After seeing this list handed over to him by Zhou Yao, Cai Guozhen immediately understood something.

This is not a political incident caused by the murder at all, this is a political event that excludes dissidents, and Zhao Shiqing's death is just a pretext, a pretext under which you can start to eliminate dissidents!

Thinking about it carefully in this way, Cai Guozhen has even understood the truth of Zhao Shiqing's death.

Suddenly, the hairs stood on end, and the cold sweat soaked the clothes behind him.

He knew that there was only one path left in front of him.

If you don't go, you have to go, and you have to go, otherwise you will be completely wiped out.

Cai Guozhen immediately assured Zhou Yao that he could do whatever he wanted, no matter what it was, he was willing to give everything for His Majesty the Emperor.

Zhou Yao nodded with satisfaction.

Compared with Cai Guozhen's wit and flexibility, others were a little sluggish, and when Zhou Yao took them to visit Zhu Yinghuai's tragic situation, they actually shrunk into a ball and cried bitterly and said that they were innocent, without understanding what Zhou Yao meant.

Who cares if you're innocent or not?

It doesn't matter if you're innocent or not!

Now is your last chance, sell your soul and discipline, and become the dog of His Majesty the Emperor completely, this is what His Majesty the Emperor needs, so that you can live, and everyone else will die!

I don't understand this kind of thing, I don't have any political wisdom at all, and I still hope for a future?

But this kind of thing Zhou Yao can't say clearly, and everyone's face is not good-looking when he says it, so in order to enhance their political wisdom, Zhou Yao can only use some normal means, but he is very merciful, and benevolently instructs the professionals who do it - don't kill them.

At the same time as the political storm and purge intensified, several Burmese officials, led by Chen Longzheng, came to Beijing by boat to report to Xiao Ruxun and convey some important news.

Along with Chen Longzheng and other Burmese officials, Yuan Yan, the "Minister of State of Luzon", also reported on his work.

Unlike his father, Yuan Yan was soon congratulated on Xiao Ruxun's accession to the throne and accepted the fact that Xiao Ruxun had ascended the throne as emperor, and he was appointed by Xiao Ruxun to manage the affairs of the Luzon Islands and prepare various maritime trade matters, and was an indispensable official under Xiao Ruxun.

And the Burmese officials who came with him this time are also officials in charge of maritime trade, and they all came to tell the same story, that is, the envoy ships of France and Genoa returned to Burma to ask for mutual trade again.

The last merchant ships had taken with them almost every silk pot and porcelain that could be made from Burma, as well as a small amount of tea.

This time, they need more, the price they pay is also increasing, and at the same time, they are very much looking forward to the Chinese side can send more exchanges to each other.

Since Chen Longzheng traveled to the continent of Europa, the China fever in the continent of Europa has intensified.

The calligraphy given to the Doge of Genoa by Chen Longzheng became the most popular work of art in all of Europe, and a large number of nobles traveled to Genoa to see the mysterious Oriental art, but only a few could see it.

At the same time, a large number of Chinese goods held by Genoese merchants were called sky-high, and even then they could not be bought with money.

The two cooks who stayed in Genoa now only cook for the top nobles in Europe, and the rest of the people do not enjoy the mysterious and delicious Chinese cuisine.

Under all these stimuli, France and Genoa once again jointly organized an ocean-going fleet to China to ask for faster commercial trade.

France, in particular, had reached an almost insane thirst for such a lucrative commercial trade, and King Henry IV was in great need of such a fortune to support its crumbling finances.

China, a rich and civilized country, has become their yearning.

The promised annual trade was no longer enough for them, and they now needed more, for which they were willing to pay a higher price.

Someone will buy it anyway.

Representatives of France and Genoa also traveled north with the ships to the capital of the ancient Chinese Empire.

For the first time, they directly felt the vastness and strength of this great empire.

It took a month to take a boat to travel through the sea frontier of this empire.

From the moment they landed at Dagukou, they were escorted by elite troops, escorting them all the way to the imperial capital, and they saw more than one large city along the way, especially after arriving at Beijing, the capital of the empire, and their eyes were about to fall in shock.

They had never seen such a huge city.

And the city seems to be still expanding.

"This country has just gone through a war, and the current emperor is the same general from Burma, who defeated the previous Chinese emperor and established a new state, and now he is expanding the capital to accommodate more than a million people at any time, and now, the population of this city has actually reached a million."

Matteo Ricci, who came to greet and translate, explained this.

In recent years, there have been frequent wars in Europe, and wars seem normal to them, and it is not strange to change monarchs or anything, but cities that can accommodate a million people, this ......

By the way, how many people does China have?

They asked Matteo Ricci with this question.

Matteo Ricci said cautiously: "According to my conservative estimates, I'm afraid there are 10,000 people." ”

The representatives of France and Genoa were directly stunned.

Ten thousand people?

Is there a total of 10,000 people in the whole of Europe at this time?

They didn't overestimate it, and they didn't dare to overestimate it, anyway, they already knew how big the country really was.

And the great emperor who ruled over 10,000 people, what kind of person should he be?

"When you meet the Great Emperor, you must follow Chinese etiquette, the Great Emperor of China has much more power than the monarchs of Europe, almost unimaginably large for European monarchs, so you must be respectful and careful, and there must be no rudeness, otherwise once the Great Emperor gets angry, it will be all over."

Matteo Ricci solemnly admonished the envoys of the two countries.

And the envoys of these two countries have been frightened by such a huge empire, and they nodded again and again to show that they will definitely not mess around.

However, after entering the imperial capital through the side gates, they learned what it meant to be wide and atmospheric, with wide streets, shops and buildings on both sides, pedestrians and patrolling soldiers, brick and stone roads on the ground, and ongoing buildings that could be seen everywhere.

Just to say that there are so many people, that is, they have never seen before, compared to the capital of China, it seems that the capital of European countries cannot be counted as the capital at all, and what is even more surprising is that there is no unpleasant smell of feces and urine here.

For the messengers who are accustomed to the smell, it is a very strange thing that such a large city cannot see or smell feces and urine, and their city sometimes has to walk carefully to look at the buildings on both sides, in case someone pushes open the window and splashes urine on the road at any time.

Such a neat city has only the impression of a royal palace or a noble castle, right?