Daming 1805

Chapter 147 Hanging on the bridge!
Listening to the conversation between Lu Liang and Zhu Guangjun, Chen Shaohong already understood what Lu Liang was going to do.

Chen Shaohong immediately expressed his dissatisfaction:
"The children and the slave girls can be delivered to you, and the men must be executed, publicly.

"Let the Western Yi people in the colony see what kind of monks they are.

"This is benevolence, righteousness and morality on the surface, but men steal women and prostitutes in their bones..."

Then Lu Liang and Chen Shaohong looked at Zhu Guangjun together.

This kind of matter involves civil affairs. According to the rules of the Ming army, the actual decision maker is Zhu Guangjun.

Jeffrey is also a smart person. Based on the conversation and reactions of the three just now, he has already figured out several endings for himself.

The first is to be executed directly, possibly by shooting, or by hanging, either privately or publicly.

Then leave the handle file and work for the Daming West Factory in the future, but on the surface it is still the high-level French colony.

Even in order to get more in-depth news, Xichang may help him continue to be promoted.

Although he will be under the control of others for the rest of his life, Jeffrey panics and fears.

But it's better to die than to live.

Moreover, since what I did was exposed, I have no chance to die now.

If Daming executes his colleagues, he will definitely disclose what he has done.

It was used to attack the prestige of France and the church, and to destroy the stable order of the Yinzhou colony.

In this way, thinking about it in reverse, if I do things for Xichang in the future, I can prevent Daming from making these things public.

On the contrary, it is conducive to stabilizing the situation in the colonies, maintaining France's control over the colonies, and protecting the reputation and prestige of the church and the French government.

So when I work for Xichang, I don't bow my knees and surrender, I bear the humiliation and bear the burden, it is a public heart.

At the same time, Jeffrey also found the person who really decided his own destiny:
"Lord Overseer, please spare me! I won't die for my crime! I am willing to do things for Xichang, and I am willing to do things for Daming!"

As the person in charge of the ideological work of the Ming army, Zhu Guangjun's thinking angle is slightly different from that of Lu Liang and Chen Shaohong.

Although Zhu Guangjun didn't know Zhu Jingyuan's ideal goal in Yinzhou, he understood what was most in line with Daming's interests.

To destabilize the Yinzhou colonies of Britain and France, it is best to plunge them into civil strife or even melee, so that their development will completely stagnate or even regress.

This is the most beneficial thing for Daming and the Yinzhou colony of Ming Dynasty.

According to the current situation, making Jeffrey a special downline of the West Factory may not be as beneficial as destabilizing the French colony.

Jeffrey is not willing to become an offline, he will definitely find a way to get out of control.

The point is that such a level of decision-making cannot be made by an overseer of his own division.

After thinking deeply, Zhu Guangjun said:

"Let's finish what we need to do and hand it over to Operations Command for a decision.

"Tantou Lu, after the camera arrives, according to your need to sort out the files, go get the files you need.

"Old Chen, you ordered people to block and control the scene, and all other handover matters are going on as normal.

"There should be a telegraph line in this city, and it should be possible to communicate directly with the rear."

Chen Shaohong and Lu Liang understood Zhu Guangjun's logic, so they had no choice but to agree temporarily.

Zhu Guangjun took people to take over the telegraph center and sent messages to Xintianfu and Haijiaohuangzhuang.

Lu Liang led people to direct the prostitutes, and arranged some exciting "plots" for Mr. Jeffrey.

Although the camera cannot record directly, continuous photos can also show the story.

With his life on the line, Geoffrey had to comply.

Jeffrey comforted himself in his heart, even if he refused, the other party could forcefully arrange it.

There are too many legends about Xichang, such as veritaserum, hypnotism, castration, claustrophobia, and human flesh...

The matter of the church basement was quickly sent to Beiyinzhou to receive the governor.

Considering that the impact of this matter may be relatively large, it was also directly copied to the peace talks delegation at Xiyang Cape Huangzhuang.

Mainly to ask if the delegation has any comments and whether it can be used in the follow-up negotiations.

After Shen Fu saw the news, he went directly to Zhu Jingyuan.

Listening to Shen Fu's explanation and looking at the detailed content of the telegram in his hand, Zhu Jingyuan was quite moved for several seconds.

In my previous life, I always heard related legends, but now the soldiers of Daming caught it.

After Shen Fu waited for Zhu Jingyuan to read it, he briefly explained his thoughts:
"Your Highness, can Jeffrey cooperate with Napoleon, and even crown Napoleon in the future.

"This is not only beneficial for us to control the current situation in the French Yinzhou colony, but also beneficial for us to control the court established by Napoleon in the future.

