After seeing the name list given to him by Zhou Yao, Tsai Kuo-chen immediately understood something.
This wasn't a political incident caused by a murder case. This was a political incident to eliminate dissidents. Zhao Shiqing's death was just a pretense, a pretense to start eliminating dissidents!
After thinking about it carefully, Tsai Kuo-chen even understood the truth of Zhao Shiqing's death.
In an instant, his hair stood on end, and his clothes were soaked in cold sweat.
He knew that there was only one way left in front of him.
He had to leave even if he didn't want to. Otherwise, he would be completely silenced.
Tsai Kuo-chen immediately promised Zhou Yao that he would do anything for His Majesty. No matter what it was, he was willing to do everything for His Majesty the Emperor.
Zhou Yao nodded with satisfaction.
Compared with Tsai Kuo-chen's wit and flexibility, the others were a little slower. When Zhou Yao took them to see Zhu Yinghuai's tragic situation, they actually huddled together and cried bitterly, saying that they were innocent. They didn't understand what Zhou Yao meant.
Who cares whether you are innocent or not?
It doesn't matter whether you are innocent or not!
Now is your last chance. Sell your souls and integrity, and become the Emperor's dogs. This is what His Majesty the Emperor needs. Only in this way can you live, and the others have to die!
If you don't understand this kind of thing and don't have political wisdom, how can you expect to have a future?
But Zhou Yao couldn't say it out loud. If he did, it wouldn't look good on everyone. Therefore, in order to enhance their political wisdom, Zhou Yao could only use some normal means. But he was very merciful, and he mercifully ordered the professionals to not kill them.
As the political storm was getting fiercer, several Myanmar officials came to the capital by boat under the leadership of Chen Longzheng to report to Xiao Ruxun. At the same time, they passed on some very important news.
Along with Chen Longzheng and the other Myanmar officials, Yuan Yan, the Prime Minister of Luzon, also came to report on his work.
Unlike his father, after the news of Xiao Ruxun's ascension to the throne came, Yuan Yan quickly congratulated and submitted, accepting the fact that Xiao Ruxun ascended the throne. He was appointed by Xiao Ruxun to manage the affairs of Luzon Islands and prepare for all kinds of maritime trade. He was an indispensable official under Xiao Ruxun.
This time, the Myanmar officials who came with him were also officials in charge of maritime trade. They all came to talk about the same thing, which was that the envoys from the State of France and the State of Genoa had come to Myanmar again and requested to start trading with each other again.
The last batch of merchant ships had taken away almost all the silk, iron pots and porcelain that Burma could gather, as well as some tea leaves.
This time, they needed more, and the price they paid was also higher. At the same time, they were looking forward to China sending more exchange personnel to carry out exchanges.
Ever since Chen Longzheng traveled the continent of Europe, the China craze on the continent of Europe became more and more intense.
The calligraphy that Chen Longzheng gifted to the governor of Genoa became the most popular art in all of Europe. A large number of nobles went to Genoa in hopes of seeing the mysterious Eastern art, but only a few people were able to see it.
At the same time, a large number of China products that the Genoese merchants had were being bid at sky-high prices. Even so, they could not be bought even if they had the money.
The two chefs that Chen Longzheng left in Genoa now only cooked for the top nobles in Europe. The rest of the people could not enjoy the mysterious and delicious China food at all.
Under all kinds of stimulation, the State of France and the State of Genoa once again jointly organized an ocean-going fleet to China, requesting to speed up the commercial trade.
In particular, the State of France's desire for this kind of super-profitable commercial trade had almost reached a crazy level. King Henry IV desperately needed such a huge amount of wealth to support his crumbling finances.
China, this rich and civilized country, had become their goal.
The originally agreed once-a-year trade was no longer enough to satisfy them. They needed more now, and for that, they were willing to pay a higher price.
After all, there would still be people who would buy it when they returned.
The representatives of the State of France and the State of Genoa also followed the ship all the way north to the ancient capital of the Chinese Empire.
For the first time, they directly felt the enormity and power of this great empire.
It actually took a month to travel by ship across the borders of this empire.
From the moment they landed at Da Gu Kou, they were escorted by elite troops all the way to the capital of the empire. Along the way, they saw more than one large city, especially when they arrived at the capital of the empire, Beijing. They were so shocked that their eyeballs almost fell out.
They had never seen such a huge city.
And this city seemed to be in the midst of expansion.
"This country has just gone through a war. The current emperor is the general from Myanmar. He defeated the previous emperor of China and built a new country. Now he is expanding the capital, ready to accommodate more than a million people at any time. And now, the population of this city has actually reached a million."
Ricci, who came to greet them and was responsible for the translation, explained.
These days, there were frequent wars in Europe. Wars were normal in their eyes, and it was not strange for them to change monarchs. But a city that could accommodate a million people, this …
By the way, how many people were there in China?
They asked Ricci such a question.
Ricci said cautiously, "According to my conservative estimate, I'm afraid there are about 100 million people."
The representatives of the State of France and the State of Genoa were directly stunned.
100 million people?
Was there a total of 100 million people in all of Europe at this time?
They did not make too many estimates, and they did not dare to make too many estimates. Anyway, they already knew how big this country was.
And the great emperor who ruled 100 million people, what kind of person was he?
"When you meet the great emperor, you must follow the etiquette of China. The great emperor of China has much more power than the monarchs of Europe. It is almost unimaginable for the monarchs of Europe, so you must be respectful and careful. You must not be disrespectful. Otherwise, once the great emperor gets angry, it will be all over."
Ricci warned the envoys of the two countries solemnly.
The envoys of the two countries were already shocked by such a huge empire. They nodded repeatedly to show that they understood and would definitely not act recklessly.
However, after entering the capital of the empire from the side door, they finally understood what was called spaciousness and atmosphere. The wide streets, the shops and buildings on both sides, the pedestrians and patrolling soldiers, the brick roads on the ground, and the ongoing construction could be seen everywhere.
They had never seen so many people before. Compared to the capital of China, it seemed that the capital of Europe could not be regarded as a capital at all. What was even more surprising was that there was actually no unpleasant smell of feces and urine here.
For the envoys who were used to that kind of smell, it was very strange that such a big city could not see or smell feces and urine. Sometimes, when they walked in the city, they had to carefully look at the buildings on both sides to prevent someone from opening the window and pouring urine on the road at any time.
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