[Qing] If you don't work hard, you will be forced to inherit the throne

Chapter 265

There are two yamen in Fuzhou City, and the two couplets at the entrance of one are bright red, which are for the local people.The other place was specially set up this time. The two couplets have a blue background, and the words "Mirror Hanging High" are written above the courtroom.

According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, the yamen is busy with affairs, and it is inevitable that someone will come to sue the yamen, and there is a price to be paid for beating drums and complaining.

If it wasn't for a really huge injustice, no one would risk being beaten to death with a board to report to the Yamen, but if there are people who come to beat the drums, there must be a big injustice.Often when encountering this kind of situation, it is inevitable that people will be beaten to death, and the accepting officials will stop in advance.

The foreign office is specially set up to handle foreign affairs during the trade period, and among the civilian officials handling the affairs are translators who understand different foreign languages.

If a foreigner wants to beat the drum to express his grievances, he does not need to hit the board, but he needs to pay a security deposit to ensure that he has indeed been wronged.

Little Bapp's deputy was quite critical of this point, he said unhappily: "There is a big case, but the judges here only want to make money."

"In France, if you go to report the crime, the guards will also reach out and ask you for money," Little Bapp said lightly.

"But the Qing Dynasty wrote this kind of bribery into the law. It's unbelievable! In France, the guards never dared to ask me for a bribe."

"That's because he knows that you are from a noble family, and you don't have the courage. If the person in front of the guard is a poor man, he will not answer, and will only drive the poor away. If the person in front of the guard is a businessman, and he gives money, then the guard Will accept this money as hard work for handling the case. Here, the money is public, and the money is collected to prevent us from lying. The police here took our money and handed it over to the Shangguan. Do you think his Shangguan will give the money without permission?"

Little Bapp pointed around the local people who heard the sound of drumming and gathered around to watch the excitement. It was a rare thing for a blond foreign man to beat the drums to complain. Little Bapp was fortunate to be the first one to report the case since the establishment of this yamen. people.

The deputy was dumb for a moment, and he murmured: "With so many people watching, the money can only be confiscated."

The rules of the ancient oriental country are full of strange things, and Little Bapu was mentally prepared before he came. Maybe it was his temperament that he could adapt there, that was why Louis XIV entrusted him with a heavy responsibility and sent him here.

The deputy was still babbling dissatisfiedly over there: "After reporting the case, the door for officials to be promoted to trial is actually open, and anyone can stand outside and listen openly."

"Look! A foreigner has come to beat drums to complain."

"This is the first time a foreigner has come to take the initiative. Those people always like to solve it in private, so the police can only go out to handle the case."

"It looks quite young. I thought that all the men from abroad are ugly, but the man who returned to the case is quite handsome."

The common people gathered outside to whisper, one word was passed on to ten, ten to one hundred, and after a while, the outside of the yamen was already full of people.

An official, wearing mandarin duck mending clothes, came to preside under the plaque hanging high in the mirror. He sat in front of the case, holding a gavel in his hand, raised it up and hit it on the case with a sound, and the whispers around suddenly It was quiet.

The common people were obedient and stretched their necks, waiting for the magistrate to hear the case.

The magistrate asked: "Who is here, and what is wronged?"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Little Bapp and his deputy were very nervous. He always remembered the king's order "obey the rules of the Qing Dynasty, and how things are done in their rules. As long as it is not a major national issue, cooperating with them in small details can avoid most of the problems. contradiction."

The ancient eastern country is a country that values ​​etiquette. If you want to win their friendship, you must be sincere.

What the translator translated, little Bapp answered, and he told about the smashing of his shop.

The magistrate asked him: "Do you have any doubts?"

There are many suspicious candidates, and there are no fewer than five countries that have conflicts of interest with France.

The magistrate handled the case quite well, and sent people to the scene to investigate, and invited those who had the motive and opportunity to commit crimes to the court for questioning.

"If you want to smash the venue, there will definitely be disturbances, and the venue is patrolled by guards at night. In addition, France has also sent its own people to stay there. Who is the person who stayed behind, but is he still alive?"

When the magistrate asked, little Bapp was stunned, and immediately remembered what he had neglected before.

"It's George, George, he's missing. I've been looking for him for a long time, but he hasn't shown up yet," the deputy exclaimed.

Not long after, the police who went to investigate the scene dug up George's body in a place where the soil was loose. After removing the soil from his body, the body was still soft, apparently not long after he died.

Little Bapp couldn't believe it, filled with grief and indignation: "They are so arrogant that they kill people here!"

The magistrate said: "You beat the drums to appeal for grievances. I hope that the official will investigate the case to give you justice. Now I have two assistants who need to collect evidence, analyze the situation, and inspect George's body."

Hearing the words, little Bapp nodded, and looked down at George's tragic situation, with great fear in his heart.

If the murderer cannot be found, then if a servant George dies today, it will be them who will be killed tomorrow.

