Chapter 688: Suppress the riot, open fire directly
When the emperor breaks the law, he is guilty of the same crime as the common people.
Of course this is a pretense.
But the evidence of the feudal king's crime was actually very favorable to Zhu Ying.
Because with the development of the vassal state, it will inevitably gradually get rid of its dependence on the Ming Dynasty. When it becomes powerful to a certain extent, it can even listen to the tune but not the propaganda.
Looking at it now, whether it is the King of Yan, the King of Qin, the King of Jin, or the King of Qi, they are all very obedient.
Among them, Zhu Ying is on one hand, and the biggest factor is their fear of their father Zhu Yuanzhang.
If Zhu Yuanzhang is gone, even if Zhu Ying can suppress them steadily, it will not be so simple to be as obedient as now.
Nowadays, with the delivery of an edict, their vassal state can be easily deprived, and even if a vassal king is demoted to a commoner, there will be no resistance.
But if it were only Zhu Ying, people like King Yan would not be so well-behaved.
The most likely possibility is that the four major vassal kings unite to fight against Zhu Ying in the land of Japan.
This is much more difficult than Zhu Yunwen's fight with Zhu Di in history.
After all, the Japanese country was so far away from the Ming Dynasty. Even if Zhu Ying sent troops to conquer the country, the four feudal kings could still choose to annex the Japanese country or cooperate with the Japanese country.
The result is destined.
But this would also shatter the Ming Dynasty's vassal policy.
Of course, Zhu Ying dared to do this because he had absolute confidence that the development of Ming Dynasty would far exceed that of other vassal states.
When technology took off, the vassal state could only act as a border barrier for the Ming Dynasty.
"Give me the account book, and then you can tell my uncles about the account book and let them know that I have obtained the evidence of smuggling."
Zhu Ying thought for a moment and then ordered.
This is a great righteousness, and it is also the handle of the feudal kings.
If Zhu Ying makes their tax evasion and smuggling of contraband public, then the feudal princes will suffer a major blow in terms of reputation.
Don’t underestimate this ‘name’.
It is said that good people get many help, but bad people have few help. In many cases, these reputations often bring many chain effects.
For example, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu all depended on their reputation.
Not to mention that the mouth of the world is now in Zhu Ying's hands.
A big murder weapon like Di Bao is like the words of all sentient beings.
Zhu Ying wanted the world to hear what he wanted, and no one could hear what he didn't want the world to hear.
"Yes, Your Highness."
Guan Xianghai has given up struggling, and whatever His Highness says will be whatever he says.
Xin'an County Government.
A large number of police officers from the public security station have surrounded the place, and the government officials are nervously guarding the gate.
Two waves of men and horses formed a confrontation.
"Stop struggling pointlessly. This is an arrest mission assigned by the Fucheng Public Security Department. I don't want to be too rigid. Let Magistrate Liu come out."
The person standing in front and leading the team was the director of the Public Security Department.
Obviously, there are hundreds of police officers under the Public Security Station, and it is impossible for these dozens of government officers to resist.
A sigh came from behind.
The magistrate of Xin'an, wearing the official uniform of the magistrate, walked out, looked at the number of police officers around him, his eyes darkened, and he smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect it to happen so soon. Is this the dignity that Director Zhang gave me?"
Director Zhang shook his head slightly: "I believe County Magistrate Liu will not resist arrest, he just wants to delay the arrest."
"But this doesn't make any sense. We have already sent three teams to Hong Kong. I think we have arrested them all by now."
According to the current establishment of the Public Security Department, a detachment has ten people, and a general team has one hundred people.
The staffing of the public security station is approximately five to eight corps, depending on the situation in the county.
County Magistrate Liu asked reluctantly: "Where are Director Li and the others?"
Director Zhang is not from the Xin'an County Sheriff's Office, but from the neighboring county.
This is a cross-county arrest operation.
Because of the information obtained by the superiors, the Xin'an County Sheriff's Office has already colluded with the Xin'an County Government Office.
Director Zhang shook his head: "These are not things I can ask. For me, arresting Liu Zhixian's return and investigating the Hong Kong dental shop are the orders I received. I don't know about other aspects."
County Magistrate Liu knew that at this point, he was completely screwed.
He did not expect that within a few days of receiving the news of His Highness Taisun's arrival on Hong Kong Island, the crimes he had committed would be completely exposed, leaving no room for reversal.
