"Since you won't tell the truth, let's interrogate him."
Wang Xijue said and looked at Guangdong Inspector Chen Younian: "Chen Lianfang, you are the person in charge of punishment in this province. Let's ask them."
"Then drag it on and keep asking!"
Chen Younian shouted loudly.
"Please calm down, Mr. Ge!"
Luo Mingjian, who had changed into a Confucian robe in advance, shouted at this time, and then hurriedly raised his hands to Wang Xijue and said:
"Old Ge Rongzhen, it is because some people in our council decided to conquer your country by force, so they decided to let Captain Jianige kill Liu Bingxian first, and then take over Xiangshan County before your country could react."
Wang Xijue frowned slightly after hearing this, and then he laughed dumbly without any anger appearing on his face.
"Father Luo, are you so weak, are you worthy of our great emperor?!"
After listening to the interpreter interpreting Luo Mingjian's words, Jin Laer asked loudly about Luo Mingjian.
Luo Mingjian replied: "In order to better let Eastern people understand our friendliness, I am willing to get along with them in a weak way."
Jin Laer: "..."
"You know etiquette."
When Wang Xijue saw Luo Mingjian wearing a Confucian robe and saluting him, he just said something, and then he grabbed the key point and asked: "What is a council?"
"We set up a secret government office ourselves to manage Haojing's affairs."
Luo Mingjian replied.
After hearing this, Wang Xijue frowned again and glanced at Chen Younian, Wang Pan and other Ming Guangdong magistrates: "Why not inform the county government about the establishment of a council?"
"I don't know the Eastern system, so I only use our Western system to do it. This is not against the king's constitution in the West."
Luo Mingjian replied.
"But this is my land of the Ming Dynasty. You should abide by the royal constitution of this dynasty here!"
"In addition, you have been renting in Haojing for decades. How come you still don't know our system? Are you deliberately not learning or knowing it because you didn't intend to abide by it? Instead, you just wanted to steal Haojing from the beginning. Waiting for the land?!"
"Although you are just barbarians from a small country, you cannot despise the Celestial Empire like this!"
Snapped!
Wang Xijue looked at Luo Mingjian with eyes as sharp as daggers. After saying this, he slapped the alarm and shouted, "Try it from the truth!"
Luo Mingjian was a China expert and had contacts with many Ming Dynasty scholars and officials. He had also seen officials in the Ming Dynasty interrogate people. He knew that it was a serious situation for officials to slap the prison wall, so after seeing Wang Xijue pat the prison wall, he hurriedly kowtowed to the ground:
"Lao Hui Ge, it's not me who despises it, it's them who despise it. Some priests and I are still willing to respect the Celestial Empire! Please give me some advice!"
"You only need to tell me your true purpose, otherwise none of you will survive!"
Wang Xijue said.
Luo Mingjian didn't want to be killed like this, so he had to tell the truth: "The purpose of their officials is to conquer your country, make your people obey our rule, and try and execute your monarch."
When Luo Mingjian said this, the officials of the Ming Dynasty suddenly changed their expressions.
Xu Minshi, who came to see Wang Xijue on behalf of the Guangdong gentry, was sweating on his forehead and hurriedly said to Wang Xijue:
"Your Excellency, your subordinates really don't know that they have such treacherous ambitions, otherwise they would never intercede for them on behalf of the local eunuchs!"
At this time, Chen Younian even started to slap him: "They all deserve to be killed! They all deserve to be killed!"
Chen Younian looked at Wang Xijue as he spoke: "Mr. Ge, since these Western barbarians have bad intentions, we should ask the court to implement a strict sea ban and wipe out all Western barbarians on the sea! Since ancient times, the Han bandits have been incompatible and want to destroy China. How can we tolerate this!"
Wang Xijue glanced at Chen Younian.
"However, Father Fan and I do not advocate conquest. We only want to develop our own followers as much as possible, just like your Buddhism!"
"We are also willing to follow the local customs and obey your system, so we wear your Confucian robes, and we also take the initiative to worship your Confucius and respect your king!"
"For this reason, we have been opening medical clinics in Haojing like your Confucian monks and Taoists, treating diseases and saving people. Sometimes we also provide porridge to disaster relief, help the poor, and help them drive away pirates. If Mr. Ge doesn't believe it, you can ask Xu Futai.”
