Shimazu Iehisa himself was puzzled and said: "We may have made a mistake that was not cautious enough. The Ming Dynasty today may not be the same as before!"
As soon as the Shimazu family finished talking, the jailers of Shuntian Mansion suddenly came over, took them to Shuntian Mansion Prime Minister Li Zhen for trial, and ordered them to kneel down for trial.
Shimazu Iehisa and Shimazu Toyohisa were unwilling to kneel down.
After all, they are nobles of the Satsuma Domain of Japan, and they still have strong self-esteem.
Snapped!
The officials from Shuntian Mansion had no choice but to hit Shimazu Iehisa and Shimazu Toyohisa on the knees with a wooden board, forcing them to kneel on the wet floor tiles.
Shimazu Toyohisa therefore looked at Li Zhen in the hall with eyes blazing like fire.
The Shimazu family was more stable for a long time, so they only asked: "We are the tribute envoys who are here to pay tribute. How can the Celestial Empire treat us so rudely?!"
Li Zhen glanced at the body of Shen Shenwen lying next to the Japanese who had been waiting for a long time at the Shimazu family, and asked: "Don't you recognize this body lying next to you?"
Shimazu Iehisa replied: "I don't know him."
"Since you don't know me, why do you want to kill me, a high-ranking citizen of the Celestial Empire?"
Li Zhen asked.
Shimazu thought for a long time and then asked: "What evidence is there to prove that I killed him?"
"After inspection, the stab wounds on his body are consistent with the caliber of the Japanese sword you brought."
"There is also physical evidence such as Min Lai Erliang."
Snapped!
When Li Zhen said this, he shook his head and said: "The witnesses and material evidence are all there, why are you so quibbling?!"
The Shimazu family simply replied: "We are tribute envoys!"
"Tribute envoys must also abide by the law!"
Li Zhen replied.
Shimazu said: "He was the one who humiliated me first!"
Li Zhen waved his hand and said: "No need to say more, as long as barbarians kill people, no matter what the reason, it is against the law and etiquette."
As he spoke, Li Zhen slapped the case and said: "Because you have stabbed a citizen of the country dozens of times, which is a murder committed by the following criminal Shangzhong. The nature is extremely serious, so the sentence is heavy, and the initial sentence is Lingchi!"
After saying that, Li Zhen waved his hand and ordered: "Keep them in jail and report them to the governor and the Ministry of Punishment!"
The officials of Shuntian Prefecture raised their hands and said yes.
"Something's wrong!"
"This isn't right!"
"Why are you doing this? You just killed an ordinary Han! It is said that in the past, when paying tribute, Han people were killed due to conflicts!"
Shimazu Ieku struggled and asked loudly in confusion.
Li Zhen ignored it, just got up and left.
The Shimazu family waited for a long time and then were sent to death row and the death knot was drawn.
"This Li Zhen did a good job, so he should be dealt with in this way, which is in line with the new etiquette of distinguishing between Ming and Yi that is to be established now."
After Zhu Yijun received the case reported in the Shuntian Prefecture, he praised Shen Shixing and other ruling ministers in the Imperial Palace and said:
"When you pass the examination of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, don't forget to give this person a fair and fair criminal case!"
Zhao Jin, the censor of Zuodu, stood up and said yes.
Zhu Yijun then said: "As for the long-awaited treatment of the Shimazu family, it will be dealt with according to his judgment. In addition, an order was given to the governor of Japan to send troops to question Shimazu and prepare how to explain the matter to this court!"
"Times have changed!"
"Since the Emperor Ming has opened up territory in Japan and has troops stationed there, there is no need to worry about how such treatment of the foreign barbarians will cause them to retaliate against the dynasty. Instead, he should blame them. After all, the dynasty can directly send troops to destroy him."
Zhu Yijun smiled and said a few words, then stood up and walked outside the hall, looking at the Zhu Que Tower under the blue sky without saying another word.
"Start your Majesty!"
"Although respecting the Han and degrading the barbarians is the etiquette that this dynasty should not follow in order to strengthen the country and benefit the people, I fear that the barbarians will be very dissatisfied when they know about it, and then retaliate, which will increase the border troubles, especially this time if the Shimazu family has been waiting for a long time to be cut into pieces, I am afraid that other barbarians will feel the coldness of their lips and teeth, and then cause trouble on the border."
