Red Chamber: Bring Xue Baochai home at the beginning

Chapter 165 What is Freedom
Feng Yibo still doesn't know the follow-up here.

Even if he knew, he couldn't control it.

Not to mention him, even the government may not be in control.

It looks like a human life, but the life of a slave...

That's what happened!

I understand everything I understand.

Although the laws of the Great Wei expressly stipulate:
If the master’s family intentionally kills a slave or maidservant, the rod will be seventy, and he will be punished for one year.

If it is manslaughter, it will be fined ten guan.

What can be stipulated is stipulated, and the implementation is executed.

Don't say "seventy rods, one year's imprisonment", even if it is a fine, few people have paid it.

The official government of the Great Wei has always "one thing more than one thing less", and respects "the people do not raise officials and do not investigate".

Those who can afford slaves are not ordinary people.

At least it's a bit of a face.

Guerlain is a slave woman bought from Jiangnan, and she has no relatives by her side.

There are too many ways to deal with it.

For a big family like the Jia Mansion, what does it matter if a few slaves die?
For such a family, the government dares to "fine three cups of wine".

It may feel a little too much.

After all, which honorable master didn't kill a few slaves?
In fact, the Jia Mansion is already very respectable in this matter.

If you move very little, you will die with the stick.

Usually treats slaves very well.

From this point of view, it is really a "House of Benevolence".

Even if Wang Xifeng wanted to kill Guerlain, she didn't want to be bloodied like this.

Instead, he brought it back to the mansion and tore it up a little bit.

But she had calculated thousands of times, and she didn't think that Guerlain would not eat softly, so she could only come hard.

But it also directly lost his life.

It can only be said that she caused Wang Xifeng a little trouble with one dead body and two lives.

But for a family like Jia's, it's not a big trouble.

The only thing to worry about is that the main wife kills and has a concubine room.

Big or small is a scandal.

Once it gets out, I'm afraid it will lose the face of the Jia family.

Wang Xifeng understood this, and dealt with it thoughtfully.

In the name of Jia Lian, she went to Chang'an Mansion to find some servants.

Together they helped with the funeral.

This is to declare that Guerlain's death has nothing to do with murder through an official person.

It was her own fate, who accidentally died.

There are many people in such powerful families.

Occasionally, a slave dies, which is quite normal.

Didn't get anyone's attention at all.

Not even the master of the Jia family knew about this.

After all, it was her confidants who went there.

Only Zhou Rui's family is Mrs. Wang's companion.

So Mrs. Wang must know.

But if you want to come to this aunt and aunt, you won't embarrass her.

The only thing Wang Xifeng is worried about now is Jia Lian's return.

How should she give a reasonable explanation.

If one is not handled well, I am afraid that the relationship between husband and wife will be declared broken.

The stone factory where Jia Lian went is not far from Duzhong.

It only takes three or two days to go back and forth.

Even if there is a delay in doing business, he should be back in five or eight days.

Therefore, there is not much time left for Wang Xifeng.

Jia Lian hasn't come back yet, Feng Yibo's side is also busy.

Honglu Temple took over a big job, and the Ministry of Rites sent him over to preside over the work.

The specific content is to negotiate with overseas missions.

The person who came to negotiate this time was the envoy of Haixi Fransiya.

It is said that Wei asked to see the emperor.

To complain about being expelled by the Wei army overseas.

In the beginning, these people found Nanjing and were connected by the Nanjing Ministry of Rites.

But after a simple inquiry, it was found that it was not Wei's army that drove them away.

To be precise, a group of militiamen.

There is absolutely no precedent for this matter, so the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing used this as an excuse.

conveyed to the cabinet.

The cabinet is also confused.

A country's diplomatic mission was beaten up by a group of Wei militiamen overseas.

Aren't you afraid to make people laugh when you say it?
But Fransya Haixi not only spoke out, but also asked Wei to make the decision for them.

If the two children fight, if they can't fight, they can sue their parents, and there is still an excuse.

But if an adult lets a child beat him, are you too embarrassed to sue?
What's more, the cabinet doesn't know much about the overseas situation, so how can it make decisions for them?
You can't make an order to reprimand me, can you?

Even if you want to reprimand, no one will know the will.

So, Zhang Songyue thought of someone.

A person who specializes in overseas affairs.

Needless to ask, this person is naturally the chief guest of the Ministry of Rites, Qing Lisi Langzhong, concurrently, You Shaoqing of Honglu Temple.

Feng Yibo, who specializes in overseas affairs.

Feng Yibo received a letter from the cabinet, and took over the job without saying a word.

Because when the envoys arrived in the capital, he also got the news.

It was none other than Mengzi who led people to drive Haixi Fransya away.

These people from Haixi Fransiya registered on their site, and started to build houses without saying a word.

The person in charge of the patrol soon discovered that Gouzi immediately led people to surround them.

After a brief negotiation, there was no big fight.

