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The missionary officer asked, "You took over [-]% of Kong Zhenxiang's upper field?"

Kong Yinzhen sighed and said: "This incident was quite a big one at the time, the old man did take [-]% of it, but later the second son of the patriarch's family took half of it."

A series of one, one question is a large series.

More than a dozen people were involved in the case of occupying Ueda alone.They were of the same family, and they really could do anything, nothing more than bully Kong Zhenxiang, both father and brother died, and the family only had a 15-year-old boy, an unmarried girl, and a widow whose husband died.

Pointing at the dozen or so people, the mission officer picked up the tin horn and shouted: "Who else has been bullied by these people? Anyone who has a grievance will come up!"

"I!"

"And I!"

"..."

Dozens of people stood up one after another, and were arranged by the missionary officer to go to the stage one by one.

Some cases are well known.

In some cases, there are hidden secrets.

Moreover, a case must involve a lot, and the number of people being tried on the stage quickly became dozens.

Anyway, as the evil things were told one by one, the people in the audience were already excited, and began to pick up earth and rocks and throw them at those bastards.

"Execution!"

The execution was presided over by the judicial system of Qufu County, and the whole process of the public trial was recorded.

More than 20 people lined up and were hanged with ropes on the spot.

These are involved in serious cases, such as murder, rape and so on.

There were more than 40 people who were sentenced to hard labor and had to serve the government for five years without pay.During the service period, they are not allowed to settle down, not to share their fields, and all property is confiscated.Three generations of descendants are not allowed to be officials, nor to have a franchise business license.If you dare to commit crimes during your service, you will be exiled to Taiwan Island immediately.

"Good kill!"

"Master Qingtian!"

As the heinous criminals died one by one, the people also knelt down to thank them.

"Dad, what's the matter with you, Dad?"

Before the trial of Kong Yinzhi and his son, Yan Shenggong fainted from fright.

"With Kong Xingxie!"

Kong Xingxie, who was pinching his father, also fainted when he heard this.

Really dizzy, scared dizzy.

Because what he did, according to the judgment just now, must be a dead end.

"Da da da da!"

He rode a fast horse and rushed there, shouting along the way: "Your Majesty's order, Your Majesty's order!"

Mao Qiling, who was watching the public trial, changed his face slightly when he heard the words. Could it be that the emperor wanted to let the Kong family go?

After Mao Qiling received the handbook, he read it carefully, and then laughed loudly: "Haha, a true sage and enlightened king!"

Mao Qiling handed over the emperor's handbook to the judicial officials.

Judicial officials immediately re-sentenced more than 40 people who had just been sentenced to hard labor, 16 of whom were commuted to death sentences.

This is the emperor, above the rule of law, one sentence can decide the fate of all people.

Even if a constitution is enacted in the future and the emperor is really pissed off, the emperor can forcibly violate the constitution.Zhao Han's constitution can only restrain the descendants, it is impossible to prohibit the descendants from doing things.

With Zhao Han's letter, Kong Yinzhi's death is certain, otherwise it would be really difficult to sentence him to death.

The Kong family in Qufu, one Yanshenggong, one patriarch, one patriarch, forty patriarchs.There were also their descendants and domestic slaves, and more than a hundred people were executed in public trials!

Kong Yinzhi, Kong Xingxie and his son were woken up by splashing cold water, and after waking up, they were dragged to hang to death.

Kong Yinzhi cried and said: "Don't kill me, don't kill me, I am the descendant of Confucius, I am going to Nanjing to see His Majesty... Wuwuwu, don't kill me, please, don't kill me! I have never killed anyone, and I even opened a warehouse to release food, and they did all the bad things... um... help... help..."

Yan Yingyuan looked at the corpses all over the ground, and couldn't help asking Mao Qiling: "The county lord, after killing so many people from the Kong family in Qufu, how will we face the world's scholars in the future? The reputation of a king may not be tolerated by scholars."

Mao Qiling smiled and said: "Which forest is the Confucianism? I am Mao, a 13-year-old scholar, and I am the No. I saw the word benevolence and righteousness. When I came to Qufu, I couldn’t see benevolence and righteousness. This is a place where filth is hidden! For the sake of Confucius, I will kill these people! As for what those rotten scholars said, fuck me! Things. Last time I spoke out and offended His Majesty, His Majesty still let me be an official, so I know what to do. Monarchs and ministers are suitable, there is such a monarch, there are such ministers!"

"The county lord has seen His Majesty? What kind of person is Your Majesty?" Yan Yingyuan asked curiously.

Mao Qiling laughed and said, "You are a gentleman. It is not benevolence, but the people. When you are an official in the Datong court, you should know that the people are the first. If you govern the people happily, the emperor will be happy. You understand what I mean." ?"

Yan Yingyuan nodded: "Understood."

Mao Qiling said: "I am the county magistrate, and you are the magistrate. If we want to govern Qufu well, we have to work together. Remember, remember, everything is based on the people."

