Xinshun 1730

Chapter 879
But he didn't expect that just as he was about to give up his car to protect the handsome man, he sold the Dominican Society to protect the Society of Jesus.

A small official next to him with orioles embroidered on his clothes came from a background and said: "Duke, please be bold, please don't be fooled by this barbarian."

"The lower officials have verified that the Church of Our Lady of Sanctuary in Macau is often called the 'Tang People's Temple'. It is specially prepared for my Chinese people to become Christians and be baptized."

"Originally, anyone in Macau who wanted to join the religion had to wear Portuguese clothes and speak the Portuguese language, so there were very few people who joined the religion. However, the Church of Our Lady of the Shelter has specially changed the rules, and each has its own ceremonial system for the Chinese. Easy to wear."

"Yes, there are countless people who join the religion every year. Some even come by boat from afar to pay homage and be baptized."

"This place in Macau should follow the laws of Dashun. Your Majesty has ordered that you are not allowed to re-enter the religion. Those who joined the religion before and did not want to quit can go to Macau. But after the ban, there is still the matter of being baptized in the Church of Our Lady of Sanctuary. , in an endless stream."

"That's why, the lower officials think that there is no need to divide this meeting or that meeting."

The words of the Xiangshan County official scared the Bishop of Macau, Hilario, to turn pale with fright.

Liu Yu stopped talking to Jiang Youren, but asked Hilario, bishop of Macau, "I just want to ask, is there such a thing? You'd better tell the truth. I also know a few people who came to handle the case before. They do things. There are also some methods, and it is expected that your church will be seized first, and all kinds of materials and files will be seized and sealed. There is no shortage of people who can understand Latin or Portuguese in China."

"If you make a mistake and tell a lie, the crime will be aggravated!"

Bishop Hilario looked at the several generals next to him, and knew that it was indeed the case when they were seized.After driving people out, they immediately put a seal on them and sorted out the dossiers.

Knowing that he can't deny it, he had no choice but to say: "There is indeed such a thing. But... but the inside story, please be aware of it."

Liu Yu smiled and said, "Of course we need to investigate. Now that you admit it, it's easy to handle."

He didn't want to directly destroy the Church of Our Lady of Sanctuary, but asked again: "Let me ask you something again. Do the original Chinese believers in Macau go to this Church of Our Lady of Sanctuary for worship and evening prayers? Or somewhere else? "

Ilario didn't know what Liu Yu was going to do, so he had to tell the truth: "The believers who joined the religion before didn't go there. The believers who came to Macau recently, go there more."

With just one sentence, Liu Yu has already found an entry point to instigate the "host-guest dispute between the newcomers and the old ones", so he said with a smile: "Oh. Then this Church of Our Lady of Sanctuary is probably not enough, right? In recent years, many people have poured into it. There are few people, so it's very crowded?"

The bishop didn't know that what Liu Yu said was right and irony, but after Liu Yu asked, he was not good or dared not answer.

"It's really crowded."

"Ah."

Liu Yu didn't say whether it was good or not, so he hummed through his nostrils, thinking that I really didn't come here to deal with you this time, but the emperor has orders, so I have to pretend that I am instigating you, which is true opportunity.

Now that the army has taken control of Macau, the warships are stuck in the sea, the city walls have been demolished long ago, and the fortress has been controlled by the army from Dashun. The bishop's attitude is much more respectful.

For the time being, Liu Yu didn’t want to deal with the affairs of the church first, so he called those members of the Macau Council and the “capitals” of Macau—this is not what Liu Yu called it, but the people of the Macau Council called it that. They don't call them "governor" when communicating with officials in Dashun.This is a leased safe haven, with only residency rights, not a colony, so there is no governor at all.

In a place like Dashun where integrity is important, they don't care about barking.The "Patriot Capital" who blatantly wanted to pull out the Dashun flag at the customs and plant the Portuguese flag had already been captured by Goa.