Just expelled them and demolished the houses they built.

Mengzi didn't take it seriously.

It was only mentioned when the timber was transported back to the capital and the routine report on Liuqiu's situation was reported.

If it weren't for these people who first went to Jinling to file a complaint, they would come to Duzhong again and again.

Maybe Feng Yibo didn't have time to receive the news.

But now that he is known to be involved in this matter, even if the cabinet wants someone else to deal with it.

He also has to find a way to get it.

Otherwise, there is a possibility of exposure of the flow of seeking.

Fortunately, after he learned the specific situation, he knew it was a false alarm.

Because compared to this, there was one thing that shocked him even more.

That is, the cabinet knows nothing about overseas affairs!
This kind of mentality of heaven and country is really inexplicable.

A great prophet once said: despise the enemy strategically, and attach importance to the enemy tactically.

But the Great Wei court did not regard these overseas countries as "people" at all!
In other words, just as a savage.

There is no contempt or attention.

Feng Yibo learned about it from the court documents.

At the beginning, Da Wei knew nothing about this country.

Haixi refers to the location, west of the West Sea.

Feng Yibo doesn't know if the West Sea refers to the Caspian Sea or the Black Sea.

But Haixi's position is in Feng Yibo's understanding.

Roughly Western European countries.

Feng Yibo also studied overseas countries, and found that these countries seemed to be not as powerful as in his previous life.

At least according to the official news of the Great Wei, many countries have paid tribute to the Great Wei.

Among them, Fransya is one of the countries with the most travels among the Haixi countries.

But after Feng Yibo checked the information carefully, he found something wrong.

This Franz tooth does not seem to be the name of a country.

It is the collective name of the Great Wei for the Haixi countries.

In other words, as long as they are aliens from the sea.

Da Wei thought it belonged to Franz Ya.

There are even different opinions about the location of this country.

The prevailing theory is that at the very beginning, these occupied Managa and expelled the king there.

And use this to conduct tribute trade with Wei.

Later, as I gradually got to know it better, I realized that its country is located in the west of the West Sea.

Therefore, the official Wei added the word "Haixi" in front of it to indicate its country's position.

But for the actual situation over there, Wei didn't know much about it.

Even as long as Haixi came here, they were regarded as belonging to one country.

When it comes to the name Fransya, it may still feel a little strange.

But after Feng Yibo's research, he made another major discovery.

Fransya is called "Francis Machine" in Minyue.

According to the records, it was originally from Frans Jay.

It is to land on the side of Minyue.

The name translated for the first time may have a Minyue accent.

This is like Holmes, which could have been literally translated as Holmes.

But it is said that there was a famous writer from Fujian, when he first translated it.

Translated him into "Sherlock Holmes".

So the name has been passed down to this day.

Although this may be just a stalk, in reality, it is said that many translations really come from this way.

Minyue called these people "Flang Ji", and it was translated as Franz Ya elsewhere.

Feng Yibo guessed that this might be the pronunciation of -cia.

It was shortened to [ki] in Minyue, and the sound of [a] was abbreviated.

So the literal translation is "Flang machine".

It is pronounced [si] elsewhere, followed by the sound of [a].

The literal translation is "France tooth".

Of course, this was all Feng Yibo's guess.

There is no record of specific information.

For overseas countries, Wei's information is limited.

It's not bad if it's called Frangji, or François Tooth.

Many courtiers refer to the Haixi countries as "Xihai" in general.

Or "West Coast".

Those who come there are collectively referred to as "Haiyi".

In addition to bringing new things from overseas, such as watches, foreign satins, and foreign medicines.

Some were introduced as "exotic skills".

It doesn't care about its country.

Just as a bunch of uncivilized savages.

In their minds, it is generally better than the raw ones.

But also limited.

In addition, in this era, there is no concept of "diplomacy is no small matter".

Therefore, the envoys of such a country were beaten by the militia.

For the cabinet, it's just a trivial matter.

This kind of trivial matter is handed over to Zhi Zhi who is responsible for overseas affairs.

A fifth grade doctor is enough.

Feng Yibo brought an interpreter and came to the Siyi Hall of Honglu Temple.

These envoys, who called themselves Fransya of Haixi, lived here.

When the two sides meet in accordance with the etiquette, the representative of the other party will immediately put forward his appeal.

"Honorable Mr. Feng! On behalf of Fransya, I would like to protest to Da Wei!"

The two sides have already introduced themselves, and the other party can't understand the official position of doctor.

It can only be roughly regarded as an earl.

The representative named George Stark looked arrogant, and said:

"Your people are driving us out of Liuqiu and preventing us from stationing in Liuqiu."

Feng Yibo was a little puzzled after hearing the words translated by the interpreter.

I don't understand where his arrogance comes from.

Is being evicted something to be proud of?
"But as far as I know, Liuqiu is not under the actual control of Wei, so they have no reason to do this!"

