Shimazu Isahisa himself was puzzled, and said: "We may have made a mistake of not being cautious enough, and the Ming Kingdom today may be different from before!" ”

As soon as the Shimazu family's words ended, the jailers of the Shuncheon Mansion suddenly came and escorted them to the Shuncheon Mansion Cheng Li Zhen for trial, and ordered them to kneel down for trial.

Shimazu Ihisa and Shimazu Toyohisa were reluctant to kneel.

After all, they are nobles of the Satsuma Domain of the Wa Kingdom, and they still have a strong sense of self-esteem.

Syllable!

The officials of the Shuntian Mansion had no choice but to hit Shimazu Iehisa and Shimazu Toyohisa on their knees, so that they had to bend their knees on the wet floor tiles.

Shimazu Toyohisa therefore looked at Li Zhen in the hall with his eyes full of fire.

The Shimazu family was able to stabilize a little for a long time, and only asked first: "We are ordered to pay tribute, how can the Celestial Empire treat us so rudely?!" ”

Li Zhen glanced at the corpse of Shen Siwen lying next to the Shimazu family waiting for a long time, and asked, "Don't you know this corpse lying next to you?" ”

Shimazu Iehisa replied, "I don't know. ”

"Since you don't know me, why do you want to kill my people in the Heavenly Empire?"

Li Zhen asked.

The Shimazu family thought for a long time and asked, "What evidence is there that I killed him?" ”

"After examination, the knife wounds on his body match the caliber of the sword you brought."

"There is also physical evidence such as Minlai Erliang."

Syllable!

When Li Zhen said this, he slapped the shocked wood: "There are all human and material evidence, what are you arguing about?!" ”

Shimazu Iehisa only replied: "We are tribute envoys!" ”

"Tribute envoys must also abide by the law!"

Li Zhen replied.

Shimazu Iehisa said: "It was he who humiliated me first!" ”

Li Zhen waved his hand and said: "Needless to say, as long as you kill the people, no matter what the reason, it will be a violation of the law and etiquette." ”

Li Zhen said and said: "Because Er and others have successively stabbed the people of the country dozens of times, which belongs to the following crimes of torture and killing, and the nature is extremely serious, so the sentence is heavy, and it was initially determined to be Ling Chi!" ”

After speaking, Li Zhen waved his hand and ordered: "Continue to put them in prison and report to the government Yin and the criminal department!" ”

The subordinate officials of the Shuntian Mansion and others said yes.

"Something is wrong!"

"That's not right!"

"Why are you like this, it's just an ordinary Han man who has been killed! It is said that in the past, the tribute was paid, and it was not that the Han people were killed due to conflicts! ”

The Shimazu family struggled to ask out loud in confusion.

Li Zhen ignored it and just got up and left here.

And the Shimazu family waited for a long time and was continued to be put on death row, and the death knot was drawn.

"This Li Zhen is doing a good job, so it should be disposed of like this, so as to conform to the new gift of Mingyi that is to be established now."

After Zhu Yijun received the case in the Shuntianfu newspaper, he praised Shen Shixing and other ruling ministers in the Imperial Division, and said:

"When the Metropolitan Procuratorate passes the examination, don't forget to give this person a fair evaluation of the criminal case!"

Zhao Jin, the imperial history of the left capital, got up and said yes.

And Zhu Yijun then said: "As for the disposal of the Shimazu family for a long time, it will also be disposed of according to its judgment." In addition, he issued an order to the governor of Toei, ordering him to send troops to question Shimazu and prepare how he planned to explain this matter to the dynasty! ”

"Times have changed!"

"Since the emperor has opened up the territory of Dongying, and there are soldiers and horses stationed in Dongying, then there is no need to worry about dealing with the foreign Yi in this way and making it retaliate against this dynasty, but he should ask them, after all, this dynasty can directly send troops to destroy him."

Zhu Yijun smiled and said a few words, then got up and walked outside the hall, looked at the Zhu Que tower under the blue sky, and did not say anything more.

"Your Majesty!"

"Although respecting the Han and degrading the people is a ritual that this dynasty must not follow for the sake of strengthening the country and benefiting the people, I am afraid that Yi Di will be very dissatisfied after knowing it, and then retaliate, which will increase the border troubles, especially if the Shimazu family is cut off for a long time, I am afraid that there will be other Yi who will have a sense of death and coldness, and then disturb the border."

