Chapter 146: Hanging on the Bridge!
Chen Shaohong listened to the conversation between Lu Liang and Zhu Guangjun, and already understood what Lu Liang was going to do.
Chen Shaohong immediately expressed his dissatisfaction:
"Those children and slave girls can be handed over to you, and these men must be executed, in public.
"Let the Xiyi people in the colony see what these monks are.
"This is benevolence, righteousness and morality on the surface, but in the bones, men steal and prostitute women......"
Then Lu Liang and Chen Shaohong looked at Zhu Guangjun together.
This kind of thing involves civil affairs, and according to the rules of the Ming Army, the actual decision-maker is Zhu Guangjun.
Jeffrey is also a clever person, and according to the conversation and reaction of the three of them just now, he has also figured out several endings of his own.
The first is to be directly executed, either by shooting or by hanging, either privately or publicly.
Then he left the handle and did things for the Daming West Factory in the future, but on the surface he was still a high-level French colony.
Even in order to get deeper information, Xichang may help himself continue to be promoted.
Although he will be subject to others for the rest of his life, which makes Jeffrey panic and fear.
But it's better to die than to live.
Moreover, since what he did was exposed, he has no chance to die well now.
Da Ming executed his colleagues, and he would definitely make what he did public.
It was used to attack the prestige of France and the Church, and to undermine the stable order of the Yinzhou colony.
Thinking in this way, if you do things for the West Factory in the future, you can avoid Daming from making these things public.
On the contrary, it was conducive to stabilizing the situation in the colonies, maintaining French control over the colonies, and protecting the reputation and prestige of the Church and the French government.
Therefore, doing things for the West Factory is not a surrender, but a burden of humiliation and a public heart.
At the same time, Jeffrey also found the person who really decided his fate:
"Overseer, spare your life! I will not die in my sin! I am willing to do things for the West Factory and Daming! ”
As the person in charge of the ideological work of the Ming Army, Zhu Guangjun's thinking angle is slightly different from that of Lu Liang and Chen Shaohong.
Although Zhu Guangjun didn't know Zhu Jingyuan's ideal goal in Yinzhou, he understood what was most in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty.
To destabilize the British and French colonies of Yinzhou, it is best to plunge them into civil strife or even chaos, so that their development will be completely stagnant or even regressive.
This is the most beneficial thing for the Ming Dynasty and the colony of Yinzhou in the Ming Dynasty.
According to the current situation, making Jeffrey a special downline of the West Factory may not have a great benefit from destabilizing the French colonies.
Jeffrey is not willing to become a downline, and will definitely find a way to get out of control.
The point is that this level of decision-making is not something that an overseer of his own division can do.
After pondering, Zhu Guangjun said:
"Let's get what we need done and hand it over to Operational Command for a decision.
"Lu file, when the camera comes, according to your needs to sort out the files, go and get the due files.
"Lao Chen, you ordered someone to lock off and control the scene, and all other handover affairs were carried out normally.
"There should be a telegraph line in this city, and it should be possible to communicate directly with the rear."
Chen Shaohong and Lu Liang understood Zhu Guangjun's logic, so they could only reluctantly agree for the time being.
Zhu Guangjun took people to take over the telegraph center and sent messages to Xintianfu and Haijiao Huangzhuang.
Lu Liang led people to direct those prostitutes and arranged some more exciting "plots" for Mr. Jeffrey.
Although the camera can't record directly, continuous photos can also tell the story.
Jeffrey's life hangs in the balance, so he can only do it.
Jeffrey comforted himself in his heart that even if he refused, the other party could arrange it forcibly.
There are too many legends of the West Factory, what kind of truth spitting elixir, what hypnotism, what castration of claustrophobic human flesh......
The matter in the basement of the church was soon sent to the receiving governor of Beiyinzhou.
Considering that the impact of this incident may be relatively large, it was also directly copied to the delegation of the peace talks in the Huangzhuang of Haijiao in the Western Ocean.
The main question was whether the delegation had any comments and whether they would be useful in subsequent negotiations.
After Shen Fu saw the news, he went directly to find Zhu Jingyuan.
Zhu Jingyuan listened to the calm explanation, looked at the detailed telegram in his hand, and was stunned for several seconds with emotion.
In my previous life, I always heard relevant legends, but now the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty have caught it.
After Shen Fu waited for Zhu Jingyuan to read it, he briefly explained his thoughts:
"Your Highness, can you let Geoffrey cooperate with Napoleon, or even coronate Napoleon in the future.
"This will not only help us control the current situation in the French colony of Yinzhou, but also control the court established by Napoleon in the future.
"Even if necessary, it is possible to abandon Geoffrey, who was in a high position in Napoleon's court, and attack Napoleon's prestige."
