Liu Xizhi then raised his hand to Wang Xijue and said: "Mr. Ge, the Fanyi people do not know the political affairs of our Celestial Dynasty, so they mistakenly trade firearms with the Burmese Yi, and their firearms are not made for China, but for business and self-protection; what's more, from the time of Shimiao Ever since we allowed him to live in Haojing for trade, we have tacitly allowed him to make firearms for self-defense, and now he has been ordered to take them back rashly, which is disrespectful!"
"In addition, the people of Folangji are originally Fanyi, and Fanyi only knows how to do business, so selling firearms to the traitors of this dynasty, and then selling them to the Burmese barbarians by the traitors of this dynasty, is not considered treason to the barbarians."
"Even if they are prohibited from selling firearms, they should be informed clearly. If they don't comply, they can use weapons again. Now, directly seizing their products by force is not the way to govern a country!"
Wang Xijue said: "The servant only recognized the emperor's orders and edicts, and what was approved by the Shimiao Temple was that he was only allowed to rent land in Haojing for business, and was not allowed to make firearms privately."
At this point, Wang Xijue took out an imperial edict and said: "I have obtained your Majesty's order to confiscate the firearms and workshops privately made by Fanyi in Haojing!"
"Similar to what Liu Bingxian said, the Holy Will also took into account that the Fanyi did not know etiquette, did not know the rules of our dynasty, and did not know how to ask for orders, so they secretly made firearms first, instead of directly destroying them for the crime of plotting against our dynasty! Therefore, it is only confiscated because they did not report it but made weapons privately in our land of China as punishment for the crime of disrespecting our country."
When Wang Xijue said this, he looked at Liu Xizhi: "Liu Bingxian, do you have anything else to say?"
Liu Xizhi replied: "Now that the imperial edict has been issued, the subordinates dare not resist it. However, because of the elders of the pavilion, the barbarians controlled by Haojing have gradually become powerful and will suddenly seize their property. I am afraid that they will be dissatisfied, and because they do not know about our celestial dynasty." If you want to resist stubbornly, you will only increase casualties, and even raise troops to invade Guangdong and Guangxi out of hatred. Instead, please allow your subordinates to contact him first, see his attitude, and persuade him to voluntarily hand over the counterfeit goods. If he refuses, then raise troops to follow the order. It’s not appropriate to copy it.”
Wang Xijue frowned and thought deeply for a moment, then nodded: "Being polite before fighting is the way of a great country!"
With that said, Wang Xijue said: "What's more, coastal defense is the duty of the military constitution. I can't intervene in the local area very arbitrarily. And if the military constitution is correct, I ask the military constitution to go to Fanyi first to announce my emperor's will and make them pay full attention to it." war."
Liu Xizhi said yes, and the next day he personally came to Haojing with an imperial edict to meet with Bishop Carneiro of Haojing, Franji.
Carneiro and other Francois just held a secret meeting in Haojing and decided to imitate the urban autonomy system of Francois and set up a council.
Of course, this council was not approved by the Ming court.
Carneiro only sent an application to the Governor of Indo-Portuguese, but did not send an application to the Ming Dynasty court. He obviously did not think that Hao Jing belonged to the Ming Dynasty.
Because the Western Yi of this era have always had the ambition to conquer the world, now in the Haojing civilization trade, it is just that the Ming Empire cannot directly conquer.
At this time, Liu Xizhi suddenly made an appointment with him and told him that because they made firearms privately without the permission of His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty the Emperor would confiscate them. After the miscarriage, Carneiro became very angry. He felt that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was very barbaric. , did not believe in God, and even intensified their bullying of missionaries like themselves who peacefully conquered areas that did not believe in God.
"Now that the imperial decree has been issued, you should obey the decree and hand over the counterfeit goods as soon as possible, so that you can continue to trade."
"Don't think about causing trouble!"
Liu Xizhi considered that Haojing's peaceful trade had indeed brought tax revenue to the local government and solved the survival problems of many Zhaoqing people, so he gave Canelo good words.