The two of them killed Yan Shenggong and killed more than 100 members of the Kong family. No matter what the purpose was, they would definitely be famous all over the world.

However, what kind of reputation it is, I'm afraid it's hard to say.

Chapter 435 [When there is no food, grab it]

Nanjing.

The Nanzong Kong Zhenyun, who was conferred the title of Duke Yansheng by Zhao Han, came to Nanjing to meet the emperor before he went to Shandong to be proclaimed.

Kong Zhenyun also made meritorious service. When the Datong army attacked Zhejiang, he persuaded several counties to surrender with the army.

At this moment, Duan Duan was standing upright, listening to Zhao Han's admonition.

"I went to Qufu, so I can cooperate with the government to restore the people's livelihood in Qufu," Zhao Han said to Kong Zhenyun. "Shandong has suffered from locust drought, military disaster, and plague one after another. This year, the Yellow River burst its embankment and flooded the southwestern border of Shandong. The people are in dire straits, and the dead Countless, you don't want to add chaos to the officials and the people. Do you know?"

Kong Zhenyun hurriedly bowed: "I would like to follow your Majesty's instruction!"

Zhao Han waved his hand and said, "Go."

Kong Zhenyun bowed and stepped back, cautious in his words and deeds.

The Datong army won the victory in Shandong and Henan, and Zhao Han had already settled down in the world. In Kong Zhenyun's view, he was even more majestic, and there was something imperceptibly pressing on him.

After the person left, Zhao Han continued to review the memorial.

After dealing with it for half an hour, Zhao Han stopped suddenly, thought carefully for a moment, and Zhu criticized, "Yes. Let the Ministry of Rites take full responsibility."

But it was the deans of the five major medical colleges who jointly signed a request to set up a medical center in Qintianjian.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was a Tai Hospital, but Zhao Han did not set it up. He usually consulted famous doctors from Jinling Medical College when he was sick.

Although the social status of the doctors under Zhao Han has improved, there is no institution similar to Tai Hospital.In the past two years, he has made great achievements in preventing and controlling the plague, so he became bolder and took the initiative to ask the emperor to set up a medical center.

Doctors with official status were called "doctors with crowns and belts" in Ming Dynasty, and everyone who practiced medicine wanted to wear crowns and belts.

After reviewing the memorial about Taiwan, Zhao Han immediately said, "Bring those little Francophones over here!"

Not long after, several Spaniards were brought in front of Zhao Han by the female officer, accompanied by a Chinese interpreter.

The leader immediately knelt down and bowed down: "Jose, the Spanish envoy, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Datong, China."

The officials and people under Zhao Han's own rule did not need to kneel to the emperor.But envoys from other countries or forces, including Fu Geng sent by Li Zicheng, would kneel whenever they liked, and Zhao Han did not stop them.

Zhao Han asked, "Did the Dutch go north?"

Jose said: "Great Majesty, those damned Dutchmen sent troops to raid our stronghold, fortunately they were repulsed by brave Chinese soldiers. But the Dutch retreated to Santo Domingo (Freshwater) and started building a castle there. I beg His Majesty the Emperor to send troops to expel them immediately, otherwise it will not be so easy for the Dutch to fight after the castle is built."

In addition to chicken coops, Spain once used Tamsui as a colonial base in Taiwan.They built a wooden fence by the river as a city wall, and built an earthen fortress in the city, stationed fifty soldiers, and named Danshui "Santo Domingo".

A few years ago, Taiwanese natives repeatedly attacked Santo Domingo, beating the Spaniards away and destroying the Spanish castle.

Now Holland suddenly went north, planning to build a castle in Tamsui, which is under the jurisdiction of Taipei County!

This time not only the Spaniards asked Zhao Han to send troops, but even Sun Chuanting, the magistrate of Taipei, asked for instructions on whether to start a war to drive the Dutch away.

The reason why Sun Chuanting didn't do it directly was because he knew that Zhao Han was buying war horses through the Netherlands.In case of a fight with the Dutch, leading to the cessation of the trade in war horses, it would be a big conspiracy if you can't bear it.

The problem is that the Netherlands had only sent an envoy before, doing everything possible to curry favor with the Chinese emperor.Why did he suddenly come to touch the tiger's butt again?

Zhao Han couldn't figure it out, and couldn't understand it.

Zhao Han said to Jose: "Go back and tell the Governor of the Philippines that Spain must give up its claimed occupation of the chicken coop. The entire island of Taiwan is China's land. The chicken coop, which is your city of San Salvador, must be handed over to Datong officials for management ...I allow the Spaniards to stay in the coop, allow you to keep a church, and allow you to open a trading post. However, you must abide by the laws of the Datong court!"

"Of course, that's what the governor intended." Jose immediately accepted.

In other words, only by handing over the chicken coops to China can Spain continue to stay and do business, otherwise they will not be able to withstand the Dutch attack at all.

Even if Zhao Han didn't bring it up, the Spaniards would ask China to take over the chicken coop.

