Lord Kang's vision turned dark and he could no longer care about his status as a prince. He immediately kowtowed to the two elders.
The aides behind Lord Kang also realized that Gao Mo's words were not to let Lord Kang's descendants off, but to exterminate the entire Lord Kang Residence!
At this moment, they suddenly felt that too many people had died in the Ding Residence and that those people had gone overboard.
One would never feel pain before being cut by a knife.
"Elders, please be merciful and spare my descendants. Just one bloodline will do, just one bloodline, just one bloodline …"
Lord Kang frantically kowtowed.
He Qionghai said coldly, "Go underground and see those people who were burned to death. Ask them if they want to spare them! Someone, take him away and seal his mouth! "
Those scholars were like the strongest soldiers as they personally escorted the Sangfroid Prince away and sealed his mouth.
At the same time, there were sounds of killing coming from outside the Lord Kang Residence. Next, the entire outer wall of the Lord Kang Residence was razed to the ground. The people of the Punishment Hall and Battle Hall rushed into the Lord Kang Residence and began to arrest people. Anyone who had the intention to resist would be treated as a threat and killed on the spot.
Fifteen minutes later, the Punishment Hall officially announced that someone in the Lord Kang Residence had colluded with the rebels. There was clear evidence that Lord Kang had business dealings with the rebels and had become their protection. Although Lord Kang did not directly join forces with the rebels, he had indirectly allowed them to participate in the chaos in the Ding Residence. He had committed a heinous crime and was immediately escorted to the Punishment Hall of the Notre-Dame for trial.
As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar in the Ten Nations.
Lord Kang was a relative of the royal family and was also the most powerful prince in Jingguo. The Punishment Hall actually arrested him directly, which was equivalent to sending two signals. The first was that the Punishment Hall would launch an intense revenge, and the second was that the Punishment Hall would continue to push for the reform and eliminate any obstacles at all costs.
Afterwards, the Punishment Hall announced that some of the officials in Gyeongo had been infiltrated by the rebels and that the Punishment Hall might carry out a major investigation on Gyeongo. The next day, the elders of the Punishment Hall would vote on the matter of the investigation.
After the officials in Gyeongo heard the news, they cursed loudly.
The major investigation seemed to be just to investigate these officials, but there were two fatal points.
Once the Punishment Hall carried out a major investigation, Gyeongo officials would have to honestly confess all their wrongdoings to the Punishment Hall. If they concealed anything and were suspected by the Punishment Hall, it was very likely that they would be punished. For example, the Punishment Hall would punish them by punishing them in the heart. If the punishment was light, their gall bladder would crack, and if the punishment was heavy, they would die on the spot.
It could even be said that once a major investigation was initiated, Gyeongo officials would have handed over their weakness to the Punishment Hall.
There was another point that had a huge impact on Gyeongo. During the investigation process, Gyeongo would no longer be able to send people into the Notre-Dame. Whether it was a normal post, entering the Hanlin Palace to cultivate, or other things, they would all be suspended.
If the investigation uncovered a major incident that endangered the human race, Gyeongo's imperial examinations would be suspended for an entire year.
Not to mention Gyeongo, even Kongcheng was infiltrated by rebels. Once a major investigation was initiated, Gyeongo would definitely fall into an unprecedented crisis. The entire bureaucracy would be out of control for at least a year. Coupled with the blockade by the Dragons and Jingguo, Gyeongo's national strength would definitely be greatly reduced.
With no other choice, the Qing Emperor led the officials of Gyeongo to visit the Dongsheng Pavilion, hoping that the Dongsheng Pavilion could help Gyeongo.
That night, the Dongsheng Pavilion helped Gyeongo find the Punishment Hall to mediate.
The next day, the Punishment Hall did not mention the major investigation again. However, the higher-ups of each country received news that the night before, Jingguo had sent a negotiation team with the Left Minister's Office as the core to the Notre-Dame. In the end, Gyeongo, the Punishment Hall, and Jingguo signed a secret agreement.
The Qing Emperor issued an edict to punish himself, but nominally, it was because of a natural disaster and had nothing to do with the chaos in Ding Residence.
Gyeongo withdrew all the spies in Jingguo and was not allowed to engage in any activities that were detrimental to Jingguo for five years. They were also not allowed to obstruct any trade, technology, or other non-political transactions. They were also not allowed to increase taxes on Jingguo's goods.
Gyeongo had to provide raw materials to the workshops in Xiangzhou and Jiangzhou at cost price for ten years.
