Li Guan heard the emperor's order: "Raise your head!" He looked up as he was ordered, but at this moment, a bowl-sized slap hit him in the face!

"Your Majesty!" Li Guan covered his face and looked at Yun Xi in horror.

"Your Majesty!" Huang Huai also said. Although he was not satisfied with Li Guan's approach, it was even more rude for the emperor to stretch out his hand to beat people.

"The person who seriously injured the people and the police of the Ming Dynasty is from that country?" Yun Xi didn't pay attention to them, but just asked Li Guandao coldly.

"Your Majesty, the leader is Lu Mingbo, the deputy envoy of the DPRK, and the rest of the people are his entourage, all of whom are Koreans." Li Guan didn't dare to look at Yun Xi anymore, and lowered his head and said.

"Oh, not only the envoys of Fanguo, but also their retinue." Yun Xi seemed to be talking to himself, and then asked, "Li Guan, you told me that hurting people should be punished, do Koreans also follow such rules, and there are laws related to this?" ”

"Your Majesty, the North Koreans do have a law that stipulates that wounding people should be punished."

"Since the North Koreans also have such rules, Li Guan, you said it yourself, why do you treat them preferentially?"

Li Guan didn't dare to speak again.

Yun Xi ignored him and continued: "North Korea is the most deferential country of the Ming Dynasty, and the people of its country should be treated preferentially, and the injured people are even more me, the most deferential people of the Ming Dynasty, and the injured policemen are even more me, and they are the most dedicated grassroots officials of the Ming Dynasty, do they want preferential treatment!" ”

Yun Xi's voice gradually became stern: "Li Guan, you are an official of the Ming Dynasty, and your Yulu is also the tax paid by the people of the Ming Dynasty, and the fact that your home can not be patronized by thieves at night is the result of the hard work of the police in the capital day and night, not that the North Koreans are giving you a good fortune, let alone the North Koreans protecting the safety of your home." ”

"So what is your intention in defending them so much, defending these North Koreans?"

Of course, Yun Xi knew that he was the emperor, but it was very rude to slap his ministers personally, but he couldn't help it after hearing Li Guan's words at that time. Li Guan's words reminded him of some things in his previous life.

"The Japanese lost their bicycles and were found a few hours later, and the natives lost their bicycles to be self-reliant", "In order to help seven foreign passengers catch a plane, the train stopped temporarily for a minute", and of course, the funniest thing, during the 02 World Cup, a host said a few words of dissatisfaction with the South Korean football team during the live broadcast, and then was protested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country transferred the protest to the TV station, and the host was invited to tea.

Yun Hee must not allow such a thing to happen in the country he rules! Even if it is not motivated by anger or simple national feelings, such a thing is very harmful to the state. For ordinary people and grassroots officials, shielding foreign emissaries is the same as shielding domestic elites, which will reduce their trust in the government. Under normal circumstances, this agricultural country is not a big deal; But at this time, the situation was that Samarkand was defeated, and the Mongols were also frightened and did not dare to blow up, and the external environment of the Ming Dynasty was unprecedentedly stable, and it was a good time to further deepen the reform. And these reforms are no longer enough to require a stable internal environment, and ordinary people must be convinced of the government's words, so Yunxi must not allow foreign envoys who have violated the "Da Ming Law" to go unpunished.

Moreover, the children of the nobles were arrested when they fought with the police before, and they suffered a lot, and when it was the turn of the outsiders, they were indulgent, and the powerful people would be dissatisfied.

And Yun Xi also hates the sentence "North Korea, as the most deferential country of the Ming Dynasty, should be cautious when it comes to dealing with it, even if it is a small matter, so as not to hurt the heart of the country to respect the Ming Dynasty". The notion that 'diplomacy is no trivial matter' embodied in this sentence is also pure bullshit. Whether there is respect between countries depends only on strength, and everyone respects you if you are strong, and if you are weak, no matter how carefully you handle diplomatic affairs, people will look down on you.

Some people may say that after the death of the Ming Dynasty in history, North Korea has always missed the Ming Dynasty, despised the Manchu Qing, and secretly looked down on the Manchu envoys. This is indeed a historical fact, but does it have any practical effect? The Koreans looked down on the Manchus again, and after being defeated, didn't they still pay tribute to the Manchus? Do you have to be very respectful in person? Didn't the Manchus have a need to be satisfied?

After Yunxi succeeded to the throne, although he attached great importance to the spread of Chinese civilization to the outside world, he understood better: the spread of civilization must be backed by strength, if it were not for the Ming Dynasty to defeat the Majapahit and completely annihilate the sailors of this country, can they establish a vassal state in Srivijaya and Borneo?

These thoughts had already been figured out when Huang Huai reported the matter to him, and they were just flashing in his mind at this time. He returned to his seat and said to Chen Ji, who had just arrived on the side: "Chen Qing has drafted an order, and Li Guan, a member of the Ministry of Etiquette and Ceremonial Affairs, will shield people and criminals and exile them to the Hanzhou Continent. ”

"Your Majesty!" Huang Huai and Chen Ji exclaimed at the same time, and Chen Di also looked surprised. They thought that Yun Xi would definitely deal with Li Guan, but they didn't expect it to be such a serious punishment!

