Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 533 Law Enforcement or Murder

The Honglu Temple sent to welcome the special envoys of the two countries this time was used by the Prime Minister of the Spinning Department, and the official rank was Cong Liupin.

After handing over with Lin Haisheng, Fang Yongzhi met Van Bronhorst, Etro and Pahlavit in the inn where he was staying in accordance with the established procedures. Lin Haisheng was also invited to participate in the meeting.

Honglu Temple is an institution in charge of court meetings, banquets, sacrifices and admiration etiquette, and it is the fourth-rank yamen.

There is one Qing, one Shaoqing on the left and one Shaoqing on the right.There is a master book hall under it, and there is one master book, who sends and receives documents.

It belongs to the two departments of the master of ceremonies and the minister of speech, with one prime minister in each department, four people in Wu Zan, and 50 people in the preface class.The master of ceremonies decorates and introduces music.The Spinning Department is responsible for ethnic minorities and foreign tributary envoys.Aww praise the etiquette.The preface, the class, the class, the class, the rectification and the praise.

Fang, who was nearly forty years old, was used in the seven-year mid-term examination in Chongzhen. After a year of observing politics in the Ministry of Rites, because he had no connections in the court, he was sent to Honglu Temple during the election of officials, where he stayed for more than three years.

Since the Ming Dynasty has been in a period of internal and external troubles in the past few years, small countries such as Siam, Chenla, Champa, Sanfoqi, Boni, Mancijia, etc., who regard Ming as their suzerain state, also pay tribute intermittently every year. Honglu Temple receives foreign guests The number also decreased significantly.

But as the situation gradually improved, these small countries that got the news also began to resume the normal annual pilgrimage, especially in the first half of the 11th year of Chongzhen, the number of foreign guests received by Honglu Temple increased significantly, and the Ministry of Households allocated for reception The amount of money used has also increased exponentially, which makes the interior of Honglu Temple, especially the Spinning Office, full of energy.

After Zhu Youjian received the joint report from the governor of Fujian and Zheng Zhilong, he sent someone to inform the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, asking them to do a good job of reception at that time, and to send senior officials to participate in the negotiation according to the situation after knowing the other party's intentions.

After learning that the special envoy from Xiyi had arrived in Tianjin Wei, Minister of Rites Zou Weilian arranged for relevant people from the Spinning Office to rush over.

Unlike Lin Haisheng who treats people coldly and bluntly, Fang Yongzhi, who is used to dealing with foreign guests, gives people a feeling of spring breeze. When he talks, he always has a sincere smile on his face, which makes people feel very cordial. One point made Pahlavit and others very satisfied.

"The envoys have traveled thousands of miles from the far west to Da Ming to meet with our Emperor Ming. The journey has been a time of hard work. It is hard to say that there are friends coming from afar. I only represent my Majesty the Emperor of Ming. As well as the Ming court, I would like to extend my welcome to all of you. You can ask for any legitimate needs, and the Ming court will give you a reasonable and satisfactory answer depending on the situation!

Tonight, Honglu Temple will hold a banquet on the second floor of the inn here to clean up the guests and friends who have come from afar. At that time, I will arrange my entourage to guide you to the place where the noble envoy is staying. I hope you will take the time to come. Hope! "

After the two sides introduced each other, Fang Yongzhi, who was very personable, sat on the main seat, raised his eyes and looked around, and said with a smile. This kind of behavior of making eye contact with the listener is more likely to arouse the other party's favor and attention.

Since the Spinning Office has never received Western guests for many years, there is no corresponding official. The official surnamed Huang is honored to be retained as an on-site interpreter. The words used by the translator are also in place, fully demonstrating the enthusiasm and sincerity of Daming towards foreign guests.

"Mr. Fang, I want to lodge a strong protest and dissatisfaction! Two days ago, you Ming soldiers shot and killed our mission attache at the pier for no reason. We need a reasonable explanation for this incident! If your Ming government is in this matter If we are not satisfied with the result of the handling, the consequences will be very serious!"

