When Li entered the mansion, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice was stern and his eyes were wide open with anger.
It seems that if Li Jin doesn't give him a reasonable explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang will even beat Li Jin directly.
After Li Jin heard Zhu Yuanzhang's question, his expression was calm and his tone was even more understated, and he asked:
"Who told you that those are the people of Ming Dynasty??"
Zhu Yuanzhang's expression froze, and he looked at Li Jin with doubts in his eyes.
What's the meaning? Aren’t these people ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty?
So who are these people who are buying and selling?
But then Zhu Yuanzhang thought of something and continued to question:
"Those people look just like us, so why aren't they people from the Ming Dynasty?"
Li Jin rolled his eyes. As a symbol of Asia, yellow people naturally look similar.
After all, yellow skin and dark eyes are the same.
"Just because they look the same as us doesn't mean they are the people of Ming Dynasty."
"The Mongols also look similar to the people of the Ming Dynasty, but they have never stopped wanting to destroy the Ming Dynasty."
"It's not just the Mongols, but also many surrounding countries."
Zhu Yuanzhang understood at this time that Li Jin was buying and selling people from other countries.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's anger subsided a lot.
But Queen Ma next to her still couldn't accept it and asked:
"Are people from other countries not human beings?"
"Our Ming Dynasty claims to be the emperor of heaven, so how can we sell the people of other countries as slaves? What is the difference between this and wild beasts?"
Hearing this, Li Jin became a little unhappy and retorted:
"The so-called people who are not from my race must have different minds."
"No matter what time, the Kingdom of Heaven is always made by fighting, not by bragging, let alone by etiquette teachings."
"These surrounding countries, when our Ming Dynasty was strong, they were naturally submissive."
"But if our Ming Dynasty is weak, will they still teach us etiquette and morality?"
"Five random people are messing with China, and the lesson of Jingkang's disgrace is right in front of us. What morals can we say to these people who drink their blood? I'm just buying and selling their people. I'm kind enough."
When Queen Ma heard this, her face still looked ugly, but Zhu Yuanzhang nodded repeatedly.
When Zhu Yuanzhang ordered Xu Da's Northern Expedition, Zhu Yuanzhang once shouted the slogan:
Expelled the Tartars, restored China, established principles and disciplines, and rescued the people.
Zhu Yuanzhang had long known the dangers of foreign races. Now that he knew that Li Jin was buying and selling people from other races, he naturally lost most of his anger.
But Zhu Yuanzhang still asked uneasily:
"How do you know those people buying and selling are not Ming people?"
"What if they buy and sell Han people without telling you?"
At this time, Li Jin raised his eyebrows slightly and said in an elevated voice:
"Do they dare? If I find out that any of them dares to trade with the people of Ming Dynasty without telling me, I will not only confiscate their homes, but also skin them and hang them from the Statue of Liberty."
"Let everyone who comes to Shanghu County to do business know that this is the fate of the people who bought and sold in the Ming Dynasty."
At this moment, Li Jin was showing off his domineering attitude, and his words were so resounding that people couldn't help but believe them.
But Zhu Biao and Liu Bowen frowned slightly when they heard that Li Jin was so cruel.
Only Zhu Yuanzhang felt that what Li Changgeng did was very much to his liking.
Zhu Di, who was standing next to him, interjected:
"Then how do you distinguish between the people of the Ming Dynasty and the people of foreign races?"
"It's very simple. If you can write Chinese characters or speak Chinese, no matter whether you are a foreigner or not, you are not allowed to buy or sell!"
When Zhu Di and Zhu Biao heard this, they were a little confused and felt that there was no basis for it at all.
"But what's the use of doing this?"
Li Jin raised the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled:
"Of course it won't be useful in the near future, but if the slave trade fully develops and those alien races start learning Chinese characters and Chinese in order to survive, it will naturally be useful."
"When these alien races begin to accept the cultural customs of our Ming Dynasty, gradually begin to abandon their own race's writing and language, and all learn Chinese writing and language, can these races still be called aliens?"
"At that time, these races will be our Han people, and they will have the same roots, the same customs, culture, language and writing."
"good!!"
At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang jumped up and applauded Li Jin loudly.
"Li Jin, if what you say is what you say, then wouldn't we be the only race in the world from now on, Han?"
"This is the real strategy to annihilate a clan!!"
"Sure enough, it's cruel and poisonous, we like it."
Li Jin was praised by Zhu Yuanzhang, but he only smiled and was not too surprised. Instead, he continued:
"Not only that, since the old man came from the capital, aren't you curious about why Shanghu County is developing so fast?"
"There are countless fertile fields outside the county, countless high-rise buildings in the city, and dozens of roads around it. It is all thanks to these slaves that Shanghu County is what it is today."
Zhu Yuanzhang was thoughtful after listening, but Liu Bowen couldn't help but ask:
"Master Li, even if the foreigners are cruel, won't your conscience condemn you for treating these slaves like this?"
"No matter what, they are still living people. Is Mr. Li really not afraid of the comments of future generations?"
Li Jin didn't care at all. He waved his right hand lightly and said:
"Use the blood of the enemy to water the land of our Ming Dynasty and enrich the people of our Ming Dynasty. Why not?"
"If I can make the people in my county live a prosperous and happy life, I won't hesitate to be infamy for eternity."
Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but think of the scenes when he entered Shanghu County. He finally understood why he saw all the people farming in shackles.
Not only that, he even remembered the lyrics that sounded when he saw the flag being raised for the first time:
The majestic China wants to congratulate everyone from all over the world!
It seems that Li Jin may not be as bad as he thought.
"Let's not care about right or wrong when it comes to buying and selling people. If you can make the people of Shanghu County live a prosperous life, it shows your merit."
"But why did you set up a colosseum to let people fight with ferocious beasts to please those businessmen and make profits? Isn't this a loss of humanity?"
Zhu Yuanzhang revealed the matter of human trafficking, but he talked about the Colosseum.
Thinking about the Colosseum now still filled him with indignation.
The black man was carrying a good man, but he died in the tiger's mouth. This made Zhu Yuanzhang really intolerable.
"Are these people who fight beasts not ordinary people of the Ming Dynasty?"
This time, Li Jin shook his head and said:
"Those people are indeed Ming people."
Unexpectedly, these words once again ignited Zhu Yuanzhang's anger and cursed:
"Since you are from the Ming Dynasty, why did you watch those people go in and die?"
"You know that there are ferocious beasts in there, and they will die if you go in, but you still let them go in and die?"