Several people in the council knelt there, bowing their heads and waiting for Liu Yu's inquiry.

Liu Yu snorted, and reprimanded: "I will not mention the matter of preaching for now. I just ask you, how does the Celestial Dynasty treat you? Among the European countries, does it treat you the most preferential treatment?"

"Besides you, has there ever been a country that has leased land in China? In the past, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom hoped to lease an island in Zhoushan many times. China allowed it? In terms of national strength, these two countries are stronger than you, Portugal. Where did you go?"

"Furthermore, France...the relationship between China and France is much closer than you? Have you ever seen the French as a place like Macau?"

"The emperor's kindness is so great, you don't know how to repay it, and instead commit crimes, you deserve death!"

"Proselytization, opium, and human trafficking, please talk about it! This official is also reasonable, it's not that I won't give you a chance to defend yourself!"

The heads of the Macao Council kowtowed and said: "The grace of the Son of Heaven is endless. But we, the Portuguese, are more favored than other countries. How dare we forget it?"

"Guo Gongrong: The matter of preaching is exactly as Jiang Deyi said. The Bai Duolu arrested in Fujian is a member of the Dominican Society. In terms of nationality, he is Spanish."

"Our country has been independent from Spain since the reign of Chongzhen in the previous dynasty, and the two countries have enmity for generations. The countries of Europe know that whoever Spain is against, Portugal will be allies with."

"We really don't know about the opium. Most of them are smugglers and dealers, who are moored at sea with large ships. Criminals and treacherous people use small boats to approach and transfer to avoid inspection."

"The emperor clearly forbids opium, and we are greatly favored by the emperor, how dare we disobey it?"

"Human trafficking is not slavery. It is because there are many people who lack food and clothing, and they actively hope that someone will introduce some jobs for them, and sign a contract to work. This is their voluntary, and it is not me. sell."

Liu Yu sneered, shook his head and said, "Okay, so you guys are not wrong at all?"

Those people were about to defend themselves again, when Liu Yu waved his hands and said, "Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. Whether it is true or not, I am just asking you casually to see if you are honest, so as to decide what to do in Macau in the future .Since you said so, I will write it all down."

"Is it true? We will know later."

"Okay, let's go first."

After all, he didn't linger, and only asked the officials from Dashun to follow him, leaving a group of people on the Macau side kneeling on the ground at a loss.

When Liu Yu and others walked away, these few people stood up and looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

After a long time, someone said: "He came to handle this matter, so it can be seen that this matter... In their Chinese words, this is a stab to the sky. In my opinion, it is very dangerous. Why don't you contact Goa as soon as possible?"

But another person said: "How can I go to Goa? Now let alone a human, even a fly, it is difficult to fly out. There are warships on the sea, and they will be sunk if they break into them by force; there are soldiers guarding all the gates on land."

"You're right. The Lord Duke has come in person. Macau may be taken back. You know, the person we had the most contact with before was the county magistrate of Xiangshan County. When we met a Jiedu envoy, they all It’s a big deal, it’s different this time.”

As the "Foreign Minister" in the eyes of these people, an important promoter of Dashun's ban on religion, a backstab of Catholicism, and an absolute heretic taught by Dai Jinxian, Liu Yu's reputation is still very loud.

For them, it's not the kind that lasts forever, and it's definitely enough to have a bad reputation for thousands of years.

With such a powerful person directly sent by the imperial court, this time Macau is afraid that it will experience another crisis of recovery at the beginning of Dashun's founding.

However, last time there was Diyejia magic medicine, what can I rely on this time?

…………

On the other side, Liu Yu only called Guangdong Jiedushi, Jiaolaobutu, and the two main officers of the navy.

The people in Xiangshan County were directly isolated and waited outside.

A total of four people were called, all three were acquaintances, and there was also a Guangdong Jiedu envoy who was eager to throw this matter out quickly-the court's attitude changed every day, in case I made a mistake, I would mistake the meaning of the above, Isn't it a responsibility?