The officer surnamed Huang had just finished translating Fang Yongzhi's words. Before the basic procedure of the two parties' polite greetings was completed, Etro had already taken the lead in raising his voice. His somewhat powerless behavior made the two Dutchmen feel a little bit uncomfortable. unhappy.

"Hehe! Your envoy, please be safe and don't be impatient. I have heard a little about the ins and outs of this matter; I believe that this sudden incident was actually caused by a misunderstanding between the two parties. The root cause is that you failed to listen to Lin's experience. The dissuasion lies in the fact that I act rashly when I am not familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, so there are such small conflicts!
Please rest assured, China is a country of etiquette, and the civilization of the Han family has gone through thousands of years, and everything will be dealt with according to the law and situation.After everyone enters the capital, I will report this matter to the superior. I believe that the imperial court will handle it properly and give you a satisfactory answer!

As for the consequences of what your envoy said, ha ha! "

After arriving in Tianjin Acropolis to contact Lin Haisheng, Fang Yongzhi had already learned the cause and effect of the conflict. Having received many foreign envoys, he was a little bit dumbfounded about this matter, but he didn't take it seriously.

Many visiting foreign missions came to Daming for the first time. Because of the different customs and customs, coupled with the language barrier, they also had conflicts with the people of Daming when they were shopping and strolling in daily life. This fatal event has never happened before.

This is mainly because those visiting foreigners have a sense of fear and inferiority in their hearts towards this extremely prosperous and prosperous country in their eyes. Even if there are occasional disputes with the people of Ming Dynasty, they quickly recognize it. cowardly.

And from top to bottom, Da Ming treated these barbarians with the mentality of the heaven and the kingdom, so after the dispute, he didn't act unreasonably, and in the end he was very generous and didn't care about them. His behavior made people from those small countries feel even more in awe of Ming Dynasty.

Not so with the visiting Spaniard this time.

During this period, Spain adopted a foreign policy of plunder and expansion, and advocated the use of force to resolve all disputes. This national policy was carried forward to the greatest extent when they conquered South Asia and South America.

It is the result of the various huge benefits obtained in the conquest over the years, which made the Spaniards develop a mentality of self-reliance on force and arrogance.

Although they also knew that Ming was a behemoth entrenched in the east of the world, but after the two massacres of local Han people in Manila, and the Ming court did not respond, the Spaniards decided that Ming was just a strong outsider, and as long as the time was right, the great Spanish The army will include it as a conquestable target.

But what Etro and others didn't expect was that they were hit in the head just after landing on the territory of Ming Dynasty, which made the proud and arrogant Spaniards bear it.

"Dear Mr. Fang, this matter is a diplomatic dispute between Spain and the Ming government. We, the Netherlands, will always remain neutral. I'm just curious as to how your government will handle this matter? This kind of matter Is there any precedent? Will the murderer be sentenced to death?"

Pahlavit, who had been observing the expressions of Fang Yongzhi and Etro, suddenly interjected with a smile on his face, which temporarily silenced Etro, who had planned to directly state the request of the Spanish mission. He also wanted to see See how the other party answers, and then consider whether you can accept the Ming government's solution.

From Fang's disapproving tone and expression, Pahlavit was keenly aware that the other party didn't take the lives of two people seriously at all, which made it difficult for him who wanted to stay out of the matter to accept it.

Because no matter what, two people were killed in the end. How to deal with this matter will reflect the attitude of the Ming government towards life, and only in this way can we see what the level of civilization of a country looks like.

"Hehe, this kind of incident is really rare in our Ming Dynasty, but according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, in the end, we will understand the matter through compensation and proper handling of the aftermath.

As for the murderer's theory, I don't agree with it. This is law enforcement, not malicious murder. Please ask your envoy to distinguish this point in detail. "

Fang Yongzhi's understated answer made Etro angry again: "We don't think it's law enforcement! That's murder! Compensation is only one aspect. We believe that the murderer must be hanged!"

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