Outside the leopard room, the ministers and hundreds of students of the Tai Academy were bustling and noisy, and the Great Inner Forbidden Army and brocade guards surrounded the leopard room through the wind and rain.

The officials of the Sixth Ministry and the Nine Emperors who are still in Beijing and the three major scholars of the Cabinet, as well as several respected old ministers, have already entered the leopard room, and because they have not been out for a long time, the ministers and the students of the Tai Academy have begun to become agitated.

Yang Ling rode a horse, and the four were quiet at first, and a path flashed out under the obstruction of his own soldiers, Yang Ling and Liu Yu walked side by side, behind them were a group of guards.

After the crowd was quiet for a while, someone suddenly shouted: "The Japanese are cruel, kill people in the street, do not punish the murderer, heaven and earth will punish them."

At this shout, the crowd stirred again, Yang Ling looked coldly, only to see that the faces of the students were flushed, and the crowd was excited, although the rest of the officials were angry, and the shouts were extremely high-pitched, but their eyes were calm, and they were not at all moved by indignation like the students who didn't ask about the world, and he already knew something in his heart.

In the final analysis, the death of a small citizen in this era is difficult to really touch these high-ranking adults, although there are also officials who are really angry, and more officials who come to make trouble have other intentions at all.

If you don't kill the Japanese envoys, there are old precedents to follow, and it is the old precedent of the first emperors of various dynasties, they can't move themselves at all, and whoever dares to come forward to participate in the impeachment is impeaching the former emperors of the dynasty.

However, through this incident, he can put great moral pressure on himself, mobilize the Shilin and the people of the whole capital, which is enough to make himself the object of thousands of people and scolded by everyone, and the good reputation he has made in the past will be wiped out.

A powerful former celebrity has such a bad reputation, they can gain great convenience in the confrontation.

If they are forced to kill the Japanese envoys, they will undermine the national policy of opening the sea and lifting the ban advocated by themselves, and thus indirectly achieve victory.

Their calculations are not bad, and the means are not stupid, because the Japanese people have become more and more arrogant since the six tributes in the Yongle era, and they are no longer willing to regard themselves as vassals of the Ming Dynasty, and this time they have come to pay tribute has been beyond their expectations.

If the Ming court had forgiven the envoys who had caused trouble to them and harmed people's lives when the country was still weak, but now they were punished for their envoys, would this tribute still be able to continue?

Yang Ling couldn't help but have a cold smile on his lips: their calculation was not wrong, no matter how they made their choices, it seemed that this murder would cause great losses to themselves, either in terms of political reputation or political future.

It's a pity that they only know it, they don't know it, they say that the emperor passed away, and they can't even get the funeral expenses, and the daimyo around the country are like the princes of the world at the end of the Han Dynasty, and the emperor is regarded as the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Do I have to make trade-offs? Not at all! Now, it is this nation that is in its bones a nation that bullies the weak and fears the hard, and is mercenary in its own right, making a choice between my decision. Or, with dignity! Or, for benefits! How will they choose? Yang Ling raised his head high on his horse.

The door of the leopard room slowly opened, the brocade guards bowed to Yang Ling, the pro-army stopped at the door, Yang Ling rode in on horseback, but Liu Yu jumped off the horse and hurriedly followed. Yang Ling, Zhang Yong, Liu Jin and several other people enjoy the privilege of running horses in the palace, and the leopard room is no exception, Liu Yu does not have this treatment.

In a very spacious room in the leopard room, Zhengde sat in the middle, and the ministers in front of him took advantage of the opportunity to crack down on the policy of opening the sea, and strongly demanded that the murderers be severely punished, while those who took refuge in Liu Jin and Yang Ling moved out of the precedent to refute them.

The most wonderful thing is that several elders of the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial Embassy who originally hated Yang Ling actually advocated forgiveness and told all the vassal states about this matter to show the forgiveness of the Heavenly Empire.

They did this without selfishness at all, but the idea of the Heavenly Empire and the State of Etiquette was deeply rooted in the bone marrow, and that deep sense of superiority made them feel that repaying grievances with virtue and not seeing the same knowledge as the barbarians was the mind of the Great Ming Dynasty. So he put aside his personal grudge with Yang Ling and tried his best to persuade him to be favored.

Gu Dayong has been looking forward to the early opening of the sea ban, and he can go to the coast to call for wind and rain, if he can lead the huge fleet of the Celestial Empire to dominate the world like Zheng and Zheng Gonggong, not only can his personal interests and power be fulfilled, but even if he has no descendants, he can also be famous for eternity, how happy is that?

