saw this scene.
Bai Yangcui hurriedly looked at Zhu Hezhen and explained: "General! It's not what you think. No, there is a misunderstanding. Please listen to my explanation."
"Take Duke Yi and all the officials of Yi State into custody!"
Zhu Hezhen suddenly shouted loudly.
"yes!"
The imperial army brought by Zhu Hezhen shouted back and detained Duke Yi and all the officials.
Bai Yangcui continued for a moment: "Really, general, there is a misunderstanding here. They are voluntary slaves. If you don't believe it, you can ask them!"
As Bai Yangcui spoke, he shouted to the Han people in front of him: "Do you want to be slaves voluntarily? You speak."
"Not for this."
Zhu Hezhen replied at this time, then looked at Bai Yangcui and said: "Dong Yi, do you know that because of you, His Majesty was kicked and almost broke his waist, and even the people who worked for you , and according to your wishes, your Majesty will become the internal minister of your Duke Yi!"
After hearing this, Bai Yangcui was shocked.
Dolittle next to him also glanced at Zhu Hezhen in surprise.
Gao Shiqi was also horrified.
"I just have a few Han slaves, and I didn't expect this to happen. In fact, I have always been loyal to His Majesty, and I don't dare to be disloyal at all! Really, General, woohoo!"
Bai Yangcui pursed his lips and cried, then looked at Zhu Hezhen and said: "Really! General, if I had known that this would happen, even if someone forced me to do this, I would not dare!"
"As long as you have any thoughts about fellow nationalities, you won't reach this point. Sitting in such a rich place, your descendants can be rich and noble for generations to come. You still have a whole land of Baiyi ruled by you, and you are not satisfied. You must turn your compatriots into slaves! You have indeed lost your ideals and beliefs in the past, which is a shame for our Xingming Society!"
Zhu Hezhen lectured.
Bai Yangcui was speechless for a moment.
He was also educated by the Xingming Society. He had been taught by the instructor every day since he entered the military academy. How could he not know these principles? How could there be no such awareness?
It's just that he really can't control his desires. In other words, in his heart, he just wants to be a realist and doesn't like to have any ideals.
But the people who can control him are idealists.
"What's going on with so many Han people here? Also, why did the water leak happen and why so many Han people were burned? Those who report it can be regarded as meritorious service! They will be dealt with lightly."
Zhu Hezhen said.
"I'll report it!"
Doolittle shouted at this time.
Zhu Hezhen looked at him.
Doolittle said: "These Han people were indeed bought by Yi Guogong from Yazi and forced them to be his slaves. However, because the imperial government offices such as Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and Duchayuan were coming to various vassal states to establish After the news of the branch came, Gao Shiqi, the academic administrator, suggested that these Han people should be wiped out. Duke Yi also accepted Gao Shiqi's suggestion and decided to burn them with fire so as not to leave any traces."
"Du! You bastard! We are all scholars after all, how can we tell each other's secrets?! You despicable villain!"
Gao Shiqi shouted at Dolittle excitedly.
Doolittle replied: "We were all discussing matters together at that time. It was not a private matter, and it does not count as a whistleblower. Besides, you committed such a crime, do you still want me to hide from you?! Gao, you are also a person who has received a new education. , how could you not know that times have changed, and hiding from each other is against the spirit of upholding the dignity of the rule of law!"
After Gao Shiqi heard what Doolittle said, his face turned purple. He clenched his fat hands into fists like buns and kept staring at Doolittle breathing heavily.
Doolittle looked at Zhu Hezhen at this time, with a smile on his face: "I wonder, General, whether what the vassal just said can be regarded as the merit of reporting?"
Zhu Hezhen nodded.
"Calculated."
"General, I also revealed that Duke Yi's purchase of Han people's teeth was recommended by the prefect Dolittle. In addition, Dolittle also invested in a tooth shop. I don't know if the court found out. Anyway, Dolittle's tribe did own a tooth shop. The vassal minister Gao Shiqi has the prospectus as evidence!"
Suddenly, Gao Shiqi also shouted loudly at this time, and revealed more secrets in the black profit chain of selling Han slaves.
When Doolittle heard this, he immediately jumped up and scolded Gao Shiqi: "Gao, you idiot! We are a joint venture in the dental shop, and we share the profits. Don't you want to give more money to your descendants?" ?!”
Gao Shiqi sneered and said: "Why do you do so much! - Gao Mou only knows that you, Doolittle, are a treacherous servant who will betray your friends for yourself. In this case, if you are unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!"
"Shut the hell up!"
Zhu Hezhen shouted at this time.
Then, Zhu Hezhen pointed at the two people and said: "None of you is any better than the other, you are all not damn good! The heads of the vassals, even decent people, fall into your hands They will also become dishonest people! A bunch of bastards who haven’t changed their old bureaucratic habits!”
When Zhu Hezhen scolded them, Doolittle and Gao Shiqi both shut up.