In fact, he had already arranged an escape route as soon as he got the news.
For him, who often hangs out along the coast, he can completely protect himself as long as he can get on a ship and leave the Ming Dynasty.
His brother-in-law, the prefect of Guangzhou Prefecture, has connections in the Japanese country and can make proper arrangements.
Officials like himself who have committed crimes will also be treated with courtesy after arriving in the feudal state, and there is a high probability that they can even continue to serve as officials.
Unfortunately, it was only one day late.
He thought it wouldn't be so soon and wanted to wait for news from his brother-in-law.
If you can't wait today, then run away early tomorrow morning.
Unfortunately it's too late now.
Not only the county magistrate Liu, but also officials such as the county magistrate, chief registrar, dianshi, and director of the public security station were basically arrested.
This means that the leadership team of Xin'an County has been completely wiped out.
Liu Zhixian was still hoping that his brother-in-law would come to rescue him and decided to bear all the blame.
But he didn't know that the situation in the Guangzhou government office was no different from his.
In order to stabilize the situation, even the garrison of Guangzhou Prefecture was dispatched.
In fact, it is not troublesome for the officials to solve the problem. At most, they are worried that they will get the information in advance and abscond.
The military and government have been separated, and there is no possibility for officials to resist the imperial court.
The most troublesome part is the handling of Hong Kong Island.
Those foreign investors' investments are naturally illegal. In fact, they don't even have formal land deeds. Hong Kong Dental Bank uses a simple agreement to make these people pay the money obediently. They have always been trying to find ways to delay the processing of land deeds.
It can be said that the vast majority of foreign businessmen are victims.
Five hundred police officers, and even one local police station of 1,000 households, were dispatched directly to Hong Kong Island.
And began to recruit craftsmen to build the Hong Kong magistrate's office.
At the same time, a proclamation was issued declaring that Hong Kong Island belonged to the Ming Dynasty, all land deeds belonged to the imperial court, and all land boundaries occupied by foreign businessmen on the island were illegal.
At this moment, a stone suddenly stirred up a thousand waves.
A large number of foreign businessmen became excited.
People are flocking to this dental shop in Hong Kong.
However, the dental shop in Hong Kong has been closed down, leaving the angry crowd with nowhere to vent their anger, and finally stormed the Qianhu Station.
This is currently the only official location on Hong Kong Island.
"You are committing fraud. We have spent so much hard-earned money and risked our lives. Almost most of the money we earned has been invested in the construction of this place. Just with a notice, all our property will be taken away.
Not convinced!
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"That's right, we don't accept it. We have the agreement signed by your government in our hands. It should be legal and valid. Should the home we built with great difficulty be lost like this?"
"This is an internal issue within your Ming Dynasty government. We outside businessmen should not be held responsible. You should recognize the legality of our property boundaries."
"I know the senior officials in your government. If you don't give us a satisfactory answer, I will definitely sue you. Even if I go to the capital, I will sue you. I believe that His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will understand us."
"We will send a message to the envoys stationed in the capital to tell them what happened here and the unfair treatment we received. You will definitely be punished."
The crowd was excited.
Originally, most of the people on Hong Kong Island were foreign businessmen. In just half a day, thousands of people gathered.
And this number is constantly increasing.
Even foreign businessmen passing by chose to join such a procession.
In fact, there are some businessmen who know that the procedures for building houses are illegal, but they collude with Hong Kong dental shops and Xin'an County government, and then form a community of interests.
The agitation for this parade was also initiated by these people.
Several leaders did not participate in the parade, but watched the indignant parade from outside the procession.
One of them said: "We have maritime merchants from at least a dozen countries gathered here. The Ming Dynasty's court must attach great importance to us. Besides, we have really spent money, so they should give us fair treatment."
"As long as this demonstration is successful, the homes we build will be legal and the government will have to apply for the land deeds for us."
"With the land title, according to the current Ming Dynasty laws, we have the possibility to join the Ming Dynasty household registration."
The eyes of several people nearby were shining.
They really wanted to get the household registration of Ming Dynasty.
Because only by obtaining the Ming Dynasty household registration, they would be eligible to purchase more luxury goods such as porcelain and silk, and then obtain more benefits.
Moreover, as people of the Ming Dynasty, they can raise the flag of the Ming Dynasty merchants on sea ships and receive the protection of the Ming Dynasty navy, which ensures the safety of navigation to a great extent.
The benefits presented here vary greatly.