"Therefore, I believe that the imperial court must take precautions! Now I am giving instructions to the border ministers to be on guard against Huru invaders."
Zhou Yong, Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up and reported.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun deliberately asked: "Do all Yi and Di tribes also have self-respect?"
"Your Majesty, of course I do, but it's not too strong. Like many Han people, I won't betray my own ethnic group as long as it's beneficial."
"In addition, the Yi Di ethnic group is also divided into noble and humble. The Yi Di who are in the lower class naturally suffer from the oppression of the nobles in their clan, so many of them will flee into the territory of our Ming Dynasty; the Yi Di who are in the upper class are naturally not subject to This is so painful, but before the new rites are established, they will coerce their tribes and plunder our Han land. I am afraid that after the new rites are not established, they will have even more reasons."
Zhou Yong replied at this time.
Zhu Yijun nodded: "What Zhou Qing said is absolutely true. We should order all parties to prepare carefully."
At this time, Fang Feng stood up and said yes with his hands in his hands.
"Everything has advantages and disadvantages. To make the people of our country more willing to go out, open up borders for the country, preach Han culture, and then strengthen the country and benefit the people, we must distinguish between Chinese and foreign countries in etiquette and law, and value only China; and Do not flatter foreigners just for the sake of temporary peace. Doing so will make people think you are easy to bully. However, this will indeed give foreigners more reason to invade."
When Zhu Yijun said this, he looked at the ruling ministers such as Shen Shixing and Fang Fengshi: "But since you and others believe that the new rituals are not worthy of the barbarians after the discussion, they naturally have countermeasures. Let me tell you what the countermeasures are. Let's see if they are consistent with what I think. .”
Shen Shixing stood up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the Yi and Di tribes also have self-respect, but what they are more willing to pursue is the distinction between high and low. This dynasty only needs to recognize their distinction, or help them to be distinguished, they I will not be an enemy of Huang Ming, I will even respect Huang Ming."
"Therefore, although I admit that there may be some ethnic groups of Yi and Di who will attack our dynasty because their chiefs care more about dignity; I believe that most of the Yi and Di chiefs, if they are wiser, do not dare to fight against our dynasty for the sake of so-called self-esteem. The enemy is an enemy, and if we, the Celestial Empire, guide them to their advantage, they might become our lackeys!"
After Shen Shixing said that, he added: "Therefore, I have asked the Cabinet Policy Department to formulate corresponding policies for barbarians based on the different situations of the surrounding barbarians, foreign vassals, and local officials, as well as the different opinions discussed by the Privy Council and the six ministries. The strategy will be prepared and submitted to His Majesty for inspection after it is completed."
After hearing this, Zhou Yong, Minister of the Ministry of War, looked at Shen Shixing with admiration.
"Your Majesty, just as Yuan Fu said, be on guard, but don't worry that the Yi Di will really offend the Celestial Empire because their people are not respected by the Celestial Empire!"
"As far as I know, in foreign vassals with a high degree of royalization, such as North Korea, the kings, princes and bureaucrats will even take the initiative to admit that the people of this dynasty are more valuable than them!"
"When I was in Busan, I learned from the Xuanfu Department that some North Korean officials took the initiative to ask us to belittle their people, and could not tolerate our treating their people too kindly. But in fact, we only treat them as big families and long-term workers. They are just Korean commoners who employ the Xuanfu Division!"
Qi Jiguang echoed after Shen Shixing said it.
Zhou Yong, who had only had contact with the Mongolians and Jurchens who were not highly Sinicized when he was the governor of Liaodong and the governor of Jiliao, was even more shocked after hearing what Qi Jiguang said. He wanted to ask Qi Jiguang for a moment if the monarchs and ministers of the Li family were really Do you hate your own people so much?
Zhu Yijun was willing to believe it, so he smiled and said: "This is the benefit of letting ethics and ethics go out! To make Yi and Di know their own dignity and order, the first king must transform their clan!"
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
(End of chapter)
