Chapter 174: Trial Results

On the morning of the third day, the British merchants came to Yamen, and Yinzhen first asked them to arrange for them to sit down, and then asked them to invite the more well-known wealthy merchants and local officials in Guangzhou.

Gathered together, most of them knew each other, some didn't know why, and they inquired into each other, so the whole room was chattering.

"Lord Zhizhou sent someone to ask us to come over, and I don't know what the hell is going on, so he is so popular."

"I don't look like a trivial matter, people with heads and faces in Guangzhou have come over, where is the trivial matter like this!"

"That's right, I just hope there won't be any mess, or ......"

……

Yinzhen saw that everyone had arrived, so he planned to open a court trial.

Because there were a lot of people, they directly made those officials and wealthy businessmen stand in the courtyard, and on the knees above the middle hall were those British businessmen, who smoked Fushou ointment and participated in harming people with Fushou ointment.

The people standing in the courtyard looked at this scene, a little confused, and their hearts were drumming.

The people kneeling in the middle hall are more or less familiar to them, and they all have contacts on weekdays, but now where they kneel, they are very embarrassed, and a few of them are not only unkempt, but even snotty, and look like beggars.

A few British businessmen looked at the missing companions and were surprised to see them kneeling on the ground.

At the same time, I also had a bad premonition in my heart.

Liang Jiugong: "The emperor has arrived." ”

As soon as this voice came out, before the Yinzhen people appeared, the courtyard in the hall immediately fell silent, and no one spoke.

Yinzhen didn't know much about his visit to Guangzhou this time, only a few local officials, so most people didn't know that the emperor had come to Guangzhou.

Yinzhen appeared, sat on the top, everyone saluted and bowed, and then Yinzhen directly asked people to read out the evidence of the crime.

“…… (a string of names) and others in the Qing Dynasty privately peddled Fushou ointment, making ...... (A string of names) these people are addicted, after verification, Fushou paste can not only make people addicted, long-term use will make people become sluggish, reduce lifespan, that is to say, Fushou paste is a chronic deadly poison, so, the following punishment is hereby made......"

Yinzhen, a British businessman who peddled Fushou ointment, didn't want their lives, after all, he was a foreigner, he directly let people taste their Fushou ointment, and treated them in the same way as others, and directly killed them cheaply.

Half of the property of other people who smoked Fushou paste was confiscated, and when to quit the addiction of Fushou paste and when to go back, as for the bad things of the two wealthy businessmen Liu and Wang, he also poked them out one by one, and the family property was not confiscated, but the "nephew" and "stepmother" were severely punished.

Yin Zhen glanced at the stunned crowd: "There are objections." ”

No one spoke, they didn't know anything and didn't know what to say.

Yin Zhen said again: "Since this is the case, then it is so decided, come and bring people up." ”

Next is the highlight that Yinzhen is going to show them.

It's an iron cage, and inside is a person, I can't see what it looks like, I look very sloppy, and I should say in my mouth: "Give it to me, I'll give it quickly, please, give me the blessing of longevity ......"

Everyone was a little confused by this posture.

Yin Zhen spoke: "This is the third master of the Xie family, Xie Zhengzhang." ”

Hearing Yinzhen's words, the first reaction of people who knew Xie Zhengzhang was not to believe it, how could it be possible, this Xie Zhengzhang looks like a dog when he goes out on weekdays, and he has the best face, how can he not even be as good as a beggar.

"I asked you to come here today to make people vigilant, this is the end of addiction to Fushou ointment, if you can't quit, that is chronic suicide, dignity is lost, I have made it clear today, if anyone is contaminated with this Fushou ointment in the future, he will be punished, three generations of his family will not be allowed to join the army, and four generations will not be allowed to participate in the imperial examination, and if they are found to be peddling Fushou ointment or similar drugs to the Qing Dynasty in the future, they will be punished with capital punishment."

As soon as these words came out, everyone could clearly calculate the emperor's attention to this matter, and when they saw Xie Zhengzhang, who was discredited with dignity in the cage, they also knew the harm of this blessing ointment.

