People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 481: The Annan officials were so frightened that they knelt down and begged for mercy!

After hearing what the king said, Xia Yuanji immediately turned around and looked at the king, and loudly reprimanded him: "Your Majesty, the Annan Kingdom you lead is really an eye-opener for us. Let's not talk about anything else, just say how much investment and construction my Ming Dynasty has made in Annan Kingdom in the past two years, you should be very clear in your mind.

You should also be more aware of how much benefit these bridge and road construction will bring to the future development of your country of Annan.

You only see the benefits that cooperation with Annan has brought to the Ming Dynasty, but you have not seen how much benefit your country of Annan has gained from it.

To put it bluntly, without the help of the Ming Dynasty, your Annan Kingdom might not be able to possess such technology for hundreds or even thousands of years. I wonder if what I said is right or not?"

King Annan stood in the hall and listened to Xia Yuanji's scolding. Although he was not convinced in his heart, he had to agree after listening to it.

Just as Xia Yuanji said, now that An Neng Kingdom has obtained the technology of the Ming Dynasty, if they can develop it themselves, they don't have to bow to the Ming Dynasty.

But now that they have gained benefits, they are acting like good guys here, and even dare to send assassins to kill Xia Yuanji. Isn't this the greatest revenge for Xia Yuanji?
Don't you guys have any sense of common sense?

Don't you have any sense of shame?
What will happen if you kill me, Xia Yuanji?

It can only bring about revenge from the Ming Dynasty. It is shocking that you individuals are so short-sighted.

Xia Yuanji scolded the court officials of Annan as if he were scolding children. Although each of the court officials was somewhat unconvinced and even felt very uncomfortable, now it was just as the Governor of the Ming Dynasty said.

How could his people have the nerve to say anything else now, especially now that they have been caught with evidence and the assassin has been captured and even interrogated. It’s just that Xia Yuanji didn’t say it directly.

Those officials who were guilty of their crimes understood very well when they saw the assassins kneeling in the hall, especially when they saw the scars on their bodies. They knew that these people must have been tortured severely. If they had any backbone, they would have confessed everything.

So at this point, they even wanted to escape quickly.

If they had known in advance that the assassin had been captured, they would not have come to court, but now it was too late.

If you run away now, it means that you sent assassins to kill the governor of Ming Dynasty. Who can bear this crime? Not even the king can bear it.

After Xia Yuanji finished speaking, he continued, "My Great Ming, with a heart to help you all develop together, came to Annan to drive out the pirates and ensure the safety of the South Seas. We did not care about any cost and did not collect any taxes from you. Even when we bought food and grass, we purchased it according to your local prices.

But I didn't expect that some of you would harbor such hatred towards us. In this case, I, Xia Yuanji, can take charge and even write a letter directly to inform our Emperor, our Crown Prince, and our Duke, and make it clear to them that Annan does not actually need the Ming Dynasty's assistance at all.

Annan has its own layout, its own technology, and its own talents. What does the technology of the Ming Dynasty mean to you? Right or wrong?"

When it comes to this, others say that the King of Annan is anxious, and even the ministers under him are anxious. This is something that absolutely cannot be allowed.

What kind of technology do these people have? What kind of method can these guys use to compete with the Ming Dynasty? If they really have this kind of technology, they wouldn't have to endure this humiliation now.

If the Ming Dynasty withdraws at this time, their Kingdom of Annan will fall into depravity again, and the situation may even be worse than before.

why?

Because Annan was the first country to cooperate with the Ming Dynasty and the first to establish a transit station for trade with the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, small countries in the surrounding areas, such as Siam, Myanmar, and Nepal which is further away, all tried to curry favor with Annan, hoping to establish relations with the Ming Dynasty through Annan's trade transit station.

The country of Annan is very cunning and cruel, especially the king. Although he became the king through a military coup, he is quite capable in taking advantage of others.