Seeing that the ministers were talking about it, Gu Da was anxious, for fear that this Zhengde Emperor, who had always been ingenious, would not follow the ancestral example and really kill the envoy. But he doesn't have an official position now, he can't intervene in the discussion of the ministers at all, he is impatient, and suddenly he can't help but be overjoyed when he sees Yang Ling coming, with Yang Ling's identity at the moment, it is enough to influence the emperor's mind, and now it is finally safe.

Gu Dayong hurriedly sang loudly: "Yang Ling, the mighty marquis and the general of the Zhu Kingdom, see you!" ”

As soon as the ministers were stunned, Yang Ling hurriedly walked in to meet Zhengde, and then asked: "Your Majesty, the ministers heard that the Japanese envoys committed murder on the streets of the downtown area, and the soldiers of the five cities surrounded the Siyi Pavilion, and now the government and the opposition are angry, and they are in a hurry to ask to see the emperor, I don't know if you have discussed the result?" ”

Zhengde said helplessly: "All of you Aiqing's worries are reasonable, so I am in a panic, Yang Qing came just in time, you can help me get an idea." This envoy was rude and barbaric, and even killed people in the street, as the saying goes, killing people pays for life, and should be punished severely, but."

He hesitated for a moment and said: "Following the old practice of the first dynasty, I have always treated the tributary envoys well, and never been able to do the precedent of envoys, when the emperor was there, the Japanese envoys killed people on the street in Jining, and they were also relieved.

Zhang Cai, the servant of the ministry, was a person of Liu Jin's lineage, and when he saw Yang Ling coming, he couldn't help but perk up, and said eloquently: "Your Majesty, the sage has a cloud, 'The people were born with good qualities, but they were not good, so they set up the king to be good, and this providence is also." ’

The emperor is the lord of the four seas, the people are obedient, but also the desire for the face of the sky, there is a heart for goodness, the emperor is holy and virtuous, if it seems to be benevolent to rule the world, and the four Yi are harmonious, then the world is grateful for virtue, and naturally affects the stubborn. ”

The old minister Yang Shousui was loyal, although it was Yang Ling's idea to open the sea ban, he still did not want to kill the envoy to make the four desolations secretly laugh at the Heavenly Empire, and also went out to play: "Broadcast the voice and teach outside the eight wildernesses, and the flow of benevolence is beneficial to the table of the nine circles." Courtesy and courtesy, the above national moral words and chapters of Suihua, is the national policy of my Celestial Empire, such as dynasties, all the emperors do not uphold the court's generosity and benevolence, in order to show the court's forgiveness and tenderness, I hope the emperor will think twice."

Li Dongyang objected: "Your Majesty, what Lord Yang said is certainly reasonable, but the Japanese people have a beast's heart, the strong will be robbers, and the weak will be humble, regardless of kindness and righteousness, and it is their heavenly surname to look at it from the ancient times."

Since they paid tribute to our dynasty, there are few people who do not cause trouble, which shows that it is not enough to educate Mu En. Virtue is soft China, punishment is threatened, and the minister thinks that even if he does not kill, he should be punished."

With Li Dongyang's suggestion to punish the murderer, it turned out that he was ashamed to mention the word "kill", Yang Ling couldn't help but sigh secretly when he heard this: Leniency and fraternity towards barbarians are indeed my Chinese tradition.

Mo said that at this time, the Japanese people's harm to my Ming Dynasty was still extremely limited, even if the Japanese became the national enemies of the Chinese in later generations, we still raised those executioners whose hands were stained with blood, and we hoped to influence these beasts with great "generosity" beyond the scope of human surnames?

But what is the result of good intentions? Once most of them were released back to China, they still hated our people and continued to be ferocious and aggressive.

Thinking of this, Yang Ling took a step forward, took a long look, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minister took the liberty to speak, and the minister thought that what Lord Zhang and Lord Yang said was wrong, and what Scholar Yang said was also inappropriate."

"Huh?" Yang Ling waved the stick, and the two factions of "forgiveness" and "severe punishment" each played fifty boards, what opinion did he have? The ministers immediately pricked up their ears, wanting to hear him understand.