Canelo nodded: "We will obey the will!"
Canelo considered that it was not easy to fall out with Liu Xizhi now that he was the only one who came to see Liu Xizhi, so he ostensibly agreed. After returning, he convened a meeting and told the members of the meeting:
"The barbaric pagans decided to take away the Haojing we discovered and managed. We should end the peaceful missionary method before, otherwise, we will lose the Haojing!"
"The mirror belongs to our great Roman Emperor! No one can take it away!"
Council senior alderman Kim Lal agreed.
Director Luo Mingjian expressed his objection at this time: "Father Fan said that we need to respect the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty and not rashly turn against it. This is a powerful Eastern pagan country, and their civilization is not that backward. We need to Let them accept our teachings by following the local customs instead of conquering them by force. This will only intensify their hatred of our propaganda of teachings and be regarded as thieves by them. Therefore, we should obey their will and conquer them by force. The firearms workshops and craftsmen were left to them, and they only conducted business and missionary work here.”
boom!
Jin Laer slapped the table and glared at Luo Mingjian: "Submitting to the emperor of a pagan country is betraying God!"
Luo Mingjian asked directly: "Have you forgotten the Battle of Tuen Mun?"
Just as the Ming Dynasty had dovish officials like Liu Xizhi, the Portuguese in Haojing also had dovish officials like Luo Mingjian.
But Haojing was too important to the Franconian colonists.
After all, they have been operating here for decades and have long been preparing to use this as a base to conquer the Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, most of the French officials in the council were still unwilling to hand over Haojing's firearms, firearms workshops and craftsmen, because that would be tantamount to losing the autonomy they had forcibly given themselves in Haojing without the permission of the Ming court. , and many economic benefits.
The elder of the council and Bishop Carneiro said at this time: "Haojing is not Tuen Mun. We already have our own firearms workshop and defensive fortifications here, as well as an army that has been trained to prevent their invasion. We are Someone who can protect our Hao Jing!"
Carneiro's opinion was echoed by the majority of the council members.
Captain Jianige personally led a hundred firearmsmen, and on Carneiro's order, they raided the inn where Liu Xizhi was temporarily stationed in Haojing.
boom!
boom!
Gunfire erupted.
The fifty soldiers who came with Liu Xizhi from the Anchasi Yamen were all killed by the Fo Langji men who raided them.
The Han people who ran the inn and Liu Xizhi's staff were also beaten to death.
Liu Xizhi, who was waiting for Canelo's return, was dragged outside the inn by Jianige's personal order, and Liu Xizhi was ordered to kneel down.
Liu Xizhi was forced to kneel on the ground, and he couldn't help but became furious and cursed: "You bandits, go and call your bishop! I am an official of the imperial court, how can you humiliate me!"
boom!
When Jianige saw that Liu Xizhi did not kneel down, he simply slashed Liu Xizhi's neck with his knife.
Liu Xizhi's head was separated like this, and blood spattered on the spot.
He was the first Ming Dynasty official to be killed by Xiyi, and he was a civil servant with high rank and power.
"The arrogant and greedy heretics have been killed by us! The glory will belong to our great Holy Roman Emperor and his subjects!"
At this time, Jianige held up Liu Xizhi's head and proudly spoke to his fire gun soldiers, then pointed in the direction of Xiangshan County and said: "Conquer Xiangshan, conquer these barbarians who do not believe in God!"
In this era, Portugal still recognized the Spanish emperor as its monarch, and the Spanish emperor was often called the Holy Roman Emperor. For example, when Pizarro conquered the Inca Empire, he also shouted the edict of the Holy Roman Emperor.
Therefore, Jiani Pavilion also shouted out like this at this time.
According to the arrangement of the council, he needs to use lightning speed to capture Haido Liu Xizhi, and then directly capture Xiangshan, which may not be alert yet, and then obtain a stronghold that can be defended.
Because Macau doesn’t have a city wall yet.