They stipulate that if they want to use our relationship to establish a connection with the Ming Dynasty, that’s fine, but you must give us a share of the profits for every trade.

In other words, they have already collected a layer of fees before goods from other countries enter their country’s checkpoints.

Through this trade relationship, the Kingdom of Annan was able to directly obtain a 10% profit from the trade without having to pay any price by relying on the trade transit station. This was a free gift.

If this profit were given up, it would be a huge loss for Annan.

Furthermore, if our country blackmails neighboring countries and there is no trade transit point, it will not just be a joke, but will also cause hatred.

You treated us like that before, so when your country, Annan, wants to do business with the Ming Dynasty through our country, we will pay you back double.

To lose the money that had been safely in their pockets now would be more painful than killing them.

Furthermore, the cost of going in and out is an astronomical figure without any calculation.

By that time, the losses will be more than just a few small profits.

So when they heard that Xia Yuanji was going to write letters to His Majesty the Emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and even the Duke to ask them to withdraw the trade transit station set up in Annan, they immediately realized that Xia Yuanji was going to write letters to His Majesty the Emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and even the Duke to ask them to withdraw the trade transit station set up in Annan.

The king immediately ran down the steps beside his throne and bowed to Xia Yuanji, saying, "My lord, my lord, we really know we were wrong. We really know we were wrong. The trade transit station must not be withdrawn. No way."

This concerns the interests of both Annan and the Ming Dynasty, so how can we go back on our word?

Besides, Annan is the first country to establish a trade transit station with the Ming Dynasty. We fully support the Ming Dynasty's activities in Southeast Asia.

You can say that the Ming Navy did not get a grain of free food in our country of Annan, but from now on we can enact a law that our country of Annan is willing to bear 30% of the military expenses of the Ming Navy. What do you think?

Of course, if you are still not satisfied, we can allow more merchants to enter the mainland to do business."

Xia Yuanji quickly stopped him from speaking, "Your Majesty, please don't say that. I just said two days ago that some people are afraid that we Ming merchants will go deep into your Annan inland to gather intelligence on you."

Xia Yuanji said this in order to make everyone in Annan feel ashamed.

Didn’t we say before that our merchants would disguise themselves as spies and go to your inland areas to gather military intelligence, so that our army could better deal with you?
Why do you want to keep us here now?

You can just kick us out, we don't want to stay.

This is what you hoped for, and we are now meeting your requirements.

Is there anything wrong with that?
To say this is to kill people and destroy their souls.

The Ming envoys who followed Xia Yuanji all had proud looks on their faces at this time.

Yes, you said before that our traders are not honest.

Are you all here just to get some of your so-called intelligence?
So now we don’t want to stay here anymore, let’s just withdraw.

We also do not allow our traders to penetrate deep into your interior to get any hinterland information from you.

This way you won't be so scared.

When the officials heard this, their faces turned red.

They are actually a bit overestimating their own capabilities.

Some people had previously suspected that their merchants would go to the interior of Annan to gather intelligence, but in their eyes, it was probably unnecessary. The Governor-General also said it directly.

Why do we need to ask for your information?
How much is your information worth? What's the point of us asking?

If we really want to destroy your country of Annan, we can just send troops to destroy you directly.

The Ming Dynasty navy was already so powerful.

What I am saying now is actually to mock the ruler and ministers of Annan.

Sure enough, when the king heard this, his face turned pale and blue. He felt very uncomfortable, but he had to accept it.

"You are joking, sir. We have indeed realized our mistakes."

Just as Xia Yuanji was about to say something, he saw some of his ministers had already fallen to their knees on the ground.

They know that if they don't admit their mistakes now, they will really lose a partner, who is also a cash cow for them.

If I lose this, my good days will be over.

What the Ming Dynasty lacks now is not a small country like yours. How many countries have opened their doors to wait for the Ming navy to settle in and for the Ming Dynasty to set up trade transit stations in their countries.