Yang Ling said angrily: "The Japanese are like a virgin when they are gentle, and they are like beasts when they are brutal, and all kinds of manifestations are actually just worshipping power, bullying the soft and fearing the hard. ”

His resounding words continued to echo in the quiet hall: "Wanting to influence and make people feel grace is like playing the harp to a cow, which often makes them pampered and arrogant, not only do they not know the good intentions of our Heavenly Empire, but they regard friendship with the Celestial Empire as a means, intensify their efforts, have no scruples, and once they cause trouble, they will use good-neighborliness and friendship as a bargaining chip to bargain."

Therefore, the minister thought: It is better to influence Huairen than to punish him! ”

Yang Shousui couldn't hold his breath and said: "My lord, according to the ancestral system."

Yang Ling continued: "This is not contrary to the ancestral system, it must be known that now the two countries are about to open the private market, and the situation of simple tribute is not the same as the previous simple tribute, in the future, there will be frequent people-to-people exchanges, there will inevitably be barbarians to cause trouble, and there are also people of our Heavenly Dynasty who are greedy and fraudulent, and the protection of criminal law is imminent."

At this time, whether it is a courtier of my heavenly court, or a tribute minister, we should set an example for future people-to-people exchanges, otherwise it will be out of control in the future, so I think that it is not only to be punished, but also to be severely punished by the law, in order to set an example! ”

Yang Ling raised his eyebrows, and said awe-inspiringly: "The minister asks the emperor to issue an order to immediately arrest the murderer and hand over the three law divisions to the canonical punishment, the Celestial Empire shows benevolence, but it cannot fall into the prestige of the Celestial Empire." ”。

"Your Majesty, a loving mother has many defeated children, and a stick produces a filial son! For a child who is unreasonable, he should be let know that the flesh hurts, and he will be obedient in the future! ”

Jiao Fang was old and slick, and as soon as he saw Yang Ling appear, he knew that his procrastination trick was temporarily useless, and everything was only the first thing to look forward to. So he didn't make his attitude clear, and after listening to Yang Ling's words, he immediately went out and said, "The minister seconded the proposal!" ”

Liu Yu and others also echoed, Li Dongyang and Yang Tinghe glanced at each other, and couldn't help but bow their heads.

Emperor Zhengde looked around, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "That's good! That's it, the Terracotta Division immediately arrested the murderer, handed it over to the three divisions for trial, and put that turtle on the vegetable market to be punished! ”

In the afternoon of the same afternoon, the Gojo Terracotta Division received a holy decree and rushed into the Siyi Pavilion to arrest the murderer Kono Kaushiro, ignoring the protests and obstructions of Ouchi Yoshiyoshi and others.

Ouchi Yoshiyong and Hosokawa Chengming were furious, and they were sitting in danger waiting for Wang Hua and Yang Ling to come forward to explain, but they sat for an afternoon, and even a ceremonial hall official was not sent by anyone.

It was not until the second day that they heard that Yang Ling and Wang Hua had entered the Siyi Pavilion, and the two hurried to the Huibin Building, and after waiting for a long time no one came in, they sent a confidant warrior who knew Chinese to visit, but the report said that Wang Hua and General Yang Ling of the Ming Rite Department were meeting with the North Korean envoy Park Eun-hee in another hall.

The two of them were full of suspicions, and the tea was colorless, only to see Yang Ling and Wang Hua smiling on their faces, and Shi Shiran walked in. The two of them welcomed the two into the hall with unhappy faces.

After the guests and hosts sat down, Ouchi Yoshiyong suppressed his anger, bowed and saluted: "Two adults, the general Kono-kun in the next family was drunk, and because of the language barrier, he had a conflict with the people of the Ming Dynasty, so that he killed people by mistake, and he was really panicked and uneasy, so he asked the two adults for their guilt."

Yang Lingpi said with a smile: "Mr. Ouchi, please hurry up, the law of the Ming Dynasty is strict, the guilty will be punished, and the innocent will not be punished, Mr. Ouchi is not strict, he should ask the king of your country for the crime, as an envoy, it is inconvenient for me to put a beak."

Yang Ling's eyes swept away, and he had already seen the different looks of the two in his eyes, and he was secretly thinking in his heart.

Ouchi Yiyong's face floated with joy, and he sighed politely: "The Heavenly Empire is really lenient and benevolent, and it is sincere and convincing. Kono has been captured by the Five Cities Terracotta Division, and the Lord will hand him over to the next according to the old practice.