The Guangdong Jiedu Envoy knew that what Liu Yu asked outside just now could not be so simple, so he said: "The Duke of the State is here to handle the three matters of teaching cases, opium, and human trafficking. I don't know which one to do first?"

"Let's do it together. Let's deal with the opium first. How much did you find out?"

"Returning to the country, there are not many real goods. The main reason is that the season is not right. Now a large number of ships have to return and leave. Most of the old goods are consumed, but the new goods have not yet arrived. However, many people were arrested and beat up. One This implicated more than three hundred people."

The Guangdong Jiedu envoy reported an approximate number, Liu Yu nodded, looked at Jiaolaobutu, and smiled slightly.

Jiaolaobutu also smiled and said, "Master, I have also done similar things in the north, and I have arrested people who were involved in smuggling."

"That's right, we didn't use the local yamen servants, guards, etc., but directly mobilized battalions."

"In Zhaoqing Mansion, Huizhou Mansion, Chaozhou Mansion and other places, people have been sent to wait. If one is negotiated here, report immediately, and one will be arrested there."

"That's right, most of the people who talked about it have been caught. There are also a hundred people who have fled and haven't been caught yet."

"As for the scale of opium smuggling, it should be around 1500 boxes per year."

"A few Portuguese were arrested, and after a beating, they were all recruited. Among them, about 700 boxes belonged to the Portuguese, and the rest belonged to the British. But the British East India Company did not dare to sell them themselves, so they were all Wholesale it and ask others to sell it. Sometimes it is mixed in the goods, and sometimes it is indeed picked up by a small boat at sea."

"The local garrison, gentry, and coastal defense are also involved, and they are all under control. Some Portuguese businessmen have already recruited, saying that there is an order from Goa to prevent the British from robbing their shares, so foreign countries are prohibited. The opium comes directly to Macau."

Liu Yu did the math, 1500 boxes is not a lot, it is in the early stage, and it can be completely controlled.

The Guangdong Jiedu envoy saw the details of what Jiaolaobutu said, and also saw that Liu Yu was very satisfied with this reporting method. He knew that the two had known each other for a long time, but he didn't want to appear to be only talking about the general situation, so he hurriedly said: "Duke, It’s easy if you follow the law.”

"The imperial court has long issued an order: Those who sell and smuggle opium can be smuggled with a stick of one hundred sticks, and they can be flown for three thousand miles; those who attract children from good families to smoke them will be strangled; for accomplices, they can stick one hundred sticks and flow for three thousand miles; the neighbors will protect them if they don't report it. , a staff of one hundred, guarding the border for five years. Draw, hit, flow."

"But since this matter is alarming, I don't know if it will be dealt with more strictly, so as to serve as an example to others?"

Liu Yu listened to the punishment according to the law, and said with a smile: "One hundred sticks? If you can survive, you can walk three thousand miles to the border alive, and you are a good man."

"Your Majesty has ordered this matter, be strict and serious, and handle special matters. You are a landlord, and you are familiar with the affairs here. Let's go find some blacksmiths, carpenters and the like. I will make some guillotines. Compared with hanging, guillotines are better. Interesting."

"Determining the seriousness of the crime. If it is serious, it will be shot; if it is minor, it will be guillotined."

"How much did you catch?"

The face of the Jiedu envoy in Guangdong changed slightly and he said: "A lot of them were caught and locked up like a purgatory. To cut off the source, some would grab the land with their heads, some would cry day and night, some would tear their flesh and blood...it was horrible, What the subordinates see is no longer a human being, but a real pig or dog."

"This thing is really harmful! If it becomes popular, the species may be extinct. The Duke of the State said that it must be strict and serious, and the lower officials also have this intention. I have never seen it before, and after seeing it, I can't sleep at night."

(End of this chapter)