There was no sentence of fixed-term imprisonment or life imprisonment in the Ming Dynasty, and all punishments that were heavier than beating the board and being in prison for three or five days were exiled as long as they did not go to the point of death. Exile is also different. Judging from the actual situation now, exile to the areas of Yunnan Province, Song Dynasty (Luzon), and Yue Dynasty (Annam) is the best, especially for people in Sichuan and Guangxi, exile to Yunnan is not necessarily worse than being sent to Shaanxi as a grassroots official.

It is followed by the Shaanxi Xingdu Division, the newly established Beishi Bali Division, Yongfan and other places. The worst place is the Min Domain, which is separated from the core area of Yunnan by a large area of primeval forest, and there is no sea route.

But after discovering the Han continent, it immediately became the new worst place. It is 20,000 miles away from Daming, and the possibility of feeding the fish on the way is not small, not to mention that when you get to the place, you have to face the barren land, the completely unfamiliar environment and the barbaric natives, and you feel very uncomfortable to think about it, not to mention being exiled.

That's why Huang Huai and Chen Jicai were so surprised. Exile to Hanzhou is already a punishment second only to execution, is such a thing worthy of such a heavy punishment? Even Zhou Yuan, although he didn't have a good relationship with Li Guan, felt that the punishment was too heavy.

"Your Majesty, although what Li Yuanwailang did was indeed inappropriate, is such a punishment too much?" Huang Huai pleaded.

"Your Majesty, the minister also thought that the punishment was a bit heavy." Chen Ji also said: "After all, there was a precedent during the Hongwu period, and the first emperor exempted the Japanese envoy from punishment that time, but only ordered his envoy to take it back to China for disposal. Although the incident of the deputy envoy of the DPRK this time is different from that time, after all, he injured the police, but it can only be considered that Li Yuanwailang mishandled it, and whether it was too much to shield the criminals? Chen Di also put forward his own opinions.

Yun Xi looked at the three of them, and suddenly smiled: "What you said also makes sense. ”

Although the three of them felt strange about Yun Hee's expression, they were still relieved. But he didn't want to Yun Xi and said: "However, since I said that he harbored people, it is not for nothing. He then said to Wang Xi, who had just walked into the house: "Have you already brought someone here?" ”

"The official family has already brought it over."

"Then let them in."

The three of them were confused about the conversation between the emperor and the prince, and while they were puzzled, they saw the door of the house opened, and then two men dressed in the clothes of the palace guards escorted a person in, and then Kim Hanxuan, the envoy of the Joseon State who had only met Yunxi, followed in. The people who were detained, Huang Huai and Chen Ji, did not recognize him, but Chen Di recognized him as Lu Mingbo, the deputy envoy of the DPRK.

As soon as Jin Hanxuan walked into the house, he knelt down and kowtowed to Yun Xi again and again, and at the same time kept saying in his mouth: "Your Majesty, my deputy envoy of the DPRK beat the Ming police and the people on the street, violating the "Ming Law", and the crime is unforgivable, please ask Your Majesty to punish you; As a righteous leader, the minister has no way, and he also asks His Majesty to punish him; The minister also pleaded guilty to His Majesty on behalf of our monarch. Your Majesty,......"

"No matter how the "Da Ming Law" stipulates how to deal with such a thing, even if you are a minister according to the law, you will never object. The monarch of our country of Korea will never object. ”

Jin Hanxuan is going to hate Lu Mingbo to death at this time. The emperor of the Ming Dynasty sent guards to arrest Lu Mingbo, and called him over, making it clear that he was going to be dealt with heavily. He didn't care about Lu Mingbo, but if it affected the purpose of his mission, and even caused the Ming Dynasty to ban Korean tribute within a few years, not only Zhu Fangyuan would not let him go, but the domestic family would not let him go. So on the one hand, he took the initiative to admit his guilt in order to gain a good impression, and on the other hand, he asked Daming to punish Lu Mingbo heavily, in order to calm the emperor's anger.

"You! Jin Hanxuan, you ......" Lu Mingbo was kneeling beside him by two guards, and his face was angry when he heard Jin Hanxuan's words. I was about to shout, but I guessed a few words and my mouth was blocked, and I could only make a "woo" sound.

"Death is not necessary. The "Da Ming Law" does not stipulate that such a thing should be punished by death, and I will not deliberately punish it severely. However, Yun Xi turned to Lu Mingbo: "I have something to ask him." ”

"The reason why Li Guan sheltered you, apart from following the exception, is there any other reason?"

The guard let go of the hand covering Lu Mingbo's mouth, Lu Mingbo took a deep breath, and said: "Your Majesty Emperor Qiqi, one of the reasons why Li Yuanwailang sheltered the criminal minister was because the criminal minister bribed him with three hundred treasure money. ”

"And he had previously accepted bribes from envoys of other countries for other reasons. As far as the criminal knows, he received bribes of at least 1,000 taels of silver and more than 200 taels of silver during this period. ”

"The guilty minister begs His Majesty to spare his life, and begs His Majesty to spare his life. The criminals are willing to make meritorious contributions to the crime and report and expose all the officials who have accepted bribes and the state envoys who have paid bribes. ”

Yun Xi didn't pay attention to his last words, and after listening to the first half of his words, he turned his head and looked at Huang Huai and the others again.