Of course, in order to give an account to His Majesty the Emperor and the people of the Ming Dynasty, the envoy should have punished him immediately and severely in accordance with the law, but in the Ming Dynasty, the implementation of this law will inevitably be disrespectful to His Majesty the Emperor, and the envoy will take him back to China, and after pleading guilty to the king, he will be severely punished according to the law."

Yang Ling was surprised and said: "Your Excellency's family will trample on the land of the Ming Dynasty, kill the people of the Ming Dynasty, and violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so naturally it should be punished in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and it should be brought back to the country for punishment, what is the reason?" ”

Hosokawa Chengming's eyes flashed with surprise, and he couldn't help but glance at Ouchi Yoshiyong, Ouchi Yoshiyong's face changed slightly, and he smiled forcefully: "Then how will the adults punish them?" ”

Yang Ling said lightly: "This official is not a criminal officer, so I don't know much about it, but killing people pays for life, the world is the same, I think it's probably the same."

Ouchi Yoshiyong was furious and protested: "Lord Yang, Kono Kameshiro is my general, he is a samurai, and he doesn't have to pay for his life to kill civilians."

Wang Hua stroked his palms and said: "Your Excellency Don't be impatient, Lord Yang has already said that since he committed murder in my Daming, he will naturally be sentenced in accordance with the laws of Daming." In the kingdom of Middle Earth, it has always been the prince who broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people. Do the warriors of your country enjoy privileges in my Ming Dynasty? ”

He smiled and said: "Yesterday, Mr. Ouchi mentioned that the merchants of your country did not receive the protection of the Ming law in the past, and our move is to show the two envoys our determination to open the sea ban and trade exchanges: no matter the people of the other country and our country, we will treat everyone equally.

Those who come from your country are all protected by the laws of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, they must also be bound by the laws of the Ming Dynasty. I believe that those who dare to break the law and cause chaos in the future will be restrained, and this will be of great benefit to our future cooperation. ”

Yang Ling smiled and said: "Yes, I am benevolent to the emperor, and I originally wanted to be lenient with the noble envoy and attendant who committed the murder, punish him with rotten punishment and then send Maduo to be a slave for life, but I believe that Mr. Ouchi is unwilling to shield the murderer and accept my emperor's extrajudicial favor, so I want my emperor to recommend severe punishment."

Eunuch as a prisoner, and also sent Mado as a slave? What kind of place is that, I have never heard of it, is it reclamation or sheep grazing? This is the extrajudicial grace of the Ming Emperor? Ouchi Yoshiyong listened to it with a sullen heart and a bitter mouth.

If he ends up like this, the whole country will be humiliated, so it is better to let him die cleanly. Ouchi Yoshiyong never imagined that the Ming Court would be so strong now.

He gritted his teeth and threatened in a deep voice: "I have the intention of making friends with the Ming Dynasty, but now that the discussion is undecided, I am afraid that His Highness will not be happy if I behead our envoy first, if this is the case, the envoy will need to wait for further news from the country on the issue of tribute and cooperation."

Yang Ling smiled and said: "This is very good, this official is really too busy to deal with all the countries at the same time, if your envoy needs to wait for a while, I just happen to discuss matters with Korea, Ryukyu, Luzon, and Annam first, Mr. Ouchi does not need to be in a hurry, although slowly ask for the opinion of the king of your country."

Hosokawa Chengming's heart moved when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked: "This is a presumptuous question, are the above countries also here because of the opening of the sea and the lifting of the ban and the matter of trade with each other?" ”

Wang Hua said with a smile: "Exactly, when the countries heard the news, they were jubilant and happy, and the existing envoys in Beijing are learning about the specific strategy of our dynasty to open up the sea and trade.

Yesterday, the envoy of the king of the Ryukyus entered the table, because the Ryukyu country is small and weak, it is difficult to ensure the safety of shipping, so he asked the Celestial Empire to send troops to the Ryukyu maritime port to assist in maritime trade with the Ming Dynasty. ”

Yang Ling also said: "Just now, the North Korean envoy invited me to meet, and I also hope that our DPRK will send additional troops to jointly appease the Qinghai Frontier, so as not to affect this great business opportunity."

Ouchi Yoshiyoshi and Hosokawa Chengmei were taken aback when they heard the news, they didn't know that the Ming Dynasty's strategy to open the sea had only been finalized in the past two days, and the countries had not had time to react, and they just thought: Is the Ming Navy now capable of expeditions, and even send troops overseas? Seeing that they are so determined, if the Daming Naval Division really has the ability to enter the Ryukyus and Korea, then the advantage will be lost.