Zhu Jingyuan subconsciously wanted to nod, and then quickly suppressed these thoughts.
Zhu Jingyuan thought that he knew Napoleon better than Shen Fu, and he was not an ordinary military leader who wanted to stand on his own.
Napoleon: He doesn't necessarily care about the origin of the title now.
With the Oriental way of acquiring imperial power, there is no need for a bishop or even a pope to crown oneself.
If Jeffrey's affairs were known to Napoleon, Napoleon might have killed Jeffrey to sacrifice the flag to increase his popularity among the people.
Instead of letting Napoleon use it, it would be better for the Ming to use it.
So Zhu Jingyuan explained his thoughts to Shen Fu:
"Mr. Shen, I think it is true that we can do that, but after that, things may not always be under our control.
"I think we can think differently......
"What if we could openly show all the inhabitants of Quebec the truth about the Quebec Church?
"Then we publicly execute all the prisoners.
"In doing so, it should weaken the French colonial authorities and the influence of the French Church in the region......
"Make the situation in the French colonies of North Yinzhou even more chaotic.
"That should be more beneficial to us, right?
"Which method is more advantageous to use Jeffrey as an inside line or to execute him like this?"
Shen Fu thought seriously for a while:
"The minister's idea is to use 'tools', which can be regarded as a conspiracy, and the plan is in the people, and the success is in the sky.
"Incidents may damage my prestige.
"His Highness's perspective is to create a 'momentum', but a conspiracy, to guide according to the situation, and not afraid of failure.
"It can strengthen my prestige.
"The minister thinks that His Highness's idea is more appropriate.
"You can let the people from the Ministry of Rites cooperate and give appropriate guidance directions and plans."
Zhu Jingyuan nodded lightly:
"Hmm...... Well, this really has to be done by professionals.
"But do you want to tell Napoleon? Let him wait for the opportunity? ”
Shen Fu smiled:
The minister felt that he didn't need to tell him specifically, and he could take the initiative to publish the news in the newspaper of Haijiao Huangzhuang after the start of the operation.
"If Napoleon pays attention to current events, he will see it himself, he will not see it himself, and he will discuss it around him."
Zhu Jingyuan also smiled:
"That's right, that's what to do."
Thus, in the afternoon of the same day, the public trial of the Quebec church began.
The New Tianfu Army, which has arrived in Quebec one after another, has reached one guard in number, and has completely controlled the urban order of Quebec.
A large number of citizens stranded in Quebec were summoned and driven to the square in front of the church.
It was normal to gather in a church, and ordinary citizens thought that something important had something important to announce, so they did not resist much.
Several local elders were brought into the church and first visited the basement of the church.
The scene witnessed the luxurious environment of the underground hedonistic den, and witnessed the tragic situation of those slave girls and children.
The old men were stunned, and looked at several church members with a conservative personality, their faces full of disbelief:
"Father Geoffrey?"
"Is this really the basement of the church?"
A few people with a short personality who want to hit people with their fists:
"You beasts!"
"What are you doing in the church of Our Lady!"
When the Tessians saw this, they were far more excited than the Ming people, because they were their kind.
Chen Shaohong let the soldiers control the situation at the scene, otherwise Jeffrey, who had worked hard as an actor for half a day, would definitely have to be beaten by the old punch.
Guarded and supervised by Ming soldiers, the old men left the basement with their children and slave girls and went under the porch in front of the church.
Zhu Guangjun found two Minghua elements to be translators, stood on the table of the two chapters with a copper foil speaker, and translated Zhu Guangjun's words into French and shouted out.
Zhu Guangjun announced the situation in the basement of the church and the situation discovered by the Ming soldiers in an orderly manner.
The whole venue quickly became a mess.
Many people were emotionally broken and couldn't believe what Zhu Guangjun had made public.
"O our God!"
"How can this be ......"
"That's not true, is it?"
"How could Mr. Jeffrey be like that......"
But there were prostitutes, slave girls, and scarred children coming out of the church.
A loved one of the children happened to be at the scene.
A woman in her thirties, when she saw the children, ran out directly screaming:
"That's Charles...... Little Charles...... My sister's Charles ......"
Coincidental...... It may also be inevitable that most of the children who can appear under the church are not specially found from other places.
The woman, the aunt of a little boy, rushed straight under the porch and hugged the shivering little boy.
The little boy, who had been stunned for a long time, immediately burst into tears when he saw his relatives:
"Auntie...... Aunt ......"
When Zhu Guangjun saw the situation, he immediately asked the Minghua elements to question, confirm the identity of the other party, and let the others continue to shout and announce it.
The woman also cried while explaining what happened at the beginning:
"My sister and I went to church to pray and came back to find that the child was missing.
