"No! General, we can't agree to them. If we agree to let those brats go, wouldn't those people we died have died in vain? We are here to avenge them..."

"It's not that difficult at first. After all, it won't harm the wife and children, let alone the underage children. It's just general, when these Spaniards massacred the Han people in Luzon, they didn't care about the children..."

"Having said that, these businessmen have protected our people in the previous massacre and have served the country well. If we ignore their pleas, it would be a bit unkind..."

When Wang Bing told the story, although some generals believed that all Spaniards should be treated "equally", they believed that for the sake of the businessmen who had protected the Han people during the massacre, the generals who spared the underage children were not allowed to do so.

Not without.

Of course, more like Wang Bing himself, including the prince Zhu Changluo, are also undecided. There is no way, after all, the Chinese people are not those beast-like barbaric people.

Although before taking Manila, everyone agreed that blood for blood, tooth for tooth. But after these people were actually captured, they still couldn't bear to face the kindness of the Chinese nation's nature when facing those underage children.

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"Master Marquis, how about this? Let's let the Portuguese and Dutch do this for those bastards who haven't grown up yet..."

After much talk, we still couldn't come up with a solution. In the end, Chen Lin, the admiral of the Royal Navy, suddenly had a bright idea and suggested that the "Portuguese-Dutch Puppet Army" be the executioner.

"Brother Chao Jue, is there any difference between your method and letting us do it ourselves? It's just deceiving ourselves and others. If we really want to kill, we might as well do it ourselves. At least we will personally avenge those people who died tragically..."

Regarding Chen Lin's proposal to let the "Portuguese-Dutch puppet army" be the executioner, Deputy Admiral Deng Zilong disagreed.

"Master Marquis, why don't we just follow the court's old rules and send those boys to the palace as slaves, and send the girls directly to the Jiaofang Department. Hehe, in this way, it will not only give those businessmen face, but also

You won’t miss the punishment…”

Just when Wang Bing and everyone else were still undecided about what to do with the Spanish children, as a "obscene" laughter came, Li Chengming's son Li Guorui came up with a solution that had the best of both worlds.

"Hey, Guorui, this is a good idea! We were all just thinking about whether to kill these people or not. Why didn't we think of the method of 'death penalty can be avoided, but living crime will not be spared'!"

Wang Bing couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he heard Li Guorui's method of handling the matter in accordance with the court's old rules.

Indeed, as Li Guorui said, it was a common practice for the imperial court to confiscate the children of the defeated in the palace as slaves. Wang Zhi, the powerful admiral of Xichang in the past, was sentenced to death because of his young age after the Guangxi rebellion was put down.

Prisoners of the palace as slaves.

"But you just give suggestions, why do you smile so obscenely? Could it be that you came up with this method just to make it easier for yourself? Hahahaha!"

Finally, Wang Bing, who had decided how to deal with these Spanish underage children, teased Li Guorui with a joking look on his face.

"Master Hou is wronged. Although both Fule Yuan and Li Chun Yuan belong to the Jiaofang Division, not all the people in the Jiaofang Division are official prostitutes..."

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"Mr. Francisco, for the sake of your previous protection of my Ming people, after discussion with the generals, I have decided to agree to your request and be lenient to those children!"

Looking at Francisco and others with expectant faces in front of them, Wang Bing didn't hold back and expressed his decision not to kill those children.

"However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living crime cannot be escaped! Otherwise, I and the soldiers will not be able to account for the dead people!"

Before Francisco and the others, who looked delighted, could say their thanks, Wang Bing spoke again and said that "you cannot escape the punishment of living a crime".

"Living sin? I don't know what the living sin the Marquis said is..."

Hearing Wang Bing's words "You can't escape a living crime," several people couldn't help but look over in confusion.

"The imperial court has an old rule. Men are thrown into the palace as slaves, and women are punished as slaves. This is the biggest concession I can make!"

"Become a slave in the palace? Eunuch... eunuch?"

As "China Hands" who often travel to the Ming Dynasty, they are very clear about the profession of eunuchs. So when they learned that the price for these children's survival was to enter the Ming Dynasty Palace as eunuchs, Francisco and the others were dumbfounded.

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"Haha, you are right! Since you are a slave in the palace, you must purify yourself!"

Seeing the stunned people, Wang Bing did not hide anything and directly confirmed their suspicions.

"Uh, Lord Marquis, then, I wonder where the 'Jiaofangsi' is?"

Although a few people were familiar with the Ming Dynasty's "Palace Slave" eunuch system, they were very unfamiliar with the Jiaofangsi. And since the palace slaves were eunuchs, they thought that the Jiaofangsi would definitely not be a good person.

The place is up!

"The Jiaofang Division is the organization responsible for the music, song and dance performances of large-scale events in the imperial court..."

Seeing the worried expressions of several people, Wang Bing had no choice but to explain to these people.

