The envoys who were asked to participate in the prisoner offering ceremony were also shocked by such punishments.

Abukui and Kroner, who were invited to Beijing to participate in the prisoner offering ceremony and entered Beijing with Chen Zhaoyun, couldn't help but feel cold on their backs at this time.

"It turns out that if you disobey the orders of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, you will be cut into pieces."

"Who dares to go against the will of the Emperor of Ming?"

Abukui and Kroner both realized the other side of the Ming Dynasty.

None of them expected that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty was so cruel to those who disobeyed.

Zhu Youxiao had no intention of changing this harsh punishment system.

Because in his opinion, whether order can be maintained better depends on whether the cost of betraying the order is large enough.

If a super empire like the Ming Dynasty wants to not be divided, it must have a top-down order. To have such an order, there must be severe punishments to maintain this order.

Zhu Youxiao believed that he was here to be the emperor and to maintain order, not to be a Bodhisattva and tolerate disobedients of order.

Therefore, he will not forgive evil.

Not only is it possible for a bad person who betrays order to put down his butcher's knife, he will become a Buddha immediately.

"The young minister of Dali Temple Fang Yizao wrote a memorial saying: Since ancient times, the sages and Ming dynasties have treated the Gentiles with courtesy. Now, although Castro, Peso and other officials of Folangji resisted the emperor's order, they are still enjoying the king's affairs. In the end, they are loyal and commendable. Now they are also punished for the crime of treason. It is a bit far-fetched. To govern the country, we should use the law of the king and the law of the king and make all nations sincerely convinced, rather than strictly punishing the crime and forcing the dominance of the powerful. Therefore, please forgive Castro, Peso's crimes, and avoid death and release them, and think that they are the style of a great country."

Fang Congzhe handed Zhu Youxiao a report from Fang Yizao.

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao raised his eyebrows and said without anger: "When did I say that governing the country is the law of the kings and the inner ones? What I said is that the laws and regulations cannot be abolished!"

Fang Congzhe immediately stood up solemnly, bowed aside, and a slight cold sweat broke out from his forehead.

He did not expect that His Majesty the Emperor, taught Confucianism for many years, still advocated the rule of law, and was unwilling to replace the law with the Confucian way of benevolence and forgiveness.

"All under the sky is the king's land, and the land shining by the sun and the moon should be controlled by me! It is just that due to geographical isolation and cultural integrity, I have to temporarily endure the barbarians' independence and skillfully use the art of unity and unity. However, since it has fallen into the hands of our Ming Dynasty, those who are controlled by me should follow the laws of the Ming Dynasty. If those who do not follow it, the punishment for their crimes should not be less than that of their own people. Otherwise, wouldn't it appear that their own people are humble to the outside world?

Indeed, Western players such as Castro and Peso are the best in the outside world, but this is not the reason for me to be kind to the outside world. If the best players in the outside world think they are excellent, even if they cause great trouble to the Ming Dynasty, if they become prisoners of the Ming Dynasty in the future, they will still be forgiven, then they will definitely work hard for their masters and deal with my Ming Dynasty even more unscrupulously!"

Zhu Youxiao said.

"What Your Majesty said is that this algae is nothing more than the scholar's opinion."

Fang Congzhe replied.

"He is not a pure scholar's opinion, but a clever tongue. He must have taken advantage of someone. He is not clean and has racked his brains to defend these two episodes. He thinks he is smart and can fool me with some seemingly flawless remarks, but he doesn't know that in this world, it is difficult to see if someone hides his foolishness, but if someone is smart, it is easy to see."

That’s all for Zhu Youxiao.

Fang Congzhe's heart skipped a beat. He was just a person who likes to pretend to be stupid.

Then, Zhu Youxiao issued an order and said: "Zhuodong Factory investigates this person closely! Once there is evidence of bribery, report it immediately!"

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"Don't worry, as long as you can really let Your Majesty forgive their death penalty this time, release them, and use it for me, the Dutch, we will give you silver coins of your country of 100,000 yuan every year! At that time, you can make a contract directly, and we Dutch people are the most important contract."

Abukui said to Fang Yizao, Shaoqing of Dali Temple with a bright smile.

Fang Yizao was also from Hui merchants and attached great importance to the word "interest". After hearing Abukui's words, he smiled and said, "It's easy to say, lenient punishment and reduce crimes, external kings and internal laws are the right ways that I advocate. Even if you don't come to plead for them, I will advise this matter."

"I admire China very much, both in terms of its culture and scenery, but the only thing I don't understand is that the punishment of your country is too strict. If it is for civilian slaves, it will be properly restrained, but for nobles, it is really contrary to God's will."

Since Abuque knew that Castro and Pesso were sentenced to death by the Ming Emperor, he was a little worried that if these Dutch nobles were severely punished in the future if they violated the will of the Ming Emperor, he decided to rescue Castro and Pesso.

At the same time, Abuquer also wanted to take the opportunity to save Portuguese aristocrats such as Castro to restore relations with Portugal and deal with Spain.

After all, this time, he sent troops to Goa because of his nature of Abukui's businessman and his greed for profit and rashness, which led to his losses in the Netherlands. It would be difficult to surpass Spain in the future.

Now he has learned some tricks in his interactions with the Ming Dynasty. He knows that it is better to join forces with the Zong and Lianheng to make enemies everywhere, so he wants to join forces with Portugal to deal with Spain.

In addition, Abukui also wanted to take this opportunity to bribe some Ming Dynasty officials as the spokesperson for safeguarding his Dutch interests in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Abukui took the initiative to make friends with some Ming officials before leaving Beijing, and intended to collude with some Ming officials to achieve their political goals through the purchase of money and offering money to accompany Hu Ji.

Now, Abukui started chatting with Fang Yizao, one of the Ming officials whom he colluded with, Dali Temple.

When Abukui heard Fang Yizao say that he advocated lenient punishment and reduced crimes, and the outside king was law, he was so happy that he felt that Fang Yizao was a soulmate, so he agreed to put forward the view that nobility should not be treated severely. Of course, the aristocrats he mentioned were not only Han scholars and officials, but also their outer aristocrats.

"That's exactly what a noble is? It's because of the politeness and dignity. How can one share the same laws as the common people? Go back first and wait for news. My Emperor Ming Dynasty has the heart to be a hero in the world. If all nations come to pay tribute, you must treat you foreign nobles with courtesy. Now you say that the laws and regulations cannot be abolished, but it is just that the ministers cannot easily abolish laws and regulations. If any minister submits memorials to argue, you should change your mind."

Fang Yizao put down the teacup after saying that.

Abukui now understood some of the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty and knew that the owner put down the teacup and gave him a visit, so he immediately said back.

However, as soon as Abukui came out of Fang Mansion, a team of Dongchang Banner School stopped him. One of the chief flag officials named Lu Rong said: "You are very active. Our Dongchang has been paying attention to you for a long time. I believe you don't know how powerful our Dongchang is! The Privy Councilor Lu Chenshi reported that you bribed him and intended to inquire about the situation of the emperor, so let's go with us."

East Factory?

After Abukui came to the Ming Dynasty, he had heard of some Dongchang Factory, but because he came to the Ming Dynasty, he did not feel deeply about the Dongchang's power.

In addition, he really didn't expect that there would be someone in the Ming court officials he made friends with whom he was not greedy for profit.
Chapter completed!