"We've been looking for days, but we didn't expect it to be inside the church......
"I still can't believe it's true......"
It didn't take long for another relative of the slave girl to slowly recognize her relatives, and then rushed to the porch to hug her head and cry.
It turned out that those female slaves were not real female slaves, and some were just ordinary children of immigrants who were imprisoned.
In the face of these iron-clad facts, the immigrants on the scene have to believe that what they see is the truth.
In this sacred place in front of me, there is a place to hide filth and dirt underneath.
Many people already have complaints about the church, and after finding a way to vent, they then scold.
After Zhu Guangjun explained the situation in general, he began to take the initiative to guide the atmosphere at the scene.
Begin arranging for mothers and young people to visit the basement and then ask them to explain what is going on inside.
It was also announced that the church will remain open and anyone will be allowed to visit it in the future.
The whole square soon became angry, and soon some people could not control their emotions.
Many angry parents rushed down to the porch, grabbed Jeffrey and several monks, and beat them hard, regardless of the circumstances.
Jeffrey screamed hoarsely for help, but no one came to their rescue.
Chen Shaohong looked at the surging crowd, retreated slightly with his soldiers, and asked Zhu Guangjun, the overseer beside him:
"Overseer...... Let's really leave them alone? ”
Zhu Guangjun said with a serious expression:
"This is a plan arranged by the Ministry of Rites, which directly asks the people to beat them to death, and then hangs them in the most conspicuous place for display.
"Lao Chen, do you think it's better to hang it at the door of this church or on the bridge?"
Chen Shaohong was stunned for a moment, subconsciously raised his head, and then immediately shook his head and said:
"This church will have to be the temporary headquarters of our guard in the future, don't you think it's bad luck to hang a few of these things at the door?
"And after becoming the headquarters here, you can't let ordinary Xiyi get close, and the Xiyi can't see it.
"In the past, we all hung the city gate, and there is no city gate where people often enter and exit, so let's hang on the bridge."
Zhu Guangjun nodded in agreement:
"Then hang it on the bridge, just on the other end of the bridge, so that Xiyi over there can see it at any time."
Eventually, Geoffrey and several of the monks involved were beaten to death by the angry crowd.
Zhu Guangjun did not continue to do too much guidance.
These groups of people will become migrants and may stay on the other side of Quebec, may go to other cities, or even return to Ctessy.
They will spread the relevant news by word of mouth.
They are not the main force that delivers the message, they are the ones who verify the message.
Because the world already has transoceanic telegraphs and newspapers.
The Ming Army completely took over the Quebec Church and did not allow the clergy and monks to relocate.
Let the soldiers escort all the church personnel directly to the other side of the Quebec Bridge.
The bodies of Jeffrey and others will then be hung on the Quebec Bridge.
The next day, the relevant news appeared in the local newspapers of Beiyinzhou and Xintianfu.
The already depressed atmosphere of the colony of Northern Yinzhou was in an uproar, and the disgust with the French colonial authorities reached a critical point.
On the third day, more newspapers reprinted the news, including the Western Cape Huangzhuang and the local newspapers of Daming.
There were large-scale riots in several cities of the French colony in Yinzhou.
The fourth day is the mid-autumn of the thirty-fourth year of Taiping.
In this festival, which has spread all over the world, the French colony of Yinzhou gave a great gift to the French and the church.
Newspapers almost all over the world have reprinted and reported on the Quebec church.
Under the impetus of the Ministry of Rites and the personnel of the West Factory, the speed of information dissemination is very fast.
Before the Church and the French court made a move, it was published in the major newspapers and spread throughout society.
When King Louis XVI of France received the news, he slapped the table with a newspaper and shouted:
"Demons, these people are demons!"
The cardinal next to him echoed with a serious expression:
"Yes, these Ming people are all demons, especially Xichang.
"It must have been the people of the West Factory who used despicable means to hold poor Jeffrey hostage.
"Forced him to do things that were contrary to his good intentions......"
Louis XVI said with some chagrin:
"That's not the point, the point is what should we do now?
"The Yinzhou colony is getting more and more chaotic, and we must deal with it.
The 5th Duke of Richelieu, not far away, immediately said:
"The church's own reputation is damaged, and it's up to the church to deal with it.
"The imperial court must also immediately control the spread of the impact of the incident and prohibit newspapers from continuing to disseminate relevant information.
"Send more of the main forces to Yinzhou, arrange for competent generals to take charge, and prepare to suppress possible unrest.
"Communicate with Daming and try to avoid the further expansion of the relevant situation.
"We can even pay some price for this."
Louis XVI subconsciously asked:
"Then who will be in charge of the Yin Zhou troops?"
After a brief reflection, the Duke of Richelieu said:
"Napoleon Bonaparte."
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