In fact, although there were government-run brothels under the jurisdiction of the Jiaofang Department in the Ming Dynasty, their main responsibilities were to be responsible for the singing and dancing performances of large-scale events such as banquets, canonization, imperial edicts, ancestral temples, sacrifices, etc., to demonstrate the prosperity of the country.

, it does not mean that the entire Jiaofangsi is a brothel.

In addition, the most important point is that 'prostitute' is not the same as 'prostitute', they are two completely different professions.

Strictly speaking, the "prostitutes" of this era mainly sold "art". If you really want to compare them, they are somewhat similar to the so-called celebrities of later generations. As for the prostitutes of later generations who were engaged in the "flesh business", in this era

It can only be called 'prostitution'.

Moreover, the "Ming Huidian" clearly stipulates that when a prostitute from the Jiaofang Division reaches old age, as long as the person concerned is willing, she can return it to her place of origin and regain her status as a good citizen. Moreover, the court cannot recover the stolen goods sent by the prostitute. This is a general rule.

Qualifications that even ministers do not have.

It can be said that although the prostitutes in the Jiaofang Division are of low status, they do not have human rights as much as later generations said. Although there is darkness, it cannot be generalized!

"Thank you so much, Lord Marquis, for your kindness!"

Although the outcome of the matter was far from as perfect as he and others thought, nothing is perfect in the world. So after listening to Wang Bing's explanation, Francisco and others saluted Wang Bing with grateful faces and thanked him.

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"Uncle, since we are going to invade Spain in the future, why don't we cultivate a few more agents? Otherwise, wouldn't Mario be the only one in the future?"

After Francisco and others left, on the way to the prison camp where the Spaniards and Pampanga soldiers were held, His Royal Highness Zhu Changluo couldn't help but look at Wang Bing with some doubts.

It turned out that Wang Bing did not support Francisco and the others as vigorously as he did Mario. Instead, he sent them away after he rewarded each of them with 10,000 dragon silver on behalf of the court. It can be said that

, compared to the rewards obtained by Mario, it is simply a huge difference.

"Haha, since we are training agents, we naturally need to find obedient and sensible people. These people dare to make requests to us at this time based on some merits. They take themselves too seriously..."

As the saying goes, his hero is my enemy! Wang Bing was generous by not pursuing the matter of these people taking advantage of each other's merits. How could he train a few agents for the Ming Dynasty who didn't seem to be very obedient?

people?

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"General of the Ming Dynasty, we are monks, not soldiers. You can't treat God's servants like this..."

Wang Bing originally came to see how many minors there were among the prisoners. As soon as he stepped into the prison camp, several monks in black robes began to protest at Wang Bing in proficient Chinese.

"Huh, monk? Servant of God, what does your God have to do with me?"

Looking away at the so-called monks who were kicked away by Shuerhaqi and other personal guards, Wang Bing couldn't help but let out a cold snort.

"What's more, when you and your soldiers massacred my people of the Ming Dynasty, did you ever think about the teachings of your gods?"

How could Wang Bing, who knew the role of these monks and priests in the previous massacres very well, let them go just because of the other party's bullshit saying "servants of God"?

On the contrary, Wang Bing was even more disgusted with these invaders who appeared to be benevolent and moral, but were actually equally cruel and vicious in their hearts.

"Killing for life is a matter of course! Not to mention you devils in human skin, even if your 'gods' hurt my Ming people, you will still have to accept the punishment of my Ming king's law!"

"You, you... how dare you blaspheme God!"

Hearing Wang Bing's "arrogance" that he wanted his god to be punished by the Ming Dynasty, the priests and monks who had only protested against the "unfair treatment" now felt as if their ancestral graves were being dug up.

He rushed towards Wang Bing and others regardless.

"Bah, bah, bah..."

Without Wang Bing's orders, in the face of these 'rioting' prisoners, a group of guards turned their hands and pulled out the repeating muskets fastened to their waists, and in just an instant sent dozens of monks who rushed towards them to see them.

'God'.

"Put these hypocrites in solitary confinement. Since they are God's servants, why should they eat? Cancel their food!"

Finally, after looking at the remaining monks who were trembling with fear from the sudden killing and did not dare to move, Wang Bing directly canceled their rations and asked them to practice the magic technique of Bigu.

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"Damn it, is your standard of adulthood set at thirty? This damn beard has grown so long, yet you have the nerve to say that you are underage?"

Looking at the group of 'minors' handed over by the Spaniards after he announced that minors could be exempted from death, Wang Bing almost became so angry that he regretted it on the spot.

"Tell them that according to my Ming standards, men are sixteen and women are fourteen. If they are still dishonest, don't blame me for going back on my word..."

Speaking of which, because he had promised Francisco and the others, Wang Bing did not treat them as 'roughly' as he did those monks, but gave them another chance.

"Leave them to the factory guards, they should be cleansed! Also tell them to behave themselves..."

In the end, a total of more than two hundred underage Spanish children were cleared from the prison camp. Although they were destined to be slaves in this life, they finally saved a life!

As for its people, it goes without saying that they will have to pay with their lives for the sins they committed!

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