"Even when necessary, Geoffrey, who held a high position in Napoleon's court, can be abandoned to attack Napoleon's prestige."

Zhu Jingyuan wanted to nod subconsciously, and quickly suppressed these thoughts.

Zhu Jingyuan thought that he knew Napoleon better than Shen Fu and the others. He was not an ordinary military leader who wanted to separate himself.

Napoleon may not care about the origin of the title now.

With the Eastern way of obtaining imperial power, it is not necessarily necessary to have a bishop or even a pope to crown himself.

If Napoleon knew about Geoffrey, Napoleon might kill Jeffrey to sacrifice the flag to increase his reputation among the people.

Rather than let Napoleon use it, it is better for Daming to use it.

So Zhu Jingyuan explained his thoughts to Shen Fu:

"Mr. Shen, I think it is indeed possible to do that, but things after that may not always be under our control.

"I think we can think differently about...

"What about the church in Quebec, what if we publicly revealed the truth to all the residents of Quebec?

"Then we execute everyone publicly.

"If you do this, you should be able to weaken the influence of the French colonial authorities and the legal church in the local area...

"Let the situation in the French colony of Northern Yinzhou become more chaotic.

"This should be more beneficial to us, right?

"Using Jeffrey as an insider, or directly executing him like this, which method is more beneficial?"

Shen Fu thought about it for a while:

"The minister's idea is to use 'tools', which can be regarded as a conspiracy. It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen.

"Things may cause damage to my Daming prestige.

"His Highness's point of view is to create 'potential', which is a conspiracy, to make the best use of the situation, without fear of failure.

"It can strengthen my reputation even more.

"I think His Highness's idea is more suitable.

"The people in the Ministry of Rites can cooperate and give appropriate guidance and plans."

Zhu Jingyuan nodded slightly:
"Well... well, this matter really needs to be handled by professionals.

"However, do you want to tell Napoleon? Let him wait for the opportunity?"

Shen Fu smiled:

"I feel that there is no need to tell him specifically, but I can take the initiative to publish the news in the newspaper of Haijiao Huangzhuang after starting to take action.

"If Napoleon pays attention to current affairs news, he will see it himself. If he can't see it himself, people around him will discuss it."

Zhu Jingyuan also laughed:

"That's right, then do that."

So, in the afternoon of Yinzhou Eastern Time, the public trial of the Quebec church began.

The Xintianfu Army, which has arrived in Quebec one after another, has reached one guard in number, completely controlling the urban order in Quebec.

A large number of citizens stranded in Quebec were summoned and driven to the square in front of the church.

Gathering in churches is a very normal thing. Ordinary citizens think that there is something important to announce, so they don't have much resistance.

Several local old people were brought into the church, and first visited the basement of the church.

The scene witnessed the luxurious environment of the underground pleasure den, and the tragic situation of the slave girls and children.

These old people were stunned. They looked at the church members conservatively, with disbelief on their faces:

"Father Geoffrey?"

"Is this really the basement of the church?"

A few irascible ones wanted to hit someone with their fists waving:
"You bastards!"

"What are you doing in the Church of Our Lady!"

When the Taixi people saw these things, they were far more excited than the Daming people, because they were of their own kind.

Chen Shaohong asked the soldiers to control the situation on the scene, otherwise Jeffrey, who has worked hard as an actor for a long time, would definitely get punched.

Under the escort and supervision of Ming soldiers, these old people took their children and female slaves out of the basement and came to the porch in front of the church.

Zhu Guangjun found two Minghua activists to act as translators, and stood on the table of the two chapters with copper foil speakers, and translated Zhu Guangjun's words into French and shouted them out.

Zhu Guangjun clearly announced the situation in the basement of the church and what the soldiers of Ming Dynasty discovered.

The whole venue quickly became chaotic.

Many people broke down emotionally and couldn't believe what Zhu Guangjun said publicly.

"Our God!"

"how so……"

"This is not true, is it."

"How could Mr. Jeffrey be such a person..."

But prostitutes, slave girls, and bruised children did come out of the church.

A relative of one of the children happened to be at the scene.

A woman in her 30s ran out screaming when she saw those children:

"That's Shire...Little Shire...my sister's Shire..."

Coincidence...or it may be inevitable. Most of the children who can appear under the church are not specially recruited from other places.

The woman, the aunt of a little boy, rushed directly under the porch and hugged the shivering little boy.

The little boy who had been in a daze for a long time, saw his relatives, and burst into tears:
"Aunt... Aunt..."

Seeing the situation, Zhu Guangjun immediately asked the Minghua elements to question him, confirm the identity of the other party, and let the others continue to shout and announce.

The woman also cried while explaining what happened back then:

"My sister and I went to church to pray and came back to find the child missing.