"Therefore, the minister thinks that the court can't help but guard against it! At that time, he sent an order to the border ministers, and strictly guarded against the presence of Hu Lukou. ”

Zhou Yong, the secretary of the military department, got up at this time and reported a word.

After hearing this, Zhu Yijun deliberately asked: "The Yidi tribes also have self-esteem?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, naturally there is, but it's not too strong, and like many of my Han people, as long as there are benefits, I won't betray my own ethnic group."

"In addition, there are also noble and low in Yidi's ethnic group, and Yidi, who is in the lower class, is naturally suffering from the aristocracy in his clan, so many of them will flee into the territory of my Ming Dynasty; Yidi, who is in the upper echelons, naturally does not suffer from this, and before the new rite is established, he will coerce his subordinates to plunder my Han land, but I am afraid that after the new rite is established, they will have more reasons. ”

Zhou Yong replied at this time.

Zhu Yijun nodded: "What Zhou Qing said is extremely true, and all sides should be ordered to be strictly prepared. ”

At this time, Fang Fengshi got up and said yes.

"Everything has advantages and disadvantages, if we want our people to be more willing to go out, open up territory for the country, preach Han culture, and then strengthen the country and benefit the people, we must be different from Huayi in etiquette and law, and be unique to China; Instead of flattering for the sake of temporary peace, it will make people think that you are so deceitful. However, this does give the captives more reason to be coarse. ”

When Zhu Yijun said this, he looked at Shen Shixing and Fang Fengshi and other ruling ministers: "But since the secretary and others think that the new ceremony is not a barbarian, they naturally have a countermeasure, and they will talk about what the countermeasure is, and what I think, see if it is in line." ”

Shen Shixing got up at this time and said: "Your Majesty, the Yidi tribes also have self-esteem, but what they are more willing to pursue is the difference between the noble and the low, this dynasty only needs to admit that they are different from the noble and the low, or help them to be able to distinguish between the noble and the low, they will not be enemies with the emperor, and even respect the emperor." ”

"Therefore, although the ministers admit that there may be a certain ethnic group of Yidi who will be subordinate to the Celestial Empire because their chieftains care more about decency; But the ministers believe that most of the chieftains of Yidi are wiser, and they do not dare to be enemies of our Celestial Empire for the sake of so-called self-esteem, and if our Celestial Empire leads them with profit, maybe they will become the lackeys of our Celestial Empire! ”

After Shen Shixing said, he said: "Therefore, the minister has asked the cabinet to formulate a corresponding strategy for dealing with Yi according to the different situations of the surrounding Yi, the foreign domains, and the local officials, as well as the different opinions of the Privy Council and the six ministries, and prepare to submit it to His Majesty's Imperial Review after the formulation is complete. ”

Zhou Yong, the secretary of the military department, glanced at Shen Shixing with admiration after hearing this.

"Your Majesty, as Yuan Fu said, precautions are precautions, but there is no need to worry that Yi Di will really offend the Celestial Empire because his own people are not respected by the Celestial Empire!"

"As far as the ministers know, foreign vassals with a high degree of kingization, such as Korea, will even take the initiative to recognize that the people of their own dynasty are more valuable than them!"

"The minister is in Busan, and I learned from the Xuanfu Division that some Korean officials have taken the initiative to ask our Celestial Empire to despise their common people, and they can't bear to let us be too benevolent to their common people, but in fact, we only treat the Korean common people who are employed by the Xuanfu Division as a large long-term worker!"

And Qi Jiguang echoed after Shen Shixing said.

Zhou Yong, who had only been in contact with the Mongols and Jurchens who had not been sinicized at the time of the governor of Liaodong and the governor of Jiliao, was even more shocked after hearing Qi Jiguang say this, and he wanted to ask Qi Jiguang for a while, did the monarchs and ministers of the Li family really hate their own people so much?

Zhu Yijun was willing to believe it, so he smiled and said: "This is the benefit of letting the Rite Sect go out!" If you want Yidi to know that you are respectful and orderly, you have to be the first king to turn his clan! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

(End of chapter)