At that time, Daming still needs to cooperate with his country? These two countries are close at hand, but I am afraid that after a long time, the Ming Dynasty has trained a strong sailor, one south and one north, and will clamp the book in the center, not only can not get the benefits of maritime trade, but also be subject to others, and every move must be seen by the corner of the eyes of the Ming Dynasty.

Ouchi Yoshiyong's face froze, and Hosokawa Chengming hurriedly said: "When His Royal Highness Yongzheng was waiting for the envoy, he strictly instructed him to abide by the laws of the Celestial Empire, and not to arbitrarily mess with the law, as long as Daming can handle the case fairly, I think His Royal Highness will not have any opinions when he hears about Kono Kameshiro."

Yang Ling smiled slightly when he heard this, he had expected that Hosokawa Chengming, who had nothing to do with the matter, would never lose the opportunity to take advantage of the power of the big family for the sake of someone else's family. It's Ouchi Yiyong, and now he is also speculating about the meaning of the court and pretending to be tough, thinking that he is arguing fiercely about the ministers yesterday, and some people are in favor of leniency and forgiveness.

However, with the strong interests of opening the sea and trade, and the news that was deliberately revealed to him, as long as Ouchi Yoshiyoshi is not a stupid martial artist, he will make a wise choice. Sure enough, Ouchi Yoshiyoshi only weighed it slightly, and said with patience: "In this case, there is still a reluctant request below, and I hope it can be granted."

Yang Ling smiled and said: "Your Excellency, please speak, as long as it is within the power of this official, there must be nothing to be discouraged."

Ouchi Yoshiyong said: "Since you want to punish Kono and fight for your life, can you ask your lord to hand him over, and the envoy will make him apologize for his seppuku and personally execute the mistake."

Yang Ling didn't think about it, and immediately shook his head and said: "It's a pity that the Ming Dynasty does not have the rules for lynching, the Ming canonical punishment is to set an example, and there is no point in committing suicide in fear of crime."

He glanced at Hosokawa Chengming, and said, "Although Mr. Ouchi can rest assured, when the trial is held, he will invite two people to make the upper three law divisions personally listen to the trial to ensure justice." We are here today to further discuss matters concerning the formation of naval divisions, coordination in the eradication of pirates, military cooperation between the naval divisions of the two sides, berthing ports, and supply docks. As for Kono, he is just a death row inmate who has committed a crime and is waiting to be killed, so why regret it? ”

As soon as Hosokawa Chengming heard this, he immediately concentrated his attention and preemptively said: "Regarding this matter, our Hosokawa family's leading minister has repeatedly asked him when the envoy came, and he is very willing to cooperate with the Daming Navy Master to sweep away the sea bandits from north to south.

As far as we know, in addition to some outlaws gathered on the island by Daming and Yue Benxiao, there are now pirates from the far west, often invading Haijiang, and their current power is still in the southwest corner, presumably they do not dare to directly attack Daming.

However, the wealth of the robbers is heavy, the so-called desire is difficult to fill, these robbers from afar are becoming more and more frequent, and the forces are gradually opening northward, Jingqing Haijiang, sweeping the group of robbers, these people are also among the sweeps, our Hosokawa family is willing to cooperate with the Daming Sailors, please consider more Lord Wang and Lord Yang."

Ouchi Yoshiyong saw the matter of Shiyu Kono Kameshiro, but gave Hosokawa a chance, and was secretly anxious in his heart, and hurriedly said: "The Ouchi family originally had a sailor, in order to protect the tributary trade fleet, escort and fight pirates many times, and is very familiar with naval warfare, if Daming is willing to cooperate with us, we are willing to fully cooperate with Daming sailors in naval warfare technology, navigation technology, and ordnance."

Yang Ling was puzzled in his heart: Could it be that Spanish pirates are now infesting the South China Sea? I didn't pay attention to this aspect of information before, but this clue is very important, and it seems that I have to pay attention to it in the inner factory when I go back.

He and Wang Hua looked at each other tacitly, smiled, leaned forward, and began to discuss the cooperation of the sailor with them.

It is said that the family of the Daichi righteous envoy of the Bengong Mission, Kono Kameishiro, was tried in the third division of Dali Temple, and the special envoys of the country, Ouchi Yoshiyoshi and Hosokawa Chengming, attended the court.

