"British duke, stop!"

Zhu Jie shouted angrily.

British Gong Zhang Shize let go of his big hand indignantly, stood aside, and still glared at Tong Haicheng fiercely.

"Tong Aiqing, although it is said that you opened a mine and set up a factory by the will of the imperial court, you need to remember that the way of Confucius and Mencius, the first is filial piety first, no matter how you tear down the wall of the cemetery, it is your fault to defecate in the cemetery first, go, first apologize to the British public and admit your mistake!"

Zhu Jie shouted in a deep voice.

Tong Haicheng's face turned red, and he said urgently: "Your Majesty, this British Duke has led people to destroy the facilities of the imperial court and hurt people's lives!" ”

"Shut up!"

Zhu Jie shouted: "One yard is one yard, I will deal with the matter of the British public bringing people to hurt people's lives, but disturbing and blaspheming the British public soul is child's play, the British public in the past dynasties are all pillars of the imperial court, and their merits are great, how can they be trampled on wantonly?" ”

"Yes!"

Tong Haicheng was very unconvinced, but since the emperor said it, there was no choice but to bow deeply to Zhang Shize, and said in a deep voice: "British duke, this matter is Meng Lang, a person from the Ministry of Commerce, who insulted the sages of the British public, and the lower officials apologize to you!" ”

"Humph!"

Zhang Shize's body twisted and did not answer, obviously his anger had not subsided.

Zhu Jie's voice softened slightly: "British duke, this matter was originally your responsibility, but you shouldn't, you shouldn't, you shouldn't, act without authorization, destroy the facilities built by the imperial court, and even order people to hurt people's lives, are you guilty?" ”

Zhang Shize's face was slightly red, and he said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the minister knows that this matter is not appropriate, but it is really the minister's anger and anger......"

"That's it, just remember your past exploits, and destroy the facilities, but I can't let it go lightly if it hurts people's lives, first, the British government wants to compensate for the casualties, and the lightly injured will be compensated with ten silver dollars; Compensation of $200 for the seriously injured; The deceased shall pay 1,000 silver dollars; second, those who participate in the operation shall be punished with hard labor for half a year; those who hurt people's lives were exiled to Yunnan; Third, you will be fined two years' salary to set an example; Are you convinced? ”

Zhu Jie asked.

Zhang Shize said in a sullen voice: "The emperor is willing to double the pension, only ask the emperor to exempt the punishment of exile, they were ordered by the ministers to do it, but now they want to be exiled or hard labor, the ministers really can't bear it, the rest, the ministers have no objections!" ”

Li Yan frowned, and said: "British Duke, this is already the emperor's extrajudicial mercy, the Great Ming Law, those who hurt people's lives, need to resist their lives, the emperor will exile him, it is already extraordinarily lenient, if the exile is exempted, where will the Great Ming Law be?" ”

Zhang Shize's eyes became sharp, how could the emperor speak, he didn't dare to be presumptuous, but what did Li Yan mean? Isn't it just a human life? Benjue's family has a Danshu iron coupon!

"Li Yan, what do you mean? Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has asked less about the court, that is because the emperor is wise and martial, and he doesn't want to add any trouble to the emperor's grand plans, but it doesn't mean that this lord will quit the court and want to be a turtle with a shrunken head for a lifetime. Is it your turn to speak? ”

Zhang Shize shouted loudly, Zhang Shize's anger was very bad today, Li Yan stood up, then Zhang Shize naturally pointed the finger at Li Yan, joke, one is a minister, the other is just a person, even if you don't say that you are a minister, even if you are the first minister, then don't want to be with us!

Zhu Jie's face sank suddenly, and he said indifferently: "British duke, when I just succeeded to the throne, the Manchurians were pressing step by step, and the soldiers went deep into the front line of Yangzhou. ”

Zhu Jie's face was gloomy, his eyes were shining, obviously he was already angry, what he was most taboo about was that someone was senior, and someone attacked Li Yan in the old things of the king, if these things were always mentioned, then Li Yan would have been thinking about showing his ambitions all his life!

Zhang Shize's heart jumped, knowing that he had said the wrong thing, there were many people who caused trouble to Li Yan at the beginning, but they were severely punished by the emperor one by one, and suffered a lot, and some people even lost their official positions and titles because of this incident!

"The emperor forgives the sin, and the minister lost his words for a while......"

Zhang Shize had to bow his head.

"Go, apologize to Lord Li!"

Zhu Jie's face remained unchanged, and he said lightly, but there was incomparable firmness in his tone, this is a matter of principle, and no one should touch it.

Zhang Shize had no choice but to admit his mistake to Li Yan.

Zhu Jie continued: "Okay, how about I sell your face today and allow you to triple your bereavement pension and avoid the punishment of exile for those who hurt people's lives?" ”

"Thank you for the emperor's grace!"

Zhang Shize hurriedly knelt on the ground, silver, what he has in the British Mansion is that he can't take out eight million taels of silver, and he still has a million family wealth, just one or two thousand silver dollars is just a drop in the bucket for him, he doesn't care at all, it's just that Zhang Shize, as a British duke, cherishes his feathers very much, and he must not let people poke his backbone because of this matter.

Zhu Jie waved his hand, and then said: "British Duke, there is another thing to discuss with you, this coal and iron industrial zone in the west of Beijing is personally drawn up by me, which is rich in coal and iron ore, adjacent to the capital, easy to supervise, once developed, it will bring huge benefits to the imperial court every year, whether it is coal, or steel, but it is urgently needed by the imperial court, it is impossible to stop the project, do you see if this is the case, the mausoleum of the British Duke will find a good place to be buried, a dry expense, the imperial court provisions, how about it?" ”

Zhang Shize's face changed greatly, he knelt on the ground, and said urgently: "Your Majesty, this matter is difficult to obey!" Starting from the ancestor Zhang Gongyu, the ancestors of our Zhang family are all buried here, the bones of the ancestors, the ministers dare not disturb, if the emperor insists on this, then kill the ministers first, buried here, and the rest of you want to relocate, the ministers can't control it......"

Zhu Jie's heart was shocked and helpless, everything else is okay to say, this matter involves the cemetery of the British duke, if the British duke is unwilling, who can move the imperial court?

"Li Yan, what good strategy do you have to kill two birds with one stone?"

Zhu Jie looked at Li Yan and asked.

Li Yan pondered for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the British Princesses have been virtuous and loyal to state affairs, and they have worked hard and forcibly relocated the cemetery, but they are afraid that it will be inappropriate, and if they look for another treasure of feng shui, where will the imperial court find a treasure that can surpass the feng shui of the British Princess?" Yes, the minister thought, it is better for the emperor to add a grace, and the British public in the past dynasties will enjoy the temple, and then move the cemetery, I don't know what you think? ”

(End of chapter)