Luo Mingjian said and looked at Xu Minshi.
Xu Minshi had to say to Wang Xijue: "Mr. Ge, what he said is indeed the truth."
"Humph, it's just a disguise!"
"If you really disapprove of your fellow officials committing banditry, why don't you report it to our government?"
"It's just to make us relax our vigilance."
"In addition, people like you understand better that the Ming Dynasty cannot be destroyed by just a few hundred of you, so you use this thieves-like benevolence method to destroy China."
Wang Xijue spoke coldly, and then said: "I have checked the background of your crimes against our Ming Dynasty in the Hanlin Academy. I can only say that you people are the most terrifying people. It is more terrifying than their direct methods of banditry. It will make us Many foolish men and women have believed your words and become your friends."
Luo Mingjian looked horrified. He found that the elder in front of him was really not easy to fool, so he had to worship even more piously: "Please spare my life, elder! We are willing to leave! Never enter the Middle Earth."
At this time, Chen Younian said to Wang Xijue: "Mr. Ge, once these people have the ambition to swallow up China, they should all be killed!"
Wang Xijue glanced at Chen Younian again, then looked at Luo Mingjian and said, "You've already come, how can you leave so easily? The orthodox imperial etiquette of my country is just as afraid of foreign barbarian customs!"
"Since we have come to China, we should accept the enlightenment of China and abandon barbarism."
"My imperial custom in the Celestial Dynasty is not a bandit custom, and I only know how to kill; nor is I stuck in my ways, not daring to understand other people's customs;"
"I see that for people like you, your officials are indeed different, and since you are using a polite way to expand, I think that China should also use this method to resist your expansion. Let's see who can It is not impossible to educate anyone by taking their best qualities and creating new rituals to make the world truly unified."
When Wang Xijue said this, Xu Minshi looked at Wang Xijue with admiration.
And Chen Younian also took the initiative to hand over his hand and said: "The elder is still smart!"
Wang Xijue only smiled slightly, and then continued: "So I will not kill you directly, but His Majesty has issued a decree. For those of you who come to this dynasty and respect our etiquette, customs and legal system, you will not be punished with death or other punishments." , only waiting for the gift of enlightenment; and if you do not respect this dynasty, disobey this dynasty, and invade this dynasty, the principal offender shall be beheaded, and the accomplices shall be punished by castration depending on whether they can be beneficial to the country, and they shall remain in the Shifu Division. Help the dynasty understand the foreign barbarians or serve as a counselor to the ministers to help the ruling ministers understand the foreign barbarians."
"I know your language and can translate the French language for you. I am willing to accept castration and become your slave."
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Luo Mingjian hurriedly returned.
Wang Xijue pointed to other Buddhist officials and missionaries: "Where are they?"
Luo Mingjian looked at these people, and then said: "They know nothing! They only know how to conquer and kill. They should be punished."
"That's not it! I am Matteo Ricci. I can also speak your language. In addition, I am also proficient in arithmetic. I know how to make self-ringing bells. I heard that your emperor is recruiting self-ringing bells again. I can be his slave and make craftsmen for him. !”
Matteo Ricci then raised his head and spoke.
Luo Mingjian looked disappointed. He had forgotten that Matteo Ricci could also understand Chinese.
"Then you two will be servants of deputy counselors, and you will be castrated together with the boatmen and craftsmen as punishment for your plot to destroy China; while the boatmen and craftsmen will stay in the Shipping Department as official slaves."
"As for the officials and the Western Yi scribes who did not understand the language, they were all escorted to the capital to be hacked!"
After Wang Xijue said this, he handed the imperial edict to Zhang Yuanxun and Zhang Za: "Two generals, please carry out this edict."
Zhang Yuanxun and Zhang Ba said yes.
As a result, these Westerners were dragged down.
Canelo was shocked by this. His previous communication with Wang Xijue had always been through an interpreter, so he was not very clear about Wang Xijue's treatment, so he hurriedly asked Luo Mingjian: "What will they do with us?"
Luo Mingjian informed Canelo.
Canelo shouted in horror: "No, you can't do this. I am a subject of the great Holy Roman Emperor. You can't use this kind of torture on me. You devils, our Emperor will use this method to torture me." I will punish you in the same cruel way!"