Next, Zhu Hezhen arranged for the Han Chinese who were almost burned to death by Bai Yangcui to register at the political office of his imperial military headquarters and prepare to be deported back to China. The purpose of leaving the registration information was to facilitate future generals. After the property of the lord and ministers of Yi State was confiscated, certain compensation was given to the Han people who had been oppressed and enslaved by the lord and ministers of Yi State.
Then, Zhu Hezhen took Bai Yangcui, Doo Lide and others to Beijing to return to work.
"Zi Yun! Where are you from?"
"Hey, isn't this Duke Yi Guo, who also committed a crime?"
As Zhu Youxiao began to send more and more central court forces to rectify and control the vassal states outside, throughout Europe and West Asia, the imperial guards, the imperial army, Dongchang, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other central court centers People from government offices appear more and more frequently in these places.
When Zhu Hezhen led an imperial army to escort Bai Yangcui and others back to the capital, he met Zhu Youguan, a descendant of the clan who was on duty in the Jinyi Guard.
Zhu Yougun also greeted Zhu Hezhen first.
Both of them had studied at the Imperial Military Academy under Jin Yiwei's name and were old classmates for many years.
The relationship has always been good.
Therefore, Zhu Hezhen also laughed when he saw this and said: "You have seen it all. -Coming from the State of Yi, your majesty has already known about Duke Yi's forced Han people into slavery. Therefore, I am here to honor you. Come and get it."
After hearing this, Zhu Yougun only glanced at Zhu Hezhen: "It seems that your Imperial Army is still busy in the future. Since His Majesty ordered Jinyiwei, Dongchang, Duchayuan, Neichang, and the Ministry of Rites to After the major official newspapers set up branches in each vassal country and sent key personnel to the local areas to make the court and the Han people better understand the situation of each vassal, the imperial official schools who had gone to each vassal country also found out because of this. Many problems have arisen. Forcing Han compatriots into slavery is not an isolated phenomenon. There are even those who intend to tamper with the text, no longer implement the national policy of Sinicization education, and start to believe in other things. What's more, some even have the intention of rebelliousness. !”
After hearing this, Zhu Hezhen said: "It seems like I won't be able to return to Manila in a few years."
"I can't go back, I can't go back. In the future, I'm afraid that the imperial army will become the permanent garrison of the central court of each vassal state. If things continue like this, the enfeoffment system will have to be changed to a county system sooner or later! In other words, at most, each vassal state will have enfeoffment From now on, there will be a feudal lord in name only, who only enjoys the ceremonial dignity and material wealth of being a feudal lord because of his great achievements or his family background."
Zhu Yougun said.
"This is also a trend. After the imperial army has been on duty for so long, I have to admit that these vassal monarchs and officials, like the officials of the central court, still need to be supervised by the court and the enlightened Han people in the world. Once each one is free Too much, I forgot my respect for the king's law and my belief in serving the country and the people, and I began to relax."
Zhu Hezhen said.
"You are right, but if this is the case, the cost of court management will increase a lot. However, this is not something we should consider!"
"That's it for now. We all have official duties to attend to. When we go to Beijing for social school training in the future, we will find time to get together and chat about him for a day and a night. I have to take people to Boryeong Kingdom immediately, otherwise , if the people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dongchang are allowed to take the lead and report all the crimes that can be reported in the Boryeong Kingdom, the higher-ups will probably think that I, the Jin Yiwei, are really doing my job."
Zhu Youguan said and left in the car.
"good!"
Zhu Hezhen also replied and got into the car again. After ordering his guards to drive, he looked back at Yi Guogong Bai Yangcui.
Bai Yangcui looked at the road leading straight to Berlin in front of him, and couldn't help but remember that when this asphalt road was not built, he led troops into Prague from here.
Now that he thought of himself as a prisoner, he couldn't help but shed tears.
After Jinyiwei Zhu Yougun arrived at the Boryeong Kingdom, which was entrusted to Vienna, he quickly discovered that there were still a large number of foreign characters in the entire Boryeong Kingdom, and there were also many Han workers who were being manipulated by the Western merchants here. Beat with a whip.
"Take this on camera now so the evidence doesn't disappear in the future!"
Because camera technology had begun to appear in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Youguan said this at this time and sneered: "This King Baoning is indeed an incompetent lord! Just in time, help us Jinyiwei prove ourselves to the Han people all over the world. the value of!"
Then, Zhu Yougun said: "Ask the telegraph operator if you have contacted me at Jinyiwei Radio Station. While taking the photos back to China, let the court know the situation of the Baonyeong Kingdom in the shortest possible time. .”
"We have been contacted! - However, King Baoning just sent someone to invite you over."
Zhu Yougun's subordinate replied.
"Tell him that as soon as I arrived in Vienna, I fell ill with a cold. It is not appropriate to go to greet His Highness for the time being. I will come to apologize to you another day."
Zhu Youguan said: "Take a camera and come with me to take pictures elsewhere to see if there are any other places that are inconsistent with the court's policy!"