Because the criminal involved a foreign envoy and the case was serious, he was arraigned in the Sanfa Division, but he was detained in Dongchang, and Dai Yi presided over there, and Kono Kameishiro suffered a lot of crimes, but when he was arraigned, he couldn't see what kind of torture he had suffered.

Kono Kameshiro killed people in the street, there are many witnesses, and there is no need to investigate too much, the three law divisions hurriedly finished the trial, and played the emperor, Ouchi Yoshiyoshi and Hosokawa Sumiaki saw that Kono Kameshiro was no longer able to be saved, so they had to petition for guilt, and pretended to ask for severe punishment of the murderer to comfort the deceased, so as to clarify the law and discipline.

Emperor Zhengde received the table, and immediately issued an order to accept the opinions of the two envoys, punish the evil severely, cook the murderer, and strictly instructed the second envoy to convey to the king that in the future, he should send envoys to use it for people, not to be barbaric.

The second envoy was dumbfounded, originally they were just following the routine to do official articles, repeatedly said that the envoy was tributary, there were many people who violated the law, they had to ask for guilt according to the rules, and the emperor was also forgiven as usual, only forgave the sin, never added the crime, today's behavior of the little emperor really opened their eyes, the two said that the envoy was really dumb to eat the yellow lotus, and there was no bitterness to say.

Dongchang and the prison officials of the Criminal Department escorted Kono Kaushiro to the entrance of the vegetable market, and Ouchi Yoshiyong, Hosokawa Chengming, and all the envoys, as well as Park Eun-hee, who was waiting for domestic news, and Annan's special envoy Nguyen Dayou, who had been idle, were also invited to watch the execution.

The murder of the Japanese people has spread all over the capital, and the people have been extremely indignant, and the will of the Zhengde Emperor has been lifted, and the people cheer.

The Ming Dynasty tortured a lot, beheading, skinning, Ling Chi, lighting sky lanterns, and so on, but in addition to dealing with cults and bandits, most of them were beheaded. As for the punishment of wok cooking, since the Yongle Emperor Jing is difficult to seize the throne, oil cooking Tie Xuan has never been used, now the Zhengde Emperor ordered to apply the punishment of wok cooking, and it is also water cooking, the people of Beijing one to relieve hatred, two novelty, the entrance of the vegetable market has long been crowded, thousands of heads of water splashed in.

There is a temporary execution tent at the entrance of the vegetable market, the front is made of loess with a three-foot high platform, and the thick iron branch frame at the mouth of the bowl supports a large iron wedge in the center, this iron wedge is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, four feet in diameter, more than two feet deep, there is clear water in it, and there is a pile of firewood poured with oil below, the executioner reads aloud the cause of the case, and then unfolds the holy decree to read the will of the Zhengde Emperor.

Thousands of people knelt down at the same time, and the envoys of various countries also knelt down to listen to the decree, and the executioner announced the holy decree, took out a half-red and half-black fire order arrow from the lottery box, threw it forward, and shouted: "Come, lead the prisoners, and execute them immediately!" ”

Kono Kameshiro was tied with a finger-thick hemp rope on his body, and his shoulders were tied to wipe his arms, and his hands and feet were tied upside down like horses' hooves and lying on a donkey cart.

Kono Kaushiro was terrified, but he stuffed a cork in his mouth, and his limbs were tied upside down into twisted flowers, and he couldn't shout or move, and for fear of water pouring into his nose, he had to stretch his neck and hold his head high, staring at a pair of frightened, begging, and remorseful eyes sinking or floating in the water.

The torch was thrown, the fire was ignited, the water temperature was gradually heated, and the torture gradually entered the bones, compared to throwing it into the boiling oil pot, a puff of green smoke rose up, and the taste of burning the skin and flesh was killed in an instant, and the tribute envoys were frightened and their faces changed miserably.

They have heard of the torture of the Ming Dynasty for a long time, and they have talked about it with relish, but this torture has always been only used on the Ming Dynasty itself, and this is the first time that a foreign envoy has tasted it.

But when they saw their companions being tortured in this way, and when they heard the louder and more terrible screams coming from their throats and noses, they suddenly felt a heartfelt awe for the land under their feet and the people who lived on it.

Since then, throughout his life, as the first batch of envoys to set foot on the land of the Ming Dynasty since the opening of the sea, whether they acted as merchants in transactions or stayed in the Ming Dynasty as envoys, they always followed the rules, and none of them dared to violate the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

(To be continued)