Since Spain is so sensible, Zhao Han has to express his attitude. He smiled and said, "I have two gifts, one for the King of Spain and one for the Governor of the Philippines. I hope the friendship between the two countries will last forever."

"Thank you, His Majesty the Great Emperor of China Datong!" Jose quickly thanked him.

As for gifts, give porcelain chant.

Official kilns in all provinces, including Jingdezhen, have begun to be privatized.

In fact, there are not many official kilns in Ming Dynasty, and there are only more than [-] kilns in the whole country.This thing does not make money at all, and it needs local funding to make it, and it also needs to recruit porcelain firing craftsmen to serve for free.

It can be said that it is a waste of money, the local government is losing money, and the artisans who burn porcelain are oppressed. The palace can only get porcelain for free, and all the profits in the middle are earned by eunuchs and civil officials.

It's better to sell the official kilns to merchants and privately owned ones.

As for royal expenses, the results are now being discussed.The annual royal expenses are directly extracted in proportion to customs, tea, porcelain, salt, textile and other taxes.

The royal family's expenditure next year is expected to rise to 80 taels.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Chinese multicolored porcelain had matured, but blue and white porcelain was mainly exported.

Zhao Han wanted to help Wucai Porcelain open up overseas markets, so he took this opportunity to give one piece to the King of Spain and the Governor of the Philippines.Multicolored porcelain is definitely more in line with the aesthetics of European aristocrats, and I can break my head for this thing in the future!

It's time for the foreign affairs department, not only to deal with foreign countries, but also to deal with Li Zicheng, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and Mongolia.

For example, instigating against the Mongolian nobles, inciting Mobei Mongolia to attack the Manchus, or alienating the Manchus nobles, etc.

This institution should not have too much power and should be affiliated with a certain ministry.

Zhao Han has not thought about whether he is affiliated with the Ministry of Rites, and he will discuss it with the minister slowly in the future.

However, they said that Jose and other members of the diplomatic mission were arranged to rest in the hotel while waiting for the official diplomatic letter from Zhao Han to the Spanish Governor.

That night, he received several pieces of porcelain.

The most exquisite one was given to the King of Spain, and the lesser one was given to the Governor of the Philippines.Members of the mission each received a small multicolored cup, and José also received a teapot as an extra.

"This is more beautiful than Clark porcelain!" Jose was shocked, holding the teapot and cup with trembling hands.

With only two gifts, if he returns to Europe, Jose will make a fortune.

Once the gift is given, you can wait for the order. The Governor of the Philippines will definitely send a fleet to buy multicolored porcelain.

The Netherlands is similar, and maybe they can use multicolored porcelain to directly trade Indian Mawarima.

Not one for one, but a porcelain bowl for several excellent war horses!

Of course, you have to learn a lesson first.

Zhao Han used a red pen to reply to Sun Chuanting's memorial: "The barbarians of Fanbang are afraid of power but not virtuous. If the enemy invades, strike and wipe them out!"

As soon as the Taiwan memorial was finished, the three cabinet ministers and the Minister of War rushed to see Zhao Han.

"Your Majesty," said Pang Chunlai, clasping his hands, "an emergency report has been sent from the north, and the slaves have moved out of Beizhili, and the whole family has withdrawn to the outside of Shanhaiguan."

Zhao Han was startled for a moment, and then laughed: "It's a strong man who can sever his wrists."

The situation in the north this year is very strange. In Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, and Henan, only some places are dry, and most areas have frequent rains, and some places even have floods. Only Beizhili continues to experience severe drought in the whole province.

If the Manchus still stayed in Beizhili, there would be a great famine next year.

If you return to Liaodong as soon as possible, you can replant some grain.

Li Banghua said: "Your Majesty, you should send troops quickly to occupy Beizhili before Li Zicheng!"

Zhao Han shook his head and said, "It is impossible to send troops in large numbers. The epidemic situation in Beizhili is also serious, and there are droughts and famines everywhere. Send Qingqi to the north to occupy as much as you can. Send some officials to govern, and don't rush to divide the land for the time being. Let the people of Northern Zhili find their own way of life."

Zhao Han really ran out of food. The previous war had caused food prices in the south to skyrocket.

The hungry people in Henan and Shandong can only receive symbolic relief.If the mess in northern Zhili is taken over again, people's livelihood in the south will be severely affected, and it is estimated that wages in cities will not be enough to buy rice.

Following Zhao Han's decision, all divisions stationed in the north sent dragoons northward to occupy counties.

During the ten-month period, Hejian Mansion and Baoding Mansion were captured, but only half of Zhending Mansion was occupied.The other half of Zhending Mansion was preempted by Li Zicheng, and both sides maintained restraint, and there was no conflict over the territory.

On Li Zicheng's side, like Zhao Han, he dispatched troops quickly, taking as much as he could.

Moreover, after occupying the city, they only wish to govern the city, and the people outside the city let it fend for itself.It can only be like this for the time being, and it is better to fend for itself than to be exploited by the Tartars.