In fact, the illegal construction of Hong Kong Island was not the idea of Xin'an County Government at all, but was proposed by these foreign businessmen, who contributed a large amount of gold and silver as bait to implement such a plan.
Not only Xin'an County Government, but also most coastal areas will be subject to similar temptations.
However, Hong Kong Island is the most special. There are no official offices of the Ming Dynasty here, which gives a lot of room for maneuver.
They even want to set up their own management organization here on Hong Kong Island, and form the management boundaries of each country in the Ming Dynasty to achieve the possibility of independent management, thus accumulating more benefits.
Such as evading Ming Dynasty tariffs and building armed forces.
Don't underestimate these foreign maritime traders.
After the Ming Dynasty opened the sea, they also quickly accumulated a lot of wealth.
A piece of porcelain from the Ming Dynasty might be shipped for only a few guan of treasure notes, but when sold by these maritime merchants to overseas markets, such as Central Asia or even India, it would be worth dozens or even hundreds of guans of treasure notes.
Nobles from far away would even offer gold in exchange.
A robe made of oriental silk is the face of a nobleman. As we all know, only silk from the oriental country is the most popular commodity.
pity.
They did not understand Ming's choice to riot.
In many countries, because of the sparse population, the government often does not carry out large-scale massacres of businessmen.
But this is the Ming Dynasty.
"The barbarians who don't know whether to live or die dare to attack our Ming army stronghold."
Sento Nozomi, Sento Shoumasa, looked at the crowd outside and said with a sneer.
The deputy Qianhu next to him grinned: "Brothers, we haven't moved our muscles for a long time. These rebellions are just for our military merit. I don't know who gave them the courage to rush into our Qianhu."
"Sir, give me the order, my sword is already hungry!"
Xi Ji's expression became serious and he shouted: "Send my military order and the whole army will be dispatched to suppress the riot!
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"Master Qianhu has ordered that the entire army be dispatched to suppress the riot!
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"Open the village gate and kill!"
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A thousand households have 800 soldiers, and they are the headquarters of thousands of households.
When the military order was issued and the gate of the village was opened, a total of 800 soldiers lined up and came out.
In the front, there are a hundred soldiers with swords and shields, and behind them are a hundred soldiers with fire guns.
"What are they going to do? Are they going to attack us?"
"No, they definitely don't dare to open fire."
"Wait until their commander comes out to negotiate."
The foreign barbarians at the front were obviously panicked, even though they numbered in the thousands.
But on the opposite side is the regular army of the Ming Dynasty.
Almost most of the officers and soldiers wore armor. They had spears, swords, shields, and even firecrackers.
The people marching did not have any weapons at all.
In a real fight, it would be a massacre of hundreds of people against thousands of people.
Xi Ji looked at it coldly and scolded: "If you don't disperse within ten breaths, you will be responsible for the consequences."
There were a lot of translation voices in the parade, and of course most people here could hear basic Chinese.
Facing the strong force of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, the parade became somewhat chaotic.
They don't want to lose their lives.
However, when people are crowded, it is difficult to escape. If there is no order, it may even cause panic and stampede.
"Oh, if you don't listen to the dissuasion, then it's Xi's fault, open fire!
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The military order to fire was conveyed.
The musketeers in the front row, under the cover of the sword and shield men, directly ignited the matchlocks.
"Damn it, how dare they, how dare they!
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The few behind-the-scenes masterminds who were watching the show from afar saw the matchlock nodding. Their eyes immediately turned red. They did not bother to hide their positions and shouted in fear.
And in the front row of the parade, looking at the lit match rope, they suddenly screamed in fear, turned around and wanted to leave.
Bang bang bang bang!
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Amidst the gunshots, a large amount of smoke rose, and at the same time his painful screams were heard.
At such a close range, the fire gun soldiers did not need to aim too accurately at all, they could just shoot directly at the crowd.
Hundreds of firecrackers formed a three-volume shooting formation and exploded directly in the parade.
The thrust caused by the gunpowder explosion caused the lead bullets to burst out into the crowd.
Rows of marchers continued to fall down, and the crowd was so dense that nearly a hundred people fell down immediately.
The matchlock gun cannot kill with one shot, and the injured can only cry out in pain.
In fact, compared to the thousands of people marching, a hundred people is not that many.
But no one had the courage to attack the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers' positions.
Suddenly, thousands of people began to scramble for their lives.