How many countries begged the Ming Dynasty to do this on their knees, but the Ming Dynasty did not do so. Instead, it gave face to the Kingdom of Annan, which was already a huge wealth.

If they don't accept this wealth, they must be crazy.

So no matter how thick-skinned you are, you have to keep the trade transit station no matter what.

Seeing all the officials of Annan kneeling in front of him, Xia Yuanji pretended to be surprised and took a few steps back.

The officials said in unison: "Sir, we know we were wrong. Please don't write such a letter. You must not remove the trade transit station. It concerns the interests of the Ming Dynasty and the An Neng Kingdom.

The people of our country Annan are now living a prosperous life, all thanks to the Ming Dynasty.

There had been assassinations before, but that was done by unscrupulous businessmen who wanted to monopolize the grain trade in Annan. It was definitely not the intention of the Annan court.

You must not interrupt the trade between the two countries because of the actions of some evil elements. Please understand this."

Xia Yuanji saw these ministers kneeling before him, but he did not give them any face at all.

This is not a matter of giving face or not.

If this matter is not settled, these people will really think that Ming Dynasty is easy to bully, and even think that Ming Dynasty really needs them, so they will be forgiven if they kneel down, and they can continue to do business in the future.

There's no such thing as a cheap deal.

Xia Yuanji was not the so-called unyielding person, but he was determined to show the majesty of the Ming Dynasty.

These guys are kneeling to themselves on the surface, but in fact they are kneeling to their cash cows.

What the Ming Dynasty is doing in Annan now is making Annan better and better.

These people saw very clearly how much they would lose if they lost the Ming Dynasty, their cash cow.

That is why they are kneeling here now.

If there were no cash cow like the trade transit station, these people would never stoop so low.

In this case, Xia Yuanji will teach them a lesson on behalf of the Ming Dynasty.

Xia Yuanji immediately stepped back a few steps and said, "Everyone, please get up. There is no need for this. It is totally unnecessary.

You have shown Bendu your so-called sincerity. You are really powerful, extremely powerful. We have never seen anyone as powerful as you.

They are clearly begging the Ming Dynasty and they clearly know how powerful the Ming Dynasty is, but there are still some people who want to sow discord between the two countries.

Do you even think that Bendu doesn't know who did it?"

As soon as these words came out, those officials who had not knelt down and were already feeling guilty, immediately began to tremble all over.

There were already heavy troops guarding outside, and the king was worried that if the culprits got away, the Ming Dynasty would come after him, so he surrounded the hall.

If you run out at this time, you will definitely die.

The officials kneeling on the ground kowtowed loudly.

Then the king said: "Your Excellency, you are right. You are absolutely right. Annan originally relied on the Ming Dynasty to make a fortune, but some people dared to sow discord between the two countries at this time. They deserve to die.

My lord, you should have interrogated these assassins, and they should have told you everything, and the mastermind behind it should also be clear.

As long as you report this to us, our Kingdom of Annan will definitely give a satisfactory explanation to the Ming Dynasty. We will definitely skin these villains alive and let them know that those villains who want to attack the Ming Dynasty envoys and destroy the relationship between Annan and the Ming Dynasty will not have a good death.

We will even peel off their skins and display them throughout the country to let them know that this is the result of destroying the relationship between Ming and Annan. "

After the king said this, the guilty officials' legs began to tremble.

They had heard of this cruel torture because the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty often used skinning as a punishment in order to severely punish corrupt officials.

You don't have to think about how painful it is.

The thought of having your skin peeled off alive makes my hair stand on end.

So before Xia Yuanji could say anything, those officials had already fallen to their knees.

"Your Majesty, please spare us! Your Majesty, please spare us! We were confused for a moment! We were instigated by some people!"

"We are confused, please spare our lives!"

"Governor, please spare my life!"

These people didn't need Xia Yuanji to say anything, they would just knock their heads against the ground and break them...

(End of this chapter)