Located in a small village and town more than 50 miles south of Beijing, the county magistrate of this county is a confused old official of the former Qing Dynasty, more than 60 years old, although he wears a presbyopia mirror, quite magnanimous, but the belly is full of flowers, dealing with the flies and flies in the officialdom is almost the same, to deal with foreigners, involving foreigners' cases, naturally, there is not enough foresight, he sent his master to record the situation of the case, according to the position of the missionary and the two devils, and then, sent more than 50 officers and soldiers to the village to intimidate the people, Several people were also arrested,

"Are things okay?" Mrs. Niu of Zhixian County held the herbal tea and drank it very moisturizing.

"Yes, sir, the matter is over, and a dozen poor boys have been arrested." The master is responsible for the master of the criminal name, quite shrewd and capable, and is a professional teacher in Shaoxing, Zhejiang.

"Punish as usual, detain for a few days, fine some silver, and send someone to comfort the foreign priests." Niu Zhixian shook his head and sighed, in fact, Chinese officials are not used to looking at foreigners, Confucianism and the Western Church are two different ancestors, but unfortunately, there are many lesson plans, everyone knows that the imperial court is afraid of foreigners, so they have to bend to meet them.

"Master, I don't know how to deal with this matter, or, Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, Rui Wang Luoyang, there will be a different statement." Master is sensitive,

After thinking about it again, he thought again: "The sky is high and the emperor is far away, just do what you need to do." "Niu Zhixian has no other way, anyway, the new imperial court has no new special foreign policy, and it is quite stubborn for foreigners.

That's it,

This was actually wishful thinking on the part of the magistrate, because in the afternoon of the same day, some officers and soldiers rushed from Beijing City to accept the case in person, and then, not only the American missionaries of the church were summoned, but also all the Chinese devils involved.

Niu Zhixian knelt down and trembled with the master, because the person who came had a certificate from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the certificate of a senior official from the Criminal Department of the capital, now called the Ministry of Justice.

"My lord, my lord will knock to see my lord."

"Come on, take off Niu Zhixian's hat." Originally, I wanted to say that the black yarn was worn, or the top was worn, but the current officials of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom, even the former officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, had changed the attire of the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom and did not wear it anymore.

This person is young and promising, with blazing eyes, and the famous powerful Zhang Zhidong,

After inquiring about the matter, he summoned the people to interrogate, and then, Zhang Zhidong concluded that it was the officials who misjudged the trial, so he dismissed Niu Zhixian from his official position, and decided that it was the mismanagement of the missionaries that caused the Chinese Christians to bring disaster to the country and the people, so he imprisoned the two American missionaries, and immediately tied up all the Chinese Christians involved and threw them into prison.

Then, after Zhang Zhidong had finished hearing the matter, he returned to Beijing, where the missionaries and Chinese parishioners were escorted to Beijing.

Luo Yang summoned the US Federal Minister Luo Er to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and lodged a formal protest with him, saying the following words to his face: "We strongly demand that the US Minister immediately recall all the missionaries after investigating the two American missionaries who are preaching in the hinterland of our Beijing heartland, but who do not abide by the relevant laws, do evil, harm the people, and collude with officials to take advantage of the Chinese parishioners and do whatever they want." ”

Rohr was very surprised, because the previous missionary problems had been solved, and wherever there were similar disputes, the magistrates were all in favor of the missionaries and the parishioners, so he did not think so, and after inquiring in detail about the matter, he pointed out: "The contemptible people think that this is a small matter, mainly because the people are ignorant, do not listen to the officials, surround the church, and vent their personal anger." ”

The original problem was that a Chinese parishioner blackmailed a common man's two acres of land, and the matter had passed, and Luo Yang and others found the victim and designed the incident.

Luo Yang immediately retorted: "On the contrary, it is the missionaries of your country who have violated the law in our country and recruited bandits into the church. He took it another version of the story, pointing out that the preacher's patronage was the root cause of the arrogance of those fellows.

After the discussion, they parted unhappily,

The next day, Luo Yang sent officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice to publicly interrogate the incident in Beijing, and in order to ensure the fairness of the trial, he also invited British, French, and Russian embassy personnel to observe.

Luo Yang didn't go, but, behind the scenes, planning and guiding the course of things,

After a hasty trial, officials from the Ministry of Justice announced that they had sentenced all the Chinese parishioners involved in the case to 20 years' imprisonment for each of those who carried sticks and used them, and that the guy who had blackmailed the land of the people was to be sentenced to death, and all his property was confiscated, and all the victims were compensated.

Zhang Zhidong then made a speech, talking about the new policy of the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom Government toward international diplomacy and its pious attitude toward the maintenance of international friendship, and he also talked about the respect for the right to freedom of missionary affairs in various countries, saying that this is only an individual case and does not touch on any treaty amendments.

For the question of the two American missionaries, they were returned to the American minister on the spot in court, but, demanding an apology from the United States,

"According to Chinese law, they belong to gathering a crowd to make trouble, endangering the country, and are a great rebellion, and the reason why they are not punished is because we, the Kingdom of Heaven, China, strictly abide by international laws."

Zhang Zhidong also demanded that the United States must convict the missionary, and that it must be within two days.

According to the consular jurisdiction system of foreigners promised by the Manchu government, the Chinese Heavenly Kingdom was very cautious and restrained.

Of course, in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Luo Yang is also quite depressed, if his arsenal now has mortars, machine guns, and more advanced weapons, Nima, Lao Tzu will immediately abolish all unequal treaties,

This cautious process is due to the need to import machines, temporarily subject to others, and at the same time, according to this case, to observe the attitude of Britain and France, which belongs to the tricks of trying to play Go, although Luo Yang does not know Go,

After the trial, the British and French ministers felt that the trial was obviously biased in favor of the ordinary Chinese people, and the punishment of the parishioners was more severe, but the procedure was still just and legitimate, the so-called procedural justice, did not challenge the consular jurisdiction, and respected all countries, taking into account many important interests, Britain and France remained silent, and only then expressed to the Chinese government that they hoped to deal with the matter in a low-key manner, because they did not want to create an atmosphere of hatred against missionaries in China.

Luo Yang personally met with the ministers of the two countries, talked about their views, and appreciated them very much, but insisted that the United States must apologize, must convict the missionaries, or expelled all American missionaries in China.

Luo Yang told the British and French ministers that this was aimed at the United States, because the United States had repeatedly provoked, and the Huaxia Heavenly Kingdom could not bear it.

Luo Yang also summoned Luo Er: "I reiterate that you must convict the missionary within two days, and apologize to my government. ”