Wu Zuo got permission, and began to untie the messenger's clothes, and pulled the messenger's hair: "My lord, there are signs of struggle on the deceased's body, and the fatal wound is on the neck."

"His palms were pulling wool, which he had apparently grabbed while struggling."

Another eunuch begged to use a microscope to observe. After the magistrate agreed, he carefully arranged all the wool and examined it carefully: "The wool is the same length and thickness, and it is not a native wool species in the Qing Dynasty. As for what kind of wool it is, you need to know Compare the clothes on these suspects."

It's not cold these days, and foreign nobles still like to wear woolen cloaks or white woolen gloves.Among the foreigners who were summoned, there were finally five suspects with woolen clothing.

The English envoy said angrily: "We came to participate in foreign trade to do business with you, and now you are detaining us regardless of the reason, which is not in line with the principle of fair trade, and there is no need for us to be forced to go to jail for the French! "

The Spanish envoy also clamored: "Just because you have woolen clothes bought in Italy, arresting innocent people when you haven't identified the murderer, is this the way your country treats guests?"

Apart from the clamor of several envoys who were dissatisfied with this handling method, the foreign businessman from Germany and Little Bapp faced each other head-on again.

The two were arguing endlessly. One accused Xiaobapu of mobilizing people and ruining their business, and Xiaobapu scolded him.

In the courtroom, there were endless disputes, and all kinds of words were flying around, and the people watching, even though they couldn't understand what they were arguing about, their interest in watching the excitement did not diminish in the slightest.Fighting foreigners against foreigners is really a once-in-a-century drama.

Everyone whispered and discussed outside: "I heard that these countries are at war with each other."

"No, their countries are close together, and they quarreled for a palm-sized land. I heard that France was fighting against other countries. In order to resist, they united and formed a big alliance."

"It was reported in the capital newspaper that not only the few countries that came today are at war, there must be seven or eight countries!"

The magistrate snorted coldly, and the gavel slapped violently: "Quiet!"

The yamen servants on both sides shook the sticks in their hands to the ground, and also shouted: "Silence!"

The stick was red on the top and black on the bottom, mighty and serious, and the yamen servants on both sides raised their voices in unison, as if knocking a stick into the soul of a person. For a moment, the whole yamen fell silent, everyone from inside to outside booed Don't dare to say any more.

Cold sweat fell from the foreheads of everyone present, and the foreigners who had never seen such a battle of official authority were still in shock.

The methods of the oppressors are endless, and another oppressor actually opened George's mouth and found blood from between his teeth: "The dead man has blood in his mouth, and the scars on his cheeks are special. Maybe someone covered his mouth from behind. , while struggling, he opened his mouth and bit the murderer."

The trial process of the Qing Dynasty is really eye-opening. Little Bapu himself didn't know who did it against France. It took less than three days for the prefect to arrest the murderer and the person behind him who destroyed the finances. Everyone has been found out, not the English who are the most blatantly hostile to him, but the despicable Ottoman Turks!Moreover, he also found the key evidence and invited all the people related to the case in a short time.Whether it was the servants cleaning up the venue or the guards patrolling, they all became the key to him finding out.

Little Bapp was dumbfounded the whole time: Still, you can still solve the case like this, and you can still do this? !

There are too many details, too many unimaginable, amazing!

It is easy to decide the case, but it is difficult to judge the case. In the end, the magistrate ruled: According to the foreign laws of the Qing Dynasty, the goods brought by the Ottoman envoys were detained and handed over to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for processing, and the perpetrators were deported.

As soon as the verdict came out, the people watching the excitement dispersed one after another.The common people don't care what the verdict is, they come to watch the excitement, and there is one more thing to talk about after dinner, and it's exciting to talk about it.

Little Bapu and others were not satisfied with the current judgment. Their goods were destroyed, their money was gone, and a confidant servant died. However, the Ottoman Turks were only expelled from the country, and they didn't even pay compensation!

Foreigners refused to accept the verdict, so they must ask the magistrate to give an explanation.

In desperation, the magistrate reported the Xiaobapu case.

This record file written by the magistrate was finally played in the capital by Yao Qisheng's hand.

When Yinfeng received the news, the dust had already settled there.

Kangxi summoned several sons who had entered the imperial court to his side, and asked them: "What do you think, what do you think Yu Yangzhi, the magistrate of Fuzhou, did like this?"

He stopped the prince from speaking, but looked at Yinti, Yinzhen and Yinzhi one by one with testing eyes.

Seeing this, Yinti took the lead and said: "Khan Ama wants to make friends with France, and has a close relationship with other countries. If the magistrate finds out the case, why not compensate the French envoy for the goods brought by the Ottomans? This is a free gift." The favor at hand. Judging from the prefect's current judgment, I'm afraid it will weaken the friendship with his country."

Yin Mo disagreed and hesitated to speak.

Yinzhi said: "He is not a commoner of the Qing Dynasty, nor has he paid taxes to the Qing Dynasty. Why did the magistrate protect him and offend the envoys of other countries?"