"We have been looking for it for several days, but we didn't expect it to be in the church...

"I still can't believe this is real..."

Not long after, another relative of the slave girl gradually recognized her relative, and then rushed to the porch, hugging her head and crying.

It turned out that those female slaves were not real female slaves, some were just ordinary immigrant children who had been imprisoned.

In the face of these hard facts, the immigrants at the scene had to believe that what they saw was the truth.

In front of this sacred place, there is actually a place of filth underneath.

Many people already complained about the church, and after finding a way to vent their anger, they yelled and cursed.

After Zhu Guangjun roughly explained the situation, he began to actively guide the atmosphere of the scene.

Start arranging for mothers and young people to visit the basement, and then ask them to explain what is inside when they come out.

And announced that the church will continue to be open, and anyone will be allowed to visit below in the future.

The entire square soon became agitated, and soon some people could not control their emotions.

Many angry parents rushed down the porch, directly grabbed Jeffrey and a few monks, and tore them hard regardless of their care.

Jeffrey and others shouted for help at the top of their lungs, but no one went to rescue them.

Chen Shaohong looked at the turbulent crowd, led his soldiers back slightly, and at the same time asked Zhu Guangjun, the military governor beside him:

"Overseer... we really don't need to worry about them?"

Zhu Guangjun said with a serious expression:
"This is a plan arranged by the Ministry of Rites, directly asking the people to beat them to death, and then hang them in the most conspicuous place for display.

"Old Chen, do you think it's better to hang it at the door of this church, or hang it on the bridge?"

Chen Shaohong was stunned for a moment, raised his head subconsciously, then immediately shook his head and said:

"This church will be our temporary headquarters in the future, don't you think it's bad luck to hang a few of these things at the door?

"Besides, after this is the headquarters, ordinary Xiyi cannot be allowed to approach, and the Xiyi will not be able to see it.

"We used to hang at the gate of the city. There is no city gate where people often come and go. Let's hang on the bridge."

Zhu Guangjun nodded in agreement:
"Then hang it on the bridge, just hang it on the other side of the bridge, so that Xiyi over there can see it at any time."

In the end, Jeffrey and several monks involved were beaten to death by the angry crowd.

Zhu Guangjun did not continue to do too much guidance.

These groups of people will become immigrants, may stay on the other side of Quebec, may also go to other cities, or even return to Thailand.

They will use word of mouth to spread relevant news.

They are not the main force of the message, they are the people who verify the message.

Because the world already has transoceanic telegraphs and newspapers.

The Ming Army completely took over the Quebec Church, and did not allow the priests and monks to move.

Let the soldiers directly escort all the church personnel and deport them directly to the other side of the Quebec Bridge.

The bodies of Jeffrey and others will then be hung on the Quebec Bridge.

The next day, relevant news appeared in the local and Xintianfu newspapers in Beiyinzhou.

The Northern Yinzhou colony, which was already depressed, was in an uproar, and its dislike of the French colonial authorities reached a critical point.

On the third day, more newspapers reprinted the relevant news, including Xiyang Cape Huangzhuang and local newspapers in Daming.

Large-scale riots broke out in many cities in the French colony of Yinzhou.

The fourth day is Zhongqiu in the 34th year of Taiping.

In this festival that has spread all over the world, the French colony of Yinzhou sent a big gift to the French and the church.

Newspapers from almost all over the world reprinted and reported on the events of the Quebec church.

Driven by the staff of Daming Rites and Xichang, the speed of information dissemination is very fast.

Before the church and the French court took action, it had already appeared in major mainstream newspapers and spread throughout society.

After receiving the news, King Louis XVI of France slapped the table with a newspaper and shouted:

"Devil, these people are all demons!"

The archbishop in red next to him echoed with a serious expression:

"Yes, these Daming people are demons, especially Xichang.

"The people from the West Factory must have used despicable means to hold poor Jeffrey hostage.

"Forcing him to do things that go against his good intentions..."

Louis XVI said with some annoyance:

"That's not the point, the point is what should we do now?
"The Yinzhou colony is getting more and more chaotic, we have to deal with it.

Not far away, the fifth Duke of Richelieu immediately said:
"The damage to the church's own reputation is for the church to deal with.

"The imperial court must also immediately control the spread of the impact of the incident and prohibit newspapers from continuing to spread relevant news.

"Send more main forces to Yinzhou, arrange capable generals to take charge, and prepare to suppress possible turmoil.

"Communicate with Daming to avoid further expansion of the related situation as much as possible.

"We can even pay something for that."

Louis XVI subconsciously asked:

"Then who will be in charge of the Yinzhou troops?"

The Duke of Richelieu said after a brief consideration:
"Napoleon Bonaparte."

(End of this chapter)