Originally, the British merchants wanted to theorize, but when they saw the people in the cage, they couldn't speak, and some of the British merchants who came knew the effect of this Fushou ointment, and also knew the consequences of smoking it, and some people didn't know.

So this scene also made many British businessmen a little frightened.

Charlie and Carl are not very old, and this time they have gone to sea from a lot, and they really don't know such a thing as Fushou cream.

Carl is usually better at sociable than Charlie, and after Charlie listened, he turned his head to look at Carl and asked in a low voice, "Do you know this thing about Fushou Cream?" ”

Karl thought back for a moment, he really hadn't heard of such a thing as longevity ointment.

"No, I don't know, but this kind of thing does hurt people."

The two spoke, and the head of Yinzhen spoke again: "A total of 560 catties of Fushou paste were found on the merchant ships from Britain, and all the 560 catties were destroyed except for some of them used to punish people. ”

After Yinzhen finished speaking, he asked people to prepare things, and he asked people to vacate a space in the courtyard and threw those things into the fire in public.

Yin Zhen felt that this was not enough, he asked the British merchants who peddled Fushou paste to feed Fushou cream, and then planned to let them start a unique national "tour".

Newspaper reports and propaganda that real people demonstrate the harm of Fushou ointment, although the means seem a bit excessive, but it can indeed play a propaganda role, and it can also teach people a lesson, so that people know that Fushou ointment is not a good thing.

This time the hall trial went very smoothly, no one dared to say anything, mainly because they were confused by Fushou ointment, plus the emperor suddenly appeared, the biggest official they had ever seen was just the local governor and the political envoy and the like, the emperor's words, they really didn't have the courage to refute.

Yinzhen said everything he should have said, and then he left a thunderbolt, patted his ass and left.

Charlie felt that he was a little familiar when he saw the emperor, but he didn't think much about it, and after Yinzhen left, he suddenly thought of why the emperor was so familiar, and it turned out to be the person who "robbed" him to buy his things.

After Charlie knew that he understood, he was a little distracted, and Carl saw that he was starting to wander again, so he said: "Charlie, we should go back, and you have been wandering a lot lately, what are you thinking?" ”

Charlie shook his head, he was reluctant to tell the fact that he had a relationship with the emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

"It's nothing, let's go back too!"

Carl said as he walked, "Wait, these two days can't stop." ”

Charlie: "What do you say?" ”

Karl was a little keenly in this regard, and whispered: "Although this matter is not authentic on our side, but there are only a few people, how can it be so at the mercy of it, it is estimated that there will be a trouble." ”

Charlie didn't understand, what was there to make a fuss about, he saw the harm of Fushou Paste with his own eyes, he heard that Fushou Paste can make people addicted, and it will also make people's bodies ruined, it is normal for the emperor of the Qing Dynasty to punish him like this.

"Why are they making trouble?"

Although Carl's ability is not big, he is very transparent: "You still haven't understood, you didn't feel familiar when you saw the appearance of the Fushou paste just now?" ”

Charlie shook his head, he didn't think anything familiar.

Carl thought about it, "That's right, you think about your building all day long, and you probably won't notice the movement on the ship, and the slaves on the merchant ship we are on are eating Fushou ointment." ”

Charlie is not stupid, he immediately understood.

He didn't expect that the slaves on the ship were all controlled by Fushou ointment.

Charlie wanted to say something, but Carl said, "This is not the place to talk, let's go back and talk about it." ”

Charlie saw that there were still people around, and knew that it was not the place to speak, so he nodded his head.

After Yinzhen went back, Yun Rong looked at him and said, "It's all settled." ”

Yinzhen: "Sort of!" But you also know that nowadays, Fushou Paste is not very addictive and can be controlled, I am afraid that one day Fushou Paste will reach the level of opium, and there are always some people who want to take shortcuts, Fushou Paste can control people, and there are always people who secretly have ideas. ”l0ns3v3