Gyeongo had to fork out 450 million taels of silver to compensate Jingguo, the victim country, including the reconstruction of Ding Residence and the compensation for the losses of the Ding Residence. The compensation would be paid off over 39 years at four percent interest per year. The actual compensation was close to one billion taels of silver.
Apart from that, there were many details and supplementary agreements.
It became the most humiliating agreement in Gyeongo's history.
In addition to Gyeongo, the Gu Kingdom also signed a similar agreement.
After a few days, the agreement known as the "Ding Residence Treaty" spread throughout the Ten Nations.
The "Ding Residence Treaty" became a hot topic in the Ten Nations. It was discussed everywhere in the streets and alleys, restaurants, and literary gatherings, let alone the rankings.
Apart from Gyeongo and Gu Kingdom, the reactions of the scholars of the other countries were generally the same. They supported Jingguo and scolded Gyeongo and Gu Kingdom, believing that the two countries had betrayed the beliefs of the human race in order to obstruct Fang Yun. They even colluded with the rebels and destroyed their countries.
The scholars of Gyeongo didn't dare to refute at all because they would be attacked as long as they were slightly biased towards Gyeongo.
Scolding Gyeongo had become the correct value guide for the rankings. At this time, anyone who didn't scold Gyeongo would feel like they were letting the saints down.
However, things were different in Gyeongo.
Countless scholars took to the streets to protest Jingguo's unfair treaty and asked the emperor to go to war with Jingguo.
While Gyeongo was in an uproar, Fang Yun held a cabinet meeting in Jingguo. Only the Empress Dowager, the emperor, the three ministers of the cabinet, and the cabinet ministers who held great power could attend.
During this meeting, Fang Yun didn't say much, but everyone remembered what Fang Yun said.
"The country that can educate the young people of Gyeongo will be able to reap huge rewards in the future."
"Following the spirit and assimilating it deep in the mind is far more loyal than following iron and blood and power."
"Therefore, we will use part of the compensation to recruit Gyeongo's scholars and let them study in Jingguo. They will learn our advanced ideas and techniques."
"Not only do we have to defeat them in martial arts, but we also have to look down on them in terms of attitude and assimilate them mentally. We have to make them instinctively feel that they are inferior to us. Only then will they truly follow us. Once they return to Gyeongo and become spiritual leaders, it means that we, Jingguo, will become Gyeongo's spiritual parents and teachers."
"Of course, we have to remember one thing. We have to make them look up to us, make them submit to us, make them worship us, and let them know that they are weak, ignorant, and ignorant. We can't worship Gyeongo's scholars and let them have any special privileges in Jingguo. We can't let any citizens of Jingguo think that they are better than them."
"Only then can we export our ideas, culture, and everything about us. Only then can they follow us and not ride on our coattails and abuse us." "There was once a race in the world that made a fatal mistake. In order to fight against another powerful race, they wanted to gain more followers. However, because of some people's stupid servile mentality, not only did they fail to cultivate humble followers, they didn't even have followers who were equal to them. Instead, they worshipped a large number of high and mighty masters. This resulted in strange phenomena such as the inferior races bullying the superior races, the inferior races looking down on the superior races, and the inferior races squeezing the superior races' resources. This led to a huge disaster that couldn't be remedied even after many years. We have to learn from this lesson."
"Jingguo's interests are above everything else. We don't need to care about how our enemies view us. We just need them to bow down to us. We don't need to care about how our followers view us. We just need them to obey us."
"These words are very unfair, very inhumane, and very contrary to morality. However, countless history, countless races that have been eliminated, and countless incidents have taught us that morality and benevolence alone can't establish a foothold in the world. Only with absolute power can we spread morality and benevolence!"
"In order to spread morality and benevolence, we have to have great power! In order to have great power, we have to sacrifice some of our followers, not our citizens! "
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Appendix: Congratulations to China's archaeology for achieving great results. Currently, it has been confirmed that Chinese civilization has advanced once again. As early as five thousand years ago, all parts of China had entered the stage of ancient civilization. This means that from now on, the five thousand years of history is no longer an exaggeration. In other words, the Xia and other eras before the Shang Dynasty had their origins. They weren't made up by the ancient people of China.
From now on, some people can no longer deny Chinese civilization and insult our people and ancestors by doubting the five thousand years of history. In the future, if anyone denies the five thousand years of Chinese civilization, they can use the archaeology to fight back.
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