Yinti: "I've already offended you, there is no difference between offending one point and three points."

Kangxi asked Yinmo again: "What do you think?"

Yinzhen replied: "My son thinks that this may be a good opportunity to win over foreigners. France is currently the most powerful country among all countries, and their country's strength is enough to cooperate with it."

Kangxi pondered and said: "That's right, what about Baocheng?"

In the end, Kangxi could be said to have made Yinfeng, who could hardly hold back, speak.

"San'er is right. Why should our country's officials go to great lengths to seek justice for other countries' ministers? Since my son has tried his best to promote foreign trade, he has always stood for the position of the Qing Dynasty."

"The magistrate accepts foreign cases and helps the French envoy find the murderer to solve the case. He has done his duty. The prefect's duty is to maintain the order of trade and give justice and truth to those who come to report the case. The sentence of the Ottoman envoy seems to be a light sentence. , In fact, it is standing in the position of advancing, attacking, retreating, and defending. After that, the matter should be resolved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.”

"If you want to pursue debts, it should be France who proposes to the Ottoman Empire that the Qing Dynasty will not help them collect debts, but can be a middleman. Only by being a middleman can you be invincible and establish your own prestige. Being dragged into this muddy water."

"The Qing Dynasty has documentary records to testify. If Louis XIV wanted the Qing Dynasty to do something, the documentary evidence left behind would be enough to serve as an excuse for him to attack the Ottoman Turkish Empire."

Yinfeng said: "Thus, I don't think that he will turn against the Qing Dynasty because of this. The conclusion of right and wrong has been reached, and the interests of the country are different. Different countries have different positions. It is more beneficial to be a fair and just intermediary than to participate in it personally. The future development prospects of the Qing Dynasty. There are no permanent friends and enemies in diplomacy. Since it is all for the benefit of the country, it doesn’t matter if it is close or far. No one knows how long France can carry out the expansion war under the pressure of the other seven countries. Keeping a proper distance is what a gentleman does, and it's easier for the Qing to deal with it, isn't it?"

Kangxi smiled: "The prince still understands my heart best."

The west side is now a powder keg!When the countries over there fight, they can be written as a Western version of "Warring States Policy".

The Holy Roman Empire is France's powerful neighbor. They have been at war with Ottoman Turkey for a long time, until Louis XIV's army was ready to take advantage of the situation and repeatedly ravaged the weak Germany.

Western countries are well versed in the truth that the lips are dead and the teeth are cold, and they have offered help one after another, and resorted to the strategy of combining vertical and horizontal in an attempt to save Germany from the fire.

Seven countries including Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands, and England joined forces to form the Grand Alliance, which fought many wars with France.

The envoys sent by the Qing Dynasty collected a large amount of foreign news, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sorted out the cause and effect, and spread the situation among the countries throughout the court.

In ancient times, they watched the fire from across the shore, but now the officials of the Qing Dynasty watched the fire from across the sea, stretching their necks to see the fierce fighting in the western territories.

The courtiers all praised: "This France is really long-lasting, how long can he last?"

The courtiers with a military vision were not optimistic about Louis XIV. When discussing the international situation in the court, Nalan Mingzhu played: "The long war consumes the country's wealth, and the excessive taxation disturbs the hearts of the people. It's gone from boom to bust."

The domestic situation in England is also not stable. Last year, a coup broke out in the country. This year, it announced to the world what the "Declaration of Rights" intends to establish as a bill.

Kangxi secretly thought: reducing the power of the monarch and establishing a parliamentary system, isn't this the same as the cabinet emptied the power of the emperor, the power of the ministers was transferred to the government, and the power of the king was left behind?

Fortunately, their foreign policy has not changed, whether before or after the coup, their attitude towards trade with the Qing Dynasty remains the same.

Unknowingly, no one mentioned the original "tributary trade" anymore, and the courtiers' names for Hongmaozi and barbarians also changed. As they got to know each other better, they began to call them by specific country names.The original heart of the heaven and the kingdom seems to be gradually changing subtly. The arrogance and arrogance brought about by ignorance have turned into scrutiny, judgment and vigilance in the known.

The more you understand, the more you know that Qing's maritime power in the sea is too far behind other countries. When all countries are fighting for maritime hegemony, Qing is still closing the country.

Therefore, there was no need for Yinfeng to remind them. Some people in the DPRK and China raised the issue of the Qing's maritime power. They hoped that the grandeur of the navy would give their country an advantage in ocean trade.

Li Tianfu, who was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War, made a memorial and said: How many years have France, Britain and the Netherlands fought for maritime supremacy?Going to the sea in Daqing seems to be opened by their family. Have they asked Daqing for advice?

Li Tianfu said that many people turned their attention to the prince.

Just engaged in foreign trade, the prince wants to engage in maritime power?

Kangxi also asked with his eyes: When did you know Li Tianfu?

Yinfeng: ...

This time it's really not alone, really not!

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