Feng Yibo could understand part of what the other party said.

But it is very different from the English he knows.

But you can be sure, it should be the same language.

After confirming the meaning of the other party with the interpreter, Feng Yibo looked serious and said:
"Your Excellency, please pay attention to your wording! Liuqiu has been the territory of Great Wei since ancient times!"

Speaking of this, he sneered in his heart.

Fortunately, he was well prepared, otherwise it would be difficult to make a fuss in the court.

"As far as I know, the people you mentioned are the owners of that piece of land, but you want to occupy it."

George Stark was furious after hearing the interpreter's words, and shouted:

"Impossible, it's the territory of some savages, when did it become Wei's?"

Regarding the other party's rudeness, Feng Yibo laughed it off and said:
"They learned that you came to the court to protest, and they also sent people to explain, and brought the title deed to buy the land."

Knowing that the other party came to complain, how could Feng Yibo be unprepared.

Naturally, the fleet transporting timber did not bring the title deed.

But the land deed was originally in Feng Yibo's hands.

At this time, he took out part of the land deed, put it on the table, and said in his mouth:

"Liuqiu has been the territory of the Great Wei since ancient times, and it belongs to the Penghu Xuanwei Division. These land deeds are also reasonable and legal."

Feng Yibo gave the title deed to the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the interpreter who accompanied him from Nanjing, and said:

"So you're encroaching on their land titles by stationing there."

After confirming with the officials of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites and the interpreter, they translated these words to the other party.

He asked the interpreter to add: "Their land deeds were registered a few years ago, and they are well documented."

"Oh damn! It's impossible!"

George Stark widened his eyes and said angrily:

"It's Shengfan's territory, we've inquired about it!"

"The land is my Great Wei's land, and the students are also my Great Wei's students."

Feng Yibo smiled, and said again:
"If you had done business honestly in the past, I think the officials and the people of Great Wei would treat each other with courtesy."

Having said that, he put away his smile and said coldly:
"But if you want to engage in preemptive actions, the expulsion will be light. The subjects of the Great Wei have the unlimited right to defend on their own land!"

Feng Yibo looked at the interpreter, and said: "This sentence must be translated verbatim for them, so that they won't be slaughtered in the future and don't know what's going on."

The interpreter nodded and quickly translated to the other party.

Upon hearing this, George Stark glanced at Feng Yibo with a complicated expression.

After discussing in low voice with a few people around me for a long time, he said:

"In this case, we will not pursue this matter."

Having said that, the topic changed again.

There is no more rudeness just now, but a polite greeting, saying in the mouth:
"However, we still want to take this opportunity to make a small request to the Great Wei court."

Feng Yibo frowned upon hearing this.

"I hope that you can temporarily lend us a place in Xiangshanhao Jingao, so that we can stay for a while."

George Stark was afraid that the other party would disagree, and said earnestly:
"Our companions have encountered a storm and need to temporarily stop there to wait for the return of the lost people."

Speaking of this, he shrugged and begged:

"Haojingao is the place we agreed on before, and we got rid of it."

I thought he had finished, but unexpectedly added another sentence:
"I don't think His Majesty the Great Wei Emperor will refuse even such a small request?"

When Feng Yibo heard about Hao Jing'ao, a turbulent wave arose in his heart.

Are these the Portuguese?
So, the previous expulsion was real.

But coming here to appeal may just be incidental.

Or for bedding.

And in the end, this seemingly small request is their real purpose, right?
"If you ask, I will answer it for you, but whether you agree or not depends on the opinions of the cabinet ministers."

Feng Yibo's face remained calm, with a businesslike look, he said again:
"However, I want to remind you that the Great Wei forbids privately setting up ports to stop at."

George Stark smiled when he heard the words, but said in his mouth:

"Fack! We have Freedom of Trade!"

The interpreter was a little embarrassed, thinking about removing the swear words before translating.

But without waiting for the interpreter to translate, Feng Yibo replied in English:

"Saury, your freedom is only valid in your country."

As soon as these words came out, the audience fell silent.

George Stark on the opposite side suddenly flushed.

He thought that the interpreter could not translate swear words, so he dared to act unscrupulously.

Unexpectedly, although the official does not speak Portuguese.

But he can speak English!

He thought that what Feng Yibo heard was Fake's dirty words.

But in fact, the last thing he wants to hear is "freedom" at every turn!
Liberty is the right to do whatever the law allows!
This is not Feng Yibo's nonsense, but a French Enlightenment thinker and jurist.

Montesquieu said.

You must abide by the laws and regulations to be truly free!

Otherwise it is not freedom, it is crime!
So some people chanted freedom, but did not mention restrictions.

It's all taken out of context.

Any "freedom" that removes this restriction.

They're all double standards.

Obviously, today Feng Yibo will resolutely implement this restriction.

Let the other party be a law-abiding free person.

"In Dawei, you must follow our rules!"

(End of this chapter)